Cyclops

Cyclopes (NaN undefineds NaN undefineds) were one-eyed giants that originally came from the Feywild.

Description
Cyclopes were one of the smallest types of giants, standing only and weighing, but they were as strong as the average stone giant. Cyclopes had earthy skin tones that blended with their surroundings. Males and females cyclopes of the Feywild were bald and had spiked heads instead of hair. Other cyclops had hair and more human-like appearances.

The most peculiar and distinguishing thing about cyclopes was the fact that they only had one large eye in the middle of their foreheads. It tended to be the same as the color of their skin. This eye was rumored to cause fear in any who looked at it. Their single eye gave them poor depth perception, however, and therefore they couldn't use missile weapons very well.

Abilities
Cyclopes could throw boulders like all giant-kin, but with less accuracy than normal because of their single eye. Cyclopes that lived in the Feydark were also amazing blacksmiths and crafted powerful items for their fomorian masters.

Religion
Cyclopes typically worshiped Grolantor, for they admired his power and might over giant-kin. But those who dwelled in fomorian societies in the Feydark often worshiped their masters, though the reasoning behind this was unknown to scholars.

Other sources claimed that cyclopes did not worship any gods, as they saw little benefit from prayer and disliked rituals for they seemed too complicated and foreign. However, a cyclops that gained some kind of benefits of apparently divine origin or else was threatened an unnatural force would pay homage to the supposed deity in order to retain their gift or avoid that threat, at least while it remained.

Craft
Cyclopes made many different and powerful magical and non-magical items. Their most proficient blacksmiths could forge rings of great magical power and swords with blades of lightning. Fomorians were known to highly value their skill in forging magical items.

Activities
They usually served as bodyguards, blacksmiths, soldiers, advisors, artistans, and spymasters in fomorian societies. Some eladrin believed that the roles they played in these societies were so crucial that they would be severely weakened without the cyclopses.

Homelands
Some cyclopes lived in such places as Nacmoran.

When not living in cities, many cyclopes lived in caves, ruins, or forests:
 * Citadel Umbra
 * Curna Mountains
 * Feywild
 * Giant's Belt Mountains
 * Kryonar's Caverns
 * Mines of Tethyamar
 * Oman
 * Veldorn
 * Snapping Turtle Bay

History
While cyclopes stated they descended from the line of Annam, most giants thought these brutes came from one of Othea's trysts.

Notable Cyclopes
In the Year of the Prince, 1357 DR, the mage Chancil Crystalheart of Memnon summoned a cyclops to beat Conner to death but eventually relented and dispelled the summons.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Tomb of Annihilation
 * Novels
 * Realms of Mystery: "Ekhar Lorrent: Gnome Detective" • The Masked Witches • The Rose of Sarifal
 * Comics
 * Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (#14)
 * Video Games
 * Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse • Icewind Dale • • Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear
 * Card Games
 * AD&D Trading Cards
 * Organized Play & Licensed Adventures
 * The Lady in Flames • Pool of Radiance Resurgent • The Howling Void • The Ark of the Mountains

Connections
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