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 their adaptive qualities.

Variations
It is in the nature of a Kobold to adapt to its environment or present dangers. They have a great knack for becoming adapted to even the harshest of environments, which can sometimes cause difficulties. 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 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, and are thus considered dwarfed. Kobolds are already quite small, so any diminishment in size can be dangerous. These tiny creatures tend to not leave their tribe. They are accepted as valuable members of Kobold Society.

Gargantuan Kobolds- These Kobolds are considered an oddity. They are usually significantly taller and more powerful than the average Kobold. Most Kobolds will end their foes by cunning and trickery, but Gargantuan Kobolds are brutes favoring a more direct route. 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, but rather their own desires to nurture pups cause them to develop to able to do sol. Usually Egg-Layer Kobolds do not fight, but when they do it is in defense of their tribe's pups.

Winged Kobolds- These Kobolds are uncommon but not unheard of. Often they will also be dwarfed, their arms and legs atrophied due to lack of use. Rumours of 'flocks' picking up larger creatures only to drop them have been spread around, but the reports are disputed and unreliable. For some unknown reason, Winged Kobolds are often severely mentally disabled, though 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 were named signatories to the TeraFrost Pact. Above this, they had a pledge to Cavilon himself. By proxy, they offered up hours of backbreaking labor with little pay. Though information on this time period is scarce, it is rumored that even up to modern times there is still the sinks and clangs 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, expecting to discover evidence which would confirm their myths of coming from unformed dragons. However, they were instead met with extermination at the hand of Emeraldites for being vermin. They settled for one generation there, led by Kassatha Te'. After the first Deiotakas, they returned with surviving pups of the first shive. 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 originate from Templehelm, the Sce'ruk Clan oral tradition claims they are descendants of the dragons of the past. They believe themselves to be unformed dragon siblings that fell away as the discarded shells. During the early late first era, an outcast 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 tribe's status quo.

When ariving they formed the settlement of Unity with accepting humans (see Unity above), before eventually this offshoot returned to 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 fully-formed dragons. This story, however, has yet to be told in its completion, and so the reader, however eager, must wait for another day.

Notable Individuals
Kassatha Te' Sce'ruk Seer

Kelos Drakka the Smith

Dole Digmaster of Sootscale Clan