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Giants of Intellect and Stone (Steel Realms)
The Giants of Intellect and Stone are one of the Giants/Colossi of the Steel Realms. These are manifestations of the Clans of the Colossi (Brobdingnagian)…
They have taken it up on themselves to be the caretakers of their kind. They are best adapted to live hidden among mountains and hills.
Birthed From a Cold Thought
Children of the Frost Clan on Helca: When the giants of Frost were fighting against the Lich Lords, their fallen were called upon by their shamans in a last ditch effort – their bones became covered by stone and the stone giants were born. The amplified power of the lich lords was used against them. The stone giants were actually alive, and had only affinity for their brethren – fighting the lich lords army to a standstill as long as they stayed in contact with the earth. The frost giants would eventually retreat to the far north and then beyond the blue wall, the stone giants would disperse across the lands – most of them alone and near immortal.
Lost Memories: Each stone giant has with it the memories of all the fallen Frost Giants of the ceremony – these are called Olde Bones.
The most enigmatic of the giants, the Stone Giants are master masons and crafters (mostly learned from Ducateon). They are one of the few giants to still be found in the realms, as they do not anger others and have not antagonized the Ducateon who dwell under the earth and share space with them as well. They prefer caves near the surface, where they find sustenance.
They are bitter enemies of the Twisted Colossi (Formorians) – arrogant and spiteful and also bound by chaos to the earth and water. The Stone Giants always seek massive cave complexes with pure water sources underground for them and their cave bear brothers in arms.
Kanwae Bas: The Stone Giants decorate their throwing stones and personalize them with messages to strike into the ranks of their enemies.
Sometimes, the Giants of Intellect and Stone visit the site and ensure the spirits of their fallen brethren once wakened in the Battle of Giantsford in CY 9000 stay at peace.
Colossi-Kin
Giant-Kin of the Stoneforge Valley of Rhyl Origins: Only the Giants of Intellect and Stone have mated with humanoids outside of the south. In the past, in the Chronicle of the Giants – The Walk North, their number dwindled as they were the self-appointed guardians of giant clans, and many of their number were killed in rearguard actions. As they walked north, it was seen as a threat by many, as they often depopulated swathes of herd and domestic animals and plants in their haste. As they came to the north, just beyond The Giants Steps, they met in battle with a clan of Wyldlings. This time the stone giants were in the vanguard, and managed to parley with them, and the Wyldings saw the situation for what it was, and allied with them to escort them.
The stone giants cemented this alliance in a bond of fertility with dozens of the giant women stayed and gave birth, infusing the Wylding bloodlines with earth power and generations of giant-kin. This caused a splintering of culture and suspicion with other Wyldings over time as the bloodline produced more massive half giant-kin. Eventually they were forced to leave The Wyldes of the Heartlands and they found a safe place east in a mountain home of Stoneforge Valley to the northeast, in more ‘civilized’ lands.