Let's be honest, that Frost Troll going to High Hrothgar fucked up all of us at one point or another.

Smartest troll killed himself because he couldn't be like other trolls... That's... weirdly depressing.

I'd imagine some traveler with a sense of humor wrote that and placed it near the dead troll.

me halfway through the journal story: OHHHHHH this is just Beowulf

Ahh trolls, one of KZfaq's---I mean the Elder Scrolls most fearsome creatures.

I always believed trolls came from the last Wild Hunt enacted by the wood elves. It is the source of many monsters on tamriel, and trolls look odd enough to be born from such an act. Three eyes, gorilla-like bodies, and pointed ears like an elf.

Fun Fact! In ESO when fighting a river troll, it may grab a lump of mud to throw at you. This has a small chance of spawning a mudcrab on impact, that will attack the troll with you for a few seconds, before scurrying off. ;)

trolls are like batteries for enchanted weapons.

It seems trolls are just highly prone to mutation, probably as a result of their regeneration. This could also make them live very long periods of time, and despite their low intelligence (about that of an ape), they can learn from their experiences, such as writing. This could be supported by their ability to be tamed, and presumably be given commands, so they can learn words over time. Their mutability can also result in the different types of trolls shown, with one's that experience certain conditions and living from it also slowly adapting to it. So a long lived troll that has been injured by acid many times in its life could mutate and resist it to a degree. Or a family of frost resistant troll could pass on that mutation to their offspring, resulting in frost trolls. Although fire would act to cauterize wounds, so full regeneration would be very difficult if not impossible, no matter the type of troll. The Uderfykte could just be term used for trolls that have lived a long time and are more cunning, and possibly resistant to multiple types of damage. I suppose they could also be artificially created if they're captured and tortured for build up their resistances from a young age. That actually makes a good plot- A young troll captured by an intrigued wizard, wanting to learn the secret behind a trolls regeneration, torturing it for years with different spells and weapons, until one day it overpowers the wizards' confines, but the wizard can't stop it because it's mutated so much that his spells are no longer effective. And the traumatic experience with the wizard made the troll have a taste for the flesh of humans. Sorry for the wall of text.

"Wurst troll evurr" might've actually been a supergenius.

I remember my first encounter with the frost troll on my way to high hrothgar. I was like level 6, going with Lydia, and the thing rekt us in 2 hits. So I decides to lure it with arrows aaaallll the way down the mountain to the village, and there, it took over 4 guards to kill it.

One of the greatest moment of my Skyrim career was watching the first troll to go to outer space. Thanks to the Giant space program.

I’m so glad you mentioned the bridge troll in Oblivion. That note has disturbed me since my childhood, but now I can let it go as a strange one time event.

I liked to run past the High Hrothgar troll but run slowly enough that he'd keep up with me. Then when I entered the building, the Greybeards would shout it to death for me.

I hope the men of fudge are doing well and I thank you for once agin blessings us with more of this immaculate content 🖤

Alternative title: Secrets of the Uderfykte, or how fans overanalyze a beowulf easteregg

Everyone, fudgemuppet is sooooooo close to 1mil, let’s get them to 1 mil, do it for Scott, drew, and Michael, and all the amazing content they give us

Anyone who frequents KZfaq's comments section knows trolls regenerate extremely quickly.

You know the frost troll on the way up to HH is really overpowered, compared to every other troll in Skyrim, right? It was designed that way on purpose.

Mead hall massacre...Grendel, is that you?

Thank you FudgeMuppet for keeping the Elderscrolls heart beating during this drought of gaming content.

When I heard the Intro I thought It was going to be a podcast

Trolls scared the shit out of me when I played Oblivion. They're so quick.

I love the Billy Goats Gruff reference. I think you see it again in Skyrim if I'm not mistaken there is a dead troll under the bridge when you first approach a particular Bridge and three goats run across it as you approach. I believe it's a bridge somewhere in the reach.

I feel like the bridge troll was probably just an Easter egg but I've always seen trolls as more gorilla like so maybe it is possible to teach them communication like writing

M'aiq knows much, and tells some. M'aiq knows many things others do not.

I've noticed that if you do the exploit where you beat the crap out of Ralof/Hadvar in the cave under Helgen, there will also be a frost troll blocking the path to Bleak Falls Barrow, as well as another inside the barrow about halfway through near the waterfall.

Along with the falmer, I want to eliminate all trolls from Tamriel.

I love y'all's videos. Please continue to deepen our understanding of these worlds we all love. Thank you guys

Scott, I love your narration. You have a very calming voice.

Last time I was this early dwemer were still around

Poor bridge troll. Perhaps the developers were just trolling us? Lol sorry I'll get my coat....

I had nearly forgotten about the troll in Cyrodill 😂🤣 Thanks for the reminder, as it is good for a laugh

The suicide troll is the best troll in the entire serie

Dude your videos have been such a huge factor in my gaming life. I'm now on my first true playthrough of Skyrim over a decade after it came out. I'm currently 49 and I've barely even started the main quest :p Your lore videos have me enthralled with the universe (I've had to skip many videos I've felt would spoil things) & mod & build videos made me realize what I've been missing having only dipped my toe into the vanilla game at release. So, thanks!

One mad theory I've heard : Bosmers are the ancestors of modern-day trolls

The first time I encountered the Udefrykte matron it was very disappointing.... I had hear about her beforehand and was very nervous about going after her, expecting a really nasty fight with a very scary monster. I had goldbrand equipped and was carefully sneaking around the mountains when I was hit by something invisible, I instinctively jumped, pulled my weapon and swung, and she instantly died...rolling down the mountainside.

You are the reason i went through a tuff time in my life. I want to thank you for that. I love you guys content never stop doing what you do. Long live the stormclocks

Now I want to see a spellcaster seek immortality with the insane plan of transplanting his soul into a troll...

I remember reading somewhere that the elder scrolls trolls were actually related to horses because of how their toes are structured but im not sure evolution like that exists in the world. I also remember seeing a size chart where the largest creature in Nirn was actually a giant turtle or something.

Trolls are so adaptable they've even taken over the painted world

Thank you for feeding my nerdy love of Elder Scrolls lore.

Even in the digital age, the creatures have adapted to the internet....

I listen to your videos as I sleep every night and it’s the only thing that helps with the my insomnia. Thanks for the great content.

Such a great video as usual, thoroughly enjoyable!

Honestly only reason I subscribed is because of lore videos. It is so fun watching these kind of videos. if possible, could you do a video about enchanting?

Just wanted to mention that Udefrykte can be translated from Scandinavian languages to "Fears of The Outdoors" or "Outside Fears".

I think it would be neat if Trolls in TESVI would accumilate bloody wounds and gashes during combat so that you could actually see them disappear as they began to heal themselves.

Kiting the three frost trolls outside of Dawnstar into the town and watching them slaughter everyone was strangely satisfying..

Was there ever a rpg without some dumb creature standing at a bridge and try to press toll out of you? xD

i love the Elder scrolls lore videos and i hope many more come out

Of course now I’m gonna make a troll-hunter build...

In Elder Scrolls 6, I kind of want a reference to a troll of the steps to High Hrothgar that slew pilgrims and possibly even learned the Unrelenting Force shout

To quote the great bard Yahzick: "my cone of cold is freezing them fire trolls whole."

As always I love the content I wish you guys did more builds though

I haven't play any elder scrolls game since 2017 yet here I am everytime fudgemuppet made an upload. I may not play the games anymore, but I love these lores✨💙

The Troll will evolve beyond Men and Mer~

I love the Elder Scrolls take on trolls. Genuinely one of my favorite interpretations of that monster.

Thank you for all the amazing videos

Yeah that frost troll on the path to high hrothgar got me on my first play through. I went back, levelled up and improved my mage build then returned and it gave me no trouble. And it hasn't since. Nor any other troll.

Hey, i loved the video, good content as always. I was wondering what enb you are using, i really like it.

The champion and his wife spent years researching and tracking down the Udefrykte matron... armed only with a potato

Lmao the buff Rieklings

imo the troll 'suicide' is actually the natives of the countryside trolling: some villagers found a drowned troll and put the note in it's "inventory" as a gag.

This is a good topic glad you made it

Love your videos guys!!

The bridge troll’s note might have been written by his slayer. The note is meant to mock him

Praise mighty TALOS, for a new video. TALOOSSS!!

I think it would be cool if there was an elite group of warriors that tamed trolls like the Dawnguard, but used them as training dummies. So they gain exceptional skill and strength by taking advantage of the fact that trolls couldn't die as long as they didn't hurt it too bad.

I was watching this so attentively while high for almost the entire video but the damn suicidal troll note made me burst out with laughter lmao

There's not much to the deeper lore regarding trolls, but I like to think they also descend from Ehlnofey, like Men and Mer.

A poison made from Human Heart, Canis Root, and Jarrin Root, will drop any troll almost instantly. At around 15 alchemy skill, this poison, among other effects deals nearly 3000 health damage.

From a visual standpoint, there's a connection between the Trolls and the Frost Giants. I wonder what that is.

Love that you opened this with the area ware that stupid annoying frost troll always kills me on the 1000 steps

Patiently waitin for the next podcast

Been waiting for this one

When I played Arena I found it cool that, despite most lore being non existent, Trolls did regenerate!

Personal opinion, the Matriarch we find and kill in Oblivion probably isnt the only Matriarch there is in existence or isnt the original Uderfrykte, I hope to see more in future Bethesda games and maybe a little bit more lore about them

My first play through the troll on the path to HH, killed my PC too many times to count. Finally had a stroke of genius, i had him chase me back down the path and got help from the pilgrims along the path. Later play throughs i just waited until i was stronger to go to HH. Troll under bridge, a group of teens were "fishing" (see all the booze bottles) at the bridge, found the dead troll and decided to pull a prank on the next person to "fish" here.....and created the note. You know....troll the travelers.

Fire works on trolls, as was discussed in the video. Also, I found that coating your weapons in poison can temporarily neutralize their regenerative abilities. Of course, that also means that you need to have enough poison potions to keep doing damage to the troll, until it finally dies. ☠

I kinda feel sorry for that Drowned Bridge Troll would've been neat if they had a sidequest where you befriend them so they don't trouble you but still survives and gets helped by you so as to succeed at scaring people into paying toll but not attacking them. Even cooler would be in Skyrim they had a similar thing and you can recruit them as a follower of some kind maybe like an armored troll similar to Dawnguard has but more intelligent and able to give them armor and weapons yourself.

Flame troll. Unbeatable. Lol

9:30 Oh hey! That’s Beowulf! That’s so cool the writers translated it into the Elder Scrolls

Painted Trolls are things of nightmares.

You said "utterly smoked," yet I still wasn't ready for you to be 1 tapped.

I've actually mastered the "troll dance" thing they do and do it on occasion at work or around young kids

Another option for the troll under the bridge: someone was attacked by the troll and killed it, and then wrote that note as a joke.

Troll is the first challenging enemy in the game up until that point, minus the dragon, so it either a mini boss or just *Trolling* the Dragon born.

I think trolls in general are, in fact, comparable in intelligence to dogs. The one under the bridge, since it's in-game and technically, thus canon, is likely just a genius by troll standards while most are not much smarter than any common animal. As far as seeing any more Udefrykte in the future, one would likely make an appearance in High Rock if a game was set there, but since the next one is surely Hammerfell, it's unlikely that we'd see one anytime soon. A game covering both regions, while possible with Bethesda's large studios, still seems unlikely t ome.

After having seen the video, I am left with one BURNING question: how tf do you train a troll?

I think i read somewhere that trolls had their own literacy with the written language being called "trollish".

A bridge troll that drowned himself for doing a poor job lol

I have Svenja's bones in my 'souvenirs chest' where I store objects from my quests.

Still hoping for that Wood Orc build.... 😍 I already made my character. She's waiting it the abandoned prison near the statue of Mara... :(

I loved fighting a troll early on, swapping my shield for a torch to deal fire damage and keep them from regenerating. Its a shame the strategy became useless fairly quickly but it felt so clever and rewarding the first time I tried it.

thank you!

i really know more about a fictional video game series more than i know about world history

Hell yeah, Scott, voice of the free people of Pyandonea!

Subbed, wanna see you at 1mil!

Some pranksters stuck that note on the troll