Savage Boarboy
Savage Boarboys are War Boar-riding orruks of the Bonesplitterz warclans. They are the vanguard of their warclans' attack, crashing into their opponent with brutal force.[1]
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Role
Boarboys are the mounted component of the Gob Rukks. They are usually part of the Brutal Rukk, the core of the warclan's close combat strength, and answer to the Gorka-boss - the biggest and meanest boss in the warclan.[4a]
Combat
As hunters, Boarboys prefer hit-and-run tactics. They charge into enemy formations, stabbing and hacking with their weapons while their mounts gouge with their tusks, and then wheel away before their victims can react. Then they do it again, and again, until their target is trampled into the mud.[4a][5a]
They are led by Savage Bosses or Savage Boar Bosses and supported by Boar Thumpers and bearers of Boar Totems or Bone Totems.[2a][2b][3]
Mounts
Bonesplitterz have had an affinity with the War Boar since the Age of Myth; the beasts' innate talent for sniffing out bones makes them natural allies of the orruks. While the bad-tempered creatures are difficult to capture and even more difficult to control, Bonesplitterz attempt to further amplify their mounts' aggression. Many Boarboys feed bones to their mounts or give them bone piercings to impart the strength of fallen beasts. Which bones are best for drawing out the appropriate viciousness is a source of constant debate in Boarboy mobs.[4a][5a]
Surprisingly, given their usual behaviour, Boarboys seem to genuinely care for their boars. They paint or tattoo glyphs of protection on their mounts' fur or hide, often ones matching those worn by their rider, and give their boars choice bits of offal and bone to eat. Killing another orruk's boar is a good way to rouse the wrath of his entire rukk - and probably get ridden down and trampled by his mates and fed to their boars.[5a][6a][6b]
In combat, their boars gore with tusks and trample with hooves any who stand in their path.[2a][2b]
Equipment
They are armed with primitive and wickedly sharp Chompas or Boar Stikkas that they use to pierce both the beasts they hunt and their foes in the battlefield. They also carry crude Bone Shields that offer some protection against foes that survive their initial charge.[2a][2b][3]
Miniatures
Ten Savage Boarboys.
Three Savage Boarboys, with a Bone Thumper on the right, a Boar Boss in the middle and a Totem Bearer on the left.
A Boar Boss.
A Boar Thumper.
A Totem Bearer.
Sources
- 1: Grand Alliance: Destruction
- 1a: Bonesplitterz, pg. 30
- 2: Warscrolls
- 3: Savage Boarboys product description
- 4: Battletome: Bonesplitterz (2016)
- 4a: Gob Rukks, pg. 36-37
- 5: Battletome: Orruk Warclans (2019)
- 5a: Great Green Clans, pg. 34-35
- 6: Soulbound: Champions of Destruction
