Piglin Kingdom

The Piglin Kingdom is a sovereign state in the Nether. Its territory includes the Crimson Forest, the massive homeland of the piglins, which contains the royal castle and one known village. It also runs vast transport routes for gold and supplies and owns bastions, which serve as gold treasuries. Hamlett, a child, is the Piglin King.
Hundreds of years ago, the Crimson Forest's factions were conquered by the Nether Kingdom. Taking advantage of political instability under King Duma, the piglins regained independence as the Piglin Kingdom, along with many other nations. Hamlett inherited the throne very recently, after the assassination of King Porkshire, his father. Shortly after, he was deposed by Imperial Loyalists on behalf of the . Under Abigail Crysteffor's command, the pro-independence Freedom Fighters won the Piglin Civil War and restored Hamlett as king. The headquarters of the lies in the Piglin Kingdom's outskirts. Spearheaded by Abigail, the Unburnt Rebellion seeks to depose the Nether Empire. Its members are mostly piglins.
==History==
=== Background ===
Hundreds of years ago, the "crimson factions" were defeated by Tuskarr the Conqueror and became part of the . These were presumably factions of piglins living in the Crimson Forest, making them predecessors to the Piglin Kingdom. This conquest was one of King Tuskarr's most important steps in uniting the whole Nether. The ascension of King Duma, a less powerful ruler, gave many nations, including the piglins, an opportunity to secede and begin their own kingdoms. Little else is known about the Piglin Kingdom's early history.
=== Porkshire ===
Porkshire is the earliest known Piglin King. He and the piglins secured the protection of Abigail Crysteffor, the Nether Princess, who foiled an assassination attempt on him by the Netherbane assassin Ciara. Ciara had slain his general Tusk and massacred a bastion beforehand. ("Nightmares") To save his partner, Kane, the Netherbane Captain, negotiated a truce with the Nether Princess. ("Poison") By this time, the piglins were running supply lines in the Overworld and pillaging humans for gold. 
The Nether Civil War began after King Glutton and the Nether Princess were killed, creating a succession crisis in the Nether Kingdom. Porkshire supported the False Pig King in the war in exchange for gold. He lost. Naeus was crowned the Nether King and started the . During the Overworld–Nether War, Porkshire transported supplies for the empire in exchange for protection ("Eternal"). This was an attempt to uplift his kingdom by making the piglins indispensable to the war effort.
Porkshire found an end crystal in the Overworld and hung it in his castle, leading the Endstone Crusaders, four undead human warriors including Kane and Ciara, to attack. After plowing through the same bastion Ciara massacred, the crusaders reached Porkshire's castle. With no Nether Princess to save him, Ciara personally killed Porkshire and got the crystal ("Eternal")
=== Hamlett ===
At the age of twelve, Prince Hamlett ascended to the throne, but he was soon deposed by the Imperial Loyalists. The Nether Empire planned to take over the independent kingdoms. Taking refuge on the outskirts of the Piglin Kingdom, the Freedom Fighters kept fighting for independence in the Piglin Civil War. On the verge of their surrender, the resurrected princess suddenly reappeared and inspired them to fight. Rising to lead the Freedom Fighters, she defeated the loyalists. Hamlett got reinstated and allied with the rebels, marking the beginnings of the . ("I Try Today")
==Members==
* Hamlett (king)
* Porkshire (former king) ✞
* Tusk (general) ✞
* Baator Basaltwalker
* Durkkol the Hoarder
* Wilburr
=== Non-piglin residents ===
* Abigail Crysteffor
* Urgrakk the Deserter
* Akui Azurlumen
* Wurtsguard
* 
==Territory==
The Piglin Kingdom is the second-largest faction in the Nether by territory. It encompasses the vast Crimson Forest and its outskirts in the Nether Wastes. It borders the and two small unnamed factions, who are all part of the . It is the last known faction in the Nether that is independent from the empire.
The Piglin Kingdom is still a small nation with only a few bastions. In the Crimson Forest, there is a small village next to a deepslate brick castle. There, the Piglin King lives with his riches, protected by a small royal guard. The kingdom outside the Crimson Forest is home to the 's castle and the outer bastions. One bastion, built with polished diorite, is notable for being the site of three massacres: one by Ciara ("Nightmares"), another by the Endstone Crusaders ("Eternal"), and the last when the princess recaptured it from the Imperial Loyalists ("I Try Today").
In the Overworld, the kingdom used run patrols and supply lines from a camp near Netherbane territory. But because of the Nether War, any piglins left in the Overworld get slain by the Netherbane or the .
== Politics==
The Piglin Kingdom is a monarchy ruled by the Piglin King. Hamlett currently sits on the throne. He was instated after the death of his father, King Porkshire, and reinstated after the Imperial Loyalists briefly deposed him during the Piglin Civil War.
== Sightings==
==Trivia==
*According to Rainimator on Twitter, he states that while piglins and pigmen are the same race, they have different goals, and that being said, the goals for the pigmen fight for the Nether Horde since they’re expendable, while the piglins are gold hoarders and transporters. https://twitter.com/Rainolaguer/status/1353670995224129538
==Gallery==
File:Tusk and Piglins.jpg|General Tusk and the highest of the Piglin mercenaries, in a promotional render for Nightmares.
File:Piglins Netherbane Tavern.gif|General Tusk and other piglins coming to tavaren.
File:Piglin Bastion Massacre.png|Piglin Bastion show in Nightmares.
File:Piglin King.PNG|Porkshire running away from Ciara.
File:Piglin1.jpeg|Piglins collecting gold from Ciara's trap.
File:Piglin King Wanted Poster.png|Wanted Poster with Piglin King.
File:Eternal13.png
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==References==
Category:Factions
Category:Fractures
Category:Fractures Factions
Category:Nether
Category:Piglins
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