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[Kulan] The Lands of Harqual (Updated: Feb 3/2022)
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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 1474044" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>THE GIANT RACES OF HARQUAL (cont.)</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>PART TWO: THE JÄTTEN (IMMORTAL GIANTS)</strong></span></p><p>Unique amongst the giant-kin of Harqual, jätten are immortal giants who serve powerful elemental patrons (or rarely, a deity). A jätten's body doesn't age once it reaches maturity as they are timeless. All jätten have a shimmering, protective aura, which surround their bodies. Normal giants recognize a jätten's favored status from elemental forces upon sight.</p><p></p><p>Not all true giants can become jätten. This usually means the rarer true giants become jätten as unique individuals and not as entire clans or families. (Jätten are basically giants with the Immortal Template from Book of Templates: Deluxe Edition by Silverthorne Games.) Jätten alignments tend towards those of their normal kin but exceptions are more likely.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>CLOUD JÄTTEN</strong></span></p><p>Cloud giants are more likely to become jätten than any other giant race. As a result, cloud jätten see themselves as the scions of the immortal giants. However, they usually live in solitude from their normal kin and tend to be very insular.</p><p></p><p>Cloud jätten see themselves as the protectors of the sky and all its creatures. Therefore, they have no tolerance for those that pollute the air or kill avian creatures. They are more likely to have their own followers, which are usually powerful cloud giant fighters.</p><p></p><p>Cloud jätten usually have an elemental patron from the Elemental Plane of Air. These patrons are usually neutral or good as cloud jätten tend to loath evil creatures. Evil cloud giants sometimes are granted immortality by a Lightning Scion and enjoy causing chaos.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>FIRE JÄTTEN</strong></span></p><p>Fire giants are only granted immortality by an elemental patron from the Elemental Plane of Fire. Thus, fire jätten are more likely to be evil than good as Fire Princes of Elemental Good are rare.</p><p></p><p>Regardless of alignment, fire jätten tend to lord themselves over normal fire giants and strive to sway dragons with fiery breath weapons to turn away from the Balance. Thus, fire jätten often butt heads with powerful clerics of Mirella and the Majestic Dragons. Such incidents tend to be bloody.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>FROST JÄTTEN</strong></span></p><p>Frost giants almost always gain immortality from a Ice Lord; although, certain deities with cold or north in their portfolio sometimes bestow immortality on a particularly pious frost giant. Lokun and Cronn are most likely to grant immortality to a frost giant.</p><p></p><p>As a result, frost jätten fall into one of two groups. Chaotic evil frost jätten attempting to bring about destruction and another ice age or chaotic good frost jätten who protect lesser races and oppose evil giants.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>HILL JÄTTEN</strong></span></p><p>Hill jätten almost always gain their immortality from an Earth Prince of Elemental Evil. These immortal giants are vile, destructive individuals who attempt to sink communities into the earth or cause huge mudslides to bury entire villages. Hill jätten will bully their lesser kin as well as earth ogres. They gather large bands to lay waste to those that their elemental patron wish to destroy.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>STONE JÄTTEN</strong></span></p><p>Stone giants are least likely to become immortals. Stone giants tend to live within the Balance and usually refuse a Stone Lords patronage. Stone giants that do take up with a Stone Lord often become evil if they weren't already.</p><p></p><p>Stone giants are more likely to become jätten in the service of Mirella or a nature deity in order to keep other powerful jätten in check. These stone jätten are usually neutral or neutral good in alignment.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>STORM JÄTTEN</strong></span></p><p>Storm giants that become immortal almost always gain their power from a Lightning Scion or an Air or Water Lord. Storm giants in the service of a Lightning Scion are always chaotic evil in alignment and relish in destruction and suffering. Those few storm giants that gain their immortality from an Air Lord are chaotic good and often protect wayward ships while storm jätten that pay homage to a chaotic Water Lord are just as likely to sink a ship as save it.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong>OTHER IMMORTAL GIANTS</strong></span></p><p>Of all the other true giants, ice and reef giants are the most likely to become immortals. <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ice jätten are always evil and gain their power from an Evil Ice Lord. Ice jätten are greatly feared by the barbarians of the Northlands.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Reef jätten usually gain immortality from a good-aligned Earth of Water Lord. As these elemental beings are very rare, reef jätten are the rarest of jätten.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bog giants never become jätten unless an extraordinary individual gains the favor of Mirella. However, there haven't been any reported cases of a bog giant gaining immortality in this way.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A firbolg has never gained immortality and none of their kind are likely to do so. Why this is remains a mystery.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 1474044, member: 2012"] [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]THE GIANT RACES OF HARQUAL (cont.)[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]PART TWO: THE JÄTTEN (IMMORTAL GIANTS)[/B][/COLOR] Unique amongst the giant-kin of Harqual, jätten are immortal giants who serve powerful elemental patrons (or rarely, a deity). A jätten's body doesn't age once it reaches maturity as they are timeless. All jätten have a shimmering, protective aura, which surround their bodies. Normal giants recognize a jätten's favored status from elemental forces upon sight. Not all true giants can become jätten. This usually means the rarer true giants become jätten as unique individuals and not as entire clans or families. (Jätten are basically giants with the Immortal Template from Book of Templates: Deluxe Edition by Silverthorne Games.) Jätten alignments tend towards those of their normal kin but exceptions are more likely. [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]CLOUD JÄTTEN[/B][/color] Cloud giants are more likely to become jätten than any other giant race. As a result, cloud jätten see themselves as the scions of the immortal giants. However, they usually live in solitude from their normal kin and tend to be very insular. Cloud jätten see themselves as the protectors of the sky and all its creatures. Therefore, they have no tolerance for those that pollute the air or kill avian creatures. They are more likely to have their own followers, which are usually powerful cloud giant fighters. Cloud jätten usually have an elemental patron from the Elemental Plane of Air. These patrons are usually neutral or good as cloud jätten tend to loath evil creatures. Evil cloud giants sometimes are granted immortality by a Lightning Scion and enjoy causing chaos. [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]FIRE JÄTTEN[/B][/color] Fire giants are only granted immortality by an elemental patron from the Elemental Plane of Fire. Thus, fire jätten are more likely to be evil than good as Fire Princes of Elemental Good are rare. Regardless of alignment, fire jätten tend to lord themselves over normal fire giants and strive to sway dragons with fiery breath weapons to turn away from the Balance. Thus, fire jätten often butt heads with powerful clerics of Mirella and the Majestic Dragons. Such incidents tend to be bloody. [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]FROST JÄTTEN[/B][/color] Frost giants almost always gain immortality from a Ice Lord; although, certain deities with cold or north in their portfolio sometimes bestow immortality on a particularly pious frost giant. Lokun and Cronn are most likely to grant immortality to a frost giant. As a result, frost jätten fall into one of two groups. Chaotic evil frost jätten attempting to bring about destruction and another ice age or chaotic good frost jätten who protect lesser races and oppose evil giants. [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]HILL JÄTTEN[/B][/color] Hill jätten almost always gain their immortality from an Earth Prince of Elemental Evil. These immortal giants are vile, destructive individuals who attempt to sink communities into the earth or cause huge mudslides to bury entire villages. Hill jätten will bully their lesser kin as well as earth ogres. They gather large bands to lay waste to those that their elemental patron wish to destroy. [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]STONE JÄTTEN[/B][/color] Stone giants are least likely to become immortals. Stone giants tend to live within the Balance and usually refuse a Stone Lords patronage. Stone giants that do take up with a Stone Lord often become evil if they weren't already. Stone giants are more likely to become jätten in the service of Mirella or a nature deity in order to keep other powerful jätten in check. These stone jätten are usually neutral or neutral good in alignment. [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]STORM JÄTTEN[/B][/color] Storm giants that become immortal almost always gain their power from a Lightning Scion or an Air or Water Lord. Storm giants in the service of a Lightning Scion are always chaotic evil in alignment and relish in destruction and suffering. Those few storm giants that gain their immortality from an Air Lord are chaotic good and often protect wayward ships while storm jätten that pay homage to a chaotic Water Lord are just as likely to sink a ship as save it. [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]OTHER IMMORTAL GIANTS[/B][/color] Of all the other true giants, ice and reef giants are the most likely to become immortals.[list][*]Ice jätten are always evil and gain their power from an Evil Ice Lord. Ice jätten are greatly feared by the barbarians of the Northlands. [*]Reef jätten usually gain immortality from a good-aligned Earth of Water Lord. As these elemental beings are very rare, reef jätten are the rarest of jätten. [*]Bog giants never become jätten unless an extraordinary individual gains the favor of Mirella. However, there haven't been any reported cases of a bog giant gaining immortality in this way. [*]A firbolg has never gained immortality and none of their kind are likely to do so. Why this is remains a mystery.[/list] [/QUOTE]
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