Changeling - Players Guide.pdf

History
Troll history begins in the earliest reaches of the Time of
Legends, and they are one of the oldest, if not the oldest, of
the kith. Troll tradition holds that they are the one kith
directly created by the goddess Dana instead of by her
progeny, the Tuatha de Danaan. Trolls believe that the
earliest of their kind were elemental giants of some sort,
charged with the protection of all the other fae. These
giants (some believe) towered over modern-day trolls,
some standing as tall as mountains. Giants such as
Bran the Blessed and the Cerne Abbas giant may have
been gods. While many believe the size of these earliest
giants to be greatly exaggerated, there are still tales of such
creatures in the Deep Dreaming. Most believe that the
trolls during this time were of lesser stature, however.
During the Time of Legends, the trolls proved their worth
many times against such enemies as the Fomorians and other
dark chimera from the Deep Dreaming.
Although there were troll chieftains
at this time, they generally led through
example and rarely sought power for its
own sake. Because of this predilection, many
commoners still feel that they are inherently
better leaders than the sidhe.
During the Sundering, the trolls, like manyother
kith, became enamored of the traditions of
hierarchy and pageantry created by humanity. Many
trolls became valorous knights and adopted the
code of chivalry that emerged at this time. Unlike
the sidhe, however, the trolls were not as
efficient in the leadership aspects of kingdombuilding.
Sidhe kingdoms soon assimilated
troll fiefdoms and freeholds. Despite strong
initial troll opposition to this trend, the trolls
soon realized that their intransigence in this
matter was weakening all the fae at a time of
growing peril. The two kith called for a
secret reune. At the reune's end, many
were amazed that the warrior trolls capitulated
to sidhe leadership. While some
muttered darkly that this was due to perfidy
by the sidhe, trolls considered sidhe
leadership to be the course that would
most strengthen all the fae. It was also
during the Sundering that antagonism
between Seelie and Unseelie trolls
reached its zenith.
With the height of the Shattering,
the sidhe fled to Arcadia, abandoning
the other kith to the ravages of Banality.
Perhaps more than any other kith,
it was the trolls who stepped into the
breach to preserve the fae of earth.
Cut off from the Dreaming, the trolls took up positions of
leadership among the fae. For six hundred years, during the
Interregnum, the trolls took the brunt of an increasingly
hostile world. Many changelings credit
the very survival of the fae to the
trolls, and thus still consider them