Halflings

Appearance
short creatures, Halflings resemble their dwarven ancestors but are perhaps even shorter, topping out at three feet six inches, & topping off at some sixty pounds, but most are even shorter than that, however for reasons unknown while they have their dwarven ancestors' short stature, for reasons unknown they are slimmer than dwarves (perhaps due to their human ancestry) as well, quite shamefully for their dwarven parents, a halfling can not grow a beard no matter how hard they try. As for garb in their daily wear halflings will almost always wear what humans wear, that being the tunic & leggings for males & long dresses for women, however unlike humans halflings prefer not to wear shoes.

Noteworthy Factions
although they are common in both dwarf & human islands, halflings control the city of Aria on the iron island of Esterre, but beyond their holdings their few outright halfling cities exist with most halflings living in the suburbs of the cities of their parent races..

History
the descendants of dwarves & humans intermingling halfling origins date back to as long as their two-parent species first met. However through the ages both of their parent race’s opinions of their offspring have swung back & forth from favour to disfavour to favour once more depending on whom is in charge at the time, for example it is very unlikely that the Cidel Empire could have ever come into being if the Dawon empire hadn’t mistreated its halfing subjects as it was Praetor Jandak of the dawon legions who pledged his support to his fellow Praetor Cidel in order to give a better life for his halfling children, that enabled Cidel to get the army he needed to begin launching wars against the Dawon Empire. However in more modern days halfling linages rarely hold noble titles for long & most commonly halflings find themselves amongst the lower classes of society.

Culture
all though they can bred true with other halflings & so create new halflings with one another, the halflings are still a people without their own culture, meaning that a halfling almost always is born & raised within either human or dwarven society, however that doesn't mean that they don't have some culture of their own, as due to perhaps some baked in genetic quirk of their dwarven ancestors, a halfling if given the choice will build their home into the side of a low hill.

Favoured classes:
although halflings rarely go on adventures, if they do they are most often bards, clerics, or wizards but other classes do exist based on the temperment of the individual halfing..