Are Giants related to elves?

Post » Mon May 07, 2012 2:20 pm

If a lore buff is reading this is it at;east possible that giants are related to mer? You see I was playing Skyrim. I saw a giant in a loading screen. And I noticed he/she has pointy ears... So I am wondering..
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 1:50 am

That would be quite interesting, and we know that the Dwemer had dealings with them, but I can't recall anything suggesting a connection. As for pointed ears, there are a number of other critters with pointed ears in Tamriel and I don't imagine they're all related to elves.
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 1:01 am

That would be quite interesting, and we know that the Dwemer had dealings with them, but I can't recall anything suggesting a connection. As for pointed ears, there are a number of other critters with pointed ears in Tamriel and I don't imagine they're all related to elves.

But is there a theory suggesting that they are related once?
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 9:30 pm

Well, I assume lore wise that they have black souls (not in-game) which means they probably have the same ancestors.

After all, humans and Tsaescii are related to Elves.
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 8:12 pm

There are creatures with pointed ears other than elves. Although I will go ahead and try to make a connection between the giants & elves.

Well a starting point might be to relate the ogres to the giants, both of them have extended brows, pointed ears, live out nomadic existences,
they both also resemble civilised counterparts: nords and orcs. My own belief is that ogres and giants are simply orsimer/nords heavily affected
by the curse of Malacath that they transformed to become more alike in their existence to the Daedric Prince's sphere.
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 11:11 pm

If a lore buff is reading this is it at;east possible that giants are related to mer? You see I was playing Skyrim. I saw a giant in a loading screen. And I noticed he/she has pointy ears... So I am wondering..
Giants are the forefathers of the Nords before they got shorter. It was also them who named the Dwemer 'Dwarves'.
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 11:14 am

There's more to imply that the Giants are related to men, actually.

the Giants came from Old Atmora, up there across the Northern Ice back in the gone-to-twilight-now age of myth... and settled here in the Skyrim, and all along the mountain ranges of our coasts. (Yes, they are our true ancestors-- do not believe your aunt from the university-- and, yes, we were once as big as them-- as tall as THIS-- but that is another story)...
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 9:14 pm

What if giants are the closest link to the Ehlnofey? This explains their Nordic facial features and their ears.
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 4:04 pm

Fascinating stuff
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