Trolls (Marvel)

Trolls are a species that features in Marvel Comics.

History

Trolls were a race of humanoid beings that were native to the Ten Realms that included Asgard. These noted enemies of the Asgardians resided within the underground Kingdom of the Trolls. (Thor v1 #137)

Centuries ago, Greyval Grimson and Balder The Brave ran afoul of a small but cunning band of rock trolls, who were on average about four feet tall. It is not known, however, whether these trolls where just smaller than others of their race, or all trolls of the age were smaller, or even if there is simply a wider variation in troll size than the current crop of Troll warriors would suggest. These trolls seemed to show a natural aptitude for casting illusions, which they often used to make their thorn-filled dens resemble grand banquet halls. They also possessed other simple forms of magic, such as the scrying Pool of Mirrors, the sedative Thorns of Sleep, and the fruit of the Trollvine, which could transform creatures who consumed it into trolls. (Marvel Graphic Novel v1 #15)

One day, an entity known as Orikal came upon the universe of Asgard where he was captured by the Trolls and enslaved by King Geirrodur. The being was imprisoned in a sea of flame where he was forced to use his mind and Infinite Eye in service to the Trolls. (Thor v1 #138)

After their repeated defeats at the hands of Thor, the Troll-King Geirrodur was met with by the warrior Ulik who proposed a cunning plan to eliminate the Asgardian. This involved an ambush to drag him into the Chamber of the Winds where Ulik intended to battle him in unarmed combat so that he would not use his hammer. During the battle, the Rock Trolls used a magnetised plate of Uru to draw Mjolnir to it and then absconded with the weapon where they threw it into the furnace in an effort to destroy it. Thor himself seemingly also perished as he broke away from the fight in order to recover Mjolnir and plunged into the flames to retrieve it. (Thor v1 #210)

The Flying Trolls of Thryheim later assisted Queen Ula in the war against Hela. (New Mutants v1 #84)

The Dark Elf Queen Alyfse gathered an army with the intention of conquering Midgard and began to enslave a number of Trolls. This saw their number of their kind in Nornheim resenting her actions and they decided to march against her. Hercules whilst disguised as Thor initially battled them and then joined them in battle only to be betrayed by their number. Despite their treachery, he managed to defeat them whereupon he went forth to meet the Dark Elf Queen. (Incredible Hercules v1 #134)

An army of the Flying Trolls of Thryheim working for Morgan Le Fay attacked Crystal, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch at Cafe Transia. (Avengers v3 #1)

A group of Murder Trolls were hired by Dormammu and tasked with killing his niece Clea. They came upon Valkyrie who defeated them whereupon Clea cast an enchantment on the Trolls making them believe they had completed their task where they were to return to their employer. (Fearless Defenders v1 #7)

The War of the Realms eventually reached Midgard with the Trolls joining the Dark Council in the invasion of Earth. (War of the Realms v1 #1) This saw them claiming the region of Australia as part of the Kingdom of the Trolls. (War of the Realms v1 #3) The Champions were present in Australia where they tried to help fight off the Rock Trolls. (Champions v3 #5)

In the aftermath, Asgard forged a peace with the Trolls by offering them a place in the Realm Eternal and thus they aided in the reconstruction efforts in rebuilding the shattered towers of the city. (Thor v5 #16)

Overview

It was claimed that the angrier a Troll got then the stronger they were in battle. (Thor v1 #137)

There were numerous kinds of Trolls that included:

• Flying Trolls of Thryhem : insectile Trolls who called the stone-hive of Thryheim with Queen Ula commanding the Savage Swarm. (Journey into Mystery v1 #124)
• Murder Trolls : a vicious, cruel and heartless race that were part of an obscure order of assassins for hire which worshipped only money with them noted for being a dying breed. (Fearless Defenders v1 #7)
• Forest Trolls : a race of furred Trolls that were native to the forests. (Thor v1 #195)
• Magzi : said to be the most feral tribe of Trolls. (Thunderbolts v1 #146)
• Silent Ones : a race of Trolls that resided on the Isle of Silence. (Avengers v1 #1)

A Troll even those not native to the realms were afforded certain rights to them as dictated by holy law. This allowed them trials by combat even if they were accompanying an enemy with this being hand-to-hand combat to the death with no special powers or weapons. The law allowed for a surrogate to be appointed rather than the warrior themselves though the champion had to be a male. (Warlock and the Infinity Watch v1 #24)

It was said to be customary for Rock Tolls to kill their siblings as a show of superiority. (Symbiote Spider-Man: King in Black v1 #4)

They made use of valkisack vines whose fragrance stole the will of the captive and kept them subdued. (Warlock and the Infinity Watch v1 #24) Trolls also made use of the Vapors of Quietude that were contained in bottles and used on prisoners to stop them from resisting. (Thor v1 #137)

A siege weapon used by the Trolls was the Dragon Cannon that was a wheeled device that had a dragon head which fired blasts at targets. (Mighty Thor v1 #408)

They were native to the underground Kingdom of the Trolls that existed among the different realms with tunnels that were connected by wind currents which transported individuals rapidly between the different caverns. (Thor v1 #137) One path to their kingdom was through the Bridge of Winds that led to the Chamber of the Winds. (Thor v1 #210) A noted location was Castle Grimlock that was the palace home of King Geirrodur of the Trolls of Asgard. The structure was noted to possess its own castle arena for combat between individuals. It was home to the Cathedral of Borgeddon that was a great pit which was said to be as old as any place on Asgard. The pit was home to Borgeddon who was a mighty giant beast who was considered a heavenly aspect that looked fondly to the Troll empire and they in turn provided it sacrifices. (Warlock and the Infinity Watch v1 #24)

Members

• Grundor : a male Rock Troll who was ruler of the Land of the Trolls. (Mighty Thor v1 #408)
• Geirrodur :
• Ulla : a female Rock Troll that was the mate of Geirrodur with her being the Queen of the Kingdom of the Trolls. (Thor v1 #210)
• Muthos : a male Rock Troll who served as advisor and counsel to Troll-King Geirrodur. (Thor v1 #210)
• Olik : a male Rock Troll who was the older brother of Ulik and was known as the Widow Maker. (Warlock and the Infinity Watch v1 #24)
• Ulik : a male Rock Troll who was the strongest and mightiest of their number. (Thor v1 #137)
• Horth : a male Rock Troll and brother of Ulik who looked after Horth as his charge and ensured no harm came to him. (Thor Annual v1 #13)
• Grak : a male Rock Troll who stood guard by their base beneath the Rainbow Bridge. (Thor v1 #137)
• Askella : a Troll sorceress once summoned a Wind Giant to attack Greyval Grimson and Balder the Brave on their journey to retrieve the Raven Banner. (Marvel Graphic Novel v1 #15)
• Muthos : a male Troll who served as a well-respected chief consular to Geirrodur, King of the Rock Trolls. (Thor v1 #211)
• Kryllk : a Rock Troll warlord who wished for the destruction of Asgard. He planned revenge against Odin for stealing both land and life from his people. He was stopped when the two heroes Thor and Spider-Man teamed up, and vanished due to the intervention of Uatu the Watcher due to the temporal echo created by his stopping time. (Marvel Team-Up v1 #7)
• Uroc : a Rock Troll once in the service of King Grundor, who was ordered to find Grundor a new weapon, or be killed. Uroc found a vast supply of uru metal, and used it to create a statue. He then transferred his mind into the uru body, and returned to Grundor's kingdom to have his revenge upon the Rock Trolls. After learning that the Rock Trolls were being forced to the surface for food because of Uroc, Thor journeyed into the Chasm of Eternal Sorrow with Grundor to seek out Uroc. (Mighty Thor v1 #409)
• Fagan :
• Ulf : an Ice Troll in service of a group of Midgard Vanir. He was sent to rampage around Westchester in order to drag the X-Men, with the goal of capturing the elemental Iceman. While Ulf brought captive Iceman as an offering to Ymir, the X-Men managed to save Iceman timely, leaving only Ulf as sacrifice to the Frost Giant. (X-Men: First Class v1 #5)
• Ud : a male Troll that served on the League of Realms. (Thor: God of Thunder v1 #14)
• Kryllk : a male Troll known as Kryllk the Cruel who had made a number of attempts to invade Asgard where he found the Dark Crystal with him he using its power against the Asgardians. (Marvel Team-Up v1 #7)
• Tyborr : (Thor v1 #211)
• U-Slyn : (Thor v1 #211)
• Ekak : (Thor v1 #500)
• Horguun : (S.H.I.E.L.D. v3 #5)
• Ulf : a male Ice Troll used by a cult of Vanir to aid in the awakening of Ymir where he battled the original X-Men early in their career. (X-Men First Class v1 #5)
• Tremmidur : a male Rock Troll that helped a war party in the capture of Thor Odinson and brought him to the Kingdom of the Trolls on behalf of Troll-King Geirrodur. (Thor v1 #210)
• Zygar : a male Forest Troll. (Thor v1 #195)
• Kygar : a male Forest Troll who attacked Thor but was saved by him whereupon he pledged his life to serve the Asgardian. (Thor v1 #195)
• Zotarr : the Troll-Supreme was a large construct shaped as a Troll in armour that was made in the furnaces that had created Mjolnir. (Thor v1 #238)
• Plokk :
• Skorgnarld :
• Kygar :

Notes

• Trolls were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where they made their first appearance in Avengers v1 #1 (September, 1963).

Alternate Versions

• In Thor: The Dark World Prelude (2013), the Troll Lords appeared in the comic tie-in set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
• In Heroes Reborn v2 #6 (2021), an alternate version of the Trolls appeared in the new Heroes Reborn reality designated as Earth-21798 in the Multiverse.

In other media

Television

• In The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Trolls made several appearances in the setting of the animated television series. They were shown as large monsters native to the realm Vanaheim where Ulik came to encounter Iron Man after he arrived in the Nine Realms.
• In Ultimate Spider-Man, Rock Trolls appeared in the setting of the animated television series in the two-part episode "Avenging Spider-Man".
• In Avengers Assemble, Rock Trolls appeared in the setting of the animated television series in the episode "The Doomstroyer". In the episode "The Serpent of Doom", the Rock Troll Ulik came to Earth using the Asgardian weapon named Codgel. The Avengers came to assist Thor in fighting the Trolls though the god of thunder was afraid as the sighting of the weapon related to the prophecy concerning him perishing in battle. Later, Loki was revealed to be the true leader of the Cabal where he took over the Earth with the Casket of Ancient Winters with an army of Frost Trolls being part of his forces.

Video games

• In Thor: God of Thunder, Rock Trolls appeared in the setting of the 2011 third person single-player video game tie-in. They were a race of creatures led by Ulik, the Unstoppable Troll. As part of his quest to make himself look like the ultimate and greatest hero of Asgard, Loki sent his adoptive brother Thor to Nornheim, where Thor battled Ulik.
• In Thor: Son of Asgard, Trolls appeared in the setting of the 2011 video game.
• In Marvel Heroes, Trolls appeared in the setting of the MMORPG video game.
• In Marvel: Future Revolution, Trolls appeared in the setting of the mobile video game.

Appearances

• Avengers v1: (1963)
• Journey into Mystery v1:
• Thor v1:
• New Mutants v1:
• Warlock and the Infinity Watch v1:
• Thunderbolts v1:
• Incredible Hercules v1:
• Fearless Defenders v1:
• Realm of the Realms v1:
• Champions v3:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry

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