Silver Kobold Squire - Archemen the Stouthearted

[Medium Sized Model - 25mm Base]

 

Small in stature yet grand in loyalty and bravery. Archemen is the squire to Apokris, serving him with fierce devotion and dreams of one day earning his own double-bladed scimitar to cement his place among the knights of Dragonmaw. Yet he knows his size and status as a Kobold will always be held against him, he aims to dispel these notions through his continued fervent service.

A young Kobold, a runt who would have been bound for the mines had his strong-headedness not caught the eye of Apokris, a renowned Paladin of Azmordion, one of the most famous Silverscales alive. Archemen, when cornered by a group of tormentors, had slain one with a pickaxe in self defense. Though he was intended to be sentenced to death, the young Kobold was ignorant to the fact that Apokris had been a witness that day, holding his tongue until the trial. It was there that he stood in defense of the Kobold, his word carrying a heavy weight when he requested the crime of murder be pardoned, and the Kobold instead see his sentence be carried out in service to himself.

Archemen was astounded at this revelation, indebted to the paragon of Silverscale virtues and justice. That was three years ago, and the young Kobold has graciously served his master ever since, as an abiding and loyal squire. It is his hope now that Archemen might keep him far from his kin in the mines, for his life would be forfeited should he return. Instead, he yearns to become a knight, like his master. The first Kobold to do so in the Silverscales. Anything else would mean death, or at best, a grunt for the slaughter when they next do battle with the Darkscales.

Now, he holds fast to his master’s side, even when a streak of cruelty might take his heart, or a temper might see a strike launched at Archemen. He holds no ill will towards the one who saved him from certain death, and thus bares it, knowing that one day his pain will be rewarded, and he will instead fight at his master’s side as an equal, not a servant.