Kobold Butte
“Yeah, we see them kobolds flyin’ round the butte ever’ so often. Reckon we don’t pay them much mind if we don’t have to. Sure, they’ll make off with a goat or two, but I ain’t gonna wander on through the desert just to give a couple flying lizards what for. If I see ‘em, I’ll shoot ‘em. Otherwise, they’re just another reason to stay inside at night.” – Hayes Wilfred, Homesteader, Naradin River Delta
Alterations
Since the kobold infestation, the butte and surrounding area have slowly accumulated various scraps of trash and carrion. Cattle skeletons litter the ground at the base of the butte, where the kobolds have thrown their scraps over the edge. Anything of value that the kobolds steal ends up inside the butte, but shiny objects that they deem worthless are left in piles outside of the cave. Some random graffiti in garbled draconic showed up on the side of the cliffs.
Architecture
The butte towers over the nearby desert, over 100 feet in height. The sides slope up aggressively, entirely vertical past the first ten feet. The overall shape is an irregular oval, with the longer width at about 120 feet and the shorter width at 80 feet. The internal chamber is 30 feet in diameter and houses several varieties of luminescent fungus. The tunnel system is about five feet wide and seven feet tall.
History
One of the most prominent landmarks within the Sharesessi Desert, Kobold Butte juts out of the sand roughly due west of old Caliburn. The location was originally named ‘Sandboot Butte’, after the canyon dwarf family that discovered it. In roughly 96 PR, a pack of kobolds took up residence in the cave system that runs through the butte.
Prior to the kobold infestation, several explorers and frontiersman had used the butte as a way station when passing through the desert. The internal cave system can be entered through a cave on the south side of the butte. This leads to a large internal chamber at roughly ground level. An offshoot tunnel spirals through the butte to a depression set into the top of the feature. Former explorers have insisted that the view from the top of the butte is unparalleled.
Alternative Names
Sandboot Butte
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Geographic Feature
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