Editing Halfings (section)

===Elsewhere===

In the former Uruk lands of the North slavery is now strictly illegal, as is capture of escaped slaves from the Uruk lands. Few owners bother to track their slaves once they make it beyond the boundaries of Empire, though some particularly cruel or particularly wealthy and powerful will do so.

As small people in a hostile world of giants, Halflings usually prefer to find ways to work with the humans rather than risk fighting. Halfling servants, secretaries, and craftsmen are popular throughout the human Northlands, and often command exceptional wages. However resentment between the peoples does occasionally break into violence, and the Halflings usually suffer the worst of it.

Beyond the mountains Halflings are rare in the extreme, but not subject to the same historical prejudice. While living in those lands means relinquishing the deeply supportive community of kinsmen (and after the violent diaspora all Halflings recognize each other as kinsmen), for some the promise of life without constant threat of violence is more than enough reason to travel to new and unfamiliar lands.