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Human Year Number | Goblin Year Name | Major Events

5811 | Year of the Empty Sky | Humans conclude their war on the orcs
5834 | Year of the Copper Coin | A traveling merchant from the big city in the east buys three dozen young Vlugzul
5836 | Year of the Great Hunger | Disease strikes the great cattle herds of Ezg'bosh, the main trade source of meat for the village
5849 | Year of the Angry Crow | Vjarrj the Seer dies and is succeeded by his apprentice Uoga
5850 | Year of the Green Spring | Ezg'bosh recovers and breeding stock is purchased to start a local cattle supply
5851 | Year of the Sleeping Chimera | Trade route established to Zhaggadez; exchange of Vlugzul for iron and bronze
5852 | Year of the Bloodied Clouds | Small skirmishes with warriors from the Rurenurr tribe trying to steal Vlugzul on scouting missions
5853 | Year of the Heavy Cloak | Chieftain Kurp dies to an infected hunting wound, her successor Jaggi is elected by the council of elders
5854 | Year of the Long Meander | Eight clan younglings take their Vlugzul on a journey east to find their fortunes in the city
5855 | Year of the Bone-Deep Frost | Winter comes early and stays long, taking the lives of some of the very young and very old
5856 | Year of the Broken Harness Strap | Two of the younglings return without having made it to the city, reporting the deaths of the other six
5857 | Year of the Hunter's Dive | A record number of Vlugzul are born this year - profits boost the village supply of uncommon and rare materials
5858 | Year of the Passing Dragon | A handful of new ranchers from Ezg'bosh immigrate to the village, bringing their breeding stock
5859 | Year of the Silver Stoat | Chieftain Jaggi is murdered; her replacement is elected by the council of elders; the crime goes unsolved
5860 | Year of the Wide-Eyed Fish | A Vlugzul of magnificent size is born of normal parents; she is named Orcbearer and kept for breeding
5861 | Year of the Shattered Urn | Uoga the Seer predicts a great threat on its way; the council of elders debates courses of action
5862 | Year of the Ill-Omened Refugee | First reports of the approaching human army reach the village
5863 | Year of the Unflinching Mercenary | Current Year

Events of the Current Year:

At the very beginning of the year, an army of five hundred goblins was spotted arriving from the north-east - the army came upon the village and its leader demanded the surrender of all battle-worthy Vlugzul for the fight against the encroaching humans. The village was given two options: surrender the Vlugzul or be slaughtered in the name of the greater good. The army left with 95% of the adult population of the Vlugzul, including Orcbearer and the only three of her offspring who inherited her great size.

Several weeks passed as the council of elders squabbled over the best strategy for how to recover from this devastating blow to their village's economy and their Vlugzul breeding program. On the third week, a single Vlugzul rider returned to the village with the word that the human army was a vast, well-equipped machine, more metal than organic, and the goblin mercenary army - along with the stolen Vlugzul - had been slaughtered.