Giant Gray Boar

The giant gray boar is the bane of many young optimistic adventurers. It is no joke in terms of how powerful it is within its forest. They are some of the most dangerous to encounter and fight head-on within the forest.

### Appearance

The giant gray boar is one of the largest creatures in this forest, lying in a similar size range to some of the trees around. It is very bulky, with robust and sturdy front legs, but some less developed hind legs. The neck rises into a hump and connects to its extremely muscular and thick neck. Its head is massive, taking up nearly 1/3rd of the entire body's length. The structure of the head consists of a long, rectangular shape in the middle, with two round, fatty cheeks on the side. The tip of the rectangle is a large, flat nose, with two nose holes on it. The tusks grow out of its mouth, curving outside, fowards, and inwards to the point where they almost meet, surrounding the front of the face like a car bumper. The eyes are small and deep, yet the ears are long. Developed canine teeth grows out of the mouth and protudes out of its mouth.

The colors of fur of the boars can range from black to white, from gray to brown, and can even have stripes. They are very thick and dense, and can block many smaller attacks.

Juvenile boars have mostly white fur with stripes, and with little to no tusks.

### Location

#### Shattered Colors

Giant Gray Boars originate from Leptur, but has since spread to some other continents by walking or swimming across, or after being falsely recognized as a smaller species of boar, and transported to another continent.

### Behaviour

The giant gray boar's most significant behaviour is it rampaging. Charging fowards, it can reach speeds that might seem impossible for such a large creature to reach, so fast that it leaves trees fallen in its path of destruction. If one is unlucky, it can even charge down an unfortified village if it desires so, causing unbelievable amounts of destruction in its path.

Its other living habits aren't much less aggresive, however. Its shovel-like head and tusks allow it to uproot entire trees and eat their roots, fruits, and nuts, and if it finds any meat or remaining grub around, it will almost always happily chow down on it.

These boar's homes are massive, sometimes containing tens kilometers of forests and mountains. If it sees a threatening lifeform, it will charge down into the creature, its tusks acting as something akin to a massive front-facing club.

The giant gray boar can live up to 30 to 50 years. They are solitary animals, but can also be social when needed. Adolescent boars often follow their mother until they are large enough to be nearly immune to any common attack in their natural habitat.

The senses of the boar is very powerful, in both the ears and the sense of smell. In fact, their smells are so great it can track down its offensers months after they fled.

#### Communication

The communication between giant gray boars are easy to understand. Their grunting noises can transfer messages of if someone liked or not anything, to show their contempt or disagreement. When facing a threat, quick, short grunts and huffing noises are used in battle to intimidate others when in a fight, and at last, the squeal or screech, only used when facing extreme threats or when in pain.

### Relationship with Humans

Giant gray boars are some of the worst fears of small, undeveloped villages with not much protection, on par with some weaker wyverns or medium sized slugs. Many cultures saw the slaying of these beasts to be a sign of valor and braveness. Oppositely, other cultures see them as a sign of brave warriors who would stop at nothing to reach their goal.

They are also known for their immense appetite. Its status as a natural disaster is infamous, as there was a case when over ten appeared in a developing kingdom, and caused a massive famine. They went from a successful and growing kingdom, to one of despair and disease.

The giant gray boars, when taken down, are very expensive in price to buy. Their dense fur is a trademark, and are used in belts and whips due to their sturdiness. Every 4 years, a boar hunting game is hosted. Players from around the globe gather to hunt the giant gray boars around the continents for a chance of getting rich from boar hunting.