Thread:The Second Age Server/@comment-27401094-20170521170843

Most in Middle-Earth presume Stone Giants to be no more than folklore. They had almost never been seen, nor described in great detail. A interesting legend surrounding the giants is of the men of Gondor before the Númenóreans. Long ago, there were a group of giants who lived in these lands. They wanted to keep men away from the sea and from them, so they too ground and rock from the earth and built the White Mountains. One of the giants, called Tarlang, tripped and broke his neck. The other giants did not clean up his remains, which delved into the land itself. Tarlangs neck became which became an important road that passed through a valley in the White Mountains. His head became Dol Tarlang, one of the highest peaks in the White Mountains. The two stones he was carrying became Cûl Veleg and Cûl Bîn, the other two highest peaks in the White Mountains. Men still crossed into Stone-Giant land, so the Stone-Giants moved lived in the Misty Mountains up until the late Third Age. At arrival, they scared the majority of wildlife away, due to their hobby of throwing stones at one another, as they found this amusing to hear them shatter. According to Gandalf, not all Stone-Giants were evil, as he said "hoped to convince a more or less decent giant to block the Front Porch” It seems to me that Stone-Giants weren’t evil, nor good. They were just there, probably from the start of Arda, like the Ents. They are often depicted as, and most likely, massive humanoids that look exactly like men. They are from 12 feet high, to higher. According to this quote from Pippin, "One of the riders of the Mumaks the mighty warrior was a giant among the Swertings” The Swertings were the name of the Haraddrim by the Hobbits. This has led me to expect that Stone-Giants were indeed humanoid. Sam even exclaimed that Stone-Giants had to have build Hornburg. In conclusion, I ask to be a Stone-Giant of the Misties, going by the name of “Sarn Hador”, Sindarin for Rock Thrower. I will live not far from High Pass, rather in a small cave with an underground lake. Considering RP, which is most important, I do have to say I get most of my experience and skill from http://www.crusadecraft.net. Sarn Hador usually doesn’t come out from his underground dwelling, except on special occasions, such as a traveling Orc, Dwarf, or Man host. Sarn will start chucking rocks at those parties, trying to hit one of the little creatures down below. (rocks being re-named pebbles). When not doing that, he is usually fishing in his lake, or out hunting warg. He is not friendly or unfriendly towards any people, but rather just wants to be left alone too do what he pleases. If a player is encountered, accidentally or not, I plan to do my best to role-play out the situation. I would most likely throw rocks at the person, then maybe say one or two things, then continue to throw rocks. I will only stop throwing rocks if presented the gift of bear meat, which I crave, as I scared away all the bears long ago. In conclusion, I think it will be a great idea to include one stone-giant, as making it more fun, and dangerous when traveling the paths of the Misty Mountains.  