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The moon hung low over the salt-bleached paddocks of Karr's Hollow, silvering the bristlebacks and the low-slung pens. Where human riders favored tall steeds and gleaming armor, the kobolds of the Hollow had their own breed of cavalry: livestock knights — squat, sturdy mounts bred from pig-horned boars and shag-bellied goats, armored in scavenged tin and stitched leather. They snuffled and huffed in the dark, their breath steaming like lantern smoke.

In the end, they accepted a middle road. The Hollow would grant exclusive protection to a single caravan each month—enough to secure steady coin and keep the livestock well-fed—while pledging the rest of their nights to the fields and poorer folk. It was not perfect, but it was a seam stitched with care.

They moved in silence, a slow hoofed procession under crooked trees. The livestock were trained for formation: shoulder-to-shoulder in narrow passes, low and patient under rain, quick to pivot when a call rolled across the field. Their armor clinked like distant rain. Rurik rode a buck named Tallow, short-legged and steady as a broken clock, whose eyes were too wise for his size. kobold livestock knights exclusive

A delegation from the city arrived days later—fine-clad humans with papers and promises. They offered an arrangement: exclusive contracts for certain trade routes, prestige, and the right to display the Hollow’s sigil on merchant goods. Hazz scratched his chin and looked at Rurik. The boy tasted the word exclusive and felt both pride and unease. It felt like armor and like a leash at once.

Later, when the wagons had cleared and the Hollow settled back into its ordinary hours, Rurik found a little girl from the village waiting by the gate. She held out a small wooden horse, crudely carved. “For your Tallow,” she said, cheeks bright. “So he has friend.” The moon hung low over the salt-bleached paddocks

The wolves struck suddenly, a rush of motion and sound. The livestock met them with stubborn force: baring tusks, butting with armored flanks, stomping like miniature boulders. Rurik jammed his heels into Tallow’s sides and drove the buck into the teeth of the attack. There was a poetry to it — the livestock’s bulk absorbed and dispersed, while kobold riders quirked away at the edges to prod and poke and lift a poisoned fang away.

“Tonight’s exclusive,” whispered Old Hazz, handing Rurik a splintered banner stamped with the Hollow’s sigil: a curled tail beneath a crescent moon. Hazz’s voice was the kind that settled like straw; it had carried Rurik through two winters and three scuffles with raccoon brigands. “We ride to the Ridge. The farmers say the moon-wolves are restless. The council wants the herds protected. No human guards—kobold riders only.” In the end, they accepted a middle road

That night the moon rose again, and the livestock huddled under the same slanted sky. The Hollow had something that could not be measured in coin: the quiet assurance that their animals were known, named, and chosen. Exclusive or not, the knights were guardians of trust—hobbling, braying, steadfast—and that was worth more than any banner or contract.