History Characters / WarcraftTheHordeBilgewaterCartel

When you start as a goblin, you're rich, popular, strong, and proactively involved in your growing business empire, as well as being an honest dealer (by goblin standards). You spend half of your introduction throwing an awesome party. As a result, Gallywix doesn't like you much. Part of the reason he wipes you out and busts you right back to battling monsters in the wild is because he's worried about you taking his place as the next Trade Prince - even though you're portrayed as being loyal.

* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Bad Men Love Their Dads]]: As shown in his short story, "Trade Secrets of a Trade Prince". His dad raised him, and was a ''very'' loving father, even by non-Goblin standards. It was implied his dad did some shady stuff just to get Jastor cookies from a bakery that exploded a while ago, because the cookies were damn good. Since Jastor became Trade Prince, he says his pop ever has to worry about buying engineering parts anymore.

* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome: In the BadFuture seen in ''The Blank Scroll'', Gallywix went down fighting Garrosh 1-on-1, headbutting Garrosh, and laughing the entire time.]]

* HiddenDepths: In-universe, most of the Horde leaders view him with (granted, justifiable) contempt and believe he's little more than Garrosh's money-grubbing lackey. In truth, Gallywix has a fairly low opinion on the Horde's dictator, was trying to sue for peace between the factions before Theramore, and aimed to withhold powerful artifacts from Garrosh in order to [[EvenEvilHasStandards protect the world at large from what Garrosh might do with them]]. Though see DependingOnTheWriter

** EasilyForgiven

* [[spoiler:MistreatmentInducedBetrayal]]: After the events of Dark Heart of Pandaria
-->Grizzle Gearslip says: [[spoiler:Yeah, we'll see who's got Garrosh's back when it counts.]]

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*** PetTheDog: ''The Blank Scroll'' hints that his over-the-top CardCarryingVillain persona may just be a public front he puts on. When alone with Druz and Ziya, he's much calmer and far more rational and sympathetic, and lacking the 'megawatt horror of a grin' Ziya remembers always being on his face. He also [[spoiler: orders the eponymous scroll, capable of making thought into reality, hidden in the vaults under Bilgewater Harbor because, as he put it, "the last thing we need floating around is another big gun."]]

** PunchClockHero=/=PunchClockVillain: Goblins typically only do more undesirable things if they get cut a paycheck. When money isn't an issue, their deeds are driven by either [[HiddenDepths positive morals]] or scientific curiosity (Which often involves StuffBlowingUp).

** MadBomber: Also this.
** MadeOfExplodium: If it isn't, it's either not goblin made or the goblin who made it skimped on the parts that make it work.

* HiddenDepths: Goblins are shown to have emotions and to care about one another in several quests and storylines. Some even resist the temptation of gold.

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* MoneyDearBoy: ''The'' ambition of many goblins in the game, although it seems to be more than just culture. Gold and wealth is something Goblin's naturally lust after, more than other things.
--> '''Male Goblin Joke''': "''She told me to tie her up, and do whatever I wanted to her... So I took her stereo!''"

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** Badass Boast: Numerous in his short story, describing how he became Trade Prince.

** BadassNormal: He's obese and has no military training what so ever, yet [[spoiler: fought on equal footing with Garrosh when his mech was destroyed, without a weapon.]]
** RetiredBadass: It's mentioned he was a Street Brawler before.

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* CowardlySidekick: functions as this in the Dagger in the Dark scenario, staying behind to guard the boat while Vol'jin and the players head for the egg chamber in the cave.

* [[spoiler:MistreatmentInducedBetrayal]]: after the events of Dark Heart of Pandaria

* TemptingFate: In Siege of Orgrimmar, he says that the Iron Star "has nothing on real goblin engineering". When it almost instantly kills the soldiers he's brought, he says that "maybe it does" and excuses himself.

* AntiHero: UnscrupulousHero in the best, straight Villain in the worst.

* AntiHero: NominalHero in the best, straight Villain in the worst.

* TokenEvilTeammate

* TokenEvilTeammate: Even worst than [[WellIntentionedExtremist Sylvanas.]]

* AmbiguouslyEvil: His later portrayals try to leave his moral alignment up in the air in an attempt to leave his HateSink status.

* TokenEvilTeammate

* BadassNormal: He's obese and has no military training what so ever, yet [[spoiler: fought on equal footing with Garrosh when his mech was destroyed, without a weapon.]]

* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Bad Men Love Their Dads]]: As shown in his short story, "Trade Secrets of a Trade Prince".

* TheSmartGuy: He grew up in his father's engineering shop, and became a master engineer himself.

* StuffBlowingUp: A great love of this trope seems to be this race's [[PlanetOfHats Hat]], with one of their common quotes being "Goblin products are built ta ''blast!''"

* MoneyDearBoy: ''The'' ambition of many goblins in the game.
* HiddenDepths: Goblins are shown to have emotions and to care about one another in several quests and storylines.

** GoingCritical:

** PunchClockVillain: Goblins typically only do more undesirable things if they get cut a paycheck. When money isn't an issue, their deeds are driven by either [[HiddenDepths positive morals]] or scientific curiosity (Which often involves StuffBlowingUp).

* MoneyDearBoy: ''The'' ambition of almost every goblin in-game.

* TokenEvilTeammate: Even many of the Forsaken are more heroic than they.

After joining the Horde, [[WarForFunAndProfit he seems to keep up with Garrosh's warmongering at first]], however, [[HiddenHeartOfGold his appearances out of the public eye shows him differently.]] He was actually secretly vying for peace between the factions. He says that his people need security and profit, and under Hellscream, they get a lot of neither. [[spoiler: After Garrosh is incarcerated, he supports Vol'jin as Warchief because, despite being stabbed in the neck, he "still comes to collect what's due."]]

** Gallywix knows and admits he's absolute scum as well, but even he has standards - He isn't willing to just waste the people at his disposal for nothing or on stupid things. Though it should be noted that in the Goblin Starting Zone, Gallywix had no problem wasting the lives of his people over [[EvilIsPetty petty reasons]].

* HiddenDepths: In-universe, most of the Horde leaders view him with (granted, justifiable) contempt and believe he's little more than Garrosh's money-grubbing lackey. In truth, Gallywix has a fairly low opinion on the Horde's dictator, was trying to sue for peace between the factions before Theramore, and aimed to withhold powerful artifacts from Garrosh in order to [[EvenEvilHasStandards protect the world at large from what Garrosh might do with them]].
** And after Garrosh is disposed, [[http://hydra-images.cursecdn.com/wowpedia.org/7/7a/Gallywix_SoO.jpg he submits to the new Warchief with grace and poise.]]

* AntiHero: Most of members varies between examples of UnscrupulousHero and NominalHero.

** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Implied, although he still admits to being a JerkAss.
*** HiddenHeartOfGold: ''The Blank Scroll'' hints that his over-the-top CardCarryingVillain persona may just be a public front he puts on. When alone with Druz and Ziya, he's much calmer and far more rational and sympathetic, and lacking the 'megawatt horror of a grin' Ziya remembers always being on his face. He also [[spoiler: orders the eponymous scroll, capable of making thought into reality, hidden in the vaults under Bilgewater Harbor because, as he put it, "the last thing we need floating around is another big gun."]]

* PetTheDog: ''The Blank Scroll'' paints Gallywix in a far more sympathetic light; it doesn't excuse his past actions, but it does show that while he's ruthless and corrupt, he knows the value of a good employee and he's not an idiot. It helps that one of the short story's main characters is his chief enforcer and childhood friend.