Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Giant Gods

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  • Annam All Father's first children, the gods Skoraeus, Iallanis, Grolantor, Memnor, Hiatea and Stronmaus, their clergy and giant religion in the Forgotten Realms.
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  • @justinbaskall8291
    @justinbaskall8291 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Timestamps and Spoilers Below!
    0:19 Intro, Become a Member
    0:38 Giantcraft, and the Many, Many children of Annam
    1:50 Ordning, Clerics, and Parley
    4:33 Annam, His Worship, and Conditional Return
    7:20 Ceremonies and Gudheim
    9:57 Stromaus, The Eldest Son
    14:09 Hiata, Nurturer and Destroyer Goddess
    17:49 Grolantor
    20:05 Memnor
    22:50 Iallanis
    24:51 Skoraeus
    Just got back from holiday, and turns out there are three more videos waiting for me when i get back. Well rapid fire it is! In case you didnt watch the first part of the series, AJ is revamping the Giant videos, making them cleaner and easier to listen to, as well as updating some of the lore. This is part two of that, and Ill link parts one and three down below.
    Also thanks for everyone who watched the History of Netheril video in December. While we did fall a bit short, AJ has been very generous and promised to put up part 2 anyways soon! Keep an eye out for it in the new year, and I hope everyone has a wonderful new year.
    History of the Giants (Part 1 of the Remake Giants Series): th-cam.com/video/Ff68sz65yTo/w-d-xo.html
    Giant Kin (Part 3 of Remake Giants Series): th-cam.com/video/AotiaDGxN_w/w-d-xo.html

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      In the new year you say? (sips beer) challenge accepted.

  • @dillongage
    @dillongage ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Man this video is a good reminder that not all the giants are evil. When you usually only encounter Hill and frost giants it's easy to forget that. Even the frost giants aren't necessarily evil, just fairly competitive and aggressive and prone to not caring about the small folk.

  • @UserRedZero
    @UserRedZero 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When regular sized Gods won’t cut it

  • @Im-Not-a-Dog
    @Im-Not-a-Dog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    “Welcomed” = “Not immediately killed on sight.”

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This man gets it.

    • @Im-Not-a-Dog
      @Im-Not-a-Dog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      AJ Pickett It’s very similar to the concept of “Tolerance” in the South.

    • @Jackb290
      @Jackb290 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Im-Not-a-Dog I like your comment.

    • @eldarhighelfhealermiriella7653
      @eldarhighelfhealermiriella7653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Im-Not-a-Dog DM: You encounter a gigant and it's ready to attack you. You rolled a nat20 in charisma and convince the gigant not to kill you, and he/she welcomed you on it's land
      You: Thanks god...
      DM: HOWEVER Welcomed = Not inmediatly killed. The gigant lift you up with one hand and told you "Hu, punny little human. You will be a good servant". He put you on a bag and carry you on his house. Now you are forever a slave of a gigant. The End!

  • @gageabdul
    @gageabdul 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    *starts doing push ups vigorously*

  • @jgr7487
    @jgr7487 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "He also advocates victory via cunning & secrecy & surprise"
    meanwhile, the race of Giants that was his offspring is the stupidest & least stealthy of all!
    Annam really has a great sense of ironic humor!

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, they have survived, you have to credit them with that. :)

  • @ChayComas
    @ChayComas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Running a game with a PC playing a half-giant Paladin of Annam. Thanks for this

  • @carloss3499
    @carloss3499 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    3:00 I just love this image, it perfectly embodies the 1000 year war between giants and dragons.

  • @supersmily5811
    @supersmily5811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I'm conflicted by the giants. On one hand, most of them are cool. On the other hand, they hate ALL dragons, even good ones. If the historia is restored, dragonkind (Including lesser dragonkind like dragonborn and draconic bloodline Sorcerers) are going to be in mortal danger. No wonder it hasn't happened yet, that would actually break 5e for these worlds. I'm wondering wherein this rivalry started, were Annam and Ao enemies?

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Io is the dragon god, not Ao. The fact is, the giants were on Toril first and the dragons attacked the giants first.

    • @jaylonrobinson7092
      @jaylonrobinson7092 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dragons have always been since before the law and chaos wars
      Giants are like humanoids in that they are a new race of beings that developed as the prime material and outer planes were created and devopled substance as a plane bound by reality rather then elemental chaos....
      Dragons flew thru the world LONG before most beings and devoured the nutrients of the elemental chaos to grow.hence why they are soooo elemental driven powers....
      When law fought chaos
      Dragons so ancient that they are long forgotten fought for law and maybe also chaos....
      Asmdoues is actually a ancient red dragon god
      And the god of coutls is his consort
      Lg and Le dragons led the charge againest chaos and created the outer planes we know today

  • @Greenscyth22
    @Greenscyth22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    There seems to be a lot of ritualistic hunting across all tribes as a display of strength or competence. I wonder what beasts are commonly hunted besides the occasional dragon whelp?

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      All sorts of giant megafauna you would find in the ice ages, plus Behir, Yeti, supernatural threats, drakes, purple worms, gray renders, and lots of big, mean and very dangerous White dragons, plus tons of Ogres.

  • @That80sGuy1972
    @That80sGuy1972 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I see the giant gods of the Forgotten Realms are majorly inspired by the real-world Norse gods and mythologies... with totally nice original twists. Great video, AJ. I never really looked into these guys because my campaign world was my own creation. I see I should have got that for inspiration, would have saved me hundreds of hours of world-building time.

  • @AmigoRoberto
    @AmigoRoberto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Part 2 was an inspiration goldmine. Thank you Professor!
    I can tell this series is going to reach great heights.

  • @henryboard317
    @henryboard317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Happy Yule AJ! You posted just in time for my break!

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      God jul! De beste ønsker for det nye året!

  • @fririkgretuson6971
    @fririkgretuson6971 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cool to see Anam was heavily inspired by Odin and I think both he and the Head of the Dwarf pantheon share the title "all father"

    • @jaylonrobinson7092
      @jaylonrobinson7092 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Friðrik Gretuson also DND canon has Norse mythology,Olympian mythos,and Egyptian mythology As official canon
      Ysgard is a plane and Odin rules a pocket of it and his god pantheon.
      And this lore predates the FG giant lore and dwarf lore by quite a bit
      I would say they are the allfathers to their paetheons

  • @AfroChef
    @AfroChef 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Having almost no knowledge of the Giant Pantheon I feel very intrigued and want to delve deeper into the squabbles you mentioned

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh we have just gotten started!

  • @Journey-of-1000-Miles
    @Journey-of-1000-Miles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for revisiting Giant lore!
    I am currently running Storm King’s Thunder, so this is relevant and interesting information, if not useful!

  • @zacharygadzinski3147
    @zacharygadzinski3147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You think with the Dragonspire destroyed that sooner or later the giants might build their numbers in another realm.
    Yet if another war broke out between dragons and giants neither would win since humans would find a way to subdue them.

  • @cerevrus
    @cerevrus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey AJ, these giant lore videos have very quickly become some of my favourites, thanks for putting these out.

    • @purplehaze2358
      @purplehaze2358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just to let you know, you said “some of my favorites” twice.

    • @cerevrus
      @cerevrus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@purplehaze2358 Thanks buddy ^^ just edited it

  • @gabrieladerre2862
    @gabrieladerre2862 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic! As always, many thanks AJ! 😊

  • @dboy2432
    @dboy2432 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Will you ever do the real mythological creatures DnD stuff is based off of? Like the militarized lizard-men are based on the African mythical 'Intulo', and that myth story is the most metal shit I've heard.
    Oh, and the Yuan-Ti are based on the actuall mythical creatures called the 'Chitauri' from Xhosa and Zulu myth. The funny thing is, the ones in the myth are way more insane, brutal and OP'ed than the DnD versions.

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      While I do talk about mythical inspiration that many D&D creatures are based on, I'll be sticking with my usual format. 😊

  • @Skin1in
    @Skin1in 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you, your lore video is miracle for me.

  • @zmishiymishi5349
    @zmishiymishi5349 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice intro! I can almost smell clear, cold wind of wild parts of mountines

  • @davidfletcher6703
    @davidfletcher6703 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hyatia sounds a lot like Skädi from Norse Folklore

  • @dragonballtalk8527
    @dragonballtalk8527 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good editing good audio quality .Adding to my dnd playlist .

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Always happy to get the DBT seal of approval.

  • @Andy_466
    @Andy_466 ปีที่แล้ว

    great video matey 👍

  • @movespammerguyteam7colors
    @movespammerguyteam7colors 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Why are the giant goddesses so attractive compared to common female giants?

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Because they have a different mother.

    • @volstadgermaine2510
      @volstadgermaine2510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Because gods have character creation screens instead of puberty.

    • @thezerowulf507
      @thezerowulf507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AJPickett So what you are saying is Othea does not have an alibi.

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thezerowulf507 These are not photos of giants, these are drawings... blame the artists.

    • @bahamutkaiser
      @bahamutkaiser ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Daughters of Hekaton in Storm King's Thunder are all attractive.

  • @Scortch-lo3xy
    @Scortch-lo3xy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    can we get a video on Glasya (Asmodeus's daughter) at some point?

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      possibly.

    • @Scortch-lo3xy
      @Scortch-lo3xy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AJPickett ever made you're way as far into the interior as coruscant?

  • @LurkerDaBerzerker
    @LurkerDaBerzerker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    *Relevant and Supportive Comment*

  • @johngleeman8347
    @johngleeman8347 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Splendid video Sir. I look forward to your coverage of Karontor and Vaprak! Glory to the Twisted One, with his heart of ice. Father of the Verbeegs and Fomorians. And quake before the indefatigable fury of Vaprak the Destroyer! Even the Ice Giants covet his power. Bwu ha ha ha ha!

  • @Kyllleur
    @Kyllleur 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Damn, stupid me looking for details on Thrym but I realise only after 20min that it will be only on the 1st generation of Annam's children xD Well, the video was as good as always to keep me hooked so long on things I didn't really need haha

  • @tatsusama3192
    @tatsusama3192 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Was too interested to come up with a clever comment😋 Here's my offering to the algorithm Gods

  • @anathema1828
    @anathema1828 ปีที่แล้ว

    Godlike Information!

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This might well be the last AJ video of 2019.

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nope, I have at least one more on the way this week :)

  • @danagroupsrl6613
    @danagroupsrl6613 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you.

  • @antwan1357
    @antwan1357 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I sometimes wonder about one race deities that can ONLY source prayers from a specific source if that source is lost then so are they.

  • @AlexLopez-xo1tc
    @AlexLopez-xo1tc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh hell yeah. Hey i was wrong about my last comment regarding waiting for pazuzu since pale night. I was actually curious about him since the kenku vid and was bummed his connection with them was expanded upon more in his vid. Thanks for reading my novel.

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think I talk about that in the Aarakocra video, Pazuzu and the Kenku. (it's been a while)

    • @AlexLopez-xo1tc
      @AlexLopez-xo1tc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AJPickett ima go check

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AlexLopez-xo1tc Hmmm, may have been the actual Kenku video...

    • @AlexLopez-xo1tc
      @AlexLopez-xo1tc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AJPickett yeah you speak about a breath in the Aarakocra video.

  • @mudshrooze
    @mudshrooze 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Hill Giants of Dnd have always been one of my top races.
    My closest bros prefer Fire and Frost and Storm respectively. But I'm the odd one haha.

    • @snurgumwurgum8238
      @snurgumwurgum8238 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like cloud and stone giants, how odd am I compared to you?

  • @jamestitus472
    @jamestitus472 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You left out the Fire and Frost giant gods???

    • @antwan1357
      @antwan1357 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      James Boll good point

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Aha! Wise sage, they don't actually show up until after Giantcraft was published, in the next vid (as you can see from my community tab post) I will be covering the modern pantheon, the relationship between Annam, Othea, Ulutiu and Vaprak, all the Giant Kin and the first True Giants (including Hartkiller).

    • @jamestitus472
      @jamestitus472 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AJPickett Ah! Forgive me. While I have you, these religion and culture videos are fantastic. I'd be very happy if that happens to be the direction your content went for awhile!

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jamestitus472 I am quite enjoying them. After the many giant vids, there are all the dragon vids, and the Dragon pantheon.

    • @jamestitus472
      @jamestitus472 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AJPickett You love to see it! Would you consider doing analysis like that for the playable races like Elves and Dwarves as well? (If you haven't already, and I've just missed it) Or perhaps even exploring the religion of aberrations like Illithid and Beholders if they have any? (I remember a lot of good culture stuff from the Mind Flayer video, but don't recall if religion was addressed) Or demons, and their cults?

  • @Sisyphus317
    @Sisyphus317 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you make a playlist for the history of fae run.

  • @michaelkelligan7931
    @michaelkelligan7931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Can you do "little" gods next? 😊

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You laugh, but I could make that video!

    • @Im-Not-a-Dog
      @Im-Not-a-Dog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He laughed, then you made that video.

  • @galvaton10000
    @galvaton10000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've never been so early before... So weird

  • @philippegauvin-vallee9371
    @philippegauvin-vallee9371 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I decided to mess with my fellow players by creating a mostly nonviolent cleric of Knowledge worshipping Annam himself...

  • @nickroden4292
    @nickroden4292 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Im trying to plot out a cult of Memnor for an adventure, what kind creatures and monsters would follow the god of the cloud giants?

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Evil air elementals, invisible stalkers, ethereal filchers, awakened clouds of perfume, glass golems, frost giant skalds...

  • @volstadgermaine2510
    @volstadgermaine2510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ahhh. The Great lords of the Giants. I know the giants are no boyscouts, but their gods are just dicks...... like a dad who walks away from their children when they argue instead of resoring order.
    Ungratefull parents. I mean, burn down, and destroy one little empire, and dad throws a hissy fit, then moves to mystical Aruba....

  • @jasonsantos3037
    @jasonsantos3037 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yeah you should talk about that half-breeds throughout the different races I like learning about these different hybrids

  • @jackiesantos2121
    @jackiesantos2121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You know what happened you ever met a giant is a atheist doesn't believe in any gods alvead

  • @onisinn1
    @onisinn1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Allen Scott

  • @DeanNatheos-eq3hl
    @DeanNatheos-eq3hl หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't see how the giants held their own against the dragons unless the titan did most of the work. O.k storm and cloud giants but still even they are not as strong as a dragon oh sometimes yes but mostly no. So the story doesn't sound believable it's only fantasy but still it's good to have a believable story. I think they should have used a different race besides giants. The giant gods are excellent and thank you for the video and have a good evening 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊.

  • @dragonballtalk8527
    @dragonballtalk8527 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When my playgroup is struggling to kill a giant I don't worry about the gods it worships but I'm a dragonborn that hates other races and teams with a warforged and a aerokoka bird man and a orc

  • @Gloomdrake
    @Gloomdrake 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not Mini Gods?

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stay tuned for the gods of the hobbits

  • @jeffjohn2931
    @jeffjohn2931 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey aj othea cheated on annam several times ??

    • @AJPickett
      @AJPickett  ปีที่แล้ว

      At least twice