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{{ | {{faction|nicknames=The People, Shirefolk,The Wolverine People|race(s)=[[Halfling|Halflings]]|language=*[[Common]] | ||
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**[[Upper Eastwolds Guardburg]]}}The race of people known as the ‘'''halflings'''’ are, as their name would imply, rather short compared to the other peoples of Pannithor. The humans, elves, and even dwarfs are all taller, although generally not twice the size. | **[[Upper Eastwolds Guardburg]]|Faction_Logo=File:Halflings-icon.png|games={{kingsofwarlogo}}{{vanguardlogo}}{{Kingsofwarchampions}}|Faction_picture=File:Halflingsbattle.png|capital_city=[[Hodenburg]]|novels=*[[Broken Alliance]] | ||
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*[[The Path To Discovery]]}} | |||
The race of people known as the ‘'''halflings'''’ are, as their name would imply, rather short compared to the other peoples of Pannithor. The humans, elves, and even dwarfs are all taller, although generally not twice the size. | |||
== About == | == About == | ||
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Outside the military, male halflings are typically about four feet tall, while females are a little less. They are shaped as humans, although their heads, hands, and feet are a bit larger in proportion to their height. Skin colour in the north is generally fair, but the southern halflings have a much more tanned and somewhat reddish complexion due to many generations of living in much sunnier climes. Hair colours range from black through brown, with red or blonde also seen, but not common. Beards on the males are not unknown, but most prefer to be clean shaven. | Outside the military, male halflings are typically about four feet tall, while females are a little less. They are shaped as humans, although their heads, hands, and feet are a bit larger in proportion to their height. Skin colour in the north is generally fair, but the southern halflings have a much more tanned and somewhat reddish complexion due to many generations of living in much sunnier climes. Hair colours range from black through brown, with red or blonde also seen, but not common. Beards on the males are not unknown, but most prefer to be clean shaven. | ||
Halflings are not blessed with long life—the eldest recorded individual, [[Old Mother Chimesbury]] lived to the grand age of 72. Typically, most halflings live no more than into their late fifties, with perhaps the halflings of Ej living a little longer | Halflings are not blessed with long life—the eldest recorded individual, [[Old Mother Chimesbury]] lived to the grand age of 72. Typically, most halflings live no more than into their late fifties, with perhaps the halflings of Ej living a little longer | ||
More accounts from [[dwarf]], [[elven]], and [[human]] sources record similar encounters in the following years. Several of these note that although the halflings would normally try to avoid trouble, but if forced to fight they did so with an unexpected ferocity. So much so that one human record dubbed them ‘[[Halfling|The Wolverine People]]’. | More accounts from [[dwarf]], [[elven]], and [[human]] sources record similar encounters in the following years. Several of these note that although the halflings would normally try to avoid trouble, but if forced to fight they did so with an unexpected ferocity. So much so that one human record dubbed them ‘[[Halfling|The Wolverine People]]’. | ||
It was during the second millennium after | It was during the second millennium after [[The God War]] that the halflings adopted wide-scale use of both the wheel and writing, apparently learned from the elves, and gleaned from the dwarfs whose engineering they appeared to admire. Most of their crafts were of wood or linen at this time as their wandering lifestyle made crafting metal difficult. Halflings had therefore traditionally acquired most of their metal tools and weapons through trade. Rapid learners, halflings seemed to have an innate talent for tools and figuring out how things worked and so it’s no surprise that they began to have a reputation for ingenuity and tinkering. | ||
==History== | |||
===Pre-Shires=== | |||
====927==== | |||
In the year 927, [[Naprastor]], a chronicler in a dwarf hold on the western edges of the [[Mountains of Abkhazla]], wrote that a detachment of rangers encountered a group of odd creatures camped on the edge of the hold’s grazing lands. | |||
=== Estabishment of the Shires === | === Estabishment of the Shires === | ||
====2180==== | |||
[[File:Halflingcrew.PNG|alt=|left|275x275px|frameless]] | [[File:Halflingcrew.PNG|alt=|left|275x275px|frameless]] | ||
In 2180 a large gathering of halflings came together under the direction of [[Bron Abbet]], the leader of one of the larger clans. They met on the [[Ardovikian Plain]] in the lands to the north and west of the recently founded [[League of Rhordia]]. Abbet declared that he and his family were tired of the endless wandering. The land there was rich and fertile and nearly unoccupied. Abbet stated his intent to found a permanent settlement and invited the others to join him. There was a great deal of debate over such a radical idea, but in the end, the majority of the families agreed to stay. A region was staked out and named [[Abbetshire]]. The chief settlement was made near a lake and named [[Yangmere]]—which in tinker-tongue simply meant ’Laketown’. | In 2180 a large gathering of halflings came together under the direction of [[Bron Abbet]], the leader of one of the larger clans. They met on the [[Ardovikian Plain]] in the lands to the north and west of the recently founded [[League of Rhordia]]. Abbet declared that he and his family were tired of the endless wandering. The land there was rich and fertile and nearly unoccupied. Abbet stated his intent to found a permanent settlement and invited the others to join him. There was a great deal of debate over such a radical idea, but in the end, the majority of the families agreed to stay. A region was staked out and named [[Abbetshire]]. The chief settlement was made near a lake and named [[Yangmere]]—which in tinker-tongue simply meant ’Laketown’. | ||
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The chief activity of the Shire halflings is undoubtedly agriculture. The lands seem blessed with perfect growing conditions, a stable climate and predictable, mild seasons. For years, renowned scholars and academics have studied the area and there is frequent speculation that sorcery is involved, for the surrounding areas are not nearly as bountiful. However, even the great arch-mages and professors from the [[Euhedral Library]] are at a loss to explain the phenomena. | The chief activity of the Shire halflings is undoubtedly agriculture. The lands seem blessed with perfect growing conditions, a stable climate and predictable, mild seasons. For years, renowned scholars and academics have studied the area and there is frequent speculation that sorcery is involved, for the surrounding areas are not nearly as bountiful. However, even the great arch-mages and professors from the [[Euhedral Library]] are at a loss to explain the phenomena. | ||
=== Defending the Shires === | === Defending the Shires === | ||
[[File:The-Shires-Flattened-Alan-Lathwell.jpg|left|frameless|alt=|252x252px]]From its founding, defence of this new homeland was a major concern for the halflings. No longer able to simply avoid or flee from trouble, they had to be prepared to deal with it head on. The halflings planned for this in two ways: defensive structures and military forces. | [[File:The-Shires-Flattened-Alan-Lathwell.jpg|left|frameless|alt=|252x252px]]From its founding, defence of this new homeland was a major concern for the halflings. No longer able to simply avoid or flee from trouble, they had to be prepared to deal with it head on. The halflings planned for this in two ways: defensive structures and military forces. | ||
