All his life, Goin had been destitute. His family was the poorest in the poorest clan of the poorest goblin tribe in a land impoverished by drought and famine.
He’d always been resolved to a life of barely surviving on the bits of rats that the other Goblins wouldn't eat.
When Goin’s uncle Foin disappeared, no one thought anything of it. Foin was probably snatched up by press-gangers or face-down in a ditch!
When he appeared a year later though, it was a big deal! Foin was rich! Not only that, he was powerful!
Foin told the clan of a place where fortunes could be made and lost in the blink of an eye, a place of shifting walls and realities where nothing was at it seemed. There, Foin had been lucky enough to survive, and had even managed to find a way back.
The other member of the clan had all been very impressed. In the decade since Foin’s return, they’ve been obsessed with finding a way back in. Goin misunderstood the advice of an ancient crone and ended up stuck in a rotting tree surrounded by rabid beagles. Just when his strength was about to give out, reality shifted, and he found himself in a crumbling hallway, facing some rather angry kobolds! He was thrilled!
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