Trollkin

Trollkin
The Trollkin are - like the Ratmen - not natural. They are the result of alchemical and transmutational experiments by the Sarpedonians to create a powerful shocktrooper for their - at the time - organic army. They fused captured Humans with the Marsh Trolls that inhabit various regions of Sarpedon to create the Trollkin. The experiment was a success, and the Trollkin fought well against the Nethians when Sarpedon went to war. However, the Sarpedonians eventually abandoned the idea of using organics as shocktroopers, and took to the theory of steampowered units. Although the prototypes of the Steam Paladins would take almost a decade to complete, the Trollkin were now outdated and useless. They were ordered to the island of Samirra, off the east coast of Sarpedon, and there they were left. Over the centuries, they gained greater intelligence and lost many Troll traits; instinctive aggressiveness being one. They spread out from Samirra, and are found all over Kasalia now.