Overview The Trolls of Vathria are one of the earliest life forms to appear worldwide. They inhabit the swampy lands of Faymalia. They share the region with Elves and have often found themselves at odds with Elven development throughout their history. Through a number of significant conflicts in the years after the Heavensblight, the Trolls and the Elves could no longer live and share the same forests. The Trolls attempted to push the Elves out of Faymalia but their alliance with the Elven alliance with Humans, the Trolls, were defeated. They fled the kingdom and split into different tribes with various cultures and beliefs. Eons would pass but in their souls, the Trolls would forever hold an inescapable rage toward the Elves, the child of Elara that she showed favor to, while abandoning them to the swamps. Culture Trolls are loyal only to their own tribe. In the past, when Troll society was one, they formed a great empire in the forest. However, as time has passed and the species has devolved in the swamps they have split into factions. In their minds, even Trolls from other tribes are no better or worse than humans or the other races of the continent. Trolls worship the concept of darkness and believe the Goddess Elara turned her back on them after creating the elves. Today Trolls do not really worship the image of any god, but they note that the dark times of the world have brought them wealth. As such, they pray, leave offerings to the darkness and the evil of the world, and practice black magic. To this end, they have created four symbols of prayer representing pestilence (rats), war (serpents), famine (locusts), and death (moths). Government In the early times of the Trolls, they built an incredible and great empire that stretched across the forest. Today their empire is long dead, and the Trolls are divided into many smaller tribes with no centralized overall leadership to guide them. While individual tribes have their structures, most follow a general pattern of having a tribal leader, who is often also a shaman of dark magic. Loyalty and respect for one's tribe and tribal leader is essential in the troll community, as well as a general apathy for other tribes and Trolls.