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A race of monstrous creatures found in caverns and dark places. They are known from an encounter with the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] as they passed through [[Moria]], but were evidently found elsewhere in [[Middle-earth]], too. These trolls, along with [[Orcs]] and perhaps other creatures, were originally sent to inhabit Moria by [[Sauron]] some five hundred years before the War of the Ring.  
[[File:John Howe - Cave Troll 02.jpg|thumb|[[John Howe]] - ''Cave Troll'']]
{{quote|. . . For the moment they are hanging back, but there is something else there.  A great cave-troll, I think, or more than one.  There is no hope of escape that way.|[[Gandalf]], ''[[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]''}}
A race of monstrous [[Trolls]] that served [[Sauron]] and were found in caverns and dark places, the '''Cave-trolls''' are known from an encounter with the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] as they passed through [[Moria]], but were evidently found elsewhere in [[Middle-earth]], too. These trolls, along with [[Orcs]] and perhaps other creatures, were originally sent to inhabit Moria by Sauron some five hundred years before the [[War of the Ring]].  


The cave-trolls of Moria were of huge size with a skin of dark green scales, and flat, toeless feet. The fact that [[Gandalf]] was able to recognise the creature he encountered in Moria specifically as a cave-troll strongly suggests that this appearance was shared by others of the kind.
The cave-trolls of Moria were of huge size with a skin of dark green scales, and flat, toeless feet. The fact that Gandalf was able to recognise the creature he encountered in Moria specifically as a cave-troll strongly suggests that this appearance was shared by others of the kind.


[[Category:Races]]
[[Category:Trolls]]
[[Category:Servants of Sauron]]
[[de:Höhletroll]]
[[fi:Peikot]]

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John Howe - Cave Troll
". . . For the moment they are hanging back, but there is something else there. A great cave-troll, I think, or more than one. There is no hope of escape that way."
Gandalf, The Bridge of Khazad-dûm

A race of monstrous Trolls that served Sauron and were found in caverns and dark places, the Cave-trolls are known from an encounter with the Fellowship of the Ring as they passed through Moria, but were evidently found elsewhere in Middle-earth, too. These trolls, along with Orcs and perhaps other creatures, were originally sent to inhabit Moria by Sauron some five hundred years before the War of the Ring.

The cave-trolls of Moria were of huge size with a skin of dark green scales, and flat, toeless feet. The fact that Gandalf was able to recognise the creature he encountered in Moria specifically as a cave-troll strongly suggests that this appearance was shared by others of the kind.