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Dragon Kobold Trinkets
e following items might be carried by a dragon kobold:
d10 Trinket
1 A tiny shell fragment from an enormous egg contained in a nely cra ed locket
2 A small splinter of dragon tooth
3 A candle fashioned vaguely into the shape of a dragon
4 A scroll covered in tally marks, some of which are angrily scribbled out
5 A small lump of twisted, melted stone
6 A page torn from a beautifully illuminated manuscript
7 A single glove made of reptilian hide
8 A bronze cap made to t over the tip of a horn, oxidizing at the edges
9 A tiny vial of dried, aromatic dragon dung
10 A clay tablet inscribed with runes supposedly providing protection from a dragon’s breath

Dragon Kobold Lair Details
An area controlled by dragon kobolds might display the following:

d10 Lair Detail
1 Neatly piled stacks of gold, sorted by size and origin
2 A pile of stones forming an altar topped by an e gy cra ed from a ragged scrap of shed skin
3 e cloying smoke of incense hangs heavy in the air
4 Cloth of gold has been spread on the ground in the shape of open wings; the area around it is well tra cked, and the footprints
are careful to avoid it
5 A sulfurous stench, ozone tang, sharp acrid smell, greenish fog, or unnatural chill ll the air, dependent on the dragon’s type
6 Hundreds of twisted, dripping candles extend and fuse together from every surface like waxy stalagmites
7 Vials and bottles are scattered around a stone table carved with winged designs, crisscrossed with restraints, and covered in
dark stains
8 A reclaimed stone fresco of a rearing dragon – the area which was carved with a mounted dragonslayer, lance in hand, has been
thoroughly scraped away
9 Stacks of books and scrolls, neatly sorted by color with no regard for their contents
10 A curved table, roughly resembling a dragon in ight, surrounded by priests’ claw-footed stools

Kobold Clans

Kalshadraxii
e Kalshadraxii (then named the Dahakar) considered themselves Years on, Kalshadrax the red dragon is kept fed and pampered by
blessed when the dragon-touched king Ajdar rose to prominence. a team of attendants, foremost of whom is Ilmis, who regularly
Whipping them up to near fanaticism with the promises of wealth gives rousing sermons espousing the qualities of their draconic
and power his dragon dreams had revealed to him, he led close to charge in ashy displays, which are beloved by the colony.
the entire colony on a grueling above ground march during which, Ajdar has fallen somewhat out of favor, with his obvious rivalry
it is said, Ajdar fasted for thirty days until, on the thirty- rst, they with Ilmis considered rather distasteful. However, it is Ajdar,
came across the slumbering volcano and within, e Egg. an altogether more wily sort, who has the dragon’s ear, wisely
In the months while the baby dragon grew within the shell, the treating the young reptile as a conqueror rather than a child.
kobolds worked tirelessly, excavating a palatial cavern t for their Ajdar’s oozing sycophancy is received far better than Ilmis’
future ruler along with winding tunnels for its attendants. Even mothering and attempts at education (the Kalshadraxii raided
before the shell was cracked, they had begun to ght for positions a stack of manuscripts prior to the hatching but, being unable
in the hierarchy. By chance, it was a common miner, Ilmis, who to read Common, are reduced to pointing out the impressive
witnessed the dragon emerge from the egg, propelling her to a lo y illuminations). ose priests still loyal to the former dragon-
position in the eyes of the colony, much to the chagrin of Ajdar. touched act as spies on these disastrous lessons, passing on any
information Ajdar could use to drive a wedge between them.

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