A Queen to Rule Them All [Goblin Court]
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				Title: <strong>A Queen to Rule Them All [Goblin Court]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Josietta</strong> on <strong>03-02-2010, 08:26:12</strong>
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				((Moved from Unseelie Court Thread, Description of Goblin Court to come))<br><br>Meanwhile in the depths of the Unseelie&nbsp; Corridors, Princess Aria sat in a darkened room. She knew she was no longer in her quarters and that she was very much alone. She tried to listen to her instincts and follow what she could hear and smell. It was murky here, damp and smelled of foul things. Mayhaps even dead things. When her eyes opened the young dark haired Sidhe found herself settled ona&nbsp; pile of bones. The darkness around her had slowly dissipated like a fog and she could see a lake of sorts with dead rotting corpses and the like scattered about. Her nose curled up in disgust and she tried to hold her food down.<br><br>Aria had never seen such a place and could not remember one in any descriptor of Faerie that she had read. She stood up dusting off her gown and began to walk down the mountain of skulls and bones. One does not realize just how difficult it is to move on objects so smooth and rounded until they do just that. She slipped and tumbled down head over heels. The bones breaking as she fell upon them with force, cracking and scraping, cutting at her soft pale flesh. She cried out and soon found herself crumbled at the bottom of the heap. Laying here staring upward at a hole in the ceiling, a hole with a small bit of light radiating down over her like a halo.<br><br>Little did Aria know, but she had found her way into the Goblin Mounds and deep into the depths of their boneyard.<br><br>************<br><br>King Fenris was soon approached by a fellow goblin, a messenger named Flare, in a rush and a hurry to get to him. The young one was tall&nbsp; and more slender than most. He had a long snakelike tail that slithered behind his reptilian legs. His body from the waist up was very normal looking. That alone attributed the fact that one of his parents was indeed a Sidhe. With bright tri-colored eyes of red, orange and yellow, he approached his king.<br><br>"Your Highness... I have urgent word of importance regarding the Princess of the Unseelie Court."
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Queen to Rule Them All [Goblin Court]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Antone</strong> on <strong>04-02-2010, 11:49:27</strong>
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				Fenris had returned almost immediately to the Goblin Mounds, feeling more comfortable amongst those who were easier to discern their true intentions... mostly from the fact they didn't quite possess the intelligence to really lie or deceive. There were exceptions of course, such as himself, but still...<br><br>&nbsp;He'd move through the halls of the mounds, most of them looking little more than roughly carved out tunnels. None of the walls were even smooth, claw marks seen at random locations, leaving little doubt as to how they were formed.&nbsp; Few of the tunnels would be of the same height. A few he was just short enough to avoid the sharp marks of the ceiling from scraping his head... others jetted upwards dozens of feet above his head. There were even tunnels that came up no higher than his knee, all made for the different sized goblins to move through the mound. Of course, he could have them fixed... but to what point? The neatest point of the whole mound was his throne room and chambers... and that was sufficient. The appearance added to the whole mystique of the goblin mounds... or rather, perhaps the intimidation factor.<br><br>&nbsp;Through the randomly aligned corridors, torches lighting them at random intervals, illuminating the activities of mischievous goblins, the darkness at times hiding their activities, thought not their sounds... the king of the goblins would move, intending to perhaps go take another nap til something of importance happened. But along the way, he'd stop, seeing the goblin youth rushing up to him. At the mention of the princess, his lips would compress slightly, but arms would cross over his chest momentarily.<br><br>&nbsp;"And what information would that be Flare?"<br><br>&nbsp;Fenris tended to remember the names and faces of most the goblins... but he took more lengths to ensure such for the half-goblins... since they were more of his kind. And since they might pose the most possible threat to him, possessing more intelligence than most the common brew goblins.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Queen to Rule Them All [Goblin Court]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Josietta</strong> on <strong>09-02-2010, 07:53:20</strong>
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				The young goblin spoke clearly without hesitation. He didn't want to appear weak to any in the mound.&nbsp; His appearance was already an issue with many of the full goblin blooded, so he had to prove he was just as feral and worthy of his place as they were.<br><br><strong>"She's in the bone yard. No one is sure of how she got here or why, though it would be interesting to see how long she would last down there without help. Grinder was fed two nights ago but you know he cannot pass up the taste of Sidhe flesh. It might put her in your debt if you were to assist at a proper moment, Your Grace."</strong><br><br>He looked up and grinned at his King with perfectly pointed teeth. Even though Flare had not been born with the snakelike fangs he had them filed down to his specifications just so he could have something more apt at tearing and rending flesh from bone. Flare may look sweet and seem kind at first glance but most knew of his fetish for biting off chunks of flesh in sexual release. A human could not live with what the half goblin would do, it took skill and knowledge to know how to approach a goblin for sex, and most did not know anything.
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Queen to Rule Them All [Goblin Court]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Antone</strong> on <strong>09-02-2010, 09:33:42</strong>
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				<br>&nbsp;For a few moments, Fenris would stand there, simply listening to the young goblin as he spoke. It crossed his mind for a moment that perhaps the boy was lying, and this was some elaborate plan to achieve... something. But it was rather preposterous. So after a moment, he would nod, figuring it for truth. But if it was true, that brought about a question of exactly how she got into the bone yard without anyone noticing it... or what she was even doing in the mounds to begin with. A hand would lift upwards, fingers stroking his temples under the hood, somehow thinking this may be more of a pain than it was ultimately going to be worth. But he did like the young goblin's idea.<br><br>&nbsp;"Alright. Go check all the entrances to the mound, and see if any of the guards saw anything. I'll ring their necks if they let her through..."<br><br>&nbsp;Shaking his head, he'd step past the goblin half-breed, glancing at him for a moment, before Fenris would suddenly vanish from sight.&nbsp; And thanks to one of his gifts, he would breeze through the tunnel's of the mound, until he came upon the hole that led to the Bone Yard. He would pause there, and crouch down, looking down through the hole, ignoring the handful of goblins that stood around, whispering about there being a princess down there.<br><br>&nbsp;The Bone Yard. Nicknamed because of the massive pile of perfectly stripped bones that dominated the center of the massive chamber. Contrary to what most people might think, it wasn't bones that were dropped into the hole... but carcasses. Dead bodies, or scraps of, that the goblins no longer wanted any piece of. All were dropped through the hole into the chamber below... and they were taken care of by its keeper.<br><br>&nbsp;Grinder.<br><br>&nbsp;Grinder was one of the strongest goblin's of the mound. Not as strong as Fenris obviously, but if Fenris wasn't around, Grinder could have easily been king himself. Sadly, what Grinder made up for in strength and power, he lacked in intelligence. Thus was the case of most goblins, honestly. Grinder was satisfied to claim the massive chamber as his home, content to be fed every couple days, and to play with the bones. Some whispered that Grinder was actually little more than a child... and if one were to watch the games he played, it was easy to believe. And as of this moment, Grinder would obey none in the mound save for Fenris... and that was partially because he was the King, something even Grinder acknowledged... and because Fenris was one of the few who could actually overpower Grinder.<br><br>(*actually has an idea/desc for Grinder when he appears, if Josietta doesn't have one already*)<br><br>&nbsp;For a few minutes, Fenris would do nothing but crouch at the edge of the hole, looking down below. Eyes would sharpen, looking for signs of movement that would speak of the princess. But also looking for the subtle movements that spoke of where Grinder was hiding, hoping he hadn't already gotten to the princess.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: A Queen to Rule Them All [Goblin Court]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Josietta</strong> on <strong>10-04-2010, 05:43:00</strong>
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				The younger goblin nodded to his King and rushed off as quickly as his legs could carry him. Scurrying along the corridors toward the entrances and stopping along the way to ask any guards or others if they did in fact see anything. He half expected the King to injure him due to the news that was given. Either injury or reward, though with his kind it was more the former than the latter. After all, only the strongest survive, whether that is strong in wisdom or strength. <br><br>&nbsp;Meanwhile, in the Bone Yard, Aria lay looking upward for a moment. With the wind knocked out her she slowly sat upright. She was sore and a little scuffed up but she would heal rather quickly. It was one of those good qualities of being pure Sidhe, that and the immortality. The princess shifted to her feet and started to walk around the shores of the large lake, if you could call it that. A lake of the dead. It was something she had heard of, studied but never actually witnessed first hand. The cracking of bones beneath her feet was heard resounding in the chamber. She shuddered when one part did not actually crack but squished instead, proving the unfortunate creature to be freshly killed or dead, whichever the case may be. <br><br>She glanced skyward and silently wondered just what Danu wanted of her. Aria wanted to know why she was sent here of all places and half expected some sort of test to commence. Aria had moved away from the hole that Fenris now glanced down into however ripples from the lake could be seen by the Goblin King. Each ripple announcing the presence of the famous Grinder to those who knew how to find him.
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