Editing Norker (section)

==5e Norkers==
Norkers were one of the [[Fiend Folio]] monsters brought back in the semi-canon charity publication "Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1" for [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]]. Here, the idea that norkers are a reluctantly utilized [[goblinoid]] slave race served as the foundation of their new fluff. 5e norkers are described as the very ''bottom'' of the [[goblinoid]] totem pole, lower even than regular [[goblin]]s despite their formidable natural defenses and weaponry; this naturally backfires from time to time, as anyone sensible might expect, and norkers are amongst the goblinoids most likely to be found living alone, apart from the rest of their squabbling family tree. Furthering their alienation, norkers do ''not'' revere [[Maglubiyet]] in the way that other goblinoids do, instead viewing him in a fatalistic light as "The Great Scourge", who subjects them to endless punishments and torments, ensuring that only the strongest, toughest norkers can fight their way past him into paradise upon death.

Ironically, the only reason the hobgoblins haven't wiped the norkers out is because of Maglubiyet's teachings that all [[goblinoid]]s should be united into a single collective.

So, why are norkers treated so badly by their kin, despite their great strength, rending fangs and armored skin? Well, one theory is that the norkers were the first race that [[Maglubiyet]] conquered back in the dark dawn of the world, when he was just getting started butchering his way to the monotheistic goblinoid god, and [[hobgoblin]]s are still seething over the fact that they weren't actually Maglubiyet's original favored race.