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I have a few more areas to show these young protectors of our Hollow Marvin says to Flint, and the nearby tunnels that lead away from our homes, and then I must consult with the Masters of the Hollow about matters concerning a dire situation at Green Hill Hollow, to the west of here. But, say, you seem like a bright and well travelled young man of your kind, why don’t you join us for a while. We would love to hear you tell us what you’ve seen, where you are from, and where you are going. Marvin slaps Flint on the back as he herds his charges out a side passageway
A drink, to brave deeds and braver promises Marvin winks at Flint and then looks over his shoulder at the Dwarven women. He then whispers into Flint’s ear Flint hears this, but again others will only hear on a Perception Skill check 10+: Dude, Dwarven Women are, like, man they can be like a mountain stream after a rain storm, you know, dude seriously, one minute it is calm and cool, and the next, whoosh, you are swept away struggling to hold onto the air in your lungs, and if you survive your legs are sore for a week, man, am I right
Marvin draws a long rapier from his belt, holds it in the air and waves it about in exactly the same way that Flint is waving his scimitar, and then throwing his head back the Kobold shouts Hazzar, a toast to the Fallen. May the Hills be forever free and blessed with bounty of Rebederak Flint’s Knowledge: Flint knows of the hero Marvin Stouttail, but has never really believed the Kobold existed. It is rare for Kobolds to leave the warrens and hovels they occupy below ground (and it is rumored that kobolds are ultra sensitive to bright light, making it difficult for them to see in the light of the sun). Flint, being from a village on the southwestern coast of Balor, has only met dwarves and gnomes who have shared stories of meeting Kobolds who told stories of Marvin Stouttail, but the stories are all the same. It is said that a large war party of goblins attacked a Kobold warren many years ago, located in the mountains above Nyodunum, and carried away half the warren’s inhabitants forcing them into slavery in recently discovered silver mine. Marvin Stouttail escaped capture, and did something unthinkable for his kind, he travelled above ground, to the town of Nyodunum and beg for help from the dwarves there. Marvin promised that if the dwarves helped him free his family, he would gladly ensure that the claim to the silver mine would pass to the people of Nyodunum and not to any kobolds who might be living in hovels or warrens within the area of the mine. It is said that Marvin gave an eloquent and passionate speech describing the history of support his family had always given to dwarves who lost their way in the mountains, and he swayed a large number of dwarves, as well as a few gnomes, to his cause. Marvin joined the dwarves, learned to fight and learned a few simple spells from the gnomes he made friends with, and after a long battle with the goblins, managed to free the mine and rescue almost all of the kobolds of his home warren, as well as a few dozen kobolds from neighboring Hollows. This event is often said to have occurred twenty years ago 9about) and though it has never been substantiated (beyond a few good stories told among the dwarves of Nyonunum) there is evidence of the stories truth in the presence of the King’s River Mine (a silver mine located at the source of the Kin’s River in central Balor) and the reduction in goblin troubles for the past twenty years (some say the attack on the mine lead by Marvin and his dwarven allies decimated the goblin tribes who were most powerful in these mountains). When Marvin shouts out his toast, you also recognize the name Rebederak, as the legendary Kobold name for the Bronze Dragon Desdan Barsugrud Reb Dornackkadux, an ancient bronze Dragon who is said to have once lived in the forbidden forest, and is often mentioned as the patron of the Kobold people in this part of Balor. This dragon is spoken of in ancient dwarven legends and was slain by the green dragon, Sharnigolux Maridaloth in the great Dragon Uprising in the year 260 (Alodoan reckoning). |