Tero Trollgarsson
Tero Trollgarsson, often referred to as simply “the Troll”, was a Scandinavian Troll who lived in the Forest in the Prime Universe.
Description
Physical appearance
Tero Trollgarsson was a bulky Troll with a round body, greenish fur, grayish skin, and red pupils. His face was squarish and sported a mustache and beard. (PROSE: The Winter Quests)
Personality
Although articulate and even intelligent, Trollgarsson was stubborn and fairly close-minded, hating to be dragged into events outside of his normal frame of life as a forest-dwelling Troll. He mostly ate sheep but claimed to have no qualms about eating people if they got on his nerves. He took great pride in being a Troll, and viewed other supernatural beings, from Fae to deities, with annoyance and suspicion. (PROSE: The Winter Quests)
Powers & abilities
As a Troll, Trollgarsson had the ability to digest almost anything. He enjoyed drinking muddy water, and could drink gallons of snake venom with no greater adverse consequences than a mild hangover. (PROSE: The Winter Quests)
Biography
Tero Trollgarsson was the son of Trollgar Trollgarsson.
At some point, he made his home in a burrow hidden behind a small waterfall in a clearing in the Forest. He was disturbed by Juliet-178 during her and Pythagoras-858's quest to slay the Wyrm of Loki, as Juliet mistakenly believed the cavern behind the waterfall was an entrance to the World Below where they would find the Wyrm. In her confusion, Juliet activated her Dematerialisation Engine while touching both Trollgarsson and Pythagoras, teleporting the three of them to the Interdimensional Tavern. There, the two were met with Odin himself, who advised the Cupids to keep the Troll by their side throughout the rest of the adventures.
Figuring out that a part of the prophecy was telling them that a hearth would somehow show them the way forward, the three discovered that a version of the Norse fire-god Logi in fact resided in the Tavern's hearth. In exchange for some scented firewood, which Tpxszum agreed to provide later, Logi created a portal to the World Below for them. There, after some trekking, they crossed paths a gigantic talking serpent. They hesitated, unsure whether he was the “serpent” they were to help recover or the “wyrm” they had to defeat. However, the Troll, overlooking their words of caution, decided to charge at the snake, holding that it would be the goddess's fault for not having been more precise in her request if she didn't like it, and that the sooner he technically fulfilled the terms of the quest, the sooner he could go home.
The fight was interrupted before it had properly begun by the appearance of CS-NA, the ship-building robot from the Cupid Homeworld, who had been off on a quest of his own across the Multiverse, trying to understand the spirit of Christmas. Realising that his appearance at such a timely moment could not be coincidental, the Cupids deduced, with the serpent's input, that they were being manipulated from afar by Loki, though Pythe was initially skeptical. (PROSE: The Winter Quests)
