Finnok - goblin warrior (Patreon)

Help, I’ve fallen down a hole of goblin love and worship and I can’t/don’t want to get out. *drags you in with me*

Finnok is a warrior in the elite guard, and he’s a fierce, smol, angry, grumpy boi. He has earned the right to a lot of gold rings in his ears - his right is missing a chunk after a scrap with a gnoll on the borders of the goblin king’s territory.

He has a very strong moral compass, and will always do what is right, even if it hurts someone, or himself. He has very little thought for himself, dedicating himself and his life to his duties. He trains every day with twin knife blades, but his best (and chosen) weapon is the spear.

One day, he accompanies the goblin king on a diplomatic mission to the human kingdom nearby, and encounters a servant or diplomat involved in hosting the goblin king. Finn has hated humans all his life, believing them to be selfish and cruel (which they most certainly can be!) but when he sees the gentle kindness of the human to one of the young daughters of a goblin servant who came with them, he starts to look with fresh eyes.

One night when he’s off duty, he walks to the palace gardens and finds the human sitting alone by the fish pond, feeding the koi and watching them. He startles them, but they start to make awkward conversation. He admits that he’s not seen much of human culture, so the human offers to take him on a tour of the city and show him around.

Reluctantly he agrees, and the human ends up taking him on a dizzying tour of human culture, even making him crack a smile here and there, finishing with sharing some delicious crushed cherry ice (basically granita) by the river, and when they part, he slides his long, knuckly, goblin fingers under their chin and draws them down for a brief kiss, thanking them.

Hope you like him and this little idea for a rainy day...