Category:Halflings

The Halflings (S."Periannath") or Holbytlas (Rh."Hole-Dwellers") are a race closely related to Men and technically counting as Hildor (in the sense of "mortals" as unlike Elves or Dwarves).

The Halflings originally consisted of three different Tribes, the Fallohides, Stoors and Hoarfoots.

Those Halflings who moved into the shire and Breeland}} called themselves [[Hobbits.Those wild tribes living outside the shire were known as "Outsiders" and "Wild Hobbits" to them.

Outsiders were known to have lived in Rhudaur and along the borders of Dunland.

MERP
There are colonies of Outsiders in the Angle of Rhudaur in the village Reedhaven, another Group still lives in the Loeg Ningloron and is known as the River-Folk.Both groups are descendants of the Stoors.

LOTRO
One small group of Outsiders resides in the Ettenmoors of Rhudaur, along river Hoarwell in a village called Hoarhallow.Another Group lives in a village called Maur Tulhau in the Gloomglens of Enedhwaith, near the border of Dunland.