Priom Crana

Background

Priom Crana, the Nation of Giants occupies the Kohtalokas Mountains, a vast, forboding stretch of terrain just south of The Raging Badlands.
Their society is dominated by a mixture of Goliath and other giantkin alongside the Giants themselves.
Giants themselves are relatively few and far between, with small isolated communities dotted across the mountains. The other races are more widespread, with ogres and Goliaths making up the majority of the workforce.
There are only two significant cities, Herin and Kasil, Herin being the capital and Kasil the primary trade city and staging post for the journey into the mountains.
The nation, the mountains and everything about it is tinged with magic. Their worship of the ancestors separates the nation from much of the rest of the Apias and their resistance to the dual pantheon makes them and much of the magic they yield entirely separate. 

Government Structure

The government of Priom Crana is led by a combination of Elders and by the Ancestors themselves.
These ancestors are consulted using closely guarded rituals, and through these rituals the ancestors and members of the Annorlunda are able to gain an understanding of the direction the nation should be taken. Up until this time this has largely involved being like a stone, weathering the storm.
The Annorlunda are not official members of the government, but instead a group of skilled and valued individuals, who exemplify Giant virtues. They, and their families, are the ones who typically leave Priom Crana to explore the world and report back.

Foreign Relations

Foreign relations are largely not a priority of the government, or the Ancestors. While they like to be appraised of the situation abroad, they do not tend to involve themselves with those they deem unworthy.
This said, they do not reject the advances of all foreign nations, provided that individuals sent can prove themselves worthy of attention of the giants and complete the pilgrimage to Herin. These journies are arduous, but are a rite of passage, with several taking place on an annual basis.
At this stage, however, they do not have any formalised alliances or abiding relationships with foreign powers.

Key Landmarks

The entire nation is as beautiful as it is rugged, huge mountains crest over vast valleys, rivers course with ice and snows pour all year round.
In Herin itself, however, there is relative peace from the brutal elements, with a seeming lacuna in the weather granting them a special position, high among the peaks.
There is also talk of a powerful dragon which lairs somewhere in the mountains and it is said that the Seething Blizzard does not take kindly to interlopers of any kind. It is also said that this creature, alongside the giants, has a degree of control of the weather and lethal conditions of the mountains. Given the difficulty of getting there, it is difficult to verify this.

Type

Geopolitical, Country

Capital

Herin

Alternative Names

The Giant Nation

Demonym

Cranan

Official State Religion

Ancestor Worship

Controlled Territories

• Herin