Smallfolk are diminutive humanoids who rely on community and cleverness to survive a world of big threats. These brave people have walked the land for centuries but are largely overlooked in historical accounts, since they are rarely perceived to be a threat by larger peoples, or “bigfolk.”

All smallfolk share a near-supernatural affinity for the earth, and distinct groups of smallfolk are categorized by how they embraced that affinity. One group, gnomes, split off to build communities almost entirely underground. The other group, halflings, remained on the surface to build farming communities. Regardless of where they choose to live, smallfolk possess boundless enthusiasm for improving the world around them. Their ancestral homes are filled with bounteous creature comforts resulting from ingenuity and hard work.

While many smallfolk contentedly live their lives in cozy communities with others of their kind, a seemingly bottomless zest for life drives more adventurous members of this lineage to travel the world or settle in more unusual climes. Smallfolk fit in wherever they go, and troubles seem to roll off their backs magically—qualities that have ensured their success spreading across the world.