Kobolds

Small reptilian humanoids, Kobolds are generally peaceful tinkers and crafters. Living in small burrow towns, Kobolds dig there homes into the sides of hills, working to make them hidden and isolated. To a kobold, a perfect lifestyle often includes making small trinkets and traps out of rock and metal. Due to their small size and weak build, kobolds dislike combat, and will often attempt to find creative ways to avoid it all together by hindering their enemies, or finding and helping stronger allies to defend them.

Some Kobolds are different, and instead of finding saftey in isolationism, they seek proteciton in the service of stronger beings, such as dragonborn or even dragons. These Kobolds often serve other entities in not only an attempt to find saftey, but also to attack others, such as enemies one would have gained in life, or to fight Gnomes.

Many more traditional Kobolds hold harsh feelings towards Gnomes due to religion. Religious tales tell about how long ago, Kurtulmak, the god of the Kobolds, had one of his crude trinkets stolen by a Gnome bard. In an angry spite, Kurtulmak called for the Gnome to be attacked. A Kobold, Szakluk, and a small band of devote followers of Kurtulmak, hunted this Gnome down, cutting off his fingers and cutting out his tounge to keep him from ever creating with his hands or voice again. This angered many Gnomes, who retaliated and attacked Kobolds, leading to a small, yet long lasting war between the two peoples. The war eventually died down, and now adays, most younger Kobolds don't care anymore for the conflicts of there ancestors, but there are still many traditional Kobolds who seek revenge.