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[[File:Fomorian.png|400px|thumb|right|A face not even a mother could love.]]
'''Fomorians''' are a species of [[giant]] originating from Irish mythology, characterized by their hideously deformed appearance and proclivities for dark sorcery.

In [[Dungeons & Dragons]], traditionally, the fomorian is essentially a grotesquely ugly and evil giant that ranks even lower than the [[Hill Giant]] on the [[Ordning]]. Deformed and malevolent, they are so physically warped they can't even hurl boulders like every single other species of giant in D&D can. They are cavern dwellers whose crude tribes consist of one alpha fomorian and whatever other unfortunates he or she can bully and torment, spending their time looking for victims to torture and eat.

In 4th edition, they changed; the 4e fomorian is a fey giant, believed to be an echo of the [[Feywild]], whose great empire once warred with that of the [[Eladrin]]. Ultimately defeated, they were exposed to magical backlashes that devastated their bodies and minds, leaving the once-beautiful giants as hideously deformed and insane monsters. 4e Fomorians are best defined by their "Evil Eyes", a large and distorted eye that serves as a focus for magical energies, allowing them to inflict all kinds of deadly magical attacks on their enemies. Too insane, paranoid and malevolent to form a cohesive threat, their petty empires still throng the [[Underdark]] of the Feywild, backed by loyal [[cyclops]] servitors and reigning over armies of slaves, such as the [[gnome]]s.

The 5e version of the fomorian is basically a watered-down version of the 4e version.

==Gallery==
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Formorian S4 1.png|Module S4, where they are called "Formorians".
Formorian S4 2.png|S4
Formorian S4 3.png|S4
Fomorian 1e.jpg|1e Monster Manual 2
Fomorian trading card.jpg|AD&D trading card
Fomorian MCV2 2e.jpg|Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2
Fomorian MM 2e.png|2e Monstrous Manual
Fomorian 3e.jpg|3e
Fomorian 4e.jpg|4e. They're purple now.
Fomorian battle.jpg
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==Fhoimorien==
The frustratingly hard to pronounce (unless you're Welsh) Fhoimorien is a [[giant]] species native to the setting of [[Birthright]]. These deformed giants are the Cerilian equivalent of Fomorians, and are malicious, mystical creatures with an innate [[elemental]] affinity for earth. This manifests in their innate ability to cast Stone Speak/Tell, Animate Stone and Passwall once per day, but many of them become "[[warlock]]s", which are 1st to 4th level [[Wizard]]s whose spellbooks are filled with earth [[elementalism]] spells. Weirdly,  fhiomoriens can assume gaseous form as a cloud of pale blackish-green, foul-smelling smoke twice per day, and are adept at using this to escape from threats, manuever around battlefields, or otherwise cross normally impassible terrain. Perhaps because of this ability, fhiomorien warlocks also favor air elementalism spells alongside their earth elemental arsenal.

Fhoimoriens inhabit desolate marshes and forests from the seashores to the mountains, as well as live in deep caves.

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Fhoimorien WotS.jpg|Possibly the worst official art in the history of D&D.
Fhoimorien MCAV4.jpg
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==Fomor==
The Fomor, also known as sea-devils, are an amphibious race from the [[Darklands]] setting. They are bent on conquering the lands above the water, and corrupt or enslave men and [[Beastman|beastmen]] to fight for them. They are also responsible for the Great Ice Sheet that is slowly engulfing the earth. Fomor look like mini-[[Cthulhu|Cthulhus]] minus the wings (or alternatively, really buff [[Mind Flayer|mind flayers]]).

==See Also==
*[[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition races]]

{{D&D-Giants}}
[[Category: Monsters]][[Category: Giants]][[Category:Birthright]]