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thrashing wildly. So far, Rithnuk has been quick enough to get out of the experts in question, no one is keen to press the issue).
of the way and lure Zhik back to his cell a er any unwary intruders Gribblik has branded Rezzag a heretic, and his followers frequently
(and a few unfortunate goblins) have continued to keep the come to blows with those loyal to the chief. ose le in the
association fresh in the ogre’s simple mind. middle are beginning to choose sides, and it is only a matter of
Rithnuk, for all his skill with mind games, is still relatively new time before the troop collapses entirely.
and untested in his position of power. Finding himself with the Mekanikals
beginnings of an empire, his successes, though few, have him
feeling invincible. With so many pieces to control, however, one Goblins are one of the more intelligent monstrous races,
mistake, one caravan that slips through the net or one door le unarguably possessing a nasty sort of cunning when it comes
ajar, could spell disaster. to devising ways to in ict pain on others, if somewhat lacking
in a certain level of common sense. In many ways, goblins have
Gark Skiggi the potential to make as many technical innovations as gnomes

e lives of those in monstrous tribes can be short, dangerous and or dwarves, but for the lack of a key skill: patience. Scrutinizing
unpredictable. ere are countless dangers from other races, both di erent iterations, re ning designs and following them through
monstrous and civilized, the environment, wild beasts, changing to completion before putting them to working use is a process
weather and temperature, natural disasters—the list goes on. Life beyond the reach and resilience of most goblinoids. ese traits,
is harder still when you are a small creature in a large forest, and nonetheless, are not entirely unheard of in some individuals, and
worse when your tribe is embroiled in a petty, yet dangerously many of those that possess them now make up a prominent and
volatile, civil war. well-known group of inventors, the Mekanikals. Well-respected
amongst their kind, approached with respect and gi s by other
is is the situation that the Gark Skiggi (‘Elf Killers’) nd troops rather than threats and violence, the goblins are not
themselves in. As with the majority of forest goblin troops, they war-makers themselves, yet provide prototype weapons to those
look to their shaman for spiritual guidance (in constant demand that are.
due to the sheer number of deities they look to worship) and their
chief for matters of war and survival (in constant demand due to e group’s most successful creation so far is a lightweight
the sheer number of mortal threats they face). e Gark Skiggi, catapult for launching various projectiles (jars of explosives,
however, is divided by a theological ri that threatens the future of poisonous gas, or angry bees) a great distance with reasonable
the troop. Gribblik, shaman of the troop is a loyal devotee of e accuracy; this only malfunctions and drops its payload straight
Tree with an Old Man’s Face, a erce god who must be appeased down on its operators around one time in every ten. en there’s
with o erings of dead polecats once a week. He has gathered quite the Flamespitter, consisting of a long wooden tube, a system of
a following styling themselves e True and Faithful Followers bellows, and a cauldron of burning pitch and sulphur, which tends
of e Tree with an Old Man’s Face, who dedicate themselves to to cause more casualties to the enemy than it does to the goblins
gathering o erings and spreading word of the power of their god. when it inevitably overheats and explodes. One yet to be deployed
successfully (though not through lack of trying) is a contraption to
e troop’s chie ain, Rezzag, is less than thrilled about what ing warriors through the air at the enemy or over castle defenses.
he sees as an insurrection waiting to happen and takes every So far, this has only served to rain down corpses on a bewildered
opportunity to decry e Tree With an Old Man’s Face, even foe, or leave unsightly smears on their ramparts.
going so far as to claim their god is a simple forest troll (traveling
experts have con rmed that this is indeed the case but, as previous e Mekanikals are somewhat more stable than most goblin
attempts to tell the goblins this have resulted in the violent deaths troops, with most of the troop’s attention taken up with thinking
up and fabricating elaborate death machines, which tends to keep
their viciousness focused outwards. eir chie ain, Kwince, is a
surprisingly old goblin given the nature of his work, and half deaf
from a lifetime of loud explosions, but still lights up with a child-
like glee whenever one of his weapons manages to obliterate a foe
in a particularly painful manner.

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