When the trolls awoke in the Netzekali jungles just before the first sunrise, they knew they wanted only good for the realm into which they'd been cast. Surrounded by monstrosities from the abyss, they retreated into the dark trees forming their communities.

When the dark forces fled into the jungle upon the first view of Asra, the trolls hunted them.

The elves, when they eventually explored the regions of the summer ley-cardinal, were taken aback by the gigantic size and beastlike features of their people, thinking them servants of evil from the Dark Days. The fear and isolation of the trolls led to initial conflict but both peoples quickly realized their ideals aligned.

Elves initially called them Alathaeros, 'noble/high beasts', a compliment as received by the trolls. Troll comes from a mutation of thaeros over time.