Fomorian

Fomorians were a race of giants.

They were hideously deformed and misshapen, but the random positioning of their sense organs gave them keen perception. Fomorians had no loyalty beyond those they feared and they seek the enslavement of all creatures, particularly fey.

Abilities
Fomorians primarily inhabited the Feydark, the Underdark's counterpart in the plane of the Feywild, but could easily enter the Prime Material Plane through portals, crossings, and their own ritual magic. In their native plane, fomorians' magical power was so monstrous it caused them endless pain, which slowly drove them insane.

The fomorians' deformities prevented them from throwing boulders the way other giants did; however, they still wielded mighty weapons, usually greatclubs, and they wielded advanced arcane spells. Their deformities were also said to render them immune to all forms of lycanthropy.

Fomorians had a magical attack called an "evil eye", and the additional ability to deal a "curse of the evil eye" on an enemy.

History
Fomorians' greed drove them in a quest to acquire all the magic of the Feywild. The other fey united in defense and defeated the fomorians.

Early on, fomorians were a hideously ugly and grossly deformed type of giant-kin, created when the giant deity Annam All-Father's wife, Othea, had an affair with Ulutiu. Males were approximately 13.5 feet (4.1 meters) tall and weighed about 1,000 pounds (450 kilograms) while females stood about 13 feet (3.96 meters) tall and weighed 660 pounds (300 kilograms).

Fomorians primarily worshiped the god Karontor and often performed manual labor for frost giants, hill giants, and ogres (especially in the Ice Spires) in exchange for food and lodging of poor quality. Due to their physical appearance, fomorians were only tolerated by these societies. Otherwise, fomorians were usually found in caves, abandoned mine shafts, or like areas, decorated by the half-eaten remains of their last meal, with the strongest fomorian ruling over the rest, and females and children treated no better than slaves. Captives were usually tortured for their captors' amusement, then eaten.

Society
Fomorian society was based around viciousness, with the cruelest and strongest among them typically taking the role of leader. They were also highly patriarchal, typically treating their women and children no better than slaves.

The fomorians, along with their cyclops servants, were the Feydark's greatest organized threat to the eladrin of the Feywild.

Harrowhame, Mag Tureah, and Vor Thomil were the three largest domains ruled by ruthless giants. Harrowhame, known for its slave trade, was ruled by King Bronnor who often contracted with the lycanthropes of nearby Brokenstone Vale. King Thrumbolg, the First Lord, reigned supreme over the largest fomorian kingdom, Mag Tureah, which was riddled with myriad portals to other planes. The mad Queen Connomae ruled Vor Thomil.

Most fomorians believed that the prophesied king of giants would be born as a fomorian and would not realize his destiny at first, but when he did, he would be transformed into a giant larger than any titan, and subsequently transform the entire fomorian race also.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Out of the Abyss
 * The Quest for Sporedome
 * Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage


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 * Icons of the Realms
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 * A Darkened Wish 1
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 * The Spirit of Myrrth
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 * The Titan of Twilight
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