Giant

**Giants**, also called **Gigantes**, are an ancient race of divine beings that were the first to inhabit the Earth.

## Description

Giants are described by Aamon as "proto-gods" as they were ancestors of the current generation of gods that inhabit the realms beyond human perception. Despite being called "Giants", not all of them were large in size, as many members of the species vary between human and giant sized. Not all were humanoid in shape either, since several Giants were depicted with features pertaining to that of animals, minerals, and even elements.

Though some were vaguely humanoid they can be distinguished by their gender but that was not always the case. They also sported abnormal physical characteristics like multiple limbs or heads. Some giants also sported horns or antlers on their heads with one having a singular eye.

Although the giants were not evil and held no malice towards humans, their size resulted in several accidents where they unintentionally crushed the houses of the humans. However, there were Giants that saw humans as inferior and not worth their time which mainly stemmed from how Cronus viewed them.

## History

### Background

The Giants were the first race of divine beings to set foot on Earth. Though their origins are unknown it is safe to assume that since almost all of the Elohim originated from Goddess the Giants likely descended from the latter. The Giants were sent by Goddess for the sole task of molding and terraforming the Earth into the likeness that Her husband envisioned it would look. Given a blueprint, the Giants went to work while God and Goddess were occupied with the going-ons in Heaven. The Giants sculpted mountains, planted trees, breathed the wind, and dug trenches from the oceans to form lakes.

It was a long process but worth it as they finished and admired their work. The Giants would remain on Earth for quite some time until Prometheus, a curious and mischievous Giant, heard talks about God's latest toys and decided to go take a peek to see what all the fuss was about. Prometheus beheld the Garden of Eden, a paradise that resembled the Earth, and it was there he hid in the bushes and saw what all the rave was about: humans.

Prometheus was fascinated by them so much that he snuck away from his fellow Giants repeatedly to watch how these humans behaved and acted. Prometheus also learned that these humans would eventually come to inherit the Earth which excited the young Giant since they would be tasked to teach them the wonders of the planet they molded for them. Eventually, when Prometheus finally revealed what God was making, one of the Giants was quite displeased, especially over the fact that these "mud-things" would be given the planet **they** fashioned and was rightfully theirs. This Giant was Cronus, the most ambitious and bold of the Giants, who in his mind believed that they shouldn't be seen as teachers but rulers as they tower in both height and power compared to the humans. The Giants that shared Cronus's view pledged their allegiance to him while those that shared Prometheus stayed with the latter.

### Gigantomachy

After the war in Heaven and the fall of Adam and Eve, the Giants were told by Heaven to stay away from the humans while they repaired the mess that Lucifer made. However, the Giants had problems of their own as most of them had a vision that they would be usurped and slain by their own children. Cronus was among them and his methods were more extreme, these visions prompted him to swallow his own children one by one while others simply buried their children deep beneath the Earth. One of the Giants, Gaia, was deeply pained by how these youngsters were treated and out of pity she took them away from their parents to raise them in secret. However, their children would indeed eventually rise up and confront their parents, usurping them of their rule over the Earth and becoming self-proclaimed "gods" with a small 'g'.

Zeus was the first to rebel and led his siblings and the other gods against the Giants, taking charge of the house. The war between the Giants and the gods lasted for many years with their battles nearly taking Adam, Eve, and their children along with them. Finally, the Giants were defeated, most of them were slain with their bodies even used to fashion the homes of the gods (an act that Gabriel thought was "morbid as fuck") while others were forced to flee from the Earth or hide from the gods. However, the remaining Giants promised vengeance against the gods which came in the form of monstrous children that were born from the union between them and the children of Typhon and Tiamat. These gigantic monstrous hybrids also led to the creation of other monstrous entities that target both man and god as they held the animosity the of Cronus's Giants.

## Known Giants

* **Cronus**: The most ambitious and power-hungry Giant. He was the catalyst behind the Giants' bad image and the one that instigated the Gigantomachy because of his paranoia over his rule being challenged by his own children.
* **Eurymedon** : A brother of Cronus and looked to by the other Giants as a leader of sorts. He was the first to be banished by Cronus for challenging him over his warped view of humanity.
* **Fjällmarr**: Father of centaurs. Wilder and less forgiving than his fellow Giants, he was a great antagonist towards humans, who feared him greatly.
* **Porphyrion**: The mightiest warrior Giant, he was actually one of the most gentle.
* **Jørgen**: A Giant that first led the surviving Giants away from the gods after they achieved victory during the Gigantomachy. With his wife Illus, they're the progenitors of the Daoine Sídhe who descended from the Tuatha Dé Danann.
* **Hár**: The largest of all the Giants. His ancient beard was home to a thriving alien ecosystem. Many of the strange yet fantastic creatures (including tall tale animals) that wander the Earth first appeared when they tumbled out of it.
* **Prometheus**: The Giant that brought fire for Adam and Eve. He loved humanity the most and was punished for it. He is the lover Gertrud and the father of Loki.
* **Myrkr**: The Giant that brought ill-health, bad omens and the progenitor of the Wendigos. Despite his reputation, he is actually terribly nice.
* **Ymir**: The winterbringer. Usually only seen during blizzards as a vague and colossal shadow. It is unclear if he is made of snow or simply caked in it.
* **Björg**: The outcast of the group and the father of the more "lesser" giants like ogres and trolls.
* **Heimskr**: The father of the cyclopes.
* **Gyges**: The father of the Tartaruchi, one of the most hideous Giants, and the one who sculpted the mountains and islands. Gyges was presumably "slain" by the Aztec gods who would use his body to fashion the land of Mesoamerica.
* **Einarr**: A prankster and trickster Giant.
* **Gaia**: Gardener and planter of trees. The first mountains were sculpted in her appearance, and she planted the forests. She was also one of the more curvaceous of the female Giants and was a lover of Lotan, a child of Typhon and Tiamat.
* **Bestla**: A Giantess that brought both the hot and cold seasons as well as being the daughter of Surtr and Sinmara. She was also the wife of Ymir.
* **Gertrud**: The smartest of the Giants and the most fun to be around. She's also the lover of Prometheus and the mother of Loki.
* **Illus**: The wife of Jørgen and the progenitor of the Daoine Sídhe who descended from the Tuatha Dé Danann.

## Trivia

* The Giants had other names in various mythologies such as Titans from Greek mythology, Jötnar from Norse mythology, and Fomorians from Celtic mythology.
* The Giants were often antagonized in the literary works of humans due to how the gods presented them.
* It is said that the Giants "floated off into the clouds" which pertains to the fairytale of a giant living in the clouds in *Jack and the Beanstalk*.