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The city of Kipli Kritas, located along the great river Forsingda Shi in the heartland of the great human empire of Shi Kerashi, is an example of a location that has been affected by the neglect and deterioration of ancient giant magic.
In Kera (the state language of Shi Kerashi), "Kipli Kritas" translates to "Carp Grotto" and refers to the city's most iconic feature: An enormous half-submerged ruined temple that inexplicably sank into the river the day the giants lost their sapience.

Curiously, although the Forsingda Shi is home to many different species of freshwater fish, the Common Imperial Carp is the only fish species that ever willingly enters the sunken temple. All other fish species avoid going in there if they can, and will immediately look for the nearest exit if deliberately placed inside it. Nobody knows why this is.

But perhaps the most perplexing mystery of all is a humongous (humpback whale-sized) individual carp that has lived in the temple for centuries.
He is known by locals as "Fuvo Kipli" ("Father Carp"), and is revered by them as a sacred animal (not a god by any means, but still something holy and important).

Fuvo Kipli is actually too big to fit through the outer doors of the temple (no small feat in and of itself, considering they were designed by and for the ancient giants!), and is therefore stuck inside it. He seemingly entered the temple when he was a sensibly sized carp, and then gradually grew to a freakish size there due to the effects of the giants' unattended magic, to the point that he could no longer get out.

A sizeable portion of the great fish's diet comes from offerings of food (typically bread or cooked rice) thrown into the water by priests and other religious people, mainly as a wish for good luck. He also eats a lot of algae, crayfish and river crabs. Another major part of his diet is cannibalism (he has no issue eating smaller carp), and maaaybe the occasional unwary fisherman or trespassing small child... though the local priests tend to sweep those incidents under the carpet...

Description
The city of Kipli Kritas, located along the great river Forsingda Shi in the heartland of the great human empire of Shi Kerashi, is an example of a location that has been affected by the neglect and deterioration of ancient giant magic.
In Kera (the state language of Shi Kerashi), "Kipli Kritas" translates to "Carp Grotto" and refers to the city's most iconic feature: An enormous half-submerged ruined temple that inexplicably sank into the river the day the giants lost their sapience.

Curiously, although the Forsingda Shi is home to many different species of freshwater fish, the Common Imperial Carp is the only fish species that ever willingly enters the sunken temple. All other fish species avoid going in there if they can, and will immediately look for the nearest exit if deliberately placed inside it. Nobody knows why this is.

But perhaps the most perplexing mystery of all is a humongous (humpback whale-sized) individual carp that has lived in the temple for centuries.
He is known by locals as "Fuvo Kipli" ("Father Carp"), and is revered by them as a sacred animal (not a god by any means, but still something holy and important).

Fuvo Kipli is actually too big to fit through the outer doors of the temple (no small feat in and of itself, considering they were designed by and for the ancient giants!), and is therefore stuck inside it. He seemingly entered the temple when he was a sensibly sized carp, and then gradually grew to a freakish size there due to the effects of the giants' unattended magic, to the point that he could no longer get out.

A sizeable portion of the great fish's diet comes from offerings of food (typically bread or cooked rice) thrown into the water by priests and other religious people, mainly as a wish for good luck. He also eats a lot of algae, crayfish and river crabs. Another major part of his diet is cannibalism (he has no issue eating smaller carp), and maaaybe the occasional unwary fisherman or trespassing small child... though the local priests tend to sweep those incidents under the carpet...