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Forest Troll (animal)

The forest troll is the go-to monster of children's' fairy tales and the perpetual bragging point of particularly skilled (or dishonest) hunters. Actual forest troll attacks, however, are quite rare - not because they are not aggressive, which they most assuredly are, but because they simply inhabit the kind of exceptionally dense, primordial woodland that is only found far away from civilization.

The forest troll is the go-to monster of children's' fairy tales and the perpetual bragging point of particularly skilled (or dishonest) hunters. Actual forest troll attacks, however, are quite rare - not because they are not aggressive, which they most assuredly are, but because they simply inhabit the kind of exceptionally dense, primordial woodland that is only found far away from civilization.

Once found, however, their trail isn't exceptionally difficult to track. All trolls are ravenous creatures, and it shows - completely destroyed berry groves, knocked down trees, and ravaged animal carcasses litter the area. Soon enough, we locate the lair itself — a cave, naturally — and prepare to enter...