Epilogue

Trolls were not very good with changes, if you asked the average troll he or she would much prefer it if everything could just stay the same for a few hundred years at the time before a tiny little change were allowed to happen… not a big one, just a small one.

So it was very overwhelming for troll marked when one big change happened one after the other.

The war…. It was over. Well, not all of it but the worst of it.

Deya in one last act of bravery had sealed Gunmar and the vast majority of his troops away inside of the dark lands and used her very last strength to destroy the only gate-way, the killahead bridge.

That sure was an odd day for Blinky and Argh, they were both very relieved to know that Gunmar was sealed away, but sad that the trollhunter had now perished.

Deya had finally been given her title… Deya the deliverer, as she had delivered all of troll marked and all of trolls into a new age of peace. At least that was what Blinky sincerely hoped, and he wasn't the only one.

The one though whom seemed to most affected by all of this was neither Blinky or Argh… It was a young troll, even younger than Blinky, by the name of Heldaf… For he had been chosen by Merlins amulet to be the next trollhunter and he was not happy.
The young troll was clearly nervous over this massive responsibility and kept asking if perhaps the amulet had made a mistake.

Blinky did not envy the young troll, it was a daunting task… Not to forget that with a few exceptions becoming trollhunter was a bit of a death sentence, most only lived for a couple of years. Deya had been exceptional surviving as a troll hunter for the last hundred years of the wall.

Of course some trolls viewed it as the greatest honor to die fighting as a trollhunter… Heldaf though didn't seem to be one of those trolls.

At last though Blinky approached the newly chosen trollhunter. "Master Heldaf." he addressed the younger troll.

"Oh no, more of this. Master? Sir? Lord?" Heldaf asked. "Yesterday I was just a foot soldier not even a group leader. This is a mistake, it has to be."

"The amulet doesn't make mistakes." Blinky then stated. "How-ever I do see what a daunting task this must be for you, so well… I would like to offer you this book." he stated holding up a book, the one with blue binding. "It holds all the mysteries of Merlins amulet that has yet to be recovered." he stated.

"There's a book?!" Heldaf exclaimed loudly making Blinky slightly jump. "Let me see that." he asked simply grabbing the book as he opened it and then flipped through it. "Well, this makes me feel a little better. But I still don't know… Who wrote this?" he asked.

"Well… As a matter of fact. I did." Blinky admitted.

"What?" Heldaf asked looking up.

"Trollhunter Deya… Your honored predecessor, she asked me to write it. So…. I wrote it." Blinky informed.

"Then what on earth are you giving me this for?" Heldaf asked closing the book and pushed it back into Blinky's arms.

"I beg your pardon?" Blinky asked holding the book close to his own body.

"Why would I need the book, when its author is standing right in front of me?!" Heldaf asked. "You can help me!"

"I.. WHAT?!" Blinky asked. "Now hold on, I only wrote the book I'm not…"

"Yes you wrote it, you know everything which is written in it and more!" Heldaf pointed out.

"Well I suppose you have a point about that." Blinky had to admit.

"So help me! You must know more about the trollhunters than anyone!" Heldaf exclaimed.

Blinky opened his mouth ready to object… But then had to close it again.

"So are you going to help me or not?" Heldaf asked.

"Well I… I'll do my best." Blinky then said. "Though honestly, I don't know what to do either I've never.." he hesitated then turned the book around and opened it himself facing the words.

Suddenly he remembered the day he had showed the book to Deya, how happy she had been what she had said… This was his lives work, he needed to complete it! And to do that… He had to learn more about the amulet and the trollhunters, slowly Blinky looked up. "All right fine." he stated. "I don't know what help i'll be, but i'll do what I can."

"Well you better don't you?" Heldaf asked. "I'm the trollhunter right? So you have to do as I say right?"

"Don't get ahead of yourself master Heldaf." Blinky commented with a tired face expression. "Deya had been the trollhunter for a hundred years, slaying many gumgums and saving many trolls. She's a hero because of all the things she did. You haven't done anything yet." he pointed out. "It is as you said, yesterday you were a foot soldier. So no, I don't have to do what-ever you say." he commented dryly.

Heldaf pouted annoyed. "What is the use of being chosen if I can't even get people to help me." he asked then glanced at Blinky. "Hey, aren't you that troll whom were insane enough to befriend a gumgum?" he asked.

At that Blinky lifted an eyebrow just as a far larger troll stepped forward and stood right behind blinky towering high above both of them as he sneered.

"If you're asking if I am the troll whom is best friends with a Krubera then yes, you're absolutely right." Blinky informed as Argh huffed again. "So, do you want our help or not?" he asked.

Heldaf groaned but then finally nodded. "Yes, please help me." he asked. "I don't know what to do."

"Good then, glad we could reach an agreement, master Heldaf." Blinky smiled. "Now then, I do believe a good place to start would be Deyas old training routine."

"Right… of course." Heldaf nodded. "Please show me." he asked. Heldaf was of course merely the first trollhunter that Blinky helped train, the first of many… Some ended up more fortunate than others though. But it had suddenly just become commonly accepted that Blinky trained the trollhunters.

Seemed to Blinky though, it had only fallen to him because no one else was going to do it but… He was actually okay with that. Now he to could help protect troll marked in his own way, and Argh seemed happy about the arrangement to. They could protect Troll marked without even having to fight!

They still needed a trollhunter, there were still Gumgums out there. Gunmars son Bular being their greatest threat.

Thankfully the number of Gumgums were few and the ban on many travels were lifted… allowing Blinky and Argh to go visit the caves of Nithra like Blinky had talked about, as well as a number of other locations.
Together Blinky and Argh traveled all over, they salvaged old books and artefacts and Blinky did his best to curate and preserve all the old while continuesly writing down the current history. He was a busy troll that was for sure, but he also enjoyed every single moment of it and took deep pride in how much he managed to have done while Argh was always happy to help, always there to make sure the little troll wouldn't hurt himself when he was to far gone in his own thoughts.

Several hundred years went past like that, Blinky wrote his books, helped the troll hunters to the best of his ability, examined everything that came his way… and Argh always looking out for his best friend. The two worked together and made quite a name for itself, eventually it was just common knowledge that the only one knowing more than Blinky had to be Vendel, so when Blinky was invited to be an advisor at the troll tribunal it just seemed sort of natural... And then he just happened to stay, as he was indeed the most knowledagble troll around. Argh had quickly become well liked among all the other trolls at troll marked, always ready to help, always approaching everyone with a kind and open attitude, always humble and thankfull. It was impossible to dislike Argh and soon everyone just viewed him as a part of troll marked, no one could even imagine raising an objection, troll marked without Argh and Blinky just seemed wrong! These two were just to important to have around, everyone knew that as time just moved on as all the trolls were minding their own lives.

Of course then one day… Everything changed again, so very abruptly.

The greatest trollhunter that Blinky had ever trained, Kanjigar whom had managed to stay alive as a trollhunter for even longer than Deya… Finally he met his end by the hands of Bular, and on that day… Something truly strange happened. Something so very different that changed everything.

A human troll hunter! Named Jim Lake Junior.

That fateful day would forever change troll marked, the consequences were many and most of them yet to be revealed.

How-ever Blinky was absolutely sure, that if he just kept doing what he always had done, what Deya long ago had asked him to do. They would be fine. Of course the definition of "Fine" is a term that wary. Fine of course also means things are not good enough to be great but… not bad enough to be terrible.. It is a very relative term.

But it's fine.

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