Giakos

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This content takes place in the Haven setting of Imagindarium's Creation.

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Description

Giakos, also known as "Giants," "Goliaths," and "Tallfolk" are an intelligent bipedal mammalian race found throughout all of planet Haven, and are a member of the Edian Races, a group of seven individual races all descendent from the Inomeni race, the Edia, who once held dominion over the whole of the world. Giakos are fairly uncommon across the world, their number far overshadowed by their sister Edian-races of Mythra, Sylvian and Gnarvesh. As such, one will not often find Giakos in great number across the world, though the sight of one may only bring about slight notice depending as to where the observer comes from. Giakos live often solitary lives, not often living in communities of their own kind, usually either living totally alone, or assimilated within communities primarily made of other races, most typically those also of the Edian Races. Due to their low numbers, Giakos are not often seen in positions of power throughout the ages, however those who have had made a great impact in the course of Haven's world history.

The name of "Giakos" literally translates from the Edian word for "Giant," or "Large," so named due to the Giakos' most defining trait, that being their tall, large, and bulky stature. Giakos are the most massive of all the Edian Races, as only the Oathreni come anywhere near their inherent bulk, as even the smallest of Giakos will stand at least seven feet tall, and have a thick, muscular frame. Their large bodies so developed to better adapt to the Giakos' native environment of icy artic wastes, and snow-blanketed tundra.

Despite their low number, Giakos are famed the world over due to their impressive height ad build. Stories of the Giants appear throughout much of Haven's world folklore. A rather prominent point of the stories is that of individual Giakos who were afflicted with "Giant's Wrath," an inherent ailment that can affect a number of the Giakos' population, causing rapid growth of their bodies, making them even larger in height and build, as well as addling the respective Giakos' mind, driving them mad and violent against all around them, leading to much destruction of both land, and people. These Giakos, known to them as the "Gigawrathus," while being fairly rare to come to be are still much feared by the Giakos, ever-fearing the Giant's Wrath will one day over take them as well, making much of the world's population deeply fearful of the Giakos, often times barring them from entry in some areas, while the more extreme may even execute them before the ailment can manifest.

Biology

Appearance

Giakos, stand alone amongst their like in the Edian races, and as such, they are immensely easy to identify due to their tall stature, and large bodies, with the shortest of Giakos standing at least seven feet tall, (2,1 meters) with the tallest of their race reaching titanic heights of twenty-four feet tall, (7.3 meters) often times, their tall stature leaves their bodies very muscular and heavy, easily weighing in the upper thousands of pounds. Their tall and large bodies were specially developed to be able to allow the individual Giakos to be able to operate within their hostile native environments of extremely cold regions, such as tundra and artic wastes, alongside snow-blanketed mountain ranges. With their large bodies, they are better able to insulate themselves and keep their body's functions warm enough to continue to operate unhindered, while also able to combat large predators that often times make their homes within colder regions of the world.

An individual Giakos' skin is oftentimes very rough, covered with thick callouses to be better able to withstand the hostile weather and environment, though this is not universal. Their faces often chiseled, with strong jawlines and cheekbones, with a large, well-rounded nose. The color of their skin, when compared to the other Edian Races, is much more placid in hue, only adopting more muted colors such as gray, faded blues, and whites, never showing much in the wat of bright vibrancy. However, a rather unique trait amongst the Giakos is that many of their number are born with special tattoo-like birth marks, known to the Giakos as the "Giant's Threads." These birthmarks can adopt a vast variety of colors such as green, red, yellow, and silver, though most often they take the shade of blue or black.

Giakos are often times held as the single-most uniform of the Edian Races, as they all share in the commonalities of tall statures and muscular builds, with only very rare deviation, as almost none of the Giakos' number possess a thin body, or a stature below seven-feet tall. Those rare few that do may be easily mistaken for Mythra, as without their titanic height and build, they would be almost impossible to distinguish from a Mythra who shares in their skin tone, unless of course the respective Giakos' skin had the Giant's Threads birth markings across it.