Chapter 2
Accessing File: The Trollhunter
The worlds of Troll and man were once separated but when the Trolls discovered the surface conflict rose between the two groups. Conflict with the Grimm was inevitable, but the Trolls would prove to be adept at fighting these abominations due to their stone bodies and great strength even though most Trolls don't bother unlocking their Auras. As time went on the Trolls and man would eventually stop, but this peace was not yet official allowing evil Trolls, such as the Gumm-Gumms, to make their move. These Trolls would attack good Trolls and the races of flesh, who they sought to devour and claim the surface, though all the battles could only be waged at night as sunlight turns Trolls into unliving stone.
Then one day a Wizard named Merlin cut off the left hand of his former apprentice Morgana, Le Fay after she betrayed him, and used it to create the Amulet of Daylight. He chose a champion from the Troll race with the mission of protecting worlds of both Trolls and mankind, known as the Trollhunter. Such threats would be evil Trolls, Goblins, Gruesomes (a slime monster that eats the remains of dead Trolls), Grimm (normally when it concerned the Trolls), and the occasional rogue Gnome. When invoking the incantation "For the glory of Merlin, daylight is mine to command," the Trollhunter is encased in a silver armor with blue highlights made from pure daylight and wield the Sword of Daylight. The sword is made of daylight and resembles a large cleaver falchion with a have circle at the top of the blade's back.
Many Trolls have taken on the mantle after the death's of their predecessors; such as Maddrux the Many who made clones of herself after inserting a special gemstone in one of the gem slots in the back of the amulet to give herself extra power, Unkar the Unfortunate who is mostly known for falling off a flight of stairs of a Gumm-Gumm fortress and onto a spike he was still alive but then he got torn apart limb from limb on his first night, Deya the Deliverer who trapped Gunmar and his Gumm-Gumms army in a realm known as the Darkrealm (in the show it was called the Darklands but Lord Maximus used that name for the Grimm territories) at the Battle of Killahead Bridge and died keeping Bular the son of Gunmar, who had avoided being trapped in the Darkrealm, from the good Trolls as they secretly boarded the Mayflower, and Kanjigar the Courageous who lead the Trolls to finding a new Heartsone to make a new home within the New World. After Kanjigar was killed by Bular the Amulet chose Jim Lake Jr. the first human Trollhunter and despite animosity from most of the Trolls he managed to accomplish many tasks such as killing Bular, the Trollhunter killer Angor Rot, and finding the Triumbric Stones to kill Gunmar but not before being turned into a half-troll by Merlin so he would have the strength to help him kill the Gumm-Gumm warlord.
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Unknown Village, Wildlands, 22 days after the battle of Arcadia Oaks
Inside the room of a house a teenager is listening to music being played on her headphones while reading an old article on her labtop about the battle of Arcadia Oaks. She is oblivious to the world around when suddenly...CRASH! A person wearing Gumm-Gumm armor crashes through her window and points a rifle at the girl. She is forced outside the house and sees that everyone in her village has been forced outside and brought to the center of the village. She sees the dead bodies of the Huntsman and his Huntress partner that defended the village. The dead bodies were being put into body bags by some of the armored warriors. But she sees next was something she was not expecting to see. A flock of dragon like monsters made of stone came down from the sky. They had red eyes, white stone skin, and some sort of reddish black scruff around their necks that may have been made of scales. These creatures are Stalklings a type of Troll that is immune to sunlight. On the back of one of the Stalklings was a person dressed in black clothing that covered their entire body and wearing a Grimm mask that covered their entire face. The eyes of the person couldn't be seen because black eyeglass pieces were made into the mask the cover them. This person had a lithe build and helping give an androgynous look making it difficult if this person was a man or a woman. But this person must've been stronger than they looked because on their back was massive scimitar sword that had a glowing blue orb on its hilt.
The person in black says something in an unknown language (Trollish) and their voice sounded like it was being distorted know doubt to prevent anyone from remembering or recognizing it.
Upon hearing the command, the armored warriors mount the Stalklings and the beasts grab the villagers and go into the air. The villagers scream in terror as they are taken away from their home and be brought to whatever cruel fate awaits them.
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New Heartstone Trollmarket, New Jersey, 1 month after the battle of Arcadia Oaks
After days of marching toward the state of New Jersey and avoiding the notice of the humans, Faunus, and Mobians along the way. Thanks to Merlin and Trollhunter of Trollhunters as Jim includes his friends as Trollhunters, they were able to make it to the new Heartstone that was underneath the state. Jim and his girlfriend Claire Maria Nunez where currently moving the dead bodies of the past Trollhunters, since Trolls petrify when they die they don't need to make statues for their dead Trollhunters, into the new Hero's Forge a training arena meant to train Trollhunters and warriors through the kind of training that involves traps and anything that can kill anyone training in the arena. Trolls prefer death dealing training over the controlled safe kind.
"Blinky we got the last one," said Jim as he was holding the stone corpse of his predecessor Kanjigar the Courageous over his shoulder. Jim's transformation into a half-troll gave him the build of a muscular teenager but he was much stronger than he looked, during the battle of Arcadia Oaks he was able to throw Gunmar, who was much bigger than Jim, by the horn into a building.
"Good work you two," said Blinky. Blinkous Galadrigal, a greenish-blue Troll with blue hair, set of short horns on the back of his head, four pairs of arms a long orange nose, with three pairs of eyes on each side of his face, and line patterns on his arms, chest, and chin, and wearing shorts with suspenders. Blinky is Jim's Trollhunter teacher and he had prior experience in training a Trollhunter before, unfortunately said Trollhunter was Unkar the Unfortunate which helped gave him a bad reputation. Blinky would often tell others who brought up Unkar that during training the Troll was called Unkar the Ultimate, all six hours to be precise. After the Trolls previous leader Vendel was killed by the Krubera Troll Queen Usurna in an act of betrayal, Blinky had been named the leader of the Trollmarket Trolls.
"You'll be on your future pedestal in no time old friend," Blinky said to Kanjigar's petrified corpse.
"This place is already starting to feel like home you know," said Claire. Claire wore a light purple turtleneck with a dark pink skull and the word Hamlet on it, under a dark purple jacket, a short purple jacket, a short blue skirt and gray leggings with black shoes. She is a Hispanic girl with a pale complexion, she has dark brown eyes, black hair with a white streak that was caused from when she created a large shadow portal when she over used the dark magic of her old shadow staff. She was possessed by Morgana because of it but was freed by Jim and their allies. After throwing Morgana into the Shadow Realm and having her Shadow Staff destroyed so the realm could not be accessed after that she decided to journey to the new Heartstone with Jim.
"I know what you mean Claire," Jim said. "But I still miss our old homes in Arcadia."
"I know that feeling all too well Master Jim," Blinky said remembering how the Trolls looked for a Heartstone in America after their original one in Europe had died. "Like you Humans say home is where the heart is."
"Trollhunter," said a Troll who came into the Hero's Forge. "A message for you on your laptop appeared."
Jim, Claire, and Blinky come to Blinky's private study where they find an old man wearing armor, has a white beard and eyebrows, grey eyes, and holding a staff with a green crystal on it, this man is the Wizard Merlin.
"Ah you're here this thing appeared on your...machine," Merlin said.
"We really need to help you understand laptops Merlin," Claire said.
"Hey, this message is from Sebben," Jim said as he saw the video chat request on his laptop. He clicked it and Sebben appears on screen.
"Is there something wrong Phil?" Jim asked.
"There is look at this video," Phil said. "It's from security camera's that were installed in a village."
They all see the video being played and are shocked at what they saw. Bandits wearing Gumm-Gumm armor dragging people out of their homes. The armor worn by these bandits weren't just mere copies, but their designs were perfect, every detail was exactly like that of the armor worn by the Gumm-Gumms. What shocks them next is the appearance of Stalklings. The video pauses after the person in black is shown.
"Great Gronka Morka," Blinky exclaimed. "How is this possible!?"
"So, you're saying none of this bandits are Trolls?" Sebben asked.
"The Stalklings are Trolls but the one's wearing armor aren't," Jim said. "Even with that armor the sunlight would've petrified them."
"And their armor was an exact replica of Gumm-Gumm armor," said Merlin. "But how did they manage to make it perfectly, they shouldn't have been able to get the glow of the green highlights in?"
"Wait all their eyes are glowing," said Claire when she took a closer look.
"By Deya's grace they've been touched by the Decimaar Blade," said Blinky. "That's the only way they could've gotten that armor."
The Decimaar Blade is an ancient Gumm-Gumm weapon imbued with dark magic. The user can turn those touched by the blade into a mindless puppet, or into a Gumm-Gumm warrior.
"But it was destroyed when I killed Gunmar," Jim said.
"Maybe a piece of it still had power," Claire said.
"Perhaps the bandit's leader has it," Sebben said. "They're the only one not wearing armor."
Jim looks at the bandit leader until his eyes are drawn toward the glowing blue orb on their sword's hilt, "The orb must be the piece of the Decimaar Blade.".
"This also brings me to the next part of the conversation," Sebben said. "For the past few weeks we've received reports of villagers disappearing in the Wildlands of Montana and bandit camps have been discovered to be abandoned. Jim somehow this involves Trolls and I need you to figure it why. I've already called in some Huntsmen to join you."
"You can count on me to help Phil," Jim said.
"You sure Jim that area is in the Great Plains and the daylight...," Claire says before being cut off.
"Don't worry I have a gemstone I put into the amulet that will let me survive the daylight (In the show Jim is told that there is a gemstone that can let Trolls survive daylight)," Jim said. "Plus, I'll bring a glamour mask in case I need to disguise myself."
"Okay but I'm coming with," Claire said.
"Okay then," said Jim. "Phil what can we expect from these Huntsmen?"
"They're some of the best Huntsmen I know," Sebben said. "I've also told them that your half-troll don't worry their completely trustworthy."
Sebben then logs off leaving the team to plan their next move.
"Claire and I can handle this you guys," Jim said. "Can I trust you to watch over Trollmarket?"
"Don't worry Master Jim me, Merlin, Normura, and the other Trolls can handle ourselves," Blinky said. "Just promise me that you and Claire come back alive."
"Don't worry Blinky we'll make it out of this," Claire said.
"After all we've faced, I doubt theirs a situation we can't handle," said Jim