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* AdultFear: All over the freaking place. Kids getting almost eaten/abducted by dragons, kids getting almost shot by goblins, parents AND kids being held hostage by slavers, having your daughter-in-law almost raped in the next room...
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Begun in February of 2015, the main plot of the comic appears to just now be getting started. Far to the North is created by Allison Shaw, who also makes WebComic/TigressQueen. The comic currently updates on Wednesdays and is an affiliate of {{Website/Hiveworks}}.

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Begun in February of 2015, and went on indefinite hiatus after finishing the main plot of the comic appears to just now be getting started.first volume in 2019. Far to the North is created by Allison Shaw, who also makes WebComic/TigressQueen. The comic currently updates on Wednesdays and is an affiliate of {{Website/Hiveworks}}.

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* BigBad: Pagra Zhu, the "Widow Eater"; he ordered the Saengorians to gather the dragon scales, and did not explain why. Also, he is apparently leading an armada to attack the trading port where the men from the village went.

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* BigBad: Pagra Zhu, the "Widow Eater"; he ordered the Saengorians to gather the dragon scales, and did not explain why. Also, [[spoiler:Also, he is apparently leading an armada to attack the trading port where the men from the village went.]]



* CurbStompBattle: Despite Kelu's BadassBoast (see page quote), Junuka easily defeats her in hand-to-hand combat. Of course, Junuka has been fighting for his life for years, and Kelu is a relatively inexperienced brawler.



** So, you want dragon scales, yes? Ever pondered if some might actually be attached to a living dragon, still -- in a land you know has "demons"? Or, if they'd be happy to be considered a source of revenue?

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** So, you want dragon scales, yes? Ever pondered if some might actually be attached to a living dragon, still -- in still--in a land you know has "demons"? Or, if they'd be happy to be considered a source of revenue?



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Kelu dubs the goblin who helps her "Songbird" (or just "Song" for short).resort
** {{Irony}} He's mute, like the rest of his kind.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Kelu dubs the goblin who helps her "Songbird" (or just "Song" for short).resort
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** {{Irony}} {{Irony}}: He's mute, like the rest of his kind.kind. [[spoiler:That is, until the Temmrien gives him the power of speech.]]

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* BigBad: Pagra Zhu, the "Widow Eater"; he ordered the Saengorians to gather the dragon scales, and did not explain why. Also, he is apparently leading an armada to attack the trading port where the men from the village went.



** So, you want dragonscales, yes? Ever pondered if some might actually be attached to a living dragon, still -- in a land you know has "demons"? Or, if they'd be happy to be considered a source of revenue?

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** So, you want dragonscales, dragon scales, yes? Ever pondered if some might actually be attached to a living dragon, still -- in a land you know has "demons"? Or, if they'd be happy to be considered a source of revenue?

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname:
* OurGoblinsAreDifferent: For starters, they're at least seven feet tall, can smell blood, have eyes like hawks, and possibly [[DraconicHumanoid scales]]. According to Kelu they were [[SuperSoldier crafted specifically]] by dragons to kill Saengorians with their insane archery. [[spoiler: [[http://www.farnorthcomic.com/comic/human And they're really rather pretty once you get to see under the masks.]] ]] [[spoiler:Later the dragon reveals that goblins are actually young human boys exposed to dragon venom which causes them to gradually change till they [[MetamorphosisMonster become full-blown dragons]]]].

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname:
OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Kelu dubs the goblin who helps her "Songbird" (or just "Song" for short).resort
** {{Irony}} He's mute, like the rest of his kind.
* OurGoblinsAreDifferent: For starters, they're at least seven feet tall, can smell blood, have eyes like hawks, and possibly [[DraconicHumanoid scales]]. According to Kelu they were [[SuperSoldier crafted specifically]] by dragons to kill Saengorians with their insane archery.archery skills. [[spoiler: [[http://www.farnorthcomic.com/comic/human And they're really rather pretty once you get to see under the masks.]] ]] [[spoiler:Later the dragon reveals that goblins are actually young human boys exposed to dragon venom which causes them to gradually change till they [[MetamorphosisMonster become full-blown dragons]]]].
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname:
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-->'''Mizha''': When small...Mizha say...Kelu is not my sister. Very bad! I am wrong! Kelu is my sister! ...''Little'' sister. [[note]]Kelu is at least a head taller than Mgon', despite their being almost the same age.[[/note]]

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-->'''Mizha''': When small...Mizha say...Kelu is not my sister. Very bad! I am wrong! Kelu is my sister! ...''Little'' sister. [[note]]Kelu is at least a head taller than Mgon', Mizha, despite their being almost the same age.[[/note]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Kelu is gonna give it to ya.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Kelu is gonna gon' give it to ya.]]



-->'''Mizha''': When small...Mizha say...Kelu is not my sister. Very bad! I am wrong! Kelu is my sister! ...''Little'' sister. [[note]]Kelu is at least a head taller than Mizha.[[/note]]

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-->'''Mizha''': When small...Mizha say...Kelu is not my sister. Very bad! I am wrong! Kelu is my sister! ...''Little'' sister. [[note]]Kelu is at least a head taller than Mizha.Mgon', despite their being almost the same age.[[/note]]
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-->--''Kelu''

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* ForcedIntoEvil: At least two of the Saengorian hostage-takers are this. The others might have been.
** [[http://www.farnorthcomic.com/comic/family-man Lu Ro]], one of the hostage-takers under Moguunya Sa's command, is not part of the team willingly.[[spoiler: He was arrested and sentenced to slavery for stealing some fruit in an attempt to save his sick son. Gathering dragon scales under Sa's command was Lu Ro's only chance to get a pardon]].
** Junuka himself was also born into slave, being the son of a SexSlave, and being forced to fight other slaves for the Saengorian King's amusement.
* GoodAllAlong: The dragon is this. He's first presented as seemingly threatening Kelu's nephew, for which she stabs him in the gums with his own scales. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that he helps protect The North from invaders and adopts children whose parents abandon them - with Song being one such example. When Kelu tells him about her family's predicament he sends Song and his other goblin sons to the rescue with seemingly no hesitation]].



* ForcedIntoEvil: At least two of the Saengorian hostage-takers are this. The others might have been.
** [[http://www.farnorthcomic.com/comic/family-man Lu Ro]], one of the hostage-takers under Moguunya Sa's command, is not part of the team willingly.[[spoiler: He was arrested and sentenced to slavery for stealing some fruit in an attempt to save his sick son. Gathering dragon scales under Sa's command was Lu Ro's only chance to get a pardon]].
** Junuka himself was also born into slave, being the son of a SexSlave, and being forced to fight other slaves for the Saengorian King's amusement.
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* GoodIsNotNice:
** The Temmrien, the Goddess of the North and it's people. She comes to the aid of any among her followers who calls for her, and [[spoiler: goes out of her way to rescue Song]], but don't expect her to show mercy to bandits. [[spoiler: When she rescues Junuka, she does so at the cost of magically binding him to obey her]].
** Kelu is another example. She's normally a reasonable woman, but anyone who threatens her family can expect to pay dearly for it.


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* ParentalAbandonment: Song's origin story. [[spoiler: He was born as a normal human, but his parents abandoned him in the forest to die. The dragon couldn't bare to leave him there, so turned him into a goblin and raised him as his own]].
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** Downplayed with Lu Ro. [[spoiler: While he does die, he's the only one of the dead Saengorian hostage-takers shown going to his people's version of Heaven]].

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** Downplayed with Lu Ro. [[spoiler: While he does die, he's the only one of the dead Saengorian hostage-takers shown going to his people's version of Heaven]].Heaven. So for him, redemption earns afterlife.]]
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-->'''Mizha''': When small...Mizha say...Kelu is not my sister. Very bad! I am wrong! Kelu is my sister! ...''Little'' sister. [[Note]]Kelu is at least a head taller than Mizha.[[/Note]]

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-->'''Mizha''': When small...Mizha say...Kelu is not my sister. Very bad! I am wrong! Kelu is my sister! ...''Little'' sister. [[Note]]Kelu [[note]]Kelu is at least a head taller than Mizha.[[/Note]][[/note]]
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-->'''Mizha''': When small...Mizha say...Kelu is not my sister. Very bad! I am wrong! Kelu is my sister! ...''Little'' sister.

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-->'''Mizha''': When small...Mizha say...Kelu is not my sister. Very bad! I am wrong! Kelu is my sister! ...''Little'' sister. [[Note]]Kelu is at least a head taller than Mizha.[[/Note]]
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Kelu and Mizha, after Kelu and Songbird save her life.

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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Kelu and Mizha, after Kelu and Songbird save her Junuka saves Mizha's life.

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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Kelu and Mizha.

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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Kelu and Mizha.Mizha, after Kelu and Songbird save her life.
-->'''Mizha''': When small...Mizha say...Kelu is not my sister. Very bad! I am wrong! Kelu is my sister! ...''Little'' sister.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Kelu and Mizha.
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-> ''"I have faced bigger and scarier things than you...but by all means, come add some scars to my knuckles!"''
-->--''Kelu''
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[[Kelu is gonna give it to ya.]]

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[[Kelu is gonna give it to ya.]]
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Begun in February of 2015, the main plot of the comic appears to just now be getting started. Far to the North is created by Allison Shaw, who also makes WebComic/Tigress Queen. The comic currently updates on Wednesdays and is an affiliate of {{Website/Hiveworks}}.

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Begun in February of 2015, the main plot of the comic appears to just now be getting started. Far to the North is created by Allison Shaw, who also makes WebComic/Tigress Queen.WebComic/TigressQueen. The comic currently updates on Wednesdays and is an affiliate of {{Website/Hiveworks}}.
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Begun in February of 2015, the main plot of the comic appears to just now be getting started. FarToTheNorth is created by Allison Shaw, who also makes WebComic/Tigress Queen. The comic currently updates on Wednesdays and is an affiliate of {{Website/Hiveworks}}.

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Begun in February of 2015, the main plot of the comic appears to just now be getting started. FarToTheNorth Far to the North is created by Allison Shaw, who also makes WebComic/Tigress Queen. The comic currently updates on Wednesdays and is an affiliate of {{Website/Hiveworks}}.
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Begun in February of 2015, the main plot of the comic appears to just now be getting started. The comic currently updates twice a week and is an affiliate of {{Website/Hiveworks}}.

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Begun in February of 2015, the main plot of the comic appears to just now be getting started. FarToTheNorth is created by Allison Shaw, who also makes WebComic/Tigress Queen. The comic currently updates twice a week on Wednesdays and is an affiliate of {{Website/Hiveworks}}.
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Apparently believed by Moguunya Sa, the leader of the hostage-takers. He's fine with entering the home under false pretenses, taking Kelu's family hostage and using physical violence against Mizha when she talks back, but when one of his men tries to molest Kelu's sister in law he knocks the man out and lectures the others about having some class. [spoiler: Subverted later on. After stabbing Song in the back, he tells Song "[[ForcedToWatch I want you to watch!]]" while he [[SlasherSmile grins]] at Kelu and tries to grab her.]]

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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Apparently believed by Moguunya Sa, the leader of the hostage-takers. He's fine with entering the home under false pretenses, taking Kelu's family hostage and using physical violence against Mizha when she talks back, but when one of his men tries to molest Kelu's sister in law he knocks the man out and lectures the others about having some class. [spoiler: [[spoiler: Subverted later on. After stabbing Song in the back, he tells Song "[[ForcedToWatch I want you to watch!]]" while he [[SlasherSmile grins]] at Kelu and tries to grab her.]]
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** [[http://www.farnorthcomic.com/comic/family-man Lu Ro]], one of the hostage-takers under Moguunya Sa's command, is not part of the team willingly.[spoiler: He was arrested and sentenced to slavery for stealing some fruit in an attempt to save his sick son. Gathering dragon scales under Sa's command was Lu Ro's only chance to get a pardon]].

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** [[http://www.farnorthcomic.com/comic/family-man Lu Ro]], one of the hostage-takers under Moguunya Sa's command, is not part of the team willingly.[spoiler: [[spoiler: He was arrested and sentenced to slavery for stealing some fruit in an attempt to save his sick son. Gathering dragon scales under Sa's command was Lu Ro's only chance to get a pardon]].
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* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler: Song does this after Moguunya Sa stabs him in the back. It is yet to be seen whether or not he'll survive.]]


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** When Mizha runs out of the building with the dragon scales, Moguunya Sa and several of his men give chase after her without putting their disguises back on. [[spoiler: Soon most of them are dead]].


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* TheExile: Mizha is this. Her father, General Ruun, displeased the King and was enslaved. Mizha only avoided this fate by fleeing north.
* FamilyOfChoice: [[spoiler: After Kelu returns with Song and several other goblins, Mizha is the first to greet her. She says that she considers Kelu her sister, and apologizes for not saying this sooner.]]
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* TheCaligula: The King of Saengoria. He forces his slaves to fight to the death for his amusement and half his kingdom is in rebellion against him.


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* WarRefugees: Due to the civil war in Saengoria, many civilians from that country are fleeing through The North in search of a safer home. Mizha is one of these as well, fleeing after her father angered the King.

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Adding tropes for page updates and adding corrections. The abandoned children that the Dragon rescues and turns into dragons are Northern children, not Saengorian children. Also the leader of the Saengorians is named Moguunya Sa, and calling them slavers wouldn't be accurite since they're after dragon scales rather than people.


** The Dragon (who kidnaps a woman as a [[HumanPet pet]]) finds the Saengorian practice of abandoning their children to die of exposure during hard times to be revolting and keeps any he finds as [[spoiler:[[WasOnceAMan his own children]]]].

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** The Dragon (who kidnaps a woman as a [[HumanPet pet]]) finds the Saengorian Rethuii practice of abandoning their children to die of exposure during hard times to be revolting horrifying and keeps any he finds as [[spoiler:[[WasOnceAMan his own children]]]].



* ForcedIntoEvil: At least two of the Saengorian hostage-takers are this. The others might have been.
** [[http://www.farnorthcomic.com/comic/family-man Lu Ro]], one of the hostage-takers under Moguunya Sa's command, is not part of the team willingly.[spoiler: He was arrested and sentenced to slavery for stealing some fruit in an attempt to save his sick son. Gathering dragon scales under Sa's command was Lu Ro's only chance to get a pardon]].
** Junuka himself was also born into slave, being the son of a SexSlave, and being forced to fight other slaves for the Saengorian King's amusement.
* HiddenDepths: Song, the Goblin that Kelu meets in the beginning, is presented as an intimidating badass with a CoolMask. [[spoiler: He backs this up by mortally wounding Junuka and tossing him down a ravine]]. However, once he takes Kelu back to his home she learns that he has a soft side. He even juggles for her!
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: Subverted with Lu Ro. He is horrified when Moguunya Sa [[WouldHurtAChild pinches Myska's cheeks and makes her scream]], and in fact declares his intent to mutiny against Sa. However, Kelu was unaware of this and thus did not tell the goblins to spare him when they ambushed and killed the Saengorian hostage-takers. While he does die, he is the only one of the slain hostage takers who goes to the Saengorian version of Heaven.]]



* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Kelu's family taking in a group of apparently starving refugees backfires horribly when the 'refugees' turn out to be slavers.

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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Kelu's family taking in a group of apparently starving refugees backfires horribly when the 'refugees' turn out take them hostage in an attempt to be slavers.rob them for dragon scales.



* PhysicalGod: The Temmrien, the patron deity of The North.



* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Apparently believed by the leader of the slavers, who's fine with entering the home under false pretenses, taking Kelu's family hostage and using physical violence against Mizha when she talks back, but when one of his men tries to molest Kelu's sister in law he knocks the man out and lectures the others about having some class.

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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Apparently believed by Moguunya Sa, the leader of the slavers, who's hostage-takers. He's fine with entering the home under false pretenses, taking Kelu's family hostage and using physical violence against Mizha when she talks back, but when one of his men tries to molest Kelu's sister in law he knocks the man out and lectures the others about having some class.class. [spoiler: Subverted later on. After stabbing Song in the back, he tells Song "[[ForcedToWatch I want you to watch!]]" while he [[SlasherSmile grins]] at Kelu and tries to grab her.]]



* SacredHospitality: Brought up as being one reason the slaver's actions are so despicable. Their leader does draw the line at one of his men trying to molest Kelu's sister in law, at least.

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* RedemptionEarnsLife:
** Played Strait with Junuka, [[spoiler: who is the only Saengorian hostage taker who survives. He unknowingly called out to the Temmrien for aid after Song mortally wounded him, and after healing him she magically enslaved Junuka as punishment for violating SacredHospitality. He willingly agrees to help her rescue Kelu's family, and as such is spared.]]
** Downplayed with Lu Ro. [[spoiler: While he does die, he's the only one of the dead Saengorian hostage-takers shown going to his people's version of Heaven]].
* SacredHospitality: Brought up as being one reason the slaver's hostage taker's actions are so despicable. Their leader does draw the line at one of his men trying to molest Kelu's sister in law, at least.least.
* ShirtlessScene: At one point, after he takes Kelu back to the cave where he lives, Song takes off his shirt. In doing this, Kelu is able to see the full extent of his scales.



* StalkerWithACrush: Something has been scattering scales around Kelu's home disguised as tiny snowmen. Details so far are sparse, but it seems to be an "invitation" to her.
* StatuesqueStunner: At 6'1" Kelu towers over every man we've met so far. It's apparently a feature of her Northern blood.

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* StalkerWithACrush: Something has been scattering scales around Kelu's home disguised as tiny snowmen. Details so far are sparse, but it seems to be an "invitation" to her.
her. [[spoiler: It later turns out that these scales and snowmen were created by Song, a Goblin. He rescues Kelu from Junuka, takes her back to his cave, and takes her to the dragon so he can send all the goblins to rescue Kelu's family from the hostage-takers]].
* StatuesqueStunner: At 6'1" Kelu towers over every man we've met so far.far [[spoiler: barring Song]]. It's apparently a feature of her Northern blood.



* TheWomenAreSafeWithUs: When one of the slavers tries to rape Kelu's sister-in-law, their leader has Junuka knock the man out and severely lectures the others.

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* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: When Lu Ro is taken to the Saengorian version of Heaven, he is greeted by the spirit of his son. The son he got arrested trying unsuccessfully to save.]]
* TheWomenAreSafeWithUs: When one of the slavers hostage-takers tries to rape Kelu's sister-in-law, their leader Moguunya Sa has Junuka knock the man out and severely lectures the others.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: The leader of the slavers thinks nothing of violating SacredHospitality but sexual assaults are still beyond the pale.

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The leader of the slavers thinks nothing of violating SacredHospitality but sexual assaults are still beyond the pale. pale.
** The Dragon (who kidnaps a woman as a [[HumanPet pet]]) finds the Saengorian practice of abandoning their children to die of exposure during hard times to be revolting and keeps any he finds as [[spoiler:[[WasOnceAMan his own children]]]].



* OurGoblinsAreDifferent: For starters, they're at least seven feet tall, can smell blood, have eyes like hawks, and possibly [[DraconicHumanoid scales]]. According to Kelu they were [[SuperSoldier crafted specifically]] by dragons to kill Saengorians with their insane archery. [[spoiler: [[http://www.farnorthcomic.com/comic/human And they're really rather pretty once you get to see under the masks.]] ]]

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* OurGoblinsAreDifferent: For starters, they're at least seven feet tall, can smell blood, have eyes like hawks, and possibly [[DraconicHumanoid scales]]. According to Kelu they were [[SuperSoldier crafted specifically]] by dragons to kill Saengorians with their insane archery. [[spoiler: [[http://www.farnorthcomic.com/comic/human And they're really rather pretty once you get to see under the masks.]] ]] [[spoiler:Later the dragon reveals that goblins are actually young human boys exposed to dragon venom which causes them to gradually change till they [[MetamorphosisMonster become full-blown dragons]]]].

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