And the poor coward doesn't even know it yet. I'd like to see his reaction when somebody tells him "Hey! Itoh! There's a prison above your head with some mad sorcerer there!". That would be awesome. I should put something like that in my mod, maybe it'll end up hilarious.
Drolls came first as they were probably there before Ballos went insane on the surface and were the original inhabitants of many areas of the island. Probably
Well, if I make a third mod (after my previous two are done) I'll place Drolls almost everywhere where the second NPC-file is 0. Maybe even some Red Demons who act like Drolls.
I don't think so. I believe that Jenka created the Drolls from clays (Hence their 'earth' association) to protect Ballos' prison, which is above Itoh's head all the time.
And even referred to in
Jenka's Nightmare (which, in the Plantation, says something about where Ballos was fought).
My theory of the Drolls are that Ballos made them while going berserk, destroying his kingdom (wonder what it was called?), and the Drolls helped him on that matter. However, Jenka managed to seal him in his prison, and teleported herself to the Sand Zone after sending all Drolls to the island. Born from earth? I'd probably make them throw it instead of those knives or whatever. But if a lot of Mimigas lived in Grasstown, and Drolls lived there too, then they were peaceful? I don't understand that, since if Quote is disguised as a Mimiga, they shouldn't hurt him. Of course, that may be retribution if Quote attacks them first...
EDIT:
And this theory made its way to
Shane's Cave Story, which now contains Drolls in Grasstown
with 128 HP.