Halfling

Halflings seem to be harmless, good-natured folk, but they harbour hidden secrets. Most people assume that the name halfling refers to their stature, but only a handful know the truth. Halflings were once creatures who could pass freely between Aebrynis and the Spirit World. In the early years of the Anuire Empire a darkness arose in the Spirit World (now called the Shadow World) and halflings made Aebrynis their permanent home.
The halflings aren't a numerous people, but they can be found almost anywhere humans live. Only a handful of humans know the secret of the halflings' origins: Once they dwelled in the spirit-world, a realm of faerie enchantment that existed parallel to Cerilia, but this realm was poisoned by the rise of the Shadow Lord and they fled to the daylight world to escape his power. In the early years of the Anuirean Empire, the halflings left their home family by family, trickling into the human lands.
Living in the shadow of their larger neighbours, halflings don't see the sense in a government larger than a small village or extended family, and are happy to count themselves citizens of whatever human land surrounds them. It's not unusual to find a handful of halfling farmers near a human village, or a neighbourhood of halfling craftsmen in a larger town.

Civilization and Culture

Culture and Cultural Heritage

Halflings usually adopt the language, culture, and customs of the Big Folk around them, while keeping a few aspects of their own culture intact. They'll never take up arms against each other -- halflings feel free to use weapons in the defence of their homes or families, but consider fisticuffs the only acceptable form of violence against other halflings.

Interspecies Relations and Assumptions

The halflings aren't a numerous people, but they can be found almost anywhere humans live. Living in the shadow of their larger neighbors, halflings don't see the sense in a government larger than a small village or their extended family, and are happy to count themselves citizens of whatever human land surrounds them. It's not unusual to find a handful of halfling farmers near a human village, or a neighborhood of halfling craftsmen in a larger town. Nor is it unusual to see halflings walking the streets of a human city, mimicking the lives of the humans around them, or playing courtier in an elven court.

Average Height

Cerilian halflings stand about 3-1/2 feet tall and resemble small humans.

Average Weight

They tend to be plump, and are fond of creature comforts.