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| | Some Say... | Goblins are Alice cultists gone off the deep end. | | | Some Say... | Goblins are Alice cultists gone off the deep end. | | ||
| | Many Believe... | Goblins are Monsters at worst, Pests at best. | | | Many Believe... | Goblins are Monsters at worst, Pests at best. | | ||
| - | | Few Reckon... | Goblins will take over the world. | | + | | Few Reckon... | Goblins will be an unprecedented threat to humanity. | |
| | **The Overlord** | Blissfully stupid but deathly loyal subjects of my empire. | | | **The Overlord** | Blissfully stupid but deathly loyal subjects of my empire. | | ||
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| | **The Maple Church** | **Orcs, Ogres, Trolls**, what they are called matters little. They are **Monsters** due to be slain in glorious combat. | | | **The Maple Church** | **Orcs, Ogres, Trolls**, what they are called matters little. They are **Monsters** due to be slain in glorious combat. | | ||
| | **The Alice Cult** | These blessed **Servants **of Alice' | | **The Alice Cult** | These blessed **Servants **of Alice' | ||
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| + | Possible terminology and variants: | ||
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| + | * gobblin, gobeline, gobling, goblyn, goblino, and gobbelin | ||
| + | * Pukwudgie - Little wild man of the woods that vanishes. | ||
| + | * Puck - Spirit of nature. | ||
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| ==== C Church: Pestilence that Walks ==== | ==== C Church: Pestilence that Walks ==== | ||
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| ===== History ===== | ===== History ===== | ||
| - | >What is interesting is that while **The Church** deems Humans as the only rightfully sentient race, **The Academy** are goading [**The Church**] with their research into Goblin anthropology. | + | //What is interesting is that while **The Church** deems Humans as the only rightfully sentient race, **The Academy** are goading [**The Church**] with their research into Goblin anthropology.// |
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| ==== Human Intervention ==== | ==== Human Intervention ==== | ||
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| Breeding Goblins once even contested with the slavary market---stirring commotion for a notable period in history. | Breeding Goblins once even contested with the slavary market---stirring commotion for a notable period in history. | ||
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| === Feral Goblin to Domesticated Servants === | === Feral Goblin to Domesticated Servants === | ||
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| Unsurprisingly, | Unsurprisingly, | ||
| - | Recently, it appears Goblinkind even got a** [[the_goblin: | + | Recently, it appears Goblinkind even got a** [[~#Goblin_Missiah|Messiah]] **spreading some “Holely” text across the country... |
| - | === House Elves - The Perfect Servants === | + | === House Elves --- The Perfect Servants === |
| Historically, | Historically, | ||
| - | The earliest traces of House Elves may be traced back to folktales. Members of society already share a common understanding of the mythology surrounding these helpers in their homes. It was only after **The War**, that the veteran John Kregsiion published his historically influential writing that stimulated a new field of studies on the “Conceptual House Elf” and their application. | + | The earliest traces of House Elves can be found in folktales. Members of society already share a common understanding of the mythology surrounding these helpers in their homes. It was only after **The War**, that the veteran John Kregsiion published his historically influential writing that stimulated a new field of studies on the “Conceptual House Elf” and their application. |
| The conceptual House Elves were bred to be intellectually complacent, obedient, morally wrapped and handicapped to depend upon and better serve human society. In the ideal depictions of a conceptual House Elf from the early writings of the **Definitive Manual of House Elves**, it laid out: | The conceptual House Elves were bred to be intellectually complacent, obedient, morally wrapped and handicapped to depend upon and better serve human society. In the ideal depictions of a conceptual House Elf from the early writings of the **Definitive Manual of House Elves**, it laid out: | ||
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| Despite modern Goblinoids' | Despite modern Goblinoids' | ||
| - | === Goblinkind - A Kinder View on this Race === | + | === Goblinkind |
| From these societies, many Goblinoids (Orcs, Ogres, Trolls, Dark Elves) consider their ancestry elsewhere through their own mythology. Comparison to Goblins is regarded as an insulting slur and is no different from comparing humans to animals, such as monkeys. | From these societies, many Goblinoids (Orcs, Ogres, Trolls, Dark Elves) consider their ancestry elsewhere through their own mythology. Comparison to Goblins is regarded as an insulting slur and is no different from comparing humans to animals, such as monkeys. | ||
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| Even now, **The Modern Kingdom** endorses the extermination of feral Goblins and instigates support for the Goblinoid domestication industry alongside traditional slavary. The distribution of “Methods of Magic” is strictly banned by **The Academy** and **The Church **(although the Church had been advocating this procedure for much longer than the recently involved Academy). | Even now, **The Modern Kingdom** endorses the extermination of feral Goblins and instigates support for the Goblinoid domestication industry alongside traditional slavary. The distribution of “Methods of Magic” is strictly banned by **The Academy** and **The Church **(although the Church had been advocating this procedure for much longer than the recently involved Academy). | ||
| - | >// | + | >// |
| + | >\\ //Judging from how the world is now, Goblinoids are at the mercy of us… I can only dread that this other reality will never come. That is why I chose to protect my world. In the only way I know how.”//\\ \\ --- General Houser, Kingdom’s Warden | ||
| - | There are those in it for profit, living it for themselves. | + | * There are those in it for profit, living it for themselves. |
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| - | There are those who simply roll in the chaos, the artificial pride, the facade of honour and the drunkenness of power. | + | |
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| - | Some see them as a liberation from slavery. | + | |
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| - | Some see them as synonymous with animals. | + | |
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| - | Few grasped the nuances in their own way and repeatedly contemplated their morals. | + | |
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| - | While some simply chose a side and stuck with it. | + | |
| The Goblins, as of now, are a sad race whose whole identity was artificially moulded by another. They change and change and change in the vision of others. They change and change to serve as foils to aspirations. They change, and that is what they are. Sad, sad creatures of creators who can no longer even decipher what was their “truest”, | The Goblins, as of now, are a sad race whose whole identity was artificially moulded by another. They change and change and change in the vision of others. They change and change to serve as foils to aspirations. They change, and that is what they are. Sad, sad creatures of creators who can no longer even decipher what was their “truest”, | ||
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| How different has the modern Goblin come to be? Will they still be the same as their Ancient counterparts? | How different has the modern Goblin come to be? Will they still be the same as their Ancient counterparts? | ||
| - | <WRAP box> | + | === Goblin Characteristics === |
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| - | === Goblin Characteristics: === | + | |
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| - | * Stupendous | + | |
| - | * Impulsive | + | |
| - | * Irrational | + | |
| - | * Selfish | + | |
| - | * Intolrentable | + | |
| - | * Crass | + | |
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| * Highly Mutable, high genetic variance | * Highly Mutable, high genetic variance | ||
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| * Amplitude for Magic (Despite a lack of access to “Methods of Magic”, they seem to naturally mutate to harness innate capabilities to produce supernatural phenomena) | * Amplitude for Magic (Despite a lack of access to “Methods of Magic”, they seem to naturally mutate to harness innate capabilities to produce supernatural phenomena) | ||
| - | </ | + | **Short Lifespan** |
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| - | **Short Lifespan** | + | |
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| - | Goblins have a lifespan of no more than 4 years. | + | |
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| - | **Excellent Memories** | + | |
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| - | Goblins are known to exhibit excellent memories, remembering almost anything throughout the entirety of their short lifespan. This gouged their tendency to hold crystal clear grudges and the uncanny ability to seek revenge. | + | |
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| - | **Like Rabbits** | + | |
| - | Goblins | + | **Excellent Memories** --- Goblins |
| - | **Magically Attuned** | + | **Like Rabbits** --- Goblins reproduce like rabbits. At the same time, they pass on their traits. Goblins learn quickly, mutate by great magnitude and reproduce rapidly. All of the above factors combined made Goblins the most rapidly diverging and evolving race. Which biologists of **The Academy** curse with great vigour. |
| - | Interestingly, | + | **Magically Attuned** --- Interestingly, |
| It is speculated by conspiracists that humans maintain the pitfall state of goblins. The rapid evolution of goblins is a threat to all life forms; thus, they must be kept primal. However, some goblins escape such fate through pure luck, evolving past their savage brothers. | It is speculated by conspiracists that humans maintain the pitfall state of goblins. The rapid evolution of goblins is a threat to all life forms; thus, they must be kept primal. However, some goblins escape such fate through pure luck, evolving past their savage brothers. | ||
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| - | What distinguishes Alice Saga’s goblinoids, orcs and ogres as humanoid races that PCs fight is that in the universe: | + | <WRAP Box> |
| - | Since **The War: | + | === Digression: A Goblin' |
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| + | After **The War: | ||
| * Do these creatures have the rights of a sapient being? | * Do these creatures have the rights of a sapient being? | ||
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| * **The Modern Kingdom** - Goblinoids (now soundly integrated into mundane culture as House Elves) are animals, livestock, labour, servants, and slave alternatives. | * **The Modern Kingdom** - Goblinoids (now soundly integrated into mundane culture as House Elves) are animals, livestock, labour, servants, and slave alternatives. | ||
| - | * **The Old Kingdom **- Goblinoids are an emerging field of study, industry and cultural phenomenon acting as a realisation of the conceptual “House Elf” found in folktales. At this point, House Elves are contesting with traditional slavery. | ||
| * **The War - **Goblinoids are monsters, unknown animals from the wild of which we have yet to understand fully. It is during this time that Goblins were seen to be deployed as beasts of war. | * **The War - **Goblinoids are monsters, unknown animals from the wild of which we have yet to understand fully. It is during this time that Goblins were seen to be deployed as beasts of war. | ||
| + | * **The Old Kingdom **- Goblinoids are an emerging field of study, industry and cultural phenomenon acting as a realisation of the conceptual “House Elf” found in folktales. At this point, House Elves are contesting with traditional slavery. | ||
| * **The Void - **Unknown. | * **The Void - **Unknown. | ||
| - | * **The Ancients** - Goblinoids (Known objectively | + | * **The Ancients** - Goblinoids (also known as Green Elves) had evolved to the point of meeting conventional |
| Even in the context of the discussion within this document, there is no acceptable term to describe Goblins with. Goblins and Goblinoid were coined terms by **The Academy **for the sole purpose of giving their species a name. House Elves are a theoretical concept, realised through the Goblin’s suitable characteristics. Who knows what the original tongue of the Green Elves and their self-reference was… Even then, the term “Elves'' | Even in the context of the discussion within this document, there is no acceptable term to describe Goblins with. Goblins and Goblinoid were coined terms by **The Academy **for the sole purpose of giving their species a name. House Elves are a theoretical concept, realised through the Goblin’s suitable characteristics. Who knows what the original tongue of the Green Elves and their self-reference was… Even then, the term “Elves'' | ||
| - | Possible terminology and variants: | + | </ |
| - | * Goblinoid, Goblinkind | + | Yet to most of the modern populace, there is __no relation between the Elves told in myths and the Goblins |
| - | * House Elves | + | |
| - | * gobblin, gobeline, gobling, goblyn, goblino, | + | |
| - | * Pukwudgie - Little wild man of the woods that vanishes. | + | |
| - | * Puck - Spirit | + | |
| - | To most of the modern populace, there is no relation between the Elves told in myths and the Goblins of today. | ||
| - | ==== The Neko/Necro-Goblin Movement ==== | + | ==== The Neko-Goblin Movement ==== |
| There has been a recent surge in Goblin breeding movements, advocated by a new generation of Goblinoid enthusiasts since the war. Contrary to traditional breeding principles to defame Goblinoids with unappealing characteristics, | There has been a recent surge in Goblin breeding movements, advocated by a new generation of Goblinoid enthusiasts since the war. Contrary to traditional breeding principles to defame Goblinoids with unappealing characteristics, | ||
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| Neko- derived from the origin of this movement in a faraway land that originally meant “cat”. Neo- is the newly coined prefix in **The Modern Kingdom**, which aligns with the movement’s philosophy to “Rejuvenate/ | Neko- derived from the origin of this movement in a faraway land that originally meant “cat”. Neo- is the newly coined prefix in **The Modern Kingdom**, which aligns with the movement’s philosophy to “Rejuvenate/ | ||
| - | **The Kingdom’s and The Church’s** outlook on this movement is pessimistic. The movement is deemed troublesome, | + | **The Kingdom’s and The Church’s outlook on this movement is antagonistic. **The movement is deemed troublesome, |
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| The movement has crossed a long history of rejection and prosecution. Yet the movement persisted till this day. In the present day, the movement has become a cultural phenomenon, gathering a cult following in the high ranks of nobility. The possession of Neko-Goblins as pets has become a favourite activity and symbol of prosperity. The most notable of which is the __House Elf Knights of the Royal Guards__, a Knight Corps that served to protect and act as playmates for young royalty. | The movement has crossed a long history of rejection and prosecution. Yet the movement persisted till this day. In the present day, the movement has become a cultural phenomenon, gathering a cult following in the high ranks of nobility. The possession of Neko-Goblins as pets has become a favourite activity and symbol of prosperity. The most notable of which is the __House Elf Knights of the Royal Guards__, a Knight Corps that served to protect and act as playmates for young royalty. | ||
| - | ===== Racism Against Goblins, by Goblins ===== | + | ==== Postmortem |
| By this point, we have outlined the skewed and acute view of Goblinkind from the perspective of the residents of **The Kingdom**. What about the subject in question themselves? How does a Dark Elf view Goblins? How does a House Elf view their feral cousins, their ostracised cousins or their cousins who have been labelled as terrorists? | By this point, we have outlined the skewed and acute view of Goblinkind from the perspective of the residents of **The Kingdom**. What about the subject in question themselves? How does a Dark Elf view Goblins? How does a House Elf view their feral cousins, their ostracised cousins or their cousins who have been labelled as terrorists? | ||
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| **Goblin as a slur** --- To High Elves, goblins are equivalent to monkeys. However, unlike humans, the idea of a devolved (or inferiority evolved) close cousin species carries further implications. Goblin-kinds are a readily evolving species that had been distributed into multiple races artificially (by human influence) within a short period of time (approx a few hundred years). Naturally, each race holds bias towards the others (contrasting a naturally evolved Goblinkind race, they may feel their cousin races are artificially inferior, like how we treat people with plastic surgery). It is a moral dilemma. However, some (such as the High Elves) are rarely believed to belong to this vulgar family, even if they biologically are. | **Goblin as a slur** --- To High Elves, goblins are equivalent to monkeys. However, unlike humans, the idea of a devolved (or inferiority evolved) close cousin species carries further implications. Goblin-kinds are a readily evolving species that had been distributed into multiple races artificially (by human influence) within a short period of time (approx a few hundred years). Naturally, each race holds bias towards the others (contrasting a naturally evolved Goblinkind race, they may feel their cousin races are artificially inferior, like how we treat people with plastic surgery). It is a moral dilemma. However, some (such as the High Elves) are rarely believed to belong to this vulgar family, even if they biologically are. | ||
| - | **They are mature | + | **Mature |
| - | **Anti-human **--- The purpose of goblins is another race that cannot be understood. Meaning they always | + | **Anti-human **--- The purpose of goblins is another race that cannot be understood. Meaning they always |
| **What doesn' | **What doesn' | ||
| - | **They live a short life, so they make full use of it **--- Goblin | + | **They live a short life, so they make full use of it **--- Goblins |
| - | **I am bush** --- They are often not too bright, stupid and low at worst, ignorant and aloof at best. Yes, even the elves are huge eggheads of ego, pride and airheads. | + | **I am bush** --- They are often not too bright, stupid and low at worst, ignorant and aloof at best. Yes, even the Elves are huge eggheads of ego, pride and airheads. |
| - | ==== Overview | + | |
| + | ==== The Family | ||
| * **Green Elves:** Goblins of ancient times. Not considered goblins by the public. Technology Evolution Route. | * **Green Elves:** Goblins of ancient times. Not considered goblins by the public. Technology Evolution Route. | ||
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| * **Kobolds/ | * **Kobolds/ | ||
| - | ===== Goblin Religion and Belief ===== | ||
| - | ==== Misc ==== | + | ===== Religion and Belief ===== |
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| + | ==== Unorganised Collection | ||
| * Goblinoids are green skinned, blue-blooded, | * Goblinoids are green skinned, blue-blooded, | ||
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| * Goblins typically cannot live to travel very far. In their lifetime, **The Great Forest **is the extent of their worldview So hearing tales of faraway lands is quite literally, hearing about a world they will never visit. | * Goblins typically cannot live to travel very far. In their lifetime, **The Great Forest **is the extent of their worldview So hearing tales of faraway lands is quite literally, hearing about a world they will never visit. | ||
| * Goblins are greedy socialists. Since one goblin cannot own something for very long, they often own little. But those that they do own, they hold on with great tenacity. Sometimes passing trinkets down family-lines like heirlooms. | * Goblins are greedy socialists. Since one goblin cannot own something for very long, they often own little. But those that they do own, they hold on with great tenacity. Sometimes passing trinkets down family-lines like heirlooms. | ||
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| ==== Goblin Missiah ==== | ==== Goblin Missiah ==== | ||
| - | >“If you ever see a house elf looking at paper, rock or wood for a very long time. Take it away and beat it. If you ever see a house elf keep it. Kill it immediately.”\\ \\ --- General Houser, Kingdom’s Warden | + | >//“If you ever see a house elf looking at paper, rock or wood for a very long time. Take it away and beat it. If you ever see a house elf keep it. Kill it immediately.”\\ \\ --- General Houser, Kingdom’s Warden// |
| Goblin who wrote the “Holely Text”. Any Goblin who reads Mud's Holey Text out loud will have an epiphany and be granted a mutation. | Goblin who wrote the “Holely Text”. Any Goblin who reads Mud's Holey Text out loud will have an epiphany and be granted a mutation. | ||
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| <WRAP box> | <WRAP box> | ||
| - | [You’re not impressed? | + | [You’re not impressed? |
| I do not need a wall, I will grow scales. I do not need weapon, I will sprout claws. | I do not need a wall, I will grow scales. I do not need weapon, I will sprout claws. | ||