By Gentle Giant, I mean a character which is large in stature and looks intimidating, but is in contrast very gentle at heart in some way, even if it takes them a while to show that side of them.
It's pretty self explanatory, so I was brief with my example of this. In fact, this whole image is almost an archetype in itself, ironically, since so many people have used it as a way of breaking stereotype.
Mordecai - Fire Emblem
In Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Mordecai is a member of the Laguz race, a race of shape-shifting people (including Tigers, Cats, Hawks, Ravens and Dragons), with a fairly large prejudice towards humans.
Even in the illustration above, you can see that as fearsome and formidable he looks in his Tiger form, even being a particularly large Tiger, he is an incredibly gentle soul. Perhaps another Tiger would eat that squirrel in his hand - you generally don't know much about the generic characters other than that they are fierce warriors. Don't get me wrong, Mordecai is a very strong warrior, but ultimately he dislikes combat and hates even more to bring suffering or displeasure to those he considers friends.
He is a perfect example of a gentle giant who would rather avoid conflict than engage in it, unlike his almost polar-opposite superior officer, Lethe:
She is a smaller member of the Beast Tribe and far quicker to judge and to anger, whereas Mordecai is much more mellow, not at all what his physicality seems to suggest upon first impressions.
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