Giants

Giants (not to be confused with species suffering from gigantism or elongation) are defined by being the largest of all anthropomorphs found on Welt. Giants range in terms of size and traits.
== Physiology ==
=== Size ===
Giants are a grouping of several species of macro anthropomorphs defined by their large size. To qualify as a giant, an individual must be twice as tall as the average height of its species. 
=== Limbs ===
Another common, but not essential characteristic is the unusual number of limbs or physical characteristics an individual possesses. Like trolls, their physiology can differ wildly, from a basic anthropomorphic shape to species with tens of arms and heads. Giants are best described as form fluid, with unusual variations in morphology being the norm, and subspecies often gather around their similarities. 
=== Birth ===
Another trait that unifies giants is that members of their species are sometimes born in entirely different species (not to be confused with changeling). 
== Biology ==
A classical giant is an anthropomorph whose physique is doubled (not by gigantism). Some limb configurations among members occur in such numbers that they become a new subspecies in their own right. 
Most giants have bodies adapted to their size by having multiple organs, such as two hearts and four lungs. 
Becoming a giant is possible. A food supplement, when ingested by adolescents, causes them to grow very large. This makes them huge, but dramatically shortens their lifespan to the point that they usually die within five years. They are most often used as short lived shock troopers. 
Sleep
Giants sleep for years or decades at a time, dreaming deep dreams, and when they awake they take on new names and purposes in life based on what they dream. Some giants sleep even longer, to the extent that trees and turf start to grow on their bodies and they become part of the landscape. The longest sleeper of all is the Hamletback, which is large enough to have a hamlet on its back. Some giants rampage when they wake up, devouring everything and everyone they come across. 
Society
Most Giants are nomadic, living solitary lives (or in small groups) as they travel from campsite to campsite, though some groups of giants are known to unite in clans which can number in the hundreds, and establish permanent settlements. Giants sometimes launch "Postdams" where they raid settlements for their tallest members to replenish their numbers. Some giants live in cosmopolitan society, where tree extractor and hill leveller are common trades for giants. 
Giants are also religious, with several reaching mainstream success among giant communities such as the open arms and Kosh. 
== Subspecies ==
Some limb configurations among members occur in such numbers that they become a new subspecies in their own right. 
Brimirling are standard giants that are physically identical to an anthropomorphic race, but with its size squared.
Centimanlings are giants with a hundred arms and fifty heads.
Geryonlings are giants with a triple set of limbs and three heads.
Gegenlings are six-armed giants.
Duocephs are two headed giants. 
== Factions ==
Arderingens (gigantic burned ones) are a nation of giants that live in a fire realm known as the wreck of the world. Presumably high oxygen levels, gravity and volcanic activity led to this fiery landscape. They often try to escape to find an easier life from their lands. Ride elephants as if they were ponies. They cook food with a volcano they cannot be burned, but they still feel the pain of intense heat.
Duratingens (gigantic frozen ones) are a nation of giants that live in cold climates. They weave clothes for the cold climate, have advanced weapons like giant bows, tame and ride mammoths. Shoot arrows the size of spears and . Massive foreheads, noses, and oversized thick legs, neanderthalic. They make ground bone bread.
The open arms is a religion of several giant subspecies, whose society is based around the concept of prosperity: they farm, build, create art and encourage open love and, if possible, multiplying. They conduct the most Postdams.
Kosh A religion practiced by Centimanling toll collectors. They run ferries and demand a hand, a foot, or a head, as toll and a ritual of religious significance in order to "atone'' for sins. They wear armor and wield swords and spears, their religion states that the first of their order were raised from the soil in arms and armor. These are the most common giants that are hunted down by the other races. 
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