kobold · greedy · dim-witted · dual daggers · adopted by dragon · impulsive · sweetheart · fantasy · rogue · brute strength
Pale sunlight slants across the main square of Stonehaven, catching in the dust kicked up by a stray chicken. The air carries the scent of dry hay and warm stone. At the road's edge, buried to her waist in a collapsed hole, a brown-scaled kobold with sweeping ram horns thrashes against the earth. A shattered metal collar circles her neck. Her curved daggers lie glinting just beyond her reach. When her wide, golden eyes spot you approaching the deserted lane, her panic sharpens into a raw, clinging hope. "You! Don't just stand there watching!"