Goblinhole

Goblinhole was a small swamp-town located on the continent of Sparwood in former Arxella. It now lies abandoned within the borders of The Kartek Diarchy. As its name suggests it was a humble hamlet mainly inhabited by Goblins.

Founding
Goblinhole was founded by a band of Goblins on the 17th of April, 2020. They made the trek from Uldarash to Sparwood, nearly perishing in the Lotus City State of Vraelea, which had been under siege by ogre bandits. After the discovery of a sacred willow in the Arxellan Marsh, Chieftain Snurgle and Shaman Blungbrbeng decided to settle there. Unbeknownst to them, however, this site was located mere minutes from the City of Arxella (now Sologrod), capital of the Tzardom of Arxella. After the first hut had been constructed, more goblins were summonned and a thriving little community of greenskins emerged. The surrounding area was defended by the planting of a dense thicket of oak trees and berries, making the swampy terrain even more difficult to traverse. The intricate network of strip-mine tunnels was also explored and mapped, noting the location of settlements aboveground and their underground entrances.

The Shadow of Kostuco
The goblins timed a fortunate arrival, as the continent of Sparwood had recently seen the decline and fall of one of its prominent kingdoms: Kostuco. This left many a town and city within the borders of the kingdom undefended, and the greenskins of Goblinhole took full advantage of this fact. Often travelling at night, using the labyrinth of tunnels underground to move unseen by both Arxellans and Kostucans, they raided several sites. The cities of Lansi, Wielky Kostuco, Deoyr and Kostonia were raided of all their valuables, including stacks of gold and diamonds, named artifacts of ancient events, an expansive collection of music discs and an enchanted set of Netherite Armor, previously owned by a legendary warrior-general of Kostuco. The wealth plundered from these early expeditions financed much of the later activities of Goblinhole and put its denizens in a comfortable position.

Arxellan Vassalage
After days of the brimming Goblin settlement going undetected while at the doorstep of the Arxellan capital, the Goblins made themselves known to their De Jure overlords. With a brief period of negotiations, the Goblins and Arxellans decided to accept the Goblins as an autonomous minority, part of the Tzardom. They were made citizens during a grand feast, surprising the Arxellans by not entering their city through the locked gates, but instead sneakily digging their way up through a tunnel from underneath. Relations between the Chieftain of Goblinhole and the Tzar of Arxella were always jovial, and Chieftain Snurgle was eventually named Governor of the Goblinhole Area.

Disappearance
While Goblinhole flourished under Arxellan rule, its amount of citizens slowly declined. Most believe that this was caused by the incredible increase of humans in the area, pushing the territorial Goblins underground by their presure. It has been long since a Goblinhole goblin was sighted by the inhabitants of The Kartek Diarchy, and the settlement is now officially abandoned. It has even been raided and briefly occupied by the Gertek horde.