Gods

Lore
After the manifestation of the First Flame, a race of towering humanoids was born. They came from the Darkness much like human beings, but their essence changed forever when three powerful individuals found the Souls of Lords within the flame. Gwyn, Lord of Sunlight, the Witch of Izalith and Nito, the First of the Dead: these beings thus became the first and most powerful Gods.

As a race, the males of the Gods' kin are really tall (a common Silver Knight has twice the height of a human), while the females appear to be shorter. Since they became strongly attuned to the First Flame, conversely they grew weak to the dark energy of the Abyss.