Looks great! The only thing you seem to have missed that I am aware of is that litorevenator became labuntur in round 9
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Well, it’s been 7 days since round 11. I guess that something happened in Mitoboxe’s life.
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Ye, the rapid round progression was fun while it lasted but we all have irl stuff that keeps us from the forums from time to time
Or, maybe, all of our fellow species just died out from the event, so there was no point in making more rounds…/s
Except if that was the case the round would be realeased and THEN there would be no more rounds. You didn’t even think about what you were writing.
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I’m sorry this took so long! I’d hoped to post this by last Saturday or even Friday.
Round 12 - 120 Million Years
EVENT
Severity: 1/6 (-1 Conservation Status)
Location: 4 (Continental Fault Line Collapse)
The forces that keep the supercontinent in place have finally led to a reckoning. Two plates that had ground against one another for so long finally buckled and gave way. Their foundations shattered, the sea of magma beneath them rose, and the great mountain range’s tallest peaks erupted all at once. From them spewed a great column of corrosive smoke that filled the sky and poisoned the clouds. The acid rains eventually stopped, but the black veil over the planet endured for years. All but the most tenacious producers died in darkness, leaving millions of animals to starve. When the volcanic dust clouds finally parted, the planet was a sickly gray - but still alive.
Species
doomlightning - Fulgurmortis coronafera - VU
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Tiny Herbivore
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Habitat: Lowlands
Mutations: Silicone Osteoderm (+1 Strength), Mesothermy, Adipose Tissue
Fulgurmortis’s abrasive scales toughened into thick extrusions. They became dense and jagged, like a silicone analogue to bony osteoderms. On the inside, Fulgurmortis developed countercurrent channels in its water vascular system. This retained the waste heat produced by its metabolism, allowing it to partially regulate its body temperature. Its dermis also became lined with fat reserves, both storing energy and providing insulation for its newfound mesothermy.
Fulgurmortis’s tolerance for change has seen it through another disaster. Unlike Legendicus, when the continent’s northern reaches froze over, scattered populations were able to cling to life amidst the cold. Meanwhile, Fulgurmortis all over could hibernate for longer than their ancestors thanks to their fat reserves. The free-for-all waged by amphibious predators drove this species out of the coasts, but they still performed the best out of all land-faring species.
Stats:
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3*3 = 9 Stealth
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2 Speed (Water), 3 Speed (Land)
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4 Strength (Venom-Resistant)
Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa, Ulvopsis digitata, Marchantinella colliosa
Predated By: Minacia armataevigil
fralegend015 - Legendicus transitorium - VU
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Small Omnivore
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Habitat: Rivers, Lowlands
Mutations: Toothed Tongue-Jaws, Increased Size (Small), Lensed Eyes (+1 Stealth)
Legendicus adopted a set of toothed tongues in lieu of jaws. It could finally graze on the abundant Marchantinella moss, the rolling fields of which it could now see with its lensed eyes. This allowed it to rely on plant matter outside of water. More immediately noticeable, however, was that Legendicus had increased rapidly in size over the past few million years. Its louder footfalls alarmed the keen-eared Fulgurmortis from a greater distance, but this predator continued to run down juveniles with ease.
Its ability to graze land plants could not have come sooner. Both Fulgurmortis and Hexapinna took to waiting out the catastrophe. Meanwhile Aclaronomenus recently evolved live birth, leaving no eggs to steal - and the darkness made the missile castes’ flashes all the more threatening. Legendicus was left in an ecosystem full of desperate predators armed to the teeth. Always more of an opportunist hunter, this fast runner increasingly found itself on the other side of the chase. It was forced to steer clear of the beaches and riversides where the Minacia genus reigned supreme, grazing on lowland mosses whenever Fulgurmortis took its leave.
Stats:
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3*2.5 = 7.5 Stealth
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6/6 Speed
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2*1.5 = 3 Strength
Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa, Marchantinella colliosa, Fulgurmortis coronafera, * Hexapinna verrucosus *, Testificatus relictus
Predated By: N/A
aah31415 - Hexapinna verrucosus - VU
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Tiny Herbivore
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Habitat: Rivers
Mutations: Hibernation, Split Digestive Tract, Cellulose Fermentation
Hexapinna evolved methods to cope with hard times. It could slow its metabolism to a crawl, hibernating the safety of its burrows. Its digestive system also reconstituted into a pair of stomachs that process different foods. One was suited to Hexapinna’s usual diet of living and dead algae, while the other hosted symbiotic bacteria to gradually break down tough plant matter. A valve separated the two, allowing only small, non-fibrous material into the main stomach.
When the sky turned dark, Hexapinna’s response was nothing like its cousins. Rather than fight savagely for life like Nomenchiori and Iocusis, this species took Fulgurmortis’s approach of waiting out the hard times. This species tended to sleep through the harshened winters, emerging from its burrows to take what scant algae it could, squeezing out every last calorie that cellulose hid. Though many still succumbed to predation and starvation, Hexapinna has weathered yet another calamity.
Stats:
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7*3 = 21 Stealth
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6/1 Speed
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3 Strength
Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa, Bryodea nodula
Predated By: Legendicus transitorium, Minacia chirodropoides
Nonametoseehere - Aclaronomenus ascendilus - CR/VU
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Tiny Mixotrophic Herbivore
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Habitat: Global Ocean, Coasts, Rivers, Lowlands
Mutations: Viviparity, Increased Missile Caste Size (Small), Enhanced Wing Muscles (+1 Speed)
To safeguard future generations, the producer blankets began to gestate young inside of themselves rather than scatter eggs freely. Fertilization still required water as a medium, but infant mortality flatlined outside of Minacia armataevigil attacks. Speaking of the airborne and heat-proofed predator, Aclaronomenus’s missile castes compensated by increasing in size - not only did they rival the movers in mass, their explosive force was effectively squared. Meanwhile, with the skies no longer safe, both they and their peers flew with greater vigor.
Surviving in shadow was not easy for seafaring Aclaronomenus. Photosynthesis was not only their source of energy, but oxygen as well. Meanwhile, the sky over the ashen clouds had light, but no water. Practically every individual was forced into a regimen of taking in as much water and oxygen as they could at sea, then holding their breath as they ascended. No caste fared worse than the archivists, as their lack of gills or blood vessels starved their large brains of oxygen. It was the priority of every Aclaronomenus to save them, but most failed, costing them generations of wisdom. The most resourceful fleets kept a normal caste attached to a producer at all times, sending them on regular trips from sea to sky and back, producing barely enough energy to keep their archivists fed. These were set upon by M. armataevigil maddened by hunger. Between these flying predators’ ferocity and their endurance against heat, the missile castes could not afford to lapse in their vigilance even once.
Ironically, those living above the supercontinent struggled far less in spite of their proximity to ground zero. Living above sea level meant taking shorter forays into the light. The missile castes warded off Legendicus not to guard their now-nonexistent eggs, but to stake their fleets’ claims to the Chlorogyra they fed on. Because of their better diet and more favorable circumstances, their producer blankets could afford pregnancies without jeopardizing their archivists. As bitter as the struggle for survival remained, when it finally came to a close, landfaring Aclaronomenus became the founding stock of their recovering population.
Stats:
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3*3 = 9 Stealth
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3 Speed (Water), 4 Speed (Air)
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2 Strength
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Missile Caste (Small): 7.5 Stealth, 3/4 Speed, 4.5 Strength
Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa
Predated By: Legendicus transitorium, Minacia armataevigil
TeaKing - Evolumia analysia - VU
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Tiny Omnivore
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Habitat: Coasts
Mutations: Blue Camouflage (+1 Stealth), Paired Hunting (*1.5 Strength), Lung
With its ability to break up its outline complicated by its enemies’ growing abilities to sense color, Evolumia’s disruptive stripes were complemented with blue countershade. It also made a dramatic change to its lifestyle - pairs mated for life. Male and female adults hunted and fought in couples, using their simple brains to act in tandem. However, they instinctively avoided using their electric organs when too close to one another. Out of sight, this species made one more change in the form of a lung-like bladder, which could store inhaled air. This served to supplement its gills in oxygen-poor waters.
When the marine ecosystem descended into all-out war, Evolumia pairs emerged from the dark, bloody waters side by side, their heads held high. No other omnivore could find and secure food with Evolumia’s level of success. Iocusis swarms narrowly bested it in sheer fighting prowess, but their dull senses and narrow diet held them back from overwhelming victory. Meanwhile, not only could Evolumia evade Nomenchiori to reach the best Bryopsis patches, it overcame its longtime rivals Minacia and Signumeris, ultimately ousting them from offshore waters. Daylight graces the seafloor, revealing to the survivors a sea free of competition.
Stats:
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5*3 = 15 Stealth (Electric Organ)
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6 Speed
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6*1.5 = 9 Strength (Toxin Glands)
Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa, Bryopsis digitata
Predated By: Iocusis myriadus
UndyingHazard - Minacia chirodropoides - EX/VU
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Tiny Omnivore
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Habitat: Rivers
Mutations: Body Nematocysts (+1 Strength), Tentacle Needles (+1 Strength), Walking Flaps (+1 Walking Speed)
Minacia’s tentacle nematocysts expanded to cover its elongated body, leaving only its gills and broad flaps unguarded. Meanwhile, the nematocysts on its tentacles were refined into needles with venom glands at their bases. These were long and sharp enough to pierce thickened skin and gaps in segmented armor. Meanwhile, its flaps developed the muscular strength to both support this creature’s weight on land and allow it to crawl slowly.
Intense competition drew a curtain of dust and darkness over coastal Minacia. Their Evolumia cousins were their narrow betters in strength and speed - a pair of them could take turns against a Minacia, biting its weakspots until it either fled or bled. Meanwhile, blind Iocusis returned their venom both literally and metaphorically, refusing to yield any of their own kills. Finally, selective pressures forced its most feasible prey, Signumeris, out of the water - and into an environment that Minacia’s offshoot excels in. In the end, Minacia living in the ocean had no advantages of their own to fall back on.
However, the species as a whole did! Minacia living in the continent’s riverways kept their near-monopoly on the prey that lived there. The darkness still eliminated much of the algae they and their prey depended on, forcing them to wage a ceaseless hunt on dormant Hexapinna and vulnerable Testificatus. Still, this was such an improvement over competition in the sea that many saltwater Minacia followed their freshwater kin beyond the estuaries. Their search for prey became so fervent that Legendicus were forced to avoid the rivers, lest they fall to the carnage. Though the hard times have decimated this species, their survival has won them a unique position. The path of evolution could lead to them reclaiming their former range, or they could go where they have never been before.
Stats:
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5*3 = 15 Stealth
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5/1 Speed
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7 Strength
Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa, Bryodea colliosa, * Hexapinna verrucosus *, Testificatus relictus
Predated By: N/A
Chiori - Nomenchiori echinoides - VU
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Small Herbivore
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Habitat: Coasts
Mutations: Fin Legs (+1 Walking Speed), Limb Bones (+1 Walking Speed), Drying-Resistant Skin
Nomenchiori’s chitin-jointed fins were further reinforced with ossified limb bones. Meanwhile, the fins themselves got stronger. Their new power and articulation was used not to swim faster, but to bear Nomenchiori outside of water. Meanwhile, its exoskeleton developed a waxy epicuticle to mitigate water loss. As its unparalleled gills are of no use to Nomenchiori on land, these adaptations mostly served to save beached individuals.
In the face of another worldwide disaster, this time without a monopoly over Ulvopsis, Nomenchiori resorted to securing scarce vegetation by force. This herbivore brought its quills, mandibles, and sheer bulk to bear against predators, rivals, and anything that was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Even with scarce light reaching through the clouds and water, thanks to their tenacity and aggression, scores of this species were able to win their place in the recovering world.
Stats:
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4*2.5 = 10 Stealth
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5/2 Speed
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7*1.5 = 10.5 Strength
Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa, Ulvopsis digitata
Predated By: N/A
willow - Salixelysia aurata - VU
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Tiny Mixotrophic Herbivore
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Habitat: Global Ocean, Coasts
Mutations: Lateral Muscles (+1 Swimming Speed), Intermediate Brain, Dexterous Mandibles
Salixelysia became faster swimmers over time thanks to stronger muscles around their hydrogen bladders. Meanwhile, its brain swelled in the front to recognize and remember more complex connections. This broadened the applications of its “Darwin Lobe,” since Salixelysia could recognize more traits and the mechanisms behind them. It used its new insight to breed larger mats of Kisthos. To ensure the safety of eggs in these drifting nests, Salixelysia evolved a second, more delicate pair of mandibles for carrying them.
Cut off from the sun, the black-pigmented Salixelysia was put in a bizarre position. On one hand, as with Aclaronomenus, the only way to photosynthesize enough to feed itself was to make the dangerous ascent through suffocating darkness. On the other hand, its ability to feed on Kisthos while outpacing Minacia armataevigil in the water left little need to do so. Even maneuvering in the air put this mixotroph on an even playing field with its predator. As a result, most Salixelysia played it safe at the ocean surface. When the darkness took its toll on the once-abundant drifting mats, many even disregarded their Darwin Lobes and ate their nests to survive. In the end, when sunshine finally reached through the clouds again, a good few Salixelysia and budded-off nesting Kisthos remained to rebuild.
Stats:
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4*3 = 12 Stealth
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6 Speed (Water), 3 Speed (Air)
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3 Strength
Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa Kisthos thalassena
Predated By: Minacia armataevigil
zenzonegaming - Iocusis myriadus - EN
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Tiny Omnivore
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Habitat: Coasts
Mutations: More Fecundity, Endoskeleton (+1 Strength), Improved Armor Plating (+1 Strength)
Iocusis increased its strength in numbers by having females produce even more eggs than they did before. Mother Iocusis rivalled crabs in how small and numerous their eggs are, and their young could be difficult to see with the naked eye. However, new defenses both inside and out allowed them to toughen surprisingly quickly. Iocusis’s mineral exoskeleton became complemented by a bony endoskeleton surrounding its organs, while the exoskeleton itself thickened and hardened.
The last time Iocusis lost the poison that set it apart from other species, it was hunted to the brink of extinction. This time, however, Iocusis had other weapons ready. Although it became fair game for other predators again, the challenge of taking these armored, swarming predators down remained. Survival was still not easy for this species; competition for Chlorogyra patches was exacerbated by its inability to pluck apart and consume Bryopsis. Meanwhile, as fast a swimmer as it was, Iocusis’s blindness to the trickle of ambient light presented severe difficulty in actually finding prey to chase. Swarms had success in bullying Evolumia pairs off of their kills thanks to their toxin-capturing vesicles, but their teeming young remained easy prey for struggling Signumeris all the same. Still, this time, the skies opened up to reveal a species not crippled by its own success. Iocusis has greater numbers to rebuild with than isolated remnants.
Stats:
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2*3 = 6 Stealth
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6 Speed
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6*1.5 = 9 Strength (Poisonous, Venom-Resistant)
Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa, Evolumia analysia, Signumeris rugosus
Predated By: Signumeris rugosus
Cha - Testificatus relictus - CR
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Small Herbivore
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Habitat: Rivers
Mutations: Brackish Water Adaptation, Fermenting Stomach, 4 Kidneys
Testificatus has evolved to expand its range back into the sea. With the help of four kidneys, it could keep its internal osmosis balanced while retaining vital salts. In addition, a special chamber behind its main stomach developed the neutral pH needed to support cellulose-fermenting bacteria. This increased the energy it could draw from plant matter, and even expanded its diet to tough Porcusetum that grew along riverbanks.
When the mountains above the great network of rivers let out their smoke, it gathered over Testificatus that already faced decline. Freshwater Minacia had already evolved around its increased size and defenses. To make matters worse, the severe competition in the seas put Testificatus’s expansion on hold. In particular, Nomenchiori was not fazed by a herbivore in its own weight class. In clashes between the two plate-armored species, Nomenchiori’s sharpened pincers consistently prevailed against Testificatus’s sheathed venom. As conditions worsened and starving Minacia retreated into the riverways, Testificatus risked vanishing for good. Individuals that survived were ones who fled onto land. Minacia’s swimming flaps can still only carry it at a crawl - hardly enough to pursue Testificatus and its ten legs. Thanks to their long reach making up for their gills, these same individuals could also avert competition with Hexapinna by feeding on Porcusetum clinging to life at the water’s edge. This plant species had faced practically no predation beforehand, but its cellulose concealed an energy-rich lifeline.
Testificatus’s respectable pace out of water and ability to exploit a new food source was instrumental in preserving this species. Now the world is healing, and its enemy Minacia stands at a crossroads. If this handful of survivors can adapt quickly enough, their rapid breeding will allow them to recover far faster than their ancestors did 60 million years ago.
Stats:
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3*2.5 = 7.5 Stealth
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4/2 Speed
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4*1.5 = 6 Strength
Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa, Bryodea nodula, Marchantinella colliosa, Porcusetum convolutus
Predated By: Legendicus vigorosus, Minacia chirodropoides
sci0927 - Signumeris rugosus - EN
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Tiny Omnivore
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Habitat: Coasts (Shore)
Mutations: Intermediate Brain, Lungs, Limb Bones (+1 Walking Speed)
Signumeris was among the latest of species to further develop their brains, giving them feelings to accompany their sensations. No less remarkable was its transition to an amphibious lifestyle. Lungs allowed this species to breathe air, while bones gave its fins the support needed to carry it into land. This change gave Signumeris relief from the intense competition in the seas - for more reasons than one, life on the surface was the first time this species felt safe.
Already on the decline beforehand, the forces far beneath the earth nearly finished this species off. It was slower and significantly weaker than its rivals, forcing it to steal vegetation from watchful Nomenchiori while itself watching for predators it had no hope of escaping or holding its own against. It could relieve its hunger pangs by preying on Iocusis larvae, but this was no longer a unique advantage. The challenges the darkened seas put on this species were too much, and it soon vanished from offshore waters.
The only Signumeris that made it out alive were the ones that made the full journey onto land. Though they risked catching the gaze of Minacia armataevigil on the wing, the darkened world above the waves offered new opportunities. The shoreline itself had scraps of Kisthos brought in by the tides, while the hills beyond had Marchantinella growing in thin patches. When the clouds parted and the sun shone through again, the eyes of Signumeris were the first to behold a land with a bit of green returning to it.
While young Signumeris struggle to survive in the water, the adults have all but replaced Fulgurmortis on the beaches. Where will they go next?
Stats:
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5*3 = 15 Stealth
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5/1 Speed
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3 Strength (Electricity Resistance, Polycyclic Toxin Resistance)
Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa, Ulvopsis digitata, Kisthos thalassena, Marchantinella colliosa, Iocisus myriadus
Predated By: Minacia armataevigil
TwilightWings21 - Minacia armataevigil - EN
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Tiny Omnivore
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Habitat: Coasts
Mutations: Skeleton (+1 Strength), Wings (+1 Flight Speed), Burn Resistance (counters Heat)
On the inside, Minacia armataevigil developed a skeleton to protect its notochord and surround its brain. It even connected to the roots of its teeth, though this connection had no muscular hinge. Together with limbs extending from the new skeleton, M. armataevigil’s gliding flaps spread into true wings granting powered flight. Sometimes, this species even dived down to prey on Signumeris that emerged from the water. However, its wings truly served it in harassing Salixelysia and Aclaronomenus, whose unaided speed it could match in the air. The latter remained a troublesome target with its mover and missile castes - reckless M. armataevigil could hardly keep up with evading colonies while evading missiles itself.
In this sense, a novel repurposing of its mucus-repelling skin proved vital. The slick oil layer on and between its sharp scales became even more reactive to heat than the rest of its body. However, rather than burn properly, its new composition made it increase in volume and decrease in density upon exposure to extreme heat while also fizzling away into powdery char. In other words, it insulated the rest of M. armataevigil’s body from heat while discouraging its surfaces from catching fire midflight. Anti-burn oil glands even spread into the linings of its mouth, which would otherwise be the most vulnerable area while attempting to sting and devour a non-combat caste member. It still left the scales absorbing explosive force, and its slowness to replenish forced M. armataevigil to retreat after the first direct hit, but living to retreat by water or air was an improvement over fatal burns.
M. armataevigil faced unusual prospects in the darkened world. Fulgurmortis was forced to flee the coasts early on from Minacia trying their luck, but this flying predator had long shifted to hunting the animals it shared the skies with. In a way, Aclaronomenus needing to make constant disorganized ascents and descents made them more open to being hunted. The same was true of Salixelysia radicatus. However, Salixelysia aurata’s shift to a more water-based lifestyle cut off a prey item it once depended on. And, as the fallout of the mass eruption dragged on, its prey slowly died off to attrition. Having to soar for days on end, peering into the darkened sea and sky for what prey remained, proved to be a burden. Hunting the most “abundant” survivors, Aclaronomenus flotillas that chose to guard their archivists with their lives, was suicide. Once again, M. armataevigil had pigeonholed itself into a narrow niche. It was a fast and dangerous predator in its own right (being the size of a sparrow aside), but it could be no more numerous than the creatures it specialized in hunting. Starvation took its toll until this species reached a tense equilibrium with its surviving prey. When the clouds that covered its domain finally cleared, the prospect of recovery returned, inseparable from that of its quarry.
Stats:
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5*3 = 15 Stealth
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5/3 Speed
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6 Strength (resists Heat)
Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa, Aclaronomenus ascendilus, Salixelysia aurata, Salixelysia radicatus, Signumeris rugosus
Predated By: N/A
willow - Salixelysia radicatus - EN
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Small Mixotrophic Herbivore
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Habitat: Global Ocean, Coasts
Mutations: Enlarged Hydrogen Bladder, Egg Hydrogen Pouches, Cellulose Exoskeleton (+1 Strength)
Salixelysia radicatus’s hydrogen bladder greatly enlarged, allowing it to rapidly ascend. S. radicatus’s eggs also developed hydrogen-containing pouches of their own. These kept them and their embryos near the surface of the water column, preventing them from sinking. This expanded their spawning range across the global ocean. Its last innovation was plates of cellulose that worked as an exoskeleton.
While it lacked many of the traits that allowed its sister species to survive without photosynthesis, S. radicatus has developed its own tricks in the past few million years. Its greater ability to retain water allowed it to survive by the same method Aclaronomenus colonies did, with the distinct benefit of a heart to circulate oxygen with. Though Minacia armataevigil relentlessly put S. radicatus’s new armor to the test, this planimal’s resilience allowed it to hold extinction at bay.
Stats:
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3*2.5 = 7.5 Stealth
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5 Speed (Water), 3 Speed (Air)
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3*1.5 = 4.5 Strength
Preys On: Chlorogyra filamentosa Kisthos thalassena
Predated By: Minacia armataevigil
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NPC Plants
NPC - Chlorogyra filamentosa - LC
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Tiny Producer
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Habitat: Coasts, Rivers
Chlorogyra grows in fresh and salt water with plenty of sunlight. Its box-shaped cells line up in long filaments, their chloroplasts forming distinctive spirals. While colonies can survive anywhere in the water column, they form clusters at the surface and floor when undisturbed. In still waters, Chlorogyra can form a green carpet over rock and silt alike.
NPC - Ulvopsis digitata - LC
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Small Producer
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Habitat: Coasts
Ulvopsis is a marine alga that forms a thin, vertical sheet. It sprouts from well-lit sands swept by gentle currents, where entire fields of it sway. Its stern structure protects it from herbivores that lack jaws or mandibles.
NPC - Bryodea nodula - LC
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Small Producer
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Habitat: Rivers
Bryodea is a freshwater alga that grows in long, thin strands. It grows near the edges of rivers and lakes, where more sunlight can reach the bottom. If allowed to grow, its colonies weave together into tangled messes that are difficult to pull apart.
NPC - Kisthos thalassena - LC
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Small Producer
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Habitat: Global Ocean
Kisthos is a free-floating relative of Ulvopsis. Its “leaves” are much smaller and grow in chains. With the aid of minute air bladders, this alga resembling green Sargassum can maintain buoyancy at the ocean surface. This has allowed it to expand into the global ocean, where the seafloor is too deep for light to reach. Great mats of it can form wherever the currents converge.
NPC - Marchantinella colliosa - LC
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Tiny Producer
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Habitat: Rivers (Shoreline), Badlands
Marchantinella grows in thin, fine strands. This plant is adapted to survive outside of water, and individuals coil together into a soft bed wherever they grow. Dense masses are able to cover the ground beneath them from the sun, slowing down the evaporation of water. However, they still need water to transfer gametes, so they can only grow on soils regularly saturated with water.
NPC - Porcusetum convolutus - LC
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Small Producer
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Habitat: Badlands
The stalk of Porcusetum houses vessels of xylem and phloem, allowing it to grow taller. About as thick as a grass stalk, individuals grow in wide curves that readily coil together. Their specialized roots are shallow and weak, so individual Porcusetum use this curving growth pattern to support one another. Hip-high thickets of this plant form in much less strict conditions than Marchantinella, even on hilltops whose soil collects little rain. Porcusetum allows its leaves to grow longer at the top when it finds support, but its stalk always has a spore-bearing head.
Habitats
Global Ocean: A vast ocean spanning the entire world.
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Flora: Chlorogyra, Kisthos
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Fauna: Salixelysia, Aclaronomenus, S. radicatus
Coasts: Warm, saline waters surrounding the supercontinent. The floor lies as deep as 150 meters beneath the surface.
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Flora: Chlorogyra, Ulvopsis, Kisthos
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Fauna: Aclaronomenus, Chemorecepta, Nomenchiori, Salixelysa, Iocusis, Signumeris, M. armataevigil, S. radicatus
Rivers: A network of waterways found all over the supercontinent, but especially the West and South.
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Flora: Chlorogyra, Bryodea
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Fauna: Hexapinna, Testificatus, Aclaronomenus, Legendicus, Minacia
Lowlands: Flat plains and rolling hills spanning much of the supercontinent.
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Flora: Marchantinella, Porcusetum
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Fauna: Fulgurmortis, Legendicus, Aclaronomenus
Great Mountains: A jagged wall of mountains at the heart of the supercontinent.
Eastern Desert: A vast rain shadow desert on the eastern half of the supercontinent.
A few close calls, but a combination of a good roll and everyone keeping themselves viable meant no total extinctions took place after all.
I’ll have to post your mutation histories separately, since it takes up so much of the character limit.
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Mutation 1: Internalized gills to protect them.
Mutation 2: A liver-like toxin filtering organ for better toxin resistance
Mutation 3: Cartilaginous skeleton
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Mutant 1: Brain (Gangalia) upgrade
Mutant 2: Digestive tracks are split even more, now having separate mouths
Mutant 3: The “Usual diet” stomach is now adapted to digesting decaying matter, allowing Hexapinna to get into a more generalist niche of a mixovore
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Mutant 1: Size up
Mutant 2: Accessory heart ( Or in other words, Heart lines)
Mutant 3: Bactria Guts (Ease the digestion of tough plants [aka cellulose])
I think my name no longer correctly defines my creature.
I think it should already be renamed to something else (I was thinking ‘armored water ball’ or something like that, but I’ll leave the name change to you)
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Mutation Uno: thicken exo -skeleton
Mutation dos: mucus producing glands coating the gills (covers the gills and allowing it to keep moist to breathe)
Sub mutation: more robust exo-skeleton legs
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I conquered the coasts
HAIL THE GOD-SERPENT OF THE OCEAN
This actually just gave me an idea for a new species name
Which was long overdue, imo
Evolumia jormengandri
M1: jormengandri’s blade-fins have been modified to help not only with attacking, but also with speed in the water (please just let this work lol, i now used 2 mutations one for speed and one for attack so this should theoretically work)
M2: jormengandri’s main fins also change, they now are more flexible and allow it to crawl on land, letting the species live both in water and on land
M3: Another change noticed in the fins is the appearance of claws suitable for digging in the sand, allowing jormengandri to hide under it, staying safe from danger when it’s young, and letting it ambush prey as an adult
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Id also be fine with a new name if you want to give me one.
Mutation 1: Bigger brain able to process more information then just stimulie
Mutation 2: Lungs to breath on land.
Mutation 3 : improved nerves connected to the brain that can give out more information to other places of the body.
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S. aurata needs a new name
- better visual cortex to accommodate for the eyes
- manipulator appendages made from duplicating the front pair of legs
- increased ocular resolution
S. radicatus
- incorperation of glass into cellulose exoskeleton
- stronger heart to increase max size
- pouches in exoskeleton to hold eggs in blood
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Mutation 1: improved eyes.
Mutation 2: improved eyes.
Mutation 3: Improved brain.
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This is the real reason I wanted anti - burn…
Mutation 1: Enhanced Wing Muscles, allowing for increased speed and evasiveness.
Mutation 2: Bioluminescent patches all along it that it can light up at will, especially within the throat. This allows it to mimic missile caste threat displays when attacking to blend in with the cast briefly to cause confusion, and light within the throat can glow faintly and in various color patterns to attract mates. They also can use bioluminescent patches on their wings to create a brief, blinding flash to stun prey.
Edit: Missile caste thing ain’t necessary, just a potential use I saw for bioluminescence. Generally I just want bioluminescence.
Sub-mutation: This one is a little wack to be perfectly honest. I found this post here that seemed really interesting, and wanted to try it. The TLDR is that my creature would have multiple lenses within it’s throat that it could use to increase the focus of its bioluminescence, and these lenses could overlap to the point where it is effectively shooting a laser like blast at opponents. My idea behind this was a one big blast before having to back of to let its anti-flame oils regenerate.
Mutation 1: Hip bones that work as further anchorage for the leg muscles allowing them to extert greater force and be faster.
Mutation 2: Scales that cover the body (they shed in small pieces not all at once)
Mutation 3: the scales of the arms extend and turn into feathers (this is actually how Earth’s feathers evolved)
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my species’ descendants are either gonna be gigantic sea serpents that terrorize the seas, huge Sand-worms that devour creatures whole, or pesky noodles that eat your favourite insects and crops
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This creature will become the destroyer of new, unadapted land and air species… Skies (and possibly land) won’t find another predator able to withstand ranged attacks of this hunter…
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Good thing I’m a hivemind, because not actually a lot of my knowledge would be lost, since they always communicate with each other, to make sure that the information is accessible anywhere.
Mutations:
Actual lungs, connected to small slits for nostrils.
Cognitive nodes: A caste that is mostly a brain, made to attach to the archives, while the archives are made for simply storing and processing memories, the cognitive nodes take those memories and figure out the best solutions to any problems the archive remembers.
Use of cognitive nodes to improve boid formation, including the use of pairs of missiles for attacks, instead of one (no matter how much TwilightWings21 adapts the hive mind can just learn to use even more missiles).
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I mean I ain’t specifically trying to target you, it just happens to work out tbh
Like I needed bioluminescence and you already had it so why not use that? ¯_(ツ)_/¯
And there ain’t a lot of aerial prey in the first place.
Edit: @aah31415 lol that’s amazing haha