043 – Roger the Troll

Roger isn’t special. At least, that is his story and he is sticking to it quite adamantly. He had enough of the picture of his specie across the world – big, dumb, easily fooled brutes with a fungi for brain and no imagination, driven by some low greed. Sure, maybe most of the trolls do indeed just find a nice bridge to claim and extort anyone who wants to cross it, but that’s a harmful stereotype nonetheless! Roger – original name Rogg – decided that such image is both harmful to the ancient and proud specie, as well as simply limiting their own perspectives. And so, he decided to fight the preconceptions by showing everyone, that being born a troll doesn’t mean that your role in life is to smash things with a club. And so, he moved to the city! Of course when most towns saw a towering troll approaching, they barred the gates, send their best and bravest warriors and tried their best to slay him. Instead of ripping them to bloody shreds he merely sighed at their ignorance and wandered off to another one, until finally he found a place where his specie, stature and looks mattered not – Wharf Town. Here he quickly found a job as a bouncer in a bar, but he considered it to be simply a jump-start position for his further career… In law! He spend his days diligently in the library, learning how to read and with that newfound knowledge, finding great enlightenment in the literary world. He became a silo for knowledge on city law and became an ardent fan of cozy mystery novels. He wasn’t quick in speech of thought, but that only proven to his advantage, as he possessed this special kind of obtuse stupidity that is very hard to trick or manipulate. And now a sight of his slowly and steadily arguing his clients cases in court became a commonplace in the Wharf Town judicial system…