Lore:Bristleback

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A Bristleback

Bristlebacks or Tusked Bristlebacks are large tusked boars that can be found on Solstheim, and are known for their amazing ability to reflect magical effects used against them. The fur along their spines is barbed and stiff, lending to their name.[1] They are often used by Rieklings, who have bred the creatures to be even more warlike and dangerous, as mounts.[2] Their prefered climate is snowy mountaintops and temperatures well below freezing.[1]

Mountain Bristlebacks are a large species of bristleback found in Southern Elsweyr. During the Second Era, many bristlebacks found on Solstheim and mainland Skyrim were of a similar size.

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The leather and tusks harvested from them are known to have alchemical properties, while their meat is used for food by both men and rieklings.[3][4][5]

Some Nords believe that slaying a bristleback boar when both moons are full leads to bad luck for the rest of the year.[6] One of the many caves on Solstheim is named Bristleback Cave, after the beasts.[7]

The meat of bristlebacks is an ingredient of certain Reachfolk dishes.[8] Cured layers of bristleback hide are also sometimes used by Reachmen to create shields.[9]

In Markarth, the Bristleback hunters were famed for their prowess and distinguished for recounting lengthy tales in local inns during the night. Those stories were often filled with near-death experiences. Bringing down Bristlebacks was known to require both skill and a touch of luck.[10]

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