THE HALTAN PEOPLE Haltan natives are tall, slender people with dark eyes, reddish-brown skin and straight shiny hair that comes in various shades of green. They normally go barefoot, and their toes are slightly longer and more flexible than those of most mortals, in part due to the consumption of the herbal tea “Young Monkey.” All Haltans have either three dots in Athletics or (at minimum) one dot in Athletics and two dots in the specialty “Moving in Trees.” As a result, every Haltan who is in good health can move safely and rapidly through the arboreal cities. Negotiating life high in the trees is no riskier for them than negotiating the dangers of more ordinary cities, such as speeding carriages or lurking footpads, is for other urbanites.
