Spittlebrick

His Almighty Girthness, Chief Spittlebrick was a goblin chieftain of the Needlefang tribe. He ruled from the Needlefang Cave in the Fenmarrow Forest, Alagost, but was eventually captured by a band of heroic mercenaries and delivered to Correnwald to face justice. However, he was slain in the town market by an attacking swamp ogre.

Appearance
Spittlebrick was a fat goblin wearing a loincloth and a crown of leaves. His voice was distinctly wheezy. He was armed with what looked to be a kingly sceptre crudely fashioned out of a staff of crimson wood and a nasty-looking axe blade tied on with vines.

Personality
Spittlebrick was a vile individual with a taste for bloodshed, but his gluttony and cowardice rendered him only a minor threat to the party. He loved loot, shiny or not, which he collected in a huge pile upon which he set his throne. While his bomb dealt a lot of damage, the moment he realised he was losing he began to cower and plead pathetically for mercy, taking John's punches without retaliation. When Spittlebrick was captured, he displayed an obsequious nature, insisting that he and the sellswords were "friends" and feebly attempting to ingratiate himself with promises of wealth and prosperity. However, when told to shut up, he fell silent obediently.

Background
Prior to the campaign, Spittlebrick led a tribe of goblins in raiding and capturing passers-by on the Stumpmarsh Trail. At some point, he entered an arrangement with Chancellor Luther Maldrud of Correnwald on behalf of Lord Selwyn Larassan, who bribed the goblins to avoid attacking the Lord's men while increasing the attacks on travellers and traders.

"The Cave and the Crocodile" (C1x2)
A party of mercenaries led by Cedric Goodfellow encountered Spittlebrick in his cave, along with Ragvort the shaman, his pet crocodile and a trio of triplet performers. When the goblin slew Ragvort and one of the goblins, Spittlebrick panicked and hurled a bomb into their midst, killing one of the goblins and knocking Cedric and Arashi unconscious. John - the last man standing following Malaxus' mauling by the crocodile - killed the crocodile and ran up Spittlebrick's loot pile to beat the goblin chief into submission. Following this, John discovered a letter from Luther Maldrud amidst Spittlebrick's loot.

"Battle in the Goblin Prison" (C1x3)
The party tied Spittlebrick up and, after clearing out the goblin prison, dragged him inside to be interrogated. He revealed Chancellor Maldrud was making him harry travellers on the road. Byron recognised the name as that of a well-respected treasurer in service to the Lord of Correnwald. The party made plans to move on to Correnwald, find their lodgings and bring the captured Spittlebrick as proof to take down Maldrud.

"Correnwald" (C1x4)
The party travelled to the town, dumping Spittlebrick in the back of their cart. Along the way, he petitioned for his freedom, insisting he and the party were friends, but was ignored. Arriving in Correnwald, John strapped the goblin to his back as they went to find lodgings for the night; Spittlebrick was therefore forced to attend as John spent the night with a prostitute at the Wheezing Beaver, being dumped in the next room to sleep.

The following day, the party reconvened at the Taproot Inn to discuss their next moves. They planned to take Spittlebrick to the Sheriff's office and use him as a witness to Maldrud's corruption. However, as they were passing through the market square, a swamp ogre burst from the forest and attacked. John and Dilern Lousseaghymn were felled by its potent poison breath, and Spittlebrick was killed instantly. They took the corpse to Sheriff Wulfric Dagoban anyway, and he rewarded them 300gp for eliminating the goblins on the road.

The party then took Spittlebrick's body to the Lord's Lodge, where they dumped it on Lord Larassan's table. He feigned delight at the goblin's death, but his involvement in the conspiracy was revealed when he tossed the incriminating letter into the fire.

Former Items

 * Glaive sceptre: A pantano staff with an axe blade lashed to it with vines. Claimed by John after Spittlebrick's capture.
 * Jade statuette: A jade statuette of a dragonfly with golden orbs for eyes. Claimed by John.
 * Letter from Luther Maldrud: An incriminating letter describing the arrangement between Spittlebrick and the Lord's Lodge in Correnwald. Claimed by John.