Hogsworth

Fractures Series
Storyline by Rainimator and the Production Team

> "*Oh, darling.. This world... it's not mine to conquer. It never was.. Our great king will soon rise from his slumber. Then.. the real war begins.*"
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> Back into Darkness
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## General Hogsworth

* Main
* Other

* Current
* Armored

* Prisoner
* Old Armor

### Aliases

Pigmen General
Pigmen Commander
General Hogsworth of the Pigmen
Conqueror of the Nether Empire
Nether Conquerer
Porkchop (Insult)

## Out-of-universe information

### Designed by

Dexter Kronos, The\_MLG\_Pizza (Netherite Armor design) and Old Chad Roman (Muscular version of Hogsworth seen in Back into Darkness)

### Speaking debut

*Back into Darkness*

**Hogsworth** is a  Nether Horde general who first appeared in "Hard Pill to Swallow". He served the tyrannous False Pig King during the Nether Civil War. After Naeus defeated his master and claimed the throne, Hogsworth became extremely loyal to him. He later mobilized his forces into the Frostbourne Tundra, but was captured by the  Frostbourne. Hogsworth is voiced by Old Chad Roman.

## Appearance

Hogsworth is a young piglin, with light pink skin typical to that of a pig and an extruded snout, as well as small ears dangling from the head's side. He has dark eyes, and eyebrows, which is also a minority in the species. Since *Cold as Ice: The Remake*, he appears to have a purple wound on the left side of his forehead, possibly from when he was thrown down by the False Pig King in Hard Pill to Swallow.

During the Nether Civil War, he wore only a grey leather strap of a traditional warrior, throughout his body. He received dark grey armor for his body, and eventually full Grey armor of an unknown substance (presumably netherite) during Naeus' rule, as well as a standard diamond sword. Through all his appearances, he had held a Pigman Shield in his right hand.

During *Cold as Ice: The Remake* he wore Netherite Armor, on his forehead appeared a red scar, and during *Gotta Get Outta Here* he wielded a netherite sword.

When he was captured by the Frostbourne, his armor was stripped to the undercloth, leaving him in a black 'robe' with a hood. As of *Back into Darkness* he has been reverted to his HPTS appearance, with the addition of his head scar.

## Story

### History

It is possible that Hogsworth is distantly related to the Pig King or the Piglin King. After the Pig King's death, Hogsworth served the tyrannous False Pig King. His king's ultimate goal of wither genocide sparked a civil war between the pigmen and the withers.

### Fractures

#### *Hard Pill to Swallow*

Hogsworth first appears attempting to retrieve Herobrine's severed head from the Wither Camp. As they began to leave, Naeus, Kralos, and other Wither Skeletons appeared and battled for the head. Naeus and Hogsworth dueled, however, Naeus easily defeated him and killed his squadron, sparing him so he could send word to the False Pig King, who met the warning by throwing Hogsworth to the ground as punishment.

After Naeus' defeat of his master, he pledged loyalty to the new ruler and was promoted to the Pigmen commander of Naeus' reign.

#### *Ender Wish*

Hogsworth reappeared in Ender Wish as the Horde lay siege to the End, commanding the Pigmen. He and Naeus cooperated in taking down the Ender Dragon, charging against the Endermen, before Hogsworth took on Zeganirn, bombarding him with hits from a diamond sword. However, he was unsuccessful in killing him due to his virtually impenetrable bone, leading the Ender Watcher to escape to the Overworld with The Artifacts.

#### *Cold as Ice: The Remake*

After the Battle, he settles in Dragonspire with the Horde's forces, preparing for a conquest on the Overworld. Hogsworth then travels through the Nether's portal to the Far Plains village.

Hogsworth appears next in Cold as Ice: The Remake, leading the Horde's Pigmen infantry into battle against the Frostbourne, onlooking the air to see the Frostbourne's aerial defenses. Distracted by the Frostbourne Archers' arrows, he is caught off-guard by Ser Patrick's flank of the Frostbourne Cavalry, who charge him as the Footsoldiers, Elytra Corps and Archers attack on front. Getting up from the sudden attack, he duels one on one with Ser Patrick amidst the battle, however after knocking the Grandmaster to the ground, he dodges and grabs his diamond sword, impaling him and knocking him unconscious, although remarkably survives.

Hogsworth is later said to have mobilized the Piglin army whilst Kralos resides in Dragonspire, and pushed further into Frostbourne territory.

#### *Gotta Get Outta Here*

**Hogsworth** is first seen getting ready for battle, putting his helmet on, and having piglins give him his shield and Netherite sword. He observes his pigmen army, before one of the piglins show him an ender pearl.

During the start of battle, Hogsworth holds his shield up to protect himself from the arrows. He and his army throw ender pearls towards the outpost. When he teleports, he easily kills a few Frostbourne soldiers. When the Frostbourne retreat, he sends his army to follow them.

As the Nether Empire soldiers walk through the tundra forest, the blizzard hits hard and two blazes freeze to death. Hogsworth looks up to the blizzard, worried about what will come next.

When Hogsworth and his army reach the Frostbourne Camp territory, he is taken aback as trees fall, crushing most of the pigmen. After falling over a tree log, he gets up from the ground and attacks some of the soldiers. After killing a soldier, he sees Hilda staring at him. Hilda starts charging at him, and they have a little duel. Ultimately, he knocks down Hilda and her helmet. As he is about to kill Hilda, Lyria Wintona suddenly attacks him, disarming his weapons. He tries to get his sword back, but the Frostbourne Footsoldiers point their weapons at him. Seeing that the Frostbourne has won, he surrenders.

#### *Clear Skies*

Hogsworth is seen being escorted by Ser Patrick as a prisoner. As he passes through the gates, he notices Kane. He is immediately shocked upon seeing him and Kane stares at him grudgingly, implying the Netherbane has history with Hogsworth.

#### *Back into Darkness*

At the beginning of the episode, Hogsworth was interrogated by Hilda at the Frostbourne Dungeon. Despite being held captive, Hogsworth laughed in Hilda's face and told her that the Overworld "is not mine to conquer. It never was... Our great king will soon rise from his slumber."

## Skills

Hogsworth is demonstrated as a skilled swordsman, wielding a shield to block attacks and force openings against opponents. He was able to defeat Hilda with relatively no difficulty swiftly, forcing Lyria Wintona to swoop in to distract him. He is also shown to have a high degree of teamwork and initiative as demonstrated in the fight against the Ender Dragon with Naeus, being an adept commander.

However, he falters against persistent attacks, and usually falls against several timed hits, not being able to anticipate attacks after being quickly disorientated. Opponents like Naeus and Ser Patrick have taken advantage of this, although he can dodge slower attacks like the bulk of the Ender Dragon. His cowardice has many a battle caused him to surrender rather than lose his life.

Hogsworth also possesses unfathomable endurance of injury on one front, able to survive impalement from a diamond sword; however, his tolerance of pain and stamina is low.

## Trivia

* Hogsworth, Infernius and Kralos' names were all decided through votes.
	+ The name 'Hogsworth' is a play on "Hog" (meaning pig) and "worth" (value).
	+ His other finalist names were 'Hammond' and 'Hamulous', suggested by Discord users inferno2368 and hallofarchives (HallofFame) respectively.
		- 'Hammond' is an English surname meaning 'home protector'
		- 'Hamulous' has no clear etymological root or meaning, but could be a play on 'ham' and a word ending with '-ulous', like 'fabulous'.
* Hogsworth was the first Piglin to be revealed, with this fact being confirmed on the Rainimator Discord.
	+ Why he resembles a Pigmen more is currently unconfirmed, but it highly likely that it is because of his hybridism.
* Hogsworth is voiced by Old Chad Roman, making Roman the only person in the Production Team (outside of Rain) to voice a character.
* Hogsworth was born on June 9th, sharing a birth month with Kane (born June 6th).
* Hogsworth is so far the only character to wear Netherite armour in the series, presumably dating back to Ender Wish.
* Hogsworth's Netherite Armor skin was created by Dexter Kronos, with some help from the The\_MLG\_Pizza.
	+ His prisoner skin was the part of the Netherite Armor that The\_MLG\_Pizza helped make.

### Conception

#### Origin

Hogsworth's skin design may have been inspired by the Pigman, a scrapped Minecraft mob that was originally planned to serve as the inhabitants of villages, or else one of the many Minecraft skins which were inspired by the concept. Hogsworth's design has several noticeable differences, however, but there are many similarities between the two.

#### Rainimator

Hogsworth was first introduced in Hard Pill to Swallow, under the False Pig King's command. This version was never truly loyal to any one ruler, rather, submissive to the rule of the most powerful, or whose command he was most likely to survive; he was also the first and sole unzombified Pigman in the series.

Over his next two appearances, he became the first and sole character to wear Netherite armor, a Minecraft aspect released earlier in 2020. In his previous appearance in Cold as Ice: The Remake, his skin variant with the Netherite armor was designed by scriptwriter and skin designer Dexter Kronos, with assistance from Minecraft animator RedBlue115, which was later showcased in an unofficial video. Despite his assumed death, he is confirmed, remarkably, alive by Rainimator, leading fans to hope for a redemption arc.

## See Also

* Nether Horde
* False Pig King
* Hogsworth/tl
* Nether Civil War
* Hard Pill to Swallow
* Gotta Get Outta Here

## References

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1. ↑ Olaguer, Rain Allen [radapedaxa] (December 11, 2021). "1) Yes" (Discord message). Retrieved December 21, 2023.

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