Giant

Giants are a nomadic race of large humanoids native to the provinces of Skyrim and High Rock known for their colossal height and immense strength. They are usually seen herding their mammoths through mountains and tundras, processing their mammoths' milk into cheese while eating cooked Skeever.

By game

 * Giant (Daggerfall)
 * Giant (Skyrim)
 * Giant (Online)
 * Giant (Legends)

Anatomy
Giants are eleven to twelve feet in height, and are mostly humanoid in appearance; they have long, powerful limbs, thick skin, with large hands and feet, and decorative scars on their chest that are mainly tribal or religious symbols. Giants' hair is braided with decorative beads and their faces are wrinkled. Female giants are scarcely seen, but the reason behind this is unknown.

Technology
Giants' weapons are crudely made as Massive clubs are a favored weapon of the Giants. Some have a large rock tied to the end, turning them into primitive warhammers. For clothing, giants wear pelts of fur and bones or a simple loincloth. Due to herding mammoths, they typically eat mammoth cheese, but apparently do eat other forms of food, as dead horses and wolves sometimes appear on their cooking spikes. A fungus known only to grow in the armpits of Giants is a powerful narcotic.

Behavior and intelligence
Giants are moderately intelligent as they are able to herd mammoths, fashion clothing out of furs and bones, and speak a deep, guttural language, although it is unknown to anyone how to translate it. They have been noted by Hasphat Antabolis to have been the ones who called the Dwemer dwarves (the little ones). Giants have intricate beliefs regarding death as they have specific burial grounds; as such, when a giant is dying, they go to said location to die. Also, if a giant was not at the burial grounds during death, then other giants will transport the body to the burial grounds. When in battle, giants use their brute strength to kill their foes, often crushing them with their clubs or simply stomping on them.

They have a very simple one known as "Giantish". To an outsider, it sounds like an incomprehensible string of grunts and roars. However, it can be learned by non-Giants, and Giants tend to have greater respect and reduced hostility toward Giantish speakers. Giants are not known to have any written language, though they will carve/paint symbols with some sort of meaning into their own bodies, the tusks of their mammoths, and around their campsites.

he Giants of Skyrim herd woolly mammoths, which they milk to create cheese.They can reportedly communicate with the mammoths, and the relationship is symbiotic and based in mutual respect. In exchange for the protection of the Giants, mammoths allow the Giants to milk them and produce cheese. There have been reports of Giants eating mammoths, but this is always "conducted with reverence" and presumably only done to mammoths who have died of natural causes or following a Mercy Kill.

Appearances


Gigante