Aug 4, 2016

270. 

I am both honored and impressed.  

Y’all are GREAT!

Um, this is the background blurb for goblins.  It’s in Chapter Three:  Progress and Regression.  I hope you like it!  Only 9 days left!  To get all the main and populous races in here, there will be some days wherein they are doubled up!  OH!  and 5 more sales means one more raffle winner!  Y’all have been truly astounding and I am very highly impressed with each and every one of you! 

Goblins are a fascinating race.  There are dozens of ways by which a Goblin might acquire power within the ranks of its race, but the three most common are via finding and defending a claim to a Big, via being considered the most traitorous and crafty, and via accumulating the most material wealth.  Larger members of the race tend to be victimized and culled early, especially by those who perceive them to be enemies.  

Their skin is highly sensitive to their emotional states, ranging in color from pale yellow tan when they are completely relaxed, to a dark green, almost blue color when they are agitated, fearful or excited.  They are highly sexist, with females almost never being seen.  The gender is much less common than that of males.  They have their own ranking system and their pull is primarily over who may breed with them.  Like most Hard races, all relations are initiated by the female aspect.

Goblins are one of the few Hard Races to lay eggs.  These are very soft and only set out for about ten days before hatching and are laid in clusters of between five and thirty.  A female goblin can lay these eggs approximately five times per year and each egg laid may have a different sire.  Goblins do not differentiate lineage, and young goblins are given only passing care before being treated as any of their adult counterparts.  They are physically fully mature at five years and mentally mature at about nine, though their brains remain highly plastic for the entirety of their two to four decades of life.