Moving back to the Gorosei, St. Topman Warcury is instead based on the Feng Xi, a demonic boar of Chinese mythology. In Japanese it is called the “houki”, though this is simply the Japanese reading of this creature of Chinese myth. The Feng Xi, translating to “Swine Seal”, is described as a colossal demonic boar or swine-like creature of massive proportions.
It bears four large tusks (sometimes even more depending on the myth), and its very body is clad in fire, able to set things ablaze and burn entire villages. In the case of Warcury, we can see how Oda played with his large mustache by turning it into large tusks, of which there seem to be four in total just like in the myth. Even his birthmarks on his head seem to have been adapted into the pattern of his boar-like skin.
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