The Giant Tree is a boss in Suikoden IV.
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It is an interdimensional creature summoned from the World of Emptiness by the sorcerer Warlock. The Giant Tree's seeds were naturally teeming with powerful runic magic. Warlock was able to combine this powerful seed with the Eye Fish to create the powerful Rune Cannon, the seeds were also used to create the Rune Shells, the amunitions needed for the Rune Cannons. Seeds from the branches of the tree were used for their smaller and less potent power as the seeds from the tree itself were much more Powerful.
In 295, the Gaien Dukedom attacked the Kooluk Empire in the ill-fated Gaien-Kooluk War. Utterly vanquished at El-Eal Fortress, the Gaien forces were forced to retreat while Kooluk counter-attacked capturing the Gaien colony of Middleport.
In Middleport, Kooluk discovered the Giant Tree and managed to subdue it, taking it to El-Eal. There, Kooluk began to engage in experiments which eventually resulted in the creation of El-Eal's giant Rune Cannon while also securing Middleport's independence in order to increase their yield of shells.
The capture of the Giant Tree paid off in 302 when the development of giant Rune Cannon shells and the giant cannon at El-Eal was finally complete, allowing Kooluk to easily destroy the island of Iluya.
In 307, after the Island Liberation Navy victory at El-Eal and the defeat of Graham Cray, Cray used his own magic to provoke the Giant Tree to attack Razro and his party. Overcoming it's powerful magic and shifting elemental alignment, the tree was destroyed cutting off the source of all Rune Cannon ammunition.
The destruction of the Giant Tree led to a short-lived arms race as nations and other groups such as pirates gathered all the Rune Cannons and ammunition possible. Some, including Dario, briefly regretted the destruction of the tree due to the shortage of usable parts.