Othea

Othea

Othea (known as Deronain in Auld Dwarvish and Sonnhild in ancient Thorass) was a goddess who married Annam All-Father and bore his children, who would become the origin of the giant race. She would later claim the cold vast plains with Annam's son Lanaxis.

Relatives

Othea was the wife of Annam All-Father. Her sons were Arno and Julian, Dunmore, Masud, Nicias, Obadai, Ottar, Ruk and Vilmos.

Background

Othea was unfaithful to Annam, her husband. She betrayed him with Vaprak to create the ogre race, and then with Ulutiu, shortly before the end of the giant war against the dragons, to form the firbolgs, fomorians, verbeeg and possibly also the voadkyn, although this race could have been fathered by Annam. Annam found out about her affair and killed Ulutiu. Othea was so upset by this that she refused to give Annam another child, but Annam tricked her to get her pregnant. They reached a compromise where Annam agreed to leave Abeir-Toril until the child called for him, in return for Othea not terminating the pregnancy.

Othea was poisoned by her son, Lanaxis, when she refused to let him save his citadel of Voninheim. Before she died, she cursed him, causing him to flee to Arborea. Her unborn son Hartkiller managed to survive.