Гоблин

"I Told You So. I KNEW that there where elfs here!"

"Pfftt! Elfs! These aren't elfs!"

"No, ah? And then what they are?"

"D'UH. OBVIOUSLY They are dryads."

"No. They are elfs!"

"Dryads!"

"Oh, you two shut up. Dryads or Elfs, you know what this mean: the hunting grounds of the Duke are plaged with pointy-ears vermin, and will be our duty to clean them."

As the soldiers advanced toward the trap, the two "Leaf Elfs", or Mourlicoun as they call themselves, characteristic for their green or greenish skin tonnes, where arguing in their language, between whisperings...

"I Told You So! DON'T GRAB THAT!! Why are you so careless?! How could you activate the trap?! It was AN OBVIOUS trap!"

"It had a beautiful flower!"

"A beautiful flower? What were you thinking?!"

"But IT IS beautiful!" she said, showing the flower she grabed to her friend.

"This is why I hate walking with you!!!"

"Come, Gather near
so you can hear
without a trace of fear
the tale of the Mightiest
of the Goblin Kingdoms

Once upon a time, after a great Invasion to the surface, The Great Goblin was defeated, and his vast armies where dead or dispersed by the damned worms that drag themselves under the opressive yellow-light-that-scorch.

He came back, defeated, and so, he had to face the destiny of these who have lost: But, even when he came alone, he brought with him a Item so powerful, that the defeat looked like something insignificant in comparison:

The Great and Powerful talisman was collected by the Great Goblin, after a long adventure, from a column of what the surface worms call "woode", where the powerful magic item was hanging.

A Talisman so powerful, like no one was ever seen before by any Cave Goblin of Kazrrad before:

the RED APPLE

Quickly, the Great Goblin ordered to crimp the Apple to his Iron Crown.
The stupid blacksmith/slave, a surface worm with pointy hears, and his retarded babbling claiming that the fantastic item was a fruit, was quickly discarded, once he finished the vital job for the Great Goblin Empire.

In the long time the Apple was in the Crown, the Empire of the Bloody Apple lived a golden era of prosperity...

But due the sins of the un-believers of the Magical Power of the Bloody Apple, the magnificent Talisman of power and prosperity, slowly lost his power, and began to decay:

And since then, the alarmed Hordes of the empire of the BLOODY APPLE, had begun launching several Holy Wars, to recuperate the favor of the Gods and the Holy Apple:

But it doesn't matter how much holy wars, how much blood is spilled by sacrifical knives over the Apple of the Crown, every time they are able to get their hands over again a new re-incarnation of The APPLE, this decay once more, due the unlawful sins of the non believers...

and the circle must began again!

Появление Человечества, как его также называли Высшие Эльфы — «Эпоха Вторжений», ознаменовало начало новой эры и конец эльфийской эпохи гегемонии.

В Позднюю Эльфийскую Эпоху Империя Высших Эльфов Уайд Аксис, а также другие вассальные и союзные государства Высших Эльфов расширили сферу влияния Высших Эльфов на континенты Ушаэнор, Аэльс и Зархуй после поражения своих главных противников — Тёмных Эльфов Хаке.

Эта империалистическая экспансия, завоевания и войны против «варваров и дикарей» — других эльфов — и «зверей и монстров» — не-эльфов — внезапно прекратились с появлением Людей.

Однако первыми вторжениями «Эпохи Вторжений» были не люди, а различные виды, вынужденные бежать от новоприбывших...

Потому что Люди (как и их кузены Кановы) были совершенно не похожи на любого предыдущего захватчика, включая Высших Эльфов.

Люди и Кановы хотели владеть своими землями исключительно, и ни с кем другим, кроме себя.

Варианты на человеческих территориях стали: бежать, умереть или ассимилироваться.

И импульс человеческой экспансии вскоре почти уничтожил первый вариант после первых столетий расширения, за исключением земель, нежеланных для людей и кановов, — суровых пустынь, грубых нагорий и неприступных гор... или рас, сумевших противостоять экспансивному импульсу.

Но для нечеловеческих видов, считавших, что дела и так плохи, стало ещё хуже.

Стало ещё хуже, когда человеческие религии с верой в то, что только их вера истинна — даже исключая другие человеческие религии — и их миссионерское видение стали одной из сил, управлявших человеческими обществами.

Ислам в основном в Зархуе и частях южного Аэльса, Хейокса и Ушаэнора, и Христианство в Аэльсе и северном Ушаэноре, Иудаизм в степях центрального Аэльса, а также другие в Хейоксе (например, Буддизм).

В элианском христианском человечестве и их королевствах и империях, построенных на руинах колоний побеждённых Высших Эльфов, осталось множество других нечеловеческих видов.

И позже (особенно с началом Эпохи Демонов, с появлением «демонов», как их назвали в результате политического хода Церкви, чтобы получить власть перед Императором) эти виды стали ещё более уязвимыми.

Конклав Епископов в Ла Крус после долгих обсуждений определил:

1. Что чёрные люди Зархуя не имеют души, и их кожа черна из-за их грехов. То же самое относилось к братьям человечества — Кановым.

2. Нехристиане должны быть обращены, чтобы спасти их души. Люди бинезской и зархуйской рас не избраны Богом, но должны быть просвещены.

3. Эльфы, Дварфы и Орки когда-то были людьми, но из-за своих грехов были прокляты самим Богом.

Оставляя в стороне пункты 1 и 2, которые сами по себе вызвали огромное количество войн и разрушений, пункт 3 также имел серьёзные последствия.

Одна из сект Христианства, так называемые «Искупители», в свете этого божественного откровения, переданного епископами в Ла Крус, определила, что, поскольку эти нечеловеческие виды КОГДА-ТО были людьми (так как в Библии они не упоминались), они имеют душу, и даже если их грехи обезобразили их, их долг — спасти их души и вернуть этих чёрных овец в стадо Господне.

Так секта Искупителей начала свою работу по спасению душ.

ЕРЕСЬ ИСКУПИТЕЛЕЙ

Священники, Монахини и миссионеры секты Искупителей сосредоточили свою работу на покорённых нечеловеческих популяциях в христианских королевствах Аэльса.

Остатки поселенцев колоний Высших Эльфов — «Серые Эльфы», а также Эльфы Прерий — «Флери», а также Кановы, Дварфы и Великаны — и благодаря их фанатичной вере, сочетанию запугивания, пыток, смешения и синкретизации нечеловеческих религиозных верований, освобождения от рабства и налогов при обращении, а также добрым делам и харизматичным проповедникам, их работа была очень успешной, с массовыми обращениями эльфов Флери в христианство (к ужасу Епископов Ла Крус, к ереси, более близкой к православным христианам Услена).

Тем временем на северо-западе Аэльса многие Дварфы и Серые Эльфы также стали христианами.

ОДНАКО многие в секте Искупителей не считали, что одного обращения достаточно.

Бог проклял этих бывших людей за их ужасные грехи видимыми проклятиями, и чтобы Душа исцелилась, тела должны были сделать то же самое: и практики самобичевания или ритуального бичевания стали нормой среди этих новых христиан-искупителей.

Эльфы согрешили Похотью, Роскошью и Ленью и были наказаны долгой жизнью, чтобы они не могли наслаждаться радостью Рая и застряли в этом мире, с малым потомством, а также неестественной слабостью и заострёнными ушами, показывающими их грехи.

Дварфы согрешили Жадностью, Скупостью и Гордыней. Из-за этого Бог осудил их жить в погоне за богатством, властью и статусом, а за Гордыню проклял их малым ростом, чтобы они чувствовали унижение от своих смертных грехов.

Орки согрешили Чревоугодием, Гневом и Завистью, и из-за этого из людей они стали зелёными из-за Гнева и Зависти, а за чревоугодие они стали вечно голодными, с пожирающей страстью к любой пище, и их клыки выросли.

Секта искупителей не требовала крещения, чтобы отречься от этих «неестественных тел», но самобичевание всячески поощрялось.

Если они хотели, чтобы их души были спасены, они должны были очистить и свои тела.

Орков заставляли вырывать клыки и вести жизнь Доброты, Терпения и Умеренности.

Дварфов — сбривать бороды и волосы и вести жизнь Смирения и Благотворительности.

И наконец, эльфам отпиливали уши до человеческого размера и предписывали жизнь в Целомудрии и Прилежании.

Это бичевание чаще всего было самопричиняемым, как проявление веры, но в других случаях, как с рабами и военнопленными, его могли применять насильно.

Однако, несмотря на травму, которую это означало, «отпиленные эльфы», как их презрительно называли, имели важное преимущество в очень нетерпимых человеческих обществах: в отличие от обращённых орков или дварфов (за исключением некоторых более мелких или крупных дварфов, которые могли сойти за невысоких людей или людей с генетическим карликовостью), отпиленные эльфы могли часто сойти за людей.

И это открывало перед ними многие двери, которые раньше были закрыты.

И именно тогда Церковь начала смотреть на секту искупителей с негодованием.

Они допускали в свои ряды священников и монахинь из нелюдей, и их усилия по обращению нелюдей позволяли им проникать в человеческие общества, а их грязная грешная кровь оскверняла кровь народа, избранного самим Богом для управления миром.

Итак, наконец, секта искупителей была объявлена Ересью и преследовалась с применением всей мощи христианской церкви Северо-Западного Аэльса.

Однако ущерб уже был нанесён: после этого скрещивание между людьми и нелюдями только продолжалось, как и синкретизм и ассимиляция других видов в человечество...

"I don't know father... I was meditating a bit more about all this thing, and mayybe being bautized isn't much my thing...
Look, I don't feel ready... maybe some more catechesis?"

"Shut up. We are saving souls here boy.
So less do this quick:

You want them in any particular shape, or you leave me to choose?"

*GLUP*

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The Apparition of Humanity, as well called by the High Elfs the "Age of Invasions", marked the beginning of a new era, and the end of the Elfic era of Hegemony:

In the Late Elfic Age, the High Elf Empire of Whide Axis, as well other vassal and allies High Elf states extended the High Elf sphere of influence over the continents of Ushaenor, Aels and Zarhuy, after the defeat of their main oponents, the Hake Dark Elfs.

This imperialistic expansion, conquering and wars against "barbarians and savages" -other elfs- and "beasts and monsters" -non-elfs- ended suddendly, with the apparition of Humans:

However, the first invasions of the "Age of Invasions" weren't humans, but various species, forced to escape from the new arrived...

Because, the Humans (as well their Kanov cousins) where completely different that any previous invader, the High Elfs included:

The Humans and Kanovs wanted their lands with exclusivility, and with no one else aside from them:

The option in Human territories become: Escape, Die or be Assimilated.

And the impulse of the human expansion, soon make almost disapear the first option, after the first centuries of expansion, with the only exception of lands unwanted by the humans and kanovs, agrest deserts, rough highlands and impassable mountains... or races who where able to resist the expansive impulse.

But, for the non-human species, who thinked things where already bad, they turned to worse:

They turned to worse, when the Human religions, with the faith of being the only true one -even excluding other human religions-, and their missionary vision, became one of the powers that ruled the human societies:

The Islam largelly in Zarhuy and parts of south Aels, Hieyoks and Ushaenor, and the Christianity in Aels and north Ushaenor, the Jewish in the steppes in central Aels, as well others in Hieyoks (as the Buddism, as an example).

In the Aelian Christian Humanity and their kingdoms and empires, builded upon the ruins of the colonies of the defeated High Elfs, there remained large amounts of other non-human species:

And latter (specially upon the beginning of the Age of Demons, with the aparition of the "demons", as where called in a political move by the Church to gain a hold of power in front of the Emperor), these species where even more targeted.

The Conclave of Bishops in La Cruz, determinated, after long discussions, decided:
1.- That the black humans of Zarhuy didn't had a soul, and their skin was black due their sins. The same applied to the brothers of humanity, the Kanovs.

2.- The non-christians where to be converted, to save their souls. People of the Binese and Zarhuy human races wheren't choosen by god, but where to be iluminated

3.- The Elfs, Dwarfs and Orcs where once human, but due their sins, they where cursed by god himself.

Leaving aside the points 1 and 2, that alone caused an enorme amount of wars and destruction, the 3rd point as well had large consecuences:

One of the Sects of Christianity, the called "Redemptionists", in face of this ilumination of god, consignated by the bishops in La Cruz, determinated that, since once these non-human species ONCE where human, as according to the bible they didn't where mentionated, they had a soul, and even if their sins make them be desfigurated, it was their duty to save their souls, and turn these black sheeps again to the Lord's flock.

So the Redentionist sect began their work of saving souls:

THE REDEMPTIONIST HERESY

The Priests, Nuns and missionaries of the Redemptionist sect centratedb then their work in the subyugated populations in the Christian Human Kingdoms of Aels:

The remaments of settlers of High Elfs colonies, the "Grey Elfs", as well the Elfs of the Prairies, the "Flairie", as well Kanovs, Dwarfs and Gigants, and due their fanatical faith, a mix of intimidation, tortures, mixing and sincreting the non-human religious beliefs, liberation of slavery and of taxes when converting, as well good works and some charismatic preachers, they work was very sucsessful, with the convertions of mass of the Flairie elfs to the christianity (with horror to the Bishops of la Cruz, to an heressy more close to the ortodox christians of Uslen)

Meanwhile, in the North West of Aels many Dwarfs and Grey Elfs become christians as well:

HOWEVER, many in the Redemptionist sect didn't think that the conversion was enough:

God cursed these former-humans for their horrible sins, with visible curses, and for the Soul to heal, it was needed the bodies to do the same: and practices of self-flagellation, or ritual flagellation, become normal among these new Redemptionist christians:

The Elfs sinned of Lust, Luxury and Sloth, and where punished with a long live, so they can't enoy the joy of Paradise, and are stucked in this world, and with few offspring, as well unnatural weakness and pointy ears that show their sins.

The Dwarfs sinned of Greed, Codice and Pride.
Because of that, God condemned them to live pursuiting wealth, power and status, and for being to Pride, they where cursed with a short size, so they feel humilliated by their deadly sins.

The Orcs sinned of Gluttony, Wrath and Envy, and because of that, of humans, they became Green because of Anger and Envy, and for their gluttony, they became allways hunger, with a vore to eat anything, and their fangs growed:

The Redemptionist Sect didn't impossed to be baptized to renounce to these "un-natural bodies", but the self-flaggelation was highly encouraged:

If they wanted their souls to be saved, they must clean their bodies as well:

The Orcs where forced to tear out their fangs, and live out lifes of Kindness, Patience and Temperance.

The Dwarfs to shave their beards and hairs, and had a live of Humility and Charity.

And finally, the elfs where to sawed-off their ears to human size, and to live with Chastity and Diligence.

This Flagellation most of the times was self-inflicted, as a show of faith, but other times, as with slaves and war prisioners, may be forced:

However, despise the trauma this meaned, the "sawed-off elfs", as they where despectively called, had an important adventage in the very intolerant Human societies, and where, that in difference to the converted orcs or Dwarfs (exeption some smaller or larger dwarfs, who can pass as small humans, or human genetic dwarfs), the sawed-off elfs where able to pass many times as humans.

And this opened to them many doors which where before closed:

And that was when the Church began to see with angry eyes the Redemptionist sect:

They leave become priests and nuns in their ranks non-humans, and their efforts in converting non-humans, where leaving them enter in the human societies, and their filthy sinner blood was contaminating the blood of the people choosen by god himself to rule the world.

So, finally, the Redemptionist Sect was declarated a Heresy, and was pursuited and eliminated with all the weight of the power of the Christian church of North Western Aels:

However, the damage was already done: after that, the cross-breding between humans and non-humans only continued, as well the sincretism and assimilation of other species into humanity...

Two Dwarf battle maidens, from the Mine of Halldârak...

along with a little dwarf girl, and her Dwarf Maiden doll

In the far north of Aels and in Near Hieyoks, there existed the wild rumors about the existence of only male Dwarfs, or that their female have beards as well:

However, these rumors do have a base from which they originated: in the extremely patriarchal society of the Dwarf civilizations of the north, the female dwarfs are to be protected deep in their fortresses and keeps, safe from the dangers of Aiers, never to be seen by foreigners –be non-dwarves, or dwarves from other mines-. In some cases, this included as well other male dwarves that weren’t from the families, and if the females had to leave the security of their mines, they did it under the disguise of fake beards to hide themselves.  

But anybody who travel to the south of Aels and north of Zarhuy will find other Dwarven civilizations and cultures, much more opened than the northern isolationists cities: they weren’t only open for trade to other species, but as well to live among them –being common to find dwarves in villages and towns of humans and other species, which included as well, female dwarves: and in these southern mines, there doesn't exist the custom of the fake beards to cover the faces of their women.

While in the southern Dwarf mines, the warriors and miners are still mostly men, dwarven women aren’t relegated only to domestic tasks but take an active part in the economy of their mines, and as well can be part of the City guard and Militias, and some noble-woman may enter in Military Orders.

Other interesting point about the dwarfs of Aels and Zarhuy, is that they normally wear for special occasions and celebrations their armors, as a Dwarf is seemed to be an Adult, with vote and voice, when it can carry arms, so for an un-warned visitant in a day of Market or religious festivity, he may think the dwarfs are going to war…

The Durogon were a beast of the swamps of Polforia: Normally peaceful and herbivore, due their impresive force, the Demon Lord of Entartea decided to use these beasts as a weapon:

He domesticated the beasts, converting them in lethal war beasts:

Ridden by Ozcuras -the warriors of the Dark legion of Entartea- , covered in Iron armors, they where sent into an angered state into the battlefield, carrying over their the warriors who used bows or spears, directing the Durogons in their path of destruction.

"You know, we are not realyl strong, or durable... we don't have a long lives, and we may not even be really smart! But do you sometimes think that maybe we are lucky just the same?"

"I was thinking that too! Everytime when we come to look at our poor fellows! I feel lucky, pretty--and tall!"

"WILL YOU TWO STOP IT AND HELP PREPARING DINNER?!! We can hear and understand you, you know!!"

The two Ozcuras looked at each other. They thought the southern orcs didn't spoke Polforian, so they didn't expected them to understand! But it seems, Tokerí it's similar enough.

However, soon, they snapped out from their surpruse.

"Us?! To cook? AH! We are warriors! We aren't here to cook, but to be armed guards!" one of the Ozcuras said.

"Or you help cooking the pot, or you end in the pot!" growled an Kokto orc matron.

The Ozcuras looked at each other, before kneeling by the pot and picking up some knives to help peeling.

Original descrition below:
In the swamps of Polforia, meanwhile the Dark Legion of the Demons is away, fighting the Kanov Rebels, somebody must stay behind, taking care of the children, and preparing the dinner
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I have made enough pics for the moment about Antorian orcs -basically, big, green dudes-, so I have made this one composed of Northern Orcs:

The Orcs are originary from the south, of the plains of Antor, the Bareds and Kahiem: However, in the north, the Demons, Nigromantes and other various Dark lords, taking as beginning Goblins or green orcs from the south, breeded their own races, according to their needs, so the northern races of orcs and goblinoids are "artificial":

The two tallest ones, in the left, are Ozcuras, or grey skin:

OZCURAS, Grey Orc
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Many times is discussed if they are really or not orcs, the Ozcuras where made by the Dark Lord of Entartea, made of a selective breed of Kanovs, Koktos, Drows and goblins:

In the end, the Dark Lord of Entartea had in his Dark Legions, a very expendable hyibrid, and much more appealing for his own likeness -some question why a demon lord will want some minions like this ones, but many like the change from the normal monsters of the legion-

Is characteristic of the Ozcuras the grey skin, grey eyes, and grey or black hair: they inherited from their ancestors: the weakness and weak body from the Drows, the inteligence of Goblins, the living span of orcs, and the hand hability of Kanovs: maybe not the best mix, but his what they had...

then, with a baby in her back, we had a:

ORC, Green Orc, Kaiehm Orc, Orc of the Mountains
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Supossedly, the first race of orcs, naming them as Green orc isn't very precise, as they color skins vary from grey, brown to green (but generally, they have greeninsh colours).
The more advanced orcs, builders and blacksmyths, and creatures of the night and darkness, with nocturne habits.

near the dinner, we have the tallest a Half-orc (maybe you can see there, the similiarities between the Ozcuras and Koktos), daughter of a Kokto and something else -ozcura, Kanov, Human, difficult to tell-

then, around the dinner, there are three

KOKTO, Black Orc, Tok-Thorian Orc
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In difference to their Antorian and Kahiem orc relatives, the Koktos have darker skin, of black, to grey and sunburned tone:
Also, the female Black orcs, in diference to the Antorian Green or Grey orcs aren't warriors, and their social duties, in a extremely patriarcal society, are to raise the multiple siblings, and to cook.

Finally, in the bottom of the left corner, there is a

UR DUR, Goblins of the caves, brown goblin or furry goblin
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Trying to deal with her litter of pups

Some Ur-Dur -or Goblins of the Cave, or hairy Goblin-, in an incursion to the surface.

They are comanded by a Hobgoblin -that mean, hibrid of Goblin and Orc: in this case, an Ur-Dur and a Kokto-

In the end of the column, there is as well a Half-Ogre Goblin, a "Frogo", very big for Goblin standards, but the brute is just a head higher than an average human: however, the muscular mass, and bones strong as stone of his Ogre mother, make it a very -stupid- but dangerous enemy.

A Pixerian warforged Legionary of Tok-Thoria

"How you kill something that was never alive?"

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Original description below, in broken english and several things that later changed!

The Niigromante de Tok-Thoria, the last Great Dark Lord of Aels who wasn't sealed during the First War of the Power, between the Dark Legion and the Venerable Empire of Whide Axis, found himself,  after the vacum of power of the war, safe in his islands:

The war collapsed the economy of the great trading cities of the Unlic Empire of Uslen and the Kanov trading city of Blazakhov:

The Nigromante took the oportunity: taking control of the market of species with the Islands of the Draak Harg, the dragon-men, and the sea of Caritz, his Empire expanded, quickly:

But soon, he didn't had enough werewolves and demons to control his lands, and the Kanov and human mercenaries weren't to be trusted:

It was then, that the Nigromante of Tok-Thoria began his long journey, to develope the "final soldier":

something that many Dark lords tried before and after him:

The Nigromante, in his trials, created the "Black Orcs", the Koktos, as a first trial:

Useful slaves and servants, but poor qualities as soldiers, and treacherous creatures, who where too independent from the will of their master:

He continued in his search, until he discovered in the ancient desert of Ze-Berra, a secret from an old civilization, that leaded to the creation of the "creations":

The Pixerian.

The "Creations" where in general, beings that weren't alive, but moved:

Made of Iron, sand and dirt, some call them "Elementals", but they where very far away from being a power of the nature:

These creations only had the will of their master, and moved as chess pieces, only under they orders:

There where multiple kinds and types of creations, but the Pirexian where some of the more common, and strongest ones:

Taller than a man, builded upon flesh and bones raised in cauldrons, oil, grease, gear and Iron, with humanoid form, The Pirexians didn't had life, or will:

They only moved as their master ordered, and when they do so, they didn't needed to breath, to eat, to drink or rest:

Colossal enemies, extremly dificult to destroy -as they never had live to be killed-, the great flaw was, precisely, that they didn't moved, if they don't have orders from their masters:

And if their master forget them, or was killed, they will wait, as statues, covered in dust, centuries or the rest of the eternity, until their pieces fall due the time...

(.... and, not as narrator: yep. That mean the Pixerian are robots, or automaton... maybe, sometime, I explain how can be ancient forget knowledge robots in a fantasy world :P)