Hog and his barbarian soldiers were making their first bold approach to the swamp town before them, yet it wasn't their first discovery of it.
In fact, two days after Murphy had requested Hog to send a scout into the swamp, the Blood Claw Chief had already received an informational report about the town.
It was situated near a quagmire in Polluted Swamp, close to Transylvania, perfectly positioned alongside the path leading to Dark Baron Territory, and to its east was the only mountain pass leading deeper into Polluted Swamp to the dreaded "Forbidden Lands"—a geography that perfectly choked the path from Transylvania through the swamp to Dark Mountain Range.
This was enough to make one wonder whether the Jackal Warlocks had planned all this in advance.
Moreover, this "Plague Town" wasn't a small outpost; just from its appearance, the gloomy place was about one-fifth the size of the former Cardman City.
