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<span class="mu-s">THE STORY SO FAR:</span>
You are Aknag Trollslayer, mighty chieftain of the Lugbod goblin tribe.
Other characters:
Gedmog - Chieftain of the Bagnar hill goblins, who you have befriended. Wears a suit of human-made steel armour in battle.
Bognod - The village elder and your advisor.
Zegbar - The general of the army and your loyal friend and right hand man. He is a strong warrior and capable commander.
Hoknar - The village shaman. He is learned in the ways of healing, herbcraft, and legend.
Bolzag - The cleverest student of Grinkob, the last village elder. He is one of the few in the tribe who can speak the human tongue.
After being elected as chieftain and cementing your power, you led your army to victory against the nearby Garbol tribe, defeating them for good and making their stronghold yours. You also looted a fine steel sword of human make, which you named Shmirgle, after the troll-riding goblin warlord of legend. You learned from the Garbol prisoners that the Yardak tribe, who they had been warring with, had managed to tame a troll and use it in battle. You had metal armour forged for the Lugbod army and formed an alliance with the Bagnar tribe of hill goblins, hiring them as mercenaries. After improvising some flaming arrows, you assaulted the Yardak stronghold with your army and allies and slew the troll yourself, earning the reputation of a troll slayer. You were badly injured by the troll, and took some months to recover. After studying the destroyed Yardak shaman's workshop, your shaman Hoknar has some ideas of how the Yardaks managed to tame the troll. The Bagnars hired you to fight against the Hagrot tribe with them, whom you defeated together. Gedmog told you about a bounty the humans to the south had placed on the Tablon goblins, who had been attacking travelers on the roads. Together you attacked their village and defeated them. Among the prisoners you found some Yardaks and some humans. The Yardaks told you that the troll was found on the mountain to the north-west. You agreed to take the humans to the town to the south, where you will also bring the head of the Tablon chieftain to collect the bounty. We pick up the story here.
