Halflings 1

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It is thought that the halflings first appeared in Brimdenn at the same time as the early human settlers - travelling alongside those men that journeyed from Gárdor in the east. Indeed, it is said that in those lands the little folk had lived alongside men for many years, and it was likewise in Brimdenn for a time. Though as time passed, the halflings came to desire a land of their own - and so it was that Hál Tilbold led a good many of his folk into the land northeast of the elven woods, and with the permission of the wood-elf king, founded a small village on the southern bank of the Goodwine River.

This village was named Tilford, after Hál himself - and also because it stood at the southernmost fords of the river itself. Since that time the village has grown into a small town, and during its early years many other halflings made their way thither to swell its population.

And so it is that the halfling lands have grown to encompass all of the Goodwine valley northeast of the elven wood, and it is named Lîtel-wîc by the people that dwell there. Yet other folk, in addition to the halflings, have been known to make their home there from time to time (though never in great numbers), and of these the gnomes are the most common.

Though it would also be true to say that, of all the people of Brimdenn, the halflings have ever been the most numerous non-human folk found in the towns and cities of men. And though their numbers might not be so great the further one travels from Lîtel-wîc, it is still a fairly common sight to see one of the little folk in many of the settlements in that region that men call Middlond.