”I am said to be among the last of my tribe, and one of the warriors that helped destroy it I call father. “---Rhuuk Scaleborn
My name is Rhuuk Scaleborn, I am a hobgoblin raised by humans . Many don’t understand why my father, Ulric of the Ebon Blade, took me in after his forces destroyed the clan I was born in. Some say guilt, others said it was a joke, but the truth is he saw me as a child needing saving and nothing else. My father knew he couldn’t raise me on his own and took me to a trusted friend of his, who would become my mother. Koya Mvashti, took me in and gave me a home in Sandpoint. She is the one that gave me the name Rhuuk, which means honor in goblin. I wish I could say I was the perfect child for the two of them, but I had anger in me that I didn’t understand. My mother told me I had the power of a great blue wyrm within me, it was in my blood. It could a curse or it could be a blessing , she would always tell me choice was mine to make. It was hard for the two of them to raise such a hated race, so Koya would wrap me up in bandages to hide my skin to give people a chance to judge me by my soul rather than my skin color. As I said many kids made fun of my odd appearance ,but they didn’t matter much compared to the ones that accepted me. Like my big brother Sandru, who taught me some of the joys in life and getting me in a little trouble here and there.
Many close to me knew my secret and at first some of them were a little taken a back, while others just shrugged and just smiled. When I became of age, I began working at any job I could find. They would range from guide to guard to just basic labor, but as I did odd jobs I would here news of attacks by various gobliniods. My blood would start to boil at this news and made me think why did they make this choice? I took a different path, but the opening for turning away was there several times though I had no desire to take it. Maybe I could help them as my father did for me……..
I thought I could change their minds, I thought they might listen to me, I thought I would show unity of two enemies, but I just blacked out and awoke with their blood on my hands. This was my first run in with Goblins, I was showing some visitors how to get back to the main road when we were jumped by a handful of the small creatures. I put myself between the couple and the goblins. I was trying to speak to them as my parents made sure I learned my native tongue, they wouldn’t listen to reason all they wanted was our money and lives. I thought an example was needed for them . I tore off the badges from face revealing myself the goblins heisted for a moment and the couple made a break for it, thinking I was part of the trap. I tried the reason with the little creatures again and there hesitation vanished and that’s when they pounced. Two came at me while the other two went after the couple. That’s when I lost it, I feel I gave out a war cry and it’s just all flashes of red and the goblins screaming. Then I just remember hearing my heavy breathing, I was on my knees looking down at my hands covered in blood and the remnants of the goblins lied scattered around me. Tears started to flow as the pain washed over my body, wounds just starting to appear all over and as my vision began to fade I saw a figure come to me. I awoke a day later in my bed and my wounds treated, I was lucky that the couple ran into Sandru first and he was able to get me to safety. For the next few days the people of Sandpoint were a little weary of me, but Sandru told them how saved that couple and they must hysterical from the attack. That was my first run in with goblins but it certainly wasn’t the last, more of them have been appearing all around Sandpoint and in greater numbers . I will give them a chance but if they threaten this town, I will protect it!
