Ev Vrin is the son of the Troll Chief Grael but he has never fit in with the Trolls. Sent with the first scouting party for the Troll army he is about to discover he has more in common with the people he has been sent to kill than the Trolls. Roanne was always certain her guardian was one of the legendary seven mages told of in the tales of old. When a stranger walks into town with a dark sword her guardian's past returns to haunt him. Roanne does not know much about magic but she is about to find out there are worse things than Trolls. -To find the second short story once in the back of Troll's Issue click on Tal and it should appear on the bottom of the page, a message can be sent to us from the page containing the second story.