Previously on the Tales Of Arcadia...

UN: (Nods.) You and I, our family isn't just ordinary people. We have the ability to control the earth at our will. However, his son Bular has been hunting us down until we decided to hide plain and sight. As far as I know, he may be hunting the trolls champion, the trollhunter.

Blinky: Master Jim, you are the first human to possess an amulet crafted for trolls. Its to be expected its behavior will be...unexpected. But I must confess, I am more surprise to see one of you is an earthbender.

Blinky: This is the world you are bound to protect. This is Heartstone Trollmarket!

Present

The trio are now at the Trollmarket which is underneath Arcadia.

Toby: This is...

Jim: Yeah...

Toby: Whoa...

YN: Pretty much.

When they walk down stair, YN carry his shoes on his hand and walks on barefeet as Jim asked Blinky.

Jim: (To Blinky.) This is your home?

Blinky: Trollmarket is home and hearth and sanctuary for all good trolls. This way my friends, there's much to see.

Toby: Dang, and here I thought the only thing underneath our town was dirt and plumbing.

YN: This place must be too deep for me to find this place with my seismic senses.

Blinky: Stay close. Human feet have never grace the ground of Trollmarket before.

Random troll: Humans?

Aarg: Friends.

As they walk through the Trollmarket, they were amazed that the market almost look the same but with trolls. Toby then takes pictures with his phone as most of the trolls notice the humans.

YN: Man, I've never seen a lot of crystals in one place- Whao!

YN trips and falls over something small. When he got back up, he looks down and see...a gnome?

YN: A gnome?

Jim: Aw. Aren't you a cute little guy? What a cute point hat-

Gnome: Hisss!

Jim & YN: AH! And pointy teeth!

More gnomes enter the vicinity and run frantically around Jim and YN's feet until Blinky scares the gnomes off.

Blinky: Scram! Get out of here! Vile vermin! Begone!

Jim: What is that?

Blinky: Gnomes are vermin. Pickpocketing scum of the Earth!

YN: And here I thought they're nice.

Blinky: Unfortunately, they're not. We only tolerate them for their grooming services.

Jim: Grooming?

Blinky: They eat the parasites on the larger trolls.

YN: Parasites?

Toby: Guys, check it out!

Toby Points to a giant orange stone that seemed to serve as a statue for Trollmarket.

Toby: Maximum coolosity there!

Jim: Look at that, it's amazing!

YN: That's gotta be the biggest crystal I've ever seen.

Aarg: Heartstone.

Blinky: The lifeforce of Trollkind! The means that keeps us from crumbling to stone, and the source of light and sustenance!

Toby: Okay, that's totally the bomb.

Randon Troll: What are humans doing here?

The crowd of troll begin mumbling at each other about the humans being in the Trollmarket.

Toby: I think we've attracted the paparazzi.

YN: Blinky did said we are the first humans in the Trollmarket.

Blinky: Friends, there is no need to be afraid, he is the Trollhunter! And his friend is the earth-

???: What is this?!

Suddenly, a booming voice is heard. As a tall, blue troll emerges from the crowd.

Draal: Human feet have never sullied the ground of Trollmarket before! Who are these fleshbags?!

Draal glares at Jim before Blinky answers.

Blinky: Believe it or not, he is... Um. How do I put this...?

YN: He's a new Trollhunter.

Blinky: Thank you.

YN: Don't mentioned it.

All of the trolls in the area gasp in horror and disbelief.

Draal: He can't be the Trollhunter! He's not a Troll!

Draal pounds the ground with his fists, knocking Jim backward into Aarg.

Aarg: Amulet chose.

Draal snarls even harder, and slowly walk towards them.

Blinky: T-Try to remain calm! Destiny is just-

YN: Okay, before we all start babbling at each other, why don't he proves it to you. Show them, Jim.

Jim slightly nods.

Jim: For the power of Merli-

Blinky: (Whispers.) Glory!

Jim: Right, sorry. (Clears his throat.) For the glory of Merlin, Daylight is mine to command!

The amulet glows, and magically equips his armor.

Jim: Pretty cool, right?

Random troll: A human? Protecting us?

Draal: Bushigal! I am Draal, son of Kanhigar and the amulet's rightful heir!

Jim: Uh, you're his son? He's his son!?

Toby: (Gasp.) Yeah I can see how this could be a problem.

Draal: When my father fell, the honor should have passed to me!

Draal was about to grab the amulet from Jim's chest but suddenly a wall of stone block the trolls way. Revealing it was YN who stomped his feet.

YN: Okay, back off big blue.

2nd Random troll: An earthbender!?

This surprise the trolls to see YN is an earthbender.

Blinky: Oh yeah, have I forgot to mention that he's an earthbender?

Everyone: You did.

YN: (To Draal.) Look, I get that you want the amulet and its definitely cool. But the amulet chose him, and I highly doubt you can take it by force.

Draal: We'll see what Vendel has to say about this.

Blinky: Feel free to fetch him. In the meanwhile, lots of trollhunter business to be done. Draal, wonderful to see you as always.

The group leave with Draal glaring at Jim until YN comforts him.

YN: Hey, about your father. I'm sorry that you lost him. My condolence.

YN lightly pats Draal shoulder before he catches up to his friends where they arrive at the large room looks to be like an arena.

Jim: Holy trolls, is this a palace!?

YN: It looks for like an arena or at least a training ground.

Blinky: Right you are, master YN. This is "The Hero's Forge."

Blinky's voice echoes in the room while Toby takes a look at the edge only to see the dark abyss until Jim playfully scared him by pretending to push Toby.

Toby: (Scream.) Don't do that again!

YN: (Chuckles.) Come on guys.

They now reach to the center of the room.

Jim: Magnífico.

YN: Hey guys, who are those statue trolls up there?

Aarg: Trollhunters.

Blinky: Jim's predecessors. A line of heroism that reaches back to the age of Merlin. This is the place of the final repose for Kanjigar the Courageous. One day, there will be a statue of you here, master Jim.

Jim and YN look at him confusing look.

Blinky: (Correction.) One day very far off in the future, of course.

Toby: Yeah, about that, there's just one thing I'm not getting.

YN: Just one?

Toby: You guys are trolls. So trollhunter sounds a little like you hunt yourselves, you know?

YN: (Face palm.) Trollhunters hunt bad trolls, dude.

Aarg: Like Gumm-Gumms.

Jim: Not exactly the most terrifying name.

Blinky: In trollspeak, "Gumm-gumms" means "Bringer of horrible, slow, painful and thoroughly calculated death."

Jim: Oh.

Blinky: But do not be too concerned, master Jim. The Gumm-gumms were exiled t the darklande centuries ago. Only one be roams free.

Aarg: And wants to kill you.

Blinky: Well, you and YN since Bular now knows YN is an earthbender.

Toby: Wait, Bular is one of the unspeakably evil trolls?

YN: Oh no, he just chases us everywhere just to get an autograph from us when he first saw us. Not like he carries dual swords to scare us.

Blinky: Wrong you are, master YN.

YN: I was being sarcastic.

Blinky: His father and the rest of their number remain exiled to the Darklands. But they have been trying to escape for centuries. I sense ill time is upon us. Hence the need for us to begin master Jim's training now.

YN: Alright, so where do we start?

Blinky: Simple, step back please.

Everyone did what Blinky said.

Blinky: A little further, Tobias. Oh, very well.

Blinky presses the stone button in the wall and presses it which YN suddenly felt vibration on the ground and immediately moved before a bunch of blades swings toward Jim and YN as Aarg grabs Toby and stands where Blinky is, avoiding the blades. They barely dodge the swinging blades that came their way, as the blades submerge into the ground and roof, hiding in plain sight.

Blinky: Excellent reflexes, Master Jim.

Jim: Great, but maybe we could start off easy? Like you know, with less grindy things?

???: Blinkous Galadrigal!

A tall, pale, and elderly troll name Vendel shouts as he walks into the forge.

Vendel: Blinkous Galadrigal.

Jim: That's your name?

Blinky: Horrible, I know.

Vendel: I wish to meet the fleshbag supposedly chosen by the amulet and another fleshbag who's an earthbender.

Vendel then faces Toby before introducing himself.

Vendel: I am Vendel, son of Rundel, son of Kilfred.

Toby: Uh... I'm Toby... Son of Ralph, currently living with my Nana.

Vendel starts to examine Toby's body,l by picking his arm and poking him.

Vendel: Produce the Amulet Trollhunter.

The troll somehow finds Toby's phone and breaks it.

Toby: Oh no! Not my phone.

YN tries to hold back his laugh which caught Vendel attention before YN speaks.

YN: I believe I'm the earthbender fleshbag you're looking for.

Vendel looks at and examine YN until he notices YN is on his barefoot.

Vendel: So, it seems. It's been centuries since I've seen your kind.

Jim: I'm also the fleshbag that you're looking for.

Jim pulls the amulet out from his pocket.

Aarg: Amulet chose.

Vendel: Hmm...so Draal tells me. Ridiculous! However, the amulet has been known to make ill-fated choices. (To Blinky.) As you know better than most.

YN: What does he mean by that?

Aarg: Blinky trained Trollhunter before. Unkar the Unfortunate.

Jim: Why is he Unfortunate?

Aarg: First night out. Torn.

Jim: L-Like conflicted?

Aarg: No. Limb from limb.

YN: Ouch.

Vendel: If the amulet chose true, the soothscryer will reveal it.

Blinky: Please! Master Jim hasn't had even an hour's training.

Vendel shook his head and points the ground for Jim to step on. Jim over and stands on the two feet-shaped that's on the ground. The second this happens, a large platform in front of him rises, revealing the Soothscryer.

Vendel: Behold the Soothscryer! It will judge your true spirit! Insert your right hand Trollhunter.

Jim: Um, I'm gonna get it back, right?

Vendel: That is a part of the test.

Jim: Oh great. Tobes, YN, can you guys give me a lift?

YN stomp his feet, only to raise the stone for giving Jim a lift. Once Jim reach to it the inside of the machine began to spin like a razor as Jim slowly place his hand it until it suddenly gets stuck like a alligator bite.

Jim: "AHH!"

Jim dangles from the machine by his arm and scream as Toby and YN tries to pull him out until the Soothscryer "spits" Jim's arm out and he lands on his friends. But thankfully, Jim still has his arm.

Jim: I'm okay! (Sigh in relief.)

YN: Well, that could've been a disaster.

Toby: Ugh, everything hurts!

YN: (To Vendel.) So, what does this mean?

Vendel: Hmm....inconclusive.

Toby: Inconclusive? (Scoff.) Not doing that again.

Jim: Wait, wait, wait. What does "inconclusive" mean?

Vendel: It means, trollhunter, that there's never been a human to bear the mantle before.

YN: So, meaning that the smoother-

Vendel: Soothscryer.

YN: Right, the Soothscryer won't works on him?

Vendel: The Soothscryer needs more time to render its judgment. Let us hope your live long enough to see.

Vendel then leaves the forge.

Time skip

We now see the trio walking back home now that it's safe from Bular to travel.

(YN next to Jim)

Jim: Ugh, what have I gotten myself into?

Toby: Um, trolls, cool underground city, indigenous gemforms, Heartstone? What you've gotten yourself into is total awesome-mania, man!

Jim: If I survive.

Toby: Come on, you're going to get trained by the beat. Blinky is-

Jim: His last guy got torn limb from limb. On his first night!

YN: That is why you need to prepare for the worse. Just focus stick to your training and be ready to jump in the fire.

Jim: Jump in the fire?

YN: Not metaphor but yeah.

Toby: (To Jim.) Oh no, looks like your mom's home.

They see Jim's mom's car is by the garage.

Toby: Okay quick, I was bike-jacked by three- no, make it seven- members of the Bratva. That's the Russian mob. And then-

YN: Okay, first of all, we're in America. And second, that's a terrible idea.

Jim: I could tell your bike got hit by a car, but you're totally fine.

Toby: That works too, I guess.

YN: You guys' figure that stuff out. I, on the other hand, heading straight back home.

Toby: You're not gonna tell your uncle about the trolls, right?

YN: You'd think grownups would believe it before they see it?

Toby: Fair point.

Jim: Speaking of which, why didn't you tell us that you're an earthbender?

YN: To be fair, was there a time to tell you guys? I was planning to tell you guys all after school, but that Bular troll showed up.

Toby: So, all that training you had was just to prepare you for that cool rock powers stuff?

YN: I didn't know I can do that until my uncle mentioned it. Look, Tommy

Jim: Night, guys.

The trio then separated and head back to their homes.

YN POV

It's been one crazy night I've ever had. Being chased by Bular, meeting Blinky and Aarg, being first humans to visit the Trollmarket, and Jim being the next trollhunter. Right now, I'm heading to my garage to leave my bike. Its where I can also fix my bike too. After that, I head inside which the light seems off, but I notice my uncle against the wall by the window.

YN: Uncle, you're not gonna believe what just happened today.

UN: Shh.

YN: Uncle, is everything okay-

UN: (Whispers.) Shh! Get down!

I didn't know what's going on, so I got down by the couch as notice my uncle is peeking at the window. Out of curiosity, I took a peek and notice its Bular and....Mr Strickler?

YN: (Whispers.) What the heck!? That's Bular! I have to go save my friend!-

UN: (Whispers.) Stop! If he wanted to finish them, he'd do it by now.

I look again and see Mr Strickler push Bular away from Jim's house.

UN: He's gone, for now. (Realize.) Bular? (Concern.) How did you know that name?

YN: Uh, that's what I wanted to talk about.

My uncle looks at the window to see that Bular is gone along with Strickler.

UN: Tell me everything.

I nod and we both sat down before I told him everything including Jim became the trollhunter. I know it may sound like I'm not supposed to tell anyone, but if my uncle knows about troll stuff, then I know I can trust him.

YN: And that's how we got to Trollmarket, thanks to Blinky and Aarg.

UN: I see...I guess time is upon us sooner than I expected.

YN: You mean Bular?

UN: (Nods.) This won't be the last time you see him nor his followers.

YN: Maybe if Jim and I can join forces with Jim's amulet and my earthbending, we can stand a chance against Bular.

UN: You're going to need more than those. Wait here.

My uncle left the room and head to the basement. Wonder what he has for me. It didn't take long before he came back with a small bag.

UN: I promised your parents that I would give this to you when you are ready. But as I mentioned, time is upon us sooner than I expected.

My uncle pulls out blue gloves and a coin.

(Take your pick of the coin.)

Judging by the coin, it looks to be very old when I pick it up and examine it.

YN: So does this coin give me the armor like Jim's amulet?

UN: Something like that. Concentrate of what you need to fight against the trolls.

I nod and close my eyes before concentrating while holding the coin on my hand. Soon the coin glow and turns into a staff.

YN: Whoa...

UN: This staff is a weapon that can wound a troll and it can turn into a coin for light travel. Do not underestimate it even if it's made out of some wood....it also belong to your mother.

I look at him with a surprise look.

UN: But now it belongs to you. Treat it well and it will help you.

The staff turns back into a coin, and I put it in my pocket before he hands me the gloves.

UN: Try them on.

I try the gloves on, and the fire emblem glows in blue.

YN: Huh, not bad. Fits perfectly.

UN: These gloves are forged by one of the greatest blacksmith trolls.

YN: (Curious.) Blacksmith troll?

UN: It's an ancient story. All in all, if you're ever gonna face Bular. You'll need these to fight them. Just don't forget your training and you all will stand a chance.

YN: Wait, so what about Mr Strickler? What was he doing with Bular?

UN: I'm not too sure. But until we know for certain, keep your distance from him. Understand?

YN: Yes, uncle.

UN: Now, get some rest. You're gonna need it.

I nod and head back to bed after putting my equipment in my backpack for the next day. If we're really gonna go against Bular, then its best if Jim and I train together. A lot is gonna happen in the future but hey, what's life without a little struggle?