Hairfoots, also known rather derogatorily as smallfolk and halfmen, are known to be spurious lot. They are treated poorly in many human and dweorg settlements, often looked upon as lazy, unpredictable, or even criminal. Few know that they have been cursed by their own god. The God of Trickery couldn't help itself and had to play a trick on their own mortal children. Hairfoot are unable to take anything too seriously for too long and easily distracted from serious topics by any form of entertainment or foolishness.

This has led to them being barely capable of self governing as a society. Instead they tend to live within the settlements of humans, dweorg, ailurians, and dryads (whom they get along with quite well). Those that don't form communes on the fringes of civilization, close enough to take advantage of safe roads and abundance of food, yet far enough away to avoid taxation and the uncountable laws of so-called civilization. It is not complete anarchy within their communes however, the curse is not so strong that Hairfoots cannot see the need to "button all your buttons" and put in work to keep your family fed and safe.