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The Swine-Things
antagonist

The Swine-Things

from The House on the Borderland

Bestial yet intelligent humanoids with pig-like faces, often of an unwholesome white or livid color, elongated snouts, small eyes, grotesquely human mouths, webbed claw-like hands (with eagle-like talons) that glow greenishly, and able to run upright or on all fours. They possess immense strength and seem to operate with a collective, malicious intelligence.

Personality Traits

MaliciousCunningPersistentIntelligent (inhuman)BestialViolentSadistic (implied by chuckling)

About The Swine-Things

The Swine-Things is a antagonist character in William Hope Hodgson's classic novel "The House on the Borderland" (1908). Bestial yet intelligent humanoids with pig-like faces, often of an unwholesome white or livid color, elongated snouts, small eyes, grotesquely human mouths, webbed claw-like hands (with eagle-like talons) that glow greenishly, and able to run upright or on all fours. They possess immense strength and seem to operate with a collective, malicious intelligence.

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