do their ears grow bigger when they hit a certain age?

actually !! hello time to talk abt alien hcs bc i am About That

instead of aging progressively trolls actually ‘molt’ every 2 sweeps or so. molting is basically just, hibernating for a few days in either their ready made coon or making their own if they dont have access. they come out a lil bit bigger every time, and around their 8th sweep molt their irises start going from grey to their blood colour. unlike humans, who stop growing at a certain point, trolls continue molting until their death, though they get less frequent in older ages. under the right conditions trolls can live for a . fuckening long time (eg the condesce) and end up being Real Big