does it seem reasonable that -81,000yk hill giants in xen’driik would be at the early stages of domesticating crops, farming, beer, & animal husbandry if you assume the elemental splits came after Aurelonstrix started teaching them & drow were made from eldar? It's a question of what the "core" giant species was and if it possessed mystical capabilities that world have affected their development. The Stormreach book notes that Hill Giants specifically are likely the result of Draconic curses that are eroding the giant species…
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) February 6, 2018
… So it may be that the first giants were closer to Cloud Giants than to Hill Giants. And we know that the powerful civilizations of Xen'drik were forged by Titans, so the question is when and how the first Titans appeared.
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) February 6, 2018
It's logical to say that there must have been a time in which giants didn't possess arcane magic and thus had a more primitive civilization. It's equally plausible to say that the giants CREATED the Titans after learning magic – perhaps something Ourelon didn't anticipate.
— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) February 6, 2018