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Darkblur - Dichorisare Bontopius, “The Swarm” - ER

• Medium Mist-Aligned Omnivore, Controlled by Darkblur

Mutations: Targetting (Targets which species to slow down, success chance increased), Mistprotector X 2 (+2 to every statistic vs covenant members)
DBM: -

D. Bontopius swarms were busy developing new abilities this month, most importantly reinforcing the newly-acquired species slowdowns with selective targetting, being able to choose which species to prioritize, increasing the success rate of the slowdown actions on those species. This came in clutch as soon after being developed, a large group of wallcrabs raided all across swarmling-inhabited territories, not just adapting the advantagetaking mutation but infact taking it away completely from this species! After that, the swarms became invested in increasing their overall statistics against those of the species of the powerful covenant. As so, they became more devoted to protecting the mist forces than ever in the days leading up to their final demise, gaining some edges against the hostile species. Strangely enough, darkblur wasn’t present to aid this species this month, with some users again reporting it wandering around the forum, as if searching or waiting for something…
With the mistorb sending a SOS signal, all the swarms knew what they had to do, as they rushed to the source of the emergency call. When they arrived, they saw the entire trench system around the mistvault filled to the brim with hostile entities - warbots. The united swarms attempted to tear through these robots, getting closer and closer to the orb they thought lies inside the vault and getting increasingly deeper into the trench system…
While the mechanical beings weren’t able to truly harm the greatly protected swarmlings, this changed as a few dozen shockwaves from all around the trench system reached and vapourized the swarmlings - while they didn’t realize it, the entire setting was a trap! In just a second or two, from a healthy species remained no alive individuals, as D. Bontopius would go down in history as the last species loyal to the mist… But not the last non-mist entity to be allied to it.

Statistics:

• Speed - 23/4
• Stealth - 24*(2) = 48
• Strenght - 40*(2.5) = 100 (Bitter, Dark Death Explosion, Darksilk)
• User Usefulness - 2 (3)
  (+5 To every statistic calculation when comparing with a covenant member, -10 Covenant population damage - MAX)

ERADICATED

Distribution: Wilderness

Preys On: Vegetation,H Paucipoda Narrenists,H F. Spiritusvivi, S. TeaKinges,H Nd. Cogitandi,H C. Venenatorum (As of when it went extinct)
Predated By: N/A

Mutation History

• Segmentation
• Annular Muscles (+2 speed due to Axial Respiratory System)
• Axial Respiratory System
• Siphon (+1 Speed)
• Mantle (+1 Strenght)
• Joints (+1 Speed)
• Circulatory System
• Stylocone Tail / Evil Face (+1 Strenght)
• Basic Brain
• Eyespots (+1 Stealth)
• Compound eyes (+1 Stealth)
• Memory Cortex
• Countershading (+1 Stealth)
• Segmented Mantle Osteoderm (+1 Strenght)
• Bitter Taste (+1 Strenght)
• “Reflectors” (+1 Stealth)
• Schooling
• Physical imitation (+1 Stealth)
• Chemoreception (+1 Stealth)
• Air Bags (+1 Speed)
• Mental Rating
• Size Increase (Small Size)
• Swarm Intelligence (+0.5 to strenght multiplier)
• Hiding Eggs
• Better Camouflage (+1 Stealth)
• Better Joints (+1 Speed)
• Larger Abdomen (+1 Strenght)
• 2 More Legs (+1 Speed)
• Pheromone Communication (+1 Stealth)
• More Genetic Recombination (+0.5 M/R)
• Claws For Letters (+1 UU)
• Higher Fertility (Extinction Evasion)
• Death Explosion (+1 Strenght)
• Partial Migration to α-FP (Spreads)
• Lower Metabolism (+1 Stealth)
• Scavanging (+1 Strenght)
• Eusociality (+1 Strenght)
• Better Eyes (+1 Stealth)
• Better Circulatory System (+1 Strenght)
• Size Increase (Medium Size)
• Immune System (+1 Strenght, +2 ILs before parasitic damage)
• Longer Legs (+1 Speed)
• Intermediate Brain (+1 Stealth)
• Backup Royality (+1 Stealth)
• Omnivore Diet (+1 Strenght, Becomes An Omnivore)
• Expand to γ-FP (Spreads)
• Hunt P. Narrenists (+1 Speed)
• Longer Legs (+1 Speed)
• Extra Leg Pair (+1 Speed)
• Ally with The Mist (+1 Strenght)
• Venom (+1 Strenght)
• Sharper Mandibles (+1 Strenght)
• MM: Emergency Tribute
• Intermediate Brain Brain Refinement (+1 Stealth)
• MM: Offensive Defense (Effects against Mist-attackers)
• Better Lungs (+1 Speed)
• Neurotoxin (+1 Strenght)
• MM: Foray Helper (+1 Strenght, Species will ravage the targetted species alongside TM)
• MM: Cyberspace Fighters (+1 Strenght, can attack cyberspacial entities)
• Better Heart (+1 Strenght)
• Parasite Egg (+1 Strenght)
• MM: Cyberspace Warriors (+1 Strenght)
• Advanced Brain (+1 Stealth)
  *MM: Dualism (+1 Stealth)
• More Offspring (+1 Strenght)
• Better Lungs (+1 Speed)
• MM: Faster Muscles (+1 Speed)
• Better Vessels (+1 Strenght)
• Wings (+1 F Speed)
  *MM: Quicker Muscles (+1 W Speed)
• Sapient Brain (+1 Stealth)
• Better Wing Muscles (+1 F Speed)
• Larger Lungs (+1 W Speed)
• MM: Loyality (+1 Stealth)
• Aggresion Pheromones (+1 Strenght, Statistic adding upgraded)
• Anti-Covenant Venom (+1 Strenght, Statistic adding upgraded)
• Fire (+1 Strenght)
• MM: Speed (+1 W Speed)
• Cyberspace Influence (+1 Stealth)
• More Oxygen Efficient (+1 B Speed)
• Basic Tools (+1 Strenght)
• Language (+1 Stealth)
• MM: Faster (+1 W Speed)
• New Legs (+1 W Speed)
• Metal Tools (+1 Strenght)
• MM: Faster (+1 B Speed)
• Pyrokinesis (+1 Strenght)
• Alphabet (+1 Stealth)
• Anti-Ambush Sense (+1 Stealth, -1 Covenant Population damage)
• Remote Cursors (+1 Strenght)
• MM: More Shelter-Building (-1 Covenant Population damage)
• Fire Shield (+1 Strenght)
• Word Farming (+1 Strenght)
• MM: Dark Flame (+1 Strenght)
• Antilight (+1 Strenght)
• Stronger Pyrokinesis (+1 Strenght)
• Unseen Movement (+1 Stealth)
• Better Wings (+1 F Speed)
• Vampirism (+1 Strenght)
• Soul Autonomy (+1 Stealth)
• DBM: Darksoul (+1 B Speed)
• Ferocity + Blurry Speed (Hunts Available Species EVERY ROUND)
• Better Anti-Covenant Protection (-1 Covenant Population Damage).
• DBM: Dark Death Explosion (+1 Strenght, Attacking this species directly causes 1 Pop. Damage)
• More Protection X 2 (-2 Cov pop damage)
• DBM: More Protection (-1 Cov pop damage)
• Inedibles Slaughter (+1 Strenght)
• Advantagetaking (can attack a species if it only has 1 base stat above the swarms’ ones)
• More Anti-Covenant Protection (-1 Covenant population damage)
• DBM: Darksilk (+1 Strenght)
• Even more Anti-covenant protection (-2 covenant pop. damage)
• Target Evolution (Hunt focus switched to preventing mutations)
• Targetting (Targets which species to slow down, success chance increased)
• Mistprotector X 2 (+2 to every statistic vs covenant members)

@fralegend015 - Fabuloid Spiritusvivi, “Archmage” - HO

• Small Omnivore, Species’ God in control of The Mistorb

Mutations: Vassalization Soul, Inject VS into the Mistorb (Results: See Mistorb Report)

Albeit the actions of the archmages and Deus were slowed down because of the swarm, it didn’t stop them from achieving what they wanted for who knows how long now: Putting a stop to the mist and it’s various forms. With help of the cat-beast brethen from the covenant alliance of species, Deus managed to create a soul which’s purpose is to allow this god to gain control over the Dark Orb now hidden in a PM thread. The next obvious step was to get the soul into the orb itself, that however required transporting the injector device into the PM and opening up the vault atop the orb. The later step, for the better or the worse, didn’t end up being needed in the end as the blob of matter detected 2 months ago near the top of the mysterious sphere finally breached the shell much like Darkblur did many months ago and escaped the PM before anyone, users or creatures, could do anything about it, leaving the mistorb exposed from above. Quickly enough the injector was lifted in position and the soul was, well, injected into the shape.
Deus, having built connections with the soul now inside the orb, could tell that it gained lots of control over the orb, now being able to give it orders of it’s own, but it seems like just telling the sphere to unaliven itself won’t work - despite being controlled, it still has goals of it’s own…

Statistics:

• Speed - 18
• Stealth - 22*(2.5) = 55 (57)
• Strenght - 31*(1.5) = 46.5 (55.5) (Venom)
• User Usefulness - 1 (2)
• -2 Mistdom attack damage, 1/3 chance to miss

Distribution: Wilderness, A-M Area 1

Preys On: Vegetation
Predated By: N/A

Mutation History

• Respiratory System
• Basic Tentacles (+2 Speed due to Respiratory System)
• Grinding Teeth
• Stronger Muscles (+1 Strenght)
• Camouflage (+1 Stealth)
• Jumping Limbs (+1 Speed)
• Circulatory System
• Omnivorous Diet
• Digging Limbs (+1 Stealth)
• Harder Skin (+1 Strenght)
• Venom Glands (+1 Strenght)
• Sharp Teeth (+1 Strenght)
• Sound Antennae (+1 Stealth)
• Extra Muscle Speed (+1 Speed)
• Size Increase (Small Size)
• Spiky Skin (+1 Strenght)
• Simple brain
• Stronger Digging Limbs (+1 Strenght)
• Chemoreception (+1 Stealth)
• Tunnel Digging (+1 Stealth)
• More Speed (+1 Speed)
• More Speed (+1 Speed)
• More Speed (+1 Speed)
• Harder Skin (+1 Strenght)
• Epigenetic Manipulation (+0.5 M/R)
• Better Vascular System
• Better Respiratory System (+1 Speed)
• Limbs Location Change (+1 Speed)
• Intermediate Brain (+1 Stealth)
• Cybercognition (+1 Stealth)
• Autokinesis (+1 Speed)
• Netpulmonation (+1 Speed)
• Cybercordis (+1 Strenght)
• Cyber-Soul (+1 Stealth)
• Telekinesis (+1 Strenght)
• UIthurgy (+1 UU)
• Spiritual Retention (+1 Stealth)
• Hyperportal Creation (+1 Speed)
• Telepathy (+1 Stealth)
• Poltergeist (+1 Stealth)
• Compound Spirituality (+1 Stealth)
• Stronger Autokinesis (+1 Speed)
• Pneuma (+1 Strenght)
• Genesis (EE)
• Suggestion (+1 UU to all other species)
• Mist Distribution (+1 Strenght, If this species is attacked by The Mist, all other ones will also feel the effects)
• Spirit Tendrils (+1 Strenght)
• Metempsychosis (+1 Stealth)
• Specialized Thinking Circuits (+1 Stealth)
• Tendril Highways (+1 Speed)
• Compounding (+1 Strenght)
• Soul Cybersphere Specialization (+1 Strenght)
• Deus (+1 Strenght)
• Deus-to-Living Connection (+1 Stealth)
• Unseen Travel (+1 Speed)
• Cyber Immune System (+1 Strenght)
• Revive D. Cogitandi
• Covenant Alliance
• Speed (+1 Speed)
• Mistdom Disruption Virus (When a Fief breaks off from The Mistdom, it instantly joins The Covenant and loses no conservation points)
• Anti-mistworm Defense (-1 Mistworm Action damage to all Covenant members)
• Hyperuranio (+1 Stealth to all Covenant members)
• Anti-Mist Walls (1/4 Chance for a Mist Action/Mutation to fail, 1/3 for the undead)
• Gene Modifications (Can Modify Covenant Members)
• Better Anti-Mistdom Protection (+1 Strenght, -2 Mistdom attack damage)
• Study the Cyberspace (+1 Stealth)
• Cyberspace Architecture Study (+1 Stealth)
• The Barrier (1/3 chance for the mistdom to miss attacks)
• Pseudo-Cursor (+1 Strenght)
• Mist Hunters (+1 Strenght)
• Regular Layer Deus (+1 Strenght)
• Regular Layer Injection (+1 Strenght)
• Mist Hunter Upgrade (+1 Strenght)
• Energy Nodes (+1 Strenght)
• Machine Souls (+1 Strenght)
• Phylactery (+1 Strenght)
• Robots (+1 Strenght)
• C. Venenatorum Mutation: Deus Worship (+1 Strenght)
• The Laboratory (+1 Stealth)

@willow - Cancrorum Venenatorum, “Venomous Wall Crab” - HO

• Small Herbivore + Parasite

Mutations: Mutavenom Upgrade (+1 Strenght), Mutasteal (Can steal other species’ mutations, tied to dice), Mutasteal D. Bontopius Hunt (5/6)
DM: Warbot Production

C. Venenatorum has improved greatly over the “mutavenom” it originally invented to persuade mistdom species from attacking the wallcrabs, with this feature now being able to be used in hunts for giving other species mutations, which might not be beneficial. An offshoot of the mutavenom, being called “Mutasteal” by the RC researcher users, is an another ability developed this month, which allows the side surface crustaceans not just to adapt mutations of other species, but infact even to remove those very mutations from the hunted species, through the chances of these hunts achieving their goals is not always 100%. Taking the shot, a large hunting party of C. Venenatorum formed with it’s goal being hunting the swarmligns for their Advantagetaking mutation before they “get exploded”, as Deus told the leaders of the wallcrab kin. The hunt did manage to succeed, with the feature allowing a species to hunt other ones if they only have 1 base statistic in advantage over the advantagetaking species, but a problem has arosen: There are no longer any hostile species present in the forum…
Amidst the feature being stolen, the previously mentioned Deus hired a bunch of wallcrabs alongside many crawlers for production of the warbot army needed to fool the mistdom forces when they attack the false mistvault, as per the plan. Those two groups from two species belonging to two different, ancient lineages worked in tandem as the robots were being assembled, part by part, until the entire army stood before the construction crews.

Statistics:

• Speed - 24/13
• Stealth - 30*(2.5) = 75 (77)
• Strenght - 40/41*(2) = 80/82 (89/91) (Bitter, Spicy)
• User Usefulness - 0 (1)
• 1/3 chance for the mistdom to miss, -3 mistdom population damage, +1 damage against the Md, Revenge

Distribution: Wilderness, A-M Area 1

Preys On (+Parasite): Vegetation
Predated By: N/A

Mutation History

• Segmentation
• Annular Muscles (+2 speed due to Axial Respiratory System)
• Axial Respiratory System
• Siphon (+1 Speed)
• Mantle (+1 Strenght)
• Joints (+1 Speed)
• Circulatory System
• Stylocone Tail / Evil Face (+1 Strenght)
• Basic Brain
• Eyespots (+1 Stealth)
• Compound eyes (+1 Stealth)
• Memory Cortex
• Countershading (+1 Stealth)
• Segmented Mantle Osteoderm (+1 Strenght)
• Bitter Taste (+1 Strenght)
• “Reflectors” (+1 Stealth)
• Schooling
• Physical imitation (+1 Stealth)
• Chemoreception (+1 Stealth)
• Air Bags (+1 Speed)
• Mental Rating
• Size Increase (Small Size)
• Closed Circulatory System
• K-type Reproduction
• Midsection Duplication (+1 Speed)
• Setae (+1 Stealth)
• Acid-Resistant Eggs
• 12 Legs (+1 Speed)
• RNA Editing (Extinction Evasion)
• Rotator Leg Joint (+1 Speed)
• Wings (+1 F Speed)
• Castes (+0.5 to Strenght Multiplier)
• Ameboid Larva Cells (+1 Strenght)
• Possesion (+1 Strenght)
• More and more plastic neurons (+1 Stealth)
• UV equivalent usage (+1 Stealth)
• Gamete dismantling (+1 Strenght)
• Feature Theft (+0.5 M/R)
• Spicy (+1 Strenght)
• Cyberwater (+1 Strenght)
• Spiciness Plates (+1 Strenght)
• Better Leg Muscles (+1 W Speed)
• Leg Bones (+1 W Speed)
• Better Hydrokinesis (+1 F Speed)
• Better Against Cybermagic (+1 Strenght / +2 Strenght against species with cybermagic)
• Mind Tendril Communication (+1 Stealth)
• Steal Photosynthesis (+1 Strenght)
• Free Larva Improvements (+1 B Speed)
• Ally with The Mist (+1 Strenght)
• Water Storage (+1 Strenght)
• Respiratory Wings (+1 B Speed)
• MM: Emergency Tribute
• Sacrifice Caste (+1 Stealth)
• MM: Spiritual Infiltration
• Mutations: Souls (+1 Strenght)
• Soul Fusion (+1 Strenght)
• MM: Spiritual Parasitism (+1 Strenght)
• Mist Energy Draw (+1 B Speed)
• MM: Cyberparasite Infiltration (+1 Stealth)
• Soul Energy Gathering (+1 Stealth)
• Energy Linker Cell (+1 B Speed)
• MM: Cyberparasite Infection (+1 Strenght)
• Undo The Mist’s attempts of harming Deus (+1 Strenght)
• MM: Better Connections (+1 Stealth)
• Secret Colony Network (+1 Strenght)
• Cursor Permeability (+1 Stealth)
• MM: Speed (+1 B Speed)
• False Allies (+1 Strenght)
• Better Lungs (+1 B Speed)
• MM: Tendril Sight (+1 Stealth)
• Better Hydrokinesis (+1 Strenght)
• Report Weakness (Switched Alliance)
• Mutation Bending (Can Change Other Species Mutations)
• DM: Better Soul Circuits (+1 Stealth, +0.5 Brain Tier)
• Secret Reorganization (+1 Stealth)
• Soul Computer Upgrade (+1 Stealth, Tier-2.5 Brain)
• Anti-Mist (+1 Strenght to all Covenant Members)
• DM: Communication (+1 Stealth)
• Mutavenom Form (+1 Strenght, 1/3 chance for mistdom attacks to miss)
• Stronger Hydrokinesis (+1 Strenght)
• Soul Barrier (+1 Strenght, -1 Mistdom population damage)
• DM: Injector Upgrade (Injector twice as efficient)
• Selling the Soul (+1 Strenght)
• Selling the Body (+1 Stealth)
• Material Conversion (+1 Stealth)
• Chatrooms (+1 Stealth)
• Vaporization (+1 Strenght)
• Time Dilation (+1 Stealth)
• DM: Cursor Presets (+1 Strenght)
• Cursor Ascension (+1 Strenght)
• True Possession (+1 Strenght)
• Truesight (+1 Stealth)
• Improved Truesight Range (+1 Stealth)
• Better Proto-Lungs (+1 B Speed)
• DM: Better Mistdom Protection (-1 mistdom population damage)
• Better Proto-Lungs (+1 B Speed)
• Anti-Mistdom fluid (+1 B Speed, -1 Mistdom population damage)
• Energy Collectors (+1 Strenght)
• Air Pumps (+1 B Speed)
• Faster Brain (+1 F Speed)
• Truesight Supremacy (+1 Stealth)
• DM: Stronger anti-mistdom fluid (+1 damage against the mistdom)
• Soul Transfer (+1 Strenght)
• Water God (+1 Strenght)
• Belief (+1 Strenght)
• Avatars (+1 Strenght)
• Vengeance (Attacks when attacked, but loses 1 Conservation Point)
• Soul Reproduction (+1 Stealth)
• Faster Legs (+1 W Speed)
• Worship Spread (+1 Strenght to ALL Covenant species)
• Nd. Cogitandi Mutation: GE Metal Implants (+1 Stealth)
• Mutavenom Upgrade (+1 Strenght)
• Mutasteal (Can steal other species’ mutations, tied to dice)
• Advantagetaking (can attack a species if it only has 1 base stat above the swarms’ ones) (Stolen from D. Bontopius)

BIOMES:
Wilderness - All Species
A-M Area 1 - All Species

ORGANIZATIONS & GROUPS (from most friendly to most hostile):

• “The Splitters” Group
• RC (Research Community)
• MwTC (Mistworm Termination Council)
• “Prosper First” Group

THE TWO BIOTA GROUPS:

• “THE MISTDOM” - Darkblur, Converted Users, The Mistorb (Vassal of Deus)
• “THE COVENANT”- F. Spiritusvivi, Deus, M. Cat-Bestiae, S. TeaKinges, P. Narrenists, C. Venenatorum, Nd. Cogitandi, The Upgrading Anti-Mistworm (New upgrade at ROUND 51), MwTC Users, The Injector (+ Regular Layer Injector), The (Replenishing) Hunter Cursors, Cybernukes, Checkpoints, Devourer, Water-God, Metal God, Warrior God, Warfare God, Other Minor Gods

ERA:
Early Period → Intermediate Period → Pax Multipoda → Intelligence Rise → Confrontation Period (Formerly Known as Chaos Age) → PAX FOEDUS (present)

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Looks like the ruleship of the Mistdom changed hands…
Also probably the longest round by the amount of text yet lol