These small humanoid people have long since been integrated into the great societies of their larger brethren. In the case of halflings, whose villages and burrows are found throughout the human lands of the old empire, they have for the most part simply taken up the worship of the human gods. However, there is one exception to this, only a single halfling deity has survived intact to the present day; Rallo. It is unknown whether Rallo was always a god, or if he represents an ancient halfling culture hero but one thing is clear, Rallo represents the epitome of all of the virtues that halflings most admire. He is a sensible being who enjoys nothing more than the comfort of a warm safe burrow and a good meal. However, when the situation calls, Rallo has been known to perform great feats and is renowned for his ability to out-think his opponents. Given the lack of physical prowess, it is very important for both a halfling and a halfling god be sly, and a fiendish sense of humor is another trait that marks Rallo as a true halfling.
Gnomes are a slightly larger people that lived originally in the foothills of the great mountain ranges. It was long before the emergence of mankind that they met and befriended the ancient dwarves. Although they live in separate communities for the most part, gnomes are not uncommon in dwarven holds and vice versa. Unlike halflings, gnomes never took to worshiping the gods of their benefactors and in fact, if gnomes ever worshiped that has long since changed. Unlike any other people gnomes are rational beings by nature and inclination and do not expend effort in trying to placate the fickle supernatural egos of the divine entities. Instead the gnomes look to better understand the world in the most complete way possible. Because of this gnomish technology is far in advance of any of the other people of the world, but due to their distate for large populations this technology is not disseminated efficiently and most gnomish devices are merely prototypes.
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