Background[]
Trolbella is an original character from the Land of Stories series. She appears first in The Wishing Spell, ch 11. She is the daughter of the Troll King and lives in the Troll & Goblin Territory.
Appearance[]
"She had a round face with a small snout, and her hair was worn in pigtails just below tiny horns."[1]
She is first described as sitting by herself and looking bored and lonely. Conner captures her eye as he and Alex are lead into the territory as captives. She visits his cell and tells him how she hates living in the Troll & Goblin territory because everyone is mean, and she doesn't like troll boys either. She describes herself as a "hopeless romantic". [2]
In The Enchantress Returns, she has become queen and dresses accordingly.
"An enourmous headdress in the shape of two horns sat on her head with strings of teeth between them (the species of which no one could tell). A round ruffled collar Queen Elizabeth I of England would have been envious of was around her neck. She wore a long russet lacy dress, and on her large feet were golden slippers."[3]
Though her cavernous kingdom is flooded by Ezmia, she remains positive and builds a floating city on stilts in the water, renaming her kingdom "The great Troblin Lake".[4]
Personality[]
She is said to be nicer than most trolls and goblins, having been extremely bored under the rule of her father kidnapping slaves, once saying to Connor(Butterboy) that"they don't know how to treat a lady". After becoming queen, she civilizes their lives and makes them behave, look after themselves, and also make the people they capture dance fore her. Her dream was to live on water( which was granted thanks to Ezmia). She loves Connor or Butterboy, as she calls him to his horror, to the point of obsession and thinking every other girl, even his sister, Alex,as a threat and is jealous of them. She is very blunt and imitating. She also seems to be completely oblivious to the fact Connor and Peter and Gator, don't return her feelings and goes on and on to Connor about how there love is "too eternal" and their future wedding( which never happened) and once even proposes to him, to Connor's obvious disgust.Connor is very uncomfortable around her, due to the fact she has an obsessive crush on him and always tries to be around him. She once liked Peter, until she started to dislike his childless ways, and she ditches him to his face with the Lost Boys watching, acting as if he should be upset but in truth he is only confused. That showed she values personality over physical looks and doesn't stand for disrespect. Also, she is said to be slightly vain, having called herself a very important queen during a play "Trollbella" that she put together and believing everyone should know her, even if they don't know anything about the fairy-tale world and believing herself extremely attractive and comparing herself to Cinderella. Eventually she falls in love with the Tin Woodsman who is what she's been lookin for all along," a needy man".
Relationships[]
Conner Bailey[]
She instantly has a crush on Conner, whom she nicknames "Butterboy". She takes an immediate dislike to Alex, seeing her as her rival for Conner's affections. She helps the twins escape in exchange for a kiss from Conner.
In The Enchantress Returns, Trobella appears again, now Queen of the Troblins; her new people consisting of both the Trolls & Goblins previously living in her territory. She has made them wash regularily, be less rude / mean, and forces them to dance with her prisoners. The "Troblins" seem rather unhappy with this situation.[5]
When she sees the twins again, she immediately assumes Conner has come to marry her, and keeps referring to him as her "future Butterking" throughout the book. After she is saved, she tells Conner she will wait for him.[6]
In A Grimm Warning, Conner returns, and Trolbella confesses that she has moved on and has fallen in love with a troll called Gator (who also does not seem to reciprocate her feelings). To help Conner "get over his loss", she pledges her army to him to help fight against the Grande Armée.[7] Before they join their forces, Trollbella makes the troblins swear never to enslave people again.[8]
In Beyond the Kingdoms, she attends Queen Red Riding Hood and Froggy's (almost) wedding and uses the opportunity to tell Conner she still loves him.[9]
The Tin Woodman[]
In Worlds Collide, Trollbella helps The Tin Woodman defeat The Queen of Hearts by hiding in his body. The Tin Woodman realises he has a heart, and they fall in love with each other. He decides to stay back in the land of stories with Trollbella at the end of the book.
Story[]
1. The Wishing Spell[]
Trolbella helps Alex and Conner escape the Troll & Goblin Territory in return for a kiss from Conner. After they were abducted by the Trolls and Goblins.
2. The Enchantress Returns[]
While Queen Trollbella is making Alex, Conner and their friends dance for her as her prisoners, Ezmia floods the Troll and Goblin Territory. Many of the Troblins are hurt and wounded. Under pressure, she surrenders her Kingdom to Ezmia, but swears vengeance for being interrupted at her celebrations.
3. A Grimm Warning[]
Conner and Alex come to the Troll & Goblin Territory (now "Great Troblin Lake") to ask for Queen Trollbella's help. When the Troblins hear about the Grande Armée, they immediately offer their help (because they are bored of their floating city). They are transported to the Fairy Kingdom by Alex and Conner's spell and take part in the fight against General Marquis. Trollbella's new love-interest Gator dies in battle, leaving her very sad. When Alex founds the Happily Forever After Assembly, she asks Trollbella and the Troblins to join, which they do.
4. Beyond the Kingdoms[]
She attends Red and Froggy's (almost) wedding. It is unclear what happened to the Troblin Territory and Trollbella when the Masked Man's army of literary villains attacked.
5. An Author's Oddessy[]
She and the other royals were rescued by Goldilocks and Jack after the Masked Man tried to execute them. Later she along with a few others, accompany The twins to the Otherworld. She there writes and directs a play called "The Life and Times of Queen Trollbella" and preforms it in front of the children at St. Andrew's Children's Hospital. Conner dislikes this.
6.Worlds Collide
Trollbella helps the tin woodman kill the Queen of Hearts by hiding in his body and scaring her so the tin woodman can chop her head off. That's when the tin woodman realized he had a heart all along and they fall in love with each other. Trollbella refers him as her "Buttertay". At the end of the book, the tin woodman decides to live with Trollbella because she makes him happy. It's unknown if they got married.
Quotes[]
"Was our love too strong for the portal to contain? Did our affection for each other break it open? Have you finally returned to be the king of the Great Troblin Lake?"[10]
"It puts a strain on our relationship when you only come to me to share devastating news, Butterboy. Just once I wish you'd bring flowers or chocolates instead."[11]
"I tried to stay faithful to you for as long as I could and it was the hardest six days of my life."[12]
"It reminds me of the time we were almost got married. Remember that, Butterboy? It was the best ten minutes of my life!"[13]
"And fat Goldilocks can be the hideous monster that keeps us apart,"
"You interrupted my dancing time and for that you shall never be forgiven!"
Conner to Trollbella,"For the millionth time, we don't have a relationship!"
"I was weak without you ,Butterboy, and my heart strayed. I couldn't bear the thought of being alone forever so I gave my heart to someone else."
"I'm done with flames, what I need now is a fire."
"You have saved us all. We will forever be grateful to you, Squishygirl.
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References[]
- ↑ The Wishing Spell, ch 11, p. 244
- ↑ The Wishing Spell, ch 11, p. 251
- ↑ The Enchantress Returns, ch 22, p. 407
- ↑ A Grimm Warning, ch 20, p. 327
- ↑ The Enchantress Returns, ch 22
- ↑ The Enchantress Returns, ch 28, p. 485
- ↑ A Grimm Warning, ch 20
- ↑ A Grimm Warning, ch 23, p. 355
- ↑ Beyond the Kingdoms, ch 8 p 125
- ↑ A Grimm Warning, ch 20, p. 329
- ↑ A Grimm Warning, ch 20, p. 330
- ↑ A Grimm Warning, ch 20, p. 330
- ↑ Beyond the Kingdoms, ch 8, p. 125