Oghar

Oghar

The capital’s name is Oghaeiz (Troll’s Ice). Oghaeiz does not look like much compared to the other cities. It is built out of ice, wood and rock. The walls protecting the city are built out of solid ice, and have remained unscaled for centuries. The people do not interact a lot with other realms, and are largely self-sufficient, but live simple lives. The large ice lakes are used for fishing, and feeds the entire realm. The trolls do not have a written history, but keep oral tradition alive and well, which means that most of their history is clouded within the realm of mythology.

The trolls have a very primitive and animistic religion, with no deities at all, just the belief in the spirits that inhabit all forms of life. Trolls are relatively isolated, and don't particularly trust any other race, although they show interest in the somewhat similar orcs.

According to legend, the founder of Oghar was Oghon, the first troll, who was created out of the earth as life came to be. He ruled for thousands of years.

Oghon had two sons, and after his death they argued over who would rule the trolls. In the end they decided to form a dual monarchy, with one ruling the northern snowy region, and the other ruling the southern mountains. They are the ancestors of the frost trolls and the mountain trolls.

For millennia, the trolls lived in the snowy regions and the mountains, but a few centuries ago, they were driven out of the mountains by invaders, and now live mixed together in the north. The mountain trolls, including the king, long to reclaim the south, and recreate the dual monarchy.

At an unknown period, the trolls were visited by dwarves, who taught them many great things, including their technology and religion. Thus the practices of the trolls religion share some great similarities to the dwarf religion.