Episode description

Goblins and wizards have never exactly seen eye to eye…Literally and figuratively. The short-statured humanoid creatures have long since been the subject of considerable prejudice within the Wizarding World, with Wizardkind often looking down on them both physically and socially. 

And it’s this discriminatory attitude that has led to tension and conflict over the centuries, as well as widespread mistrust and misunderstanding.

Even the most progressive members of the wizarding world felt a general mistrust for the tiny, monstrous humanoid-creatures, and their position within society reflected this negative attitude towards them.

But this totally undeserved treatment of Goblins wasn’t met with silence. You see, over the years the Goblins have gotten together on a few occasions and rebelled- hoping for just one basic and reasonable outcome: to be treated with equal respect.

However, these attempts at being recognized by wizardkind fell on deaf ears, with wizardkind’s prejudice toward the creatures prevailing on nearly every occasion.

For many years Goblins accepted their fate. They were allowed Gringotts, and they were given a number of rights in the Wizarding World. But they still weren’t considered EQUALS, and the fact that their rebellions would fail time after time meant that EVENTUALLY a different approach would have to be taken. In fact, things just seemed to get worse for Goblins with each subsequent rebellion.

The rebellions were violent, but ultimately their goal was always equality.

But after enough time had passed, enough was enough, and ushered in was a new era of Goblins that had shifted their mindset. They no longer wanted to just be ‘equal’- they wanted to be BETTER. They wanted to supplant Wizardkind as the dominant race of the magical world.

And spearheading that moment was the most DANGEROUS goblin to shape wizarding history and the subject of today’s episode.

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