I personally think that the Fog Giants (the idle giants you encounter in the fog) could use some lore significance. What I am currently thinking about is that they were formerly the great juice gods who shaped the landscape. Swirly D would in actuality be one of the gods, but he was ridiculed and rejected for his comparatively small stature. Infuriated and seeking vengeance, Swirly D mastered the dark arts of elderberry juice (elderberries is extremely poisonous in real life) and slowly transformed into a horrific demon that surpassed the giants in power. eventually engaged all 4 in a final battle. Swirly D used a move I would like to call "Swirly Stone" to petrify the giants and turn them into completely immobile statues, but thanks to their efforts, Swirly D was temporarily weakened, allowing The Clog's "Master" to create the toilet realm and the Clog to seal him away in an eternal prison. The Clog's master could be a juice demigod and a prophet of the ancient deities. Swirly D was not able to break himself out whatsoever, but however, he could still use psychic abilities to communicate with others. He posed as the supreme god and gained a militaristic cult doing everything in their power to try and set him free. One of the members (Sergeant Suckerpunch) was the most extreme of the cultists and eventually figured out how to kill the Clog (using plungers), but nobody else believed him and became an outcast. The adamant Suckerpunch eventually located the toilet realm and challenged the Clog himself, but as described in the game itself, he horribly lost and had his limbs torn off. He then replaced his limbs with plungers and built himself a home right next to the Clog's domain, repeatedly challenging him and failing. He eventually sensed the presence and growing power of the student and saw potential in him. He waits and trains for however long it takes for the player to reach his arena. He would then challenge them to a duel to test their strength to see if they had the power to destroy the Clog. After being defeated of course, he gives the player a giant plunger and instructs them to kill The Clog. Once the Clog is defeated, Sgt Suckerpunch refers to the player as a fool for falling for his great scheme, and takes pride in the fact that despite his opponents and challenges, he finally unleashed his great lord Swirly D. Quick addition, since the dinosaur character from Schwing is one of the giants, I have also theorized that them deeming the player "worthy" after killing 100 pollywogs is them taking you in as their prophet. So yes, the Schwing player is a juice demigod and the prophet of the fog giants. The "Student" could either be a relative of the player from Schwing or the exact same character, as "The Student" could imply that he IS the student of the fog giants. Although the Clog does not recognize you, it could simply be due to not seeing you for an eternity.