Annam

The **Giant Lord**, also known as the All-Father or the Giant King, is the god of strength, honorable combat, and the patron god of Giants. He ascended to godhood after helping defeat the rebel Dawn Giants during the Titanfall, leaving him as the last remaining Dawn Giant. He created the Ordning in order to create order between the different giant races.

## Description

### Appearance

Annam appears as a giant humanoid, taller than any giant to ever exist. Those who claimed to have seen a projection or manifestation of him report his height anywhere between 30 and 100 feet tall. However, most reports place him somewhere around 50' tall. Many of his descriptions contain differences, such as his skin tone, hair color, eye color, etc. However, all sources depict him with a long beard tied into 3 separate knots at the bottom and long hair to match, with a prominent receding hairline. His body is covered in runic tattoos. He wears a royal crown made of fine metal and wears a long flowing robe, partially covered with armor. He is sometimes reported to have an axe larger than the tallest storm giants.

### Personality

Annam has a dual natured personality. At times, he is cold and calculating. He could spend thousands of years meditating and watching. At other times, he acted purely on impulse. His followers see him as almost painfully patient and stubborn, having never backed down from a decision he made.

He fathered many children, who would become progenitors of each of the giant races. He raised each son to be a powerful leader, hoping they would one day reclaim the power the giants once held. Due to the varying beliefs of the giant races, he is often depicted with a number of slightly different personalities, representing the ideals of each race. For example, the hill giants see him as a powerful glutton, the frost giants see him as a powerful and merciless warrior, and the storm giants see him as a benevolent scholar. Each of these beliefs are only a part of the whole personality of the All-Father.

## Relationships

During the Titanfall, Annam and his wife Othea sided with the gods over the betrayer titans. As part of this conflict, they turned against the other Dawn Giants and were the only Dawn Giants to survive. He has mixed relationships with his children, as many of them wish to be higher in the ordning, and had a bad relationship with his eldest son Lanaxis. During this conflict, his other sons fought alongside him. After the fall of the Dawn Giants, Othea would betray him and have an affair with an unknown giant. This resulted in a number of giant-kin offspring, as well as the rage of Annam. In a rage, he killed his wife, leaving him the only surviving Dawn Giant.

Due to his secluded nature, he does not often interact with other gods or his clergy. Some gods, such as Bahamut and Tiamat he refuses to even acknowledge their existence. This is likely due to his dislike of dragons as a whole, from a time when giants and dragons warred across Eoloth.

## Worshipers

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Annam has few worshipers outside of the giant and giant-kin races. All giants revere him as the progenitor of their race. Either way, his followers are expected to be strong and honorable. Many of his followers also practice the unique magic practice known only to the giants, Runecalling.

### Temples

Annam's main temple is located in the giant city of Ostoria. It is known as the Eye of the All-Father.