Gran-Haku (Hill Giant)
The Gran-Haku are the hill giants of Aradaea. They descend from the Gran-Maku, from whom magic set them apart some 80,000 years ago, making them one of the younger branches of the Gran.
Appearance
Section titled “Appearance”Hill giants are smaller than their mountain forebears but still huge, standing around twelve and a half feet tall and weighing some 2,000 pounds. Their skin runs to lighter tones, and their straight hair is brown or black, though many are hairless.
Society and Culture
Section titled “Society and Culture”Little is recorded of hill giant customs. Like the other giants of the Vargal valley, they live in a land where tribes and clans of many heritages compete for room and resources.
Homeland
Section titled “Homeland”Their home is Vargal, a valley of Sylvaria. Hill giants feel tremors through the ground out to about 60 feet.
Life Cycle
Section titled “Life Cycle”A hill giant can live around 250 years.
Relations
Section titled “Relations”Their closest kin are the mountain giants, and beyond them the Gran-Stona from whom the mountain giants came. They share the valley with the Gran-Gola and Gran-Grek, both also of stone giant descent.
Heritage Facts
Section titled “Heritage Facts”- Home Plane
- Aradaea
- Category
- Gran (Giantfolk)
- Ancestor Race(s)
- Gran-Maku (Mountain Giants)
- Home Region
- Vargal
- Racial Abilities
- Strength, Constitution
- Years of Existence
- 80,000 years
- Average Lifespan
- 250 years
- Average Weight
- 2,000 lbs
- Average Height
- 12.5 ft
- Skin Tones
- Light Skin Tones
- Playable?
- No
- Extinct?
- No
- Size Category
- Huge
- Speed
- 40
- Movement Types
- None
- Hair
- Straight, Brown/Black, Often Hairless
- Body Features
- Enlarged
- Divergence Cause
- Magic
- Average Generation
- 50 years
- Vision Type
- Tremorsense
- Vision Distance
- 60 ft
The compendium entry lists the heritage’s features in full.