Offspring of Gruul, the leader of Prospero's Arcanian mercenaries during the Chaos Wars, and a human woman, trolls made their home in the Mannaseh swamp. Though this sounds an awful place to live, trolls are well-adapted to such an environment, and built a city that was rumoured to be as civilized as any human city. Troll's did not leave the Mannaseh much, except for a few explorers who would venture out to the Savannah, or return with horror stories of the dry, arid Mhojave desert.

Life went on for the Troll race as it always had until, one year, a vast emigration of trolls to the surrounding plains took place. Until, as the Trollish senate was meeting to discuss routine issues of taxation, a being of unknown origin appeared to them and claimed to be their rightful God. This being demanded that the senate immediately disband and declare him, who called himself Taug. Now, the trolls are proud, willful race, and though they were not happy about Taug, they felt compelled to obey him, at least temporarily.

But, in a short time, the Trolls grew tired of meeting the often unreasonable demands of Taug and a pair of leaders arose. Schlastan, a senator, and Alcibiades, a commoner, combined their efforts and mobilized the greatest sorcerers of the Trolls race. Between them, they were able to contain Taug in a magical prison. Unfortunately, Taug's essence had already polluted the Mannaseh swamp, and the trolls left, en masse, to seek new lives elsewhere.

Around the continent they spread, and eventually the Church took an interest in them. Molay, the Paladin guildmaster, recognized the potential of the troll strength of body and will, and recruited some for the Church. Thus, the Trolls were the first race to join humanity in civilization, and the first to join the Church.