Quote Originally Posted by Enkidoh View Post
So whether the hobgoblins are a similar race to the Source's goblins (and just evolved differently) or are a completely different species is unclear (I'm liable to lean towards the later theory myself though).
I think the Hobgoblins are very clearly meant to be the First's Goblins, not a separate race at all. They answer the age-old question (dating back to FFXI!) of just what a Goblin looks like with its mask off. (The answer? They look like classic FF goblins, of course!)

They're probably as surly as they are due to having to smell us stinky humans all the time. Kind of makes me want to be the entrepreneur who introduces breathing masks filled with fragrant herbs to the Hobgoblins. Totes should have been part of the Facet questlines, given we did the same for Amal'ja gauntlets and such. It could revolutionize human/Kobold relations - and become gillionaires in the process!