Trollump was a Troll supremacist who claimed the Imperial title early in the reign of the Equal. He opposed the inclusion of the Nagi and other peoples in the Imperial Troll Empire and sought to make Trolls its only recognised race. His followers seized the Nagi capital of Theuban in 2A 1258. After the city’s destruction in 2A 1262, the Empire handed him over to Manzil.
Rise and occupation
Trollump drew his early support from rural P’Lar and K’Mira, in the Duchy of Mor’Koc. Imperial chroniclers portray him as a fringe figure with little prospect of winning the capital’s gubernatorial election. Over roughly three years he united several supremacist groups under his claim to the throne. His movement became known as the Third Empire and pursued a campaign of extermination against the Nagi. Estimates put his support at about 32,000, only some of whom took up arms.
In 2A 1258, the Fourth Legion defeated his followers’ attempt to seize Mor’Koc. The survivors withdrew into the swamps of the Upper Mor and took Theuban as their base. Accounts disagree on how many of the city’s Nagi inhabitants were killed, expelled or held hostage.
The destruction of Theuban
In 2A 1262, the Empire moved to end the occupation with Elven assistance. A Dwarven bombardment force serving in the Imperial Army fired experimental rockets at Trollump’s concentrated fighters. The strikes ignited methane beneath the swamp, setting off the chain reaction that destroyed the city. The bombardment force was later absorbed into the Imperial Air Force. The wider operation and the failures of judgement that led to the disaster are covered in the Theubian Incident.
Handover and sentence
Trollump survived the destruction. The Empire handed him over to Manzil as a gesture of apology. The handover failed to repair relations, and many Nagi remembered the destruction as an Imperial betrayal. The Manzili authorities sentenced him to the Angel’s Kiss, in which an Angel tears the condemned person’s soul from their body and consumes it.