Swine Swinging

Swine Swinging is an athletic sport, practiced almost exclusively on Malicorn, where it also is the planetary sport. The quintannual Swine Swinging Championships are an empire-wide tourism draw. 
== History ==
Originally, swine swinging developed on the farms of Malicorn as a means to transport the renowned Malino Porc. Massaged into a blissful torpor, the drowsing pigs could be loaded much easier by carrying them than frightened, walking brethren.
Eventually, it became a sport to see who could calm his pigs better, judged by what mischief one could do to the pigs without waking them. Over time, this developed into the habit of swinging the swines onto loading platforms or onto their new meadows, giving rise to the rules of Swine Swinging as it is performed today.
== Swine Swinging Championships ==
== Pet market subtext ==
In this context, it is important to point out that the skills needed for a successfull career as swine swinger - strenght, co-ordination and sensitivity (and sensuality) - also make a perfect skillset for a noble's pet. It didn't take long for the Empire's nobility to catch on to the quintannual planetary Swine Swinging Championships as a prime pet slave market with complimentary entertainment. Under the rule of Duke Mel Ohm Quetzal, this has fortified to the point that every five years, Malicorn is overrun by wealthy nobles and commoners alike for an unmatched spectacle of flesh and porc, and the bidding wars for high-profile players are fought mercilessly. Bidding is for the right to court the swinger or a chance to trick him into servitute - not to buy them.
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