The Protector

Chapter Eight: The Town Of Trolls

Though the travel has been rather rough, Kara and Gabriel have finally managed to make it our of the woodlands. They still have several days of travel left and Gabriel has informed Kara of a town that is nearby where the majority of inhabitants are in complete support of Queen Aurora and would be more than happy to help aid them. They need to restock on food and preferably some new clothes and could use a warm bath.
" So what kind of creatures are in this town?" Kara asked, now curious to meet new people so that she can learn even more about this world. Gabriel thinks for a moment " I believe this town is mainly consisted of Trolls They are pretty kind for the most part, I just wouldn't insult their looks because they can be quite sensitive" he informs her. Kara thinks back on the stories of trolls and goblins from her childhood storybooks and remembers that the trolls were not exactly her favorite. They always seemed so rude and where usually the antagonist of the stories. So Trolls being sensitive seems a little hard to believe for Kara but she trust Gabriel and agrees to be as polite as possible when communicating with them.

As they approach the town, they can hear loud music being played from what they can only assume are drums of some kind coupled with rather loud and clunky sounding horns. " Oh...yeah.. they are having there Trollifeild festival. I forgot that it would be around this time" Gabriel crosses his arms as he stares at the town in the distance. " My parents talked about this festival but I never got to attend it. I've heard there is alot of drinking and food" he adds. Kara likes the sound of the music despite it being something she would not typically listen to. " What are the celebrating? " Kara asks as she begins tapping her fingers on her legs to the sound of the drums. " I believe it's something to do with their harvest or something. I can't entirely remember but we should get moving. It's starting to get dark" He nudges Kara's arm as they begin walking towards the town.

The scent of the meat and fresh veggies filled both Kara and Gabriel's noses providing a sense of welcome and hunger to which they could not ignore. This is the best thing they have smelled in days and had goals to partake in the food one way way or the other.
As they make their way through the town, Kara notices that the streets are filled with large tents that seem to be little food markets. Colorful lanterns are strung from the roofs and are dancing in the wind above the streets. The street seems to be cobblestone of some sort and makes an amazing clacking noise that Kara finds rather soothing. The homes seem to built from some type of mud - like stone that looks pleasant on the eyes and is somehow complimented by the colorful lights.
And that is when Kara takes notice of the giant brownish colored creatures that are the trolls. They have warts in places that Kara didn't even know warts could be found but seem to still provide a sense of welcome with their giant toothy smiles and their inviting gestures to come partake of the party.
As they pass by some type of meat stand, a troll calls out to them. " Hey you two, you look hungry and we can't be having that! Come on over and get you some grublub". His rather commanding voice is broken by the giant smile on his face and the oversized apron covered in grease stains.  Gabriel takes Kara by the hand and leads over to the stand and they are handed to giant legs of meat. " This almost looks like an oversized chicken leg" Kara chuckles at the sheer sight of him enormous meal. " Close! It's not chicken. It's a glubken. Which is a bit larger than a chicken but taste about the same. I'm assuming you are not from around here " The meat vendors laughs to which Kara shakes her head. " Well as you can tell, we trolls are rather hearty, and chickens are far to small for our diet unless we wanted be constantly cooking" he explains as Gabriel takes a huge bite of the meat and his eyes widen with excitement. " This is the best thing I've ever had" he stares at the leg in astonishment and then proceeds proceeds rip into it again. Kara laughs and takes a bite from her's and is immediatly surprised. " Wow..this really is good! ". She wasn't sure if this was because she hadn't eaten a proper meal in what feels like forever if it was genuinely because this tasted so amazing but one thing was for sure. She loved Glubken!