Outrage is sweeping the Goblin Nation over rumors that goblin bankers are hoarding vast quantities of dough in heavily guarded vaults inside secretive establishments called "banks."
These institutions, shrouded in mystery and protected by fearsome guards, have long been viewed with suspicion. Now goblins want answers.
"They hoard our hard-earned dough, lend it back at exorbitant interest and laugh all the way to their gilded vaults," said Grungle Gristle, GNN's new finance correspondent, in a recent broadcast. "It's time for goblins to take back what's theirs."
Protesters outside banks across the nation have been chanting "Give us our dough!" and "Down with the banker fat cats!" Some have tried to tunnel into vaults with crude tools and stolen silverware.
The Goblin Bankers' Association (GBA) denies wrongdoing. "We are merely custodians of the nation's wealth," said a GBA spokesgoblin. "Our banks are a safe place to store your dough."
GNN urges goblins to stay calm and avoid rash action. Violence is never the answer, unless you're robbing a bank, in which case go nuts, and bring a solid escape plan and a reliable getaway ogre.
Several protesters who did reach a vault report that it was full of actual dough, as in bread dough, rising. The GBA says this is how interest works.
