Adamantine Geddamin

The cousins of the Gorcorumbese Geddamin are the giants of the Adamantine Mountains. Unlike the Gorcorumbese, the Adamantine Geddamin keep isolated in their mountains. They suffer from nearly continual internal struggles among their houses. Dwarven scholars propose that the deepearth below the mountains is embroiled in a multi-ethnic war of which the Geddamins' conflicts on the surface are only a skirmish. The Adamantine Giants rule nearly all the Adamantine Mountains save for the southwestern ranges which are under the control of the Zarajovenish Tribes.

The Adamantines have been allied with the Gorcorumbese, but do not possess the same level of titancraft technology as the Gorcorumbese Geddamin. The Auricians fear that the Adamantine giants may come up to some level of parity with Gorcorumbese technology. In some periods of the very ancient past, the Adamantine giants exacted tribute from the ancient city-states of Kalama. They also raided human civilizations during the Middle Ages of Chaos.

The Common Giants of the Adamantine Mountains are ruled by six different kingdoms, held under the suzerainty of the Kingdom of Azephurun with its royal residence in Sattalos.

The six kingdoms of the Adamantine Giants in the present day are Azephurun, Istipho, Numalchuke, Zekerule, Bihirbespa, and Khalimoz. The overlord king of Sattalos in Azephurun in principle rules over the other kingdoms as suzerain. However, his quarrelsome vassal kings and lords are difficult to unite under a common military cause.

Humans of the Addamantines

Several human groups have lived and continue to live in the Addamantine Mountains under the hegemony of the giants. Historically, they were required to give tribute to their giant overlords. The Zarajoveni Tribes were one such group. Today humans live as servants among the giants either in separate villages or in the households of the giants. There are still some Zarajovenish tribes that dwell in the southwestern Addamantines, descendants of their ancestors who remained in the mountains, declining emigration.

History of the Adamantine Giants

The Adamantine Giants have dwelt in the mountains of their namesake for millennia, extending back to the time of the so-called titans, according to their legends.

Invasion of the Mountain Giants

In the forty third century (ca 4,400 AS to 4,300 AS), the Adamantine Giants were united under a powerful warlord who led them out of their mountain fastnesses to attack the City-States of Vimalia and Shelekhumbia. After a series of wars, the giants were expelled by the Hanumbasha Dynasty from Vimalia, and also separately from Shelekhumbia. Around this same time, the Esabdalites Tribes and early Thammazite Tribes were migrating from Weshif to the north. It is thought that these migrations were associated with climate change and related droughts and famines. At roughly the same time in Pytharnia, the Dzhehiu Dimak and the Coming of the Neptultchi were taking place.

Adddamantine Empire

ca 2950 AS to 2825 AS Direct Rule of Adamantine Giants over Shelekhumbia

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Emigration of the Zarajoveni Tribes

In the early fifteenth century (ca 1400 to 1430 AI) the Zarajoveni Tribes emigrated from the southwestern Addamantines to western Danona, as the culmination of the history of Zarajoveni Tribes in the Addamantines.

See Also

• Adamantine Mountains
• Sattalos