[b][u]The Domain of Giants[/u][/b]

[b]The great king Krugver[/b]


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Age:unknown
Nicknames:The grand giant, the Great king

Personality:King Krugver is a quiet, confident ruler. He is also a bit of a xenophobe, which is understandable with his people's past. When dealing with other races he becomes loud, and to the point, his powerful voice can carry far when he uses it. Despite his venerable age he has a short temper, and will stand for no offense to him or his kingdom. To many more "cultured" diplomats he comes off as a brute, or a crude barbarian. Though the Great king is far more than that, in truth a shrewd and clever ruler.

Bio:No one is certain about the origin of the mysterious race of giants that now reside in the mountains of the desert, which the giants themselves call the stone halls of Krugver. Though, the giants themselves claim to be pilgrims, from a land far to the west, but this is all they will say. When the giants did arrive, they made quite the impression. After marching, the over 500,000 strong race arrived at the edge of the desert of 
Miras, having crushed many purge races in their path. Although no one alive today is sure of exactly what happened, what is known is that shortly after the giants arrived, war broke out. The giants began stamping out, and conquering any nation or kingdom in their path. Led by their titanic king, singularly unique in the race for his huge stature, black skin and vastly different appearance, the giants destroyed and conquered many kingdoms of man and mer alike the giants seemed unstoppable. Finally, the remaining kingdoms named it a purge, and banded together. It took this, and this alone to slow the giant kings forces, and at the battle of Telthiriel keep, the giant king was defeated and captured. Chained beneath the very place of his defeat the giant forces began to lose cohesion, they scattered to the wind and became little more than incredibly dangerous marauding bandits. It seemed it was over, and the kings celebrated their victory, how wrong they were. Less than a year after the giants defeat an army grew on the border, the true purge had finally arrived. The weakened kings and their people were woefully unprepared, and eventually agreed to do something drastic, and sought the aid of the Imprisoned giant king, Krugver. They beseeched him, to re-unify the giants, to bring his race into the war, to crush the purge. Krugver agreed. Naught but 2 years later the giants amassed at the last line of defense, a mere 97,000 were present, all that had survived since the end of their own war. However, 97,000 was all that was needed. The giants, led once again by their great king, almost single handedly drove back the purge, re-securing the lands of man and mer. At the end, the Giants made a great concordant with the kings. Krugver swore to never again lead his people into the lands of man or mer, so long as he was able to lead his people in peace in a mountain range in the Great desert. However, that was almost 2,000 years ago, and Krugver still leads the giants. He has built a great mountain kingdom for his people.


[b][u]The Giants[/u][/b]

Kingdom description:Being one of the only significant martial powers in the desert that is not a purge race, they easily hold a large section of the mountain range in the desert, which the race have named The halls of Krugver.

Housing: The giants live in the Great forts they have built upon the mountains, and the king himself lives in a great keep atop the highest mountain peak. The crude forts are more than amiable for the simple giants, and even the kings keep is more functional than anything else, most would call it a great gray eyesore on the mountain, buts it's solid, and incredibly safe and well defended and so are the forts.

Food:Giants do not actually need to consume food in order to survive, no one is certain why this is. However, they do need to drink. A giant must typically drink 12 gallons of water a day to remain healthy. A dehydrated giant becomes slower and weaker, also losing cognitive thought. The giants actually quite enjoy wine, and it is their primary import from the "small kin" (the other civilized races)

Education:As no one is certain how giants come into being, as no one has ever seen a giant who is not fully grown, no one is certain about their education. Despite this, all giants are taught at some point before they are seen how to wield a club, mine, work a forge, and speak both Giant and the most common languages of the small kin.

Military:Despite most people considering the giants savages they actually have a complex military organization, it includes multiple ranks based on the size and strength of a giant.

Weaponry:Commonly very crude, yet large and effective clubs are used. Some are trees with a large bolder lashed to them, and others are large lumps of melted and cooled iron. It is not uncommon to see a giant rush into battle with nothing but a large boulder.

Society:Completely devoted to serving the king. Every giant is fanatically loyal to their king without question. Common life revolves around service in some capacity

Politics:Giants selected specifically by the king each lead an individual fort and an amount of land around it. They handle small issues but all laws are created by the king

Leadership:A total monarchy. Great King Krugver holds total power in all things. He makes laws, supervises trade, and even controls the giants military at all times. However a complex set of positions which he appoints over see everything from law implementation to foreign diplomacy. It is a complex system, showing the giants to be less savage than their simple clothing and weapons make them appear. 

Diplomacy:The giants deal with diplomats as quickly and without fuss as possible. They find complex negotiations to be a waste of time and will typically withdraw from meetings if others to not get to the point quickly enough. They are shrewd in business like their king and resolute in foreign policy

Laws:Laws are strictly followed by the giants, and the breaking of any law by a giant carries the same sentence, exile. Most laws are actually in place for non-giants. They keep foreign visitors in check. Non giants receive punishment equal to their crime.

Religion:The giants do not have a god, or any form of religion. The prevailing philosophy being that religious ceremony interrupts daily service and wastes time.

Other
The giants currently number 286,452 in population

There are no female giants, in fact their language has neither feminine nor masculine genders for words, but have several words for "giant", it is only in the languages of the small kin that any semblance of Gender is placed, it is always the masculine term.

The giants have been building many weapons, and rumors of new giants within the halls of Krugver suggest to many they are preparing for war

The war between the giants and small kin is ancient history to all but the longest lived of races. Despite this, many small kin, especially men, have grown suspicious of the giants as old wounds fester and the glories of ages past fade

No one is certain how the giants come into being or why there are several different kinds, some people even believe the giants are not a race at all, but constructs made by krugver to serve him, they say he is in fact the only giant

Strangely, giants can only use pyromancy magic, and even then only a select few. Despite the giants tough stone-like skin, they are vulnerable to magics other than pyromancy. 

The giants have wills of steel. They are intensely resistant to enchantment or illusion magiC

Despite appearance, giants do age. Some believe king krugver is going frail, and are both interested to see if and how he could be replaced, and terrified of what the giants may do should their beloved king die

(I will have the grand chancellor of giants edited onto this sheet by tomorrow)

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