Been a while since I shared something I have written. Life has a habit of giving other things for attention.
So while I get back to writing again, and looking at my humans, goblins and dwarfs. Here is a piece of history I wrote about the Goblin Wars I stumbled upon that I wrote nearly a year ago. Hope you enjoy.
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There are 6 Great Goblin Chiefs who are buried together, they fought to unite the goblins under one banner. They believed that together, their kin could finally be strong and stop the oppressors of magic ruling them. That a bright future of Goblin kin would come their way and be able to rule for themselves.
It was during the Goblin Magic wars that they banded together to fight off the humans, led by those who used magic, to push them back through the hills and to begin the period they hoped would be freedom. But they were tricked, magic was used to dispel their reality and what was seen as a final victory, was not.
The final act of those with magic was to make the goblin leaders believe they had won, no one is sure how, and they were ambushed by the few remaining followers of the magic folk. At their victory meal, the Goblin Chiefs were killed and slain. Their bodies hanged and marked with images to curse their souls, just in case they have any. Humans believed they didn’t but wasn’t worth the risk.
On hearing this, the goblin horde marched on and, under the leader of a hobgoblin who had betrayed the chiefs, brought forth the horde to attack. After the battle, the 6 chiefs were settled into the ground, in the 6 seats of Pazgaa, the place to rest and watch over their kin for the future. A 7th seat was made for visitors who passed into these lands to mark their respect to the 6 chiefs.
Slowly, the humans forgot the use of magic, the past of the wars became legend and the fear of the gobilns overtook the fear of magic. A brighter time was described, ruthlessly cut down by the gobilns who were jealous, or angry, at the prosperity that the time period saw. Some knew the truth were in books and tried to decipher them, but most writintgs have either been lost, or precious few ever existed.
The time of magic wealders for the humans is one of mystery and misdirection to those today.
The 6 seats of Pazgaa to the goblins, is seen as a holy place in legend, one that should be respected by all. To some this means to remember those who died in war and betrayal, to some means there are to be no humans. The stories over time have been lost, the march to Pazgaa has become legend, and some humans do not believe that they even existed. But he spirit of such a time, a united Goblin, is one that many still believe could happen. The are those who see the decendents of those 6 chiefs, as something that should be followed. But there are also those who wish to see every last decendent destroyed, but for what cause is unknown. Even to them.
S J Lister. Author 