You hold in your hands the definitive version of Writings of
Halfard. It is one of the most famous books in History, and with
good reason, being chronicle of a period of time in the Fourth
Fused Universe, 1419-1819. This was, of course, the time of
Puff. This version of the book holds all materials ever
incorporated into it. This means it will be quite thicker than
most university editions, which are non-definitive. Halfard was
Puffs Elfish secretary. He lived from about 40,000,000 BC to
2487 AD. It is unclear of the circumstances in which he wrote
this, but it may be assumed that most of it was written off his
notes, and the rest was gradually fitted in between his writing
and the posthumous publication in 2493 AD. Halfard was an
interesting person, in that he wrote such an important book, but
was barely mentioned in other writings, or even in this. We
shall, sadly, know very little about him, but what we do is
sufficient for now. Since Halfard was an Elf, we do fortunately
have that odd Elfish style which i