Tilfolk

Demonym: Tilfolk
 
The clever and innovative Tilfolk are an agricultural group of people, made up mostly of halflings. Many of these folk have spent their entire lives devoted to learning about their crops and the soil and the weather and climates to best generate food and a good harvest. 
==== Politics ====
Til Kingdom, similar to a constitutional monarchy, is its name officially, called so more by the Halflings themselves. It covers much of Til forest and the surrounding areas, with Borfort - a city along the Luin River - as its Citadel. 
==== Agriculture ====
Halflings in general are behind many ingenious inventions of the age such as the scythe and the yoke. "The Tilfolk," as they are more generally known, however, are specifically the people primarily responsible for these such inventions: 
* The hand plow and eventual horse-drawn plow 
* Crop rotation 
* Effective irrigation 
* New ways to maximize livestock care: trimming sheep's tails to prevent infection, avoidance of feeding meat to pigs, etc. 
Tilfolk are primarily agricultural, but because of their skill at providing food and crops, their community is one of the healthiest and least disease-ridden communities of individuals in Merethyl. 
==== History ====
Some Halflings fleeing the conflicts in Leira in the mid 4th Century sailed northward from Leira's eastern coast and, upon seeing the delta of the Luin River, decided to travel inland. The Halflings settled the area of Til Forest and the surrounding lands and began farming. The Tilfolk soon began to note the good earth upon which they planted (in part to a comparison to the soil of Leira) and began to focus on farming as a means, of course, of survival. However, other travelers found the practices of the Tilfolk in agriculture to be of great worth and crops soon began to be the main source of revenue, and Borfort became a large hub of trade and sale along the Luin River.
==== Holidays ====
The Day of Offering: The Tilfolk celebrate the coming of the spring rains with a day of offerings to the Gods. Held on the last day of the fourth week of Rolen, it involves a great feast of the offered animals. Each God and temple has different requirements of offerings, but most are animal and are able to be eaten as part of the celebratory feast.
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