Note: This has been a clan-think since, like Aegis, with even a named Boar being owned by Mogroka (However, I’m unsure if he ever RP’d it).
Gorkil Red-furred Battle-Boars
-From http://warhammeronline.wikia.com/wiki/War_Boar_(mount) -
Habitat:
Natives to the low-land deserts of Aegis, these Red-furred Battle-boars have long since been domesticated by the Gorkil Clan of Orcs. These boars thrive in low-land deserts and heated areas, inhabiting, and plaguing, the old oases of Aegis.
In these modern times, the very few remaining boars have adapted to fit well in the mesas and savannahs inhabited by the current Gorkil orcs, excelling in the flat lands with light vegetation as an almost parasitic farrow.
Size:
Bred for their size and speed, the Red-furred Boars can grow from five to six feet to their backs, evening up to about the size of typical Paint Horses, albeit with thinner frames to their hardy bodies, allowing their uses for speed to overtake even on the most average sized orcs.
Diet:
The Red-Furred boar eats most everything, from dirt and roots to animals it may be able to hunt, making it a decent travel companion due to its ability and tendancies to charge and tackle down medium sized animals such as fawns and normal wild boars; However, it comes at a price due to the almost extreme amounts of food that the Red-furred boar requires.
Temperament:
While being domesticated to work and hunt alongside the Gorkil cult of speed, commonly known as the Dust Riders, the Red-Furred boar in itself, still is a boar, and has a short attention span and quick temper, much like any true Gorkil in a bout of bloodrage. Because of this, Red-Furred boars while not led by their masters are quick to frighten or anger, often leading roaming or wild boars, which are almost impossible to find due to their almost extinction, to flee or charge at any who randomly approach them.
Brief summary of the creature:
Red-Furred battle boars are large, almost horse-sized battle boars originating from Aegis. The boars maintain thinner frames that allow high speeds during charges, favorable to the Gorkil berserkers who ride them, making them effective mounted shock troopers; However, due to this the boars often find themselves being quite fragile, with the same weaknesses a normal boar has, but the larger size of target.
Original statement:
“There exists within the Gorkil clan a subculture of speed-addicted clansmen, riding through the desert on red-furred boars. Discovered long ago in the wild, and notable for their leaner frames but vastly increased speed, these red boars were quickly domesticated and bred to serve the clan. Gorkils who rode these beasts quickly became addicted to the high speeds they were travelling at, racing each other throughout the deserts, screaming at the top of their lungs. Dubbed "Dust Ridurz" by their fellow clansmen, they gained a reputation as fast, hit and run shock cavalry in battles, their small numbers and relatively fragile mounts being offset by the sheer speed they were travelling at. They are known to commonly don red warpaint to honor and imitate their mounts, although shades of blazing orange and, in extreme cases, bright pink, are not unheard of. They maintain a rivalry with the Dash Cult of the Lurs, both subcultures being extremely similar to one another.”
These boars use to inhabit low-elevation terrains, finding trouble to move up large slopes while being ridden, but excelling at darting down the slopes when the need arises. Their appetites are extremely large, with entire farrows of these boars known to have eaten and destroyed entire areas of its vegetation and wildlife when non-domesticated.
Characteristic: (Behaviour, Reproduction, Gathering food)
Known to quickly charge, or flee, from those who approach, these fast boars are extremely hard to domesticate, with only the Gorkil clan being known to do it as of yet. However, once attached to a person, or each other, these boars have the tendency to “adopt” a being, with entire farrows known to accept due to a single boar, leading to different farrows of boars existing for different factions of Gorkils and their friends they decide to bestow a boar to.
The Red-furred boar lives and reproduces in a way much like the orcs themselves, bullying those who find themselves in their territory and mating freely amongst each other, with the strongest of the Boars taking multiple mates specifically for themselves.
Origin:
The Red-furred Boar originated in the deserts of Aegis, travelling in groups, or farrows, from oasis to oasis, devouring the wildlife and vegetation along the way, eventually finding themselves in a Orcish nomadic camp, upon charging, and being pinned by the orcs, these fierce and fast boars were eventually domesticated for their size and speed, quickly becoming a favorite of any adrenaline loving Gorkil.
Weaknesses:
The Red-Furred boar, albeit fast, has an ultimately thin frame, making them unrideable by extremely large orcs and Ologs, as well as vulnerable to any sort of attacks by blade or bow. Because of this weakness, their fierceness and quickness to charge or flee is the main survival technique bred into the boar, in quite literally a fight-or-flight way of life.
LM Approval Required:
No - Gorkil bred and kept, much like the Lur Wolf
If playable, what are redlines?
The Red-Furred Boars are a RP’d mount that has been used by the Gorkil clan for some time, known for their speed and attitudes. Ultimately, the Boar would be a rideable alternative to battle horses, with the only real ability outside of riding being their tendency to charge at things in battle, being much weaker than their other Orc Clan counterpart, the Lur Wolf, in actual combat, but with the best bred of the Boars being much faster, leading to competition between the two clans.
The Boars would only be rideable by those Gorkils Orcs who have trained with their boar, or farrow members, as well as those who had been gifted a Boar for great deeds and service to the clan.