@Riot Lore - Why are the Trolls always the bad guys ?

Necrozard·Aug 6, 2017·1 votes·378 views

There is a lot of hype surrounding Ornn and Freljord , and i love it

But this made me remember of the trolls of Freljord.

They are only depicted as bad or neutral, just like a disposable enemy in a RPG

Even the Void have some depth with Jax(Something corrupted), Kassadin(Human corrupted), Rift Herald(Scuttle crab corrupted?) and Rek'Sai(Xer'Sai corrupted) that Trolls don't have

[They are connected to the Void, but don't act accordingly to its plans]

Could we ever expect to see Trolls become anything more interesting than a standard enemy ?

Mentions of Trolls in the Lore :

Vayne (Troll killed very fast)
Ryze (Hungry ice troll)
Braum (Troll kid)
Trundle (a pleasant amount of Troll lore)

11 Comments

GreenLoreAug 6, 20175 votes

Well isn't the troll kid from braum a more positive depiction of a troll? After all Braum risked his life to protect the troll kid,showing that Braum values Trolls just as much as everyone else.

Also you should keep in mind that the trolls are not their own faction,they are currently a subfaction of a subfaction.

NecrozardAug 6, 20171 votes

Yes that is the only positive depiction of a Troll that i have ever heard of :/

GreenLoreAug 7, 20171 votes

Well one out of four doesn't seem so bad for a race that seems to consist mainly of rather dumb brutes who love violence.

BârdAug 7, 20172 votes

Not canon anymore, but old Trundle's lore was pretty positive.

Self sacrificing leper.

Variks the LoyalAug 6, 20173 votes

Trundle in particular doesn't scream 'villain' to me. He's easily a grey character that is only on Lissandra's side out of convenience, not out of some desire to kill everything or bring back an ancient evil.

Trundle could just as easily fit into the Winter's Claw, if such a storyline were introduced where he would defect to them.

NecrozardAug 6, 20171 votes

I enjoy Trundle's lore because he exactly what you said " a grey character "

But he's the only Troll that makes me feel this way

KrabohodAug 7, 20171 votes

And what about poor troll boy from Braum's? I don't think they is particulary any bad. Or good, in that matter.

GreenLoreAug 7, 20171 votes

I wouldn't say he is really grey. After all he bashed in the head of the previous leader for pretty much no reason at all.

Though he is definetly not as evil as some other champs.

Variks the LoyalAug 7, 20171 votes

Not for no reason. He did it to take the previous leader's place through a trial by combat, similar to a Mak'gora from WoW.

GreenLoreAug 7, 20171 votes

He said the troll with the biggest club becomes a leader automatically and the other trolls believed him,so there wasn't much reason to kill the previous leader.