A Goblin Chieftain (or [Leader]) is essential to any tribe. Without one, Goblins are aimless, no matter how many of them there are. A Chieftain can direct them and give them purpose. There is power in being a Goblin leader, just as there is power in [Shamans], which connects all Goblins. Goblins give their Chieftains and Shamans their abilities. In their case, they took memories, just as mentioned above in '''Special Abilities'''.<ref name="2.14G">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/04/16/2-00-g/ Chapter 2.14 G]</ref>
A Goblin Shaman can lead a tribe as well as a Chieftain, and can also access the memories of past deceased Goblins. The more Goblins are in their tribe, the more power their spells have.<ref name="2.14G">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/04/16/2-00-g/ Chapter 2.14 G]</ref>
:''See [[Goblin Lords]]''
Goblin Lords are the first type of Goblin that have the ability to send out signals to all Goblins that urges the Goblins to join them. Their presence can be sensed by other Goblins intuitively in some cases.
:''See [[Goblin Kings]]''
All Goblin Kings so far have ended up waging terrible wars against non-Goblins despite being docile at first, with the reason implied to be remembering a terrible act enacted against Goblins long ago during the [[God War]]. [[Velan]] told [[Tremborag]] that there is no purpose or task that killing everyone fulfills, it is just to end everything.{{ref|5.51 G}}Traditionally, "being a Goblin is fairly simple". Only a couple of things have to be thought of.<ref name=":3.17 T">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/09/27/3-17-t/ Chapter 3.17 T]</ref>
#There isn't even a third thing to think of. That was how simple it is.
The willingness to do anything to survive in spite of constant fear, combined with this obedience to the Chieftain, seems to be the core of what ''is'' Goblin, at least in [[Rags]]'s opinion.
Goblin females are rarer to become [Warriors] than men, because they are often busy being pregnant or weaning. Clever Chieftains don't split off gender-mixed squads of Goblins for longer-term tasks away of the tribe, because doing so can result in a fully new tribe.<ref name=":3.17 T" />
Goblins possess a language, and the most common dialect is considered low verse, meant for warriors and battlefields.<ref name=":0" /> It's become the most common Goblin dialect due to the need to survive, and because young goblins don't have the time to learn the full Goblin vocabulary. It's described as rough and unpleasant to speak; while used in cases of necessity, the Goblin tongue is usually eschewed by Goblins in favor of gesturing and pointing. Most Goblins speak in a splintered form while using body language and context to fill in the gaps. Goblin sounds including grunting, chortling and loud ''eigk-ing'' sounds.
For this reason, Goblins are expert at reading each others' body language. The [[Mountain City Tribe]], among their many idiosyncrasies, were known to speak the Common Tongue (what Earth knows as English) instead of the Goblin tongue, with some of them, such as their leader [[Tremborag]], being quite fluent in the language.
The other dialect is more eloquent and verbose, and has less gestures and expressive body language. It is spoken in the safer and more peaceful tribes like the [[Molten Stone Tribe]],<ref name=":0" /> and coastal tribes implied to originate from the Goblin Isle.<ref>{{VERef|Arcsinger's Memories – Interlude}}</ref> The dialect in Baleros is considered more complex as well.<ref name=":6" />For more information, see [[Goblin Language|here]].
Goblins receive their names from Shamans. If a tribe doesn't ''have'' a Shaman they can't get a name, but for the sake of convenience, they sometimes give each other nicknames. The only known exceptions to this rule was [[Rags]], who received her name from a [[Erin Solstice|Human]], and Reiss who received his name from Zel Shivertail upon his death. While [[Ulvama]] refuses to acknowledge 'Rags' as a "true" name, most agree all the same that Rags is truly her name and not a nickname.
The reason why the Shaman, [[Ulvama]], refused to acknowledge it is because only a [Shaman] can give a proper name, by using their power. This is so when named Goblins die, other leading Goblins, like Chieftains, can remember them through memory.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/02/09/7-05-p/ Chapter 7.05 P]</ref>
Goblins will sometimes become subservient to other intelligent Monsters such as [[Ogres]] or [[Raskghar]]. These slave tribes produce very few to no Hobgoblins while they are enslaved.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/11/30/interlude-talia/ Interlude - Talia]</ref>
As most tribes are focused on survival and rarely have the opportunity to develop in peace, most of them don't have much in terms of culture or games. But those that do, like the Goblin Isle and the Molten Stone Tribe, have a magical game in which animals of colored light are conjured. Children catch them, and the animals dissolve, covering the children in colored sparkles.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/10/26/9-21/ Chapter 9.21]</ref>
<u>Known Goblin Tribes</u>
* [[Army of the Goblin Lord]] - ''(absorbed into Flooded Waters)''
* Big Eats Tribe<ref name=":7">{{VERef|Goblin Days (Pt.1) – The Wedding}}</ref>* Bloody Hand Tribe<ref name="2.27G" /> - ''(absorbed into Flooded Waters)''
* [[Anazurhe|Burning Snow Tribe]]
*Fire Bite Tribe - ''(absorbed into Flooded Waters)''
* [[Flooded Waters Tribe]]
* Frostfeeder Tribe<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/09/11/5-20-g/ Chapter 5.20 G]</ref> - ''(absorbed into Flooded Waters)''
* Furgather Tribe - ''(absorbed into Flooded Waters)''
* [[Goblin Isle|Goblin Isle Tribe]]
* [[Gold Stone Tribe]] - ''(absorbed into Flooded Waters)''
*[[Greystone Tribe]]<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/10/25/7-55-e/ Chapter 7.55]</ref>
* [[Jawbreaker Tribe]] - ''(absorbed into Flooded Waters)''
* [[Mountain City Tribe]] - ''(absorbed into Flooded Waters)''
*Mountain Fierce Warriors Tribe - ''(extinct)''<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/02/16/5-60/ Chapter 5.60]</ref>
* Old Fire Tribe<ref name="2.36G">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/06/14/2-03-g/ Chapter 2.36 G]</ref>
* [[Red Fang Tribe|Redfang Tribe]] - ''(absorbed into Flooded Waters)''
* [[Rockbreakers Tribe]]<ref name=":4" />
* Rockfall Tribe - ''(absorbed into Flooded Waters)''
* Scale Slayer Tribe - ''(extinct)''<ref name="2.14G" />
* Still Grass Tribe - ''(absorbed into Flooded Waters)''
* Sword Taker Tribe<ref name="2.27G">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/05/21/2-02-g/ Chapter 2.02 G]</ref> - ''(absorbed into Flooded Waters)''
* Undercrawler Tribe - ''(extinct)''<ref name=":2" />
* [[Valley Pact Tribe]] - ''(extinct)''<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/09/02/7-43-g/ Chapter 7.43 G]</ref>
*[[Yellow Powder Tribe]]<ref name=":0" />
