Dead bones of super giants.

[Saverem]

I was always curious about those 2 GIANT skeletons in Frostfire Ridge. They look like they belong to Gronns but are 1000X bigger than any living Gronn we've ever seen in the game. I mean, just their skulls alone are bigger than a watch tower as seen here:




Anyone know the hows and whys of these?

[Teri]

This article pretty much explains it:

http://wow.gamepedia.com/Earth_giant

[Aucald]

They are the Earth Giants, ancestors to the Magnaron, Gronn, and the Ogres.

[Leodok]

This article pretty much explains it:

http://wow.gamepedia.com/Earth_giant

It says they are ancestors to the ettins, what the hell?

[Dug]

I want to know what those giant skeletons in Desolace are

[Ratyrel]

It says they are ancestors to the ettins, what the hell?

That's probably just inconsistent writing. Ettins existed on Azeroth before Draenor contact afaik.

[AwkwardSquirtle]

They're just ancestors of Gronn. They were created by the Titans to shape the world, equivalent plant monsters likely exist too. I seem to remember Drek'Thar referring to them as "Collossals."

[Mehrunes]

One thing I don't get is why do they have bones (and why did they decompose) if they are the ancestors to other breakers? They should be even more elemental than the Magnaron.

[derpkitteh]

One thing I don't get is why do they have bones (and why did they decompose) if they are the ancestors to other breakers? They should be even more elemental than the Magnaron.

wasn't it said that the titans seem to have used much more biological minions on draenor than on azeroth?

even the plant guys have bones. there are genesaur skulls all around.

[Aquamonkey]

wasn't it said that the titans seem to have used much more biological minions on draenor than on azeroth?

Titans use organic seed races as standard. Azeroth was special prototype for stone seed races like earthen. The Curse of Flesh reverted them back to biomass.

"They are a modification of the standard subterranean being matrix used on other worlds that the Creators have seeded. The construction of this prototype race created various anomalies that were observed after initial synthesis."

"The dwarf maintains an affinity for the stone composition of Azeroth, but due to the high-stress environmental anomaly within the Earthen's synthesis matrix, the dwarf reverts to a default biomass composition as seen in the standard subterranean matrix."

[derpkitteh]

Titans use organic seed races as standard. Azeroth was special prototype for stone seed races like earthen. The Curse of Flesh reverted them back to biomass.

"They are a modification of the standard subterranean being matrix used on other worlds that the Creators have seeded. The construction of this prototype race created various anomalies that were observed after initial synthesis."

"The dwarf maintains an affinity for the stone composition of Azeroth, but due to the high-stress environmental anomaly within the Earthen's synthesis matrix, the dwarf reverts to a default biomass composition as seen in the standard subterranean matrix."

so yeah, not that surprising then.

azeroth's are probably special because azeroth is a titan.

[Marmot]

That's probably just inconsistent writing. Ettins existed on Azeroth before Draenor contact afaik.

Literally any lore inconsistencies in WoD's Draenor can be dismissed by saying it's an alternate timeline and "don't count the blades of grass" excuses.

[Aquamonkey]

Literally any lore inconsistencies in WoD's Draenor can be dismissed by saying it's an alternate timeline and "don't count the blades of grass" excuses.

It's not an inconsistency in WoD. They were introduced in Cata. Them being descended from ogres is in the WoW Magazine, published in 2011. They didn't appear at all in WoD.

[Bling]

In the Warcraft Magazine they had an evolution chart put together by Brann Bronzebeard he refered to the predecessor of the Gronn as being the massive Earth Giants, which at some point Blizzard called them Grom. Gonna try to find a source for you.

[Aquamonkey]

In the Warcraft Magazine they had an evolution chart put together by Brann Bronzebeard he refered to the predecessor of the Gronn as being the massive Earth Giants, which at some point Blizzard called them Grom. Gonna try to find a source for you.

[Kontinuum]

They're just ancestors of Gronn. They were created by the Titans to shape the world, equivalent plant monsters likely exist too. I seem to remember Drek'Thar referring to them as "Collossals."

They shaped Draenor in the Age of Colossals.