Gigantea

Greyhawk Realm

Gigantea
Composite image of Gigantea, from Dragon Annual 1996 and Chainmail Miniatures Game (2002).
General information
Region:	Western Oerik

Gigantea is a "land populated by giants" in Western Oerik. It overlaps geographically with parts of Naresh.

"Gigantea" is a label applied by Heward in a letter to Mordenkainen. However, Heward notes this is not the name by which the native inhabitants refer to their land and it is "doubtless the locals have their own names for many of the areas."

Geography

Terrain and climate

Gigantea is a far nothern region. It is depicted in cartography as being icy and snowy. It borders on, and connects to Hyperboria. "A semipermanent bridge of ice connects the land to Oerik proper, but the crossing is treacherous at best."

Borders

Gigantea's southern reaches to Naresh, where the northwestern forest and mountains are largely populated by gnolls who worship Yeenoghu.

People

The only primary inhabitants described in official material are giants, though there are likely others.

Though nothing is specified about their language or religion, there is a pantheon of giant deities, and a language they commonly speak in the Flanaess.

Publishing history

Gigantea was first (and only) published in "Beyond the Flanaess", in Dragon Annual #1 (1996), by Skip Williams.

External links

• Domain of the Despotic Giant King—by "Crag"; a fan-created gazetteer of Gigantea, creating a sub-setting for the region.

References

Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index

The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.

Topic	Type	Description	Product	Page/Card/Image
Gigantea	Place		Dragon magazine #AN1	72, 73