Briar Halflings

Briar Halflings are a race of small humanoids from Jisrima. They are one of a variety of tiny people, all from this region. Much of their population was scattered to the winds after the Treaty of Jisrima was written. The Briar halflings are those that left with the Tajul halflings but eventually settled in the Yojeo Steppe in the hills along the Yojeo River. They are still nomadic, but maintain a simple migration from Sakegawa, Okura, Hahoe, Tamari, Yojeo, Akaigawa, and back to Sakegawa. They have developed a deep sense of understanding the natural world, and learned from Midori Elf communities that dwell there. 
Ability Score Increase: Your Dexterity score increases by 2 and your wisdom score increases by 1.
Age: A halfling reaches adulthood at the age of 20 and generally lives into the middle of his or her second century.
Size: Halflings average about 3 feet tall and weigh about 40 pounds. Your size is small.
Speed: Your base walking speed is 25 feet.
Lucky: When you roll a 1 on an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can reroll the die. You must use the new result, even if it is a 1.
Brave: You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.
Nimble: You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours.
Children of the Woods: You know the Druidcraft Cantrip. At 3rd level, you can cast the Entangle spell once per long rest. At 5th level, you can cast Spike Growth spell once per long rest. These spells don't require the material components normally required. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
Timberwalk: Ability checks made to track you are at disadvantage and you can move through difficult terrain made of non-magical plants and overgrowth without expending extra movement.
Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common and Halfling.

Naming Traditions

Other names

Briar Halflings typically have 3 names. The first name is their given name, given to them during their birth or naming ceremony. The second name is the given name of their father with the suffix "bin" or "bint" meaning "son of" or "daughter of." The third name is the given name of their mother, also with the suffix of "bin" or "bint." For example, a halfling may be named Arumo Laricbin Isaribin.

Culture

Culture and cultural heritage

Many halflings have a culture of politeness, respect, propriety, and tradition. They are fiercely proud of their homes, regardless of what style it might be, and can make anyone who is welcome inside feel comfortable. They would never try and disrespect anyone, and are content to live in their private communities away from excitement and drama. Even Briar halflings enjoy a simple migratory life helping those that they can and trading with local communities.

Common Etiquette rules

Halflings in general have a strong sense of etiquette and it is easy to offend or be considered rude by a halfling, though they would never call you out on such manners. This can be as simple as waiting till everyone is seated before eating, keeping all non food items off the table (such as weapons or keys), respecting your elders, being punctual, not stopping by places uninvited, never touch another halflings pipe, no discussion of politics, money or religion at a table or public setting, wallways bring baked goods when visiting someone, using proper titles such as "master," etc. Even briar halflings have a sense of wagon etiquette like taking off your shoes, never sitting on another's bed, and never speaking ill of another while around a cookfire (as it will spoil the meal).

Common Dress code

Biar halflings have similar styles as shujae halflings, with vests, head scarves or hats, and embroidered clothing. However, Briar halflings favor bright rich earthy colors, decorative sashes, flowing blouses, and consider jackets only necessary for particularly formal situations. They also favor the use of bone jewelry, and feathered accents, adapting styles of the midori elves.

Art & Architecture

Halflings live in Bow top cottage shaped wagons with large wheels pulled by large terrestrial birds known as doas, which tend to be docile and intelligent birds capable of gliding short distances. These wagons are highly decorated, personalized brightly painted, and mastercrafted works of art. They have large wheels, wooden frames, and front facing doors. Most can comfortably house a human, let alone a halfling family. Additionally, everything within the halfling's wagon tends to be masterfully crafted and beautiful, from porcelain painted dishes, bright colored silk fabrics, to gold trimmed curtains.

Common Customs, traditions and rituals

Even biar halflings have rich food cultures as they travel, with a variety of rich flavors. Some are so well known in their standard migrations that they will open up small cafes around their wagons with good food, good beers, imported wines. Briar halflings even have mobile gardens and fresh foods that they carry with them in uncovered wagons, allowing them to set up regular produce stands.

Birth & Baptismal Rites

Halflings will typically have a "name day" ceremony where people bring foods for a potluck style picnic. This is usually around the child is 1 year of age, when the parents have grown to like a specific name for the child. The name day ceremony is typically also the child's first birthday where the name is officially transcribed in family and community documents.

Coming of Age Rites

Halflings will typically host a 20th birthday party for themselves which is a community potluck, often accompanied by music and a lot of beer. Their ability to host and plan such an event is often a cause for great scrutiny, and says a great deal about how well they were raised in halfling culture. After this birthday, they are typically considered adults. This is when many briar halflings will begin building their own wagons or accents to put together when married.

Funerary and Memorial customs

like tajul halflings, briar halflings cremate their dead more often than not. Spouses and parents to unmarried children who have passed will often keep the ashes in decorative urns in their wagons. If the person that died is the last living member of the wagon (meaning the children have made their own) and they do not have a living spouse, then the person will often be burned in the wagon, with goods and items being distributed to existing relatives or the community. Ashes of spouses or unmarried children are often put together, with the home, and buried somewhere along the road. They do this to make sure that even in death, the entire family can come together within their home, which is considered extremely personal. Of course remaining metal pieces may be scavenged or removed before hand and given away with the rest of the items. A halflings wagon must never be sold and is extremely personal.

Ideals

Beauty Ideals

Briar halflings favor curves with round bellies for men and wide hips for women. This is seen as fertal, and a connection with the arth. They also favor thick eyebrows, large feet, and well made clothes of earthy tones and jewelry made of bones or beads.

Gender Ideals

Women are typically seen as more delicate and excel in feats of the arts, such as music, dancing, and crafting. Men are expected to provide for the caravan typically in trading, haggling and selling crafted goods, acting as repair men, and occasionally completing small bounties. Women typically do not leave the caravan and tend to children, cookfires, and occasionally hosting craft and trade stands for selling goods. Additionally, men tend to be more spiritual leaders, as druids, shamans, or rangers while women are the keepers of the oral history.

Courtship Ideals

like Tajul Halflings, briar halflings have a more relaxed idea of dating and marriage, typically having unchaperoned dates and sexual relations before eventual handfasting ceremonies. They still tend to be monogamous life long marriages, but the relaxed style of dating has led them to have an unfavorable reputation among the Shujae halflings. After two halflings come together, they will often build their own wagon, decorating it and personalizing it to their own desires.