Piglumps :D

taken from the online novel "The Rune Of Roon" , at http://www.jerslater.com/ch15.html

Piglumps

Piglumps are extremely strange creatures, to say the least. Standing no more than two feet high and with thick brown hair covering their round bodies, they somewhat resemble fat badgers with comically large eyes. They take pride in wearing clothes, believing this separates them from other beasts, but a piglump's definition of clothing is rather loosely defined. Therefore, it’s not uncommon to see piglumps wrapped in things like dirty washrags, twine, leaves, clumps of mud, or small struggling woodland creatures unlucky or slow enough to be caught.

They fancy themselves river explorers, despite their crippling and unnatural fear of the water. Unfortunately, most piglumps make extremely poor explorers. Since they have such dreadful memories, every time a piglump goes anywhere--be it the river, the forest, or its own home--it is always amazed to discover this new location all over again. Slippercheese, perhaps the most famous piglump explorer of all time, is said to have discovered more than two different places at the same time, although this is a feat which some secretly doubt. Nevertheless, intrepid piglump explorers are eager to compete with Slippercheese's magnificent legacy, and they take to the river daily in an attempt to discover new and interesting creatures and locations.

Most of them promptly drown.

Along with water, all piglumps share an unshakable fear of demons, which severely stunts their ability to explore very far. Piglumps are convinced that demons are everywhere, and this fear is compounded by the fact that none of them are quite sure what demons actually look like. Therefore, any strange tree, rock or family member risks the very real danger of being identified as a demon, which usually results in several minutes of frantic screaming and running in circles until the danger has passed.

(An interesting historical fact: Seventy-four years ago, a piglump city was invaded by an actual demon, an unholy fire-snorting monster that fed on the fear of its victims. The piglumps, not recognizing the creature, cheerfully welcomed it into their village, where they proceeded to tell the demon a number of very long stories that never really got to any sort of point. Confused to the point of tears, the demon finally left the village, bewildered and broken-hearted. Several hours later a suspicious-looking fish in the river was mistakenly identified as a demon. Panic ensued.)

In any case, the piglumps who manage to avoid a watery grave return to the village every night--assuming they can find it again, of course--complete with many fascinating stories of the incredible things they discovered throughout the course of the day, most of which are utter lies. Piglumps are one of Rhyyne's great mysteries, for they never seem to actually eat anything. And as with all stupid creatures, reproduction is also something of a mystery, since nobody has ever seen a pregnant piglump. Yet the piglump species stubbornly refuses to wander off into oblivion, despite overwhelming evidence suggesting that extinction might not be such a bad idea after all.