Editing Boarboyz (section)

==Warhammer Fantasy==
The Orcs of the Old World had realized very early in their histories that cavalry were a useful thing. After all, they could get you into the fight right quick, so they could. But they couldn't be riding horses like pansy [[elves]] and [[human]]s. So, they looked for something tougher, something nastier, something... a hell of a lot more orcy! Also something that could put up with their stench and their rough antics, but that's beside the point.

They found what they were looking for in the form of the [[warboar]]; particularly large, savage and ill-tempered swine that roam the Old World in huge herds. It's unknown when orc and boar first came to live together, but since the notoriously traditionalist stone-wielding [[Orcs_&_Goblins#Varieties|Savage Orcs]] are willing to ride them, it's clearly been going on a ''long'' time.

Boarboyz have a difficult time breaking in their reluctant steeds, with the regime mostly consisting of headbutting them into semi-consciousness, then clambering onto their backs and hanging on for dear life until the boar learns to accept them there. Even then, they have only minimal control over their steeds in battle, which forbids them from using fancier weaponry like lances; an orc needs one hand to hold his choppa and the other to hold onto his boar! Only the Savage Orcs are willing to try dual-wielding choppas from boarback, and other orcs think that they're crazy for trying.