Kobolds

Challenge #04414-L030: Suddenly Learning to Teach

The other hatchling kobolds picked up their native tongue quickly. But this one, smaller than the others, struggled with the language. They had no ancestral memories of previous lives. The humans in the village that were close, dear, friends to this warren, and the kobolds elder, realized this precious life was truly new to this world, in more than one sense. -- Lessons

Some species of Alfarell are born with their language. Well, most of their language. Hellkin know how to talk in Voulspeak, once someone else speaks it in their presence. The same holds true for Hallobloods and Santivoc. Dragons and Dragonkindred are born -or reborn- speaking Drakoniish.

Until today.

The Kobold, known to the rest of the burrow as Kaep, had taken days to walk, when all their nestmates had already stood, picked up a tool, and set to work. They could not speak Yprak, and babbled at best. They didn't know what to do, where to go, or how to act. Which lead to the burrow's Racht[1] examining the tardy Kobold youngling.

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Challenge #04271-K253: You're With Us

The kobolds' burrows had collapsed in the trembler. They were lucky the entire warren had survived without a single one, nor any egg lost. The nearby adventurers with shovels and magic, helped rebuild the tunnels, and proof them against ever collapsing again no matter how hard the earth shook. -- Anon Guest

Propshore was a mining town, and Kobolds were treasured there. They had a sense for three-dimensional space that few could equal. They could tell the vulnerabilities in stone with a

Challenge #03360-I072: Hello All Over Again

They find Anthe's reincarnation, and this little imp is just as wild, as adventurous, and as fun-loving as her previous incarnation.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-03315-i027-do-better#@internutter/re-bkf-r6duuq -- Lessons

Kobolds, like Goblins, are remarkably prolific. Considering that their usual destiny is to end as a brief and crunchy squeak, this is entirely understandable. If they didn't breed like flies, there would be none of the species left. Whilst the Goblins have a complicated labyrinth for their departed souls, the Kobolds

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Challenge #04414-L030: Suddenly Learning to Teach

Challenge #04271-K253: You're With Us

Challenge #03360-I072: Hello All Over Again