Shadow Giant - Monsters - Archives of Nethys: Pathfinder 2nd

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Shadow Giant - Monsters - Archives of Nethys: Pathfinder 2nd

Shadow giants are natives of the Plane of Shadow, where they have dwelled in perpetual twilight for millennia. Their cultures vary greatly depending on whether the giants reside in their land of origin or have relocated to the Material Plane. On the Plane of Shadow, they live in familial groups and uphold a nomadic way of life as they roam across vast ancestral lands between forests of shadow and misty chasms. These hunter-gatherers pass their lore down through oral histories, conduct pilgrimages to unholy ziggurats of black stone, and bathe in the blood of their long-standing foes, including rival shadow giant tribes and velstracs intent on enslaving their kind. On the Material Plane, conversely, they are typically secretive and isolationist, keeping apart from other peoples.<br /><br /> Standing 15 feet tall, with gray skin and hair only a shade lighter, shadow giants are fearsome foes with a well-earned reputation as fierce warmongers and ruthless combatants. They rarely interact with outsiders, though they may treat with proven warriors who show the giants the respect and deference they feel they deserve. Only a small subset of shadow giants worship Zon-Kuthon, and most of these Kuthites are so firmly entrenched in the culture of Nidal that their Shadow Plane–dwelling brethren would hardly recognize them. Most shadow giants instead practice an ancient religion that, while unique to their people, many confuse with the faith of Zon-Kuthon, as it has its own bloody themes of sacrifice and self-mutilation.