The Colossi

The Colossi are a group of five titanic creatures, seemingly under the direct control of Tavra. Made by the mutation of giant leaders of the Old Kingdoms and imprisoned adult metallic dragons from the Dragon Clans, each colossus bares its own unique physical traits and personality. Upon their initial return to Volkachin, the party was told of the names of the Colossi by Wynne.

Gruff, The Glutton
The smallest of the five at a mere 30ft high, the Glutton was the combination of a Hill Giant Chief and a Brass Dragon. At the center of a quasi-sentient sandstorm known by Qolasians as the Sands of Hunger, the obese titan ravaged the scarce farms it encountered. It was followed by a band of hill giants and ogres. While the colossus was hardly intelligent enough to comprehend speech, it made no ceremony of demanding tribute from smallfolk in the form of foodstuffs.

Combat
The Glutton was far too dense to propel itself into the air with its wings. Rather, it laid on it bulbous stomach and harnessed the wind with its wings to glide across the loose desert sands. Lacking a formal strategy, the Glutton grabbed its targets and attempted to devour them in one bite. Otherwise, it would swing wildly with an acacia greatclub, which it seemingly summoned to its hand. After being weakened by the power of the Brass Eye, as wielded by Bug, the Glutton quickly fell to its death when Ranulf, in the form of an air elemental, unleashed a torrential whirlwind, causing it to wildly sail across the dunes and crush its skull into a large stone.

Atarya, The Artisan
Regarded as the most beautiful by dragon fuckers, the Artisan was a combination of a Stone Giant Elder and a Copper Dragon. Lanky and elegant in her movements, the Artisan covered the tunnels she burrowed through with ornate patterns and designs. After emerging in Undervane, she was met by Aayla and a number of drow, who quickly devoted themselves to her and her Stone Giant tribe. The drow, enamored by her artistic vision provided her a work space to perform and all the servants and prey she could desire.

Combat
Fast and swift, the Artisan was as much an athlete as an artist. Her precise boulder attacks were enhanced by the tunnels which her lair was made in. She would commonly use her acid breath to render the bones of her "canvases" bare to use in her art. She met her fate at the hands of the party when Ranulf exposed her to the Copper Eye and eventually died to Simon's fireball. Her body crashed to the ground, crushing Lincoln Log, a stone giant and an ebyrith below.

Falkrost, The Warrior
A fierce hunter as well as a martial expert, the Warrior was a combination of a Frost Giant Jarl and a Bronze Dragon. He was always at the center of the Frigid Storm, which created a dense sheet of ice across the Bay of Oreleth. With a war band of frost giants, winter wolves and yetis, the Warrior would regularly ambush travelers foolish enough to brave the storm.

His head was adorned with two large horns and a pattern of iron scales resembling a spangenhelm worn by barbarian tribesmen who once roamed Valley Grove. Next to the Regent, the Warrior was the tallest of the colossi, at 45 ft.

After arriving in the Bay, the Warrior traveled far below the surface to the Mouth of the Abyss. There, he demanded the residing storm giants to join Tavra. To his surprise, Runa wielded the Bronze Eye, and weakened him before driving him away.

Following this altercation, the Warrior was said to have awoken a number of ancient ebyrith who were sleeping in the depths of the ancient Ravari region. Among these was Ankrost, an enormous Roc-like hawk which the Warrior prized for a hunting companion. The bird was rumored to have the ability to mutate animals into ebyrith, creating flocks of monstrous seabirds which still roam the Bay.

Combat
Thanks to the guidance of Captain Rangoon, the party was able to arrive within the lair of the Warrior, away from his war band. His lair was a sheet of ice as thick as 100 ft riddled with tunnels, where yetis, behirs and frost salamanders lurked in the darkness. The martial artist wielded a round shield the size of a longboat and a curved bearded ax which was known to cleave ships in a single stroke. Possessing the power of lightning, the Warrior preferred to stay airborne in combat, lording its advantage of long range over grounded foes. Upon presenting the Bronze Eye, his weaknesses were made known; first on his wrist, then on his shoulder. As the battle raged on, and the tide turned in his favor, Soup, a loxodon sailor hired to man the party's schooner, attached a keg of gaatlok to a ballista bolt. Timing his shot with the Warrior's electrical breath weapon, Soup fired a shot into the beast's mouth with a direct hit (nat 20, dealing around 110 points of damage).

Durinthe, The Warsmith
Stout, clever and bound in armor made from fifty metals, the fearsome Warsmith is a combination of a Fire Giant Queen and a Silver Dragon.

Bysmuurk, The Regent
The largest by far and the most awe-inspiring to behold, the Regent is a combination of a Cloud Giant Archduke and a Gold Dragon.