Fiction:The Firmament/Giant

"Any resemblance to common men is purely superficial. These creatures are mindless beasts and must be treated as such, before they crush you into paste."

- Rishice Jadeflare, Fyasan huntress

Giants, otherwise known as true giants, are the much-maligned ancestors of all Giantkin, immense humanoids who prowl the wilderness of the region known as the Giantsteppe.

Biology
Giants are gargantuan humanoid creatures with a primitive and savage nature to their physiology. Their skin is generally light in colour and their hair comes in shades of brown and black, though many giants are also known to experience baldness. While superficially similar to humans, giants possess unique proportions, with longer torsos and arms than what would be expected of a creature resembling a man. Giants live up to about 60 years, though most do not reach that age and die young.

Ecology
Giants are rare creatures, usually living either solitary lives or in small family groups who lord over a sizable territory they claim as their own, engaging any possible intruder with violence. With a brutal disposition and lack of any sophisticated culture, giants are prone to attacking other races for no other reason but their own entertainment, as they revel in combat and asserting dominance over those smaller than themselves. Giants are often enslaved by orcs to serve in their armies, though many also come to the Greenskins willingly; a promise of food and a good fight is often enough to goad a giant into servitude, as the creatures are easy to appease in this manner.

Abilities
Giants possess no supernatural abilities to speak of, though as expected of something of their size, they are capable of immense feats of strength and endurance. Most giants carry boulders or the trunks of toppled trees as makeshift clubs in order to engage their foes, generally possessing no strategy in mind beyond simply crushing their prey into a pulp.