OH GREAT HILARITY!
My wonderous ally the mighty Troll King has had his Mother appear and take charge of things. She is not happy with him.
http://www.dom3minions.com/~gandalf/CoE3/AAR2/Mum.JPG
But wait. That can be a good thing. She is smarter than he is. And she is almost as huge and powerful. It means I will not simply be claiming his territory when I get there but still this can be to our advantage. Plus I hear that she has interesting powers to awaken the forests. If they continue to concentrate on the middle then I will be able to safely build up power along the coastlines. Yes... I think I like this turn of events.