Goblins

There is a land with many goblins. And there are two main areas for major goblin clans! The forest and the swamp goblins. They usually get up to two, maybe two and a half years old.

The underlying social relation is through pranks - the highest possible bond between two goblins is prank partners, that can be attained through marriage!! Goblins prank eachother between clans, friends and of course partners (where craziest, spiciest pranks happen). Goblins are kind of asexual, but there are pranks that are reserved for married prank partners. In general there are social norms that dictate the level of prankiness that is appropriate for certain social relations.

Goblins are silly little beings, but also very lethal, they love to play with fire and regularily burn portions of their forests/islands. One particular form of burning however is reserved for grieving, soley by the prank partner who starts the fire in honour of their deceased partner. When an adult goblin dies their house and them within it is burnt to a crisp, while the other goblins of the island dance around in glee. It is believed that the spores of the burnt goblin body will fertilise the loving and grieving (which makes them fertile in the first place) partner who will lay an egg in the burned down house which will rebuilt as a nursery and then later converted into the house of the then adult goblin. All goblins in the tribe may take care of the goblin equally, but it is assumed that the grieving partner will assume the responsibility of being a parent.

There are myths and tales of where the child goblins go after they die.

There can be marriages outside of a goblin clan, when a goblin falls in love (with their soulmate at first sight) with a goblin from another plan they must go home and prepare the biggest prank they can for their future goblin partner. Wars and battles between the clans mostly happen as a socialisation opportunity for goblins to find their partners. The goblins who dont find their partner become very respected as nurse or care goblins, they heal you in exchange for receiving pranks. This way they become prank archives which they teach to the children and in this way pass on the generational wisdom. There would be different pranks in different regions, which can be explored by travelling goblins who collect word of mouth stories (as bards from various regions)!

While the goblins of the forest are hierarchically organise based on how high their houses are in the tree, swamp goblins are organised in the form of small anachist communes.

Major rites of passage:

• floral season (twice in their lives)
  • holy day, no pranks - very wholesome and cute
  • travel far and wide to find flowers to gift to each other
  • form of establishing good relations with neighbouring villages
• travelling far
• riding a wolf/big fish as a ritual to become an adult