Sus Scrofa Nordlinga, or A Portrayal of Boars

Journal entry

 * The elves are fond of saying, "We do not fear the well-known." Thus wild boars, being similar in appearance to domestic swine (Sus scrofa domesticus), are at times dismissed as harmless. For why should one cower before a furry pig when wyverns and manticores prowl the land?


 * The boar's appearances, however, are deceiving. Wild boars breathe no fire and carry no venom, true, but they have ushered many a hunter into the next life all the same. So that you may not share their fate, dear reader, read close the following.


 * Wild boars live in groups, called packs, of three to five individuals each. When aggravated, they will begin to circle their aggressor until, the moment being ripe, they charge. Wild boars then strike with heads as hard as battering rams and puncture with tusks aimed for the stomach or crotch.


 * Some try to slay the boar by approaching it from the rear, but I do not recommend this method: the beast will in such a case strike out its hind legs with such cruel force as to crush bone into dust. Better first to slow the boar with a trap, or, if one is learned in such rites, with a spell, and then try to fight using the power of the elements – for the beasts are particularly vulnerable to fire.

Sus Scrofa Nordlinga oder Porträt von Wildschweinen Sus Scrofa Nordlinga, ou un portrait des sangliers Sus Scrofa Nordlinga, ovvero descrizione dei cinghiali Sus scrofa nordlinga, czyli dzika opisanie