Talenta Plains

The halflings of the Talenta Plains have no cities and no industrialized magic, but they do have dinosaurs. The halflings domesticated the dinosaurs of the plains and use these creatures as mounts, livestock, and beasts of burden. A sacred bond exists between a hunter and mount, and few people are prepared to face a raging halfling barbarian riding a furious clawfoot raptor.
Talenta religion reveres spirits, both departed ancestors and natural spirits. Each tribe has a lath - a chieftain who guides the tribe - and shamans who consult the spirits and choose the paths of migration.
In the past, the tribes stood alone, but during the Last War, many halflings came together under Lathon Halpum to defend their land. Halpum won recognition for the Plains as one of the Thronehold nations, though it's still unclear what this means beyond increasing passage between the Plains and the outside world. 

Notes from the Khorvaire Travel Guide

• House Ghallanda and House jorasco both originated in the Talenta Plains. The dragonmarked bloodlines appear throughout the tribes, though there are still dragonmarked halflings who do not work for the houses.
• The Talentan reverence for spirits derives from the fact that a variety of spirits haunt the Plains. The region contains an unusual number of manifest zones tied to Dolurrh and Thelanis. Ghosts are more likely to linger in such places, and minor fey are scattered across the Plains.
• Stories tell of ancient ruins that date back to the first age of the world and of a vast graveyard holding the bones of dragons.

Cities and Sites

The Talenta Plains have been described as an ocean of grasslands. The nomadic halfiings have little interest in building towns; most shelter in the Talenta Plains is temporary. Halfiings shun the ruins scattered across the Plains, believing them to be haunted by fiends.
Gatherhold All the halfiing tribes come to Gatherhold to trade, hold councils, and settle disputes. House Ghallanda maintains the town, but Gatherhold belongs to the people, not the houses. Other dragonmarked houses offer their services here as well. The town is on the shore of Lake Cyre, and once people came by boat through Cyre; now the Mourning has cut off that passage.
The Wandering Inn This caravan maintained by members of House Ghallanda is a traveling fair, providing entertainment and shelter to any fortunate enough to cross its path. When times are dark and travelers are weary, one can always hope that the Wandering Inn is just beyond the horizon.

History

The halfling tribes joined together to defend themselves from outsiders, and the Talenta Plains were recognized as a nation under the Treaty of Thronehold. Now that the war is over, most of the tribes have returned to their hunting grounds and ancient traditions. They united to defend their way of life, and now they wish to enjoy it.
But the halflings don't yet know if it's possible to return to the previous ways. More foreigners visit the Plains than at any time in the past. Settlers and merchants cross the Plains as they make their way to Q'barra, and they clash with Q'barran bandits. The Valenar elves ride through the Plains in search of adventure. Monsters emerge from the Mournland. Dragonmarked houses seek to expand their role at Gatherhold and to explore the untapped resources of the Plains.
The halflings have no interest in change, but it might be inevitable. Lathon Halpum believes that if the tribes can work together, they could become a nation of nations, but others aggressively oppose such a path. Holy Uldra is a powerful shaman and the leader of her own tribe. She urges halfiing warriors to join together for a single purpose: to drive all outsiders from the Plains and to maintain the ancient traditions. The halflings must decide whether the tribes will choose the path of peace or return to war.

Capital: Gatherhold 
Hallmarks: Dinosaurs, halflings, livestock
Extracts from Gulliver's travels: My Years in the Plains on the Talenta people

• Wild Warriors and Tricksters. The Telenta people are born in the wild and it is either by wits or weapons weapons that they have
• survive. Talenta warriors are often barbarians or rangers, relying on speed and skill, but both bardic and druidic magics are strong in the tribes so even an unarmed member can fend for themselves.
• Surrounded by Spirits. Fey, fiends, and the ghosts of ancestors, these are all part of the spirit world, and they're all around you in the Talenta Plains.
• Dinosaurs. Talenta halflings have a close bond to their  dinosaur companions. Even in death they believe their mount's spirit stays with them.

Demonym

Talentan