Kobold Livestock Knights ~repack~ File

Recruitment is open, but unusual. Do not bring a resume. Instead, arrive at any (a fortified kobold barn) during the spring thaw and present a single, unbroken chicken egg to the Hoard-Master. If you can guard that egg from the ranch cats, the weather, and the captain’s own snatching claws for three consecutive nights, you may be given a sling and a goat.

The most famous engagement involving the Kobold Livestock Knights was the (Year 1,342 of the Third Age).

Starving and desperate, the Burrow-King of Clan Tiktik initiated the "Great Ascension." Rather than raiding human farms for cattle (which resulted in a 90% casualty rate), they decided to domesticate the local megafauna: the .

Barnaby led the pack. He didn't even see the Gnomes' wooden barricade as an obstacle; he saw it as giant kindling. With a rhythmic huff-huff-huff , the hog lowered his head. Pip braced his boots in the stirrups. CRASH.

were essential to the tribe—providing wool for tunics, milk for mushroom porridge, and, occasionally, a soft place to nap. But the cavern was plagued by the Skitter-Claws

: When a predator is cornered, the Knights descend in a coordinated "Horn-Rush," using the massive weight of their rams to deliver a crushing blow. Cultural Significance

Their gear is a blend of practical ranching tool and martial weapon: