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The Walking Land Creature is an odd creature that's practically nothing but a piece of earth with legs.
A member of the species first appeared in the book, "Hilda and the Stone Forest", and also in season 2 of the animated series. Another named Loam appears in the Tie-in book "Hilda and the Fairy Village" and in season 3 of the series.
Appearance[]
Walking Land Creatures looks like a patch of earth with grass, but with four white legs that allow it to walk. Theyt also have a white tail. They have no other distinct features like eyes, a mouth or a nose. They can dig themselves into the ground to blend in with the rest of the environment. Their behaviour closely resembles that of a domesticated dog.
The ones seen in the graphic novels and season 2 of the series are about the size of a young deer-fox. Loam however is big enough to carry 2 adult humans. It is unknown if this means the smaller creature was a juvenile.
Biography[]
Graphic novels[]
At the start of "Hilda and the Stone Forest", Hilda and Twig had to save an elf house from one of these creatures. They chased the creature all the way out of Trolberg to the railroad before finally catching up with it and retrieving the house. The creature tried to follow them home afterwards, but Hilda told it to stay put.
Near the end of the story, Hilda and Johanna encountered the creature again in the Stone Forest, and followed it to the exit. This time, Hilda allowed the creature to come home with them.
In the next story, "Hilda and the Mountain King", the creature went with Johanna, Baba and Tontu to the mountains to search for Hilda, who had been turned into a Troll. Johanna ordered the creature to track Hilda down, but instead it dug itself into the ground and ignored her. It was not seen again afterwards.
Animated series[]
The scene where Hilda has to save an elf and his house from a walking land creature was adapted into the opening scene of "Chapter 1: The Troll Circle", and plays out exactly like it did in the graphic novel.
The creature is however absent from the rest of the season, including "Chapter 13: The Stone Forest", which adapts the bulk of Hilda and the Stone Forest. He does not show up in the Stone Forest, and doesn’t come home with Hilda and Johanna. It also therefore does not appear in the movie adaptation of the final graphic novel.
In "Chapter 1: The Train to Tofoten", Astrid is revealed to have a pet walking land creature named Loam.
Novelization[]
A walking land creature has a cameo early in "Hilda and the White Woff", when David startles it.
Astrid's pet walking land creature, Loam, appears in "Hilda and the Fairy Village".
Appearances[]
- Graphic novels
- Animated series
- Chapter 1: The Troll Circle
- Chapter 1: The Train to Tofoten (Loam)
- Chapter 2: The Fairy Mound (Loam)
- Chapter 8: The Fairy Isle (Loam)
- Tie-in novels
- Hilda and the White Woff (cameo)
- Hilda and the Fairy Village (Loam)
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