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{{Youmay|the [[creature]]|the [[Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test|N.E.W.T.]], [[Ordinary Wizarding Level|O.W.L.]] and [[Wizards' Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test|W.O.M.B.A.T.]] [[Troll (grade)|grade]] or the [[Troll (language)|language]]}}
  
{{Youmay|the [[creature]]|the [[Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test|N.E.W.T.]], [[Ordinary Wizarding Level|O.W.L.]] and [[Wizards' Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test|W.O.M.B.A.T.]] [[Troll (grade)|grade]] or the [[Troll (language)|language]]}}
 
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{{Quote|Anyone can speak [[Troll (language)|Troll]]. All you have to do is point and grunt.|[[Fred Weasley]] joking about Troll language.|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire}}
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{{Quote|[[Quirinus Quirrell's first mountain troll|Troll]] -- in the [[dungeons]] -- thought you ought to know.|[[Quirinus Quirrell]] to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts School]] on [[31 October]], [[1991]]|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
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A '''troll''' was a [[magic]]al [[beast]] of [[Superhuman strength|prodigious strength]] and immense stupidity. In fact, they were so synonymous with stupidity that they actually had the lowest wizarding exam [[Troll (grade)|failing grade]] named after them. Trolls were grouped in the taxonomical genus ''Troglodytarum''.<ref name="PSdeluxe">Illustration of [[Diagon Alley]] by [[Jim Kay]] from the Deluxe Illustrated Slipcase Edition of {{PS}} ([http://tumvue.com/tumblr/blog/thebookramble/post/130619867356 see here]).</ref> Trolls possessed [[rudimentary magic]], but it is not known how they applied it.<ref name="JKRS">{{JKRS}}</ref>
   
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==Description==
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A '''Troll''' is a magical creature of prodigious strength and immense stupidity. In fact, they are so stupid that they actually had a wizarding exam [[Troll_(grade)|failing grade]] named after them.
 
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Trolls generally reached a height of about twelve feet and weighed up to a tonne.<ref name="FBR"/> [[Troll whisker]]s had magical properties, and were sometimes used as [[wand core]]s, though they were considered inferior to the [[Supreme Cores]]. Their feet had two toes, both with giant toenails.<ref name="cores">{{WW|wand-cores}}</ref>
   
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===Behaviour===
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They were dangerously violent and incredibly aggressive, and they engaged in unpredictable behaviour, comparable to [[giant]]s.<ref name="FBR"/> They were also incredibly low in intelligence when compared to other species; to give at least one example, giants seemed to have more intelligence than the troll, despite their otherwise similarities.<ref name="FBR"/> Trolls were particularly attracted to unpleasant smells, such as [[Dungbomb]]s.<ref name="POAG">{{POA|G}} - Console versions</ref>
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Trolls generally reach a height of about twelve feet and weigh up to nearly a ton. Troll whiskers have magical properties, and are sometimes used as [[wand core]]s.
  
   
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===Diet===
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Trolls, similar to [[Acromantula]]s, had a taste for [[human]] flesh. They enjoyed it raw, but were not exactly fussy about what they ate. Trolls were also fond of fish.<ref name="WBoP">{{WBP}} - see [http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_175630&feature=iv&src_vid=g1OVFdhMxPA&v=FdbGPzZSXEk this] video</ref>
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They are dangerously violent and incredibly aggressive, and then engage in unpredictable behaviour; a bit comparable with [[giant]]s.
 
   
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==Origin==
  
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{{Quote|Anyone can speak [[Troll (language)|Troll]]. All you have to do is point and grunt.|The Troll language|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire}}
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Trolls originated in [[Scandinavia]], but are now found all across [[Europe]].
 
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Troll language was supposedly nothing more than simple grunts that only trolls seemed to be able to interpret, though skilled magical multi-linguists such as [[Bartemius Crouch Senior]] could understand them.<ref name="GOF7">{{GOF|B|7}}</ref> Trolls understood only a limited number of [[human]] words, and some of the smarter ones who knew English could be skillfully trained as [[security troll]]s.<ref name="POA14"/> [[Quirinus Quirrell|Professor Quirrell]] had a gift for communicating with trolls, having used it to set [[Quirinus Quirrell's first mountain troll|one]] loose in [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] in [[1991]] in an effort to steal the [[Philosopher's Stone]].<ref name="PS10">{{PS|B|10}}</ref><ref name="PS17">{{PS|B|17}}</ref>
   
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[[Mountain troll]]s had been known to tame and ride [[Graphorn]]s, or at least try to ride them. However, the Graphorns didn't seem to be very keen on the idea.<ref name="FBR"/>
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==Diet==
  
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Trolls, similar to [[Acromantula]]s, have a taste for human flesh, but enjoy to take it raw, and are not that fussy about what they eat.
  
   
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Trolls did not usually wear armour and would usually be prone to smashing it in confusion or anger. This makes it all the more surprising that a fully intact suit of [[Troll Armour]] was on display in the [[Armoury]] during the [[1890s]].<ref name="HL">{{HL}}</ref>
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==Society and Culture==
  
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Troll language is nothing more than simple grunts that only Trolls seem to be able to interpret, though skilled magical multi-linguists such as [[Bartemius Crouch Sr.|Barty Crouch]] can understand them. Trolls understand only a limited number of [[Human]] words, and some smarter ones can be skillfully trained as security Trolls. [[Quirinus Quirrell|Professor Quirrell]] had a gift for communicating with Trolls, and then used it to set [[Quirinus Quirrell's first mountain troll|one]] loose in [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] in [[1991]] in an effort to steal the [[Philosopher's Stone]].
 
   
 
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{{Quote|I went looking for the troll because I — I thought I could deal with it on my own — you know, because I've read all about them.|Hermione Granger lying after encountering a troll| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
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A [[Quirinus Quirrell's second mountain troll|Troll]] was [[Quirinus Quirrell|Quirrell's]] contribution to guarding the [[Philosopher's Stone]].
  
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Trolls originated in [[Scandinavia]], but were later found all across [[Europe]].<ref name="FBR"/>
   
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Trolls were not recognised as magical [[being]]s, but instead classified as [[beast]]s by the [[Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures]] of the [[British Ministry of Magic]], most likely due to their aggressive natures.<ref name="FBR"/> [[Pierre Bonaccord]], the first [[Supreme Mugwump]] of the [[International Confederation of Wizards]], wanted to stop troll-hunting and give them rights, but his appointment to that office was contested by [[Liechtenstein]], since they were having problems with a tribe of very dangerous mountain trolls at the time.<ref name="OOTP31">{{OOTP|B|31}}</ref>
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[[Artemius Lawson]] was an outspoken advocate for the strict restraint of trolls. He thought it was wrong to allow them to roam free, stating that ''"they were creatures who weighed a ton, but had brains the size of a bogey"''.
  
   
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[[Artemius Lawson]] was an outspoken advocate for the strict restraint of trolls. He thought it was wrong to allow them to roam free, stating that ''"they were creatures who weighed a ton, but had [[Troll brain|brains]] the size of a bogey"''.<ref name="DP">{{DP}}, [[8 February]], [[1999]], Page 1</ref>
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The [[House of Black|Black family]] kept an [[Troll-leg umbrella stand|umbrella stand]] made out of a troll's leg in their front hall.<ref name="OOTP4">{{OOTP|B|4}}</ref>
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There are four different types of Troll, each with its own highly unique set of physical differences.
  
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In the end of the 19th century, [[Ranrok]]'s [[Ranrok's Loyalists|followers]] had enlisted trolls among their ranks. In [[1890]], they sent two of them to attack [[Hogsmeade]] in an attempt to create a diversion so that [[Victor Rookwood]] could abduct the [[Unidentified 19th-century Hogwarts student|new fifth-year student]] that had previously encountered Ranrok. However, the first troll was repelled by officer [[Ruth Singer]] and other villagers, while the second one was killed by the student with [[ancient magic]].<ref name="HLWTH">{{HL|Welcome to Hogsmeade}}</ref> During the [[Battle for the final repository|final battle]] for control of the [[final repository]] located beneath [[Hogwarts]], no less than four trolls were mobilised by Ranrok's troops; three of them were disposed of by the student and Professor [[Eleazar Fig]], while the last one was taken out by Professor [[Aesop Sharp]].<ref name="HLTFR">{{HL|The Final Repository}}</ref>
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A sub-type is the [[Troll of Nadroj]], a kind of troll with disporpotionate hands.
  
   
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Throughout their exploration of the region, the student would frequently encounter trolls (including ones that were not in Ranrok's army), such as when they went to find [[Bubotuber pus]] for [[Sacharissa Tugwood]].<ref name="HLSM">{{HL|Spot Removal}}</ref> They also took out the troll that [[Alexandra Ricketts]] had unsuccessfully attempted to train to help defend [[Brocburrow]].<ref name="HLTC">{{HL|Troll Control}}</ref>
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[[Security troll]]s, the smartest troll specimens, are skillfully trained to guard several wizarding locations.
  
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After the details of the [[Sorting Ceremony]] were revealed to him in 1991, Ron stated that he was going to kill his brother [[Fred Weasley|Fred]], who had scared him earlier by suggesting that the test to get into Hogwarts involved wrestling a troll.<ref name="PS7">{{PS|B|7}}</ref>
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A [[Troll in the Underground Chambers|troll]] was [[Quirinus Quirrell|Quirrell]]'s contribution to guarding the [[Philosopher's Stone]] in the [[Underground Chambers]], during the [[1991–1992 school year]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]].<ref name="PS16">{{PS|B|16}}</ref>
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To create a diversion so he could go after the [[Philosopher's Stone]], [[Quirinus Quirrell|Professor Quirrell]] let another [[Troll in the Bathroom|mountain troll]] into the [[Hogwarts castle|castle]] on [[Hallowe'en]] [[1991]], appearing in the [[Dungeons|dungeon]].<ref name="PS17"/> It wandered around the corridors until [[Harry Potter]] and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] locked it in a girls' bathroom, only to realise soon after that [[Hermione Granger]] was also in that particular bathroom. With a combination of using the [[Levitation Charm]] and what [[Minerva McGonagall]] would cite as "''sheer dumb luck''", Ron managed to knock it by [[Levitation|levitating]] its club and dropping it on its head, incapacitating it and saving Hermione.<ref name="PS10"/>
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Trolls participated in [[Wizarding world|wizarding society]] to some extent; some [[Wizardkind|witches and wizards]] made a career out of training [[security troll]]s.<ref name="OOTP29">{{OOTP|B|29}}</ref> These were evidently a different type of troll than the mountain variety, since they seemed considerably more intelligent and less smelly. [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]] hired security trolls to guard the [[Fat Lady]] after [[Sirius Black]] [[Sirius Black's break-in of Hogwarts Castle (1993)|attacked]] her. They spent all their time pacing the corridor in front of the [[Fat Lady]]'s portrait, giving dirty looks to everyone who happened by and comparing the sizes of their clubs.<ref name="POA14">{{POA|B|14}}</ref> They left at the end of the year, when Sirius was deemed to have left the country.<ref name="POA22">{{POA|B|22}}</ref>
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The wizarding author and celebrity [[Gilderoy Lockhart]] wrote about his supposed adventures with trolls in his book ''[[Travels with Trolls]]'', which was a mandatory [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] textbook for his classes in that subject for the [[1992–1993 school year]] when he was that year's [[Professor]].<ref name="COS3">{{COS|B|3}}</ref> As [[Gilderoy Lockhart]] was in reality a dishonest con artist who fraudulently took the credit of the achievements of far braver [[Wizardkind|wizards and witches]], by erasing their memories of their deeds with the [[Memory Charm]], Lockhart in reality had no actual experience with these creatures.<ref name="COS16">{{COS|B|16}}</ref>
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When [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] was captured by [[Snatchers]] in [[1997]], he told them he was [[Stanley Shunpike|Stan Shunpike]], due to them not looking very intelligent, and even speculated that one of them might have been part-troll, judging by his odour.<ref name="DH23">{{DH|B|23}}</ref>
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During the [[Calamity]], several trolls started randomly appearing throughout the [[wizarding world]] guarding various [[magic]]al [[Confoundable]]s, with volunteer members of the [[Statute of Secrecy Task Force]] having to incapacitate them with spells such as the the [[Ebublio Jinx]] and the [[Knockback Jinx]], in order to overpower the Confoundables and return them to their rightful place.<ref name="WU">{{WU}}</ref>
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There were three known different types of trolls, each with its own highly unique set of physical differences.
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|Standing twelve feet tall, it was the largest of the various troll species. It had grey skin, a lumpy body, and flat horny feet. It exuded a powerfully awful smell that was reminiscent of “''a mixture of old socks and the kind of public toilet no one seems to clean''.” Its nose was full of what looks like lumpy, grey glue: [[troll bogeys]]. It was also the most violent kind of troll.<ref name="PS10">{{PS|B|10}}</ref>
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*The {{W|troll}} is a creature from Norse mythology. Though sometimes depicted as being little different from humans, later Scandinavian folklore began to increasingly depict them as ugly, stupid, and brutish, a depiction that has persisted into modern fantasy works.
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*[[Troll (grade)|Troll]] is the lowest grade that one can receive during their [[Ordinary Wizarding Level|O.W.L.]] and [[Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test|N.E.W.T.]] examinations.
  
 
*In the ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone|Philosopher's Stone]]'' book and PS1/GBC game, there is a room with a troll that belongs to [[Quirinus Quirrell|Professor Quirrell]]. However, in the film, this scene was omitted.
  
*In the ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone|Philosopher's Stone]]'' book and PS1/GBC game, there is a room with a troll that belongs to [[Quirinus Quirrell|Professor Quirrell]]. However, in the film, this scene was omitted.
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*In ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'', [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] draws a picture of a troll and describes [[Gregory Goyle]] as one.
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*In {{FB|R}}, [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] draws a picture of a troll and describes [[Gregory Goyle]] as one.
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*In the [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)|video game adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', "[[Security Trolls]]" are made in the last parts of the game. They are shown to be watching the library, and will end the game if they catch the player. To distract them, [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]] must throw a [[Dungbomb]] around one. If close enough, the Troll will walk towards them. Humourously, when a Troll walks to a Dungbomb, they seem to lose sense of the player.
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*In {{POA|GA}} on [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube)|home consoles]], [[security troll]]s appear in the last parts of the game. They are shown to be watching the library, and the player will be sent back upon being caught, [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]] must throw a [[Dungbomb]] around one. If close enough, the troll will walk towards them. Humourously, when a troll walks to a Dungbomb, they seem to lose sense of the player.
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*In {{LEGO|Y1}}, if someone casts a spell at a security troll, they can create an expansive wave in self-defence.<ref name="LEGO">{{LEGO|Y1}}</ref>
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*[[Harry Potter]] once speculated that [[Marcus Flint]] has some traces of Troll blood in him; however, this might be simply to insult Flint's stupidity and appearance.
  
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*There is some contradiction as to the ability of trolls to perform [[magic]]. In {{FB|R}}, it states that trolls have no magic powers other than their naturally enhanced strength. However, one of the questions on the [[Wizards' Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test]], when taken with information on the [[Patronus Charm]] from {{WBS}}, implies that both [[hag]]s and trolls can use [[rudimentary magic]].
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*When [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] was captured by [[Snatchers]] in [[1997]], he told them he was [[Stanley Shunpike|Stan Shunpike]], due to them not looking very intelligent, and even speculated that one of them might have been part-Troll, judging by his odour.
  
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*In ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'', if someone casts a spell at a security troll, they can create an expansive wave in self-defence.
  
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*[[Troll whisker]]s may be used in [[wand core]]s, though they are considered inferior to the [[Supreme Cores]].
  
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*There is some contradiction as to the ability of trolls to perform [[magic]]. In ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'', it states that trolls have no magic powers other than their naturally enhanced strength. However, one of the questions on the [[Wizards' Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test]], when taken with information on the [[Patronus Charm]] from ''[[Wonderbook: Book of Spells]]'', implies that both [[hag]]s and trolls can use rudimentary magic.
  
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*After the details of the [[Sorting ceremony]] were revealed in 1991, Ron stated that he was going to kill his brother [[Fred Weasley|Fred]], who had suggested that the test to get into Hogwarts involved wrestling a troll.
  
   
 
==Appearances==
  
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==Notes and references==
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==See also==
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*[[Giant]]
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"Troll -- in the dungeons -- thought you ought to know."
— Quirinus Quirrell to Hogwarts School on 31 October, 1991[src]

A troll was a magical beast of prodigious strength and immense stupidity. In fact, they were so synonymous with stupidity that they actually had the lowest wizarding exam failing grade named after them. Trolls were grouped in the taxonomical genus Troglodytarum.[5] Trolls possessed rudimentary magic, but it is not known how they applied it.[6]

Description

Physical appearance

Trolls generally reached a height of about twelve feet and weighed up to a tonne.[1] Troll whiskers had magical properties, and were sometimes used as wand cores, though they were considered inferior to the Supreme Cores. Their feet had two toes, both with giant toenails.[7]

Behaviour

They were dangerously violent and incredibly aggressive, and they engaged in unpredictable behaviour, comparable to giants.[1] They were also incredibly low in intelligence when compared to other species; to give at least one example, giants seemed to have more intelligence than the troll, despite their otherwise similarities.[1] Trolls were particularly attracted to unpleasant smells, such as Dungbombs.[8]

Diet

Trolls, similar to Acromantulas, had a taste for human flesh. They enjoyed it raw, but were not exactly fussy about what they ate. Trolls were also fond of fish.[3]

Society and culture

"Anyone can speak Troll. All you have to do is point and grunt."
— The Troll language[src]

Troll language was supposedly nothing more than simple grunts that only trolls seemed to be able to interpret, though skilled magical multi-linguists such as Bartemius Crouch Senior could understand them.[9] Trolls understood only a limited number of human words, and some of the smarter ones who knew English could be skillfully trained as security trolls.[10] Professor Quirrell had a gift for communicating with trolls, having used it to set one loose in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991 in an effort to steal the Philosopher's Stone.[11][12]

Mountain trolls had been known to tame and ride Graphorns, or at least try to ride them. However, the Graphorns didn't seem to be very keen on the idea.[1]

Trolls did not usually wear armour and would usually be prone to smashing it in confusion or anger. This makes it all the more surprising that a fully intact suit of Troll Armour was on display in the Armoury during the 1890s.[13]

History

"I went looking for the troll because I — I thought I could deal with it on my own — you know, because I've read all about them."
— Hermione Granger lying after encountering a troll[src]

Trolls originated in Scandinavia, but were later found all across Europe.[1]

Trolls were not recognised as magical beings, but instead classified as beasts by the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures of the British Ministry of Magic, most likely due to their aggressive natures.[1] Pierre Bonaccord, the first Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards, wanted to stop troll-hunting and give them rights, but his appointment to that office was contested by Liechtenstein, since they were having problems with a tribe of very dangerous mountain trolls at the time.[14]

Artemius Lawson was an outspoken advocate for the strict restraint of trolls. He thought it was wrong to allow them to roam free, stating that "they were creatures who weighed a ton, but had brains the size of a bogey".[15]

The Black family kept an umbrella stand made out of a troll's leg in their front hall.[16]

In the end of the 19th century, Ranrok's followers had enlisted trolls among their ranks. In 1890, they sent two of them to attack Hogsmeade in an attempt to create a diversion so that Victor Rookwood could abduct the new fifth-year student that had previously encountered Ranrok. However, the first troll was repelled by officer Ruth Singer and other villagers, while the second one was killed by the student with ancient magic.[17] During the final battle for control of the final repository located beneath Hogwarts, no less than four trolls were mobilised by Ranrok's troops; three of them were disposed of by the student and Professor Eleazar Fig, while the last one was taken out by Professor Aesop Sharp.[18]

Throughout their exploration of the region, the student would frequently encounter trolls (including ones that were not in Ranrok's army), such as when they went to find Bubotuber pus for Sacharissa Tugwood.[19] They also took out the troll that Alexandra Ricketts had unsuccessfully attempted to train to help defend Brocburrow.[20]

After the details of the Sorting Ceremony were revealed to him in 1991, Ron stated that he was going to kill his brother Fred, who had scared him earlier by suggesting that the test to get into Hogwarts involved wrestling a troll.[21]

A troll was Quirrell's contribution to guarding the Philosopher's Stone in the Underground Chambers, during the 1991–1992 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[22]

To create a diversion so he could go after the Philosopher's Stone, Professor Quirrell let another mountain troll into the castle on Hallowe'en 1991, appearing in the dungeon.[12] It wandered around the corridors until Harry Potter and Ron Weasley locked it in a girls' bathroom, only to realise soon after that Hermione Granger was also in that particular bathroom. With a combination of using the Levitation Charm and what Minerva McGonagall would cite as "sheer dumb luck", Ron managed to knock it by levitating its club and dropping it on its head, incapacitating it and saving Hermione.[11]

Trolls participated in wizarding society to some extent; some witches and wizards made a career out of training security trolls.[23] These were evidently a different type of troll than the mountain variety, since they seemed considerably more intelligent and less smelly. Dumbledore hired security trolls to guard the Fat Lady after Sirius Black attacked her. They spent all their time pacing the corridor in front of the Fat Lady's portrait, giving dirty looks to everyone who happened by and comparing the sizes of their clubs.[10] They left at the end of the year, when Sirius was deemed to have left the country.[24]

The wizarding author and celebrity Gilderoy Lockhart wrote about his supposed adventures with trolls in his book Travels with Trolls, which was a mandatory Defence Against the Dark Arts textbook for his classes in that subject for the 1992–1993 school year when he was that year's Professor.[25] As Gilderoy Lockhart was in reality a dishonest con artist who fraudulently took the credit of the achievements of far braver wizards and witches, by erasing their memories of their deeds with the Memory Charm, Lockhart in reality had no actual experience with these creatures.[26]

When Ron Weasley was captured by Snatchers in 1997, he told them he was Stan Shunpike, due to them not looking very intelligent, and even speculated that one of them might have been part-troll, judging by his odour.[27]

During the Calamity, several trolls started randomly appearing throughout the wizarding world guarding various magical Confoundables, with volunteer members of the Statute of Secrecy Task Force having to incapacitate them with spells such as the the Ebublio Jinx and the Knockback Jinx, in order to overpower the Confoundables and return them to their rightful place.[28]

Known breeds

There were three known different types of trolls, each with its own highly unique set of physical differences.

Breed Image Description
Mountain troll Mountain Troll Standing twelve feet tall, it was the largest of the various troll species. It had grey skin, a lumpy body, and flat horny feet. It exuded a powerfully awful smell that was reminiscent of “a mixture of old socks and the kind of public toilet no one seems to clean.” Its nose was full of what looks like lumpy, grey glue: troll bogeys. It was also the most violent kind of troll.[11]
Forest troll Forest troll It had pale-green skin and straggly hair.[29] This breed of troll was native to forests or woodlands, and some may have even lived in the Forbidden Forest.[30]
River troll RiverTroll It had hairy purple skin and short horns. It was often found lurking under bridges or in the middle of rivers.[1]
Part-troll Beings with some, but not a complete, amount of troll heritage or blood, as well as part human blood. Harry Potter once speculated that Marcus Flint had some traces of troll blood in him; however, this might have been simply to insult Flint's stupidity and appearance.[31]

Behind the scenes

Appearances

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  2. ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) - PS1 version
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wonderbook: Book of Potions - see this video
  4. ↑ Pottermore - "History of Quidditch World Cup Part 2" on the "Pottermore Insider"
  5. ↑ Illustration of Diagon Alley by Jim Kay from the Deluxe Illustrated Slipcase Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (see here).
  6. ↑ J. K. Rowling's official site
  7. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Wand Cores" at Wizarding World
  8. ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) - Console versions
  9. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 7 (Bagman and Crouch)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 14 (Snape's Grudge)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 10 (Hallowe'en)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 17 (The Man with Two Faces)
  13. ↑ Hogwarts Legacy
  14. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 31 (O.W.L.s)
  15. ↑ Daily Prophet Newsletters, 8 February, 1999, Page 1
  16. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 4 (Number Twelve Grimmauld Place)
  17. ↑ Hogwarts Legacy, Main Quest "Welcome to Hogsmeade"
  18. ↑ Hogwarts Legacy, Main Quest "The Final Repository"
  19. ↑ Hogwarts Legacy, Side Quest "Spot Removal"
  20. ↑ Hogwarts Legacy, Side Quest "Troll Control"
  21. ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 7 (The Sorting Hat)
  22. ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 16 (Through the Trapdoor)
  23. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 29 (Careers Advice)
  24. ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 22 (Owl Post Again)
  25. ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 3 (The Burrow)
  26. ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 16 (The Chamber of Secrets)
  27. ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 23 (Malfoy Manor)
  28. ↑ Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
  29. ↑ Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World
  30. ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) - PS1 version
  31. ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 11 (Quidditch)
  32. ↑ LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4

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