Troggs

The Trogg family or the Troggs were a family that inhabited the City of Ember after it was abandoned. They kidnapped Doon Harrow when he and Lina ventured back to Ember to find a strange item to help Sparks.

Taking in Scawgo
Scawgo was not technically part of the Trogg family, but the Troggs took him in after his parents were killed by bandits. Trogg was very cruel to Scawgo when he took him in. He used Scawgo as a slave.

Finding Darkhold (Ember)
Maggs Trogg discovered the vault the Builders of Ember had built for the people of Ember. She found a book and a blue diamond, and took both. She and most of her other family members were illiterate, so she ended up using the book as fire kindling and gave the diamond to her brother, Washton Trogg.

The Troggs renamed Ember, Darkhold. Soon, Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow journeyed into Darkhold, in hopes of finding a way to save their town of Sparks by getting more food for the last few weeks of the harsh, cold winter. The Troggs had found a sparkly diamond, which they showed Doon after they captured him in Darkhold, because they did not want him spreading a rumor about an underground city with room for millions.

When Doon escaped the dreadful family, he brang the diamond with him because he had a feeling it was meant for the people of Ember.

Life After Darkhold
The Troggs left Darkhold once the water stopped running in the city since Doon unplugged the wires so that the Troggs would leave the place he had grown up in, now old and abandoned. Washton, Minnie, Yorick, Kanza, and Scawgo all joined Maggs and became roamers for short period before they arrived in Sparks. They asked to trade their goods for matches, which the town no longer had. Washton and his family recognized Doon Harrow, and asked for the diamond back though they later learned that it was broken and that there were hundreds more. Since the Troggs' original diamond was broken, they were given another diamond as well as a garage to live in at the back of the Pioneer Hotel.

Known Members
The family members' names were Washton, Scawgo, Yorick, Minny, and Kanza. They were all named after cities in what was called America in the past: "Washton" D.C, "Scawgo", Illinois, New "Yorick", New York, "Minnieapple", Minnesota, and "Kanza" City. All the Troggs did not know how to read. Therefore, they did not know the city names properly.
 * Washton Trogg (named after Washington DC, USA)
 * Kanza Trogg (named after Kansas, USA)
 * Yorrick Trogg (named after New York, USA)
 * Scawgo Trogg (named after Chicago, USA)
 * Minny Trogg (named after Minneapolis, USA)
 * Maggs Trogg

Scawgo was renamed by Washton so his name matched the Troggs' names, his real name was Tim.