Gwalt, Titan of Strength

Gwalt, Who Is Mountain Father, He Who Stood Above The World and First Born

At the beginning of the world and for many centuries afterwards, Morsa, Titan of Earth was mother to a multitude of titans. Some, such as Lursa Plaguebringer, were small as humans. Others, such as Osska the Hungry Ice, were huge. But none were larger than great Gwalt, who was so tall and so large he could bestride his mother and hold aloft his aunt Desch. Dimwitted but steadfast, Gwalt largely ignored the goings on of the War of Creation in favor of holding aloft the sky - a task for which he was not needed when Desch was defeated by Inuz and bound to the firmament of the heavens. However, when the gods began their final assault on Morsa to claim dominion over the world, Gwalt heard the cries of his mother and laid himself across her body. Gwalt used his body to shield Morsa from the assaults of the gods and in so doing, crushed many cities and peoples beneath his bulk. Many were the attacks and entreaties that assailed the great titan but he refused to move, even in the face of his own demise. When Gwalt's final breath passed his lips, a great wailing was heard from the Earth Mother and finally, the last titan sued for peace. Gwalt's corpse lay where it fell, his bones eventually creating the foothills, valleys and peaks of what are now known as the Giantspine Mountains.