The first troggles were created by the evil wizard Seraada Margolin while he was a Master Mage at the Mage's Academy in Velloria. Seraada was experimenting with powerful forbidden magics, reinfusing life back into corpses in an attempt to bring back the dead. Instead, thick, oozing cocoons were the result, which pulsed and "hummed" for three days. After that time, the deformed troggles emerged from the cocoons. Trying again, Seraada took unwilling volunteers and stripped them of their inherent magic. Once their magic was forced back into them, a similar transformation took place to the troggles, except goblins emerged from the cocoons. All the goblins and troggles were killed before Seraada was tried and removed from Velloria.