Grossmothers

A grossmother.

Grossmothers were monstrously obese she-goblins who presided over and nourished Gyle Goblin colonies.

Twig wandered into a Grossmother's kitchen in Beyond the Deepwoods. She caught him and threw him to the Spindlebugs. Later, Twig fell into her honey-pot and soured the batch. The Gyle Goblins, suspecting her of attempting to poison them, raided her kitchen and stuffed her down the garbage chute.

In organized goblin governments such as the Goblin Nations and Hive, Grossmothers typically sat on the councils as representatives of the Symbite Goblins.

Notable Grossmothers

Trivia

"In English, the ‘grand’ from grandmother makes them sound rather splendid. In German, the word is Grossmutter, and I was playing with the fact that ‘gross’ made her sound a bit disgusting."
—Paul Stewart[1]

In a facebook post, Paul Stewart explained how grossmothers were given their name, and that it was more of "a joke name". "Groß" in German, however, does not mean "coarse" or "foul", but rather "great" and "big", which is quite similar to the English "grandmother" and the French "grand-mère".

References

  1. ↑ The official Edge Chronicles Facebook, 8th of February 2021 https://www.facebook.com/EdgeChronicles/posts/1980179688791639?__tn__=-R
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