Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Rocket your D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E games into space! Alpha Star Magazine Is Launching... Right Now!

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="hafrogman" data-source="post: 4665735" data-attributes="member: 8858">Well, I'm not certain that the dwarves would neccessarily want a community composed entirely of adult male goblins (with grudges) camping on their doorstep.  And, they're probably not going to for a simple extermination policy.  So I figure the best method would be enforced gender segregation, prevent little goblins in the first place.[sblock=On Being a Goblin]The goblins work as servants, assistants or laborers under strict supervision.  If they're not working, they're confined to their own portions of the city.  The male quarters and the female quarters are at opposite ends of the city, and kept under watch to prevent illicit visitations.  Any goblin caught violating curfew and attempting to circumvent the population control laws immediately forfeits their citizenship and is ejected from the city.  It is from one of these exiles that the Dragh learned of Naedur.The right for a goblin to become a parent is a fiercely fought over honor, administered by the dwarves (of course).  Such selective breeding might imply that only the best and brightest among the goblins would be chosen, and over a thousand years, goblins could be a very different people than they once were.  However, the best and the brightest are also those most likely to chafe against the dwarven rule.  Thus it is that those most often chosen are the helpful, subservient and complacent, leading to a race that is much the same.  However, occasionally fate twists in unseen ways and throws back a reject, a goblin that harkens back to their glory days under the reign of the Goblin Queen.The Queen herself is worshipped among the city's goblins.  Soon after the founding of Naedur, goblins began whispering among themselves of dreams and portents given to them by the Queen.  The tale began to circulate of her sacrifice, despite no Naedur goblin having witnessed the event.  Over the ensuing milenium, real memories of the Goblin Queen quickly faded and were replaced only by legend.  Any rough edges she may have possessed in life were quickly worn away by the adoration of her people.  She was worshipped as a goddess, a kind and benevolent spirit.  One who would provide shelter and hope to the downtrodden.[/sblock]Sadly, my computer erased my character file for The Goblin Queen.  So no stats yet, but I had everything worked out in my head, so it'll go fairly quickly once I'm no longer at work.  Gutwick's story to follow. . .</blockquote>

Verification