Goblinoid

Goblinoid refers to any of three species of sentient humanoids native to the continent's south. While they are gentically similar, goblins, hobgoblins and bugbears also share a common culture. This ancient allegiance they share appears to be a result of using cooperation as an early survival strategy and it could be the oldest social structure in existence.

Due to the expansive range of goblinkind, this bond has many interpretations, but in the south, where they have long been dominant, it is still expressed as a strict hierarchy. There is little question that goblins and bugbears defer to hobgoblins in traditional goblinoid society.

Under the laws of humanity, however, goblinoids are equals. Certain remote settlements and neighborhoods of cities with large goblinoid populations still observe the old order, of course. However, this relationship is construed as a form of slavery in some places, Erul-Iton and Saitough for example, and officially banned.