The story of Caer Bonserth is rooted in the legend of the great hero, rumoured to be half giant himself, Bran the Mighty. Sung of by skalds across FĂĄlrenn, Bran is said to have slain the colossal giant Maelgor Blood-Eye upon the wind-battered cliffs where the fortress now stands. There, with bare hands and godlike strength, he set the first cyclopean stones in place as the clans watched in awe. In its earliest days, Caer Bonserth was conceived as a refuge, a last bastion to which the people fled when giants came thundering down from the high moors. Yet as generations passed and the raids never ceased, mere survival hardened into resolve. Beneath ancient standing stones, warriors swore solemn oaths to hunt the giants rather than hide from them.
Thus was the Talbane Clan forged. New halls and huts were raised to house the growing band of slayers, and with timber scarce in the bleak land, the fortress took on its grim aspect. Walls were fashioned from the bleached bones of fallen giants, rib and skull bound with iron and rune-carved stone, so that Caer Bonserth itself became both shield and warning. To all who approach, it proclaims a single, defiant truth: here, even giants may die.