Kobolds are a pseudohuman Liminal species that possess canine physical characteristics and traits.
Abundant in German folklore, Kobolds are known for mining rich veins of Cobalt; a mineral used in certain alloys and small electronics. As such, many kobolds have earned themselves a small fortune in processing and selling cobalt on the market.
Possessing coarse fur covering their bodies, a kobold's ears are around 4x more sensitive than a human's while their sense of smell is easily 1000x times more sensitive. Female kobolds are more humanoid than males of the species, the latter which appear more bestial and less anthropomorphic.
Culture[]
As an entrepreneurial race, the kobold species seems to have one "species-wide" company through which all of their businesses and entrepreneurial ventures are run; this company entity is known collectively as "Kobold Industries". Kobold Industries may have arisen following the global "reveal" of Liminal species to the human populace and various Kobold-run gyms, training facilities, relaxation facilities and resort hotels have been constructed via the company; including Sports Club Kobold, Kobold Stadium, the Kobold Casino concept and other ventures created by the Kobold Polt.
Physiological Attributes[]
- Ears: The ears of a Kobold are about 4 times more sensitive than those of a human and pick up on every sound. There are particularly sensitive to specific phrases such as "Lets go for a walk".
- Sense of Smell: Kobolds have a sense of smell that is a thousand, if not tens of thousands stronger than those of humans. Due to this, many toxic smells in human society (such as cigarette smoke) cause great discomfort for Kobolds.
- Paws: A Kobold´s paws are twice the size of human hands. They naturally have razor sharp nails, but most Kobolds smooth them down with a nail file as they are of no use to them.
- Tail: The tail of a Kobold portrays their emotions, they wag it when they are happy. However this happens reflexively and it is impossible for a Kobold to actively suppress.
Male Kobold.
- Dimorphism: Kobolds have a distinct sexual dimorphism; male Kobolds have a more muscular build than the average human and have heads and muzzles who are similar to those of wolf-like dog breeds such as huskies and sheepdogs, giving male Kobolds a generally wilder and less anthropomorphic appearance. On the other hand, female Kobolds, despite retaining similar characteristics (fur covering their entire body, paw-like hands and feet, and wolf-like ears, teeth and tails), have vastly slimmer yet still voluptuous and athletic physiques, and they are more humanoid in their facial structure (most notably the near-total absence of a muzzle) and have a full human-like head of hair.
- Breasts: In contrast to some other Liminal Races, female Kobolds do not have excessively large breasts (a D-cup is standard). However, this is offset, by the fact that they have 4 extra pairs of hidden nipples under their abdominal fur. Some rare subspecies of female Kobolds even have a 2nd pair of developed breasts.
- For some reason, all Kobolds wear dog collars around their necks. Whether this is a cultural or fashionable thing is unknown.
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Trivia[]
- Kobolds are depicted as canines in Eastern culture due to the original Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition book depicting them as such. While the image of the race later evolved to be more reptilian in western culture, in eastern culture they remained as they were originally depicted in Dungeons and Dragons.
- Although not officially confirmed in the manga series, the fact that female Kobolds have 4 extra pairs of hidden nipples implies that Kobolds usually have more than two to three children in one litter.
- Although there are currently no known Kobold subspecies in Monster Musume (or at least no Liminal species who is officially confirmed as a such), their existence is nevertheless confirmed by a line in Polt's secret pages which states that some rare subspecies of female Kobolds have a second pair of developed breasts.
- As Polt explains to Kimihito in an omake to Volume 4, the Kobolds not only hold a collective controlling share of the great cobalt mine, but the chemical element cobalt was also named after the Kobolds, because at that time, due to the fact that the mining of cobalt was so difficult and dangerous, there was a superstition among humans that Kobolds had cast a spell on the element.
- In real life, the origin of the word "cobalt" is not exactly known, and while there are indeed some theories that the term is derived from the word "kobold", this is still a skeptically discussed topic in science.
- In the universe of the manga series, this superstition could theoretically be seen as another negative/xenophobic prejudice of humans against Liminals, since it implies, judging by the danger of mining cobalt, that humans believed at this time and without substantiated evidence, that Kobolds were dangerous and wanted to do evil to humans. However, the casualness and composure with which Polt tells this to Kimihito also implies that these prejudices hardly exist anymore, at least in this day and age of the manga series.
- Whereby Kobolds are a liminal species that is generally known for their good reputation and is portrayed in an almost only positive light in the manga series, it is shown in Chapter 85 that there are also some Kobolds who are felons and are even involved in Liminal trafficking. This is also addressed in Monster Musume Fantastic Life, where the player can fight against criminal Kobolds. Strangely enough, all the criminal Kobolds shown so far in the franchise are only men, while female Kobolds are in normal jobs.