Brief Biography 1

This account is a brief biography of a legendary cave troll named Ryan, as witnessed and told by Troll Elder, Hoqwit Fork of the Bumcutt Band. 

Ryan first emerged from his cave in 938 AD and quickly began raiding villages outlying the Black Forest. Ryan’s  band of trolls quickly recognized his ferocity in flaying the hides of humans and sheep alike, and by autumn of 939 he was brought before the Chief Troll, Grosh-Nab, and promoted to be the band leader of the Rip-Noses, an up-and-coming group of youth trolls with lots to prove. In his first year of pillaging with the Rip-Noses, Ryan quadrupled the amount of hides harvested from the free-folk, and to the satisfaction of other troll clans, also subdued the Grey Cloak Patrol that hindered some of raiding along the Alpine Road. 

By the Spring of 940, Ryan’s infamy had spread throughout the land. His expertise in bulk-skin commodities was sought far and wide among other trolls, and his knack for instilling fear in the villages was consulted even among the fearsome Hob-Torbkin Elders. Grosh-Nab, fearing the growing power of Ryan’s influence and popularity, moved him to the tiresome role of Cavehold Rawl. The majority of his work involved managing the teams of she-trolls who helped the weaker clans survive with food subsidies and worn-out caves. It was also Ryan’s duty to manage the rationing of bones, skulls, and various loot reaped from the local towns; thereby ensuring the stability of the brilliant yet delicate infrastructure of what was then the Golden Age of Troll Society.