Kobold Livestock Knights Exclusive

On the day the first exclusive caravan passed—the wagons heavy with spices and bolts of cloth—Rurik rode at the head, the banner snapping above him. The city lords watched from their cushions, impressed by the lithe choreography of beast and kobold. Merchants marveled at how the livestock knights kept their chargers calm and the cargo safe.

They moved in silence, a slow hoofed procession under crooked trees. The livestock were trained for formation: shoulder-to-shoulder in narrow passes, low and patient under rain, quick to pivot when a call rolled across the field. Their armor clinked like distant rain. Rurik rode a buck named Tallow, short-legged and steady as a broken clock, whose eyes were too wise for his size. kobold livestock knights exclusive

Rurik accepted the gifts with a curt nod but kept his eyes on Hazz, who was already examining a shard of moonstone embedded in a wolf’s jaw. “We ride for more than coin,” Hazz said without looking up. “We ride so the herds live. We ride because these animals trust us.” On the day the first exclusive caravan passed—the