Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-92.25.237.14-20130810195433/@comment-24489208-20130822153240

Same thing happened with Orcs, they were savage enemies in Daggerfall and Arena. Rieklings are showing signs of intelligence (The Chief from Dragonborn.) and Goblins have been known to make alliances with intelligent species, much like the Orcs did in the second era against Molag Bal.