Miners and herbalists alike find interest in giants and the herbs and minerals that make up their bodies.Ann Loa Loas Legion Levant pantheon Leviathan Light-Bringer Lilith. This explains why Draenor's giants seek to harm the lands instead of protecting it. Frigg frost giants Furies Gad as idol Gaia (Gaea) Gadreel Ganesha. Kael'thas Sunstrider ordered the dropping of huge crystals onto Outland, which summoned giants and corrupted them. When Illidan Stormrage threatened the security of the world, Archdruid Malfurion Stormrage used his vast powers to call upon the aid of the Mountain Giants. During the Burning Legion's first invasion, nearly all of the giants were destroyed, and now only a handful remain in the most untouched areas of Azeroth where they are still fulfilling their ancient duties, however some (molten giants and Baron Kazum for example) of them seem to serve the Old Gods against their will. WotLK had a bunch of dragonflight based proto-drakes and then we got Cataclysm, Legion had a lot of shadow/whisper based mounts. Many of the giants on Azeroth were created by the Titans as part of their ordering of Azeroth, meant to protect and oversee the land and ocean. I realized this when the last anniversary reward was Lil Nefarian and Obsidian Worldbreaker, then seen Wrathion pop back up.
