Northern Giant

The Northern Giants were a race of giant that existed in the British Isles. They were the northern cousins of the Southern Giants.

Common during the mid Iron Age, the Northern Giants yielded from the Scottish Highlands. The harsh conditions in the mountains accelerated their development and they evolved into intelligent beings who built flourishing societies. This led them to founding the Giant Kingdom which was ruled by Gomagoc.

The Northern Giants had a particular hatred of the Celtic Britons who shared the British Isles with them. By 788 BC, the Giant Kingdom had conquered most of the Celtic tribes in the land, with only the southwestern kingdom of Cornwall surviving. Gogmagog, son of Gomagoc, laid siege to the kingdom, but was defeated when the Cornish received unexpected help from Brutus, the leader of a migrated band of freed Greek slaves. Gogmagog was killed by the Cornish leader Corineus. Crippled by the Trojan attack, the Giant Kingdom fell to the leadership of Goemagot who continued the attacks on the Celts as they encroached on Giant territory.

In 778 BC, Goemagot killed Corineus. Angered by the death of his friend and ally, Brutus launched a massive campaign to rid the British Isles of giants. He wiped out the Southern Giants, despite them not being involved with the conflict and pushed the Northern Giants back into the Scottish Highlands where they came from.

Giants disappeared from history after the campaign, leading the British people to believe that the species had gone extinct. However, during the invasions of the Anglo-Saxons and the Danish Vikings, a group of fleeing Celts travelled into the far north and founded the town of Fortriu, which was subsequently destroyed by the descendants of the Northern Giants who Brutus had banished more than a millennia before.