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So, here's something that's been bugging me for a while. Something that comes up quite often in things like rpgs is half-races (half elves, half dwarves, half trolls, half giants... etc). It's usually understood that if not specified, the other half of each of these is human. So, when I see something called a 'Halfling' I always like assume it refers to a being that is half human, half 'ling'. You hear about Halflings a lot, especially by their other name 'Hobbits.' I decided to explore the idea further, and have found the Ling by extracting and exaggerating Halfling traits not shared by Humans.

Notes:
The halfling in the image is how I imagine Bilbo... but dressed as Merry (mainly because I was reading the description of the gifts the fellowship recieve from Lothlorien as I was drawing it).
The Human is about six foot tall. '(Halflings') height is variable, ranging between two and four feet of our measure. They seldom now reach three feet...' This halfling is approximately 3 foot tall, the Ling is 2 foot tall.
Lings have faded from (almost) all memory due to their ability to go almost soundless and unnoticed when 'big folk' are around - Halflings inherited some of this ability from the Lings, although being much smaller the Lings are even better at it.
While many Lings prefer to avoid others not of their kind, they have found some benefits to trade such as being able to aquire goods they'd not be able to make/farm on their own (as far as any livestock goes, they are rather limited to animals they can handle at their size. Small pigs, goats and chickens are the most common.)

Description
So, here's something that's been bugging me for a while. Something that comes up quite often in things like rpgs is half-races (half elves, half dwarves, half trolls, half giants... etc). It's usually understood that if not specified, the other half of each of these is human. So, when I see something called a 'Halfling' I always like assume it refers to a being that is half human, half 'ling'. You hear about Halflings a lot, especially by their other name 'Hobbits.' I decided to explore the idea further, and have found the Ling by extracting and exaggerating Halfling traits not shared by Humans.

Notes:
The halfling in the image is how I imagine Bilbo... but dressed as Merry (mainly because I was reading the description of the gifts the fellowship recieve from Lothlorien as I was drawing it).
The Human is about six foot tall. '(Halflings') height is variable, ranging between two and four feet of our measure. They seldom now reach three feet...' This halfling is approximately 3 foot tall, the Ling is 2 foot tall.
Lings have faded from (almost) all memory due to their ability to go almost soundless and unnoticed when 'big folk' are around - Halflings inherited some of this ability from the Lings, although being much smaller the Lings are even better at it.
While many Lings prefer to avoid others not of their kind, they have found some benefits to trade such as being able to aquire goods they'd not be able to make/farm on their own (as far as any livestock goes, they are rather limited to animals they can handle at their size. Small pigs, goats and chickens are the most common.)