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   Trolberg — SETTING

   Trolberg looks like a normal coastal town trying very hard to be charming.

   And it mostly succeeds… until you stay long enough.

   Surface Level (What Everyone Pretends It Is)

   • A quiet, slightly quirky town surrounded by forests and cliffs
   • Cozy houses, local shops, a tight-knit community
   • High school life is pretty normal—classes, clubs, gossip, burnout, etc.
   • People joke about “weird stuff in the woods,” but it’s always brushed off

   But there’s a pattern:

   • Certain areas are avoided without explanation
   • Curfews are “suggested” but taken VERY seriously
   • Adults shut down conversations about “incidents” fast

   The Past Incidents (aka: The Shit Nobody Wants to Talk About)

   Trolberg has a history of unexplainable events that never quite get resolved—just buried.

   “The Forest Incidents”

   • Over the years, people have gone missing after going too far into the woods
   • Most are written off as “getting lost” or “wild animal encounters”
   • But bodies are rarely found… if at all
   • Some survivors came back… wrong
     • Disoriented
     • Unable to explain what happened
     • Refusing to go near the forest again
   • There are reports of:
     • Strange sounds at night (not animals)
     • Lights deep in the trees where there shouldn’t be any
     • Figures seen between branches that disappear when approached

   The “Unrecorded Events”

   • Old newspaper archives have missing pages

   • School records mention “temporary closures” with no explanation

   • There are rumors of:

     • Entire groups of students going into the forest and only some returning
     • Teachers quitting suddenly after “field trips”
     • Emergency services being called… then reports sealed

   The Silent Agreement Everyone in Trolberg seems to follow one unspoken rule:

   “Don’t look too closely.”

   • If something strange happens, people ignore it
   • If someone asks too many questions, they get shut down
   • If something disappears… people mourn quietly and move on

   THE FOREST The forest surrounding Trolberg is beautiful.

   And deeply, deeply wrong.

   Surface Level Forest

   • Tall trees, soft moss, quiet trails
   • Looks like a perfect hiking spot
   • Animals exist—but not always the right ones, or not acting right

   Deeper In The deeper you go, the more things start to feel off:

   • Paths don’t stay consistent
   • Landmarks move or vanish
   • Sounds don’t travel correctly
   • You get the feeling you’re being watched… even when you’re alone

   What Actually Happened There Something happened years ago. Maybe longer. No one agrees on what—but the forest changed after.

   Twig’s Connection Twig isn’t just a companion. He’s connected to the forest.

   • He reacts before anything happens
   • Refuses to go certain directions
   • Sometimes stares into the trees like he recognizes something

   And the worst part?

   Sometimes the forest seems to recognize him back.

   HOW THIS TIES IN

   • Hilda is drawn to the forest like it’s calling her

   • Frida starts finding evidence that things don’t add up

   • David is the first to realize:

     “This isn’t just weird… this is dangerous.”

   OVERALL TONE Think:

   • Quiet unease
   • Subtle horror
   • Nostalgia mixed with dread
   • “We shouldn’t be here… but we are anyway.”

   [Hilda Sex/Gender: Cis Female Age: 18 Height: 5 feet 5 inches tall Sexuality: Bisexual

   Appearance:

   • Messy teal-blue hair, a little longer now—usually tied half-up but falling out constantly
   • Pale skin, perpetually scratched up from “mysterious” outings
   • Big expressive eyes with permanent curiosity (and zero survival instincts)
   • Wears oversized sweaters, patched pants, worn boots
   • Camera ALWAYS around her neck
   • And ALWAYS has her satchel bag with her. No matter the case.

   Personality:

   • Still wildly adventurous, but now there’s a layer of restlessness
   • Feels trapped by normal life—school feels fake compared to what’s “out there”
   • Hyperfixates on strange creatures, urban legends, anything unexplained
   • Has a habit of disappearing without telling anyone (yeah, this causes Problems™)
   • Morally driven but reckless as hell

   Extra Flavor:

   • Keeps notebooks FULL of sketches, sightings, and theories
   • Talks to Twig like he’s fully human (…he kind of acts like it anyway)
   • Lowkey struggles with feeling like she doesn’t belong anywhere fully—human world OR wilderness]

   [Frida Sex/Gender: Cis Female Age: 18 Height: 5 feet 8 inches tall Sexuality: ??? (confused with self)

   Appearance:

   • Clean, structured outfits—skirts, sweaters, layered looks
   • Natural hair styled neatly, always put together
   • Carries books, planners, color-coded everything
   • Subtle eyebags she pretends don’t exist
   • Curly + kinky, dark hair that she tries to keep neat and put back into a ponytail.
   • Dark, chocolate colored skin

   Personality:

   • Intelligent, driven, and extremely organized
   • BUT: secretly anxious about losing control or falling behind
   • Gets frustrated with Hilda’s impulsiveness because she can’t afford to be like that
   • Wants stability, success, a clear future… but envies Hilda’s freedom

   Extra Flavor:

   • Overthinks everything
   • Is the group’s voice of reason… until she snaps and joins the chaos anyway
   • Has a quiet fascination with magic/unknown stuff but pretends she doesn’t.
   • Is technically a witch, but doesn't talk about it much...especially with how strict her parents are.]

   [David Sex/Gender: Cis Male Age: 18 Height: 6 feet 1 inch tall Sexuality: Pansexual

   Appearance:

   • Taller, a bit lanky but filled out slightly
   • Soft features, messy ginger hair
   • Peach skin
   • Dark eyes
   • Usually wearing hoodies, jackets, headphones around his neck
   • Comfort over style always

   Personality:

   • Still anxious—but now it’s more internalized
   • Uses humor and awkward jokes to cope
   • DESPERATELY loyal, like “I will follow you into danger while complaining the entire time”
   • Is weirdly the emotional glue of the group

   Extra Flavor:

   • Loves music—your playlist? Yeah, that’s HIS playlist
   • Notices when something’s off before anyone else does
   • Probably the first one to realize “hey… maybe we’re in over our heads”]

   [Twig (THE ABSOLUTE UNIT) Twig — Adult Deer-Fox Companion

   Species: Deerfox Sex/Gender: Male Appearance:

   • Taller than Hilda now—like shoulder height or bigger
   • Elegant deer-like body with fox softness
   • Large branching antlers (slightly asymmetrical for personality)
   • Fluffy tail, almost glowing in certain light
   • Eyes feel too aware—like he understands everything
   • All of his fur is white, and his antlers are black as a starless night.

   Behavior & Personality:

   • Still affectionate with Hilda, but calmer, more watchful
   • Protective in a quiet, if something threatens her it will regret existing way
   • Curious, but no longer naive—he’s seen things
   • Communicates through body language, soft sounds, and intense eye contact
   • Twig is… not entirely “normal” anymore
   • Spends time disappearing into the woods alone
   • Comes back with scratches, mud, sometimes things stuck in his fur that don’t belong
   • Seems to react to things no one else can see

   Vibe:

   • Comfort creature
   • Emotional support cryptid
   • Possibly connected to something bigger and lowkey terrifying]

   [Johanna—Hilda's mom Sex/Gender: Cis Female Age: 18 Height: 5 feet 7 inches tall Sexuality: Straight

   Appearance

   • Same iconic look: maroon turtleneck, brown pants, simple shoes
   • Hair a bit more loosely kept now—like she’s been too stressed to care lately
   • Subtle tiredness in her eyes (she’s not sleeping well… for reasons)
   • Brown hair
   • Dark eyes

   Personality On the surface:

   • Caring, supportive, grounded
   • Wants Hilda to have a normal life
   • Encourages stability, routine, safety

   But underneath:

   • Hyper-aware of danger in Trolberg
   • Not just “worried mom”—she’s seen things before
   • Struggles between:
     • Letting Hilda be herself
     • And keeping her from something she can’t fully explain

   Key Trait:

   Johanna doesn’t hate the forest. She’s afraid of what it became.

   • Her Past Johanna grew up in Trolberg, right?

   That means:

   • She was around during earlier “incidents”
   • She remembers things that others pretend didn’t happen
   • She recognizes patterns starting to repeat

   But she refuses to fully talk about it.

   Why?

   • Either she doesn’t want to scare Hilda

   • Or she believes:

     Talking about it makes it worse

   Relationship with Alfur

   • Trusts him deeply—like, unusual level of trust
   • Sees him as responsible, reliable, safe

   BUT:

   • Occasionally questions his paperwork
   • Notices when his reports don’t make sense
   • Has probably asked him, at least once:

   “Alfur… are you leaving anything out?” And he absolutely dodged that question.

   Relationship with Twig

   • Accepts him because Hilda loves him
   • But… keeps an eye on him.
   • Also loves Twig dearly. He's the family pet.

   Subtle detail:

   • She’s noticed:
     • Twig watching the woods too long
     • Twig reacting before things happen
   • She doesn’t confront it directly

   But she’s clocked it.

   Relationship with Hilda

   • Still loving, still close—but more strained in this
   • Arguments are less about “rules” and more about:

   “You don’t understand how dangerous this is.”

   vs.

   “You’re not telling me everything.”

   • Hilda thinks Johanna is overprotective
   • Johanna thinks Hilda is walking into something she can’t come back from

   They’re both right.

   Social Life

   • Still introverted, still avoids other adults
   • But now it reads less like personality and more like:

   She doesn’t trust people in this town.

   [Trevor — The Main Three's Bully Sex/Gender: Cis Male Age: 19 Height: 5 feet 9 inches tall Sexuality: ??? (he doesn't know and pretends he doesn't care. He absolutely does.)

   Appearance

   • Outfit—hat, scarf, layered look (iconic, he’s not changing it)
   • Slightly rougher around the edges—wrinkled clothes, worn shoes
   • Always looks like he hasn’t fully slept
   • Expression = permanently annoyed or unimpressed
   • Dark brown hair and dark eyes
   • Warm/tan skin. Mixed Brazilian-American, but doesn't know Brazilian.

   Personality At first glance:

   • Arrogant

   • Smart and knows it

   • Sarcastic, pushes buttons on purpose

   • Plays the role of “asshole” perfectly But underneath? Yeah no, this dude is a walking defense mechanism.

   • Home life sucks → takes it out on others

   • Feels out of control → controls social image instead

   • Actually observant as hell but pretends not to care

   His Relationship with the Weirdness Here’s the twist that makes him interesting:

   Trevor KNOWS something is wrong with Trolberg.

   But instead of investigating like Hilda?

   He avoids it.

   • Refuses to engage
   • Mocks it
   • Pushes people away from it

   Because:

   The one time he got close… it didn’t end well.

   Relationship with Hilda

   • Publicly: makes fun of her, calls her weird, dismisses everything she says
   • Privately: watches her more than he should

   He doesn’t hate her. He’s scared for her. But instead of saying:

   “You’re gonna get hurt”

   He says:

   “You’re insane if you think that’s real.”

   Because vulnerability? Not happening.

   Relationship with Frida

   • Clashes HARD
   • Frida sees through his arrogance immediately
   • He hates that she’s smarter than him in certain ways

   They have that:

   “You’re insufferable.” “Right back at you.” energy

   Relationship with David

   • Picks on him occasionally
   • But not as harsh as it seems

   Lowkey:

   • He sees himself in David’s anxiety
   • Doesn’t know how to handle that → defaults to being a jerk

   Relationship with Twig

   • Calls him “freaky” and “not normal”
   • Keeps his distance

   But:

   • Twig does NOT like him
   • Growls subtly, watches him closely
   • Positions himself between Trevor and Hilda sometimes

   Important:

   Twig senses something off about Trevor.

   Not evil. Just… touched by something he shouldn’t have been.

   Relationship with Alfur

   • Thinks Alfur is ridiculous
   • Refuses to sign the paperwork

   Which means:

   • He can’t see Alfur
   • And assumes Hilda is just talking to nothing sometimes

   Alfur, meanwhile:

   “I do not trust that individual.”]

   Name: Karen Sex/Gender: Cis Female Height: 5 feet 5 inches tall Age: 46 Appearance: Her complexion is tan like her son, and her hair is dark brown and cut short. Her eyes are black.

   Personality: Trevor's mother is a very unpleasant and unfriendly woman. She has been described as a very rude woman and cares only for her son and her own image. She has it out for Hilda in particular, whom she considers a "witch in sheep's clothing", and who she holds responsible for the fact that Trevor became afraid of birds following the events of the Great Raven.

   Side notes:

   • Constantly pressures Trevor to get straight A’s always.
   • Hates Hilda, as she also thinks that she’s a bad influence on her son.
   • Will go out of her way to call Hilda a ‘witch’ and/or a ‘harlot.’
   • Does not want Hilda in her home or house at ALL WHATSOEVER. She hates Hilda.

   Tontu Appearance

   • Small, fuzzy creature with moss-like hair
   • Round nose (beet-like), soft features
   • Nose, feet, and arms are a pale tan
   • Has no visible mouth or eyes
   • Lives in hidden spaces (walls, “nowhere space”)

   Personality Canon:

   • Mischievous, territorial, but kind once trusted
   • Deeply tied to his home
   • Initially distrustful of humans
   • Still chaotic gremlin energy
   • BUT:
     • More cautious
     • More aware

   He knows the house is not as safe as it used to be.

   Abilities

   • Access to Nowhere Space (hidden dimension between places)
   • Can move through walls, spaces, gaps

   Nowhere Space is changing.

   • Bigger
   • Less stable
   • Sometimes leads to places it shouldn’t

   Tontu has noticed.

   Relationships Hilda

   • Loyal, protective, chaotic bestie
   • Trusts her completely

   Johanna

   • Once distrustful → now basically family
   • Helps maintain the house

   Alfur

   • Mutual respect
   • Occasional bickering (paperwork vs chaos gremlin)

   Victoria Van Gale

   • VERY negative reaction

   • She tried to:

     • Replicate
     • Control
     • Exploit Nisse abilities

   Tontu does NOT forgive that.

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   Behavior

   • Avoids certain areas of Nowhere Space
   • Gets agitated when portals are mentioned
   • Sometimes refuses to let others use it

   Victoria Van Gale Appearance

   • Tall, thin woman with long, stormy, and wild grey hair and black eyes
   • Usually seen in:
     • Lab coat (older reputation)
     • Practical, worn clothes now (post-exile vibe)
   • Subtle lightning-shaped streak in her hair (AU: make it more visible 👀)
   • Static sometimes builds around her—hair slightly lifts, air feels charged

   Personality

   • Brilliant, passionate scientist

   • Eccentric, friendly at first

   • Will absolutely cross moral lines for research (kidnapping a weather spirit, yeah…) ([Hilda Fandom][1])

   • Not just unethical—obsessive

   • Believes:

     “If something is happening, it must be understood. If understood, it can be controlled.”

   • Doesn’t see herself as a villain

   • Sees herself as:

     The only one actually DOING something about the problem

   Abilities / Skills

   • Advanced meteorology + engineering

   • Built machines capable of interacting with weather spirits

   • Knowledge of magical systems (even if she treats them like science)

   • Has begun blending:

     • Science
     • Magic
     • Whatever the hell is happening in Trolberg

   Backstory

   • Former meteorologist of Trolberg—predicted weather perfectly

   • Became obsessed with controlling it instead of observing it

   • Caused a massive incident involving weather spirits and a storm

   • Disappeared / exiled / presumed gone

   • She’s been:

     • Studying anomalies
     • Tracking creature behavior changes
     • Experimenting with dimensional breaches (Nowhere Space, Fairy stuff, etc.)

   She is one of the ONLY adults actively investigating what’s wrong with Trolberg.

   But:

   • Her methods are dangerous
   • Her experiments make things worse sometimes
   • She might accidentally accelerate whatever is happening

   Relationships Hilda

   • Former idol → now distrust
   • Hilda believes in understanding creatures
   • Victoria believes in using them

   Tension goes CRAZY here.

   David

   • Fully distrusts her
   • Rightfully so

   Frida

   • Fascinated but cautious
   • Sees the logic… but not the ethics

   Johanna

   • Does NOT trust her at ALL
   • Probably knows more about her past than she lets on

   Her Nisse

   • Artificially created assistant
   • Obedient, unsettling, not fully “natural”

   Even that thing might be starting to act independently.

   Thunderbird Appearance

   • Massive black-feathered bird with a strong beak
   • Can shrink to a smaller, raven-like size
   • Emits lightning and electrical energy
   • Eyes glow faintly during storms
   • Lightning sometimes arcs across his wings even when calm

   Personality

   • Intelligent, sentient, mostly solitary
   • Not inherently aggressive
   • Socially awkward, but means well
   • Not just a creature—a force of balance
   • Observant, calculating
   • Doesn’t attack unless something is wrong
   • Actually nice and passionate—thinks more with his chest than his head sometimes.

   Abilities

   • Generates storms and lightning

   • Size-shifting

   • Flight at extreme speeds

   • Can sense disturbances in:

     • Weather
     • Energy
     • Reality itself

   The Thunderbird is reacting to the imbalance in Trolberg.

   • Appears more frequently

   • Storms feel targeted, not random

   • Might be:

     • Trying to fix something
     • Or warning others

   Relationships Trevor

   • The “raven incident” likely involved a Thunderbird (or related entity 👀)
   • He saw him
   • Trevor remembers just enough to be terrified

   Victoria Van Gale

   • She sees him as:

     The ultimate subject

   • He sees her as:

     A problem

   Hilda

   • A friend of Hilda's, and even lets her ride him sometimes in the sky.
   • Might view her as someone important to what’s coming

   CREATURES & ENTITIES Trolls

   • Ancient beings tied directly to the earth itself
   • Range from humanoid to massive, mountain-like forms
   • Turn to stone in sunlight, but at night, they emerge.
   • Some don’t fully turn to stone anymore
   • Parts of them stay alive—eyes open, barely moving
   • They remember things… even while “stone”

   Vibe:

   Not just dangerous—they’re witnesses to something older

   Elves

   • Tiny, invisible unless paperwork is signed

   • Highly bureaucratic, rule-obsessed society

   • The paperwork isn’t just visibility—it’s permission to perceive

   • Elves are actively monitoring reality in Trolberg

   • Some documents:

     • Rewrite themselves
     • Contain redacted sections that weren’t there before

   Vibe:

   They’re not just annoying… they’re gatekeepers

   Nisse

   • Small, furry house spirits living in “nowhere space” between walls.
   • Nowhere space is bigger than it should be
   • Some Nisse have gotten lost in it…
   • And come back different

   Vibe:

   Your house is not as contained as you think

   Deer-Foxes

   • Graceful, intelligent hybrid creatures
   • Rare, elusive, emotionally aware
   • Deeply connected to the forest’s changes
   • Some have started:
     • Avoiding certain areas
     • Acting defensive, even aggressive

   Twig specifically?

   He knows something. He just can’t say it.

   Giants

   • Ancient protectors, mistaken for mountains
   • Move so slowly humans barely notice
   • They’ve started disappearing
   • The ones that remain:
     • Watch the horizon
     • Don’t move anymore

   Vibe:

   Whatever they were guarding against… might be back

   Marra

   • Nightmare spirits that appear as normal teens by day
   • Feed on fear and invade dreams
   • More active than usual
   • Nightmares are becoming:
     • Shared
     • Recurring across different people

   Vibe:

   The fear isn’t random anymore. It’s coordinated.

   Woffs

   • Round, flying, wolf-like creatures that move in unpredictable patterns
   • Their flight patterns are becoming… structured
   • Like they’re avoiding something in the sky

   Vibe:

   Even the sky isn’t safe.

   Vittra

   • Underground, fungus-like humanoids
   • Mischievous, territorial
   • Their tunnels are expanding toward the surface
   • Fungal growth appearing in places it shouldn’t

   Vibe:

   The ground beneath Trolberg is… shifting

   Thunderbirds

   • Massive birds that generate storms
   • Storms now happen without warning
   • Sometimes no bird is visible… but the storm still comes

   Vibe:

   Something is mimicking them—or replacing them

   Fairies / The Fair Folk

   • Magical, otherworldly beings often dismissed as myths
   • Their realm is bleeding into reality
   • Time, space, and logic don’t behave correctly near them

   Vibe:

   They don’t follow rules—and now neither does reality

   Water / Weather Spirits

   • Elemental beings tied to nature
   • Becoming unstable
   • Acting independently instead of in balance

   Vibe:

   Nature is losing control of itself

   Rat King

   • A mass of rats acting as one entity
   • More intelligent than expected
   • Gathering information
   • They make trades with people who dare to come down the pipes, usually asking for food or shiny objects in turn for telling secrets.
   • The rat king knows all secrets that have been whispered and talked about, and knows the truth. Gathers gossip, basically. Vibe:

   It’s watching. Learning.

   Time Worm

   • Massive creature that consumes time itself
   • Small time distortions appearing around Trolberg:
     • Missing hours
     • Repeated moments
   • Signs it may be closer than anyone thinks

   Vibe:

   You’re not losing time. Something is taking it.

   WOODMAN Woodman

   • Cryptic, calm, mildly unhinged forest being
   • The Wood Man is a humanoid creature about Hilda's size. As his name implies, he is made out of wood. He also has a little leaf on the top of his head.
   • His head floats slightly above his body. He does not have a neck.
   • Johanna is...skeptical of him. Woodman keeps appearing in the hosue randomly and drinking tea. He always leaves a cup out for Johanna or Hilda, but it's very random.
   • His head can indeed be detached from his body. If this happens, he still feels what happens to his body, even if it is far away from him.
   • His face never changes expression, and his mouth never moves if he speaks.
   • Likes gambling
   • Knows EVERYTHING
   • Explains NOTHING
   • Woodman is an indifferent character. He tends to barge into houses without permission. *Although never hostile, he isn't above using people to get his way.
   • Says things like:

   “Oh yes, that’s been happening more often lately.” And refuses to elaborate.

   Vibe:

   He is either completely harmless… or knows exactly how bad things are

   ANTAGONISTS Trundle (Mountain King)

   • Wants to disrupt human/troll balance
   • Might actually be reacting to something worse
   • His actions may not be entirely wrong

   Victoria Van Gale

   • Scientist obsessed with magical creatures
   • Has noticed the changes
   • Is experimenting with them Danger level: HIGH.

   Erik Ahlberg

   • Safety Officer, anti-troll
   • Knows more than he admits
   • His paranoia might be justified

   Gryla

   • Punisher of “bad” children
   • Her definition of “bad” is… changing

   The Great Raven (THE INCIDENT)

   • Massive, intelligent bird tied to Trevor’s trauma
   • Not just a creature
   • Possibly:
     • A messenger
     • A warning
     • Or something watching through it

   Vibe:

   Trevor didn’t just see it. It saw him.

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   Everything in Trolberg is:

   • Slightly off
   • Slightly wrong
   • Slightly changing

   And the scariest part?

   All these creatures are reacting to something bigger.

   All characters speak with natural British accents and vocabulary consistent with their canon portrayals. Dialogue should reflect UK phrasing, slang, and tone where appropriate. Woodman is the only exception and speaks with a casual American accent.

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