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| “ | Such is the life of an adventurer. |
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— Hilda's famous quote
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| Hilda | |||
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| Naming | |||
| Others | The Giant Girl (by Elves) Hildy (by Kaisa) | ||
| Personal information | |||
| Species | Fairy-Human hybrid Troll (formerly) | ||
| Gender | Female | ||
| Age | 11 (season 1-2) 13 (season 3) | ||
| Affiliation | Twig Alfur Frida Trundle (formerly) Sparrow Scouts Tontu | ||
| Relations | Johanna (mother) Anders (father) Unnamed great-grandfather Astrid (great-aunt) Phinium (grandfather) Lydia (grandmother) Trylla (adoptive mother) | ||
| Current status | Active | ||
| Biology | |||
| Body type | Humanoid | ||
| Diet | Omnivore | ||
| Abilities | Superhuman strength (while being a Troll) Flight (in the Fairy world) | ||
| Sentience | Sentient | ||
| Sapience | Sapient | ||
| Behind the scenes | |||
| Universe | Hilda | ||
| Created by | Luke Pearson | ||
| Designed by | Luke Pearson | ||
| Performed by | Bella Ramsey | ||
Hilda is a titular protagonist in both the award-winning graphic novels and the Netflix animated series of the same name.
She was temporarily placed under a changeling spell that magically transformed her into a Troll. Hilda and her own mother Johanna are descendants of mystical Fairies, which in turn make them both a hybrid.
Overview[]
As a human, Hilda is noticably an ordinary 11-year-old girl, apart from her turquoise-blue hair. When she was turned into a Troll, she developed superhuman strength and athletic abilities, on par with the rest of the species, as well as a vulnerability to the sound of bells ringing, which sound much louder to Trolls' ears; and the ability to communicate with other Trolls. Like all members of the species, she would turn into stone when in contact with sunlight, and revert back to normal at night. Unlike most Trolls, however, she still possessed hair, and her feet still had toes, while most Trolls' feet are toeless.
History[]
An average girl, Hilda lived a wilderness life with her single mother Johanna and pet Deerfox companion Twig ever since she was born while isolated in the middle of nowhere for miles away from any civilization until retribution stuck between them, when a group of Elves attacked and rubbished her house after heeding their warnings. Concerned with guilt, Johanna decided that they might have to move to Trolberg, a city that's entirely surrounded by a giant wall. However, Hilda regardlessly refused to leave her home behind and would need to find some way to make peace with the little people. At the end, even as she befriended an Elf named Alfur and managed to reach a diplomatic agreement with the Elf village; she was still forced to move to Trolberg when her house was accidentally destroyed by a Giant.
Despite earlier concerns about leaving behind the woods in which she had grown up, Hilda did eventually adapt to living in the city, where she became a member of the Sparrow Scouts organization and befriended other children such as David and Frida, as well as partaking in numerous adventures involving supernatural creatures; usually without the approval of her mother. She has helped and befriended beings such as the Great Raven and Tontu the Nisse; who came to reside in her house after the formerly-resident Nisse retrieved her pet Barghest, named Jellybean, and moved out.
During a particular incident involving one of Tontu's portals to Nowhere Space, Hilda ended up being transported to the mysterious Stone Forest, in the interior of the Trolls' mountains, along with her mother and Twig. There, the three of them were pursued by a hostile Troll, but were assisted by a Troll mother and her young child, Baba. After escaping the mountain with the help of Tontu and Raven, they returned to their own house safely. Unknown to all, however, Baba's mother performed a changeling spell that caused Hilda and Baba to switch places (and species). As a result, Baba was transported to Johanna's house and became human; while Hilda was transported back to the mountain and became a Troll. Baba's mother explained later that she thought the two would be better off this way, as she perceived that Baba was a gentle soul that would enjoy the sheltered life within the walls of Trolberg and that Johanna would take good care of her; while Hilda was brave and adventurous, feeling more at home in the wild outdoors where she could have more freedom.
However, Hilda still wanted to become human again, and sought help from an imprisoned eyeless Troll named Trundle, who promised to reverse the spell if she completed a number of tasks for him, including retrieving a red orb (actually Trundle's own cyclopic eye; which had been taken from him by his brother), and removing the bells on his cell's entrance to enable him to escape. Meanwhile, Johanna had been looking for Hilda, being assisted by Twig, Tontu, a tracking creature, and even Erik Ahlberg and his squad of Troll hunters from Trolberg Safety Patrol. When Hilda was reunited with her mother; as well as Baba with her own mother, who'd come to regret her earlier decision; the spell was broken, and Hilda became human again, proving that she didn't need Trundle's help.
Unfortunately, Trundle was, at this point, marching towards Trolberg with a huge number of other Trolls, planning to have the Trolberg Safety Patrol attack them so as to wake up the dormant Amma: an act that would destroy the city. Luckily, Hilda helped to prevent that outcome by convincing Ahlberg and his squad to allow the Trolls to march peacefully into the city, and not open fire on them. After that, it became a tradition for Trolberg to open its gates once per year to allow the Trolls to come in and keep both Amma and the Trolls appeased.
Roughly one year later, she, Johanna and her friends had gone to visit Hilda's great-aunt Astrid who lives in the town of Tofoten where she learned about Fairies thus along with Frida and David, ventured into a Fairy Mound and encountered strange floating mushrooms although thankfully they got rescued by Johanna and Astrid. Afterwards they immediately packed up and departed back to Trolberg. Following that and unbeknown to Hilda, she was been surveyed by her grandparents Phinium and Lydia from Fairy Country especially during her experience with the Faratok Tree and a laughing merman.
When Hilda's father Anders came to Trolberg for a surprise visit, who aimlessly accepted a job from a crafty gluttonous person known as "the Polecat", she acompanied him to the castle ruins where these other two people also working for the Polecat, were trying to steal a treasure chest which typically belonged to a Troll that had returned to find them in his domain and would've killed Anders if not for Phinium and Lydia who successfully managed to pull him into their realm. Unfortunately, this led to Hilda and her mother to believe Anders left Hilda. Nevertheless, Hilda missed her father and therefore wised he come back. Johanna decided that she, Hilda and Twig would take road trip outside of thee city where they unexpectedly were attacked and tragically devoured whole by some bizarre amphibious beast, that Hilda had accidentally unleashed. Although fortunately for them, it did not like how humans tasted thus regurgitated them both. To Which they both soon learned that when Johanna was child, the monster tried to eat her until her parents imprisoned it within a lake that they surrounded with charms to keep it from escaping though, Johanna could not remember that herself. Before leaving, it mentioned something to Hilda and Johanna about how alike itself, they're "neither one thing nor another".
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Appearances[]
- Hildafolk (2010)
- Hilda and the Midnight Giant (2011)
- Hilda and the Bird Parade (2012)
- Hilda and the Black Hound (2014)
- Hilda and the Stone Forest (2016)
- Hilda (2018-2023)
- Hilda and the Mountain King (2019)
Notes[]
- In spite of reverting back into a human again, Hilda superficially still possess at least some of her Troll capabilities.