Generations/Lore/Races/Colossi

Race

Attribute Ranges

• Body: Divine (12)
• Mind: Exceptional to Supreme(8-11)
• Spirit: Exceptional to Supreme(8-11)

Abilities

• Armored Skin: The skin of a colossus becomes thicker with age. It eventually becomes so thick that getting through it to the vital flesh below becomes more of a matter of excavation than combat.
• Immune to Poison: Colossi are not affected adversely by any toxic substance.
• Jötnar's Return: Colossi are so close to nature that if they tarry too long in one place they begin to become one with that place. If they sit on a mountain, they eventually become the mountain.

Biology

Appearance

Colossi are immense human-like giants.

• Height: Colossi start off just like humans. They just never stop growing. An adult colossus is human heights, but ancient colossi are as large as the mountains themselves.
• Weight: When calculating the weight of a colossus, take into account the square-cube law by using the following formula (c/a)^3*w where c is their current height, a is their adult height, and w is their adult weight. This will give the accurate weight for their current height.
• Build: Colossi range from emaciated to morbidly obese, soft to heavily muscled. They have an immense rage of builds.
• Bust: Colossi have a broad range of breast types. Most colossi have breasts ranging from AA-cup to H-cup; with rare individuals reaching as large as J-cups.
• Penis: Colossi have a broad range of penis sizes. When they reach adulthood, most fall between 3" and 9"; with rare individuals having penises as small as 1/2" on the low side and 13.5" on the high side. As they continue to grow, their penises continue to grow at a proportional rate.
• Skin: Colossi have a broad range of skin tones, ranging from nearly white peach to dark umber brown.
• Hair: Colossi can have any color of hair.
• Eyes: Colossi can have any color of eyes.
• Other details: As colossi grown ever larger, they find it more and more difficult to move. Most colossi have stopped moving and have become one with the world, or are becoming one with the world. Many of the world's mountains are actually colossi that just can't move any more.

Genders

Colossi can be male or female only.

Reproduction

Colossi reproduce sexually.

• Colossi can cross with any lesser, humanoid, or greater race.
• Purely colossi pregnancies last about 10 months.

Age

Colossi age at a rate equivalent to humans.

• A colossus that is entering adolescence would be around 10-12 years old.
• Colossi reach maturity at around 18 years old, after which they cease their physical aging but continue to grow.

Diet

Colossi are true omnivores

• Colossi can digest absolutely any form of matter for sustenance.

Other Considerations

• Colossi are the original jötunn (giant) race . . . actually the original race. The world is the body of a dead colossus. All giants descend from colossi. While it is rarely acknowledged by humanity, humans are the final speciation of the jötunn race, and therefore the youngest of the colossi children.

Spirituality

Worship

Colossi worshiped the human gods before the god war. The human gods actually started as the jötunn gods.

• Colossi were not involved in the god war. Most were immobilized by their Jötnar's Return; and those that weren't were too busy hiding from mortal-kind.

Afterlife

Unlike the humans and other mortal jötnar who follow the human gods, colossi have an immortal body instead of an immortal soul. Colossi have no afterlife, instead they become one with the world, their mother.

Other Considerations

• Colossi served the human gods on a more equal footing than do the humans and other mortal jötnar. They were closer to paid servants than worshipers.

Magic and Technology

Magic

Colossi are able to learn magic fairly well.

• Pure colossi have no natural magics, and must learn what they use.

Technology

Colossi generally do not make or use technology. They outgrow anything they make.

Culture

Taboos

Colossi culture is the oldest culture, with the oldest taboos.

• Colossi have no nudity taboo.
• Colossi have no incest taboo.
• Colossi have no bestiality taboo.
• Colossi have no homosexuality taboo.
• Colossi have a taboo against underage sex that occurs before puberty. After puberty they are fair game.

Residence

Colossi do not have homes. Instead they wander the countryside, and sleep in the open.

Other Considerations

No one has interacted with a colossus in thousands of years. Due to this, their existence has fallen very much into myth and legend. Their is controversy over their very existence.