I'm quite sorry about that. You're right, it would have been nice to warn you. Because of course we could have! The giants are very polite people that send us a note at least 72 hours before any attempts to kill us all.

And there's your first answer. Gods and Giants. The great immortal beings. Asgard and Vanaheim versus Muspellheim and Thrymheim and Utgard piddling around ready to pick at the heels of whoever is losing.