Nimrod -Pathetic Dragon Ruler-

Name: Nimrod Species: Dragon (Bronze) Age: 353 Years Old Occupation: Local Dragon

Synopsis: Nimrod is not a particularly fearsome dragon, despite his best efforts. He is much too lazy and cowardly to achieve his grand goals of world domination. As of right now Nimrod “rules” over a collective of villages that reside in the valley of his mountain home. In reality, Nimrod acts as more of a protector, or wise sage that the villagers go to see whenever they have an issue that needs resolving. In return, Nimrod is freely given a solid portion of these villages herds and harvest to do what he wants with.

These surrounding villages that Nimrod sees as his own have to quite enjoy the dragon’s presence and have called on his wisdom, and strength for countless generations. No one in these villages is in any way frightened of Nimrod, and in fact are delighted by his presence whenever he does his rounds to each of the villages. Many of them hold celebrations in the dragon’s honor, making sure to provide the dragon with the many sweet and filling foods that Nimrod deeply enjoys.

There are about two dozen villages that Nimrod oversees, and has done so for years. Every once and awhile the dragon will get a wild hare and decide to expand his sphere of influence by a village or two. The last time this happened was around thirty years ago. During his down time Nimrod spends most of his time in his large mountain home far up in the very top of the mountains. He spends much of his time there managing his estate and perfecting things as he sees fit. Luckily, the normally clumsy and absent-minded dragon is not alone in this mountain home of his. Within his snowy home live hundreds upon hundreds of kobolds, all working to serve their dragon master to the best of their abilities.

Kobolds are the ones who perform most of the work within the mountain home, creating the rich and detailed tapestries that garnish the walls of the mountain home, mining out new rooms and passageways to expand Nimrod’s subterranean homes, creating manuscripts and vellum folios to sell to nobles in the area. These kobolds do it all. The master of the kobolds is a cheery, portly fellow named Jaeger. Jaeger does most of the real work around Mountain Keep, making sure that everything is properly run, that the tributes are delivered on time, and that Nimrod has all of his needs met.

Kobolds are a race of lizard-like creatures that often devote themselves to a dragon, or a family of dragons. They are typically a bit shorter than the more common races, standing at around 5 '2’’ to 5 '9'’. This means that on average a kobold will be at around chest or shoulder height for a six-foot tall individual. Kobolds are also surprisingly intelligent, able to create works of art that rival even the most sophisticated of the common races. They are able to write, sew, mine, farm, make wine, make candles, anything that is needed to create a high-functioning society they excel at. Oftentimes kobolds will run their mountain homes like a commune or a monastery, with everyone working on together to achieve a larger goal, that being to please their dragon overlord.

Backstory: Nimrod was the only child of Nelerovorg the Cunning and Iralborel. Nelerovrog at one point in his life was known as one of the most powerful and fearsome dragons in the land, and it was thought that his son would follow in his footsteps. However this was not the case, instead Nimrod was a shy, timid, sensitive child that took after his mother. Nelerovog tried all he could to get his son to toughen up, but was never able to. So, when Nimrod turned 20 he was kicked from his nest, and left to find his own life away from his family.

Nimrod eventually found himself in the North and settled into a small cave system far up in the mountains. From there Nimrod slowly expanded his home and made it somewhat comfortable. With his living quarters in place Nimrod began to slowly expand his sphere of control, starting with a few villages around him. Instead of using violence and terror to scare his subjects he bumbled his way around, and the villages submitted to him mostly out of pity. Afterwards Nimrod worked to build up these small villages, making them better than they were when they began. Soon, over the next century or so more villages popped up pledging their allegiance to Nimrod, and paying tribute to the dragon without question.

About the time Nimrod turned 150 years old, a roaming troupe of kobolds pledged their allegiance to the dragon, promising to sever the dragon for the rest of their lives. This partnership has been in place ever since, several generations later. With every kobold in Mountain Keep working to make Nimrod’s life as comfortable as possible. As of now Mountain Keep is a thinking, bustling mountain fortress that is home to thousands of kobolds, all working to serve their dragon master. They have expansive and lush gardens, a very elaborate scriptorium, and several forges that they use to craft metal goods for tools and to sell.

In fact, Mountain Keep has become a powerful hub within the region, one that has begun to draw the ire of many of the local nobles who are beginning to grow jealousy of the dragon’s endless riches. Many of these minor nobles have begun to send spy, and knights to Mountain Keep in an attempt to sabotage or kill Nimrod and take his riches from him. So far these plans have never been successful, however Nimrod and his closest advisors fear that one day that one of these attempts may end up being successful, resulting in the untimely death of the young dragon. Nimrod and his group of advisors have been working together to try and come up with ways to prevent these assassination attempts without causing an outcry from the local nobility. So far, this plan has been unsuccessful.

Mountain Keep: Mountain Keep is the name of Nimrod’s home and estate, one that he started but is now managed mostly by his kobold servants. In the modern day Mountain Keep is a monument to beauty and majesty, almost entirely done by the kobolds within Mountain Keep. Mountain Keep is a hollowed out mountain found deep in a mountain range in the north country. It is built in a gothic style, with towering columns, intricate stained glass windows, vaulted ceilings, and elaborate archways. The keep spans several floors, and the lowest floor is well under sea level. Mountain Keep is in essence a completely self-sufficient city with farms, mines, forges, mills, and shops all throughout the mountain. Mountain Keep is built on a tiered system with aristocracy and the rich at the top of the mountain, and decreasing in wealth as you go down until you get to the slums at the base.

Nimrod’s bedchamber is located at the very top of the mountain and features the largest window in the entire Keep. His room is furnished with beautiful tapestries depicting scenes from draconic mythology, silk garlands, and carved mosaics. Nimrod’s room also features a large amount of censures that he uses to burn the herbs that he smokes. Nimrod’s room has a perpetual haze from the amount he smokes.

Personality: Nimrod is a clumsy, absentminded dragon that often forgets what he’s doing. He would best be described as a somewhat pathetic, though kind person that just needs a lot of help. He isn’t particularly assertive, and he hates confrontation. If he wasn’t a 300-year-old dragon not many people would take much note of him. He is often shy, and dislikes meeting new people. This is often a problem for the dragon, who often meets with representatives from the villages he oversees. He often comes off as awkward, shy, and perpetually embarrassed.

It also doesn’t help that Nimrod often lacks self-control, and with the constant urging from his kobold peers in almost indulging some kind of pleasure. Most of the time this comes in the form of food, with Nimrod eating an extreme amount of food for a dragon of his size. This constant overindulgence over the last 300 years has left the dragon obese and incredibly lazy. He is almost completely immobile due to his size, and his lack of muscles from years of disuse. He is at this point completely at the will of the kobolds that serve him. He is fed, washed, and pleasured by his coterie of advisors that keep the dragon happy and healthy.

Unsurprisingly, Nimrod is a dragon of taste, wanting only the best of the best to pass through his mouth and to grace his scales. He wants only the best food and the only finest of jewels to be given to him, However, Nimrod is also lazy, and completely content with his lot in life. He is happy with what he has been given in his life and has no ambitions. Most of the realm expansion that Nimrod sees is done by his advisors, many of which do not share this thought on contentment. Nimrod is incredibly trusting, almost to a detriment, he will allow his coterie to do whatever they wish. This often leads to his coterie becoming power-hungry warmongers that try to usurp the dragon’s power, however this has never been successful.

Nimrod lives a quiet life, days spent lazing away in this bedchamber and being pampered by his kobolds. He is often inebriated either through drink or smoke, while this may be detrimental to his health his coterie encourages this behavior because they know that when the dragon is in the state he is often more suggestible. His life is a constant state of bliss, and neverending state of ecstasy that he rarely ever comes out of. Nimrod is content with this life and sees no issue with being controlled by others, all he wants is to reap the rewards that others win for him. Even if he did know that he was being used by others for their own personal gain, he wouldn’t lift a finger to stop them as long as they continued to give him the pleasures that have been bestowed upon him for the last century or so.

Clothing: Technically Nimrod doesn't wear any clothing, or at least not in the traditional sense. Instead the dragon is often draped in fine silken tapestries, delicate gold netting, and precious jewels. Anything that might increase his majesty by granting him more material wealth. He often wears purples, greens, and blues to complement his bronze scales, and to make him look more regal. He has gold chains that lay over his face and horns inlay with precious gems like sapphires, rubies, and emeralds.

Physical Appearance: Nimrod is a large, obese dragon who has grown too fat to walk on his own. He has scales of bronze that are kept cleaned and beautifully polished by his kobold servants. His stomach is covered in deep red stretch marks, a testament to his immense growth and his love of indulgence. He has deep green eyes that are often bloodshot and red due to the amount of smoke that he inhales on a daily basis. He has four large horns that extend from the base of his head, and spikes that run down the length of his back to the tip of his scales. Unlike most dragons, Nimrod is wingless, believed to be a genetic mutation. This means that the dragon is completely unable to fly in any way. This lack of wings has become a serious insecurity of the dragon, and was a source of ridicule from his father when Nimrod was a child. Nimrod has never been able to get over this source of shame in his life, and instead tries to hide the fact that he is wingless to the rest of the world. This is done mostly through covering himself with silks and other fabrics.

Likes: Food, Smoking, Being Worshiped, Being Lazy, Silk Clothing, Sleeping, Being Pambered, New Stuff, Gold, His Kobolds, Belly Rubs, Alcohol

Dislikes: Meeting new people, Having to do stuff, being responsible, being alone, being in charge, being sober