You go to the river and take a drink, you have no reason to believe there would be a ratman there. While drinking, you contemplate your life as so many times before, nothing ever changes, you have never really acomplished anything worthy of note and you're sick of that! No, you have to do SOMETHING, something special, something that will make kobolds whisper your name for ages to come...
Once you get back, you go to the back of the cave were the elders and matriarch of the tribe reside, and ask them what makes a kobold legendary:
Elder 01: "I- I remember a day when I wus jussa young pup like you... I were travlign the wods serching for some shrooms... you know those lovely pink ones, you know wich ones I mean sugar? ... anywere, where were I... Oh right, I was wlking in tha forest, just walking right along an so. And then I spoted sum humies. You know humies right? Those tal cretures wif all them big houses? Well, I didna run lkie most would, nah, I istead sneked up on 'em and stole an entire barel of food! an em did na notice a thing! That barrel turned out ta be all full 'o prepered foods, an that one thing fed the entire tribe for a month! THAT is why I am a legendary"
Elder 02: "When I did that warior test I didn't just get some beast an hout it fa' food like most do! No, I went tha Erthendoom, were the dwarves live, to seek tresure! When I enthered thaa entrance, none had seen me up ta' that point by the way, A sword shot outta the ground an' chpped my leg of, an fer me curage I were awarded the elder's seat."
Elder 03: "Zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzz...."
Elder 04: "I'm tha oldest 'bold here, an doya know why? Cause I was the uickest one der was some 60 ago; ya see the dwarves had finaly been fead up with otha economic situation-relation with tha trib, an so sent a rading party. That was a horible slaughrer... menthaly scred me fer life.... *shuder* ... ... Anyway, Evrywun was slain n' expet tha cubs tha'd been hideen I wus tha only survivier, cause I hid inna special place none else knewn of. Now, THAT is the kind 'o quickness that makes one a legend!"
Elder 05: "It is said the first kobold was the hero Awsxedrctfvgybuhnjimko, whom borrowed herself from non-existance, a million years ago, an thats why kobolds do not 'ave any gods ya see; god hate nothingness, an if nothingness borowed a kobold to herself to make more kobolds, then there musta've been some reason fer it, 'cause nothingness isn't stupid. Anyways, she had sum pup's, cause she borowed herself as pregnant, and she rised them and fended them of an protected them from a myriad dangers untill they multiplied onto many tribes and lerned to fend of their own well enought, and thenh she retern'd to nothingness, couse that wich was borowed willt always be taken back by force, and because she resisteth, Tha's why all 'bold have to die."
Elder 06: "F**ckfy of, puppy"
Well, that could have gone better, none of that is really usefull, You guess that if you want something figured out you have to figure it out yourself. Most likey however, whatever you are eventualy going to do probably requires an adventuring party. Perhaps it is time to put those Romeos that have been swarming around you to good use... Ah, there comes a few! look at how silly they are, showing of their fangs and claws trying to impress you.
You approach the group, 5 hunters, all slightly younger than you, and a hopeless hope shines behind their eyes. You almost feel sorry for them for a moment before you remember how utter jackasses you know those 5 to be. This is almost to easy.
You pretend to be impresed by their strenght, and state your intention to form a aiding party, they are surprised but very eager to come along and try to impress you, and you got them completely caught even before the mention of riches or fame. They swallowed it all, hook line and sinker.
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