I am pretty sure that the dream entity is the absolute. But why doesn't it point us towards its supporters among the goblins? "Follow me, I promise you power. Meanwhile go ahead and butcher my goblin army."
But the goblins are not the Absolute's army. That plot point is a little bizarre when you think of it. The goblins are just roped in by Minthara and promised things by Gut so they raid for the Absolute. The Duergar slaver and his gang as well as everyone we will meet once we get off the boat and any True Souls we have already met are the Absolute's real army.
