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Originally Posted by Groin Redbeard
Well, Tolkien gave trolls the ability to speak and learn, that's pretty smart!
Speaking of the 70 trolls killed by Hurin, could it be that Morgoth's trolls were smaller and similar to the ones in the fairy tails? I always thought of them that way. How could Huirn have killed 70 eighteen foot trolls?
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How? Because he was THAT good. What's the point of mythic heroes if we don't let them do mythic hero things?
Regarding trolls and intelligence: there's a very wide variety of trolls in Middle-earth, and probably a corresponding variety of intelligence, aggression, etc. However, I DON'T think that the Olog-hai should be in any way taken as a typical sample, as they were a specially developed breed and only able to speak because Sauron souped 'em up. The Olog-hai are not some kind of success story about what Trolls can achieve if they try really hard or about Trolls' latent potential and intelligence.
Maybe I'll post again later after I've thought about this some more.