Editing Races in Jeweled Amber (section)

=='''Trollkin'''==

Trolls are a race with wide varieties but some general similarities.  Often battlefield companions of orcs and goblins.
Some trolls are known across shadow by name.  Some trolls get smeared with common tales that may or not apply to them. 

The diverse definitions of races claiming to be Trolls is troublesome.  They are many Troll Races among the Fey but certainly not all.

===Common myths===
*The most common myth is that they guard bridges and charge tolls.  While this does occur often enough in diverse shadows, there are many differences. Some guard trolls are greedy and violent.  Others peaceful and polite.
*Small trolls are common as tomb dwellers and forest denizens. 
*There are many trolls considered sages and sorcerers or natural mages.
*Small troll children are known to be exchanged with babes of other races for a variety of reasons.


===''Garden Trolls/Gnomes''===

Depending on the specifics of shadows a common form of troll are tenders of gardens.  Often they are considered gnomes and the difference from shadow to shadow can be small, even in choices of clothing. Such garden trolls can heal sick plants, cause covering plants to extend and prosper.  Thye can purify fouled water.  They can be fierce foes of rabbits and rats and other garden pests.  They often use insects as domesticated beasts in the protecion and prosperity of their gardens.  They can be fiercely loyal to a plot of land and even to the family that lives on it and prospers.  They are often family friends, baby caretakers, and companions of family pets.

===Notable Trolls===
*By far the most well known Troll across shadow is Grendal.
*Agvash is a War Troll in the service of Borlak.  14' tall riding beast form of T-Rex.  He also has a horde of his modified T-Rex mounted by smaller war Trolls.   His company of 1000 warriors is on of the shock forces in the mighty army of [[Borlak]]