Wham-a-Wham

Geralt encounters this rock troll in a cave north of Blandare. The witcher can kill it or try to reason with it.

Associated quest

 * Contract: Missing Miners

Bestiary entry

 * Thems in-walk troll house. Troll say, "Out mans!" But they wham-a-wham troll rocks. So troll whan, too!
 * — Rock troll known as Wham-a-Wham


 * Rock trolls come across as dim-witted, ponderous, slow – stupid, to be frank. It's easy to dismiss them – and even easier to enrage them. When this happens, one's best bet is to run as fast as possible, for an angered rock troll is as deadly as a thundering landslide. The truth held in the case of the massive rock troll known as Wham-a-Wham. HIs [sic] every blow struck like a battering ram – meaning one needed either avoid them entirely or protect oneself with the Quen Sign. Its hard skin meant it was near invulnerable to sword strikes – especially those dealt from behind, where its rock armor is the thickest. The only hope for defeating it lay in taking advantage of its typical troll slowness – especially if further exploited using the Yrden Sign.


 * A certain set of Skellige miners learned first-hand just how dangerous rock trolls can be. Ignoring all warnings, they started to mine a rich silver vein in the cave which Wham-a-Wham called home. They died soon thereafter – crushed or torn to rough bits.


 * If Geralt spares Wham-a-Wham:
 * This time, a trolls killings were a justified act of self-defense – after all, the witcher reasoned, every troll's cave is his castle.


 * If Geralt kills Wham-a-Wham:
 * Perhaps this was a justified act of self-defense on the troll's part - but witchers are not judges. Witchers kill monsters.