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'''''Trolls''''' are large, slow, humanoid creatures. They are generally destructive, and wild ones, at least, are generally not smart enough to reason with.

[[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Fred and George Weasley|Fred Weasley]] has stated that all one needs to do to speak Troll is to point and grunt, earning him "an extremely nasty look" from [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Percy Weasley|Percy]].

 

 

It is not immediately made clear how Trolls differ from [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Giant|Giants]], but from context we can assume that trolls are slightly smaller, have less brain, and are trainable (security trolls have been used several times, even in Hogwarts, as guards). From the fact that [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Harry Potter|Harry]] and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Ron Weasley|Ron]] both commented on the smell when the troll approached them in ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', but that neither Harry nor [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Hermione Granger|Hermione]] noted any smell when approaching [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Grawp|Grawp]] in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Order of the Phoenix|''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'']], would also imply that Trolls are also much smellier than Giants.

There is some small evidence for there being multiple species of troll. The "troll in the dungeons", mentioned in ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is identified there as a "wild mountain troll," is also described as being very large, and having little if any spoken language. The "security trolls" mentioned in ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' are apparently smaller, as several of them can fit in the hallway, communicate with each other, though possibly pre-verbally, and are either trained to take direction from the Fat Lady, or else determine for themselves when [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Sirius Black|Sirius]] approaches, and prevent his entry. It is possible that the author simply thought the concept of a "security troll" would be a good thing to put into the story. At this remove, we of course can't tell whether that was the genesis of this distinct troll type, or whether she had in fact planned for there to be significant diversity in the troll race. The reader might consider whether having multiple distinct troll species explicitly defined would enhance the story.

 

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