Daedona

> *“Advice from a pig, keep your snout clean, root for your friends, be curious and go hog wild!!”*
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Daedona are a race of pig people who live in swamps, deserts, marshes. Daedona are often seen as rude, but in truth their social standards are just not as high as others. They are not malicious, and often become quite embarrassed if these cultural differences are addressed

## Common phenotypes

**Hair Pigment**

*Most have little to no hair but it comes in black,brown,red,blonde*

**Skin Pigments**

*darker shades of brown to shades of black and pink.*

**Lifespan**

*200-300 years*

**Height**

*5-6 feet but many grow upwards up to 8 feet tall*

**Weight**

*The average is 256 pounds but large numbers of daedona tend to be heavier*

**Eye Colors**

*Darker colors (ie brown, black). But some will also have blue eyes or red/pink eyes*

## Anatomy, Appearance and Behaviour

Daedona  appear to be large humanoid pigs, with hair and skin tending towards darker shades of brown to shades of black and pink. Most have big bellies with swarthy, stout bodies and possess long stout arms, ending in hands with 3 cloven fingers and a thumb while standing on short but powerful legs. They have large, squat faces, small beady eyes, floppy ears, with pronounced snouts, men tend to have large tusks, which they ornately decorate or trim, while the women tend to have smaller, more petite snouts, and rounder bodies. Some men even grow large mutton chop beards. Daedona are often seen as brash, callous and aggressive, but in truth they are one of the most kind and devoted friends you could ever meet. While they are extremely strong and dangerous they tend to be kind and courageous to others.

## Social structure

Daedona tribes or droves  are often made up of several large families, each family sometimes consisting of almost half a hundred individuals. Each drove is led by a small council of elders or experienced leaders, deciding everything from community defenses to where the herdsmen will send their flocks, or even when and where to farm. A quiet and often reserved people, the Daedona are renowned farmers, breeders, and mercenaries. The Daedona are surprisingly adept hunters, mastering the use of crossbows so well, that they have only one form of organized military, a famous mercenary group called the "Golden Hog". The mercenaries are composed entirely of armored Daedona, all trained in the extensive use of crossbows and heavy shields and blunt heavy weapons. There is an unspoken community agreement that all Daedona once they reach a certain age are required to enter the Golden hog, providing at least two years of service in the ranks before returning home. The Golden hog rent out their services to any country or group with the money and just cause, only denying a contract in order to protect their homeland.

The life of an adventurer appealed to many young Daedona  and was something actively encouraged by their parents, many of whom thought a few years spent on the road would do the young blood well, burning the curiosity and restlessness out of their systems. Many would eventually return home for good, but others still would manage to settle down and establish businesses, or even droves  in different parts of the world. Many famous Inns are Daedona owned and managed, and often catered almost exclusively to adventurers.

### **Traditions**

There is a day where Daedona will return to their groves to eat extremely large amounts of food till they pass out. It is a way to celebrate autumn's harvest to give them luck to survive the winter. They will also go to a community bath house to do a cleanse into the new year.

### **Beauty Ideals**

The males are considered attractive if their tusks are long and curved and they have a “pleasantly plump figure.” For the females of the Daedona race they must be as unkempt and dirty as possible.

## Origins and History

Once a proud and simple people, the ancestors of the Hog Folk were humans, farmers, merchants and herders who paid simple homage and prayers to their gods, with the odd animal sacrifice or two to appease some of their more aggressive deities. It wouldn't be until the arrival of a stranger, a woman bearing odd gifts of unique spices and unusual liqueurs, that their inevitable downfall would begin. After being passed out these gifts had an odd effect on the people, causing pragmatic farmers and meticulous merchants to become sloven berserkers and gluttons, eating and destroying everything they valued and cherished. Their gods, seeing their temples and shrines destroyed, their people turned to monstrous acts, decided to pool all of their power together to create the curse that would save them, ridding them of their previous curse, while changing them forever. The senses of the newly born Hog folk returned to them, finding themselves changed, yet sound of mind. Many were horrified, discovering their gods are gone and their bodies altered

## Religion

Daedona don’t believe in a specific pantheon and many believe it is okay to co-exist with other people from different religious backgrounds,

## Architecture

Daedona lives in very spacious homes with very open and warm concepts.