Giants
Giants, known in their own tongue as Annamar or Jotunbrud (pronounced: /dʒoʊtənbruːd/ jo-tuhn-brood), were a number of closely related, long-lived humanoid creatures of exceptionally large size.
There are two main categories of giants: true giants and giant-kin.
The primary true giants are:
Hill giants
Stone giants
Frost giants
Fire giants
Cloud giants
Storm giants
Giant-kin include:
Firbolg
Formorion
Verbeeg
Cyclops
Goliath
Ogre
Basic Information
Anatomy
The appearance of giants varies according to the type of giant but they are generally humanoid in appearance, just much larger. Their bone structure is more dense than that of humans, giving them extra toughness but slowing them down a little.
Additional Information
Social Structure
The ordning is the social structure to which all giants adhere, dating back to the ancient empire of Ostoria. It is similar to a class-based society, but is much more specific, assigning a social rank to each individual. Therefore, each individual giant knows which other giants are inferior and superior to themself, and no giants are equal to other giants.
Each type of giant used a different combination of skills or qualities to determine the ordning. Giants believed excelling in these skills to be the purpose of their lives. Annam All-Father, creator of giants, was seen as the ultimate in each of these skills. In all cases, advancement was made by challenging a superior, but different types of giants used different systems and restrictions upon advancement. It was considered an evil (maug) act to show disrespect to a superior giant. This could be mocking, betrayal, disobedience, or a number of other behaviors.
The ordning applied to individual tribes, but it was an insult to treat a higher-ranked giant from another tribe as an inferior. Between different types of giant, there was a totally separate system, and even the lowest ranked giant of one type was superior to the highest ranked giant of an inferior type, but importantly, it was not considered evil to betray a giant of another type, merely rude.
Ranking
The types of giants were ranked as follows, in descending order:
- Titans
- Storm giants
- Cloud giants
- Fire giants
- Frost giants
- Stone giants
- Hill giants
- Ettins
- Giant-kin
- Ogres
Civilization and Culture
Major Language Groups and Dialects
Giant, Common
Common Customs, Traditions and Rituals
<SHARED BY ALL GIANTS>
History
<GENERAL GIANT HISTORY>
Common Myths and Legends
<ALL-FATHER MYTHS HERE>
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