Goblins in Modern Fiction - Warcraft

Warcraft

In the Warcraft Universe, goblins are a green-skinned, diminutive, crafty race; known for their occasionally explosive, but usually effective engineering. They also tend to be a neutral party between the Alliance and Horde factions of Azeroth. Motivated almost entirely by greed, it is very likely that the only reason goblins remain neutral in the ongoing conflict is that if they chose a side, they would be unable to profit from the other. In World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, a faction of goblins independent from the ones already present in the game will become a playable race on the Horde. Goblins are usually merchants, but there were two playable neutral goblin heroes in The Frozen Throne, the expansion to Warcraft III.