Set following the events of The Light Fantastic the story stars Cohen the Barbarian,who plans to prove himself by killing a troll llin single combat. Instead, he and the troll find themselves reminiscing about how the Discworld used to be, when trolls all hid under bridges to be killed by heroes,
and the land was not so well settled. In other words, as encroaching
civilization tames the landscape the environment required for "typical"
fantasy adventures disappears, until characters such as Cohen become
mythical.
Description:
Set following the events of The Light Fantastic the story stars Cohen the Barbarian,who plans to prove himself by killing a troll llin single combat. Instead, he and the troll find themselves reminiscing about how the Discworld used to be, when trolls all hid under bridges to be killed by heroes, and the land was not so well settled. In other words, as encroaching civilization tames the landscape the environment required for "typical" fantasy adventures disappears, until characters such as Cohen become mythical.