Why a Goblin?

After Rick gave his big declaration in true Dramatic Rick fashion, he was not met with the big oohs and ahhs he was expecting. No super shocked faces, no loud gasps, or even any surprised stuttering. Instead he was met with confused silence. While Goblins do in fact get ‘smarter’ and are even infused with new knowledge, it is not all encompassing.

For instance, no one knew what a ‘Royal’ was exactly. Which of course left Rick feeling a little embarrassed his dramatic declaration didn’t have the desired effect.

‘Velora why aren’t they reacting..why are they all kinda looking at me like I’m crazy??’

[Perhaps they are simply stunned by your magnificence.]

‘You know that's not the case! I’m starting to believe you really are just here to make fun of me!’

[Of course not, I am only here to support you on your journey. Oh look, Jaba is about to speak.]

And Velora was right, while Rick was still mentally recovering from the mental damage given by Velora, Jaba tentatively spoke up, seemingly on everyone’s behalf.

“I think I can speak for all the goblins here..” He paused slightly to receive nods from the rest of the group “..that we do not know what a ‘royal’ is.”

“Wait what..what do you mean you don’t know what a Royal is..? Wait, do you know what a Kingdom is?”

“..Yes, It’s a much bigger tribe right? At least that's how I understand it.”

“I guess that’s not actually wrong, but a kingdom is a bit more than just a small tribe, though we can go into detail there later, meanwhile lets focus on what a Royal is..

"So I’ll try to explain this as best I can in a way that you all should be able to understand, so just wait till the end for any questions, alright?”

Rick continued after receiving nods from the group, oh and Velora letting him know it was now 1300.

“So a Royal is kind of like the Leader of a tribe, except it is but more than that, while a Leader is usually just one Goblin, a Royal can be many Goblins, usually all a part of something called the Royal Family. For example if the Leader of a tribe had a partner, and they had children together, all of them would be Royals. A class above the rest of the tribe, yet still a part of the tribe.

"We can get into power dynamics and all of that later, but essentially the Royals are the group that kinda rules the tribe, and the Leader of the Royals, is also the Leader of the entire tribe.

"Now it gets a little bit more complicated from there, in most cases being a Royal has benefits, such as being protected and revered by the tribe they are a part of, and many other benefits we can talk about after, but while they receive benefits, they are also responsible for the well-being of the tribe, with the overall Leader having the final say on all matters for the tribe.

"Now anyone can technically become ‘Royals’, just take over a bunch of tribes and declare yourself King, or Leader and then as long as you're in charge youre say goes I guess. My case is a little bit different as I don’t think I need to call myself a Royal because I was born one. And while I really don’t fully understand what that means yet, that’s probably the only reason you all get that weird feeling when looking at me…and that’s a pretty rough explanation I think but that's kinda it..any questions?”

“Yes! I have a question!!” A rather loud TinkGoblin spoke up.

“Go ahead Wala.”

“So does whoever you decide to call partner get reborn as this Royal thing too?”

“Hmm..I don't think so? It will kind of just be understood I guess.”

“Huh..interesting.”

“I too have a question..you said something about the children of Royal also being Royals..does that mean they will be next in line to rule the tribe if you were to die..?” said Zargi with a somewhat serious look on his face.

“I suppose so? But nothing is set in stone and we can make rules for all that stuff in the future.”

“Understood.”

“Leader..with all of this talk about children..does..does this mean you're open to children of your own..?” Said a very nervous Geedi.

‘Sigh.. Velora she really went and brought it up didn’t she..’’

[You knew she would at some point, now answer her.]

‘Your right..’

“Yes, I..I’m open to children at some point in the future..but probably not anytime soon. I need to take care of the tribe, and focus on getting stronger so that we can free all the Goblins in the plains.”

After hearing Rick’s answer Geedi’s face went through a look of disappointment before quickly flashing to one of hope, and then she responded with a simple nod accompanied by a smile, seemingly content with Rick’s answer.

‘That..went better than expected..I thought she would cause more of a fuss about it’

[That just means you don’t know her well enough, maybe it’s time you spent more time with your tribe, instead of running off everywhere?]

‘I..I suppose you're right..especially since I really am a Royal, do I need an escort or something..?’

[Perhaps, perhaps not. I don’t think there are set rules for this. At least there aren’t any in my current database.]

It was then Kida spoke up, drawing Rick out of his inner conversation with Velora.

“Mr.Rick..I believe we will probably have a lot to discuss on this as time goes on, but thank you for explaining what you have so far. You are our Leader, and being born as this..Royal only affirms that. Though I think we all still need some time to fully digest all this information and then finally begin to plan all the ideas we discussed in our travels here. Is it alright if we ended here for now? I think I have a lot of catching up to do with Jaba, Tars, Dal, and ..Geedi here.”

‘Huh..that's kind of random right, Velora? Why does she seem kinda serious as she asked that.’

[I'm sure she has a reason for actions.]

‘Your probably right, it’s just weird..anyway I suppose I needed some time to go check out my status finally’

‘Sure I guess? We can meet up later once everyone is ready.’

And with that Rick got up and went to his Tent which was pretty much the same as he left it months ago.

‘You know I don’t mind living in this tent, but hopefully with Wala and Dran here we can get some proper houses or something..or at least some better than crudely made horned rabbit tents with holes in em..not that I can do a better job of course.’

[They should be able to help. Though I do believe you will likely have to describe exactly what you want to them as they themselves also lived in tents in the plains.]

‘They did, didn’t they..anyway things for future Rick to worry about..I think it’s finally time to check my status! Pull it up Velora!’

[Understood.]

{Name - Rick}

{Age - 20}

{Race - Royal Goblin}

{Essence - 5} Absorb?

{Evo Points - 177/180}

{Health - 80/80}

{Strength - 62}

{Agility - 57}

{Intelligence - 53}

{Endurance - 59}

{Skills}

{Velora}

‘Hehehe Guess who's bouta be TIER THREE!!’

If there was a Goblin nearby Rick’s tent when we finally read his status, they probably would’ve been weird out by the low giggles they were hearing.

Thankfully for Rick, there wasn’t.

But of course Velora was still there.

[Why are you giggling?]