Giants
The massive humanoids responsible for the Old Kingdoms formation, Giants ruled the world for a brief time.
Basic Information
Anatomy
Giants appear as very large humanoids, they have two arms, ears, eyes, legs and a single mouth and nose. Giants have very dense bones and muscles that grant them impressive power and durability even for their size, but makes them slower.
Biological Traits
Giants stood between 248 and 853 cm tall and often sported large well trimmed beards similar to dwarves. they were well muscled and had skin tones of Dark Brown, Light Blue, or Green depending on the tribe they belonged to.
Growth Rate & Stages
Giants gestate for 15 months, before being born and take roughly 50 years before reaching physical maturity. Giants are cursed to eventually turn to stone, causing their flesh to become more and more grey and stone like in appearance until they eventually become statues.
Ecology and Habitats
there are three Giant clans who rule in three drastically different locations. Giants rule a small territory in Northern Ravan, the smoldering peak in Narasi and a floating castle in the clouds that none know the location of outside the clan itself.
Dietary Needs and Habits
Giants require large amounts of food to sustain themselves, which has led the species to grow smaller and smaller in number as the world shrunk around them.
Biological Cycle
Giants are all cursed to eventually become as stone, even their dead who are slain in combat eventually turn to stone.
Behaviour
Jottuun are typically aggressive and distrusting of outsiders, they rule by strength alone and value the purity of their bloodlines above all else.
Additional Information
Social Structure
All of the Giants operate in a similar fashion, answering to a King or in the case of Frost Giants a Jarl. Each Giant born into their clan served a specific role, and were not allowed to deviate from that role in the slightest.
Facial characteristics
Most Giants sport glorious beards and long braids, their women often sporting ritualistic tattoos, scarring, or even beards of their own.
Average Intelligence
Sky Giants were the most intelligent, followed by the Fire and the Frost giants, the Frost Giants having reverted to a tribal nature similar to that of orcs and indulged in raiding parties.
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
Giants have sensitive hearing, and often don't enjoy loud noises.
Civilization and Culture
Naming Traditions
Giants have different naming traditions as appropriate for their individual Clan.
Average Technological Level
Sky Giants are widely considered the most adept magic users in the world, still using Rune Magic long after the destruction of the Ley Lines. the Fire Giants have obtained a knowledge of Industry that nearly rivals that of the Wurdgrym, where as the Frost Giants have reverted to a tribal fashion that is reminiscent of the Orcs, they remain powerful druids.
Major Language Groups and Dialects
Giants speak, Jotunn. more commonly referred to as Giant.
Common Taboos
In each Giant clan it is forbidden to break from ones social statues unless invited or promoted by their kings or Jarl
History
Giants rose to power to overthrow their dragon masters during the earliest days of the World. Giants along with the Dwarves struck blow after blow against the Dragon Empire until it lay in ruins and the Dragon Broods scattered to the winds. shortly after this the Giants attempted to subjugate the remaining Dragons and their Dwarven Allies. this led to a short but bitter war between the two, as the Dwarves rallied with fury at the betrayal of their one time allies. The Dwarves were forced to move into the deeper parts of the world to prevent Giant raiding parties from culling their kind. Salvation came in the form of a Dragon, The Nameless Black, who gave the Dwarves the means to curse their traitorous foes. sacrificing their Timelessness, they cursed the Giants to turn to stone over the course of a Dwarven life, forever tethering the two species together. so long as the Giants remained the Dwarves would die of old age, and as long as the Dwarves remained the Giants would turn to Stone. Panic erupted in the Giants newly forged kingdom as Clans turned against clans to survive, hundreds of their kin already turned to stone as the Dwarves finished their curse. Six Giant clans survived the war with the Dwarves, and only three have survived unto this day.
Common Myths and Legends
Giants think themselves born from the fallen moon Irindor, the largest of the moons which held the first of their people, the Jotunn who were immortal.
Scientific Name
Jotunn
Lifespan
300-400 years
Average Height
248 - 853 cm
Average Weight
900 - 1814 kg
Average Physique
All giants are powerfully built with well muscled frames.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
Sky Giants were Green, Frost Giants were Blue, and Fire Giants were Dark Brown.
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