Ice Goblin

They came over our new travel lines, with a cacophony of their screams in goblin, tourches and daggers in hand. As they zoomed closer, the village erupted into chaos. I ran, not stopping until i could not see the village or hear the screams of the goblins.
  -A survivor of an ice goblin attack.

The Ice goblins are goblins that live in the wilds of Suberia. They are adapted to the extream cold. They sometimes raid human settlements, but theese raids are uncommon, because the goblins arn't good at moving from island to island.

Basic Information

Anatomy

The goblins are humaniod, and 4-5 feet tall. They have claws and sharp teeth. They often hunch, and are effective on all fours and just hind legs. They have thick hair on there heads, backs, arms, and legs, and can live well in the cold.

Biological Traits

They live 50-60 years and grow to be 4-5 feet tall when standing strait.

Ecology and Habitats

They live in the unpopulated wilds of Suberia, and dwell in mountain caves.

Dietary Needs and Habits

Ice goblins are mosty carnivorous, though can eat plants.

Additional Information

Social Structure

They live in tribes of about 100, with a Ice Goblin Chief making major decisions.

Facial characteristics

Their noses are often larger then normal, and quite long. Their eyes are slightly larger then average for humans, and with long eyelashes to keep out snow in snowstorms. Their mouths are unusually wide  They have thick hair on the top of there head and down there neck.

Geographic Origin and Distribution

All across Suberia.

Average Intelligence

Lower than a human intelligence but still able to have a lauguage, band together, develop tribal systeams, and create tools.

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

They have developed darkvision because of there cave dwelling, thought it is not as good of that of most animals.

Civilization and Culture

Interspecies Relations and Assumptions

Ice goblins gennerally stay away from more powerful creatures and hunt the smaller ones. When they are able, they raid humans. Ice goblins sometimes tame winter bears, to use for hunts, and raids, if they can get one to a town.

Raids

Because they do not have a way of going from island to island, they need to wait for one to be made.Sometimes expanding humans unknowingly let goblins raid, by expand to other islands, building travel lines , only to have them be invaded by goblins from over them. If this happens, and the goblins raid distroys the settlement, as they sometimes do, the goblins often launch raids on the other settlements, possible spreading to different islands. However this is very rare, as tribes are only a few hundred.

Jis

Jis is goblin for invisible mosters, at least according to someone who spent a week as there captive. Many belivers in Kiv think that the Kiv bother ice goblins too, and that they called the Kiv Jis. However, the translation is not the most reliable, as the person giving it was a strong beliver in the Kiv. According to him, a Kiv appeared in their cave, and the goblins left, shouting "jis", coming back only when they relized the Kiv dissapeared.

Lifespan

56 years

Average Height

4-5 feet

Average Weight

80-100 pounds.

Body Tint, Colouring and Marking

They have pale skin, with white hair.

Geographic Distribution

• Suberia