#enesh

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not yet named @riesenlied characters, a soldier of the golden age prophet, his two shoulderbirds, one of which he had rescued while scouting freshly cursed lands

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new @riesenlied character Isan, one of the ill-fated successors of the golden age prophet lore:

This is a giant raised by the church of Golden Age Prophet Dayas Welikanate and prepared all his life to be one of her successors. Her plan was to be succeeded by a council of scholars so that the burden of spiritual leadership in the Welikanate would not rest on only one heir alone and be more distributed. But that did not go as expected. After her passing all of these scholars broke down, one by one, each in their own way. And each of them went down another rabbit hole to get through that. Isan, the "best" and most religious of that entire group, was the last one to break. To cope with the prophet's death he had delved deep into old scripture and chronicles. And discovered something that destroyed everything he had believed in. When he confided in his closest friend (another scholar heir) about it, that friend reacted by stabbing him with a bayonet. Isan barely survived and escaped the country (along with a part of the prophetic guard), asking for asylum in the human-led part of the world. There he wrote "Divine Lessons. A study in reconnecting Gods gifts with history". A book that tricks a religious reader by appearing "normal" at the start, only to subtly lead someone to the same realisations the author had towards the end. Citing many sources for every claim. Copies of that book were then smuggled into his home country, wreaking havoc. Destroying the faith of many. And starting a modern anti-theist movement. He started going by "Vito" ("torch"). As many later demonised him claiming that wherever he holds a speech, churches soon burn. He made a habit of getting a new tattoo for each new assassination attempt he survived. (Most of which were ordered and paid by that former best friend.) By that time of that last picture (where he is recording some podcast while vaping) he is no longer the main leader figure of the movement he had started, and is seen as a washed up celebrity by some. A bit of an edgelord who has run out of fucks to give a long time ago. Some find it nonsensical that part of the Prophetic Guard (a church organisation responsible for protecting the prophet and her heirs and making sure their voices are heard) had followed Isan into exile despite him turning against the faith (and are the reason how he has survived all those assassination attempts so far). The Guard claims that each of the scholar heirs embodies part of Dayas thinking. And that she, too, had held an amount of doubt and resentment to the faith. Making Vito still part of her legacy that the guard is sworn to protect.

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one super rough sketch that needs to be redone some day. a handful of Welikanian cultures/groups. Explanation under the cut. Twitter • YouTube  • Insta • Patreon • Worldbuilding

from left to right Sidrics -  a religious minority of giants that believe that trying to learn and understand more about the world honors god and creation. After having to leave their home, most of them live in Tuliam/Crownland, where some of them make a living being private tutors to the Tulish Elites. Artalamian Families - a society where giants and humans live in mixed families together. Were one of the last groups to lose their homelands after Odhr’s death. After that, most of them live in Tuliam/Crownland, where they live in gated communities. Keeping the humans of their families hidden away and protected. Resenting most of the other groups they have to share that country with, which is mutual. Enesh Giants of the Welikanate - a group that has survived being sentenced to “death by exile” by the giants of Tuliam/Crownland. Under the guidance of their Prophet they have founded conquered a row of human-led countries and founded a nation named The Welikanate of Dayan (A Welikanate being an old word for a land ruled by giants.) and begun “The Golden Age”. During that Golden Age they are the only giant-run country except Crownland. And while trading with each other, relations between the two nations are still tense. Their symbol is a sun that shines downwards, while a symbol of crownland has a sun that shines upwards. They rule the Welikanate using Odrics, a loyal class of human nobles that believe in the same god as them.

Enesh Giants of Tisli - (this is in an earlier era, way before the Golden Age) these are the Ancestors of those who would later become the Welikanate. During the time of the Tislian Empire though they were loyal to Tises, a human king, whom they had helped into power and had a contract with. And while they were not technically in power, one of them, the captain of the royal guard usually, would always be an advisor to the current human monarch of that dynasty. And the humans of Tisli would see their Giants with Pride. Later, after a great catastrophic event, the humans if Tisli were unable to uphold their part of the contract, the heir of the dynasty was dead, and an Enesh Giant Woman, the Prophet Daya, would take over. Tisli would become the first territory incorportated into the Welikanate. Tulish Giants - live in Tuliam/Crownland, a nation of giant former monarchs that still cling to being monarchs, even centuries after being dethroned. Waiting for god to return one day and give them their kingdoms back. And making life hell for each other. Because in a land made of kings, they can not all be kings. Even the lowest paid giants there will wear cheap crowns. And be eager to tell everyone how they are the so and so’th in line to some throne to some far away kingdom that might not even exist anymore. The moment the Welikanate sprung into existance as a new giant-run country, several Tulish Giants would show up and be like “HEY, actually, I’m first in line for the throne of this land you just returned into giant hands, and by Tulish law that means you have to return that land specifially to ME thank you very much.” After a short audience with the Enesh Prophet, those would usually change their minds and renounce all of their claims. At some point less and less Tulish giants would show up with that same goal, fearing to be brainwashed by the Prophet aswell.

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Arrival of Giants.

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While looking through this character’s tag I noticed It has almost no recent art of her so I’m making this compilation. This is Daya, giantess, prophet, conqueror. She is seen as the beginner of the “Golden Age”, a country was named after her, and to many giants she would be the most important person in the world. To many humans though Daya and her followers might be the worst thing to ever happen to them.

During Daya’s time there only two giant peoples. The giants in Tuli and the giants violently exiled from there. Daya comes from those Exiled ones, the Enesh Giants, who only survived their “Death by Exile” sentence because they managed to find human countries interested in hiring them as mercenaries. She is said to have met god when she was a child and dedicated her entire life to spreading the message and visions she was given that way, becoming an embodiment of that message. She was soon discovered to meet the ancient definitions of “prophet” by her village priest. As a result of that her village was quickly swarmed by priests pilgriming there, all hoping to teach her all a prophet needs to know.

She had to learn how to assert herself fast to not just be a disciple but a teacher to those coming to see her. That education still leaves an impact on her though, and she becomes all about wanting to revive not only the “godgiven order of the ancient days” (giants ruling over humans) but also the culture and memory of those ancient times. It starts a retrospective craze in her newly formed country. New cities are named after ancient giant kingdoms, and new generations are named after ancient rulers and heroes. (Vakadi is an example of an golden-age child named that way.) Old fashions are revived that way too.

That nostalgic obsession will make it a bit hard on Dayas people to adapt to the future to come.

At some point in her life Daya even had common goals with the Tulish Pope, but the relations between those two tend to be cold because that Pope would have liked to control that country she runs instead of her, and because both of them claim spiritual guidance over all giantkind.

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My friend the giant gatewrecker.

Before the land of towers before the day of tears before the age of the ninefingered queen the lands who were to become the lands of Tis were home to many tiny nations and their many wars. In those times it was of greatest value to earn and keep the loyalty of mercenary giants. And to march with them was seen as one of the most reassuring omens in wild and troubled days.

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Drawing fromm 2019. Left is how the Enesh giant soldiers that conquered and founded the Welikanate dressed like. Right is a look based on that about 1-2 generations later, around the time that my grad film is set. Both have the downward shining rays of the Prophet’s midday sun all over them. Twitter • YouTube  • Insta • Patreon • Worldbuilding

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