Just outside one of the entrances at the bottom of the hillside, Gruul was whiling away another shift of guard duty, carving a long piece of briarwood that he planned to turn into a new pipe. He heard a voice coming from not too far away and looked up to see another kobold, talking to the air with an open book in hand.

[color=a36209]"Now what the hells is he going on about? And why do I get the feeling I'd rather not know?"[/color]

He sighed, picked up the spear that lay on the ground beside him, and approached the stranger.

[color=a36209]"Oi! Who goes there, and what's your business?"[/color]