[JimMorrison]

The giants of Niefelheim were victorious in their battle against Gath's advance force. The enormous physical fortitude provided by the E9/N9 blessing allowed the giants to stand up to quite some punishment, though it stands to be noted that fully half of the Gath army had contracted some sort of foul malady. Speculation is that frustrated soldiers had fornicated with the native citizens of the area, and were infected with some sort of virulent mildew. The author would prefer not to think about this however, being under the distinct impression that Agarthans are mono-gendered.

Regardless of these facts, two other things are well known about the conflict. The first, is that this battle took place with very little mage support on the Gath side - perhaps a cagey move intended to inflict maximal casualties on the giants, while retaining as much of Gath's real power as possible. The other fact, being that the battle was won in large part due to the large number of Niefel Giants who arrived to support their Jarls. It is well known that with the declining populations of full-blooded Niefel Giants, that very few will actually march to war anymore - and this seems to illustrate that their southern borders are relatively undefended, unless protected by their allies in MA Man.