Torgal defeated, so why trolls?

FredN

OK, we just (finally!) finished liberating Nalia's Keep from the trolls. With Tor-Gal dead, I got a message that the remaining trolls would flee. This was a blatant lie. Heading back to town, en route to the drawbridge and the open land beyond, we fought 4 more trolls. What the heck? I am guessing that the message was merely a generic way of saying the quest was over, and those trolls were just stragglers, but still it's annoying to have our path back to town interrupted in this fashion. At that point, I was just impatient to get back to town, sell all our loot, and stock up on some stuff from Adventure Mart.

jmerry

Well, yes, that's a lie. No monsters flee, and any you didn't kill will still be there unless you take the keep over. Plus there are spawn points, inside and out, which don't get deactivated and can respawn trolls in otherwise clear areas.

Basically, the game expects that you'll never seriously come back to the area after completing the quest. There's just nothing there worthy of your attention.

atcDave

@jmerry that’s hilarious! I never would have guessed. Although as you say, if it’s not my stronghold I never return.