This isn’t super far from the source material. In middle earth there are three “varieties” of hobbits.
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The harfoot, the most common of the hobbits, was the first to arrive across the misty mountains. Visually they were described as “swarthy” which means “of dark complexion.”
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The fallowhide, the least common and a kind that are now heavily mixed into the harfoot, were taller and more fair skinned than the harfoot. Frodo, pippin, and mery were all mostly fallowhide in blood, all being from the “Took” bloodline which is an old fallowhide group. Fallowhide coming from words that effectively mean “pale skin”
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And finally the “stoor” hobbits, second most common of the three, are stocky and were able to grow beards. they moved to the area the shire is centuries later than the other groups. Smeagol was a stoor.
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The harfoot, the most common of the hobbits, was the first to arrive across the misty mountains. Visually they were described as “swarthy” which means “of dark complexion.”
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The fallowhide, the least common and a kind that are now heavily mixed into the harfoot, were taller and more fair skinned than the harfoot. Frodo, pippin, and mery were all mostly fallowhide in blood, all being from the “Took” bloodline which is an old fallowhide group. Fallowhide coming from words that effectively mean “pale skin”
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And finally the “stoor” hobbits, second most common of the three, are stocky and were able to grow beards. they moved to the area the shire is centuries later than the other groups. Smeagol was a stoor.