Meepo Silvereyes

Meepo was born in a small kobold village outside of the town of Red Larch, north of Waterdeep, in the Sword Mountains. He was born with wings, but they were at first believed to be vestigial and his peers figured he would grow out of them. However, they quickly grew within the year he was born and before they were fully formed, he was exiled for being an Urd, a winged Kobold, who was seen as a favorite of Kuraulyek, a winged godling servant of Kurtulmak, the Kobold god, who betrayed their master in some unknown way. Being shunned in such a way at such an early age, it left him without a home for a long time, and due to how strong the belief was among hsi people, nobody in the lair would take him in. So, he wandered alone around Larch, stealing as he could for a little while.

It was during this time that he met Brann Ironbeard, a dwarf who was an archaeologist with a little bit of mage training under his belt. When Meepo found Brann, he was exploring an abandoned town for artifacts of value. Meepo had been following the dwarf for some time before he was finally caught trying to filch food from the dwarf's camp while he was away. He came back earlier than Meepo had thought he knew the dwarf's movements, but apparently Brann didn't have an issue with this. He brought lots with him to share. With some coaxing and soft words, he lured Meepo into the camp and fed him slowly with some strips of jerky. Meepo was happy to take this, and slowly warmed up to the dwarf. After awhile, Meepo was given his own little tent and from that point on, the purple kobold was given a place at Brann's side.

During their time together, Meepo found out he had a talent for awakening the latent powers in certain objects, and infusing them with some magickal properties that they normally wouldn't have. Needless to say, Meepo proved to be a very powerful Artificer, and that coupled with the archaeological training Brann gave him, he was helping Brann discover so much more than he normally would have.

There was an issue with Meepo's wings and whether or not he could fly or not. Of course, Brann being the type who loved to discover certain mysteries, did so in a very curious way... He one day pulled Meepo to him, and, out of playfulness, tossed the kobold in the air. This wasn't anything new, they played like this all the time. But this time, Brann threw him so far up, Meepo saw farther than usual and, instinctively, flapped his wings hard and he was suddenly flying... sorta, or at least not falling as fast as he would. It scared Meepo and he clung to Brann, who was laughing and happy that his idea had worked. "Now we just need to get you to fly more and we've got a scout!" Meepo smiled shyly at this, but was happy with Brann about having something positive happen. Meepo wasn't really one for heights, though, so he flew only where he could reach stable ground and didn't venture much further than that.

After about 10 years with Brann, who taught him many things in their travels, he finally parted ways with the the old dwarf in the town of Waterdeep, and before they did, Meepo was given a tome of the Dwarf's greatest discoveries and some information about various rune systems that he felt would be helpful to the little Kobold. Meepo was very grateful and the two parted after a glass of mead for Meep and a flagon of ale for Brann. Afterwards, Meep explored the islands and coastline of Waterdeep, before being picked up by a pirate crew with two ships...

(The rest of that story is still unfolding ^^)