<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/GhiPE9D.jpg)</div><br/>A whispered word here, a cackle there, a suggestive hand gesture. Goblins might have beeen the lowest of the low, the filth that even filth looked down on. But even filth has its ways. The ways of rumours an innuendo. And Kieri would wield that power. She would wield any power she could get her hands on for her goal. And here... here was a good place. Among those who, like her own people, were looked down on, cast out. But still used. And amongst them, the word spread. Something was going down in what what called the Queen's Square. Well, it was always called the 'something' Square. What that something was depended on who was doing the speaking. And, just as often, who was doing the listening.<br/><br/>But more importantly, the Queen's Square was where an elaborate, ostentatious statue of Princess Red stood, where once a building full of non-humans once had. It was immaculate. Not out of any reverence for the queen, but because of what happened to anyone who dared do anything to it. The Guard didn't go to the slums often, but they went for that.<br/><br/>Or, at least, it had once been immaculate. Now, it stood defaced, covered with rude drawings and messages, some in common, some in Goblinese, none of it kind. And on her shoulders, perched a cloaked figure, wearing a skull masked. Uneasy rumbling spread through the gathering crowd until the figure stood and, with a solid kick, sent the statue's, the queen's head to the ground. The crowd quieted. Some gasped. The mask was raised, showing the face of a female goblin.<br/><br/>"People! Non-human people of Hexville! And those that would stand with us! And yes, people, I say, for those in power seem to have forgotten! Our time have come! The queen, the humans are weak! They have trod on us for so long, but not longer! We are strong! We are numerous! And it is time now to take our place! We will fight! I will fight. But I promise you this, too. I will not sink so low as humans are. Retribution is not what I seek, nor to become the foot that trod on others. It is time for goblins to rise and stand proud. And for all who would join us to rise and stand with us, no matter the species. Together, we will be strong!"<br/><br/>She raised her halberd to the air as her goblins began to cheer. With some luck, others would join in. And if not, well, now or later, soon enough, all will be forced to accept her.