so, the side books are of.... uh..... dubious quality, but there are actually some good (or at least potentially good) characters to scoop out of it and enjoy. the annoying part of this is people having to buy and/or read the books in order to know what their deal is, which is both inconvenient and uhhhh not to everyoneâs taste. especially since content in the books can in fact be genuinely, deeply upsetting in ways the author did not intend. and it can be difficult to convey information about their character to people solely through making content of them.
so! iâm considering making compilation posts for different books characters and/or lore, with screencaps/excerpts from the books as well as summaries, to get across What Their Deal Is in (questionable) canon. (as well as maybe either interjecting or adding on some fanon of my own in reblogs.) this would allow people to get familiar with them without having to either subject themselves to the books, or get the info in bits and pieces and all secondhand.
iâm going to start with the characters and threads/bits of lore iâm most interested in myself first, but i might take requests for other stuff later. in the meantime, whoâs interested in summaries of which characters/concepts first?
⢠tellad-urr (trollhunter from before the journey to north america; was worn down physically and mentally by his job and mistreatment by other trolls, finally went mad and allied with the gumm-gumms in an effort to end his slavery to merlin. source material: age of the amulet.)
⢠skarlagk (gumm-gumm queen of a population living in the darklands who are not allied with gunmar, who has been waiting a long time to take revenge on him for murdering her father. she helps jim survive in the darklands and get to gunmar. source material: welcome to the darklands.)
⢠rob (half-changeling, half-helheeti, who was born and lives in the darklands; is actually the âWHOOOO ARRRE YOOOOUUUUâ guy from the episode with the fetch in stricklerâs office. is an obnoxious weirdo who you will probably either find endearing or annoying. source material: welcome to the darklands.)
⢠kodanth (changeling who was sent to the darklands when deya sealed the bridge, and has been gunmarâs advisor alongside dictatious ever since; ended up being one-upped by dictatious and fed to gunmarâs army of monsters. source material: welcome to the darklands.)
⢠the dishonorable bodus (mentioned once or twice in the main series, author of the dangerous, future-predicting book of ga-huel; faked his death centuries ago and has been on the run from the janus order with his book ever since. is in fact an asshole and neutral evil as hell. source material: the book of ga-huel.)
⢠eloise stemhower (polymorph who disguises herself as a cute librarian; is actually an albino changeling with a prosthetic metal arm, and bodusâ double-agent bodyguard. is not afraid to go for some mix-and-match shapeshifting body horror. source material: the book of ga-huel.)
⢠ballustra (draalâs mother and kanjigarâs bond, who has outlived them both, is a badass, and is in search of her sonâs body to avenge his murder and give him a proper burial. source material: way of the wizard.)
⢠angor rotâs love of and affinity for animals (source material: multiple.)
⢠angor rotâs trauma history and manifestations of PTSD, and some of the motivations stemming from it (not for the faint of heart because spoiler alert itâs treated fucking shittily lmao) (source material: primarily angor reborn, might be some scraps in other books idr)
i am probably missing some things off the top of my head, especially since i never finished, and bear in mind that a lot of the timeline of events is uhhhhh almost certainly not actually canon, and it may take me a while to make each summary post, but! i figure itâs an undertaking worth doing if anyone is interested. let me know what you think!
