Velikan (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=234867) was born into slavery.  His mother, a very tall and muscular specimen, was a born mercenary who became spoils of war on a failed raid.  His father was the beneficiary of these spoils.  Ma had been tall  and impressive enough to drive Pa to a lustful coupling on the eve of her capture.  She fought tooth and nail, but this only made Pa want her more.  Seven months later, our character arrives on the scene.<br/><br/>Velikan, true to his half of this and half of that, really took a very unique look and lived it.  He was gray as the stone of the mountains in which he was raised and hairless.  He was very good at standing statuesque  and taking on the look of one chiseled from a boulder.  His physique indicated a strength that was gargantuan though his size was far less of that of his giant kin.  The way he carried himself though kept him in pace with the giants he grew up with, and he easily settled disputes physically.  This, along with black as night eyes and a very broad frame (nearing four feet), was the end of his giant features.  Here, he took after his mother and her tough yet beautiful features melded into the hardness of the giant with an ease that was bewildering.  His face was tall, with high cheekbones and a slender pointed chin and nose that equaled it.  His ears were tall and narrow, his brow line was delicate and  his head was rounded and elliptical, as a human head should be, if but a bit larger.<br/><br/>There came a time, when Velikan decided moms and his fortunes would be better realized away from the troop he had grown up with.  So, he took him an his mom from the camp, and not without notice.  It was not an easy thing to convince the leader that his prized female was no longer going to be at his beck and call.  Velikan prevailed however.  His mom had gone to great pains to educate her son in the ways of combat.  Maybe it was a means to carry on the lineage, who knew, but it served him well, and he bested the keeper of their mutual freedoms.<br/><br/>Velikan found an outland dwelling and set to work, he and his mom, to securing a solidarity in living, a freedom that he had never tasted and that she had not had for so long...  It is here that we catch up with Velikan, and he is found employed to aid in the breaking up of some hair brained Orc plan for world domination.