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<blockquote data-quote="Kalendraf" data-source="post: 1645825" data-attributes="member: 3433">Yes, but it needs some explaining...Though they weren't terribly happy about the arrangement, the females and children under the party's protection didn't object too much.&nbsp; They saw the party as their only hope at that point.&nbsp; The ranking female provided a brief history of the tribe, and it was fairly obvious that if the party could clear the caves, the goblins might be able to stay there again.&nbsp; In the process of clearing the caves, the party encountered Shard, an earth mephit that the tribe had been paying yearly tributes to for aid and protection.&nbsp; A magical ring given by Shard to one of the previous chiefs had become seen as the badge of office.&nbsp; When the previous chief fell to his death in a deep chasm, the ring was lost, and the tribe splintered into two factions.&nbsp; Shard had found the ring and kept it while he tried to decide which goblin was worthy of it.&nbsp; But before he could reach his decision, the caves had been overrun by troglodytes and the remaining goblins fled.&nbsp; Meanwhile, Shard had retreated to his own secret caverns.The party helped clear the caves, uncovered information about the leader of the other half of the tribe who had actually been responsible for the fall of the previous chief, and then confronted them.&nbsp; With Shard's help, they exposed the traitor, and helped re-unite the divided tribe.&nbsp; But that left the question of who should lead.It was apparant to the party that out of all the surviving goblins of the Brokenfingers tribe, the ranking female goblin was the most qualified to lead.&nbsp; Her suggestions were what had kept that portion of the divided tribe alive for this long.&nbsp; However, tribal law prevented females from becoming chief.&nbsp; Without much hesitation, the party changed that rule and allowed females to lead, then made her the new chief.&nbsp; The surviving male goblins from the other half of the tribe weren't very happy about it, but when Shard produced the ring and gave it to her, most of them accepted the decision.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kalendraf, post: 1645825, member: 3433"] Yes, but it needs some explaining... Though they weren't terribly happy about the arrangement, the females and children under the party's protection didn't object too much. They saw the party as their only hope at that point. The ranking female provided a brief history of the tribe, and it was fairly obvious that if the party could clear the caves, the goblins might be able to stay there again. In the process of clearing the caves, the party encountered Shard, an earth mephit that the tribe had been paying yearly tributes to for aid and protection. A magical ring given by Shard to one of the previous chiefs had become seen as the badge of office. When the previous chief fell to his death in a deep chasm, the ring was lost, and the tribe splintered into two factions. Shard had found the ring and kept it while he tried to decide which goblin was worthy of it. But before he could reach his decision, the caves had been overrun by troglodytes and the remaining goblins fled. Meanwhile, Shard had retreated to his own secret caverns. The party helped clear the caves, uncovered information about the leader of the other half of the tribe who had actually been responsible for the fall of the previous chief, and then confronted them. With Shard's help, they exposed the traitor, and helped re-unite the divided tribe. But that left the question of who should lead. It was apparant to the party that out of all the surviving goblins of the Brokenfingers tribe, the ranking female goblin was the most qualified to lead. Her suggestions were what had kept that portion of the divided tribe alive for this long. However, tribal law prevented females from becoming chief. Without much hesitation, the party changed that rule and allowed females to lead, then made her the new chief. The surviving male goblins from the other half of the tribe weren't very happy about it, but when Shard produced the ring and gave it to her, most of them accepted the decision. [/QUOTE]

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