Pronunciation: TRAHL-lohks 
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[Aginor] created the Trollocs during the [Shadow War] as soldiers for the Shadow. They are huge, maybe eight feet tall. They have the body of a man and the head and feet of an animal such as a bear, bird, wolf or goat. They are very strong and fast, but they are too stupid, lazy and cowardly to be good soldiers.

Trollocs see well in the dark, but bright light blinds them. Some can track by scent or sound, but they are lazy and easily give up. They kill for the pleasure of killing. They cannot be trusted unless they are afraid of you, and then not far.

Trollocs reproduce. Occasionally the offspring is a [Myrddraal|Fade]. For more information on Trollocs and [Myrddraal|Fade] see the [FAQ Section 1.6.1|WoTFAQ:node/176.html].

[{Image src='http://members.shaw.ca/jbeveridge/trllc1t.jpg' link='http://members.shaw.ca/jbeveridge/trollc01.htm'}]\\James Beveridge

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! Bands

Trollocs are divided into tribe-like bands, each with their own sigil. The names are derived from various mythological creatures as shown below. There are twelve principal bands and numerous lesser bands as well.


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* Ahf'frait - silver whirlwind ([TGH,Ch16], [KoD,Ch19]) (Afrit)
* Al'ghol - hooked axe ([KoD,Ch19]) (Ghoul)
* Bhan'sheen - dagger-pierced skull ([KoD,Ch19]) (Banshee)
* Dha'vol (DAH-vohl) [{LinkedImagePlugin image-src='Pronunciation/soundbut.gif' href='Pronunciation/dhavol.wav'}] - horned skull ([KoD,Ch19]) (Devil)
* Dhai'mon (DEYE-mon) [{LinkedImagePlugin image-src='Pronunciation/soundbut.gif' href='Pronunciation/dhaimon.wav'}] - iron fist ([KoD,Ch19]) (Demon)
* Dhjin'nen - skull cloven by a scythe-curved sword ([KoD,Ch19]) (Djinn)
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* Ghar'ghael - piled human skulls ([KoD,Ch19]) (Gargoyle)
* Ghob'hlin - goat-s skull with fire behind ([ToM,Ch21]) (Goblin) 
* Gho'hlem (Golem)
* Ghraem'lan - forked lightning ([KoD,Ch19]) (Gremlin)
* Ko'bal (KOH-bahl) [{LinkedImagePlugin image-src='Pronunciation/soundbut.gif' href='Pronunciation/kobal.wav'}] - blood red trident ([KoD,Ch19]) (Kobold)
* Kno'mon - red, bloodstained fist ([KoD,Ch19]) (Gnome)
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! Named Trollocs

There is only one Trolloc whose name is given.

* [Narg]

! Language

Trollocs have their own language. Here are a few phrases.

* ''Vlja daeg roghda'' - put sword down ([TEotW,Ch5])
* ''[Ba'alzamon|Ishamael]'' - Heart of the Dark, their name for the [Dark One|ShaiTan] ([TEotW,Ch9])
* ''Djevik K'Shar'' - Dying Ground, their name for the [Aiel Waste] ([TEotW,Ch25])
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! References (Possible Spoilers)

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# [Wotmania Interview|http://www.wotmania.com/wotmessageboardshowmessage.asp?MessageID=101647]
## The [True Power] as well as the [One Power] was used in creation of Trollocs, which proved to be uncontrollable and useless as soldiers until the first [Myrddraal|Fade] were born, throwbacks to the human stock used in creating Trollocs, but twisted by the inclusion of the [True Power] in making Trollocs.
# In [New Spring]
## [NS,Ch9] - Among other dangers, [Moiraine] fights Trollocs during her test for the shawl.
## [NS,Ch20] - In [Manala] there are Trolloc heads on posts from a recent raid. [Lan] is amazed that [Moiraine] has fought Trollocs.
# In [The Eye of the World]
## [TEotW,Ch5] - [Tam] tells [Rand] what he knows of Trollocs. Trollocs see well in the dark, but bright light blinds them. Some can track by scent or sound, but they are lazy and easily give up. They kill for the pleasure of killing. They cannot be trusted unless they are afraid of you, and then not far.
## [TEotW,Ch5] - A Trolloc named [Narg] tells [Rand] that the [Myrddraal|Fade] wants to talk to him.
## [TEotW,Ch7] - [Lan] says that Trollocs from seven different bands were in on the attack on [Emond's Field|Emonds Field].
## [TEotW,Ch8] - Trolloc weapons are made in the valley of [Thakan'dar|ThakanDar] in the shadow of [Shayol Ghul]. A small cut can fester leading to serious illness or even death.
## [TEotW,Ch10] - Wolves do not like Trollocs and vice versa.
## [TEotW,Ch19] - [Lan] finds Trollocs in [Shadar Logoth|Aridhol (City)] and brings back three horned-skull pins of the Dha'vol. He considers them the worst tribe.
## [TEotW,Ch19] - Trollocs and [Fades|Fade] loathe deep water. Neither can swim. A Trolloc will not even wade waist deep water.
## [TEotW,Ch21] - [Nynaeve] remembers that the Trollocs ignored her in [Shadar Logoth|Aridhol (City)] once they caught her scent.
## [TEotW,Ch45] - Trollocs have begun using the [Ways] to travel quickly and discreetly.
# In [The Great Hunt]
## [TGH,Ch6] - Trollocs enter [Fal Dara], steal the [Horn of Valere] and help free [Padan Fain].
## [TGH,Ch10] - There is a remmant of a monument commemorating [Artur Paendrag Tanreall]'s great victory over a Trolloc army at the field of [Talidar|Other History].
## [TGH,Ch10] - [Ingtar Shinowa] and company find an empty village and figure the Trollocs took the villagers for dinner.
## [TGH,Ch11] - [Padan Fain] lets the Trollocs slaughter the villagers they captured.
## [TGH,Ch14] - When [Perrin] sends out the scent of Trollocs, the wolves howl with intense hate.
## [TGH,Ch16] - In the [Portal Stone] world, [Artur Paendrag Tanreall]'s monument to his victory at the field of [Talidar|Other History] is a monument to a Trolloc victory.
## [TGH,Ch19] - [Rand] and [Loial] steal back the [Horn|Horn of Valere] killing several Trollocs in the process.
## [TGH,Ch27] - Trollocs attack [Rand] and [Loial] and chase them to the [Illuminators|Guild of Illuminators] chapter house. [Loial] kills one of the Trollocs.
## [TGH,Ch28] - [Perrin] reports to [Ingtar Shinowa] that the wolves told him someone they call [Shadowkiller|Rand] killed the Trollocs that they found.
## [TGH,Ch28] - [Urien] is excited when [Ingtar Shinowa] tells him they are hunting Trollocs. The return of Trollocs is part of [Aiel prophecy|Aiel Prophecies].
## [TGH,Ch33] - [Hurin] reports that the [Darkfriends] who stole the [Horn|Horn of Valere] joined up with Trollocs in [Barthanes|Barthanes Damodred]' manor.
## [TGH,Ch34] - High Lord [Turak Aladon] wonders if a %%ot [grolm]%% could kill a Trolloc.
# In [The Dragon Reborn]
## [TDR,Ch5] - A band of Trollocs led by at least two [Fades|Fade] attacks the camp of the [Dragon Reborn|Rand].
## [TDR,Ch19] - [Mat] wakes with memories of fighting Trollocs during the [Trolloc Wars].
## [TDR,Ch22] - In her second trip through the [three arches|Three Arches] [Egwene] sees [Caemlyn] destroyed by Trollocs.
# In [The Shadow Rising]
## [TSR,Ch10] - An army of [Fades|Fade] and Trollocs invades the [Stone of Tear]. An opposing band of [Fades|Fade] and Trollocs arrives and fights them.
## [TSR,Ch13] - A [Fade] called [Mat] "Hornsounder." A band of Trollocs swarmed over it before it could kill him.
## [TSR,Ch14] - [Faile] saved [Perrin] from a Trolloc's axe.
## [TSR,Ch16] - The Trollocs and [Fades|Fade] arrived at the [Stone of Tear] hidden in eight grain barges and thirty wagons.
## [TSR,Ch17] - [Thom] spreads dissention in the [Stone of Tear] by openly questioning how it was that the Trollocs and [Fades|Fade] were allowed to enter.
## [TSR,Ch26] - Trollocs and [Fades|Fade] were commonplace before and during the [Shadow War].
## [TSR,Ch27] - In the [Ways], [Perrin] and his party are attacked by Trollocs and a [Fade].
## [TSR,Ch29] - [Perrin] hears that the [Two Rivers] is under attack by Trollocs and that they killed his entire family.
## [TSR,Ch30] - With the [Waygate|Ways] blocked, [Perrin] believes no more Trollocs will arrive.
## [TSR,Ch31] - [Perrin] tells [Verin] that the Trollocs are coming through the [Ways] and she replies that she suspected as much from what [Moiraine] told her.
## [TSR,Ch32] - [Perrin], [Verin] and the others discuss the Trollocs' selective attacks and he concludes that it must be a lure for [Rand].
## [TSR,Ch37] - Trollocs and [Fades|Fade] attack [Rand] and the [Aiel] while they are camped at [Imre Stand].
## [TSR,Ch40] - After hunting Trollocs, [Perrin]'s band is tricked and attacked by a band of Trollocs and a [Fade].
## [TSR,Ch41] - [Perrin], [Faile] and [Ihvon] discuss the battle against Trollocs.
## [TSR,Ch44] - Five hundred Trollocs and three [Fades|Fade] attack [Emond's Field|Emonds Field] to test their defenses.
## [TSR,Ch45] - The Trollocs also attack the [TuathaAn] and wipe out most of them.
## [TSR,Ch50] - Trollocs and [Draghkar] attack [Rand] and the [Aiel] at [Cold Rocks] Hold.
## [TSR,Ch53] - The Trolloc attacks continue. There are thousands of them and maybe fifty [Fades|Fade] in the [Two Rivers].
## [TSR,Ch56] - The Trollocs and [Fades|Fade] mount a final, all-out attack on [Emond's Field|Emonds Field] but the combined forces of the [Two Rivers] defeat them.
# In [The Fires of Heaven]
## [TFoH,Ch3] - [Mat] remembers fighting Trollocs at [Maighande].
## [TFoH,Ch22] - Trollocs, [Fades|Fade] and [Darkfriends] attack [Rand]'s camp in [Jangai Pass] creating a diversion so that two [Draghkar] can attack [Rand]. 
## [TFoH,Ch54] - When [Rand] arrives in [Caemlyn] there are hoards of Trollocs and [Fades|Fade] waiting in the [Royal Palace] and the surrounding city.
## [TFoH,Ch55] - After killing [Rahvin] [Rand] helps the [Aiel] rout the Trollocs and [Fades|Fade].
## [TFoH,Ch56] - [Bael] leads the hunt for the remaining Trollocs in [Caemlyn].
# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Prologue] - [Osan'gar] helped make the Trollocs, but he is still uneasy around [Fades|Fade]. Trollocs have a sense of humor. [Fades|Fade] do not.
## [LoC,Ch3] - [Rand] warns [Mazrim Taim] about [Shadowspawn] including Trollocs.
## [LoC,Ch6] - [Sammael] sent the Trollocs and [Fades|Fade] that attacked the [Stone of Tear]. [Semirhage], on orders from the [Dark One|ShaiTan], sent the counter forces.
## [LoC,Ch7] - In %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%, [Carlinya] gets caught in a nightmare of Trollocs.
## [LoC,Ch10] - The [Two Rivers] girls tell [Rand] about [Perrin], [Faile], [Padan Fain], the [Whitecloaks] and the Trollocs.
## [LoC,Ch28] - [Padan Fain] still has a few Trollocs and [Darkfriends] waiting for him outside [Caemlyn].
# In [A Crown of Swords]
## [ACoS,Ch11] - During the [Trolloc Wars] [Dreadlords] and Trollocs plundered part of the [White Tower].
# In [Winter's Heart|Winters Heart]
## [WH,Ch35] - [Osan'gar] made the Trollocs and the [Myrddraal|Fade] sprang from them.
# In [Crossroads of Twilight]
## [CoT,Ch27] - [Perrin] felt like he was enjoying himself fighting Trollocs in the [Two Rivers].
# In [Knife of Dreams]
## [KoD,Ch3] - Someone masquerading as [Sammael] sends a hundred [Myrddraal|Fade] and tens of thousands of Trollocs into the [Ways].
## [KoD,Ch12] - [Perrin] tells [Neald|Fager Neald] how brave the [TuathaAn] were defending against Trollocs.
## [KoD,Ch15] - The [Aiel] call Trollocs "Shadowtwisted".
## [KoD,Ch15] - The [dull dagger] prevents [Shadowspawn] from seeing the possessor.
## [KoD,Ch19] - In addition to the twelve principal bands there are lesser bands. The sigils of some of them are a staring eye, a dagger-pierced hand and a man-shape wrapped in flames.
## [KoD,Ch19] - Tens of thousands of Trollocs led by a hundred [Fades|Fade] attack [Rand] at Lord [Algarin Pendaloan]'s manor. [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] takes over and he and the [Asha'man] destroy them with [Blossoms of Fire|Weaves], [Deathgates|Weaves] and [Arrows of Fire|Weaves].
## [KoD,Ch20] - The [Aes Sedai] and [Asha'man] slowly clean up the dead [Fades|Fade] and Trollocs incinerating the corpses with [Fire|One Power].
# In [The Gathering Storm]
## [TGS,Prologue] - Trollocs attack [Tylee|Tylee Khirgan]'s army just outside of [Ebou Dar].
## [TGS,Ch19] - [Tylee|Tylee Khirgan] arrives in [Ebou Dar] and reports the Trolloc attack directly to the [Daughter of the Nine Moons|Tuon]. She brings heads and bodies as proof.
## [TGS,Ch44] - [Ituralde|Rodel Ituralde] reports that Trollocs are massing in the [Blight].
# In [Towers of Midnight]
## [ToM,Prologue] - A fog coming from [Padan Fain] turns a group of Trollocs into Trolloc zombies.
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