Red Dragon Codex #3

I am reading the book Red Dragon Codex by R.D. Henham.

I predict that Mudd, Hiera, Drakecutter and Iroden will prove that Iroden is innocent. Ironden has been accused of stealing a medallion from the monastery. If he is found guilty he will either be beheaded or forbidden from the city. I think that because Mudd said that kenders (anyone who steals and resells what they have stolen) don’t steal from monasteries and don’t lie much. My prediction was partially correct. Iroden, a kender, was not proven guilty but he is forbidden to talk to his father. and his friends are the only ones who believe he is the son of the king.

While I was reading I had a question. How come no one believes kenders? People think that kenders are dishonest, foul creatures that no body likes. My visualization of a kender is a creature with a short, skinny, warty body and long, reddish-brown, tangled hair. It wears old, raggedy clothes on dusty, dirty, warty skin. It has rotting teeth and has not taken a shower in 30 weeks.

While I was reading I came across a word I did not know. It was “lore”. I asked an expert (my mom). Lore is like folklore which means a story told from one generation to the next. Iroden is telling Mudd stories about dragons to help Mudd learn more about how dragons act.