The burrows of the Halflings are, like the Halflings themselves, stuck halfway between the abodes of men and Elves. Halflings speak Anglish. They are experts at sausage-making, beer-brewing, and relaxation. Their lifespan more closely resembles that of humans, but their slow-moving lifestyle that of Elves. Their soups take days to ripen, their pipes hours to empty.
- Erventon: Climate
- Erventon is nestled in a large valley in the Great Mountains, and their climate is warmer and more comfortable than the surrounding areas. This facilitates their abundant crops, which in turn facilitates their easy-going lifestyle.
- Erventon: Language
- The Halflings speak a dialect of Anglish, though with sprinklings of Celtic throughout. The Halflings of Outer Erventon will also often know Celtic, as they must speak it with the traders.
- Erventon: Time
- The Halflings love their celebrations. The first day of the Pipe is a feast day, and the best of the smokeweed is saved for this day. The first of the Tea Cup, the Juggler, and the Plate are also feast days, and there is a planting feast sometime in March depending on the whims of the weather. The month of the Hero’s Feast is strewn with special meals and gatherings, some of which are made up at will, others of which last through the years.
- Crops and Herds
- Erventon’s greatest, and for the most part only, export is their tobacco. They grow wheat, barley, rye, and smokeweed in the summer. They grow potatoes, tomatoes, herbs, garlic, and onion throughout the spring, summer, and autumn, as well as other vegetables such as turnips, carrots, lettuce, and cabbage.
- Dragon’s Wine
- Halflings drink both beer and wine. Those Halflings who live in holes will store wine for special occasions. Some also enjoy a special high-alcohol wine, similar to port wine, during the month of the Dragon. They enhance the alcohol content of this wine by heating wine in lamb and cow bladders. This draws the water out, leaving a highly-flavored alcohol behind.
- Erventon: Trade
- Known throughout Highland as northweed, Erventon’s smokeweed is traded through Celtic traders to merchants in Fartown and Weaving. Tobacco became popularized, if not popular, throughout West Highland during the Goblin Wars and has since spread all the way to Crosspoint, and from there to Great Bend.
- Erventon: Religion
- The Halflings worship three nature gods, Deirdre, Erin a’Dale, and Glen of the Green.
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