Giants



Giants are enormous humanoids who once lived in the Reachlands. They now primarily inhabit Vardengül. Huge in size and strength, giants are a formidable foe and it can take many men to successfully kill one. However, in the 100's BGS, the Giant Crusades took place in the Reachlands, wiping out nearly every giant on the continent of Deltin.

Physical Characteristics
Giants are enormous, standing from between 20 and 30 feet tall and weighing thousands of pounds. The largest giant ever was Moosebreath John, who according to Reachlander legend was 50 feet tall at the shoulder and wielded a battle-axe the size of a house. Giants are all incredibly strong, with the lowliest among them able to scoop up three men in armor and toss them across a field. Giants usually have long, shaggy dark hair all over their heads, but don't have beards. Their skin is dark and pebbley to the touch.

Culture
When giants gather, mountains move, or so the saying goes. A gathering of giants is a force of nature. It is said that in Vardengül, where giants still build mead halls out of the bones of whales, their furious parties cause earthquakes in the surrounding regions. Fortunately, most Deltin giants were solitary, meeting only occasionally to fight or mate. It is due in no small part to this behavior that the Giant Crusades were so devastating, as an organized force of giants could crush any human army into paste with little effort.

The warlike nature and simple intelligence of giants make them easily swayed into fighting. In Vardengül, orc warbands are often accompanied by giants who have been paid or convinced to fight, or are simply bored and wanted to wet their blade in the battle. Fortunately, the logistics of transporting a giant over the White Sea have prevented any orc invasion force from bringing one with them. Giants fight sometimes with massive iron and bronze swords, but as their numbers dwindle, most are forced to fight with their fists, rocks, or uprooted trees.

Giants speak their own language, Giant, and occasionally smatterings of Kasimar and Orc. Giants speak in huge, booming voices that carry for miles; a "giant's whisper" is a common term for something extremely loud.