But remember, there is an important underlying truth here, not just anti-human bias. TROLLS fear trolls. At least, trolls tougher than them. And almost all troll leaders rule in part through fear.
I imagine the Kitori trolls, for example, don't have a really large bias against Kitori humans over trolls in general (some bias is unavoidable). Which means they try to treat humans just as they would any troll who was much smaller than them, which is usually to keep them scared and submissive if they can. But they treat them a bit better than the trollkin, because the trollkin are even smaller.
(my troll PC knows quite well that if he fucks up, Javis Gan may well eat him.)
I think my original comments have got a little misinterpreted, though. I didn't mean to imply that Orlanthi don't fear, and often trolls. But Orlanthi are in general vaguely aware that they can be dealt with in trade and so on, and you can negotiate with them, and so on. Unlike Chaos things. And whats more, many Orlanthi would be aware of the I Fought We Won myth, and know that when it came to the crunch, trolls where on our side. Its part of the appeal of the myth - even horrible baby-eating like monsters fought on the right side, and chaos is even more horrible than that.
Orlanthi do make that big distinction between Chaos and everything else.
Cheers
David
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