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Lanaxis, also known as the Twilight Spirit, was a titan of great size and strength and the origin of the titan race. He and Othea claimed the vast cold plains of Faerûn, where Lanaxis constructed the citadel of Voninheim.[3][1]

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Lanaxis was the son of Annam All-Father and Othea.[3]

History[]

When Ulutiu's amulet began to freeze northern Faerûn, Lanaxis's citadel of Voninheim was put under threat, but Othea, his mother, forbade him to go after it. He immediately summoned his siblings and planned to go after the amulet anyway, but Dunmore refused to help. Lanaxis changed his plan, attempting to poison Othea, and inadvertently poisoned all of his siblings too, except Dunmore and Arno and Julian. Before Othea succumbed to the poison, she cursed Lanaxis to lose his immortality if he ever left her shadow. The sons of Lanaxis, the titans, fled to the plane of Arborea. The fate of Lanaxis was for a long time unknown.[4]

After the War of the Hart, an apparition of unknown identity, called the Twilight Spirit, began appearing in Twilight Vale once a year, attracting a pilgrimage of giants who believed it to speak a prophecy concerning the return of Annam All-Father to Abeir-Toril. It appeared as a large shadowy figure.[5] Notably, the stormazîn Xephras did not believe this prophecy was true.[6]

Ultimately, the Twilight Spirit was revealed to have been Lanaxis all along.[1]

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Appearances[]

Novels
The Twilight Giants: The Ogre's PactThe Giant Among UsThe Titan of Twilight

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References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Dale Donovan, Paul Culotta (August 1996). Heroes' Lorebook. (TSR, Inc), pp. 24, 123–124. ISBN 0-7869-0412-7.
  2. Troy Denning (September 1995). The Titan of Twilight. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 13, pp. 223, 229. ISBN 0-7869-3798-X.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ray Winninger (September 1995). Giantcraft. Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc.), p. 7. ISBN 0-7869-0163-2.
  4. Ray Winninger (September 1995). Giantcraft. Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc.), p. 11. ISBN 0-7869-0163-2.
  5. Ray Winninger (September 1995). Giantcraft. Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc.), p. 12. ISBN 0-7869-0163-2.
  6. Ray Winninger (September 1995). Giantcraft. Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc.), p. 42. ISBN 0-7869-0163-2.

Connections[]

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