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Frost giants are a type of highborn giantkin found in cold and northerly locales.

Description[]

The frost giants encountered by the Slayer's Take (including some members of Vox Machina) had dull, gray-blue skin, white eyes,[13] and pale, whitish-blue hair (including beards). The insides of their mouths were pale blue with dark teeth.[14] The first one they saw wore thick fur and patchwork hide armor, his helmet had metallic horns attached to it, and he carried a giant axe.[15] Frost giants typically stand 21 feet tall.[2]

Culture []

Tal'Dorei[]

Groups of frost giants make their home in the Neverfields, the frozen wasteland north of the Cliffkeep Mountains. Though their people are mostly nomadic reavers led by petty jarls (the title most frost giant rulers use), they all swear fealty to High King Jorskymmar, who rules from the fortress-city of Jotunborg. The frost giants are master animal-tamers, and are known to raid human villages with remorhazes, mammoths, and even white dragons at their side.[16][17]

Wildemount[]

Various frost giant clans are known to live amongst and within the Flotket Alps, where their presence is a major reason for Uthodurn to maintain a strong fighting force.[18][9]

Despite a history of Aeorian artifacts turning frost giants into zombies in Eiselcross, there are still living frost giants in Eiselcross collecting relics of Aeor. One possible encounter with a band of frost giants shows that, like the master tamers of Tal'Dorei, these giants have a tamed frost worms.[19]

Faith[]

Frost giants are among the most pious of the highborn, and most pray to the Wildmother for safety before crossing the ice fields. Some giants who have suffered near-death experiences, being trapped beneath an icy lake or being smothered by an avalanche, clandestinely join one of the cults of the Chained Oblivion, seeking solace in the inevitability of eternal cold.[16]

Named frost giants[]

History[]

The Icelost Years[]

Circa 511 PD to 536 PD, when Errevon the Rimelord invaded Tal'Dorei through a rift from the Frostfell, he did so with an army of frost giants.[23]

Fortress of the Dead Jarl[]

Roughly around 635 PD, on the island of Foren in Eiselcross, Jarl Conessa Berg collected artifacts from the crashed remains of Aeor, but one unstable artifact instantly turned all the giants in her castle of ice into zombies.[20]

"Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18) and "Trial of the Take: Part 2" (1x19)[]

The white dragon Rimefang destroyed a society of frost giants in order to build his lair in a mountain range in the Vesper Timberland. He enslaved two of the giants, allowing them to live in exchange for their servitude. In a cavern at the base of his mountain-lair, the ruins of the giant's city lay strewn with bodies. A giant, roughshod effigy to Rimefang was erected from the rubble. The dragon's lair was located further up the mountain, where a large, ice-coated cavern had treasure frozen into the walls.

"Aeor" (2x132)[]

The Mighty Nein encountered and defeated three undead frost giants around the Tombtakers' secret entrance to the ruins of Aeor.[24]

"By Goat or By Boat" (3x56)[]

During the apogee solstice of 843 PD two frost giants attacked Bells Hells while they were crossing the Flotket Alps to reach the Savalirwood. Although they took them by surprise and managed to hit Fresh Cut Grass, the adventurers' flot goats and a clever use of magic allowed the group to escape successfully, leaving one of the giants severely injured.[25]

References[]

Frost Giant Zombie

A frost giant zombie, as depicted in the Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 288.[art 2]

  1. See D&D: Monster Manual, 5th ed., p. 155.
  2. 2.0 2.1 See D&D: Monster Manual, 5th ed., p. 153.
  3. See "Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18) at 2:40:11.
  4. 4.0 4.1 See D&D: Monster Manual, 5th ed., p. 151.
  5. See "Trial of the Take: Part 2" (1x19) at 28:27.
  6. See "Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18) at 2:40:11.
  7. 7.0 7.1 See Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 125.
  8. See "Manifold Morals" (2x74) at 1:55:27.
  9. 9.0 9.1 See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 119.
  10. See D&D: Monster Manual, 5th ed., p. 150.
  11. See "Trial of the Take: Part 2" (1x19) at 12:57.
  12. See D&D: Monster Manual, 5th ed., p. 154.
  13. See "Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18) at 2:40:11.
  14. See "Trial of the Take: Part 2" (1x19) at 28:13.
  15. See "Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18) at 2:40:01.
  16. 16.0 16.1 See Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 124-125.
  17. See Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn, p. 220.
  18. See "Manifold Morals" (2x74) at 1:55:27.
  19. See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 122.
  20. 20.0 20.1 See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 128.
  21. See Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn, p. 40.
  22. See "Trial of the Take: Part 2" (1x19) at 2:18:40.  The reference is probably to the characters of The Ambiguously Gay Duo.
  23. See Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 10.
  24. See "Aeor" (2x132) at 0:52:55.
  25. See "By Goat or By Boat" (3x56) at 0:39:32.

Art:

  1. Depiction of a frost giant, by Justin Sweet from D&D Monster Manual, 5th ed., p. 155. This page contains unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Wizards of the Coast Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.
  2. DDB Frost Giant Zombie on D&D Beyond. This file is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Wizards of the Coast Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.
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