—Landal Gevont, Scholar of Goblins[1]
Goblins usually live in a tribal society, although they are not always part of a named tribe. Those tribes that do have names are notable for their use of symbols, strong leadership, and distinctive traditions.
Tribes by ProvinceEdit
Black MarshEdit
Gnaw-Root TribeEdit
The Gnaw-Root Tribe are found in the Shadowfen region of Black Marsh. They were enslaved by the Ebonheart Pact circa 2E 582 to work the iron mines at Mud Tree Village. However, the tribe revolted and briefly took control of the mine. The Pact managed to subdue them by taking their tribal totem and planned to continue using the goblins as slaves, but the local Argonians protested and wanted to release them into the swamp. The ultimate fate of the tribe is unknown.
Gnaw-Root Warchief (ESO)
Gnaw-Root Slave (ESO)
CyrodiilEdit
Bitterfish TribeEdit
The Bitterfish Tribe are a loosely organized tribe found in the West Weald of Cyrodiil. They use slaughterfish as a food source, and ritually carry their scales. They attempted to take over the Ayleid ruins of Miscarcand in 3E 433, but were driven back by its undead guardians.[2]
Bitterfish Archer (ESO)
Bitterfish Witch (Legends)
Blood Skull TribeEdit
The Blood Skull Tribe were a Goblin tribe found in the Gold Coast. When the Sharp Rock Tribe tricked the Shatter Bone Tribe into attacking the Blood Skulls, they quickly found themselves on a three-sided war with both the Shatter Bone and the Gut Blade Tribe. The Sharp Rock Tribe then allied with the Eye Stick Tribe to conquer those three tribes, but the allies turned on each other at the eve of their victory. Survivors of all the five tribes banded together and formed the Rock Stick and Sharp Stick Tribes.[3]
Bloody Hand TribeEdit
The Bloody Hand Tribe inhabit Cracked Wood Cave in the Nibenay Basin. Circa 2E 582, the tribe had invaded and occupied Harlun's Watch and was aggressively encroaching on the settlement of Cropsford, where the villagers feared an attack was imminent. The hostility was evidently too much, as Cropsford was later abandoned. In 3E 433, their totem was stolen by the Rock Biter Tribe, inciting a Goblin war. The war ended after a group of settlers got external help to stop the constant raiding parties preventing them from building a farm at Cropsford.[2]
Bloody Hand Goblin Chef (Oblivion)
Wither Tooth, a leader of the Bloody Hand Tribe (ESO)
Bloody Hand Chef (Legends)
Eye Stick TribeEdit
The Eye Stick Tribe were found on the Gold Coast. They battled with the Sharp Rock tribe, but allied with them to conquer the other resident tribes, the Shatter Bones, the Blood Skulls, and the Gut Blades, when these found themselves in a three-sided war. On the eve of their victory, Eye Sticks and Sharp Rocks turned on one another. Survivors of all the five tribes banded together and formed the Rock Stick and Sharp Stick Tribes.[3]
Gut Blade TribeEdit
The Gut Blade Tribe were a Goblin tribe found in the Gold Coast. Ambushing both the Shatter Bone and the Blood Skulls Tribes, they quickly found themselves in a three-sided war. The Sharp Rock Tribe then allied with the Eye Stick Tribe to conquer those three tribes, but the allies turned on each other at the eve of their victory. Survivors of all the five tribes banded together and formed the Rock Stick and Sharp Stick Tribes.[3]
Knife-Biter TribeEdit
Ironeye TribeEdit
Ironeye Tribe inhabited dilapidated grounds of Black Drake Villa in northern Gold Coast. They were uniquley a mixed tribe of Goblins and Minotaurs, and were led by the Minotaur, Kinras Ironeye.[4]
Kinras Ironeye (ESO)
Iron Skull TribeEdit
Iron Skull Warrior (Blades)
Iron Skull Banner (Blades)
Long Claw TribeEdit
The Long Claw Tribe originally from the south of Chorrol. They often battled with the Tooth Rock Tribe for territory, until they were eventually displaced by the local Fighters Guild. Both tribes migrated south into the Gold Coast region, where they banded together slaughtering the resident Rock Stick Tribe. The survivors of the three tribes emerged as the Long Tooth Tribe.[3]
Long Tooth TribeEdit
The Long Tooth Tribe were found in the southern part of the Gold Coast region during the Second Era. It consisted of the former Long Claw, Tooth Rock, and Rock Stick Tribes.[3]
Long Tooth Savage (ESO)
Long Tooth Shaman (ESO)
Long Tooth Goblins searching a slain deer (ESO)
Red Fang TribeEdit
Red Fang Warrior (Blades)
Red Fang Banner (Blades)
Rock Bone TribeEdit
The Rock Bone Tribe were found in the Gold Coast and West Weald regions of Cyrodiil. They were known to have Ogre shamans in their ranks.[5]
Gnaw-Bone (ESO)
Sharp-Eye (ESO)
Talon, a Tharriker trained by the Rock Bone Tribe (ESO)
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Rock Biter TribeEdit
The Rock Biter Tribe inhabit Timberscar Hollow in the Nibenay Basin. In 3E 433, they stole the totem of the Bloody Hand Tribe, inciting a Goblin war. The war ended after a group of settlers got external help to stop the constant raiding parties preventing them from building a farm at Cropsford.[2]
Rock Biter Goblin (Oblivion)
Rock Stick TribeEdit
The Rock Stick Tribe was a Goblin Tribe of the Gold Coast region. They formed when the survivors of a complicated tribal war between the Eye Stick, Sharp Rock, Shatter Bones, Blood Skull, and Gut Blade Tribes banded together (a separate group of survivors of that war founded the Sharp Stick Tribe). Later, they were slaughtered by the Long Claw and Tooth Rock Tribes when they migrated into the Gold Coast from near Chorrol. The remaining members of the three tribes were then known as the Long Tooth Tribe.[3]
Rotbreath TribeEdit
The Rotbreath Tribe was a Cyrodilic Goblin tribe active in Silorn circa 2E 582. They were known to live among Minotaurs and Ogres.[6]
Rotbreath Goblin (ESO)
Rotbreath Tiger (ESO)
Sharp Stick TribeEdit
The Sharp Stick Tribe was a Goblin Tribe of the Gold Coast region. They formed when the survivors of a complicated tribal war between the Eye Stick, Sharp Rock, Shatter Bones, Blood Skull, and Gut Blade Tribes banded together (a separate group of survivors of that war founded the Rock Stick Tribe).[3]
Sharp Stick Butcher (ESO)
Sharp Stick Hunter (ESO)
Sharp Stick Witch (ESO)
Sharp Tooth TribeEdit
The Sharp Tooth Tribe inhabit an abandoned mine known as Derelict Mine, found east of Skingrad in the West Weald of Cyrodiil. The tribe is often targeted by goblin hunters. In 3E 433 they stole the totem of the White Skin Tribe, inciting a goblin war.[2]
Sharp Tooth Berserker (ESO)
Sharp Tooth Bewitcher (ESO)
Shatter Bone TribeEdit
The Shatter Bone Tribe were a goblin tribe found in the Gold Coast. Tricked by the Sharp Rock Tribe into attacking the Blood Skull Tribe, they quickly found themselves in a three-sided war with both the Blood Skull and the Gut Blade Tribe. The Sharp Rock Tribe then allied with the Eye Stick Tribe to conquer those three tribes, but the allies turned on each other at the eve of their victory. Survivors of all the five tribes banded together and formed the Rock Stick and Sharp Stick Tribes.[3]
Sharp Rock TribeEdit
The Sharp Tooth Tribe were found on the Gold Coast. They battled with the Eye Stick tribe, but allied with them to conquer the other resident tribes, the Shatter Bones, the Blood Skulls, and the Gut Blades, when these found themselves in a three-sided war. On the eve of their victory, Sharp Rocks and Eye Sticks turned on one another. Survivors of all the five tribes banded together and formed the Rock Stick and Sharp Stick Tribes.[3]
Sharp Tooth Fire Mage (ESO)
Skull Breaker TribeEdit
The Skull Breaker Tribe inhabit Wenderbek Cave, found deep in the Nibenay Basin near Drakelowe.[2]
Three Feather TribeEdit
The Three Feather Tribe (or the Three Feathers Tribe) inhabit an abandoned mine known as Plundered Mine, found east of Bruma on the base of Gnoll Mountain. They are located in the Jerall Mountains of Cyrodiil.[2] In 3E 433,[2] the tribe's current shaman was killed, and they became known as the most famous example of a goblin tribe who was pacified this way.[7] They may have been the tribe that traveled to Skyrim in 4E 201 after going through the cave system in Gromm's Pass.[7]
Three Feather Goblin Warchief (Oblivion)
Three Feather Warchief (Legends)
Timberscar TribeEdit
The Timberscar Tribe were found in the Nibenay Basin region, near Cropsford.
Chief Three-Fang (ESO)
Timberscar Spirit Master (ESO)
Toad-Tongue TribeEdit
The Toad-Tongue Tribe is found in the Blackwood region of southern Cyrodiil.
War Chief Zathmoz (ESO)
Tooth Rock TribeEdit
The Tooth Rock Tribe originally from the south of Chorrol. They often battled with the Long Claw Tribe for territory, until they were eventually displaced by the local Fighters Guild. Both tribes migrated south into the Gold Coast region, where they banded together slaughtering the resident Rock Stick Tribe. The survivors of the three tribes merged as the Long Tooth Tribe.[3]
White Ghost ClanEdit
White Ghost Warrior (Blades)
White Ghost Banner (Blades)
White Skin TribeEdit
The White Skin Tribe inhabit Goblin Jim's Cave, found north of Skingrad in the Imperial Reserve, a long way from civilization. They were led by a Breton man named Goblin Jim, who was accepted into the tribe and became their shaman. In 3E 433 their totem was stolen by the Sharp Tooth Tribe, inciting a Goblin war.[2]
Goblin Jim, Shaman of the White Skin Tribe (Oblivion)
HammerfellEdit
Dogeater TribeEdit
The Dogeater Tribe are found on the island of Stros M'Kai. In 2E 582, a Goblin called King Demog took control of the tribe and started causing trouble until he was put down.
King Demog (ESO)
Goblin Marq, a Breton who briefly joined the tribe (ESO)
Flint-Tooth TribeEdit
The Flint-Tooth Tribe was a tribe of giant Goblins that inhabited Hammerfell before the arrival of the Ra Gada. Frandar Hunding rallied the Ra Gada to exterminate the Goblins, but was killed during one of the bloodiest battles of the campaign. The Goblins, led by their Warchief, were eventually slaughtered, and their spirits became bound to HoonDing's Watch in the Alik'r. These spirits serve to test pilgrims hoping to understand the trials of the Ra Gada, who came to love the desert's simple beauty during their fight against the Goblins.[8]
Flint-Tooth Archer Ghost (ESO)
Flint-Tooth Skirmisher Ghost (ESO)
Sandgrubber TribeEdit
The Sandgrubber Tribe inhabit Divad's Chagrin Mine, a shallow mine in the Alik'r. They were originally brought to the abandoned mine by Dunmer slavers, who hoped to sell them as laborers. However, the Goblins rose up and killed their captors. Their leader Nokhailaedhaz was killed in 2E 582.
Nokhailaedhaz (ESO)
Even Bigger, an Ogre member of the Sandgrubber Tribe (ESO)
High RockEdit
Bonesnap TribeEdit
The Bonesnap Tribe are found in the Bonesnap Ruins in the Stormhaven region.
Bonesnap Assassin (ESO)
Rork Bonehammer (ESO)
Disembowler TribeEdit
The Disembowler Tribe was a famous Goblin tribe of High Rock. By 2E 582, the tribe had been exterminated.[9]
Hillborne TribeEdit
The Hillborne Tribe inhabit the cave of Breagha-Fin in Rivenspire. The majority of them were originally Nords who were transformed into Goblins by a mage named Malofar using the power of the Emerald Chalice. Malofar was slain and the chalice recovered in 2E 582, and at least one of the Hillborne Goblins was restored to human form.
Hillborne Shaman (ESO)
Hillborne Hunter (ESO)
Malofar (ESO)
Ratfarmer TribeEdit
The Ratfarmer Tribe was a Goblin tribe of High Rock. By 2E 582, the tribe has been exterminated.[9]
Throatcutter TribeEdit
The Throatcutter Tribe was a Goblin tribe of High Rock. By 2E 582, the tribe had been exterminated.[9]
MorrowindEdit
Murkwater TribeEdit
The Murkwater Tribe are found in the Stonefalls region.
War Chief Ozozai (ESO)
Murkwater Shaman (Legends)
Murkwater Scourge (Legends)
Tazkad the Packmaster (Legends)
Netch Gouger TribeEdit
The Netch Gouger Tribe were a tribe of Goblins found on Vvardenfell during the Second Era.
Netch Gouger Spellfiend (ESO)
Ruinfang the Wicked conjuring a Feral Guardian (ESO)
An Emberthroat Durzog, bred by the Netch Gouger Tribe (ESO)
Shadowsilk TribeEdit
The Shadowsilk Tribe are a tribe found in Stonefalls who have managed to tame giant spiders for use as war beasts. An Orc named Oodegu came to earn one of the higher-ranking positions in the tribe, killing two of the tribe leaders and giving their shaman "an embarrassing beating" to do so, and lead them halfway across Tamriel to Morrowind.[10] At some point they took control of one of Mephala's Nests, killing the Mephala worshippers within. In 2E 582, a Dunmer mage apprentice named Denthis Romori accidentally transformed his brother Dithis into a female Goblin. Dithis was then kidnapped and taken to a nearby Goblin camp by the Shadowsilk chieftain Grimmstal, prompting a rescue.[11]
Warchief Shadowsilk (ESO)
Oodegu, an Orc who infiltrated the Shadowsilk Tribe (ESO)
Gozzak, a Spider Daedra who controlled members of the Shadowsilk Tribe (ESO)
Summerset IslesEdit
Coral-Splitter TribeEdit
The Coral-Splitter Tribe are found in the King's Haven Pass in the Summerset Isle. The Coral-Splitter is among the only known tribes on the Summerset Isle, who live in the deepest and loneliest corners of the island.[12] The Coral-Splitter have traditionally lived in King's Haven for quite sometime.[13] Because of the Coral-Splitter's aggressive nature, and the perilous cliffs of King's Haven, the pass would be used by the Cult of Phynaster to test the pilgrim's faith.[14]
Coral Splitter Runecaster (ESO)
A Topal Durzog, bred by the Coral-Splitter Tribe (ESO)
Toothmaul TribeEdit
The Toothmaul Tribe are found on Auridon in the Summerset Isles. Originally slaves from the main Summerset Isle, the Goblins escaped from captivity and laid claim to a cave they named Toothmaul Gully. They then formed a tribe, led by Chief Koth.[15] In return for the ability to recruit tribe members into labor and fighting forces, the Heritance provided the Goblins with reserve arms and armor. After discovering the Goblin occupation of the gully, the First Auridon Marines broke up the alliance and ensured the tribe's survival for their continued cooperation with the Altmer.
Chief Koth (ESO)
Cross-Province TribesEdit
Cragkin TribeEdit
The Cragkin Tribe are found in the Bangkorai and Reaper's March regions. Some of them seemed to worship Gargoyles, while others worshipped an Ogre known as Big Ozur.
Dakenibomaz (ESO)
Big Ozur being worshipped by the Cragkin Tribe (ESO)
Dust Eater TribeEdit
The Dust Eater Tribe (or Dusteater Tribe) are found in both Hammerfell and Cyrodiil. They are known to inhabit the Dwemer ruins of Rkhardahrk in Craglorn, where they live alongside ogres and dreugh. They also inhabit an abandoned mine known as Barren Mine, found deep in Blackwood.
Dusteater Firestick (ESO)
Dust Eater Skirmisher (Legends)
Taborra, an Ogre leader of the Dusteater Tribe (ESO)
Rotblood TribeEdit
The Rotblood Tribe inhabit Jode's Light, a Khajiiti temple in the Reaper's March region that was abandoned during the Thrassian Plague.
Rotblood Shaman (ESO)
Rotblood Butcher (ESO)
Stonechewer TribeEdit
The Stonechewer Tribe are a tribe found in both High Rock and Elsweyr. They are known to worship Muluk. The tribe in Elsweyr was wiped out by the Knahaten Flu. The High Rock tribe inhabit Menevia, in central Stormhaven. In 2E 582 the tribe briefly held Cumberland's Watch after their totem was stolen.
Stonechewer Shaman (ESO)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Landal Gevont's dialogue in ESO
- ^ a b c d e f g h Goblins in Oblivion
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Gold Coast Goblin Tribes — the Anvil Fighters Guild
- ^ Black Drake Villa in ESO
- ^ Events of Training Camp in ESO
- ^ Events of Death and Titans in ESO
- ^ a b Letter to Clexius — Avanessa Calladius
- ^ March of the Ra Gada quest in ESO
- ^ a b c Nellic Sterone's dialogue in ESO
- ^ Oodegu's Journal—Keep Out! — Oodegu
- ^ A Goblin's Affection quest in ESO
- ^ King's Haven Pass loading screen in ESO: Summerset
- ^ King's Haven Scouting Record
- ^ Pilgrimage's End quest in ESO: Summerset
- ^ Byz's dialogue in ESO