Choas Dwarfs

[Casuir]

The human equivalent.

[DaCrAzYmOfO]

OOoooooohhh I see....but do they have their own wars and stuff? Because really... I highly doubt real mongols would allow themselves to be downgraded by ugly man eating hobgoblins.... they would prolly go and slaughter them all themselves har har.... hmm ... mongols.... so much talk abou those mongols makes me hungry for chinese lol *mongolian grill*

[bluntfang]

There is not a ton of info on the Hobgoblin Hegemony in Warhammer. They seem to be a bit different from regular orcs and goblins, and are more "human" for lack of a better term. For example many of them have hair on their heads. The WFRP adventure Something Rotten in Kislev has quite a bit of material on the north, and has a prolonged encounter with a hobgoblin warband, Habblo's Hobgoblin Heroes. They are nothing like orcs and goblins in other parts of the old world. Hobgoblins often have orcs and goblins in their ranks, as they do alot of slaving/trading. They are definitely a variation on the steppe/nomadic tribe theme. (There are other northern human tribes as well, like the Dolgans who fit the bill on the human side.)

They are your worst nightmare when it comes to greenskins, they have the ferocity and morale of orcs, a bit smaller than your avg orc but stronger than your avg human, but are much more organized. (The fact the Hobgoblin Hegemony exists at all is a testament to that)

[Meneldil]

Yeah, as I said, they are basically Warhammer Mongols. Not because they are steppe nomads, but because they are the most feared steppe nomads, and have established quite a huge and organised empire (unlike Ungols, Dolgans, Kurgans and Hunsians -or whatever other tribe that share the northern wastes with kurgans).

Hobgoblin leaders also bear the title Khan, and AFAIK, Ungols and human nomads do not (yeah, Khan wasn't exclusive to mongols, but usually, when you hear Khan, you think mongols).

Given that Warhammer World is quite similar to Earth, they also live more or less where medieval Mongols lived, and like Mongols, they quite often fight against Cathay (Warhammer China).

[Spankfurt]

I think Gw should come out with at least some or if they already do, more cathay units, maybe even an army. They certainly have enough originality so it wouldnt be like any other race