Hobgoblin

Hobgoblins are the smartest race of goblinoids in Asrakhor. Although many of their kind have devolved into tribal society closer to their Goblin cousins, they also hold great history as the masters of Ralgonakr.

The clans of Hobgoblins still living in old Ralgonakr lands still hold onto this history and are a much more civilized and unified society, holding old laws and religions alive and feeling great animosity to the Elves and Men who helped shatter their once-powerful Empire.

Clawreavers
The clawreavers were the clan which once held the heritage of Emperors and ultimate power in the Empire of Ralgonakr. They were founded by the great Hobgoblin hero Gimmuzorg the Slave after a revolt against the Great Wyrm Mafendrongal.

Throughout the Red Empire, the Clawreavers were a feared and respected Clan that sat at the core of everything from internal politics to wars with neighbours. When other Clans grew too strong to contain, the Clawreavers would either manoeuvre to undermine this strong clan and ally its rivals, or simply use their authroity to disband the core powers in the clan. Clan elders would suddenly find themselves spread away from their Clan in far-flung provinces without fast routes of communication between them and the rest of the elders. This was often enough to completely pacify Clans before they could muster the courage to challenge the Emperor or the Clawreaver Clan.

Jawrippers
The Jawrippers bear a great deal of responsibility in both the rise and fall of the Empire of Ralgonakr. They birthed and fostered Gimmuzorg the Slave during his childhood and trained him, granting him the tools to survive his long ordeal in the fighting pits.

In the twilight years of the Red Empire, they were the clan pushing for greater spreading of power from the Emperor to the Senate and Clans. They ushered in the instability that allowed outside forces to defeat the armies of the Empire and fostered a culture of bloody intrigues that further devolved the Hobgoblins back to tribal brutality..