![]() Sign of One members on the Beastlands debated the ties between Stronmaus and the mortai. There was always at least one mortai here. It stood atop a roiling thundercloud that could be flown about the layer, steered by several mortai attendants who rumbled and shot lightning bolts at one another in a form of conversation. Although Stronmaus wandered the Beastlands as he willed, he kept his castle in Karasuthra simply because he appreciated the way the light of the moon of the Beastlands, Noctos, reflected off his gold-adorned marble battlements, making them glow. He was the most powerful and most influential god residing in the Beastlands. In the World Tree cosmology, it was in the plane of Jotunheim. Stronmaus lived in the divine realm of Stormhold, which, in the Great Wheel Cosmology, could be found in the Beastlands in the midnight layer of Karasuthra, though it was believed by some to be attached to Gudheim, Annam's former realm in Ysgard. His omens were storms and lightning, clouds of unusual shape that partially hid the sun, and direct warnings of coming evils. ![]() He also regularly roamed the mountains of the Beastlands and flew through all its layers stirring up storms alongside his mortai companions, sentient cloud-like beings. By custom of the giant gods, he never interfered directly or obviously in the affairs of giants, but often acted indirectly if it meant having adventures. He was also known to send avatars simply to court and seduce beautiful giantesses who had attracted his interest. But he also liked to just go for a walk through forests and remote mountain areas, taking in the clean air and the elements, and sometimes visiting storm and cloud giant communities. He might go in disguise as a typical storm giant traveling between their steadings to meditate with great storm giant shaman-priests, but they would always know him for who he was. He would send them to interfere in the schemes of Memnor, owing to their enmity, or to aid his god friends when their peoples were threatened. īeing an adventurous god, Stronmaus often sent avatars to Toril and the Prime Material plane for various purposes. He would happily yield the role to his father as soon as he came back. In time, he was managing the affairs of the whole Ordning, yet he had no desire to rule it. With Annam's withdrawal into seclusion, Stronmaus took an ever greater interest in the affairs of giants and his fellow giant gods, and he would call out their misdeeds and destructive feuds and so on. Stronmaus's avatar fought with a mighty +5 hammer of thunderbolts that slew any evil giant dead with a single hit. Furthermore, no avian or aquatic creature of non-evil nature would attack him, even if the creature was charmed, dominated, or similar and commanded to attack him, in which case the effect broken. Stronmaus's avatar was immune to all death spells and mind-affecting spells, all effects that could blind or deafen, all energy-draining attacks, and all electrical assaults. The avatar of Stronmaus commanded all weather within a radius of 10 miles (16 kilometers), could call lightning every ten minutes or so, and could hurl a powerful lightning bolt up to 160 feet (49 meters) in length and 10 feet (3 meters) in width and a chain lightning–like effect each thrice a day. However, he shared his fickle lusts also. Stronmaus was much like his father, Annam, but younger, more vigorous, good-natured, carefree, and cheerful, which made the All-Father proud and pleased with his son. Despite his generally jubilant nature, he was reputed to have times of deep brooding and gray moods. But this could be terrifying for those unready for it and his exuberance, Stronmaus could forget his strength and might. He loved to conjure mighty storms across the Beastlands, rejoicing in the rains and lightning and cheering with the thunder he produced with his hammer. He was joyful and laughing, and always smiling because he simply couldn't help it and he displayed his great energy in dramatic ways. ![]() Stronmaus was a god full of life and energy-the very power of life itself flowed strongly through him. A statue of Stronmaus standing in a storm giant temple in the undersea fortress of Maelstrom instead depicted him as a bare-chested storm giant with a beard of foam, an imperious expression, and a lower body that was no more than a massive wave, with a trident in his hands. He wore but a simple white robe of silk with golden edges. Forever with a smile on his face, he had blue eyes and auburn-red hair that was wavy and flowing. When Stronmaus manifested an avatar, it was as an incredibly tall and muscular giant, standing up to 80 feet (24 meters) tall.
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