Bugbear

Furtive, Paranoid, Isolationist, Practical, Survivor.
Of all the goblinoid races, bugbears are perhaps the least hated by the average member of the civilized races. And not for being any less warlike or hostile than their Goblin and Hobgoblin cousins, but because most people have never seen a Bugbear, or even spoken to anyone who has ever seen a Bugbear. The race as a whole has a near uncanny affinity for stealth that expresses itself in almost every aspect of Bugbear society.
In the old world, the Bugbear are a minority, living either in semi-nomadic caravan villages that move unseen from place to place, herding, foraging and occasionally ambushing trade caravans to keep themselves supplied, or as impoverished servants and porters in the large metropolises of civilization where their powerful builds let them perform menial labor with great strength and efficiency, though few take pride in such work, only performing it as a necessary burden to survive as a semi-monstrous race in a civilized world.
In the new world, Bugbears are experiencing a renaissance of the old ways. The vast untamed territories of Aelcantar proving almost perfect hunting grounds for the sneaky Bugbears, and even in the more civilized cities they are treated better, valued for their superlative skill as trackers, hunters, explorers and even assassins. Popular rumor is that they have even built a city of their own, a supposed Beartown but no one can seem to agree on where it is or how to get to it, many even dismiss it as a hoax, claiming there surely can't be enough Bugbears left in the world to sustain a stable population on their own, and the Bugbears themselves, private and furtive as they are see no need to disabuse anyone of this notion.
Culturally, Bugbears tend more towards faithlessness than any other race, their venerated deities of Grankhul and Hruggek, twin gods of Stealth and Cunning, and Ambush and Combat respectively venerated not out a deep respect for them, but as a practical transaction. Worship and tribute given in return for clerical powers gifted to the chosen shaman of a tribe, while the other members of the species occasionally venerate some god or other, most tend to place a higher faith in their fellow Bugbears, themselves, and their skills.
Some people claim there is some grand Bugbear conspiracy in the new world, but surely those are just the mad whispers of crackpot conspiracy theorists. A grand spy network composed of barely civilized goblinoids extending across most of the settlements in Aelcantar is patently ludicrous.

A Bugbear ranger in his prime.

The average Bugbear shares a similar lifespan to humans and usually grows to a height between six to eight feet tall, with a powerful long-limbed build and a covering of coarse fur that grows in different shades of gray, brown or green depending on the surroundings of the bugbears place of birth.

According to Bugbear folklore, the Bugbear were one of the original races inhabiting the world when it was created, learning their racial affinity for stealth as they had to hide from the far more dangerous creator species like dragons and giants, and the more populous and magically advanced elves and dragonborn.