The four goblins stood up. “Ready, aim, fire,” ordered Ugbash.
“‘E‘s been watchin’ Zulu again ‘e ‘as,” spat Wobble as three arrows sped towards three or more squink to the throes of O Fortuna by Carl Orff. (The author was listening to it because he wanted to know what the main tune was in Excalibur for the fourth book.) First one then two struck their mark. The charging squink looked as though they were going to overrun the goblins position but, at the last minute, they all but an injured one fled into the sea. The injured one started to crawl towards the sea. Ugbash leapt up and ran towards it waving his meat cleaver. He started to bring the cleaver down on its head, but it slyly tripped him with one of its tentacles. As he was flailing around on the floor it went in for the attack. Chop, who was just behind fired another arrow and killed it. “What about their legs, they look tasty?” he quoth.
“Thanks Chop,” thanked Ugbash. “I see you’re quoting from the goblins in Lord of the Rings again.”
“It is difficult though to come up with a heroic goblin quote from the films,” he replied.
“I know people go on about us and our attitude but look at the role models we have to base ourselves on.”
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The Goblin Adventures
FantasyWe meet Ugbash, Pan Head, Wibble, Wobble, Chop and Idunno from The Crying Pennant in a short serialised story where they go hunting for squink. Then we meet Bip, Bop, Battam, Ugz, Bugz and Tongs the Goblin Space Marines who along with Sergeant Griml...
