Goblins (Goblin Slayer)

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Hostile Species
Full Name	Goblins
Alias	Small Devils Orc (Elvin)
Origin	Goblin Slayer
Homeworld	Moon
Abilities	Imitative weaponry skills Large numbers Inherit savagery
Members	Hobgoblins Shamans Riders Champions Lords Paladins
Goals	Raid human villages and rape their women to continue to propagate their species. Subjugate all other races (both ongoing).
Crimes	Genocide Mass murder Serial mass rape Mass kidnapping Vandalism Pillaging Torture Mutilation Crimes against humanity
Type of Hostile Species	Perverted Monsters

“	Some think they're being magnanimous... They're fools. Once in a while, I'll meet a village tough. He'll say, "I drove off a goblin once. It was a small fry." People do that once or twice, and they get the idea they should become adventurers. But what that usually means is they smoked the goblins out and scared off a few strays. The goblins, on the other hand, learn and grow from those encounters. Those goblins become "wanderers" that often join other nests as chieftains or guards.	„
	~ Goblin Slayer stressed how unwise to underestimate goblins based on his experience and recurring misconception about them in manga.

The Goblins are the eponymous antagonists of the light novel series Goblin Slayer, as well as its manga and 2018 anime adaptation. Goblins start off as small, green humanoids, but some could grow to the size of an average-sized man while a handful of them as become as large as Ogres. This isn't always the case as some goblins remain child sized.

They are the ones who caused the misery of a boy who became Goblin Slayer after they destroyed his village and killed his sister.

History

The goblins tend to dwell on the frontier lands untouched by militaristic forces. The goblins have the tendency to attack villages and in great numbers, they can raze terror on the lands. As the goblins are a male-dominated species, they must depend on abducting females from multiple species, and they forcefully impregnate them by torturing and raping women.

Even when children goblins can still sometimes be dangerous as Goblin Lord murdered a foolish adventurer when she let her guard down. Goblins can also rapidly accelerate to their adult states which further makes them harder to suppress.

Goblins tend to reside in caves and as a means of sustaining themselves, they resort to raiding settlements. One of the settlements that the goblins attacked resulted in the deaths of several innocents, which included the death of the sister of the boy who would become known as the Goblin Slayer. For whatever reason, goblins have a great hatred towards humanity, and one of their ongoing goals is the total eradication of mankind.

Types

• Normals: The most common type of goblins, they mostly fight using small melee and distant weapons, possess no special abilities and rely mostly on numbers to overwhelm their opponents. In essence, they are how all goblins start out until they mature into higher ranks. They also use meat shields.
• Riders: Goblins who have managed to tame wolves to act as their mounts in battle. They use spears, swords, longswords and a dagger.
• Hobgoblins: Goblins who have grown large in both size and strength. They often act as bodyguards for their respective nests. They use trees, clubs, cleaver sword or any heavy Weapons, they also use meat shields.
• Shamans: Goblins who are experienced in using magic. Their intelligence has allowed them to often become official leaders of most nests. They use their staffs to cast the spells.
• Champions: Goblins who are much bigger and stronger than Hobgoblins and are much more experienced in combat. They are regarded as "heroes" of the goblin species. They use heavy Weapons and sometimes wear armor.
• Lords: A very rare form of goblin that act as supreme rulers of their kind. Their tactical brilliance can allow them to lead massive hordes, and they can even speak the common tongue. They use any melee weapon and sometimes wear armor.
• Paladins: Another rare breed of goblin that can equip magic armor and perform miracles. They also use a shield and a sword.
• Priests: Are a rare breed of goblins that devote themselves to deities. As a result, they are capable of casting miracles and Evil rituals. They also led goblin hordes and like Shamans, they use staffs.

Game Goblins

• Normals: They use short bleads and spears, But they are not very strong or skilled fighters.
• Archers: Goblins that can use bows and arrows also are every good at it.

Appearance

Goblins start out as small, green, rough-skinned humanoids with pointy ears, claws, teeth, and long noses. Some goblins are bald, while others have shaggy hair, mustache or even a beard.  Some goblins grow over time and become the size of a grown man or even larger, while others remain small and about the size of a child.  

• Normal: They often dress in loincloths, sometimes when they go on raiding, they start using the items they stole on their bodies.
• Riders: They often dress in loincloths some times with in leather armor.
• Hobgoblins: They often dress in pants and Somero times with armor.
• Shamans: They often dress in pants, a shirt, and a long, flowing cape.
• Champions: They often dress in pants and Armor.
• Lords: They often dress in best clothes.
• Paladins: They often dress full body armor, a cape and a helmet
• Priests: They often dress in religious ropes, a cape and a cabe.

Trivia

• In spite of their notorious reputation, many adventurers (with exception of the titular protagonist and his companions) thought of goblins as insignificant pests that can be dealt with easily and they tend to be sloppy whenever they deal with goblin threats. As a result, many rookies ended up either killed/raped by the goblins for underestimating these creatures or worse, sparing some goblin children where they eventually become major problems in the future.
  • Rookie adventurers are generally interested in these Goblin missions, is so they can quickly rise in rank. Sadly, many of them underestimated how dangerous and depraved goblins truly are.
  • According to Wizard Boy, Wizard's former peers came to ridicule her in their inability to understand how dangerous goblins truly are.
• The goblins in Goblin Slayer are easily one of the most vile depictions (if not the most vile) in modern media. They are mass murdering, hegemonic rapists who seek to wipe out all other races and use females of other species as breeding slaves. It is outright noted that most captured females don't survive long due to the constant rape and torture. Furthermore, it's stated that goblins deliberately target weak and helpless young girls, which makes them rather pedophilic in nature as well.
• Oddly no adventurers have ever been known to adopt goblin babies; always choosing to simply leave them in their caves or kill them instead rather then attempting to raise a goblin to be good and/or study it.
  • Before Goblin Slayer kills them in the first episode, Priestess suggested the possibility of a "Good Goblin", but the silver-ranked adventurer assures her that "There might be if you looked hard enough, but the only good ones are the ones that never come out of their holes." This implies that the idea itself is a complete waste of time and not worth looking into at best and suicidal naivety at worst.