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|name = Goblin symbol book
|image = [[File:Goblin symbol book.png]]
|release = [[31 May]] [[2005]]
|update = New Appointment in Lumbridge
|members = Yes
|quest = Yes - [[Lost Tribe]]
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|high = 0
|low = 0
|value = 1
|destroy = Drop
|store = No
|examine = A book about the ancient goblin tribes.
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The '''Goblin symbol book''', or '''A History of the Goblin Race''', is part of the [[Lost Tribe]] quest. It has some symbols in it that help in the navigation of the maze of tunnels leading to the [[Dorgeshuun]]'s mine.

It's found in the Varrock Library, and after doing the quest, the book is reobtainable from the shelves in a [[Player-owned house|house]]. Once the quest is finished, it can again be retrieved from the [[Varrock Library]], the north bookcase on the west wall.

==Transcript==
<span id="creation">[[Goblin]] tradition holds that their race was created by a war-god in order to fight a war against other gods.</span>

The legends also speak of goblins fighting against goblins during the wars, referring to the fact that [[Bandos]] sold some goblin tribes to other gods.

Although goblins are still warlike, in earlier ages they were more organised than they are now, specially since they were under the direct command of the gods and their commanders.

This is corroborated by finds unearthed at various archaeological sites, including the large excavation east of [[Varrock]].

Armour and weapons have been found, obviously made to fit goblins but far more well-made than their current equipment.

Almost every piece of ancient goblin equipment has a number of symbols on it, and by correlating these symbols with the sketchy records that survive from the [[Third Age]] it has been possible to identify twelve distinct goblin tribes or regiments.

The separate identities of the tribes have long since dissolved and no goblins remember the symbols, although their generals may still recognise the ancient tribal names.

<span id="tribe symbols">In the following pages I present a list of the tribes and their symbols.
[[File:Goblinsymbols.png]]

==Trivia==

*In the book, the god of the [[Goblin (monster)|Goblins]] ([[Bandos]]) is never mentioned by name (he is simply referred to as the ''Big High War God''), and until recently that fact that [[Bandos]] was their god was unknown.
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*The goblins has twelve tribes, just like the twelve tribes of Israel in the Jewish tradition.

{{Goblin Tribes}}
[[Category:The Lost Tribe]]
[[Category:Texts and Tomes]]

Goblin symbol book - Revision history

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