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'''Annam All-Father''' was a [[giant]] deity and creator of the giant race.
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'''Annam All-Father''' was the chief [[Giant pantheon|giant deity]] and creator of the [[giant]] race, known also as the Prime, the Progenitor of Worlds, the Great Creator<ref name="DoFp95-6">{{Cite book/Defenders of the Faith|95-96}}</ref>, and the Creator-By-Thought.<ref name="MMythp73">{{Cite book/Monster Mythology|73}}</ref>
   
==Background==
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== Description ==
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Annam's avatar appeared as a giant of massive size, standing at least {{SI|100|ft|long=yes}} tall if not taller. He had white hair and a large full beard, and was clad in robes of midnight blue.<ref name="MMythp75">{{Cite book/Monster Mythology|75}}</ref><ref name="Giantcraft-pp43-45">{{Cite book/Giantcraft|43-45}}</ref>
[[File:Wah-ree.png|thumb|right|270px|''Annam All-Father playing a game of ''[[wah-ree]]'' with [[Garyx]]'']]
 
Annam came across the planet of [[Abeir-Toril]] at a time before the existence of [[dwarves]], [[elves]], and [[human]]s. He met and married [[Othea]], who took the form of a mountain on the edge of the [[Cold Lands]]. They had children, who were not Annam's first (he had previously had immortal children), but they were Annam's first terrestrial children. His favorite sons were [[Lanaxis]], [[Masud]], [[Nicias]], [[Obadai]], [[Ottar]], [[Ruk]], and [[Vilmos]], who all went on to form one of the main giant species, and his two-headed son, [[Arno and Julian]], went on to become [[ettin]], meaning "runt".<ref name="GC-p7">{{Cite book/Giantcraft|7}}</ref> He also believed that [[Dunmore]] was his son, but this was not the case: Dunmore's father was [[Ulutiu]].<ref name="GC-p11">{{Cite book/Giantcraft|11}}</ref>
 
   
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== Personality ==
Giant traditions held that Annam stopped the [[Thousand Year War]], after having convinced the dragon god [[Garyx]]<ref name="tGHotR-p8">{{Cite book/The Grand History of the Realms|8}}</ref> to settle the war with a game of ''[[wah-ree]]''. So skilled were the two opponents that game ended in a stalemate, and the war came to an end.<ref name="Giantcraft-p9">{{Cite book/Giantcraft|9}}</ref>
 
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Annam had a dual nature. He was an omniscient god of learning and meditation who could spend a thousand years contemplating a single subject, while at the same time being an entity who acts on impulse and instinct.<ref name="MMythp75" /><ref name="Giantcraft-pp43-45">{{Cite book/Giantcraft|43-45}}</ref> He is patient, not caring about the passing of time due to his immortal nature, but simultaneously impatient for his long-reaching goals to reach their conclusion. He could also be incredibly stubborn, refusing to change his mind once it was made up even if new evidence proved his decision wrong,<ref name="Giantcraft-pp43-45">{{Cite book/Giantcraft|43-45}}</ref> although there were exceptions to his stubbornness, such as when [[Hiatea]] proved to him that he was wrong for refusing to allow his consorts to give birth to daughters.<ref name="MMythp75" /> As a god of creation and fertility, he was particularly lustful, having sired numerous children and keeping multiple paramours. However, the failings of his offspring and his lack of a true wife and partner caused him great sadness and depression.<ref name="MMythp75" /> Additionally, all of his worshipers see him as the embodiment of the particular traits that the worshiper values. For example, he was seen as a massive glutton to hill giants, an artist by stone giants, and a reveler and warrior to frost giants.<ref name="Giantcraft-pp43-45">{{Cite book/Giantcraft|43-45}}</ref>
   
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== Abilities ==
Annam discovered that his wife was having an affair with Ulutiu and killed Ulutiu as a result. He wanted to have another child who would be able to rebuild his kingdom of [[Ostoria]] after the war with the dragons, but Othea was so upset by the death of Ulutiu that she refused. Annam tricked her to get her pregnant, and the pair reached a compromise whereby the child would be allowed to live if Annam agreed to leave Toril until it called his name.<ref name="GC-p10">{{Cite book/Giantcraft|10}}</ref>
 
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As a god of knowledge and magic, Annam's avatar could cast spells from any school and sphere. He could, with a wave of his hand, cause an [[earthquake|''earthquake'']]'','' use ''[[telekinesis]],'' create a massive [[wall of force|''wall of force'']]'','' and use [[Bigby's crushing hand|''Bigby's crushing hand'']]. He was also immune to [[energy drain]] effects, mind-affecting magic, petrification, paralysis, death magic, and any weapon that was not powerfully enchanted. However, he had a unique weakness in that any blow that struck the top of his head was guaranteed to leave him stunned.<ref name="MMythp75" /><ref name="Giantcraft-pp43-45">{{Cite book/Giantcraft|43-45}}</ref>
   
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== Activities ==
It is unclear how Ulutiu returned to life, but he made a deal with Annam whereby the giant god would spare Othea in exchange for Ulutiu's voluntary exile. Ulutiu sank into the [[Cold Ocean]] with his necklace; the sea flash-froze into the [[Great Glacier]]. Othea planned to reunite with Ulutiu but was murdered for her adultery by one of her sons, who for reasons unknown to mortals could not venture onto the ice while his mother lived.<ref name="FPp109">{{Cite book/Faiths and Pantheons|109}}</ref>
 
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== Divine Realm ==
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== Possessions ==
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Annam owned a massive store of magical weapons, but rarely used any except his [[staff of power]], which also allowed him to cast multiple [[wish|''wish'']] spells.<ref name="MMythp75" />
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== History ==
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=== Origins ===
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Annam was an ancient god and much of his origin is unclear. He is rumored to be the offspring of the primordial forces of [[Law]] and [[Chaos]].<ref name="Giantcraft-pp43-45">{{Cite book/Giantcraft|43-45}}</ref> Some myths say that Annam wandered the multiverse, creating worlds and gods on a whim. Others say that he is a sleeping god whose dreams create the fundamental substance of reality that other gods use in their own creations.<ref name="MMythp73">{{Cite book/Monster Mythology|73}}</ref><ref name="MMythp75" /> Regardless, he was one of the first gods to come to [[Abeir-Toril]], his arrival predating that of [[dwarves]], [[humans]], and even [[elves]]. At this point he had at least fathered [[Stronmaus]] and possibly several other male members of the [[Giant pantheon|Ordning]].<ref name="Giantcraft-pp43-45">{{Cite book/Giantcraft|43-45}}</ref>
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Shortly after his arrival, he met and married [[Othea]], who took the form of a mountain on the edge of the [[Cold Lands]]. She bore his first terrestrial children, who became the progenitors of the giant races. They were [[Lanaxis]], [[Masud]], [[Nicias]], [[Obadai]], [[Ottar]], [[Ruk]], [[Vilmos]], and his two-headed son, [[Arno and Julian]]. He also had dalliance with a giant woman after his sons were born, resulting in the birth of his daughter [[Hiatea]]. Previously he had valued sons over daughters, using magic to change any expected female offspring into a male while still in the womb. However, Hiatea was hidden from him, and upon reaching adulthood proved her worth to the All-Father. From then on he allowed his daughters to be born unchanged, and [[Iallanis]] and [[Diancastra]] were born sometimes later.
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=== Creation of Ostoria ===
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After the birth of his terrestrial sons, Annam founded a kingdom called [[Ostoria]] for them and their offspring as a sign of his favor.<ref>{{Cite book/Giantcraft|7}}</ref> He also established the [[Ordning (social structure)|ordning]] so that his mortal descendants could always know their status among each other.<ref>{{Cite book/Volo's Guide to Monsters|18}}</ref>[[File:Wah-ree.png|thumb|right|270px|''Annam All-Father playing a game of ''[[wah-ree]]'' with [[Garyx]]'']]Dragons began to develop on Abeir-Toril some time after Ostoria's founding, and when the wyrms grew big enough to begin compete and war with the giants for territory. Giant traditions held that Annam stopped the resulting [[Thousand Year War]] by convincing the dragon god [[Garyx]]<ref name="tGHotR-p8">{{Cite book/The Grand History of the Realms|8}}</ref> to settle the war with a game of ''[[wah-ree]]''. So skilled were the two opponents that game ended in a stalemate, and the war came to an end. Unfortunately, Ostoria had already been reduced to a shadow of its previous glory.<ref name="Giantcraft-p9">{{Cite book/Giantcraft|9}}</ref>
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=== Exile ===
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There were many theories as to why Annam turned his back on the world. Some said he simply grew tired of watching over countless worlds he created and the conflicts on them, particularly those of his competitive children.<ref name="MMythp75">{{Cite book/Monster Mythology|75}}</ref> Others, in a more humorous vein, say that he fled to escape his many nagging paramours, concubines, and wives, a result of his lustful nature.<ref name="MMythp73">{{Cite book/Monster Mythology|73}}</ref> The most popular theory involves a betrayal by his wife Othea.<ref name="Giantcraft-pp9-10">{{Cite book/Giantcraft|9-10}}</ref>
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Shortly before the war ended, Othea began an affair with [[Ulutiu]], resulting in several children who went on to be the progenitors of most of the giant-kin races. Othea attempted to conceal this from Annam, even going so far as telling him that that her son [[Dunmore]] by Ulutiu was actually Annam's, but the All-Father eventually found out. His wrath was terrible, and ancient giant carvings show him slaying Ulutiu, causing a massive tempest.<ref name="Giantcraft-pp9-10">{{Cite book/Giantcraft|9-10}}</ref> However, in reality Ulutiu eventually bargained with him, agreeing to go into a slumbering exile if Annam would spare Othea.<ref name="FPp109">{{Cite book/Faiths and Pantheons|109}}</ref> Ulutiu fell deep into the [[Cold Ocean]], where his amulet began to freeze the waters around him.<ref name="Giantcraft-pp9-10">{{Cite book/Giantcraft|9-10}}</ref>
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Heartbroken, Othea refused to procreate with Annam again. He then tricked her by taking the form of a divine wind and blowing across her slopes, siring one more son who would restore the failing giant kingdom. However, she immediately realized what he had done and refused to give birth. They eventually came to a reluctant agreement in which Annam would leave Abeir-Toril till the son Othea would give birth to called his name. Othea in turn would not expel the child prematurely.<ref name="Giantcraft-pp9-10">{{Cite book/Giantcraft|9-10}}</ref>
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Unfortunately, this plan did not come to fruition. The ice spreading from Ulutiu's amulet formed the [[Endless Ice Sea]] and the [[Great Glacier]], which destroyed much of what remained of Ostoria, even threatening the capital city of [[Voninheim]] where Lanaxis dwelt. He and his brothers knew how to stop the ice, but Othea had forbidden them from setting foot on the ice. Lanaxis developed a plan to defy her and retrieve Ulutiu's amulet, but Dunmore refused to support him. Lanaxis instead decided to poison Othea, but also accidentally poisoned most of his brothers. Othea cursed him with her dying breath, and then her mountainous body died, trapping the half-grown final son of Annam within.<ref>{{Cite book/Giantcraft|11}}</ref>
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When he was finally born, the final son, known as [[Hartkiller]], attempted to pursue his destiny of restoring Ostoria. Unfortunately, his mother's death had stunted his growth, and he was rejected by the other giants, eventually being slain in a war he provoked between the giants and his human and giant-kin allies. As a result, Annam remained bound by his word, for the most part unable to interact with the world.<ref>{{Cite book/Giantcraft|11-12}}</ref> Where he resided was also a point of contention. Most said he lived in a new divine realm called the Hidden Realm, which was located in either the [[Outlands]],<ref name="PPO-p29">{{Cite book/A Player's Primer to the Outlands|29}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book/Giantcraft|44}}</ref> his home plane of Jotunheim,<ref name=":1">{{Cite book/Player's Guide to Faerun|160}}</ref> or the Elemental Chaos following the Spellplague.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide|67}}</ref> Others said he was in a demiplane of [[Concordant Opposition]].<ref name="MMythp75">{{Cite book/Monster Mythology|75}}</ref> Regardless, not even his own children know where it is or can enter it without his permision, and he dwells alone for the most part.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name="MMythp75">{{Cite book/Monster Mythology|75}}</ref> This restricted his ability to interact with his priests, but he still granted spells to the rare few who worshiped him and would send a single vision of the future to any priest of the giant gods who became powerful enough.
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=== Recent History ===
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By the late 15th century DR, the beliefs about Annam's silence had changed. It was said that he had in fact disowned all giants after the fall of Ostoria, and that he was not forced to not interact with mortals, he simply refused to. He did not answer prayers, and so was no longer directly worshiped.<ref>{{Cite book/Volo's Guide to Monsters|19}}</ref>
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Sometime after [[1485 DR]], Annam shattered the ordning, believing the giants had fallen into complacency. This caused giants lower in the ordning to challenge the established hierarchy.<ref>{{Cite book/Storm King's Thunder|13}}</ref>
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== Relationships ==
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Annam had mixed relationships with his children, favoring Stronmaus,<ref>{{Cite book/Giantcraft|47}}</ref> Hiatea,<ref name="MMythp73">{{Cite book/Monster Mythology|73}}</ref> and Iallanis<ref>{{Cite book/Giantcraft|52
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}}</ref> and despairing over Grolantor, Karontor, Memnor, and the ever-competing Surtr and Thrym,<ref name="MMythp73">{{Cite book/Monster Mythology|73}}</ref> although Surtr did have his father's favor due to his skillful crafting of weapons and arms.<ref>{{Cite book/Volo's Guide to Monsters|28}}</ref> His relationship with Skoraeus Stonebones was less well known due to his son's reclusive nature.<ref name="MMythp73">{{Cite book/Monster Mythology|73}}</ref> Diancastra is also favored child, as he found her wit amused him and lifted his depressions as little else did.<ref>{{Cite book/Monster Mythology|81}}</ref> Due to his isolation and high opinion of himself, he did not interact with other gods often.
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== Symbol ==
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Annam's holy symbol was a pair of hands with their wrists together and the fingers pointing down.<ref name="MMythp75">{{Cite book/Monster Mythology|75}}</ref><ref name="Giantcraft-pp43-45">{{Cite book/Giantcraft|43-45}}</ref>
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== Worshipers ==
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=== Beliefs ===
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=== Heresies ===
   
 
==Appendix==
 
==Appendix==
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{{Incomplete}}
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===References===
 
===References===
 
{{refs}}
 
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Annam All-Father was the chief giant deity and creator of the giant race, known also as the Prime, the Progenitor of Worlds, the Great Creator[1], and the Creator-By-Thought.[2]

Description

Annam's avatar appeared as a giant of massive size, standing at least 100 feet (30 meters) tall if not taller. He had white hair and a large full beard, and was clad in robes of midnight blue.[8][5]

Personality

Annam had a dual nature. He was an omniscient god of learning and meditation who could spend a thousand years contemplating a single subject, while at the same time being an entity who acts on impulse and instinct.[8][5] He is patient, not caring about the passing of time due to his immortal nature, but simultaneously impatient for his long-reaching goals to reach their conclusion. He could also be incredibly stubborn, refusing to change his mind once it was made up even if new evidence proved his decision wrong,[5] although there were exceptions to his stubbornness, such as when Hiatea proved to him that he was wrong for refusing to allow his consorts to give birth to daughters.[8] As a god of creation and fertility, he was particularly lustful, having sired numerous children and keeping multiple paramours. However, the failings of his offspring and his lack of a true wife and partner caused him great sadness and depression.[8] Additionally, all of his worshipers see him as the embodiment of the particular traits that the worshiper values. For example, he was seen as a massive glutton to hill giants, an artist by stone giants, and a reveler and warrior to frost giants.[5]

Abilities

As a god of knowledge and magic, Annam's avatar could cast spells from any school and sphere. He could, with a wave of his hand, cause an earthquake, use telekinesis, create a massive wall of force, and use Bigby's crushing hand. He was also immune to energy drain effects, mind-affecting magic, petrification, paralysis, death magic, and any weapon that was not powerfully enchanted. However, he had a unique weakness in that any blow that struck the top of his head was guaranteed to leave him stunned.[8][5]

Activities

Divine Realm

Possessions

Annam owned a massive store of magical weapons, but rarely used any except his staff of power, which also allowed him to cast multiple wish spells.[8]

History

Origins

Annam was an ancient god and much of his origin is unclear. He is rumored to be the offspring of the primordial forces of Law and Chaos.[5] Some myths say that Annam wandered the multiverse, creating worlds and gods on a whim. Others say that he is a sleeping god whose dreams create the fundamental substance of reality that other gods use in their own creations.[2][8] Regardless, he was one of the first gods to come to Abeir-Toril, his arrival predating that of dwarves, humans, and even elves. At this point he had at least fathered Stronmaus and possibly several other male members of the Ordning.[5]

Shortly after his arrival, he met and married Othea, who took the form of a mountain on the edge of the Cold Lands. She bore his first terrestrial children, who became the progenitors of the giant races. They were Lanaxis, Masud, Nicias, Obadai, Ottar, Ruk, Vilmos, and his two-headed son, Arno and Julian. He also had dalliance with a giant woman after his sons were born, resulting in the birth of his daughter Hiatea. Previously he had valued sons over daughters, using magic to change any expected female offspring into a male while still in the womb. However, Hiatea was hidden from him, and upon reaching adulthood proved her worth to the All-Father. From then on he allowed his daughters to be born unchanged, and Iallanis and Diancastra were born sometimes later.

Creation of Ostoria

After the birth of his terrestrial sons, Annam founded a kingdom called Ostoria for them and their offspring as a sign of his favor.[9] He also established the ordning so that his mortal descendants could always know their status among each other.[10]

Wah-ree

Annam All-Father playing a game of wah-ree with Garyx

Dragons began to develop on Abeir-Toril some time after Ostoria's founding, and when the wyrms grew big enough to begin compete and war with the giants for territory. Giant traditions held that Annam stopped the resulting Thousand Year War by convincing the dragon god Garyx[11] to settle the war with a game of wah-ree. So skilled were the two opponents that game ended in a stalemate, and the war came to an end. Unfortunately, Ostoria had already been reduced to a shadow of its previous glory.[12]

Exile

There were many theories as to why Annam turned his back on the world. Some said he simply grew tired of watching over countless worlds he created and the conflicts on them, particularly those of his competitive children.[8] Others, in a more humorous vein, say that he fled to escape his many nagging paramours, concubines, and wives, a result of his lustful nature.[2] The most popular theory involves a betrayal by his wife Othea.[13]

Shortly before the war ended, Othea began an affair with Ulutiu, resulting in several children who went on to be the progenitors of most of the giant-kin races. Othea attempted to conceal this from Annam, even going so far as telling him that that her son Dunmore by Ulutiu was actually Annam's, but the All-Father eventually found out. His wrath was terrible, and ancient giant carvings show him slaying Ulutiu, causing a massive tempest.[13] However, in reality Ulutiu eventually bargained with him, agreeing to go into a slumbering exile if Annam would spare Othea.[14] Ulutiu fell deep into the Cold Ocean, where his amulet began to freeze the waters around him.[13]

Heartbroken, Othea refused to procreate with Annam again. He then tricked her by taking the form of a divine wind and blowing across her slopes, siring one more son who would restore the failing giant kingdom. However, she immediately realized what he had done and refused to give birth. They eventually came to a reluctant agreement in which Annam would leave Abeir-Toril till the son Othea would give birth to called his name. Othea in turn would not expel the child prematurely.[13]

Unfortunately, this plan did not come to fruition. The ice spreading from Ulutiu's amulet formed the Endless Ice Sea and the Great Glacier, which destroyed much of what remained of Ostoria, even threatening the capital city of Voninheim where Lanaxis dwelt. He and his brothers knew how to stop the ice, but Othea had forbidden them from setting foot on the ice. Lanaxis developed a plan to defy her and retrieve Ulutiu's amulet, but Dunmore refused to support him. Lanaxis instead decided to poison Othea, but also accidentally poisoned most of his brothers. Othea cursed him with her dying breath, and then her mountainous body died, trapping the half-grown final son of Annam within.[15]

When he was finally born, the final son, known as Hartkiller, attempted to pursue his destiny of restoring Ostoria. Unfortunately, his mother's death had stunted his growth, and he was rejected by the other giants, eventually being slain in a war he provoked between the giants and his human and giant-kin allies. As a result, Annam remained bound by his word, for the most part unable to interact with the world.[16] Where he resided was also a point of contention. Most said he lived in a new divine realm called the Hidden Realm, which was located in either the Outlands,[7][17] his home plane of Jotunheim,[18] or the Elemental Chaos following the Spellplague.[19] Others said he was in a demiplane of Concordant Opposition.[8] Regardless, not even his own children know where it is or can enter it without his permision, and he dwells alone for the most part.[17][18][19][8] This restricted his ability to interact with his priests, but he still granted spells to the rare few who worshiped him and would send a single vision of the future to any priest of the giant gods who became powerful enough.

Recent History

By the late 15th century DR, the beliefs about Annam's silence had changed. It was said that he had in fact disowned all giants after the fall of Ostoria, and that he was not forced to not interact with mortals, he simply refused to. He did not answer prayers, and so was no longer directly worshiped.[20]

Sometime after 1485 DR, Annam shattered the ordning, believing the giants had fallen into complacency. This caused giants lower in the ordning to challenge the established hierarchy.[21]

Relationships

Annam had mixed relationships with his children, favoring Stronmaus,[22] Hiatea,[2] and Iallanis[23] and despairing over Grolantor, Karontor, Memnor, and the ever-competing Surtr and Thrym,[2] although Surtr did have his father's favor due to his skillful crafting of weapons and arms.[24] His relationship with Skoraeus Stonebones was less well known due to his son's reclusive nature.[2] Diancastra is also favored child, as he found her wit amused him and lifted his depressions as little else did.[25] Due to his isolation and high opinion of himself, he did not interact with other gods often.

Symbol

Annam's holy symbol was a pair of hands with their wrists together and the fingers pointing down.[8][5]

Worshipers

Beliefs

Heresies

Appendix

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Rich Redman, James Wyatt (May 2001). Defenders of the Faith. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 95–96. ISBN 0-7869-1840-3.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Carl Sargent (May 1992). Monster Mythology. (TSR, Inc), p. 73. ISBN 1-5607-6362-0.
  3. Mike Mearls, et al. (November 2016). Volo's Guide to Monsters. Edited by Jeremy Crawford, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 18–32. ISBN 978-0786966011.
  4. Eric L. Boyd, Erik Mona (May 2002). Faiths and Pantheons. Edited by Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 221. ISBN 0-7869-2759-3.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Ray Winninger (September 1995). Giantcraft. Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 43–45. ISBN 0-7869-0163-2.
  6. Colin McComb (October 1996). On Hallowed Ground. Edited by Ray Vallese. (TSR, Inc.), p. 175. ISBN 0-7869-0430-5.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Jeff Grubb (May 1995). A Player's Primer to the Outlands. Edited by Ray Vallese. (TSR, Inc.), p. 29. ISBN 0-7869-0121-7.
  8. 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 Carl Sargent (May 1992). Monster Mythology. (TSR, Inc), p. 75. ISBN 1-5607-6362-0.
  9. Ray Winninger (September 1995). Giantcraft. Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc.), p. 7. ISBN 0-7869-0163-2.
  10. Mike Mearls, et al. (November 2016). Volo's Guide to Monsters. Edited by Jeremy Crawford, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 18. ISBN 978-0786966011.
  11. Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
  12. Ray Winninger (September 1995). Giantcraft. Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc.), p. 9. ISBN 0-7869-0163-2.
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Ray Winninger (September 1995). Giantcraft. Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 9–10. ISBN 0-7869-0163-2.
  14. Eric L. Boyd, Erik Mona (May 2002). Faiths and Pantheons. Edited by Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 109. ISBN 0-7869-2759-3.
  15. Ray Winninger (September 1995). Giantcraft. Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc.), p. 11. ISBN 0-7869-0163-2.
  16. Ray Winninger (September 1995). Giantcraft. Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 11–12. ISBN 0-7869-0163-2.
  17. 17.0 17.1 Ray Winninger (September 1995). Giantcraft. Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc.), p. 44. ISBN 0-7869-0163-2.
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Connections

The Giant Pantheon
Annam All-Father
Othea
Subservient Deities
DiancastraGrolantorHiateaIallanisKarontorMemnorSkoraeus StonebonesStronmausSurtrThrym
Progenitors
DunmoreArno and JulianLanaxisMasudNiciasObadaiOttarRukVilmos