Goblin

Goblins are a race of people in Osreth.

Appearance
Goblins tend to be stocky. They also tend to have dark skin, though children of mixed heritage with elves tend to have paler skin.

Government/Politics
Goblins reside principally in Barizhan, where they are ruled by the Great Avar, the Avar of Avarsin. The current Great Avar is Maru Sevraseched. Many goblins and those of mixed goblin heritage reside in the Ethuveraz, and the current emperor of the Ethuveraz is Maia Drazhar, half-goblin grandson of Maru.

Under goblin law, “a woman belonged to her husband’s family. Interference from her own kin was, at best, a matter for the farcical novels of Budarezh and Omdar—a light in which no man with any pride wished to be seen.” Women are seemingly considered second-class citizens in Barizhan, and cannot become Avarsin, or possibly sailors or sea captains (typically).

Goblins treated servants as family, whether by blood or convention, and servants were on a first-name basis and very cordial and informal to those running their households.

Among goblin men, a double handclap on the shoulders was a typical affectionate greeting. Goblins also seem to value comfort over extended formality.

Goblins seemed “to have meals that lasted for half a day, one course of tiny, beautiful foods after another. They also disdained the business of seating all the guests around a table and making them stay there, preferring to set the courses out on small tables where one could sit if one chose, but one could also simply wander the room.”