Reclaiming Paphos

Skeeve and Arc chat while Aizashi sniffs the air and detects a trace of goblin scent in the room to the west. As you stand there a voice pipes up.
So. . . . What are we looking at? Turning around you see a small goblin has somehow joined your group and stands looking into the next room and glancing at you questioningly.

Well, first of all you would need to go in to trespass. Add for where I came from that's an interesting philosophical question. Some say the gods, others say we are just the flesh and have no origin beyond our mother's. I didn't stand next to those guys when they say that stuff. . And he grins widely, obviously avoiding Skeeve's question

Turning to Kaarik he gives a quarter bow Well met master elf. We haven't seen much of you kind in a while. But come, let's sit and talk.

Totally unconcernedly he walks though you group and heads into the room to the east. Add you follow several more goblin slip out of shadows, rise from rubble, it drop from windows. Quickly a few blankets are arranged in a corner of the room and the goblin gestures for you to sit.

Now what brings a bunch of fellows such as yourselves to this rough place?
We've seen you looking around. That bird of yours sure draws attention.

What armored .. .. oh, you mean the hobgoblins? Yeah, they're what started this mess. They have mostly been staying north of the river but when several squads of theirs converged independently onto this place and took over that compound to the south it got the others all agitated. The orcs and lizardmen were fighting over this place before but now its a total mess.

As Arc joins the group he scans the goblins, who other than the leader are occasionally entering and leaving the room. The fact that you had not seen them previously meant that they likely were adept at stealth. The other goblins are keeping a wary eye on your group and weapons close to hand but the leader is relaxed and confident.

The leader shrugs. No idea, don't care.
He grins at this question. Well we're here to take advantage of the mutually descriptive tendencies of the others.
Nah, that a couple other tribes. We don't do long term contract like that. But we do sell our services for the right price. If you want more information about the are you will have to make it worth our while.

You mean, do we work for coin or other items of value? Absolutely. Doesn't everyone? Some just seem to think their way of doing things is more 'Honorable' and he and several other goblins chuckle at this.

Well that's easy in idea but difficult in practice. See if you are planning on using us as decoys then we might get blamed for anything you are attempting to do . We can't have you ruin our reputation around here. But if all you need is a diversion, then it can be arranged.
5 gold for a small diversion, 25 for a large diversion, 125 for a massive diversion. Payable in advance.

Now if you are looking to pull one over on the Hobgoblins then we might have some information to sell you that would be worth more than any diversion. 50 gold and we spill all we know on them and their base.
Oh sure, we do business all the time. We have a representative to negotiate our services as needed from the market.
An invitation, sure we can get you one, 50 gold!
It's more than 2 tribes and not they are not controlling it. They are working for the big Boss. He is setting up the auction.
No thanks, that place is too regulated, and, um, well, some of our company might be known malfeasant. followed by a weak grin and shrug