Great Deposing

The Great Deposing was an uprising at the hands of the Ettin against Jazet, King of the Giants.

After King Jazet had become a lazy and debaucherous king, the leader of the Ettin, Udek and Udar, led an uprising against the king after his continued unkingly behaviour. The Ettin stormed the streets of Scurthaur and captured it.

Jazet, who took refuge in the fortress of Archator, would send his army to retake the city, however, the Giants under his command were uninterested in dying for a king they did not support. The army, consisting of both Gorthmag and Gaurmac Giants, allowed the Ettin to pass them and they easily overrun the king's fortress.

Ettin soldiers were stopped at the gate of the king's chambers by Undethu, Jazet's bodyguard who wielded Majik. Udek and Udar reasoned with Undethu who eventually yielded to the reason of the Ettin leader. The rebellious army took Jazet and paraded him around Thaniria in a humiliating display. They then brought Jazet to Scurthaur where he was publicly executed.

Udek and Udar subsequently took the throne of the Giant Kingdom, however, he promised to relinquish the throne to Jazet's son Kazeg once he was of age. The time between the usurpation of the throne and the crowning of Kazeg was marked by a time of upheaval and tension between the Ettin and the Gorthmag, known as the Cold War of the Giants.