It's good to meet you as well Jala, we probably don’t have a lot of time to discuss so let’s get straight to it. I’m sure Teeja already gave you a rundown of everything I told her, but I’ll say it again now.

I want to free all of the Goblins living here while under the oppression of Orcs. The Orcs themselves will also need to pay a fatal price for what they’ve done to my fellow Goblins. Now I know all this isn’t possible right now, but we can start the process.”

“Hmm...I see. Everything you said you want will sound amazing in the ears of every Goblin who hears it throughout all of the plains. The question remains whether it's even possible in the first place or just hopeless dreams.

But it seems you know that neither us nor you have the capability to make any of those wishes come through right now, so what is the process you speak of?”

“Well, fighting the Orcs right now is out of the question, but freeing some of the Goblins from your tribe and bringing them to safety should be simple enough to do now.”

“And this safety you speak of is deep back inside the Nameless Forest right?”

“Yes, it's over two months of travel away from here.”

“So you're planning to travel with a small number of Goblins all the way back to your tribe? Wouldn’t this be too dangerous to accomplish?”

“No, I made the trip here, so I know just how dangerous it is. We’ll be fine since I’ll be with them the entire way and most of all, Goblins aren’t weak.”

“Goblins aren’t weak huh…Alright I’ll support you with this. If it’s between living in fear every day or a chance at freedom, the choice is very easy to make. If we can only save a few Goblins from living with the fear of the Orcs on their backs then that’s already more than we would have had anyway. What do you need from me?”

“I’m glad you see it that way, but for now I need all the information you have on all the Goblin tribes living in the plains. For the move itself, I think I can take around five to ten Goblins. Five exactly would probably be best since I don’t want to leave your tribe too short-handed after we’ve left or had your tribe appear too much smaller than what it usually is.”

“So you're planning to take Goblins from all tribes living here?”

“Yes, eventually but as of right now I’ll only bring back the Goblins from your tribe. I don’t want to accidentally bite off more than I can handle. I’ll see how this first group goes and then we’ll take it from there.”

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“I see. That sounds like a decent enough plan then, now does it matter what type of Goblins come? Whether it be TinkGoblins, normal Goblins, or Maglins like myself?”

“It's great that you brought that up, if possible then I’d like the group of five to be made up of two High Goblins, two Maglins, and one TinkGoblin. The evolution level for the Maglins and the TinkGoblin doesn’t matter. If that won’t work for you then just one of each type should work then the other two can be whatever works best.”

“Wait, what are High Goblins?”

“Ah! I suppose you all wouldn’t know what that is either huh...Just consider it the new race of a normal Goblin who has evolved once. We can discuss it more in detail at a later date when we have more time to speak.”

“I see...it’s just that for some reason that term just seems so fitting, but you're right we can talk about that more in the future under better circumstances. To answer your earlier question, two...high Goblins as you call it, two Maglins and one TinkGoblin is perfectly fine.

When exactly do you want to begin the move?”

“The sooner the better, so if you can tell them about what’s going on and get them on board now then that works for me.”

“Alright then I’ll go back now to take care of that, but before I do that I have one question. Are you planning to eventually move here with your whole tribe at some point?”

“Not as long as there’s a single race here that’s stronger than us. In the future I want Goblins to be the ruling race wherever we live. So until that can be true in the plains, I won’t be bringing my tribe here, and at this point, I already consider you all a part of my tribe so I’d prefer if I could bring all of you home.

Though I know I can’t do that just yet, so I’ll settle for just a few of you.”

“Already a part of your tribe eh...Well, you’d be the strongest Goblin in the entire plains, so I guess it wouldn’t be wrong to say you are our Leader. Anyway, that answers that, so wait here for some time and I’ll be back with the five who’ll be leaving with you.”

Jala then immediately left, leaving Dran and Rick in another waiting game.

“By the way Dran I’ve been meaning to ask you something.”

“Sure what is it?”

“Are you going to stay in your cave? Or will you be traveling with us back to my tribe?”

“Of course I’m coming back with you to your tribe, and like Jala just said, if you lived here you’d already be considered the Leader of any tribe you stayed in. You're the strongest Goblin here, and you're smart. I already consider myself a member of the tribe and you as my Leader.”

“Oh shit what, that came out of nowhere! Just randomly dropping bombs on me!”

“Is it bad?”

“No no.. not bad at all. Well then glad you decided to come with me. Anyway, I wonder how long it’ll take for Jala to gather the Goblins and come back.”

“Probably another hour or so. He has to explain a lot to them, after all suddenly hearing there's a Goblin who has evolved twice and isn’t from the plains but instead came from a tribe within the forest is a lot to take in.

Plus the whole thing about leaving their homes to go to a completely different place can also be a big shocker to any Goblin. And it’s not like he’ll force them to leave if they don’t want to go, so they also have to be willing to make the trip.”

“Yeah, I guess that makes sense.”