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// The Dividing of the Hog Clans 
// Story: PonyHammer 40,000: Magic of War | Dark March 
// by Dragon Heart 
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	After destroying the Banners that united the Clans, and driving the Hogs into a rebellion, the Pony Marines had only one target left; The main camp and the Warboss.

"Marines," said Nule, "there's the enemy's camp. Attack!"

"More poniez ta kill!" Borbutz yelled. "Get to it, boarz!"

"It's time for you to meet your misbegotten maker, Hog." said Goliath.

"I made meself, ponie," said Borbutz, beating his hoof on his chest, "and I'm gonna unmake you."

The Blood Phoenixes opened fire on the settlement and quickly razed it to scrap. They attacked the Warboss, and more Hogs waddled in to fight the marines, but were losing fast.

Borbutz would not allow himself to be defeated. "Ya ain't got me yet..." said Borbutz. "Got me one more serprize for ya..."

"Uh, Boss?" a Hog called, "We'ze gettin' shot up."

Borbutz cocked an eye to the Hog. "Ain't you da master of da obvious. Use da splosives!"

"Da what?" the dumbfounded Hog asked.

Borbutz facehoofed. "Da bomb, ya git! Da bomb!" The Hog waddled over to the hidden bomb Borbutz mentioned, gave it a good tap, and quickly fled from the battlefield with the Warboss.

The bomb beeped several times before blowing up and killing off some Pony Marines, and the other Hogs unfortunate enough to be caught in the blast radius.

"Always have yer tunnels dug 'n ready." Borbutz stated.

"You sure iz smart, Boss." The Hog said, hard to tell if it was a compliment or sarcasm.

"Shut it, ya git." Borbutz spat. "I got me a 'ole SNAARL! ta rebuild. Now get me da Hork offa dis here planet."


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As they had on Tartaurus, the Blood Phoenixes cut with surgical precision into the heart of the Hog horde on Cronus. The hardened Pony Marines sent into the depths of the Grime Coast answered the pink tide with waves of bolter fire and the faith of true soldiers of the Equestrium. The swamps ran red with the blood of Hogs, as camp after camp fell to the Blood Phoenixes' purge.

That Warhog Borbutz managed to escape Cronus weighed heavily on Captain Nule. He surmised (correctly as it turned out) that the Hog would someday return to plague the Equestrium again. In an effort to make sure no other Hogs survived, Nule ordered a massive Scorched Earth Campaign, burning hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of jungle, to purge the Hogs once and for all.