A giant riding a mammoth - by ©Bakirasan
Giants are a race of sentient humanoids which once lived in various regions of the known world but now live only in northern Tamriel, particularly in Skyrim. The people of southern Tamriel believe them to be extinct.
Appearance[]
Giants generally grow between ten to fourteen feet tall. They are capable of great feats of strength such as wrenching the bars of an iron gate apart. They are covered by a thick layer of pale skin that is coarser on the palms and feet. Their heads are thrust forward from their shoulder blades. They have squashed-in faces with square teeth and tiny eyes amidst folds of horny flesh. Their eyesight is poor and they snuffle constantly, smelling as much as they see.
Giants' arms hang lower than a man's, while their legs are shorter than their arms, ending in splayed and horny feet that need no shoes even in the coldest weather. Female giants look similar to males, both being bearded.
Culture[]
While hostile to men, giants are a shy folk who use little technology. They wield huge clubs that are often no more than logs, though some tie boulders to the end to make crude mauls or use huge stone axes. Giants ride mammoths as steeds and are protective of the animals. Giants speak the old giant tongue. Giants do not have kings, but have reverence for great warriors of their people.
Giants in Skyrim bury their dead, according to Sapiarch X's X, and some believe a King of the Giants is buried in a great barrow somewhere in Skyrim's vast land. Giants roam freely and reside beneath tall trees or in caverns. Scholars believe giants probably lived in the caverns beneath Bruma, for instance.
History[]
The giant Sinmur is considered the last King of the Giants of the Merethic Era, slain by Ysgramor using his legendary axe Wuuthrad sometime during his invasion of Skyrim.
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