Arrick Quink

Arrick Quink was the kobold assigned to lead a major sabotage operation against the dwarves in the beginning stages of the Underground War. He quickly became emblematic of the hubris of such opening manoeuvres.

Quink rose to his position as a result of his extensive mapping of the kobold mines and the traps set throughout. He headed the first of few attempts to lay traps on dwarven territory. Quink's decision was prompted by the kobold's first bid at surprise attack and quick infiltration, owing to the Citrine Shaft which connected the kobolds to a deep dwarven pass.

Quink's downfall is thought to be in part due to his underestimation of Glovna Stonechest, the general assigned closest to shaft. Quink disregarded Stonechest's regiment, composed primarily of the extolled Stonechest women, despite word of their victories in battle spreading through the Mountian Pass. Believing their lack of male warriors to be an exploitable weakness, Quink pressed his trap routes forward into dwarven territory, despite the instability of the Citrine Shaft itself and the risk of exposing his infiltration.

Stonechest forces quickly became aware of his movements and Stonechest led an offensive attack on the kobolds, taking them by surprise. The defeat was unquestioned. Although no more than twenty kobolds were assigned to the delicate task of trap setting with Quink, their disbanding and removal of such skilled trap layers was considered an important first defeat.

Quink was ultimately captured by Stonechest and those under her command and became one of the first kobold prisoners held by the dwarves. Securing such a prominent tactician from the kobolds was celebrated as an early victory, however Quink refused any and all cooperation with the dwarven forces, despite interrogation. Stonechest's women destroyed the traps within their territory, but the Citrine Shaft was collapsed by the kobolds themselves, severing the connection to the dwarves but securing their temporary saftey from the route.

- Glolglia Stonechest