Goliath

Origins

Goliaths were born of experimentation. Several races that were traditionally small, such as gnomes, goblins, dwarves, and halflings, bound together in search of a way to become more. They found their answers in transmutation magic: the ability to add more mass to themselves and become taller. After completing their ritual, the group decided to leave their community for the mountains they had a sudden and unexplicable urge to settle. After several generations of breeding between themselves, they were no longer enlarged versions of their previous races, but something new: the Goliaths.   

Regions

Much like their progenitors, the Goliaths find themselves drawn to the mountains. Anywhere the ground rises to meet the heavens is likely to have Goliaths.   

Stereotypes

Stereotype	Why this Stereotype Exists
Goliaths are a naturally occurring race.	While they aren't technically a mageborn race, neither are they natural-born race. They fall into something of a categorical gray area, but they are certainly not borne of nature.
Goliaths are brutes.	While there are certainly a large group of bulky goliaths, there are always those that remember their origins and honor them with study of the forces that created them.
Goliaths have a violent predisposition.	This belief is largely a misunderstanding. The larger Goliaths have a hard time understanding how much strength they can use with smaller creatures. More than one pat on the back has been misinterpreted as a shove.