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Sat 22nd Jul 2023 07:40

The Goldtongues

by Fip

Only one being living today knows when the Goldtongues came into the service of the ancient gold dragon Bavyrmn and that is Bavyrmn himself. The story that the Godtongues tell their children is it was back when Bavyrmn had just become an young gold dragon and setting his current home near the Stonebrand Village, he saved these Kobolds from feral Gnomes that had been attacking them. This family of Kobolds has served him loyally for many generations now. When Bavyrmn married The Lady Nyla, a satyr that seduced him, him had the Goldtongues also become the servants of her family down the generations.
 
Currently there are six Kobolds that are directly in charge of the care of the Goldscale household. These six live in a nice home in Frandyln less than a mile from the Goldscale estate in the Autumn courts. It might feel odd seeing Kobolds in a Fey City but as servants of the Goldscales they are highly respected. Snigs (M 55) is the head of the household and he is the one that runs the day to day operations of the Goldscale estate. Nigs (F 51) is his wife; she is the personal chef for the Goldscales. They have two children named Ron (M 36) and Snas (F 30). They both do most of the cleaning around the estate. Gukru (M 32) and his wife Avne (F 33) also serve the Goldscales as their accountant and grounds keepers respectively.
 
Snigs and Nigs have been in the serve of the Goldscales for 40 years. Their children started officially serving around the house when they reached adulthood at age six. Gukru and Avne are relative new comers to the house as they have only been there 23 years. Of those living in the house, Avne was the closest to the Goldscale children. When she was not tending the garden, she was helping the lady of the house raise and educate the children there. Now that Fip, the youngest of the Goldscales, has left the house to become an adventurer, she spends many afternoons with the lady of the house sipping tea and trading stories. For you see, Avne has no children of her own. After 25 years of trying to have a child, they have given up hope that it will happen. She adored Fip and raised him as if he was her own. She would do anything for the Goldscales who have treated her well and gave her a taste of what she would never truly have, a child of her own.