The Tumbleberries Clans are one of the larger Halfling Clans and one which is perhaps the best integrated within the lands of the Reikland’s. They mix well with the burgeoning middle-classes of the Empire, and are reasonably affluent, but without the Thorncobbles’ airs and aspirations to nobility. They bear the hallmarks of the genial Halfling — charming, friendly and pleasant — and they cannot abide poor manners. They set great store by the art of conversation, and are easily offended if the niceties of civil discourse are ignored. Tumbleberries are also more bookish than most other Halflings, often taking an interest in learning and scholarship, finding themselves a place in the schools and universities of the Reikland, or assisting in temples to Verena (where their personal lack of faith is of less concern than their interest in knowledge).[1a]
Tumbleberries can be found working as tradespersons, merchants, and guilders in the Reikland’s towns and cities. They often run their own small businesses, such as bakers, tailors, and law firms, or run reputable eating houses or taverns. Some work as scholars and scribes, famed for the neatness of their script. Given the almost oppressive politeness of their clan, younger Tumbleberries sometimes take to the road for a life of adventure, safe in the knowledge that they can return to the bosom of their family — and their good name — in their later years.[1a]