Just after the 1st four books in the Tradin' Troll series were written by Stephen Cosgrove, Trickle Trumpetsnicker got a bee in his bonnet about building a new cottage closer to the ocean. He traded his old house for some land just inland from Glasswater Bay and started building. Not to be outdone, other Tradin' Trolls traded for land too. Well, one trade let to another a before you could say Tradin' Trolls totally trickily trade, Hairst Bree was deserted and the new village of Meetenswapen was thriving.