Week 2 Story: Goblins in the Clan Castle

 Goblins in the Clan Castle

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There once was Clan Castle full of 35 male goblins. They were donated by fellow clanmates and were eager to get to work. They did not do much when the base was functioning as it should. With that said, once someone begins to attack, they try to save the village by all means necessary. One day, however, the base was attacked by nearly 200 female archers. The goblins had never been attacked by an all female army before. The goblins believed that they could use their chiseled jaw-lines and bushy eye brows to impress the ladies initially, and defeat them all when they were least expecting it. The goblins proceed with flowers and a pleasant demeanor to the archers who were ready to attack. The archers were a combination of shocked and stunned, they were ready for war. They were happy they didn't have to battle and all 200 of them laid down their bows and arrows, and followed just 34 of the goblins back to the clan castle, one of the goblins stayed behind to steal all of the bows and arrows. One archer takes notice that one goblin stayed behind and verbalized this to her peers. They called her paranoid and told her to have a good time, so she did.  They gleefully marched to the clan castle where they were promised a feast and a day full of exhilarating festivities. After the meal, all of the archers got quite tired and wanted to take a nap so they had energy for an afternoon full of fun. As the goblins left, they quietly locked the door and snuck away. The goblins then went and grabbed 35 of the bows and all of the arrows that the archers had brought with them to the base. The goblins proceeded to climb up the side of the clan castle up to the top, where a square opening in the roof would allow the goblins to put an end to the archers that they had trapped. The noise on the walls of the clan castle had woken up most of the archers, they immediately try to open door and realize that they have been trapped. They yell for help, but the only response was 35 goblins maniacally laughing. 

Author's Note: This week, one of the stories we read was called "Goblin City". That was the story that this one was based off of. Incorporated parts of that story and put it in the context of the game Clash of Clans (a childhood game that was extremely popular a handful of years back that I still play from time to time). Some of the changes I made were: 

• The Island of Ceylon where the sailors landed became a Clash of Clans base (Clan Castle building in particular)
• The She-goblins from the story became the little green goblins in the game Clash of Clans
• The Sailors became Archers (again a troop from Clash of Clans)
• The Captain that said that the she-goblins were trying to trick them and saved many of the sailors became an Archer who was not taken seriously and was called "paranoid"

Bibliography:

Story source: The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India by W. H. D. Rouse.

Clash of Clans Goblin - Via CoC Guide