Rise and Fall of the Goblai Khanate

The Hegy Mountain range was once home to goblin kind. However, trouble brew in the mountains. With the discovery of a widespread cavern system goblin population would explode. This rapid growth was at first beneficial for goblin civilization. However, with many new youngsters comes new ideas and troubles. The younger generations were unhappy with the rule of the goblin shamans. Unrest would rise between different groups, with some goblins already packing their bags and leaving the mountains behind to search for a new home. In turn they turned into the first goblin nomads. All would change permanently however, when a series of earthquakes hit the region. Large sections of the cavern system collapsed causing goblins to be disconnected from each other. A huge resource shortage was created as labour, minerals, and food were separated.
Not much is known about the faith of those deeper in the caverns, what is known is that the already existing tensions reached new heights when the initial events had settled. Not soon thereafter the Hegy Mountains turned into full blown disarray. A state of lawlessness befall the mountains and practices such as plundering and murder were everyday practice. Within a few months the whole mountain was burning. It is said that the smoke could be seen from all around the mountain. At this point most goblins started fleeing to the aboveground world to search for a better home. Tens of thousands of goblins fled into the greater world, causing immediate chaos around them. The factions of old didn’t matter anymore as new nomadic groups formed, using at first modified minecarts to quickly raid their neighbours for loot. After a decade the goblin Goblai managed to unite several different nomadic tribes and he would be known as Goblai Khan. Under Goblai Khan the Goblin Khanate would upset the established balance of Bataf conquering great swats of lands. 
The Khanate came to an abrupt end when Goblai Khan died of an infectious wound obtained during a raid. While Goblai had many children he had not setup a rule of succession, therefore the Goblai Khanate fell apart as quickly as it had risen. Children inherited one part of the Khanate while powerful generals inherited other parts. The goblins had once again fallen into different groups, it all seemed for nothing. Undoubtedly however, they managed to change the face of Bataf nations creating a new power balance. Nowadays few goblin nomad groups remain, those that do still manage to cause havoc as their bands of metal carts travel around Bataf raiding anyone unsuspecting. The legacy of the Goblai Khanate remains.
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