In my youth, I roamed the wild lands of Varisia and saw Stone and Rune giants. I read the distant tales of Irrisen and their Ice giants. I heard whispered rumors in Nidal, speaking of Umbral giants...
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Hi all. I'm working on an aero kineticist concept and would appreciate some help.
He is a naïve, caring person that so happens to fly and blast lightning from his fingertips (second part much to his dismay). His family and a few others tend to the orchard and vineyards of a clan of storm giants. Their lords sent him on the continent to get tested and investigate his innate powers, as to avoid any incidents with the other members of the settlement.
Thing is... I don't know where this settlement might be.
The Bestiary entries I found state that storm giants lives "along remote coastlines or on tropical islands", "in well-constructed towers, castles, or walled settlements". (Also mentions of "rugged coasts, sandy atolls, rocky cliffs, and rising atop sea stacks). They "prefer to live off the land" and "maintain enormous, well-tended gardens", often hiring "other humanoids, such as elves or humans".
Furthermore, "most [storm giants] have dark hair and human-like skin tones, usually tan tending to a deep burnished bronze" / "This giant is a towering, muscular himan of heroic proportions, with bronze skin, dark hair, and sparkling green eyes".
Between their descriptions and the images found online, storm giants sound a lot like Greek-ish/Olympians. I don't know of any Greek themed regions in Golarion. Do you know any island/archipelago/Olympe style mountain or regions where storm giants are typically found?
There is some lore about them:
On Golarion, storm giants can be found along the coasts of Garund, from islands off the shore of Katapesh in the east to the uncharted seas south of Sargava to the west. Two particularly large groups live in the coastal mountains of Rahadoum, and offshore on the small island known as Jagged Reach that is battered by the never-ceasing storms of the Eye of Abendego.
Personally, I'd put a small community into the Northwestern coast of Varisia, though. It fits your voyage through Varisia, and the land there is reasonably sparsely populated. They might be allies with the (otherwise reclusive) elves of Arsmeril. The only issue is the cold so far in the North - maybe they have a natural source of warmth (geysir etc.), maybe they use magic (elven?).
Might be worth it to include your GM into this question - they could weave these giants into the story.
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Aha, sorry about that bit:
In my youth, I roamed the wild lands of Varisia and saw Stone and Rune giants. I read the distant tales of Irrisen and their Ice giants. I heard whispered rumors in Nidal, speaking of Umbral giants...
It was just some flavours saying I know where to find some sorts of giants. The kineticist is completely decorrelated from that.
But thanks for the excerpt, helps a lot :)
The Greek area is Iblydos. It's a bit Mythic and has cyclopes, so storm giants would probably fit right in. But it is a very long way away.
Ah, thanks @Mudfoot! Well, it may be a long way, but if your storm giant lord decide to get you examinated, putting you on a ship going up the trade route until Absalom should be a breeze... and I get a nice "One day, I'll go back home" hook on top. I found strange that there was no Greek region, but I'm reassured.