So Gazlowe shows his true colors as a communist like I predicted he would be. Blizzard is really keen on making all new Horde leaders do the exact opposite of what image they were created for back then. Who will be next? Will they kill Lor’themar and replace him with Arator?
If you want a Goblin to act as an important character, which I do, you need to make them more complex than money grubbing evil. Gallywix is funny and was always a villain. If you want a Goblin to take on a more heroic role, they need more depth than that.
Again, your ideas conflict and you shoot yourself in the foot.
gee, its almost as if Gazlowe having higher minded ideas might cause a lot of tension with the other rich goblins and the lower class ones that don’t agree with them and it’s an interesting source of tension you could use as a hell of a story hook.
or no, goblins could just say as the idiot savant comedy race that can be killed in the hundreds with no real narrative consequence.
We don’t need a worker revolution. Goblins work perfectly fine as dystopian capitalist geezbags and there is no need to change this. To hell with Gazlowe and everything he stands for.
Higher quality goblin engineering means they can actually be a serious race that contributes meaningfully to the story rather than just being a joke that explodes constantly.
There can still be hyper evil goblin sleezebags, Gallywix is kicking around somewhere. Noggenfogger is likely the most amenable trade prince to Gazlowe and was still a hard sell. There will be conflict on this.
Gazlowe is just actually looking at things like a real businessman would.
Gazlowe is a palatable Goblin leader observing that the working class is asserting their value - it doesn’t make him any less opportunistic. Perhaps more so.
Gallywix was over the top - Gazlowe is there to be “just ok” and he is OK enough.
No, you lose. Gazlowe will live and continue to be a relevant character. Gallywix will either die in an instance somewhere or be a comedy relief villain of the week. You ALWAYS lose, you’re NEVER right.