Kobolds

A diminutive people, with big dreams. Even larger still are their appetites both physical, and spiritual.

Characteristics
Kobolds are small lizard like humanoids, they come in a variety of colors and are well known for adaptive qualities.

Variations
It is in the nature of a Kobold to adapt to it's environment, as well as trauma. They have a great knack for becoming Intune with even the harshest of environments which sometimes causes complications. If left in a static environment where extreme mutation does not occur, Kobolds usually default to the following:

Common Kobolds- These are your run of the mill Kobolds. Neither weakened by adaptation or malformation, nor changed by extreme environments they are baseline and usually have a single tail, two legs and arms tipped with taloned appendages, and a full set of facial features.

Dwarfed Kobolds- Some kobolds do not grow properly, to be small for a race already so small can be dangerous, these tiny creatures tend to not leave the tribe. They are accepted as valuable members of Kobold Society.

Gargantuan Kobolds- These Kobolds are an oddity, they are usually huge and strong. Most Kobolds will end their foes by cunning and trickery, but Gargantuan Kobolds are brutes favoring a more direct route usually. These Kobolds have been shown to have increased appetite, as well as strange misgrowth in their musculature.

Egg Layer Kobolds- Most races frown upon this, but the fact of the matter is some Kobolds are born to lay eggs. They are not chosen to do this but through their own wishes to have pups and nurture them they adapt to do just that. Usually an Egg Layer Kobold does not fight but when they do it is usually in defense of the tribes pups.

Winged Kobolds- These Kobolds are uncommon but not unheard of, often they will also be dwarfed their arms and legs atrophied comparatively to other Kobolds. Rumours of 'flocks' picking up larger creatures only to drop them have been spread around but the truth is questionable. For some unknown reason often they are extremely mentally defunct, most other Kobolds simply chalk it up to "Birdbrains."

1st Era
During the First Era there was two notable groups of Kobolds;

Sootscale Clan
The Sootscale Clan and other related clans escaped the Iron Empire to work with the Wardens of Stonehand. They received titles, gifts and even had been named signatories to the TeraFrost Pact. Above this they had a pledge to Cavilon himself and by proxy much in the way of backbreaking labor with little pay. Though information on this time period is surface level scarce it is rumored that even to modern times there is still the tink of Sootscale's hard at work underground... digging even still.

Unity
Late in the first era Kobolds from the Sce'ruk Clan traveled into Templehelm in search of their people's origin only to discover myths about being unformed dragons. Instead they discovered an extermination at the hand of Emeraldites for being vermin. They settled for one generation there led by Kassatha Te' until the first Deiotakas happened, at which point they returned with surviving pups of the first shiver, Few survived.

Outlands
Kobolds are a prolific race and can be seen all across Ateon. Below are a collection of Clans and Tribes that have came from beyond Templehelm's Borders

Sce'ruk (Steelscar) Clan
Rumored to originally from Templehelm the Sce'ruk Clan oral tradition claims they are descendants of the dragons of the past. Believing they are unformed dragon siblings that fell away from the discarded shells. During the early late first era an outcaste group from this clan traveled back to Templehelm in search of their true origin, the belief that they are truly dragons had diminished in the original tribe and as such heavy proselytization was seen as an affront to the tribes status quo.

When ariving they formed the settlement of Unity with accepting humans. (See Unity Above) Before eventually this offshoot returned to rejoin the Sce'ruk after disaster struck in the form of the Deitokas.

It would be several years before other members of this clan traveled back to Templehelm. Supposedly in search of how to become a dragon. But that is a story for another time.

Notable Individuals
Kassatha Te' Sce'ruk Seer Kelos Drakka the Smith