hammeredbasil x64

THE PATH LESS TRAVELLED

so i made some princess mononoke trollhunters art a little while back which inspired me a ton to make this the fic does not follow the premise of the movie but rather its themes and aspects of its narrative

This is the storyline: (set in medieval Europe BUT ive decided against giving them all british accents because that would be terrriiibbblleeee)

Camelot and the forest creatures have been waging war for a hundred years. Camelot is built atop a Heartstone in the middle of the forest making it rich in sustainable resources, creating a wealthy kingdom.

Morgana is an ageless primordial entity who is quite sarcastic and playful as a Fey, but still carries the responsibility as the forest's protector. She deems humanity as the scourge of the earth to be wiped out, as there is no place for them in the ecosystem of the forest, only existing to spread carnage and disaster.

The reason why she cannot enter Camelot and end the war swiftly is because a powerful wizard, Merlin, has adorned its moat with many talismans and bells so only humans can enter Camelot.

Stooped by this, Morgana turns to other ways to infiltrate the mighty kingdom.

Jim is cast at Morgana's feet as an infant in the middle of the war by his two parents who abandon him at the sight of the enchantress during a hunting excursion. She ends their lives quickly.

The witch finds it a rare opportunity and decides to experiment. She does the black potion magic hooha on the baby and then Jim becomes the first ever changeling (proto-changeling if you will). But things go unplanned, and the ritual is left undone. Jim turns into a half-troll in the night, and human by morning.

Unappeased by this failure (as he was supposed to change into human at-will) she leaves Jim with Blinky, a human social reject living at the outskirts of the forest. He's a heretic looney bin, (decidedly by the people of Camelot) enthralled by the world of trolls, writing many historic dissertations of troll society, under the pseudonym Blinkous Galadrigal. He often made round trips to trollmarket in a well-made 6-eyed troll disguise to learn more of their culture.

Once alone and isolated in a shabby den, Blinky adopted and raised a young Jim to 15, educating him on both human and troll civilization. He was an amazing father (which was a surprise to himself) and loved watching Jim grow and learn.

Jim was fond of humans and their lives. He often went into trollmarket with Blinky but never stepped foot into a human town. So, on his 16th birthday, Blinky hesitantly granted him the chance to visit, though with a strict curfew of 4.00pm. Blinky couldn't join though because he was banned from entering the city, brandished a defector to humankind.

There he meets Claire, the duchess's daughter but only briefly as her handmaidens, Darcy and Mary quickly set Jim aside to do chore work since they think he is the new gardener for the duchess's yard they hired a few weeks back.

He has a massive crush on Claire, (as to be expected) and also makes friends with the citadel's post-guard Tobias. Enemies too; squire Steve Palchuck and his court jester Eli. Though, Eli wasn't too bad.

Then a fateful encounter with the grand wizard himself. Merlin Pendragon.

ok so i wont spoil too much after this since stuff gets a little crazy but basically, in a way Merlin pulls him aside since his wizard radar was tingling and something was off about Jim

He presents Jim with the offer of turning him into a full changeling and transforming whenever he wants though he has to become the trollhunter AND to become the trollhunter he must first seize the left hand of Morgana the Temptress.

Which is why the fic is called The Green Hand🤓☝️

Jim trains at night in the dungeons with merlin and in the day he works as the castle gardener. A lot of mischeif ensues within the castle walls with the group of teens, but nothing Merlin can't keep in check. Morgana waits for her time to strike in the shadows as a patient onlooker...

if you have any ideas for the fic please comment them down below! i would be glad to listen to any concepts since the plotline and story arcs are still bare bones.

once i complete ch. 1, i will post it on my ao3

Notes:

it could become a three part thing, the second part would be called A Blue Amulet but I don't want to look toooooo far into the future when im only at chapter one of my fic 😅 therefore: no promises

Took more inspo from Arthurian Legend with Morgana and like idk fables/tales from that time like Fays (originally she was Morgan the Fay)

BARBARA DID NOT ABANDON JIM... i wouldnt be surprised if his evil dad in the series did though, but alas neither are his parents in this fic, they are a bunch of nobodies