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Dreams of the Earth

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	Though rarely expressed in their culture, Halflings have an affinity for natural magic. This affinity is not remarkable for halflings that become students of [[Ars Magica]], but occasionally a halfling becomes aware of the [[Secrets of Nature]] or similar schools of magic and finds they have a gift for the ability.		Though rarely expressed in their culture, Halflings have an affinity for natural magic. This affinity is not remarkable for halflings that become students of [[Ars Magica]], but occasionally a halfling becomes aware of the [[Secrets of Nature]] or similar schools of magic and finds they have a gift for the ability.

			Halflings closeness to the earth and their surroundings gives them a fundamental sense of the best ways to defend themselves in that terrain by becoming hidden.

	=== Fae Moods ===		=== Fae Moods ===

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+The '''Halflings''' are a and short-lived race of short, intelligent humanoids who were created by the [[Great Fae]] out of the dreams of pastoral humanity. In their ancient history, the halflings were once a pastoralist culture similar in lifestyle and migration to the [[Orcs]] of the [[Lordless Lands]], though they were endemic to the much different [[Hearthlands]]. While this nomadic lifestyle has fallen out of their culture, they nonetheless remain physically suited to adventure, being sturdily-built for their size and possessing both talents and physical features that are useful for the adventurer. To [[human]] eyes they often appear small or childlike, but Halflings are just as mature as any other race by their adulthood.
-The halflings are a small race of humanoids whose species and culture were created whole-cloth through the intervention of the Oldest of Fae, who make up one of the two primary populations of the [[Hearthlands]].
+== Origin ==
-Smaller than humans or elves, they are culturally affiliated with good, quiet, gentle living, and were created originally as exemplars of this ideal - indirectly, as an expression of the collective desire for these things of all sentient life on [[Ahren]].
+== Culture ==
-They are themselves a progenitor race - the first [[Gnomes]] were sired by the fae through the Halflings.
+Halfling culture went through a change within about three generations from nomadic to rural-sedentary lifestyles beginning in [[128 Age of Elvish Springtime]], when their leaders signed the [[Treaty of Hall Hill]], formalizing the existence of the [[Hearthlands]] as a protectorate of the [[Atarlie Empire]]. The treaty had the consequence of reducing the Halflings' range, which lead to the adoption of more sedentary and beureaucratic living conditions. Some element of the Halfling propensity for the road has survived on in the [[Civil Service]], especially the [[Bounder Service]].

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The halflings are a small race of humanoids whose species and culture were created whole-cloth through the intervention of the Oldest of Fae, who make up one of the two primary populations of the [[Hearthlands]].

Smaller than humans or elves, they are culturally affiliated with good, quiet, gentle living, and were created originally as exemplars of this ideal - indirectly, as an expression of the collective desire for these things of all sentient life on [[Ahren]].

They are themselves a progenitor race - the first [[Gnomes]] were sired by the fae through the Halflings.

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