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Trolls of Troy is a French comic series published by Soleil Productions. It is a spin-off series of Lanfeust of Troy and is created by author Scotch Arleston and writer Jean-Louis Mourier.
Since 1997, 24 volumes have been published in French. The series is also translated in Polish, Dutch, German and Spanish.
In 2013, it was adapted into an animated series.
Troy is a world populated by humans, trolls and other creatures and filled with magic. The trolls are physically strong, and viewed by humans as wild animals, but they are civilized from their own point of view.
Trolls of Troy is set two centuries before the story of Lanfeust. It tells the story of Teträm, a brave troll, and his adopted human daughter, Waha. Men have decided to exterminate the trolls, and have formed a group of hunters with terrible powers. Teträm, must find a way to save his people.
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Christophe Arleston was born in Aix-en-Provence, France. He is a French comics writer and editor. He has also worked as "Scotch Arleston".
Didier Tarquin is a French cartoonist and scenarist. Born on the 20th of January 1967 in Toulon, he spent the first ten years of his life in Touggourt (Algeria) in the Sahara desert. He chose to become a cartoonist during a cartoon summer camp. His professional career started in 1990 with Soleil comics but he attained real fame in 1994 with the series Lanfeust of Troy in collaboration with Christophe Arleston.
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