The Half-Giant

History
The half-giant is misnamed really, since they are not a half-breed like the Half-Elf or the Half-Orc, and if you made such slurs on their parentage, you would likely regret it!

Due to the fact they are quite a bit smaller than even the Hill-Giant, the explorers who first discovered one simply assumed it was a half-breed. As usual scholars discussed, made papers and books, and the error became part of common knowledge. When a small group was discovered a few years later, the associated scholars became very quiet!

The reason several isolated specimans were initially discovered soon became apparent when it was discovered that the group had a solitary adult male. A single male looks after a trive of females and children, and other males are driven away. Occassionly a bold outcast will return to challenge the leader, resulting in a nasty looking combat.

This race has been of great interest to scholars, because it appears that they have evolved from true giants, and yet are nearer the form of the ancients than their immediate ancestors.

A lot of work is proceding in an attempt to prove that the ancients made some of the derivitive races for specialist tasks! And that the half-giant is simply regressing to their ancestors original form.

These theories may have considerable repurcussions in the anlysis of the histories of other races, especially the Dwarf and the Gnome.

Attributes
The Half-Giant is very strong, but a little slow on the uptake. Their faith is a little on the shaky side as well.