Hill-troll Chieftain

"At Pippin's side Beregond was stunned and overborne, and he fell; and the great troll-chief that smote him down bent over him, reaching out a clutching claw; for these fell creatures would bite the throats of those that they threw down."

- The Return of the King, The Black Gate Opens

The Mountain Troll Chieftain is a boss troll-mob for players to fight. He is about four meters high. Successfully defeating one will not only earn you a lot of loot, but also a shield. It will also earn you the achievement "Long Live the Chieftain".

Summoning the Chieftain
You will find throughout the LOTR mod Troll totem pieces.These can be found as rare drops from killing Mountain Trolls or in troll hoard chests in the Ettenmoors biome. When placed on top of each other at night, the mouth of the totem statue will open.

When right-clicked with any type of bone, the totem will promptly disappear, and the Mountain Troll Chieftain will rise from the ground. It is then up to the player to defeat it, with the help of any hired units they may be commanding.

Abilities

 * A strong melee attack with powerful knock-back, and the ability to throw rocks from range, as with normal Mountain Trolls.
 * A devastating jump attack which throws all nearby entities into the air, executed when the player moves far away from the boss.
 * When using this jump attack, blocks that the boss passes through will be broken and sometimes dropped as items.
 * Sometimes Troll Totem head blocks will be thrown instead of rocks, and these can spawn Trolls or Mountain Trolls.
 * The boss can sap health from nearby trolls, healing itself but killing them in the process.
 * Multiple levels of armor: after 'killing' the boss for the first time, its helmet will break and it will be restored to full health (double what it had originally). After 'killing' it for the second time its chest-plate will break and it will again gain double health, and only then will you be able to defeat the boss.

Like all types of mountain troll the Mountain Troll Chieftain will crumble into stone in sunlight. If you are fighting the boss in a biome where the sun shines (e.g. not Angmar or Mordor) then you have until sunrise to defeat it - or else the boss will disappear and you will not gain any rewards.

But for those adventurer(s) who prevail against the troll, it drops a vast amount of loot, pouches too, so you can store your new found treasure. In addition, you receive the Troll Slayer Shield and a title "Troll-slayer".