Travels With The Troll

A few years ago, Eric's Grandmother gave me a Norwegian Troll that she had kept in her house for a long time. It is a hand-carved troll, bought on a trip to Norway many many years ago. This troll was kept on a shelf, and apparently scared little Eric enough that whenever he would visit he would sneak up and turn it around. Grandma Helen would later discover the troll facing the wall instead of the room.

Flash forward to when Grandma put the troll, secretly, into my keeping. She asked only that I make sure I put it in a place that was very obvious and let her know what happened when Eric noticed it.

I put it on the stove in the living room, the closest thing we have to a mantle, and waited. It took him a little while to notice, but when he did I was lucky enough to catch every bit of his reaction. His eyes got wide, his hand shook as he pointed at the troll and said, "HOW DID THAT GET IN MY HOUSE!!!???!!!" Oh, indeed, every bit as classic a reaction as grandma had been hoping for!

It's been a few years, and Eric is now used to the presence of the Troll in the house. So it was time for a new adventure. We dubbed the Troll with a name and packed him up and brought him on a road trip. Awhile later we took him to a convention and got pictures with celebrities. So this is the pictorial chronicle of Torvald the Troll's adventures on the road, to be added to as we take him to new places and meet new people. He's a family heirloom, now, as well as a celebrity on his own terms.

Torvald's Travels:

I've also put together a page of Torvald's Friends **, all the people Torvald has met at various conventions, with links to the exact images. And because Torvald has met a lot of the folks from a particular TV show, I've also created a Farscape page ** for them.

You can also see Torvald's roommate on his first trip in this blog entry. Watch my blog for news of updates.