Lightfoot Halfling

Lightfoot or Hairfoot as some may call them, are the most common of halflings.

Basic Information

Biological Traits

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Hairfeet are slightly stockier in build than is typical for humankind. They rarely wear shoes (only in bad weather and bitter cold) and can be easily distinguished by the thick patches of hair growing atop each foot. They have no facial hair (besides eyebrows and eyelashes, of course).

Growth Rate & Stages

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Full adulthood is gernally recognized at about 25 years of age.

Ecology and Habitats

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Hairfeet are only moderately industrious, but they tend to make up in talent for what they lack in drive. A Hairfoot farmer may tend a small plot in the morning, for example, and spend the afternoon lying in the shadeyet his or her irrigation ditch will be so cleverlyaligned that his or her field yields a crop equal to that of a much larger human tended farm. A Hairfoot woven tunic will have a finer weave and be less scratchy than a similar human product, thus fetching a considerably higher price.

Habitat

A Hairfoot's preferred type of house is the combined above and below ground burrow. The upper portion is almost always woodframed, with several doors and windows and a bright, airy feel though the ceilings are typically no more than 5' above the floors. The lower portion will contain the fireplace and several small, cozy rooms.
Lacking the time, property, or means to build a traditional home, however, a Hairfoot will cheerfully occupy a human house, a sheltered cave, or even a shack or tent. Wherever he or she lives, a Hairfoot will find a place to have a fire and gather for social conversation.

Civilization and Culture

Common Dress Code

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They wear brightly-colored, comfortable clothes, such as trousers and shirts or dresses, with a vest, jacket, hat, sash or bonnet added as flourish.

Interspecies Relations and Assumptions

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Hairfeet are the halflings most closely integrated into human society. They will work for human employers or hire human laborers, and many a Hairfoot merchant has made his or her fortune by appealing to the human elite of a city's population. While they will dwell in buildings in human neighborhoods, Hairfeet do prefer to live among others of their own race ( though not necessarily their own subrace) when this is possible.

Genetic Ancestor(s)

• Halfling

Lifespan

100 years, though a few patriarch and matriarchs have reed ages of 140 and beyond.

Average Height

3' feet in height

Body Tint, Colouring and Marking

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Their complexions run the gamut from pale to very dark, with hair color correspondingly blond to black and eyes that are brown or hazel.