Swinekin

Swinekin are numerous and yet - rarely seen. These anthropokin are odd creations of magic, at some point combining man and pig in the most hideous magic experiment known to man. These creations ended up being somehow fertile and have multiplied endless times since their creation, sometime in the Wizard Epoch. Swinekin tend to live in caves, forests, dungeons, crypts and sewers and are a constant (even if not a serious) blight upon the cities of man.

## Description

Strangely (or expectedly) enough, swinekin take many shapes, however all shapes have one visual thing in common - they are a disgusting amalgamation of both man and pig. There seems to be no limit in how large a swinekin can grow, as long as they eat - they grow, but the larger they get - the more food they need to stay alive, so the larger they are the more common it is for a swinekin to either die of starvation or partake in cannibalism and get killed due to the other swinekin getting too scared of their larger friend.

Swinekin can be bald, or covered in fur; bipedal, quadrupedal, even tripodal (somehow). They are omnivorous and enjoy everything that can even remotely be considered food. Swinekin give off horrible odor and make very unpleasant sounds that get even worse when startled and then even more worse when in large number. The sounds that swinekin produce are said to drive even the most sound of mind person to lunacy.

## Personality and Society

Swinekin are the embodiment of gluttony, all they do is eat, drink and breed. If there's no food - they will eat each other, alternatively - go after human settlements for food.

Being part man, swinekin can be rather intelligent and shouldn't be underestimated. They are rather aggressive and present great danger if one of their duchies infest the crypts and dungeons of cities.

## Combat

Some swinekin use crude weapons and armor, others flail senselessly at their foe, others still spit acidic bile. The swinekin don't really use any common sense in combat and most are easily defeated, but due to their absurd resilience - rarely killed. Some Monster Hunters swear that even a beheaded swinekin will continue to flail around without any senses until they completely bleed out.

## Duchies

Swinekin live in larger societies they call "duchies", governed by very large swinekin called dukes and duchesses. There are as many duchies as there are city-states, some of those duchies are actually present in city-states one way or another. These dukes of course believe that they are the true rulers of these city-states.

A few known and destroyed swinekin duchies:

* Duchy of the Maw (destroyed)
* Duchy of the Golden Tooth (destroyed)
* Duchy of Pieroux (destroyed)
* Duchy of Farharbor (destroyed)
* Duchy of the Three-Headed (destroyed)
* Grand Duchy of Quintex (destroyed)
* Duchy of Amberweald
* Grand Duchy of Runa

## The Swine King

The Swine King is the mythical ruler that all swinekin swear their fealty too, common-swine and dukes alike. It is said that the Swine King is as large as a house and moves around on an absurd, chariot-like, metal throne that can only be dragged by at least 200 swinekin. A swinekin that has grown that large might be as strong as a dragon and as durable as a mountain... And give off the stench of something that only a swinekin of that size could give off.

It is unknown whether the Swine King is actually real, or where he resides.