Spriggan

Name	Spriggan
Race	Monster
Type	Goblinian
Faction	Independent
Premiere	Desideratum: Blood Bonds
Relative(s)	None Applicable

All goblin-kin share some traits. They are usually much shorter and wirier than humans. They are generally very agile and belligerent. Goblin-kin have a certain, natural penchant for cruelty and anger. And, they are, by nature, all male, needing to capture and transform human women as a means to reproduce. However, that reproduction cycle is entirely faster than humans, and goblin-kin are typically born within a week of conception. This is due to their highly shortened chances for survival since they constantly kill each other. There are countless types of goblin-kin around the world, but they are all subterranean monsters, hating the sunlight and preferring to pilfer and kill at night. The final unifying trait which they all share is the uncanny and natural affinity for portal conjuration and teleportation. Almost any goblin-kin can open a portal, step through it, and appear somewhere else entirely.

In folklore a spriggan /sprɪdʒən/ is a creature from Cornish faery lore. Spriggans are particularly associated with West Penwith in Cornwall. Spriggans were depicted as grotesquely ugly, wizened old men with large childlike heads. They were said to be found at old ruins, cairns, and barrows guarding buried treasure. In reality, spriggans are at least as old as the Celts and lived all over the Isle of Britain. They have very poor tempers and tend to talk in Gaelic or Scottish accents. They generally wear kilts and use claymores when they fight. Oftentimes, Celtic pictograms or runes will be tattooed on their bodies as the spriggans believe they give them even greater strength. They are typically not as underhanded or cruel as most goblin-kin, and follow a distorted honor code. Absinthe Van Gothen fought spriggans in the Marble Halls caverns near Portland, Oregon when she followed the Night Stalker, Selena Santana on a troll hunt to slay Stenhållare, Son of Dovregubben.