Aspen Leaf Shire

One of the primary hobbit settlements on the border of Camberle.  Aspen Leaf Shire likes to use copper colored tunics with a white bordered aspen leaf pattern.

The shire is named for the prevalence of aspen and apple groves that the shire uses to make intricate woodcraft, raise ponies for light tasks and war pigs for battle and defense. The pig riders share a little camaraderie with the Dwarves of the First Mountain who also raise war hogs but are often chided for the smaller size compared with the dwarves' larger sized and more more surly mounts to match their heavier and more grizzled riders.  The tables often get turned when the halfling pig riders use the faster and more dexterous mounts to get better positioning on the field of battle.

The Dwarves of the Asyr Mountain almost exclusively use War Rams because they are much more suitable for the rougher craigs and colder temperatures.

The hog production does create a surplus of supple hog leather and pork products supplied from the litters that do not pass training muster.

Aspen Leaf Shire does produce a small to reasonable mages and bards.  It has two local rival mage colleges but they are limited in their libraries so when students show a spectacular innate talent, they are recommended to train at the Conservatory of the Mystic Arts (locally referred to as the "Night House" for various reasons).

Although successful students rarely return to the rougher life of pig farming and woodcarving, their families still push them to go because it brings great prestige to the shire when they can one-up the humans and especially the elves.