Halfling Explained:
Most of what we know about halflings comes from myths surrounding one particular man known as Robert of Loire in 15th century France who had the nickname Bonapart, literally "Severs Limbs" in old French. Robert was the head of King Charles VII of France's personal guard whilst Charles was the next heir to the throne of France and awaiting coronation. Charles father, the former king of France was struck with an illness which caused him to lose his mind and become unfit to rule France. John of Burgundy known as John the Fearless to his people was appointed as the leader of France until the kings death when his eldest son would inherit the throne. John was very much liked by the public and a man of the people which didn't sit well within the royal family who wanted to abuse their power of aristocracy over the lower classes. After an atempt on the king's life by Louis, a relative of the king seeking to secure their own place on the throne, the would be assassin was killed in retaliation by John's men. Though John didn't order the attack he did little to prevent it. Being blamed for the murder of royalty John was hated by the aristocracy of France though they couldn't make any accusations stick. France became devided between the aristocratic north run by the supporters of the king's son Charles and the agricultural south run by John the Fearless. After trade with the north of France was cut off by the aristocrats the south had to trade with the English instead who were very much hated by the French aristocrats in the north. This meant that when the English invaded France John was powerless to stand up against them for fears of breaking the trade agreement the south had with England. Charles in the north saw this as a betrayal and arranged a meeting on neutral ground to discuss a truce between the two sides of France. However neither could agree on the terms of the agreement and scheduled another meeting on a bridge in Montereau. John and Charles entered the bridge with 10 bodyguards with each exit blocked by locked doors on either side to prevent angry onlookers from interfering. John stumbled on the cobbled road and used his sword as a crutch to get back onto his feet resting his other hand on the wall. Robert of Loire, Charles head guard, falsely predicted an attack by John and brandishing his axe chopped John's hand that was resting on the wall clean off. In the confusion the door leading to Charles' side which was secretly unlocked was burst open and hundreds of bystanders swarmed in to join in on the attack. John was mercilessly hacked to death by the northern public whilst Robert dragged Charles off to safety. Robert then acquired the nickname "Bonapart" which literally means "Severs Limbs". Due to the nickname many myths were created around Robert especially since John the Fearless had many of his own myths to his name.

In the fairy tale of Fearnot, which is based on the real world events of John's life, John visits the home of Robert, known as Bonapart the spectre, to steal Bonapart's ill gotten wealth. Bonapart is known as a homosexual con man in this story. Bonapart being of short stature challenges John to game of Fates and Bones with the prize being John's legs which Bonapart plans to wear in place of his own. John wins the game but Bonapart doesn't want to part with even one coin of his money and forms a plan for revenge. Getting John very drunk he offers for him to stay the night at Robert's house which John foolishly accepts. Bonapart then pretends to be John's close friend a wiley card tosser and acts as though he's critically ill. When John goes to help his friend Bonapart uses the fact John is off his guard and not wearing armor to seize his chance and brutally hacks John to pieces being sure not to damage his legs. Bonapart then dons John's legs and goes to visit the local town in triumph. John's wife who has become increasingly worried about John's absence vertures to the town where Bonapart now resides. She sees Bonapart wearing her husband's legs and promptly dies of a heart attack.

When Napoleon Bonaparte began his military campaign in the 19th century he was constantly hounded by rumors about him based on the Bonapart fairy tale, which was mostly down to the almost identical name of both people, despite the fact the two families were unrelated and had different origins of the name. Napolean had Robert of Loire's ancestral home, which was remarkably still standing some 500 years later burned to the ground in retaliation. Even today people still think Napoleon was of short stature as well as many other things from the Bonapart legend, despite none of it being true.