#enesh

This is a giant raised by the church of Golden Age Prophet Dayas Welikanate and prepared all his life to be one of her successors. Her plan was to be succeeded by a council of scholars so that the burden of spiritual leadership in the Welikanate would not rest on only one heir alone and be more distributed. But that did not go as expected. After her passing all of these scholars broke down, one by one, each in their own way. And each of them went down another rabbit hole to get through that. Isan, the "best" and most religious of that entire group, was the last one to break. To cope with the prophet's death he had delved deep into old scripture and chronicles. And discovered something that destroyed everything he had believed in. When he confided in his closest friend (another scholar heir) about it, that friend reacted by stabbing him with a bayonet. Isan barely survived and escaped the country (along with a part of the prophetic guard), asking for asylum in the human-led part of the world. There he wrote "Divine Lessons. A study in reconnecting Gods gifts with history". A book that tricks a religious reader by appearing "normal" at the start, only to subtly lead someone to the same realisations the author had towards the end. Citing many sources for every claim. Copies of that book were then smuggled into his home country, wreaking havoc. Destroying the faith of many. And starting a modern anti-theist movement. He started going by "Vito" ("torch"). As many later demonised him claiming that wherever he holds a speech, churches soon burn. He made a habit of getting a new tattoo for each new assassination attempt he survived. (Most of which were ordered and paid by that former best friend.) By that time of that last picture (where he is recording some podcast while vaping) he is no longer the main leader figure of the movement he had started, and is seen as a washed up celebrity by some. A bit of an edgelord who has run out of fucks to give a long time ago. Some find it nonsensical that part of the Prophetic Guard (a church organisation responsible for protecting the prophet and her heirs and making sure their voices are heard) had followed Isan into exile despite him turning against the faith (and are the reason how he has survived all those assassination attempts so far). The Guard claims that each of the scholar heirs embodies part of Dayas thinking. And that she, too, had held an amount of doubt and resentment to the faith. Making Vito still part of her legacy that the guard is sworn to protect.

Enesh Giants of Tisli - (this is in an earlier era, way before the Golden Age) these are the Ancestors of those who would later become the Welikanate. During the time of the Tislian Empire though they were loyal to Tises, a human king, whom they had helped into power and had a contract with. And while they were not technically in power, one of them, the captain of the royal guard usually, would always be an advisor to the current human monarch of that dynasty. And the humans of Tisli would see their Giants with Pride. Later, after a great catastrophic event, the humans if Tisli were unable to uphold their part of the contract, the heir of the dynasty was dead, and an Enesh Giant Woman, the Prophet Daya, would take over. Tisli would become the first territory incorportated into the Welikanate. Tulish Giants - live in Tuliam/Crownland, a nation of giant former monarchs that still cling to being monarchs, even centuries after being dethroned. Waiting for god to return one day and give them their kingdoms back. And making life hell for each other. Because in a land made of kings, they can not all be kings. Even the lowest paid giants there will wear cheap crowns. And be eager to tell everyone how they are the so and so’th in line to some throne to some far away kingdom that might not even exist anymore. The moment the Welikanate sprung into existance as a new giant-run country, several Tulish Giants would show up and be like “HEY, actually, I’m first in line for the throne of this land you just returned into giant hands, and by Tulish law that means you have to return that land specifially to ME thank you very much.” After a short audience with the Enesh Prophet, those would usually change their minds and renounce all of their claims. At some point less and less Tulish giants would show up with that same goal, fearing to be brainwashed by the Prophet aswell.

At some point in her life Daya even had common goals with the Tulish Pope, but the relations between those two tend to be cold because that Pope would have liked to control that country she runs instead of her, and because both of them claim spiritual guidance over all giantkind.