Firbolg

Firbolg clans cloister in remote forest strongholds, preferring to spend their days in quiet harmony with the woods. When provoked, firbolgs demonstrate formidable skills with weapons and druidic Magic.
Firbolg inherit traits from the Giant, with which they share a bloodline. As such, other creatures tend to hate or fear them, the Dragon and giants have caused so much damage during the era of the dragons, most societies hold a grudge against anything representing one of the two.

Names

Firbolg adopt elven names when they must deal with outsiders, although the concept of names strikes them as strange. They know the animals and plants of the forest without formal names, and instead identify the forest’s children by their deeds, habits, and other actions.
By the same token, their tribe names merely refer to their homes. When dealing with other races, firbolgs refer to their lands by whatever name the surrounding folk use, as a matter of tact and hospitality, but among their own kind they simply call it “home.”
Sometimes firbolgs adopt the nicknames or titles outsiders give them under the assumption that those who need names can call them whatever they wish.

History

Firbolgs have oral traditions that say they have ancient origins. The firbolgs were convinced by a red dragon to join an alliance during the War of the Ancients, against the demonic invasion. It was ultimately successful, and formed the foundation for much of the familiarity and peace between the elves and later firbolg generations, though they preferred to live in peaceful isolation.
After the Great Extinction, the firbolg connection to giant-kind made them public enemies of the survivors. Their forests were corrupted by the war, and many firbolg tribes went completely mad. The elves severed all ties with the firbolg, refusing them exile in the Feywild.
Currently, the surviving firbolg tribes have been banned to the Giant Island alongside the rest of giant-kind.

General Information

Scientific name
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Geographic Distribution
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Languages
Giants

Physiologie

Average Lifespan
500 years
Size
Medium to large
Average Height
2.15‒2.55 m
Average Weight
210‒320 kg

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