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The Rise of Dhrom DhumDhrom Dhumspeaks:I am Dhrom Dhum, shaman of Hela. I speak to all the humanoids inTra Gar and to all the humanoids in the world. I had a vision from mygoddess. I saw many wolves scattered around a big forest. Hunterscame to kill them. Many hunters with long bows. They came and killedthe wolves, because every wolf was alone. The hunters killed the bigwolves then, laughing, they killed the whelps. And I knew the wolveswere us. Killed by our enemies, the humans, one by one, tribe by tribe,because we were scattered in the world like the wolves of my visionwere in the forest. I speak to goblins and kobolds, to trolls, orcs andogres, to gnolls and bugbears. Our enemies will kill us all. Our enemiesare not the elves. Our enemies are not the giants, not the dwarves, norgnomes or halflings. Our enemies are the humans. They are asnumberless as lice, and they breed like rats, stealing our lands andkilling us all. They enter our caves and kill warriors and females andwhelps. They search for us in the forest, ten one day, a hundred the nextday, a thousand the next day. They search for us in the tallest andloneliest mountain and come to kill us. They want to steal the land ofall the other races, and they will kill us all. We have to forget hatredbetween tribes. We have to forget enmity with elves and dwarves.Humans have forced elves to hide in the forest, dwarves to hide in themountains. Many moons ago we were numberless, and here in theworld there were only us and the elves and the dwarves and halflingsand giants. Then humans came, and easily defeated us all, because wewere fighting each other. Now there are humans everywhere, and theyspread in the world like a pestilence. Their cities are bigger every moon,and every moon they want more land.They want all the world, and they will kill us all.THE NIGHTSTALKERSLed by the visionary shaman Dhrom Dhum(Goblin 7/Shaman 6), the Nightstalkers are atypical Goblin tribe, worshippers of Wogar,but also of Hel; the chief himself is a shamanof this northern Immortal.Dhrom Dhum controls five hordes of goblinwolfriders in the area between Highforge andPenhaligon, north of the Faz-Plak territory.The shaman has a powerful vision of aunited Goblinoid nation, and is trying tobring the northern tribes and those of theDymrak to his side, but he is opposed by theWitches of Dymrak and, indirectly, by thegreen dragon Argos.The Nightstalkers favour the use of handaxes, maces and short bows. They use greygreencloaks and their shamans carry wardrums in battle.120THRESHOLD: The Mystara Magazine Issue #1
The Rise of Dhrom DhumA PLEA FOR AIDTo His Highness King Stephan Karameikos and the royal courtTo the Lords of Penhaligon and Threshold and their courtsTo the Lord commander of the Duke’s road keepA very urgent request of aid from the towns of Irenke and KnoshtYour Graces,We have sent several petitions already to anyone who could help us. We are just twosmall towns in the wilderlands that have fared well for some years being on a traderoad between Threshold and Penhaligon, and being somehow favorite places foryoung wizards and adventurers. We have had our share of troubles with goblinoidsand such lot in the past, but never before has the situation been so bad as it is now.The Nightstalkers goblins have always been a threat here in the Wufwolde hills, yetmany young adventurers from our towns or from many other places in Karameikosand other lands have several times aided us against them, keeping their strength andraids in check. But in the last year things have changed for the worse. At least threedifferent groups of adventurers never returned from the wilds, many caravans andmerchants have been robbed by goblins and just a few days ago goblin emissariescame to both our towns with a white flag, but they had no intention of surrender,my lords. They demanded our surrender, meaning that our towns should from nowon be under the rule of the goblin kingdom of Wufwolde, or else.I well know we are free towns, we are not part of the dominions of Threshold orPenhaligon, yet we are part of the Kingdom of Karameikos, so we ask for help fromany one of your high lords willing to aid us, because we fear the goblins are growingstronger and stronger, and we will not be able to resist them.What this meansDhrom Dhum is now ready to go to the nextlevel and declare unilateral independencefrom the Kingdom of Karameikos, thusratifying the de facto situation of theWufwolde hills, that humans have never beenable to colonize in all the history ofKarameikos and even Traladara.Yet obviously the King will not accept thisand will probably send adventurers, at theleast, or even a full army, to deal with thegoblins. But Dhrom Dhum is smart and willavoid any wanton slaughter, trying insteadto demonstrate to anyone sent against himthat the Wufwolde hills have always beengoblin territory and the humans have noright to claim them.121THRESHOLD: The Mystara Magazine Issue #1
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30 years Anniversary of red Box D&D
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