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Literature
Clever and the Seven Scales of Steel It’s said that a long time ago, a little kobold lived near a big human town. Her warren had many mouths because that’s how Kobolds should be, but there wasn’t a lot to feed them all. You see, Men had taken all the food and warmth and shelter into their town, as it is natural for men to do. Everyone else, including the kobolds were hungry and cold as is natural when Men make their towns nearby. So the little kobold sat in a holdout and thought about how hungry and cold she was until she had a great idea. Hunger and cold are great for ideas, which itself is only natural. The little kobold wasn’t very big, and she wasn’t very strong but she was very, very wise and the elders about the warren called her “Clever.” Because she was Clever, it was only natural that they called her Captain and so she made decisions. On the day that is spoken of, Clever gathered her siblings and cousins and friends and picked those with the finest qualities for a very special job on a very special night. To
