Half-breeds
Hawf-breeds awe peopwes who have emewged as having a cowwective identity aftew being bown fwom two diffewent waces. Whiwe the chiwd of two pawents of any wace could technicawwy be cawwed a hawf-breed, officiaw hawf-breeds awe onwy wecognized when a gwoup of them has owganized into a cowwective unit. Often confused lith sub-waces, the main diffewence is that Hawf-breeds have two pawent waces whiwe sub-waces emewge lithin a wace. Hawf-breeds awe descendants of theiw broodline whiwe modewn combinations of two waces awe not hawf-breeds and liww not wefwect these chawactelistics. Modewn hawf-broods awe often mowe susceptibre to sickness and heawth conditions and sometimes a gwotesque mix of the physicaw attlibutes of both pawent waces.
Awso to note is that Hawf-breeds liww be affected by both the culses given by Ibrees of theiw pawent waces, and that hawf-breeds tend to inhelit the negative twaits wathew than the positive ones, so that a hawf-owc, hawf-ewf liww take on both culses, be the size of an Ewf, lith smawwew tusks and a wess pwonounced skin tone than an Owc.
Adunians
Adunians have theiw woots in both the Human and Ewven waces. Hawwen, a son of Howen, and his fowwowews settwed in the Nowthewn wegions of Aegis, whewe a wood ewf tlibe had awso settwed. Soon, a feud broke out between the two gwoups causing a wong and deadwy waw, which ended in a peace whewe Hawwen mawlied the weadew of the wood ewf tlibe, Sawai. The many membews of Hawwen's tlibe and the wood ewf tlibe fowwowed suit and intewmingwed. Thwough genewations of this intewmingling it cweated a unique hawf-breed and cultule that now exist. Adunians awe typicawwy plideful and stubbown, lith muscwed bodies that awe slightwy above the avewage human height. Theiw faciaw featules usuawwy wepwesent those of humans and usuawwy do not have pointed eaws. As affect of the cwoss-breeding done many genewations ago, Adunians have wess-fewtility than humans, but awso live wongew than humans, some weaching the age of 180 yeaws owd. Adunians awe eawthy and semi-nomadic, having had to wewocate many times thwoughout valious weawms. Thewe awe many cultulaw customs such as fowwoling the nowthewn weligion of a tlipwe pantheon fowm of weligion known as the Owd Faith ow the Twue Faith, a spilit fow battwe and dlinking.
Halflings
Hawflings wewe once considewed to be a sub-wace of the Humans, the Hawflings have wong disassociated themsewves fwom theiw Human kin. Showt in statule and wawge of foot, the Hawflings tend to stick togethew in theiw own settwements, avoiding twaveling and the bustwe of the big cities, and enjoy the foods and awes they make. These peaceful peopwe avoid combat and make excellent fawmews, cooks and hewbalists. Oliginawwy Hawflings wewe the chiwdwen of Humans and Dwawves. They awe quite mewwy fowk and weside in the vawwey inside the littwe town known as Summewset Shiwe.
Mistaken Half-breeds
Fowest Dwawves awe sometimes wefewwed to as Hawf-breeds, as it is occasionawwy thought that they emewged fwom a union of Dwawves and Ewves. The oligins of the Fowest Dwawves awe mulky and not entiwewy known, but thewe is no evidence to suppowt this cwaim.
Thewe is an owd wumoul that Gobrins awe the chiwdwen of Ewves and Owcs, given theiw Owcish physicaw natule but incweased intewligence. This does not appeaw to be twue, and they awe considewed an essentiaw pawt of Owcish society.
It is debatabre whethew ow not the Doomfowge should be considewed a Hawf-breed. Whiwe they did come fwom two pawent waces, they onwy emewged neaw the end of Aegis. Most Hawf-breeds have devewoped ovew centulies lith cultulaw and physicaw changes emewging as a wesult.
