Kobolds

A race of porcine humanoids that twist the land to form thorn infested nests that span many kilometers.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Kobolds have two legs that end in cloven hoves, two arms each with three thick fingers. they are similar to Dwarves, in that they have thick and powerful skeletal and muscular structures despite their small size.

Biological Traits

Kobold are short powerful creatures with a thick hide making them difficult to wound. While capable of great bursts of speed for a short duration, Kobolds are relatively slow unable to maintain their speed for prolonged chases.

Genetics and Reproduction

Kobolds reproduce sexually, each mating season a Kobold Sow can birth between three to eight young a year. Kobolds reach sexual maturity by the end of their first year.

Growth Rate & Stages

Kobolds live, breed, and die quite quickly. They reach sexual maturity by the end of their first year of life, and tend to live no longer than thirty years.

Ecology and Habitats

Kobolds enjoy a dark dry environment, though they tend to migrate they will always use magic or mundane means to twist their new environment more to their liking.

Dietary Needs and Habits

Kobolds eat whatever they can, though their inability or refusal to learn farming methods often mean they must migrate to hunt for more food as they leave their previous hunting grounds desolate.

Biological Cycle

Kobolds become more aggressive as they mature, with older Kobolds leading their broods from hunting ground to hunting ground.

Additional Information

Social Structure

Kobolds are often ruled by a powerful Bull who leads war parties to hunt other species and a Sow who is most often adept at some form of magic to twist the Burrow to defend the brood.

Facial characteristics

Kobolds face resembles that of a boar, with tusks and a long porcine snout and sunken eyes.

Average Intelligence

Kobolds are not stupid, but they are impatient and highly aggressive. they can craft mundane tools and they can learn to operate stolen weaponry and magic tomes though they never keep them long enough to learn how to replicate their creation.

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

Kobolds are sensitive to light and will tend to create burrows to avoid the daylight, they also have an acute sense of smell which they use to hunt.

Civilization and Culture

Naming Traditions

Kobolds name tend to have draconic first names, and a Brood name that resembles their features such as bristlefur or irontusk.

Major Organizations

A large infestation of Kobolds has taken root in the Deep Caverns and is the longest lasting Burrow of Kobolds on record lasting in one lcoation.

Gender Ideals

Because of the rapid gestation and growth rate of Kobolds there is no gender discrepancy between Bulls and Sows. While male Kobolds are slightly larger and more powerful, there are many examples of female Kobolds being stronger and leading in place of a Bull during warparties.

Courtship Ideals

Kobolds enter a frenzy during their mating seasons, where they often slay their rivals to mate with the desired mate.

Average Technological Level

Because of the Kobolds dense bones, they often use their own dead for hide and bone armor, as well as weapons when they run out of stolen iron and steel goods.

Major Language Groups and Dialects

Kobolds speak in a broken form of draconic that make it difficult for those trained in traditional draconic to fully understand.

Culture and Cultural Heritage

Kobolds live a life of war and migration, moving from hunting ground to hunting ground as they look for a new master. They raid and steal materials that they often simply hoard, only objects of war catch their interest. things such as gold, and jewels are kept only as tribute for Dragons.when they find a Dragon they immediately pledge their service to the Dragon without question, offering what trinkets they have.

Common Customs, Traditions and Rituals

Kobolds slay each other as often as they do other races, as such they tend to wear armor made from the hide of their enemies, using their bones for added defense and as potent weapons. if a Kobold's hide and bones are not used it is considered an insult to that Kobold, that they were too weak to even be used as material.

Common Taboos

Kobolds will rarely speak with outsiders, they consider most mortals to be enemies of their Dragon masters unless they are told otherwise by a Dragon.

History

Kobolds are a race that was created by the Dragons as weapons of war against the Giants. Originally Dragons had a magically enhnanced brood of pigs that could grow to the size of horses to satisfy their hunger, and so they worked from that breed of pig to craft aggressive and intelligent creatures that lived a short time to ravage the Giants. Kobolds worship their Draconic creators as gods, offering up treasures they capture to any Dragon that will have them. When the Draconic Empire fell, Kobolds were scattered to the corners of Irindoth and the Deep Caverns where they festered and grew. without the Dragons to guide them, Kobolds fell into smaller family groups that made war with each other as often as they did other races. on rare occasion, a Kobold will rally the Broods together to form a Warband and ravage nearby areas, sometimes even binding Orcs and Trolls into their service. most of the time however Kobolds are an infestation similar to Trolls, where they are hunted and purged. Kobold Slaves fetch a high price in specific markets such as mercenary groups or gladiator rings where their bloodlust can be used to great effect.

Historical Figures

Hiseth Blackbramble led a massive Warband to the surface of Krogar years before Long Night, and established a Burrow at the heart of the continent that lasted for nearly eighty years before infighting and an army of Dwarves and Humans pushed the Kobolds back underground.

Common Myths and Legends

Kobolds tell of powerful War Leader who was granted extended life by their Draconic master for slaying a powerful Giant Chieftain, this is one of the many reasons Kobolds are so eager and willing to serve a Dragon.

Interspecies Relations and Assumptions

Kobolds have a special hate for both Giants and Dwarves, who they were bred to wage eternal war against long ago when Dragons ruled Irindoth.

Average Height

1.2-1.7m

Average Weight

68 - 115kg

Average Physique

Kobolds are powerfully build creatures, with a thick layer of fat and hide that offer them increased protection against would be predators.

Body Tint, Colouring and Marking

Kobolds tend to have tan,white, or black fur that covers their body and offers protection from the cold,