The auction: Kobold thief

Name: Ember.

Age: 18, adult.

Role: new slave, no previous owner.

Crime: Thief, stole food from a merchant stall.

height: short.

Personality: Shy, Timid, easily frightened.

Shy: Ember keeps her gaze lowered, focusing on the ground or her paws when speaking to others to hide her nervousness and insecurities. Ember speaks in a very quiet, almost inaudible voice, making it difficult for others to hear her unless they are close by. Ember's red scales flush a darker shade of red when embarrassed or flustered by attention, drawing attention to her nervousness.

Timid: Ember is easily startled and may jump or flinch at sudden, abrupt motions near her, revealing her skittish nature. Ember pauses and looks uncertain before accepting any praise or kind words, finding it hard to believe she deserves such nice treatment. Ember feels more at ease and relaxed when surrounded by familiar people, places, or objects, as new situations and environments tend to frighten and overwhelm her.

Easily frightened: Ember's small body trembles and shivers in fear when confronted by angry or threatening individuals or situations. Ember grips onto nearby objects, such as her clothes or belongings, when scared as a coping mechanism to ground herself. Ember tosses and turns at night, feeling anxious and unsettled when sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, impacting her ability to rest well.

Appearance: vibrant red scales, short white horns, sharp teeth, long tail, wide hips, slim waist, short stature, yellow eyes, trimmed claws, large clawed feet.

Clothes: starting clothes cheap torn brown tunic, shackles, muzzle, collar.

backstory: Born into a poor family in a crowded, impoverished quarter of the city, Ember's life was one of hardship and struggle from the beginning. Her parents, both manual laborers, could barely afford to feed their clutch of three young hatchlings. As the smallest and weakest, Ember often went hungry, watching her siblings and parents ration their meager meals. Tragedy struck when Ember was just a teenager a devastating earthquake leveled their neighborhood, killing Ember's parents and leaving her and her siblings orphaned. Ember's siblings fled to neighboring towns, desperate to escape the chaos and ruin left behind. Ember, too heartbroken and traumatized to move on, remained behind, hoping to find any salvageable belongings among the rubble that once was home. As the weeks turned to months, Ember found herself utterly alone, scavenging for scraps and desperately trying to survive. She learned to navigate the dangerous streets alone, always on the lookout for other hungry creatures looking to exploit a helpless, malnourished kobold. Ember grew accustomed to the aches of hunger that plagued her frail body. One fateful day, as hunger consumed Ember's thoughts, she saw a merchant's cart overflowing with succulent fruits and smoked meats. Her mind clouded with desperation, Ember made the decision to try and steal a single piece of fruit. The merchant caught her red-handed, and with a rage-filled shout and a vicious kick to Ember's fragile body, he sent her tumbling to the filthy street. Captured and beaten, Ember was handed over to the city watch. As punishment and a warning to others, she was sent to a slave trader who spent months training her before taking her to auction.