| “ | My sons, make your attack with hightowering rocks... [and I will] bestow Hebe on [the Gigas] Porphyrion as a wife, and give Kythereia [Aphrodite] to [the Gigas] Khthonios, when I sing Brighteyes [Athene] the bedfellow of Enkelados, and Artemis of Alkyoneus..
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The Gigantes (singular Gigas), somtimes translated as Giants, are a race of great strength created by Gaia to take revenge on the Olympian Gods for the Titan's imprisonment. Their war would later be known as the Gigantomachy.
Because the Gigantes couldn't be beaten by gods alone and required the aid of a mortal, the Olympians enlisted Hercules to aid them in their battle. While the gods subdued the Gigantes, Hercules finished them off with arrows coated in Hydra venom. Finally, the Gigantes were defeated, and the survivors were buried beneath the earth, where they were said to be the cause of earthquakes.Battles here were deemed to be unfair or otherwise not in accordance with wiki standards, and have been removed from the statuses of the warriors and displayed below.
Battle vs. Fomorian (by CuchulainSetanta)[]
Deep in Ireland, three Fomorians are keeping watch over a border post. Suddenly, one Fomorian bellows loudly to his partners: three massive shapes have been spotted on the horizon. Without warning, a boulder flies into the tower the first Fomorian is manning, toppling it. Luckily, he leaps out just in time.
The culprits behind this attack are three Gigantes, one of which picks up and hurls another boulder at the Fomorians. The Irish giants gather their weapons together and charge out to confront the attackers. Another boulder flies towards them, crushing one Fomorian. (3-2) Roaring in anger, another Fomorian readies a sling and hurls a stone at the Gigante who killed his comrade. It strikes the Gigante in the forehead, stunning him long enough for the slinger to finish him off with a spear thrust. (2-2)
The remaining giants clash, brute strength against spears and axes. The spear Fomorian stabs another Gigante in the arm. Angered, the Gigante strangles the Fomorian to death with his serpent legs, before going to aid his comrade against the last Fomorian (2-1) Just as he arrives, the Fomorian leader decapitates his opponent with a stone axe. (1-1)
The two giants face off with each other, before giving blood-curdling battle cries and charging each other. Both are evenly matched, until the Gigante thrusts his legs forward to try and strangle his opponent. In the nick of time, the Fomorian slices off the legs with his axe, before planting his weapon firmly in the Gigante's skull. Wrenching the axe out, the Fomorian holds it high and gives a loud roar.
Winner: Fomorian
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