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Over time, the nature of chaos came to the forefront of the giants. Grannoch embraced a lawful view of the world; yet, her people could not resist the opportunity to wage war against each other. The Four continued to spread the word until a day that is called Four's End. On this day, sometime in the second age of the world, the Four came to a forested giant village preparing for war against an outpost of humans who had been mining the giant's land. The leader of the humans was a half-giant named Vassi the Bear. He held a strong grudge against the giants for their slights against him when he tried to join their community. When Vassi heard that the Four were at the giant village, he sent his best assassins to slaughter them in their [[sleep]]. Three of the Four were killed that night; one escaped with the help of the local shaman. The giants went to war with rage in their hearts for the [[death]] of their clergy, and the remaining of the Four, [[Levka]] Son of Air, made his way back to his temple alone. That marked the end of the Four for there was no gathering the next year due to a tribal dispute over the forest west of Corax Lake'nor the year after or after. However, the naming practice carries on.

Election of a Son or Daughter is done at the death of a previous Son or Daughter. Formerly this was done by gathering and popular vote, more recently, the successor is chosen prior to death by the Son or Daughter in question. The title is for life. Local shaman of Grannoch do not carry titles, and more and more, they do not have the voice they did in their community. With chaos raging around them, their adherence to the old laws and edicts are frowned upon or ignored. Fewer and fewer giants are born or raised with the temperament to be shaman of Grannoch, and there are a small but growing number of giant communities with no shaman to the Mother of Giants at all.

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** Son of Earth Ignist Caveborn of Rikart presents himself as a warm and friendly follower of Grannoch. He tends to the sick and speaks endlessly of Grannoch's plans for her people. What is not known, except to a select few, is that Ignist actually worships [[Pyrtechon]]. He has plans to convert the giants of [[Belinara]] to his god and has been secretly supporting a large clan of Pyrtechon-worshiping giants.

Just after her mother's death, Domeneka traveled the continents and saw a desperate need for missionaries. Worship of the Mother of Giants was fading, but she felt her goddess alive and strong within her and wanted to share that with all her kin. Knowing she would soon be confined to tribal and kerekk duties, she gathered her closest allies to find candidates and began a group to spread the word of the Mother of Giants. The organization consists of eight passionate followers of Grannoch. They call themselves lehrr (teacher). Learning from the lessons of the past, the number of followers was doubled to provide better protection. Shaman powers are not required'only the desire to rekindle the fires of Grannoch in her children.