Giants of Gantua

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The Giants of Gantua.

The Giants of Gantua are a race of beings from the movie Jack the Giant Slayer.

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History

Gantua, home of the Giants.

The Giants of Gantua were a race of gigantic humanoid beings that inhabited the perilous realm of Gantua that was situated between heaven and Earth. Situated above the clouds, this mystical land was home to a fierce giant race that had long lived alone in their home. Contact between giant and man came when the monks of the kingdom of Cloister in the lands of Albion went on a quest to find their god. They created magic seeds as a result of black magic that were grown from a magical pod with these being planted to serve as a pathway to find their deity. Once planted, the seeds grew into a magical beanstalk that spiraled into the sky where it was believed by the monks that it would reach heaven itself. The monks would climb the beanstalk thinking that they would reach the gates of heaven but unknown to them they came upon the realm of Gantua that was home of the giants. Upon arriving, they faced a horrible fate and were killed during the first encounter. Afterwards, the beanstalk was used by the giants as a bridge way to pillage the lands of men where they descended in large numbers to plunder the kingdoms of Albion. They quickly came to hold a taste for acquiring treasures and goods which saw them destroy obstacles before them in order to steal treasures as well as livestock. However, a more brutal aspect of the Giants of Gantua was that they had grown to desire the taste of humans that they would devour leading them to prey on mankind. In order to combat this foe, King Erik of Albion bade the monks to return to their dark arts in order to find a way to control the giants and stop their rampage. From a slain giant, the monks took the beasts heart and melted it down where in a combination with magic they forged a mystical crown for their king. Upon wearing the crown, the giants became compelled to follow its commands and thus were enslaved to King Erik's will. With its power, he commanded them to return to their realm of Gantua to serve as their prison whilst the beanstalk was severed thus cutting Albion's ties to that land. Thus, peace was returned to the lands of man with the last of the magical beans being placed in the king's hands along with his crown. In time, King Erik would pass away but in his tomb he kept the magical crown and magical beans so that they would forever be in his care.

Since that time, the time of the Giants of Gantua's onslaught had become regarded as a myth to the people of Albion with this being told as a story to the children of Cloister. Princess Isabelle was told stories of the giants by her mother the queen of Cloister whilst a young farm boy called Jack was similarly told the legend by his father. After ten years, the Lord High Constable Roderick made a secret plot to take the lands of Cloister and become its ruler. To that end, he secretly pillaged the tomb of King Erik where he took the magic crown and the beans from the catacombs in a plot to use them. This plan was discovered by the order of monks of Cloister with Brother Abel dispatched to retrieve the beans to stop their dark magic from being used to make another beanstalk. However, he was unable to return as Roderick sent his men to retrieve the relic so he gave them to the now adult farmboy Jack in exchange for a horse to use as a distraction. The monk bade Jack to give the beans to his fellows in his order for safekeeping where he promised monetary payment for the horse. His uncle would later tell him off as he believed that his nephew had been tricked and stolen the horse as he disregarded any myth surrounding the beans with one falling underneath the wooden floor of the house. During a thunderstorm, rain fell on the bean creating a beanstalk that propelled Jack's house into the sky thus linking Albion once more with Gantua. At the time, Princess Isabelle had been taking shelter in the farm house thus leading to her being sent into the giant's realm. The emergence of the beanstalk attracted the royal army with the King being informed of the Princess's disappearance thus he charged his soldiers with Jack going up the beanstalk to find her. After travelling up the beanstalk, they arrived in the lands of Gantua though some of the soldiers did not believe in the myths of the giants despite their arrival in the lands in the sky.

Overview

In appearance, the giants resembled the forms of humans but much larger with more monstrous features. Each was far stronger then man that allowed them to break through stone walls and carry large weights. Some varied in their forms as they possessed not one but two heads.

Children in the Cloister were taught not to ask where the thunder came or where the herds had gone or why the birds had ceased their song as these were the actions of the giants. Legends would speak that thunderstorms were made by the Giants of Gantua. They were considered monsters that terrorized the lands of Albion and attacked the people of man. The giants were plunderers who desired to steal the possessions of man that included treasures and livestock but also grew to prey on humans who they devoured completely.

Members

  • Fallon : a male two headed giant that served as the general of the armies of Gantua and thus their leader.

Appearances

  • Jack the Giant Slayer:

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