#rock trolls in the movie went essentially futher by changing their physical appearance

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Is there any way to turn Branch back into a troll? Do they need to destroy strings or is Branch stuck in beast form forever?

Of course there is~

There are tidbits of the AU I havent shared (things like what the Strings are actually doing and why is Branch affected, though there are hints alluding to it in my previous lore dumps) and one of those things is the ending of the AU itself

For Branch, it will get worse before it gets better, but dw, he will not be staying a bat-beast forever.

Is the destruction of the Strings needed to turn him back? No

Will they get destroyed anyway? Yep

There is a plot point and consequences wrapped around that event; but it is worth mentioning I am treating the Strings UNITED as an extremely dangerous Artifact; as in, nearly Ark of the Covenant dangerous, though the effects of them are not as immediate and sudden as with the Ark XD

Naturally, none of the Troll tribes know what they are 'playing' with.

Take from that what you will~