Giants

Giants are one of the most enigmatic races of Arda.Some elves believe the giants of middle-earth to be descendants of the ancient giants Gilim and Glend, summer and winter giants of Eruman and Avathar in Aman and as such as a subrace of the Maiar or some kind of incarnated Ainur.Others however believe the giants to be creatures of Morgoth, corruptions of some other unknown species while still other loremasters guess that they might be still of different, unknown descend.Giants are known to live in the Hithaeglir and the Ered Nimrais (where they are said to have assisted the numenoreans in building the tower of Orthanc ond even Minas Tirith), the Stone giants of the northern ered Nimrais are a fierce and wild tribe, enemy to any strangers who dare to travel through their lands, while the giants of the southern misty mountains are a more peaceful tribe that lives as herdspeople and farmers near the borders of Dunland and has friendly ties to some of the neighbouring mannish tribes.Other giants are said to inhabit the Ered Luin, the Iron Hills and the Ered Mithrin.Most of these are believed to be descendants of ancient giant tribes that hailed from the Irin mountains in the first Age or the elder days, some legends say there still are giants in northern and eastern remnants of these mountains such as the Ered Rhívamar and the mountains of Urd.Other mountain ranges of middle-earth as the Ered Harmal, the Ered Laranor, the Barl Syrnac and even the Orocarni are believed to be home to giant-races too.


 * Winter Giants or Ice Giants
 * Stone Giants
 * Summer Giants