Halfting

Halfting started life as one of the myriad small villages that are scattered across Osterra. Bothering nobody and doing their best to scratch a living out of the wilderness without much support. Unfortunately there are great and terrible powers in the universe who care little for else besides their own power. The dark lord Shagarath sent his followers to take the village. Without any sort of real armed force the villagers were unable to resist the wererats and goblins who invaded.

Eventually a company of Wardens came across the converted village during their explorations of the region. The fight was fierce but the forces of darkness were routed and driven from the land in the ensuing battle. Ever a practical lot, the rangers decided to make use of the unexpected boon they found themselves in possession of. It was not every day an already constructed village fell into one’s hands. 

That early start allowed Halfting to flourish. The already existent infrastructure allowed resources and time that would normally have been put towards building the town to instead be used for other things. Many of the lumberjacks from the surrounding woodlands bring their logs to the town to be processed and sold in the market there. The defenses of the town provide locals and visitors alike with a sense of security. As much from the knowledge that they are under the protection of a greater power as much for the physical defense it would provide in the event of an attack.