10 Buffy The Vampire Slayer Fates Worse Than Death

10. Turning Into A Troll And Being Trapped In A Crystal Ball (Season 5, Episode 11/Season 7, Episode 5)

Back in the ninth century, Anya (who was then known as Aud) was in a relationship with a large Viking named Olaf. Though they were very fond of each other at one stage, their time together didn’t end well.

After Olaf cheated on Anya with a bar matron called Rannveig, she performed a spell which turned him into an ugly-looking troll. He was then set upon by the people of his village and forced to live his life as an outcast. (He also developed a repulsive habit of eating babies.)

To make matters worse, he managed to get himself stuck inside a crystal ball after running into some witches and he was only set free due to a wrongly-performed spell by Willow and Anya.

He doesn’t even receive a happy ending. His conflict with the Scoobies is resolved when Willow sends him to an alternative dimension. And though she tries to send him to the ‘Land of the Trolls’, she admits he might have ended up anywhere.