Running a business

Done by Yuriko
this picture is for a fantasy race I'm working on, eventually after my broken hand heals I'm going to make a Warhammer Fantasy army list for them ready for a competition with my brother. here is some info on the culture and biology. The strong slave theme threw out the race I think fits in with the hedenistic lifestyle of the fantasy pig race and is intended to form a basis for stories about the slaves themselves. I was going to set the stories in history (to do with the Ottomans) but I feel actually sick every time I read about what their empire did to people so I made the setting fantasy instead. The following info is incomplete.

Here a swine decides to count the workers wages in the nice sunshine, she has her slavegirls with her to attend her needs and check her sums with the slavemen toiling in the background under the lash of worker swines who are employed to run the farm and keep the slaves busy. 

The piggish empire relys on slaves for almost everything! Every aspect of society includes slaves. The Great Ruling Family's demand slaves to fuel their empires growth. The ruling families form a counselling body  that never agree to anything making the empire slow to ever react to a full scale crisis. Beneath the ruling elite are countless other families many own country sized estates that have massive armies and navies. Because they are ruled by a single swine it makes them able to quickly respond to events that trouble the family within their own estates. The smaller families either live on the estates and pay tribute to the master in gold or plunder or they own their own lands. 
It is a commonly regarded fact that the fatter the swine the richer and more powerful they are, this is true because the oldest swines are normally the head of the family and the younger the swine the more work they do. The life every swine aspires to is one where they do nothing but eat, sleep and do leisure and their slaves do everything. One really fat swine has His slavegirls place his food in his mouth for him. The grandfather and grandmother are served by the rest of the family and they are the fattest, the father and mother are the managers of the estate, the father keeps the business in order and the mother works out the payment for the employed swines and she manages the houses or palaces. The children are supervisers they supervise the employed swines making sure they don't slack. Finally the employed swines aren't family members they are  given jobs to work for the family. The children often lead sponsored raids to acquire plunder from other lands, they rarely attack other piggish families as civil war is not profitable. The fame and money to be gained from these attacks attracts thousands who want to better themselves. growing food for export and taking slaves are the most profitable businesses however the piggish are massive traders and will never raid someone who is a good customer.the people of Indiah  are the preferred victims of the raids as they too like gold and jewels and the huge populations make great slaves, Indiah is only a short sail away and they are fractured into many kingdoms being led my many different Maharana's and Maharaja's this means the piggish can raid at will the ones they fall out with and make friends with others who approve of their enemies being enslaved.The Piggish do like piracy and have attacked ships everywhere.because Indiah is closer and most slaves are from there it means white and East Asian human slaves are more expensive because they are rarer in supply and rarer yet are elves and törpék,s (Dwarves). 
To be turned into a slave to the piggish is a very real prospect for many especially living in Indiah, the slaves are stripped of all their belongings and are sold naked in great markets. Men are cheaper than women and children are the most expensive after being brought they are transported to the farms/mines or palaces to begin their work. Some slaves are taught to speak and read the piggish language and are therefore sold for more money, these slaves turn into interpreters so the other slaves can understand what their piggish masters want from them. Generally the slaves are  split into two groups ,male slaves live in one part of the estate in large camps made out of wooden buildings, the men are awoken by the swine workers and marched out at daybreak to work all day until nighttime when they are fed rice by some swine cooks and marched back so they can wash themselves. Order is kept using the whip and the threat of death to the whole buildings occupants if one of them tries to insurrect , swine guard them all the time in shift patterns and they entertain themselves by beating the troublemakers.the females live in another area normally close to or inside the house or palace in harems, the women live together and are overseen by another female slave who is an interpreter and a veteran servant, she is known as the Trusted and her word is law to the other slavegirls. The Trusted reports to the mother and to displease the Trusted can be fatal. The women have to be working early in the morning to prepare the hot water and breakfast ready for their masters. They work all day up until late at night serving the family and cleaning after they go bed. The women are fed well even if they survive by eating the scraps of food left over by the family's dinner. Order is kept by forcing troublesome slavegirls to doing jobs that are hard or unpleasant, women who continue to fail their masters are punished by whipping the souls of their feet or chaining them up and leaving them out in the sun  for a few days. Women slaves are not normally whipped like the men because the swines don't like to see scars and lash marks on someone who is serving them drinks and looking after their children. Women also dance for their masters to entertain them.

The biology of the swine.
Like with humans and apes the swine or hogs are considerably different to the animal pigs that are used for farms. The Piggish race has many different ethnicities that has led to racism between them in the past resulting in wars and genicide however today they are a multicultural society. Their internal organs are similar to how humans work and their snout has a very acute sense to find food. Their trotters have four hoofed toes with the large central ones taking most the weight. The piggish despite living in a hot continent are not well suited to the heat and so whenever possible slavegirls follow them with fans to keep them cool. If the swine is working then they either rub muddy oil into their skin or throw water over them to cool themselves . Swines are regarded as being tough, their fat and large muscles can help keep them alive if they are injured in battle and their bodies are very good if not totally immune to handling poisons. Swines in general have good hearing and smell senses and their vision is regarded as being on par with humans some ethnicity have better vision some worse. Humans and Swines have coexisted for millennia and cross deceases are rare. Mother swines give birth to many children meaning Piggish families are sometimes very large. As another result of coexistence between humans and swines interracial romance and marriage happens and sexual abuse of both male and female slaves is common ,although to date no half human half swine children have survived.

Overview of the history.