Half-Giant

Half-giants were beings with some, but not a total, amount of giant heritage or blood, as well as part human blood. For instance, someone with this title might have had a giant mother and a wizard father or vice versa.
==Characteristics==
All known half-giants had magical blood and were capable of producing magic, traits they received from their witch or wizard ancestors. From their giant family they usually retained a large height and build, they were usually considered extremely tall by human standards and short by giant standards. They also retained the natural resistance to most types of magical attacks from their giant blood.It is unknown as to whether a half-giant would still have magic if the human parent was a Muggle; it is possible they could receive magic from the giant parent as giants are technically magical creatures. However, the very act of a Muggle even meeting a giant, let alone having offspring with one, would be a breach of Clause 73 of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy. Such a union after the events of the First Wizarding War became even less likely; Muggle mountaineers who approach the colony of the last giants would likely meet their demise at the hands of these fearsome beings.Half-giants could not use any potion that was only designed for human physiology, such as Polyjuice Potion.
===Appearance===
The large physical build of half-giants lent itself easily to great physical strength and stamina that could rival many, if not most magical creatures, with endurance dependent on how active an individual's lifestyle was. They were also gifted with human intelligence, enabling them to learn the use of magic at a wizarding school and the right to own a wand.Despite their immense stature, half-giants appeared otherwise indistinguishable from humans, as their proportions relative to their size were not said to be abnormal, meaning that they simply appeared as oversized humans.
==History==
Rubeus Hagrid, a half-giant, was born on 6 December 1928 to Mr Hagrid (a wizard) and Fridwulfa (a giantess) and grew up in the West Country of England. He grewup near the Forest of Dean, where he acquired his distinctive accent.1999 Scotland on Sunday article2000 Blue Peter interviewWhen Hagrid was about three, his mother returned to her Giant colony, leaving his father to raise him alone. As a half-giant, he overtook his father in size by the age of six, and amused the "tiny" wizard by picking him up and setting him on top of a dresser when Hagrid was annoyed with him. Later, when talking to Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger about the death of his mother, Hagrid admitted that she was not a great mother at all. Hagrid grew to a height of eleven and a half feet tall, immense by human standards but very small by giant standards.Olympe Maxime, a half-giant, was born to one magical parent and one giant (unknown whether the giant was her mother or father) making her a half-giantess. She kept this heritage hidden, out of fear of the prejudice that would strike her were it to be revealed. She was likely educated at Beauxbatons in France, as she would later become the establishment's Headmistress.DUMBLEDORE'S GIANT MISTAKE was an article published in the Daily Prophet in early January 1995. It was written by Rita Skeeter and revealed to the public that Rubeus Hagrid was a half-giant on the side of his mother, Fridwulfa, and also contained a number of nasty insinuations regarding Hagrid's suitability to teach at Hogwarts. As was the usual standard with material published by Rita Skeeter, the article contained a certain amount of fact, but mixed it with exaggerations, insinuations, and at least one outright falsehood. Upon the publication of the article, Hagrid received a large amount of hate mail, which caused him to lock himself in his hut and refuse to teach classes, requiring a substitute to teach them instead. Not long after reading this article, Harry, Ron and Hermione paid a visit to Hagrid in an attempt to draw him out, but he simply refused to answer his door.
==Known half-giants==
*Rubeus Hagrid
==See also==
*Giant
*Half-breed
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==Notes and references==
Category:Giants
Category:Half-Breeds