Kobold

Barakor Stasrikos Lhah, Eonity
Kobolds are a race of small creatures that are both draconic and celestial in nature. They are mostly known to be ferocious warriors and devout zealots to their gods and all they hold dear. As such they tend to exhibit a strong focus towards whatever they are most passionate about, no matter what that may be.
= Appearance =
Kobolds are draconic semi humanoid people that stand between 0.6 meters and 1.4 meters.
They possess a wide arrangement of scale colors with the most common ones being either a muddied red or stark white, more rare ones include things such as a vibrant shade of purple or a metallic scale colour. Their overall build tends to be rather lean while still pretty muscular. They possess digitigrade legs and long fingers featuring retractable extremely durable and sharp claws. Most of them have multiple horns on top of their reptilian-like heads with the highest number of horns a single Kobold ever had being 12. Lastly Kobolds possess a tail which in most of them averages about half of their body length.
= Origins =
Kobolds were made by the Prime Deities that are found within the religion of Eonity to wipe out the demonic armies of the Renegade deities. As such Kobolds were made by the gods as their chosen warriors modeled as a fusion of their earliest creations, the dragons and dwarves. This divine origin has made several cultures equate the Kobolds to almost angelic beings, as such in some texts they are referred to as such or as “Archons.” After the Prime deities won their war they set the Kobolds free to decide their own fate. While some stayed with the gods directly and started filling roles that are much closer to the actual definition of “angelic beings” the vast majority of Kobolds entered the Material plane to live among the mortal races. The biggest modern Kobold population can be found within the Nation of Barakor Stasrikos Lhah, where they are one of the main people groups within the nation.
= Biology =
== Reproduction and age ==
Kobolds reproduce through egg laying, eggs have a hatching time of about 2 months. Children grow up fast and reach an adult state within less than 6 years, although culturally it usually takes a lot longer for them to be considered adults. Afterwards Kobolds can grow centuries old with no upper limit being discovered yet.
== Sub-Species ==
=== Celestial (Prime) ===
Celestial Kobolds are the most common Kobold. They tend to exhibit at least multiple of the abilities mentioned before.
=== Aquatic (Axolotl) ===
Aquatic Kobolds share many similarities with Axolotls from general appearance to being amphibious and possessing incredibly regenerative properties.
=== Half-Kobold ===
Half Kobolds are the offspring of one Kobold or Half-Kobold parent and the member of a different species. They tend to assume some of the draconic traits of their Kobold parentage but rarely, if ever all of them.
= Abilities =
Due to their origins Kobolds tend to have several arcane abilities, although it is not guaranteed for a Kobold to carry these abilities and Kobolds born of only a single Kobold parent tend to only carry a single of these with them.
== Arcane Affinity ==
Many Kobolds tend to have an affinity towards magic, either being directly born with it or they have a rather easy time learning the arcane arts.
== Breath Weapon ==
A rather rare ability, some Kobolds exhibit the ability to produce an attack of magical nature through their mouths. This seems to be linked to the presence of a semi magic organ within those that possess this ability.
== Wings ==
The development of Wings within Kobolds is a strange phenomenon as it seems that it seemed to have been a trait that was present in all of them when they were first created but seemed to become rarer over generations. Furthermore Kobold Wings are usually strange in nature, taking on a semi spectral and intangible appearance until actively manifested when used and also having a somewhat limited uptime as they seem to exhaust Kobolds greatly. In exceedingly rare cases Kobolds do possess fully tangible wings that do not share the same conditions as those of normal ones.
== Apex form ==
The phenome of the Apex form is incredibly rare among the Species, those who do possess it have the ability to turn into a full on draconic form, closely if not fully resembling a small dragon. A fairly common trait shared between those few with this ability is an incredible mental strain upon transformation that is reported to feel as being constantly close to going feral. This effect can however be counteracted through the use of specially crafted objects which allow the Kobold to keep onto their mind while transformed.
= Language =
Kobolds tend to speak multiple languages but their common and ancestral language is Celestial-Draconic, which in itself is a mix of the ancient language of Dragons and the language used by the servants of gods. Also recent research and the surge of new arrivals to the world show a substantial link to the fact that early human and Elven groups might have picked up on the language in their early days, incorporating parts of it into their vocabulary. Furthermore many human titles seem to be derived from originally Celestial-Draconic words.