Are Giant's Mer?

Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 2:43 am

Just asking because of the knife ears.
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Killer McCracken
 
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:47 am

Just asking because of the knife ears.

Giants are rumored to have a connection to mer, whether they are their own race or an ancestor of sorts im not really sure but their physical traits do show mer qualities.
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:46 am

I wish you could talk to them, or join their 'faction', or whatever.
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michael danso
 
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:09 pm

I would think that no, giants are not mer, namely because
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the guy whose name I can't remember doesn't ask you to collect giant blood when he asks you to collect blood from all the surviving mer races after the Blacklight quest
. This could be wrong though.
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:44 pm

I would think that no, giants are not mer, namely because
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the guy whose name I can't remember doesn't ask you to collect giant blood when he asks you to collect blood from all the surviving mer races after the Blacklight quest
. This could be wrong though.

Ah yes I forgot about that quest. Perhaps the ear trait is akin to the original races of Nirn and not necessarily of mer themselves.
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:03 am

^^ true.

I always had that question in my mind if they or weren't
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Jeffrey Lawson
 
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:39 am

Not mer and not men. They are another thing like dragons.
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:19 pm

It might be just a crazy after thought of mine but I think the giants are the ancestors of both man and mer.

They appear like a stretched out nord, yet have the features of a pale elf, which are most similar to those seen in the dwemer.
Giants themselves appearing to have come from the nord homeland- Atmora, judging from this http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/7374/skyrimmk.jpg. Could Aldmeris just be Atmora?
Did the elves and men evolve from giants and them from the ehlnofey of Aldmeris/Atmora? could the giants have their own racial grouping if this is true?

Food for thought at the very least.
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:08 pm

No.
They share a common ancestor with man and mer, Ehlnofey, but they are not mer, nor man.
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:14 am

No.
They share a common ancestor with man and mer, Ehlnofey, but they are not mer, nor man.

*Like*. Also I would like to request a source. Just it's so interesting I would like to know where it came from. :D
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:47 am

They must be related to all races, they dont choose a side, they are there to live there lifes and protect their mammoths, and if you get to close to their mammoths/Their camps, then they let you see what space looks like. Haha, but, There are wandering giants who will let you walk right next to them, and as long as you dont hurt them, theyll protect you, so they must be like an ancestor race or something, but they are definitely intelligent.
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:35 am

According to the UESP Dwemer lore page, at least for those in the Velothi at the time they encountered the 'dwarves', they weren't descended from Ehlnofey, they actually are Ehlnofey.
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:19 am

*Like*. Also I would like to request a source. Just it's so interesting I would like to know where it came from. :biggrin:

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Before_the_Ages_of_Man
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Monomyth
http://www.imperial-library.info/content/annotated-anuad

Basically, everyone is descendant from Ehlnofey. Except the Hist.
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:57 am

It might be just a crazy after thought of mine but I think the giants are the ancestors of both man and mer.

They appear like a stretched out nord, yet have the features of a pale elf, which are most similar to those seen in the dwemer.
Giants themselves appearing to have come from the nord homeland- Atmora, judging from this http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/7374/skyrimmk.jpg. Could Aldmeris just be Atmora?
Did the elves and men evolve from giants and them from the ehlnofey of Aldmeris/Atmora? could the giants have their own racial grouping if this is true?

Food for thought at the very least.

that picture , the spiral's look similar to the giants pattern's now but i guess what everyone else posted seemed to be the facts.

thanks for the replys and info guys i appreciate it!
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:51 pm

Not mer and not men. They are another thing like dragons.

No, not like dragons. Dragons are not primates. Giants, Men and Mer are primates. And Trolls. And Dremora and Vampires and Werewolves (when in human form). And the beast-men. Whatever happened to them?
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:47 am

No, not like dragons. Dragons are not primates. Giants, Men and Mer are primates. And Trolls. And Dremora and Vampires and Werewolves (when in human form). And the beast-men. Whatever happened to them?

What i stated was, Giants have no conections to other races. Like Dragons.
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:54 pm

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Before_the_Ages_of_Man
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Monomyth
http://www.imperial-library.info/content/annotated-anuad

Basically, everyone is descendant from Ehlnofey. Except the Hist.

and argonians, the hist made argonians
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:15 pm

Where are all the female Giants. How do they reproduce. They seem to prefer mammoths .
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:14 pm

What i stated was, Giants have no conections to other races. Like Dragons.

No you said "they are another thing like dragons", but they are not like dragons. They are like men. Not just primates, but humanoid. And that is how they are connected to men :)
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Post » Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:47 am

No you said "they are another thing like dragons", but they are not like dragons. They are like men. Not just primates, but humanoid. And that is how they are connected to men :smile:

When they made the first contact to the Dwemer, they called then dwarvens. Also there are soem indication that states that they aren't mer. Also they can't be men because humans camed from Atmora.
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