People Of Errakor - Ghostwise Halflings
So when trying to see how each of the different races of D&D would fit into the Errakor setting i came upon the Ghostwise Halflings from SCAG. When reading over them I found that they didn’t have a lot of lore nor was I a huge fan of it. So I decide to write a little bit about them and ended up writing a couple paragraphs about how they were created and how their community fits into the setting. So please if you like it or if you have any notes please let me know!
Ghostwise halflings are the rarest of their kin, solely known to come from one community within the Igian Isles, as Ghostwise halflings are descendants of the halflings that lived in the Igian Isles during the Sundering. During the sundering planar barriers were weakened and many planes bled into one another all across the material plane, for those living within the Igian Isles, they were exposed to the Ethereal Plane. Many of the halflings that felt the plane’s exposure found themselves with pained thoughts, migraines and a feeling drawing their minds to the Esterlile island within the Igian Isles. Those who made the journey to the island found a remnant of the Sundering, a large solidified shard of Ethereal energy, that unlocked what revealed to be the people’s burgeoning psychic abilities.
This shard, known as The Guiding Mind, became the center point of a community that grew throughout the years, where the community members dubbed themselves the Ghostwise due to their connection with the Ethereal Plane. An important custom in the life of a Ghostwise is the bond they forge with their communities shard when they reach adulthood (20). Each Ghostwise pushes their psyche into the shard through a ritual where they see visions of the Ethereal Plane, once complete each Ghostwise is given a small piece of the shard to keep and act as a bond to their homeland and community. These pieces are kept on them at all times, and are often incorporated into a piece of jewelry they wear. Their psychic powers and shard fragments can help them to sense their home at any time, allowing them to always know in what direction they’ll find home.
Over the years within the community there have been those who have broken under the strength of their psychic powers, driving them mad and posing significant harm to any others with psychic powers, as their uncontrolled powers can overload or even damage the minds of other psychic creatures. Often called Lost Minds or The Shardless, as they are stripped of their community’s customary shards of the Guiding Mind. These shunned members of the community were later forced to move to the island’s smaller accompanying Island known as Orolita, where they live out there lives separated from the rest of the Ghostwise community, who for which they consider Orolita a dark place of pain and ill omen.