Bataoac, The Northern Giant is a powerful earth elemental from the Elemental Plane of Earth. After being summoned by the Aldar Dekalb, he was hidden deep within the northern mountains.
Heralding from the far north the Shastaan merchant, Seril shouted for help in searching of the earth elemental and had the theory that the earth elemental was in a digsite. Adventurers came around to help dig for the elemental west of the Istar Jungle of which they found the earth elemental.