Urchins are known for their quick talking style, often called chittering (like a bird or rodent), which can be very annoying. They become even more so when they insult and taunt the target of their chittering. They have a knack for throwing barbs at people.

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Down alleys and in the hidden spots of cities, you can find small altars or shrines with sacks, pots, and boxes of food, clothing, toys, and other goods. These are urchin offering altars, where goods are left not for the gods or exemplars or even tutelary spirits, but for their kin..

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Urchins wear simple, practical clothing. They prefer subtle, earthen colors such as browns, tans, and grays, and use nearly no leather. Their belts, gloves, and shoes (when they wear them) are made of hemp or canvas. The style of their clothes is in fashion with the culture of men or dwarves they live among, as they often purchase children’s clothes of the big folk.

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In the heights of summer, with the sun beating down on the land, and the crops of the big folk growing in the fields, rain awakens swarms of locusts. The first part, the rain, is welcomed by the big folk, but not the second. Locust swarms arise to feed on the all-important grains, making them unwelcome. To the urchins, though, the locusts provide the opportunity to harvest an important food source for them.

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Because of their lifestyle, urchins typically do not have the ability - the room and time - to make fermented beverages like ale and wine. They usually drink only water.

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Because of their small size, urchins are able to find space to make their homes in places the big folk can’t. They can inhabit attics, cellars, and other small spaces within and among other people’s homes and other buildings. Where many urchins live near to each other in an existing neighborhood or district, urchins call it a burrow.

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Urchins almost always gather in communities in large groups. They do not live alone in single family units on a farm, for example. Generally they live within larger communities of the big folk: usually among human towns and cities. A community of Urchins is called a rabble.

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Some elven battledancers embrace the darkness that their patrons the moon and stars rule from.

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The Way of the Sash is rooted in an ancient, sacred martial tradition that uses the movements of dance to be nimble and evasive combatants. Practitioners of this tradition are called battledancers. Battledancers are difficult to hit and outlast their opponents energy until they make themselves open to the battledancer’s attacks.

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