title: Trolls (Schiffer Military History)
author:  Jan Lindenberger 
description: Jan Lindenberger resides in Colorado Springs, Colorado, but she is originally from Erie, Pennsylvania, where she first became a lover of antiques and, in 1972, an antique dealer. She has authored over 30 books with Schiffer Publishing.
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  # The Sword and the Satchel
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Elizabeth H. Boyer
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For Kimo and Loke
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Chapter 1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  The Ramskell troll was generally blamed for the Year of the Blight, although
  Sciplings hadn't bothered to believe in trolls for nearly a hundred years.
  Valsidur of Shieldbroad, chieftain of the rich Western Quarter, secretly sent
  a delegation to bargain with the troll, certain that gold would soothe any
  grievance. There was indeed a huge cave at Ramskell and a local legend about
  the troll that was seven hundred years old, but there was no troll to be
  found. After a quick peek inside, Valsidur's retainers rode home again as fast
  as their fat, sturdy ponies could carry them. It was unfortunate, but after
  all, it was none of their business that all the fjords and creeks and lakes in
  the Northern Quarter had stayed fr