### Goblins

Goblins are one of the few denizens of the Beneath that are smart enough to match wits with intruders from above. They're cunning, wily, and even speak a vague approximation of the aboveground language. Their society is a rudimentary, tribal culture that exists in pockets of the Beneath, usually at the lower, safer levels of dungeons. Goblins having occasional contact with humans have assimilated the more materialistic values of the abovegrounders. Sometimes they dabble in making small wooden ornaments with varying degrees of skill. This, however, grates at the soul, and often they'll just give up and mug passers-by instead. Those rare goblins who are integrated into human society, having learned not to attack people and get taken out into the streets and killed, usually take menial jobs. Thankfully, they enjoy the simplicity and directness of the work as opposed to the politicking and bickering that accompanies more cerebral endeavors humans undertake, and for the most part they are treated kindly.

Isolated groups of goblins usually work quite differently. While very simple and sometimes brutal, their society is surprisingly advanced, with complex belief systems. These are usually eroded by their first contact with humans. When they attack, they tend to go for the back, believing that honor takes a second place to staying alive.

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