Halflings
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| Setting: | Age of Fantasy | |
| Games: | Age of Fantasy, Age of Fantasy: Skirmish, Age of Fantasy: Regiments | |
| Species: | Halfling | |
| Version: | v3.4.1 | |
Halflings are short humans, smaller than your typical Dwarf. They lack the heavy weaponry of some species, instead relying on inventive uses of technology, animals, and pacts made with spirits and golems.
Halflings are a people torn between two lives that now struggle to reconcile them. They were driven from their idyllic farmland homes by marauding Giant, and after generations of conflict and struggle, they have made their way back to their ancient homeland. Yet now, many Halflings find themselves at odds with their old traditions, preferring instead to pursue their ancient grudge against the Giants.
Background Story
Halflings originally resided in the western steppes, where their clans built villages and farmed in peace for many centuries. This changed when Giants began to appear, marauding through their homeland. The Giants ate any livestock, grain, and Halflings they encountered along the way, taking little note of any resistance the villages could muster. Without any means to defend themselves, the Halflings evacuated their homelands, fleeing through a hidden Voidgate. They hoped to return once the danger had passed, only to discover that the Giants had destroyed the gate, preventing them from returning home.
The Halfings arrived in a land of rocky hills and bogs, ill suited to the sort of farming that had once been their way of life. They grew what little the land would allow them, farming mushrooms and resilient plants, while hunting and fishing to make up the rest. They struggled to survive during these difficult times, and many died of starvation and cold.
The Halflings encountered Havoc’s influence in the North before most, and without anywhere left to escape to, the Halflings fought to defend their new home, adapting their old farming equipment and animals to war. Their army proved versatile and adaptable, despite their ragtag appearance. While many Halflings would die during the war, those who survived became skilled warriors, specializing in combat against larger foes.
Once the Havoc Wars ended, many Halfling veterans decided to go south and seek revenge on the Giants. They marched through the lands which Havoc had destroyed until they arrived in their old homeland. The tribe of Giants who had destroyed their home had long moved on and perhaps even died out, but the Halflings still sought out and fought with any other Giants that they could find. Secure in their old homeland, the veteran Halflings rebuilt the old Voidgate. The eldest Halfling recognized their ruined homes, but few still wished to return. Most Halflings now remain in their new Northern home, only returning to the home countries in order to hunt Giants.
The return of Havoc gives the Halflings another ancestral foe to prove themselves against. Many Halfling clans still hold grudges for ancestors killed during the Havoc Wars, and are eager to prove their skills against them.
How will you settle your ancestral grudges?
Play Style
If you thought Goblins are a horde army, you have not seen the Halflings yet. You will have tons of units, low quality and they are all slow. Sadly, there is no hero buff to fully mitigate this. So get used to slowly crawl over the field, while your enemy takes shots at you. But once you either reach the enemy or a objective, you can just crowd the space.
See Also:
Similar To
- Warhammer Fantasy: The Empire - Halfings
- Kings of War: League of Rhordia
Miniatures
There are no offical OPR models yet. Look out for a lot of small humanoids and you will need a lot of them. Add some golems, trolls, harvesting machines and small zeppelins and you should have everything you need.
See Also: Halflings Miniatures
See Also
- Halflings Tactics
- Halflings Skirmish Tactics
- Halflings Miniatures
- Halflings Quickplay Armies
- Halflings Skirmish Quickplay Armies
- Age of Fantasy
- Age of Fantasy: Regiments
- Age of Fantasy: Skirmish
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