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A bridge troll are trolls that act as a guardian of a troll bridge.

Background[]

Bridge trolls are a type of troll[1][2] (though it might be better understood as a troll profession).

One bridge troll, a forest troll, was the troll guardian of the gnome's islet located in Daventry. He requested a Troll Toll from whoever wished to visit the island.[3] But Graham tricked him by taking the goat towards him. He and his family had been known to guard bridges throughout Daventry.

It is a well known fact that goats hate trolls intensely[4], so the goat knocked the troll off the bridge into the River Fools. He probably drowned in its raging currents.

Though Graham banished trolls when he became king.[5] It seems that while they might have even banished some were missed, remaining in hiding or occasionally snuck back in to cause problems for travelers. Since Bridge trolls still terrorized Daventry many years into Graham’s reign during Rosella’s childhood.[6]

Brutus Bonecrusher was a bridge troll living in the Vulcanix Underground[7][8]. He guarded the bridge crossing the Underground River. Rosella knocked him off his bridge using a wagon in the fiery river. But it didn't bother him much, and he just floated away.


Bridge trolls[]

Behind the scenes[]

The troll ("TROLL") in KQ1 is referred to as the 'bridge troll' in King's Questions.

It is also possible to give the troll a treasure to pass, but it results in fewer points.

See also, Bridge Troll (KQGS).

References[]

  1. KQSNW, 138
  2. King's Questions
  3. Troll (KQ1SCI): "Well, what've we got here? You think yer gonna cross my bridge, do you? Not for FREE, you ain't." Yer quite the chatterbox, aintcha? Well, lemmee warn ya, these bridges have been in my family for years and years, and nobody, especially not a puny little knight like yerself, has every passed across one of our bridges without paying our Troll Toll...", "Quite gabbin' Are you plannin' on paying my toll, or does I hafta get tough?"
  4. narrator (KQ1SCI): "It is a well known fact that goats hate trolls intensely..."
  5. KQTFC: Almost as disturbing, some said that other wicked creatures had begun to gather in the shadow of the black castle, creatures long banished from Daventry by Graham's steadfast rule: fierce ogres and murderous troll, dark elves and malevolent spirits of the night.
  6. KQSNW, pg: "We know all the creatures of this land; no wood cat and bridge troll is going to catch us."
  7. KQC4E, pg 341
  8. KQ7
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