Rudgar the Reclaimer

The Goblin who would later be called Rudgar was a scout, who took to watching a human settlement during trips to the surface to scavenge for supplies. He observed the human way of life, and saw their harvests of grain, how with comparatively little effort (and almost no screaming death!) they could survive and grow fat off of bread and pottage and bacon.
The Goblin told his people of this, convinced them to make him Chief, and led his little tribe to the surface, and attacked a village, killing or driving away the humans. Then, he took the name Rudgar after the local baron (Roger) and led his people to try and replace the humans in the town, to live as they did.
At first it seemed to work. The grain stores were full, and raking dirt around wasn't too hard of an activity, so he set his men to it and expected things to go swell. Unfortunately, not quite understanding the concept of agriculture, the goblins didn't actually plant anything, they just sort of moved the dirt around and occasionally ate a handful of it.
When no harvest came, and the grain silos emptied, the goblins turned to eating the farm animals, their fodder, the dirt, and eventually each other to try and stay alive. Come spring, the humans returned, now with the real Baron Roger at their head with his men at arms. The Goblins were quickly put to flight and slaughtered. Rudgar was blamed for the catastrophe, and exiled by his own people who returned to the deep to continue their old way of life.
Rudgar now wanders the surface world, trying to figure out where he went wrong. He has learned quite a bit since then, but he still has not found a place where Goblins might be free to settle on the surface without drawing the ire of territorial surface dwellers.
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