Oh, people are married with kids by that point in some of our villages. That's definitely not a kid.

[Thus why she was aiming so low in the age department. A child felt like ten, and a kid more like twelve to fourteen. Hawke was young when she basically took over the family with her father's death. But that's the time period she's from. She started fighting and hunting as a child.]

The giant itself wasn't a superweapon? It sounds a bit like one.

[Although only one being and not a bomb which can do far more danger.]

Did it have ice magic? My sister used to freeze my bed as a prank when we were younger. My least favorite element.