Goblin

Diminutive cousins of the larger hobgoblins, goblins stand barely higher than three feet in height. Their short, rangy frames support a wide, ungainly head framed by large, batlike wings. Their wide, fanged mouths are topped by a snub nose and tiny eyes that glow with malice.

Goblins prefer to dwell in caves, in deep, tangled woodlands or in structures built and then abandoned by others. Coastlines and river banks are favored, as goblins are very fond of sifting through junk and flotsam in an unending quest to find treasures among the refuse of more civilized races.

Goblins breed with notorious speed and are extremely voracious, able to consume their own body weight in food each day. As a result, a goblin tribe's presence has a great impact on the local environment.

Goblins are also very superstitious, they both hate and fear elves in equal measure and treat any magical display with a fawning mixture of awe and terror. They have the habit of ascribing magic to the mundane as well, with fire and writing both taking on mystical power in goblin society. Fire is much loved by goblins for its capacity to wreak great destruction and because it doesn't require size or strength to wield, but written words are hated. Goblins believe that writing steals words out of your head, and as a result of this belief, goblins are universally illiterate.