The Ordning

The Ordning
Race(s): Giants (various types)

Active Civilizations: The giant clans that once formed the Ordning now live disparately in small enclaves and don't communicate much. They have no associations with any existing civilizations, though all see newer civilizations as temporary usurpers of their territory.

Description
The Ordning is both the name of the giant social order and the name they gave to their empire. In giantish is means roughly "natural law." In essence, those who are more powerful deserve authority, and you know this because they have taken it. There are some different interpretations of the Ordning: some believe uniting clans through diplomacy and negotiation is a type of power, while others say that you must show personal strength in combat before anyone should pledge their loyalty to you. Emperor Therimor of the Storm Clan left the Ordning to help in a cause beneath the sea he believed more dire than any threat on Kumari Kandam, so he left the other clans to rule in his stead. After the The Griën invaded, there was some cooperation to push them back but mostly the remaining clans abdicated their territories out of disinterest.

Public Agenda
The giant clans want to be left alone. Sometimes being left alone means left to pursue practices that hurt those around them, such as capturing slaves, poisoning the air, or creating a region of permanent winter, but to them this is just their natural right to decide the fate of the lands and people around them since they are the biggest and strongest.

Private Agenda
Unknown.