Some superhero shtuff to close out the month.

Golden Goblin

The warrior of Mió, the Ruta’Galan Avatar of Balance and Harmony. Said powers originate from a magical vivisteel emblem that, when activated, transforms its bearer into Mió’s metallic champion, made to some extent in the image of the goblin goddess herself.

Currently associated with two given individuals of note.

Golden Goblin I (Auranna of Mió’je)

Originally appeared as a villain, invading Earth as retribution for repeated incursions of deathly mors-elemental waste into Ruta’Gal. Initially sent to subjugate the so-called upstart plane, she found immediately that she had been misled, her sources flawed; Earth was teeming with both advancements undreamt of by her arcane mind, as well as capable protectors.

All the same, such guardians posed no issue for Mió’s chosen. She established a foothold on the planet, transforming large swaths of New Victoria into gold—and along with it, over a dozen of its defeated heroes. Efforts to resolve the situation diplomatically also failed, and Golden Goblin’s domain grew to encompass most of the city inside of a week, until a combined effort by Professor Power, Zauber, Rivette, and Wire Flyer was able to sever her connection to the Planar Augment. This deprived her of a significant source of her powers, culminating in her defeat.

Humbled and touched by the compassion of the so-called savages, she was suddenly much more amenable to dialogue. Working together, the source of Earth’s extraplanar pollution was traced to thaumaturgical experiments run by The Outlander. Even his stellarly confident and insufferable facade crumbled upon seeing the needless, ’undeserved’ (and most pertinently to his reputation: Oblivious) destruction that arose from these plays for power, and the normally villainous baron ceased his line of experimentation without a fight.

Left with neither purpose nor a way home, Auranna took it upon herself to make amends for her misguided and impulsive misdeeds, acting as a liaison between Earth and Ruta’Gal, until a way back home could be secured…or so she told herself. By the time transit between the planes became a possibility again, her love for this strange world, for heroic battle, and for a never-ending abundance of delicious food persuaded her to make a new excuse to stay, and then another…

Following the events of Hereafter, a Mió’jan body of orcish troops arrived on Earth to return Auranna back to Ruta’Gal, acting on accusations of treason against her homeland—in reality, she had caught a chance glimpse of her own people’s grand minister affiliating with demonic horrors, who now felt she needed to be silenced. After a brief impasse, she eventually returned to her plane of origin peacefully...but not before hiding her divine emblem somewhere in the city.