Hobbits

Hobbits are a people smaller than Men.

Characteristics
They are around 3 feet in height, less stocky than Dwarves. They grow no beard, and their feet are covered in thick hair.

Τhey prosper in the Shire, living in their traditional Smials (holes looking out of the hillside, while the store rooms deep inside the cool earth). They love food, eating four meals a day, and snacks inbetween. They tend their lands and enjoy complicated genealogies, drinking ale and smoking pipeweed with their pipe. They introduced the habit to Wizards and Dunedain Kings.

They are peaceful and dislike violence or adventures, though when forced, they are very strong-willed, sturdy creatures.

They have a talent in stealth, hiding and moving quietly, making some think that they use magic. They enter combat only when they have armor or magic weapons.

History
Their origin is unknown but they existed several millennia before they were known. They were living in the vales of Anduin where Gollum found the One Ring. Hobbits travelled across Middle-earth at the beginning of the Third Age.

They live in the Shire and Bree.

Their main enemies are wolves from the Old Forest that harassed the Shire one foul winter. They sent archers to the battle of Fornost.

Hobbits entered history when Bilbo Baggins helped Thorin Oakenshield reclaim Erebor, when he found the One Ring. They are useful and important to the overall quest of the Fellowship of the Ring.