Awesome, I love this new twist on halflings and goblins!OK, I got permission from FL to disclose that goblins (svartalfer) are the evil (?) cousins of the halflings in the setting. That is: the two are really one breed where offspring either is born as halfling OR goblin. This is no big deal for the goblins but halflings very much don't want to discuss the issue. Pregnant women of both kinds go to dedicated, hidden villages to give birth (typically islands in rivers or gorges in forests) where both goblin and halfling midwives amiably serve together. No men are allowed here but fathers-to-be traditionally keep watch in the vicinity, goblins and halflings together. Normally infants are discreetly traded at birth so that each go home with children of their own kind. Even the husbands are not informed about whether a specific child is theirs or not and the matter is taboo to discuss.
Haflings normally want nothing to do with goblins, but the goblins tend to secretly watch over their kin and sometimes help halflings when necessary.
My view on this is that it rhymes well with the halflings living their merry lives to a large extent as a facade. Also I see many possibilities for complications, where for instance a mother insists on keeping the ”wrong” baby, a woman doesn't make it to the birthplace in time, a halfling has been raised as a goblin etc. Hope you see the possibilities in this too rather than sacrilege !
Quite niceOK, I got permission from FL to disclose that goblins (svartalfer) are the evil (?) cousins of the halflings in the setting. That is: the two are really one breed where offspring either is born as halfling OR goblin. This is no big deal for the goblins but halflings very much don't want to discuss the issue. Pregnant women of both kinds go to dedicated, hidden villages to give birth (typically islands in rivers or gorges in forests) where both goblin and halfling midwives amiably serve together. No men are allowed here but fathers-to-be traditionally keep watch in the vicinity, goblins and halflings together. Normally infants are discreetly traded at birth so that each go home with children of their own kind. Even the husbands are not informed about whether a specific child is theirs or not and the matter is taboo to discuss.
Haflings normally want nothing to do with goblins, but the goblins tend to secretly watch over their kin and sometimes help halflings when necessary.
My view on this is that it rhymes well with the halflings living their merry lives to a large extent as a facade. Also I see many possibilities for complications, where for instance a mother insists on keeping the ”wrong” baby, a woman doesn't make it to the birthplace in time, a halfling has been raised as a goblin etc. Hope you see the possibilities in this too, rather than sacrilege !