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<blockquote data-quote="FXR" data-source="post: 8104458" data-attributes="member: 6781105"><p>Initially, the not-vikings would indeed believe the giants are on their side, but would soon find out that the giants aren't really on anybody side.</p><p></p><p>Here's a bit of background context on giants in my campaign:</p><p></p><p>Giants are the twisted descendants of the Progenitors, a mysterious star-faring people who first settled the world and edicted its natural laws (such as the sun sets in the West, there are four seasons, etc.). At some point, some sort of virus afflicted many Progenitors and twisted them. The ones most afflicted by the virus became the hill giants, the ones least afflicted became the storm giants, while the others are somewhere in the middle. The non-afflicted Progenitors killed many of those, but not all of them, as the world is a pretty vast place and some flew very far away. Others were also put in statis, because the Progenitors believed they could create a cure, but they never found one. Some probably woke up centuries or millenia afterwards.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Before leaving the world, the Progenitors populated it with a few dozens of humans and use a device to extract faeries from the Feywild, give them a mortal physical body and binded them to the physical world. The Progenitors than told the elves that they could become faeries again and reenter the Feywild, only when humans would have reach their destiny. Initially, the elves tought it meant that humans had to thrive and become a great civilization found on great values, but things went south after a few centuries.</p><p></p><p>The frost giants (like all giants) believe themselves to be Progenitors and, as such the real masters of the world. Weren't they the ones who settled it first? </p><p></p><p>It's quite probable that, during the early days, the giants had a couple of clashes with the elves, and didn't understand what were humanoids and how did they get there? It's a bit like you taking a nap or leaving to fetch something at the corner store and finding your house occupied by a family of four, who painted the walls and who sincerely believe they have always lived there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FXR, post: 8104458, member: 6781105"] Initially, the not-vikings would indeed believe the giants are on their side, but would soon find out that the giants aren't really on anybody side. Here's a bit of background context on giants in my campaign: Giants are the twisted descendants of the Progenitors, a mysterious star-faring people who first settled the world and edicted its natural laws (such as the sun sets in the West, there are four seasons, etc.). At some point, some sort of virus afflicted many Progenitors and twisted them. The ones most afflicted by the virus became the hill giants, the ones least afflicted became the storm giants, while the others are somewhere in the middle. The non-afflicted Progenitors killed many of those, but not all of them, as the world is a pretty vast place and some flew very far away. Others were also put in statis, because the Progenitors believed they could create a cure, but they never found one. Some probably woke up centuries or millenia afterwards. Before leaving the world, the Progenitors populated it with a few dozens of humans and use a device to extract faeries from the Feywild, give them a mortal physical body and binded them to the physical world. The Progenitors than told the elves that they could become faeries again and reenter the Feywild, only when humans would have reach their destiny. Initially, the elves tought it meant that humans had to thrive and become a great civilization found on great values, but things went south after a few centuries. The frost giants (like all giants) believe themselves to be Progenitors and, as such the real masters of the world. Weren't they the ones who settled it first? It's quite probable that, during the early days, the giants had a couple of clashes with the elves, and didn't understand what were humanoids and how did they get there? It's a bit like you taking a nap or leaving to fetch something at the corner store and finding your house occupied by a family of four, who painted the walls and who sincerely believe they have always lived there. [/QUOTE]
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