War Pigs

The War Pigs is an online posse and outlaw gang operating in the Five States. They are led by Horatio McRae.

Background
The War Pigs were formed by Horatio McRae and Dunk Tattenbaum following their respective run-ins with the Hartigan Brothers, when Horatio's wife and son and Dunk's dog were killed by the gang. Together, the pair gathered together a ragtag band of outlaws, including Bartholomew Bartholomew and Cletus Jones, and they began roaming the Five States in search of vengeance. They quickly became one of the most notorious gangs in America, thanks to their brutal and often excessive methods. Over the course of the gang war, the War Pigs systematically hunted down and killed every member of the Hartigan Brothers, culminating in a shootout on the lavender fields of Big Valley, where Jeremiah Hartigan was killed and the remaining gang members either scattered or killed.

At some point later, the gang were celebrating in Blackwater when Philip LeClerk was killed in the street by masked gunmen. The War Pigs were framed and wrongfully convicted of the murder, and sent to Sisika Penitentiary to perform six months of manual labour before their respective executions.

Reformation
However, in 1898, Horley and his armed companions helped each member of the War Pigs escape in turn, and led them to where he and Jessica LeClerk, Philip's widow, were camping. Seeking to avenge her husband's death, she tasked the War Pigs with finding the true culprits. It was at this time that they were also introduced to JB Cripps, a strange immortal old man who was assigned to become the Pigs' camp manager.

The War Pigs then met with Clay Davies, a noted horse thief, who set them up with a mission to steal a horse each from a nearby stable. Each claimed a horse for his or her own, and all of the surviving members still ride the horses that they stole.

Associates

 * Blackie and Whitey - horses who often drive the War Pigs' carriages
 * Jessica LeClerk - former employer
 * Horley - Mrs LeClerk's assistant
 * Madam Nazar - collector
 * Norman - friend and occasional rival

Locations

 * Braithwaite Manor (Rhodes residence)
 * Camp Pig (transitory base)
 * Fort Pig (fort; New Austin residence)
 * Hog Manor (Saint Denis residence)
 * Pig Pen (safehouse; Roanoake Ridge residence)

Trivia

 * A number of rumours and legends about the War Pigs have sprung up since they became more notable.
 * Cletus Jones is a time traveller
 * The evidence for this includes his anachronistic horse name of AA Battery (which wasn't introduced until 1907) and his bizarre steampunk-esque attire.
 * Scrawny Nag is in fact the agent of a dark god whose mission is to punish the War Pigs for their crimes.
 * Bartholomew Bartholomew's horse Goose is actually three Armenian men in a horse suit.