Hobgoblin

Hobgoblin

Bloodline	Twisted Races
Kin	Goblinoid (with goblins and bugbears)
Language	Common, Gob

Hobgoblins are one of the three goblinoid peoples among the Twisted Races, alongside goblins and bugbears.

Society

Culture

Language

Hobgoblins speak Common and Gob, the honorific-bound goblinoid tongue. In other respects they follow the conventions of hobgoblins in the wider world.

History

Origins

The goblinoids of Thelemar are believed to have been created by three Arch-Fiends of Mictlān, in an attempt to gain a foothold in the prime material plane. Unlike gnolls and tieflings, whose tragic origins can be readily verified, the goblinoids’ story is no clear-cut thing: some choose to worship their so-called makers, while others despise the very notion of being created by fiends and seek instead to integrate into society. Hobgoblins are said to be the work of Lucifer, the Fallen.

Appendix

See Also

• Goblin · Bugbear - the other goblinoid peoples
• Lucifer · Mictlān

Notes

• The editions species file notes only the Thelemerian language convention; the goblinoid origin is drawn from the “Goblinoids” sidebar in the Firbolg entry.

Sources & Attribution

• Primary lore: editions/5e-2014/species/hobgoblin.md (Traveler’s Guide, The Twisted → Hobgoblin), author TrueMichato.
• Superseded original: content/General/Hobgoblin.md (moved to content/private/_originals/General/).

Races

Races

Bloodlines

Children of the Empire	Children of the Empire
Half Bloods	Dragonborn Hochling Tiefling Dendulra Descathi Genasi Nyuidj
Twisted Races	Gnolls Tengu Kobold Tabaxi Bugbear Goblin Hobgoblin Loxodon Centaur Changeling Firbolg Goliath Half-Ogre Kenku Minotaur Satyr Tortle Yuan-Ti
Peoples of the New World	Bejorn Canidae Caprini Felixpes Grung Leonin Lizardfolk Ludai Reepicheep Thanoi

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