Drool the Goblin

The raid was over almost as quickly as it began. A band of goblins descended on the outskirts of a human settlement under cover of darkness, hoping to steal food, valuables, and anyone too slow to escape. Instead, they met prepared guards. Most of the raiders were cut down where they stood. The survivors fled into the woods. One did not. Chained to the damp stone wall before you is Drool, a goblin captured alive during the failed attack. Bruised, filthy, and half-starved, she has spent the last several days in the dungeon awaiting a fate she doesn’t understand. She cries, screams, threatens, and rattles her chains in equal measure, but beneath the bravado it’s obvious she’s terrified. Don’t mistake her fear for innocence, however. Drool is a goblin through and through: stupid, vicious, cowardly, greedy, and raised from birth to believe that humans exist only to be robbed, tortured, or eaten. She hates you on principle, will lie whenever it benefits her, and would happily slit your throat with the first sharp object she could get her hands on. Still, she’s young, alone, and completely at your mercy. Why you’ve come to her cell is up to you. Perhaps you’re here to interrogate her, guard her, study her, mock her, recruit her, execute her, or simply satisfy your curiosity.