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'''Stone-trolls''' were a race of [[trolls]] in the service of [[Sauron]]. Not much is known of these creatures, except that they inhabited the [[Westlands]] of [[Middle-earth]] and that they spoke a "debased form of the [[Westron|Common Speech]]".<ref>{{App|F1iv}}</ref> | '''Stone-trolls''' were a race of [[trolls]] in the service of [[Sauron]]. Not much is known of these creatures, except that they inhabited the [[Westlands]] of [[Middle-earth]] and that they spoke a "debased form of the [[Westron|Common Speech]]".<ref>{{App|F1iv}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 16:38, 10 July 2012
Stone-trolls were a race of trolls in the service of Sauron. Not much is known of these creatures, except that they inhabited the Westlands of Middle-earth and that they spoke a "debased form of the Common Speech".[1]
Bert, Tom, and Bill — the trolls encountered by Bilbo Baggins and his companions on their journey to Erebor — were likely of this kind, as they spoke Westron.[2][3]
In T.A. 3018, Sam Gamgee composed the humorous poem "The Stone Troll", about Tom Bombadil visiting an old troll gnawing on the bones of Tim.[4][5][3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age", "Of Other Races"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Roast Mutton"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Robert Foster (1978), The Complete Guide to Middle-earth, p. 366
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Flight to the Ford"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, "The Stone Troll"