Nephilim (AoC Universe)

The Nephilim were the colossal offspring of angels and mortals in the Aeon of the Champion story series. Most of them are the children of Shemyaza, who, driven to the point of madness by the whispers of Azmodan and misled by the lies of his Grand Vizier Yeqon, had started numerous relationships with female mortals, all of which failed. The resulting failures bore him two problems: his growing madness, and the nephilim, restless giants of flesh and blood who rampaged across Terris Aurum like mad beasts and beat on the walled structures of the Watchers' cities. This troubled Shemyaza greatly, but he did not possess the will to do anything about the situation.

Things came to a head in -29,000 when the whispers of the Princes of Hell drove the Nephilim into a fury and caused them to run rampage through New Silver City (the capital of Terris Aurum]], killing six watchers. Furious, Shemyaza ordered Yeqon to have the nephilim rounded up and banished from the floating island permanently. Some made their way to Jotunheim, while others descended Bifrost and made their way into Old Vigrith to recoup. Thinking his problems were over, Shemyaza ignored the nephilim - completely unaware of what their next plan was.