Giants
The mighty titans that dwell in various inhospitable places of the world. The Giants are the Fifth Elder Race. The Creations of the Oraedar Jodron as his more servitors and warriors. Once they were a single kind without diversity and traditional schisms. But as their numbers grew and their social structures developed. They grew apart, and diverged into three distinct cultures. The Wild Giants in the Wildernesses, the Ice Giants in the bitter North, and the Fire Giants in the South and in various volcanoes.
As the Elves and Dwarves came to spread and develop across the Known World. They would come to blows with their fellow Elder Races for their rights to claim lands to settle. The Dragons would try with great effort to arbitrate on their behalf as they had with the Elves and Dwarves in the past. Though the wants and demands of the Giants made arbitration its own kind of war at times.
As the Elves and Dwarves came to spread and develop across the Known World. They would come to blows with their fellow Elder Races for their rights to claim lands to settle. The Dragons would try with great effort to arbitrate on their behalf as they had with the Elves and Dwarves in the past. Though the wants and demands of the Giants made arbitration its own kind of war at times.
Basic Information
Anatomy
Four stocky limbs with the legs seeming like the columns of an immense temple. With wide jaws but sloped craniums windowed with wide eyes like that of a goats eyes. Covered in thick, rough skin blanketed by thick body hair.
Genetics and Reproduction
Giants reproduce through sexual intercourse as do the other Elder Races and the Young Races. Though, due to a Giants long lifespan capabilities. A Giants reproductive cycle permits reproduction once every hundred years. A fact that fuels theories in scholarship concerning the isolationist, and or anti-social societies of Giants.
Ecology and Habitats
Giants have differentiating habitats depending on the ethnic identity of the Giants observed.
- Wild Giants will populate savage or inhospitable forests and valleys. Often marking their territories with carved trunks planted into the ground along their territorial lines.
- Fire Giants will populate in and around volcanoes or areas and regions with volcanic activity. Some Dwarves mining deep around inactive volcanoes have even reported Fire Giants in deep cavern networks beneath the surface.
- Ice Giants live deep in the far north of Bulgaard. Where no growing thing can survive. Rigr Skaari manning the mountain fortresses of The Fangs of the World contend with Ice Giants from beyond the Great Mountains.
Dietary Needs and Habits
A largely omnivorous diet with a greater emphasis on the carnivorous side. According to commentary from figures of scholarship, a Giants diet is really up to the individual Giant. With accounts of the consumption of Humans, Elves, and Dwarves in various circumstances standing out among the plethora of other observations.
Biological Cycle
Giants reach adulthood at thirty years of life. And have been known to live as long as 1,000 years.
Additional Information
Social Structure
Giants live in tribal units of up to fifteen to thirty individuals. The tribes are led by a chieftain or sometimes a chieftess. The Chief has a kind of lieutenant figure that enforces their will. And a Shaman to guide them spiritually. This hierarchy has gone unchanged since Giants first began to group together into tribes. Yet there are instances where Giants will leave their tribal units and live apart from all others.
Geographic Origin and Distribution
Mountain regions, deep forests, and scorched caves along the faces of volcanoes. Though there are a rare few that may dwell in cities or towns.
Average Intelligence
Giants are not as mentally capable as the other races. And their comprehension of other languages is just as incapable. Though Giants of The Fourth Aeon have been reported to understand or even speak more of The Common Tongue than their ancestors. Their own language of Wunic is made up of crude and almost indiscernible sounds. To non-speakers, it would sound like grunting and slurred words. But to expert ears, it is undoubtedly a language.
For the most part. Their intelligence is developed around their survival requirements, or any forced interaction with outsiders. They're mentally capable enough to fashion winter clothing from the pelts of large beasts. Though they require little in the way of warmth due to their thick, heavy body hair. What decoration or ornamentation is applied to their clothing is meant to be intimidating, eluding to their prowess in battle and their ferocity. For example: many pieces of Giants armor features sharpened fangs, mammoth tusks, and other such trophies.
For the most part. Their intelligence is developed around their survival requirements, or any forced interaction with outsiders. They're mentally capable enough to fashion winter clothing from the pelts of large beasts. Though they require little in the way of warmth due to their thick, heavy body hair. What decoration or ornamentation is applied to their clothing is meant to be intimidating, eluding to their prowess in battle and their ferocity. For example: many pieces of Giants armor features sharpened fangs, mammoth tusks, and other such trophies.
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
- Hearing capable of up to one-hundred meters.
- Sight capable of adjusting to distance.
- Rare congenital manifestation of The Mages Gift.
- Spirits of the Wild and Ghosts seem to perpetuate the terrain around them.
Genetic Ancestor(s)
Scientific Name
Gaena Gorae (Giantkind)
Lifespan
800 - 1000+ years.
Average Height
21- 28 ft tall
Average Weight
1800 - 2000+ pounds.
Average Physique
Giants often develop thick, rippling muscle mass. Made evident when they display a capability to drive a stripped tree trunk into the ground with a single strike of the fist.
Related Ethnicities
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