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Scleracludus

## Scleracludus kongii

Status: LC

Timespan: R.4 - Present

Habitat: Shallow Sea

Distribution: All Tropical Seas

Niche: Sessile Filter-Feeder

Nutritional Value:

Size: 14cm

Predecessor: Syllektus wonderi

Classification: Scleracladusae, Calcaria, Koralla, Polypoda, Circumsaccha
Latest Mutations: Calcium Carbonate, Tropical Isozymes, Smaller Polyps

Description: The polyps of this branching coral secrets a calcium carbonate to keep themselves and the coral safer from harm. They are adapted to survival in tropical waters. The polyps have shrunk in size.

Previous Mutations: Cellular Digestion, Multicellular, Radial Symmetry, Tentacles, Gut, Colonial, Table-like Body (D), Cold Isozymes (D), Spreading Branches, Larger Polyps (D)

Discovered by: StealthStyle

## Scleracladus vadus

Latest Mutations: Pigment, Low Pressure Tolerance

This is a large and simple stony coral of the Southern Hemisphere.

Status: NT

Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Upper Ocean

Niche: Sessile Filter-Feeder

Size: 16cm (colony height)

Nutritional Worth: (2.9 x 16 =) 26NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 14NP / 26NP

Abilities: None.

Perception: None.

Intelligence / Behaviour: None.

External Features: A blue colony is formed in the shape of a disc. It is made up of groups of sac-shaped polyps that have tentacles, joined by a coelesarc.

Internal Features: The colony is supported by calcium carbonate. The polyps have u-shaped guts.

Locomotion Type: None.

Reproduction: Sexual, Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs. Hermaphroditism.

Castes/Phases: Larvae.

Physical Stats: Attack = 1, Defence = 1, Support = 1, Inflexibility = 1, UV Resistance = Weak, Filtration = 1.

Systemic Stats: Digestion = 1, Immune System = 1.

External Features: A blue colony is formed in the shape of a disc. It is made up of groups of sac-shaped polyps that have tentacles, joined by a coelesarc.

Internal Features: The colony is supported by calcium carbonate. The polyps have u-shaped guts.

Temporal Range: R.140 - Present (Gammavian Stage of the Atroxian)

Distribution: Southern Hemisphere

Lifespan: 2 years

Predecessor: Scleracladus discus

Classification: Scleracludasidae (f), Milepolypa (o), Tentaculophora (c), Nautolozoa (p)

Discoverer: StealthStyle
Aspondylus flexibilus

**Perception**: Can sense electrical signals within ten metres, and can see and detect the direction of light.

**Latest Mutations**: Eel-like fins = 2, Cartilage Skeleton = 2, Feeding tendrils = 3

**Info**: This species has seen a regression during evolution in which it has lost its cartilage vertebrae almost entirely; all that remains is a single rod, a notochord. It also has smaller pectoral fins than its predecessors. It is not a very successful species, living only in one estuary in the world, where it is still less common than Icthyotelus sinspica, the cold north of Olympia. Anatomy: It has a tapering body, lined with electroreceptors and three gills on each side. It has two small pectoral ray-fins and a pair of forward-facing cup eyes on the head. An oily liver helps to maintain buoyancy. An open circulatory system bathes the organs in hemacoel, and the body is controlled by ganglia. Down the back is a notochord. In the gut, is a primitive stomach with the ability to digest multicellular matter.

**Behaviour**: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning.
Pensaspidus jellyfishmonii 2

## Pensaspidus jellyfishmonii

### Classification

Roharasrinae (sf), Codowecoiidae (f), Probocephala (o), Cylindrea ©, Bilateria §

### Discoverer

Jellyfishmon

###

**Perception**: Blurry vision with no depth perception on either side, blurry front vision with depth perception.
Latest Mutations: Mandibles = 4, Legs = 3, True Muscles = 4

**Info**: Swapping a razor-sharp beak for a pair of chitinous mandibles, these species can eat more efficiently than its ancestors as the mandibles allow them to grip prey and also bite in comparison with the inefficient stabbing motion of its forefathers. The mandibles are not particularly sharp or cutting, but it does not need to be for their soft-skinned prey. One advantage that the beaked species have is the actual method of killing, which is generally much easier than the grip and cut method that this species must employ. In a case of unexpected convergent evolution, the circular, hydrostatic muscles that made the lineage so worm-like have developed into traditionally, both in structure and in placement. When their body moves, it goes up and down, unlike other animals with similar muscles, internally they have fundamental differences. It lives alongside Arthroskulus, and both compete for the same food.

**Description**: The top of the blue, cylindrical body is protected by a tough exoskeleton made out of chitin, which has extended to form a pair of mandibles around the mouth at the end of a proboscis. Some of the armour has also formed a fan-shaped tail protruding from the rear, which can be moved up and down by muscle and a muscular siphon at the rear propels out water. The armour behind the head contains a spiracle on each side, allowing oxygen through it. There are four pinhole eyes below the armour, but none of them look up; two are at the front, and two are on the sides. Inside their body, they have a simple gut leading to an anus, a stomach containing digestive carnivorous bacteria, a nerve network and small bunch of ganglia, and an open circulatory system filled with blue-green hemacoel. There is also a swim bladder, unconnected to the gut. Anti-freeze proteins flow through the hemacoel. The body is adapted to only low to quite high salinities.

## Extras

* Detailed Species Stats
Marleya

## Marleya primus

**Info**

Status: EN

Temporal Range: R.140 - Present (Gammavian Stage of the Atroxian)

Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Upper Ocean

Distribution: Northern Hemisphere

Niche: Predator, Pelagic Filter-Feeder

Size: 8cm (length)

Nutritional Worth:

Predecessor: Venenatus venenatus

Classification: Marleyainae (sf), Venenatusidae (f), Pelagopolypa (o), Tentaculophora (c), Nautolozoa (p)

Perception: Can sense the presence of light, can detect vibrations, chemicals and odours within 10 metres.

Latest Mutations: Oral Arms, Chemoreception

Info: This jellyfish has oral arms that it can use to move incapacitated prey or food particles to the mouth, making it very common in its northern range.

Intelligence / Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli.

External Features: A bell-shaped, blue body has a circular mouth of the underside of the bell and four fairly long, barbed tentacles dangling from the sides, and four oral arms from the mouth. Rhopalia and chemoreceptors protrude from the edge of the dome, between lappets.

Internal Features: A layer of mesoglea supports the body, containing amebocytes. A u-shaped gut contains carnivorous digestive bacteria. A nerve net coordinates the body.

Discovered by: StealthStyle

**Stats**

Nutritional Worth: (3.4 x 10 =) 30NP

Food / Oxygen Requirement: 16NP / 30NP

Physical Stats: Speed = 1, Attack = 2, Support = 0.5, UV Resistance = Weak, Filtration = 2.

Systemic Stats: Digestion = 1 (Meat), Coordination = 0.5, Immune System = 1.

Abilities: None

Perception: Can sense the presence of light, can detect vibrations, chemicals and odours within 10 metres.

Locomotion Type: N/A

Reproduction: Sexual, Ovuliparity (External Fertilisation). 1,000 eggs. Hermaphroditism.

Castes/Phases: Larvae.

Intelligence / Behaviour: None.

External Features: It is made up of a blue (3NP, +Weak UV Resistance) bell-shaped body that four, fairly long barbed tentacles (8NP, +1 Attack, +1 Filtration) and four oral arms (8NP, +1 Attack, +1 Filtration). Rhopalia (3NP, +0.5 Light, +1 Vibration Sensing, +1 Smell) and chemoreceptors (1NP, +1 Chemoreception) protrude from the edge of the dome, between lappets (+1 Speed).

Internal Features: A layer of mesoglea (6NP, +0.5 Support) supports the body, containing amebocytes (1NP, +1 Immune System). Have u-shaped guts with carnivorous digestive enzymes (4NP, +1 Digestion). A nerve net coordinates the body (9NP, +0.5 Coordination).
Epipleoskulus

## Epipleoskulus inersensis

Timespan: Tyrannidean Stage of the Atroxian (R.22 - R.24)

Habitat: Ocean Surface, Shallow Sea

Distribution: Temperate Ocean & Seas

Niche: Planktonic Filter-Feeder

Size: 3.5cm

Predecessor: Viitria cyclopis

Classification: Superstesidae, Superstesea, Tubulosa

Info: This was the last species that was discovered by TheGraveKnight, as well as the last of its lineage. It was quite a strange animal, hanging suspended just below the surface, with one compound eye on the front of its face. It was quick weak and vulnerable, and better filter-feeders drove it to extinction.

Description: It had a blue, tubular body with a single forward-facing compound eye on the face. In the mouth were mucus glands, and the stomach had carnivorous digestive enzymes. It had a centralised swim bladder with no gut connection, and an axochord along its back. The body was replenished by an open circulatory system, and controlled by a nervous system with a very tiny brain.

Cause of Extinction: Outcompeted

Discoverer: TheGraveKnight
Nimiastoma

## Nimiastoma cavatunicus

Torpedo-like shape = 5

Stronger Tentacles = 4

Closed Circulatory System = 4

Jet Propulsion = 6

Status: EN

Temporal Range: R.127 - Present (Untrustolithic)

Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Upper Ocean

Distribution: Southern Hemisphere

Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder

Size: 5cm (length)

Nutritional Worth: (61/10 X 5 =) 30.5NP

Predecessor: Ostracoderma kinifolis

Classification: Nimiastominae (sf), Ostracodermidae (f), Colyphora (o), Violymphia (c), Bilateria (p)

Perception: Decent vision with no depth perception either side, can sense chemicals up to ten metres away with accuracy.

Latest Mutations: Strong Tentacles For Swimming = 1, Phragmocone = 5, Larger = 3, Long Strings Used For Filtering = 5

Info: This species has floated upwards, away from its historically benthic kind, and risen to plough the water column for its microbial food. This flotation is made possible by the rounded shell deposited by the mantle that continues on past the cylindrical body, as it contains a phragmocone - sectioned off areas of gas that make the shell lighter than the surrounding water. This means the animal is suspended with its head facing down. The tentacles have been completely replaced by a thick curtain of rough string dangling from a circular ring around the mouth. The strings can be retracted into a pocket on the body, pulling any particles they've captured with them. The pair of find that their ancestors used to crawl along the floor, are now used to create a swimming movement.

Anatomy: A red, conical calcium carbonate shell produced by the mantle tops the cylindrical body pointing down, as it contains sections of gas creating a phragmocone. Most of the body is covered by this thick, heavy shell, with eyestalks and two cartilage-rayed fins sticking out through special pores and the gill slits are completely covered. The circular mouth contains small teeth and is surrounded by chemoreceptors and a ring of rough strings that dangle below and can be retracted into pockets. In the head, ganglion lead to their single nerve cord that runs down the body meeting a web of nerves, alongside the cartilage notochord. The gut leads straight from the mouth to the anus. Violet blood is pumped around the body by the vessels of an open circulatory system to organs such as the muscles. Anti-freeze proteins are present in the blood.

Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli, however, it's response is often delayed. It also has basic reasoning.

Discoverer: PositiveTower
Antesalinchus

## Antesalinchus virgepistylus

Temporal Range: R.134 - R.139 (Untrustolithic to Gammavian Stage of the Atroxian)

Habitat: Temperate Shallows

Distribution: Northern Hemisphere

Niche: Herbivore

Size: 3cm (length)

Predecessor: Ostracoderma densissima

Classification: Antesalinchusinae (sf), Ostracodermidae (f), Colyphora (o), Violymphia (c)

Latest Mutations: Longer Shell, Herbivorous Digestive System

Info: The rear end of Antesalinchus arched upwards into a kind of visceral mass and was covered in the calcium carbonate shell. It had also been extended into a more cylindrical shape with a gap to allow the animal to retreat it's body fully inside. The main problem with this is that it is did not make a well-balanced body. However, it was well-protected from predators and eats algae, something which few of its size did at the time. It was fairly common for its brief existence but was made extinct in the Gammavian Extinction.

Anatomy: The tubular body which ticks upwards at the back is hidden beneath a cylindrical shell made of calcium carbonate, specifically calcite, with just enough of the body showing to allow the two eyestalks to stick out. There is a gap in the shell for it to retreat it's body into. The shell is quite thick and relatively heavy for its size. Beneath the shell is a mouth surrounded by chemoreceptors - two small tentacles also protrude from underneath the shell. There are three gill slits along the body. Under the body is a pair of sturdy, short fins. There is a small brain, attached to a single nerve cord, attached to webs of nerves. The gut is simple and leads to a stomach containing herbivorous digestive bacteria and then to the anus. Hemolymph is distributed through the body to hemacoels, as the open circulatory system. It contains anti-freeze proteins.

Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli, however, it's response is often delayed. It also has basic reasoning.

Cause of Extinction: Gammavian Extinction

Discoverer: StealthStyle
Neothalakelphus

## Neothalakelphus aspinus

Status: LC

Temporal Range: R.140 - Present (Untrustolithic)

Habitat: Lower Ocean, 500 - 800m

Distribution: Cosmopolitan

Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder

Size: 8.5cm (length)

Nutritional Worth:

Predecessor: Thalakelphus narefaciemis

Classification: Zestoskulusinae (sf), Kapnostidae (f), Protocorda (o), Cylindrea (c), Bilateria (p)

Perception: Can hear noises within 10 metres, can smell odours within 10 metres, has upwards blurry binocular vision and blurry forwards vision.

Latest Mutations: Lose Vertebrae

Info: This ancestral animal continues to plough through the deep ocean, collecting food with its tentacles. Also, with the external support of a calcium carbonate shell, it has lost its vertebrae.

Intelligence / Behaviour: Processes information and responds based on fixed behaviours. It knows to eat and avoid being harmed.

External Features: It has a cylindrical body covered by a straight calcite shell excreted by the mantle. Underneath, is a thin skin layer protected by rhomboidal, ganoid scales. A mouth surrounded by four tentacles with mechanoreceptors villi and nostrils sit on the head. Two large pinhole eyes face upwards whilst a large eye faces forwards. A hyponome is found on the rear.

Internal Features: Each cell has and osmolytes. Four gill slits sit each side of head as well as gill frills. Thalakelphix toxin is produced and secreted from tentacles. Muscles lining each side are attached to the body wall. The gastrointestinal tract from the mouth starts with a pharynx, then has a stomach with digestive juices followed by intestines leading to the anus. A brain encased in the head connects to two nerve cords which branch into a network of nerves. It hosts both male and female gonads. The hemacoel cavity, open circulatory system has violet blood containing hemerythrin and anti-freeze proteins but there are blood vessels pumping to muscles only a dorsal vessel pumps blood to the head. The shell contains a phragmocone. Protonephridia, connected to hemacoel, expels waste through pores.

Discoverer: StealthStyle
Stacrag Mountainbreeze

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Stacrag Mountainbreeze is a human monk.

## **Description**

### **Appearance**

Stacrag is a short and stout with tan skin and a tuft of blonde hair on a mostly bald head. He dresses lightly in monk robes and carries nun-chucks and throwing stars.

### **Personality**

Stacrag tends to be even keeled and light-hearted. Despite this, he is not known to back down from a fight and often finds himself in the thick of things. He yearns to prove himself in the eyes of his masters and the rest of the world.

## **Biography**

### **Background**

Originally from the Mountainbreeze family, his parents are assumed dead. He was left by a traveler at a monastery where he subsequently trained. His master was defeated in combat by a Zhentarim monk and he was sent to Waterdeep to investigate his whereabouts.

### **Campaign**

Shortly after traveling to Waterdeep he joined a group of adventurer's working for the Blackstaff and Force Grey. He is part owner of a bar in Waterdeep, the Troll's Soul Tavern.
Government Offices

**Executive Branch**

* Grand Premier
* Minister
* Commander

**Representative Branch**

* Premier
* Speaker
* Head of State (House of State)
* Senator (House of State)
* Senator (House of Commons)

**Judicial Branch**

* President of the Supreme Court
* Justice (Supreme Court)
* Justice (Electoral Commission)
* Inspector General (Electoral Commission)
Cylindracoralus

## Cylindracoralus cinderella

Status: LC

Temporal Range: R.140 - Present (Gammavian Stage of the Atroxian)

Habitat: Lower Ocean

Distribution: Cosmopolitan

Niche: Sessile Filter-Feeder

Size: 10cm (height)

Nutritional Worth: (14.5/10 X 1 =) 1.5NP

Predecessor: Cinderellia pinnulia

Classification: Cylindracoralus (sf), Cinderellidae (f), Milepolypa (o), Tentaculophora (c), Nautolozoa (p)

Latest Mutations: Chimney-Shaped, Larger Polyps, Larvae

Info: The tentacles of this polyp are beautifully covered in feathery pinnules, that increase the surface area to catch falling marine snow.

Intelligence / Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli.

External Features: A colony is formed in the shape of a chimney. It is made up of groups of sac-shaped polyps that have circular mouths and tentacles, joined by a coelesarc. The tentacles are covered in feathery pinnules.

Internal Features: The polyps have u-shaped guts.
Discoverer: StealthStyle
Sanelectrophorus electricus

Status: LC

Temporal Range: R.123 - Present (Novaglacian)

Habitat: Temperate Shallows, Temperate Open Ocean

Distribution: Northern Hemisphere

Niche: Apex Predator

Size: 20cm (length)

Nutritional Worth: 86.5/10 x 20 = 173NP

Predecessor: Soundwavia amazonus

Classification: Thanostominae (sf), Thanostomidae (f), Flagracauda (so), Caudomorphii (c), Bilateria (p)

Latest Mutations: Gender = 5, Better electroreception = 6

Perception: Decent vision with no depth perception on either side, can use electroreception up to tens of metres away.

Info: One of the strangest Thanostomines up to this point, not only can this species monitor a very large area for electrical signals, it can also generate its own field and use electricity as a weapon. Most of the abdomen is taken up by large organs that produce the electrical discharge, that can give other animals a little shock. These organs also allow the animal to continuously create it own own electric field and discover its surroundings through disturbances in the field. It has also developed male and female genders.

Anatomy: It has a blue, tapering body, lined with electroreceptors and three gills on each side, ending in a long whip-tail complete with venomous spikes. Two eyes, with cornea supported by vitreous humour and the retina at the back, sit on the side of the head and it's  mouth is full of small teeth, with a pair of venomous fangs embedded in its cartilage jaw. Supported by rays of cartilage, it has a pair of small pectoral flippers, as well as a tiny dorsal fin on the back. The main electric organ stretches across the dorsal portion of the body, mirrored by the Hunter's organ at the bottom and the Sach's organ towards the rear; all three contain electrocytes. An open circulatory system bathes the organs in hemacoel, and the body is dcontrolled by ganglia. Down the back are cartilage vertebrae. In the gut, was a primitive stomach with the ability to digest multicellular matter. It has a swim bladder connected to the gut. There are both male and female castes.

Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli. It also has basic reasoning.

Discoverer: Soundwave
Ostracoderma kinifolis

Status: NT

Temporal Range: R.113 - Present (Novaglacian)

Habitat: Tropical Deep Ocean (below thermocline, above lysocline) , Temperate Deep Ocean (above lysocline) , Polar

Deep Ocean (above lysocline)

Distribution: Cosmopolitan

Niche: Benthic Filter-Feeder

Size: 5cm (length)

Nutritional Worth: 50.5/10 x 3 = 15.2NP

Predecessor: Ostracoderma densissima

Classification: Ostracoderminae (sf), Almoskulusidae (f), Tunicaphora (o), Cylindrea (c), Bilateria (p)

Perception: Decent vision with no depth perception either side, can sense chemicals up to ten metres away with accuracy.

Latest Mutations: Egg Fusing Behaviour = 6, Improve Shell = 4, Longer Tentacles = 5,  Eggs Able To Fuse To Tentacles = 4

Info: This benthic filter-feeder spends most of its time on the seabed, except for its planktonic stage, and it's body protected by its shell but for the eyestalks protruding through two small holes and the relatively long tentacles sticking out from underneath the shell and helping it to filter food. When it needs to move, it's hidden fins drag it along the seabed. The tentacles also serve another purpose, as during reproduction the female gathers up the eggs and they become embedded in pits that develop on the tentacles. The female then tucks the tentacles under her body keeping the eggs safe, whilst carrying feeding, although somewhat hampered. She is then able to divert much of her own nutrients into her young so that they grow bigger and quicker. But this also means a female cannot reproduce again whilst she waits for the eggs to hatch. Therefore, Ostracoderma kinifolis is more successful at raising young, although densissima can potentially produce more. The tentacles also have chemoreceptors along them, making them useful for accurately locating the source of the chemicals.

Anatomy: The tubular, red body is covered in an elongated calcium carbonate shell over the entire body, except for the tentacles that often stick out and the two eyestalks on either side of the head protruding through two small holes in the shell. The shell is thick and heavy. The relatively long tentacles - about the length of the rest of the body - grow from around the circular mouth with small teeth, which is surrounded by chemoreceptors. There are three gill slits by the throat. A pair of sturdy fins supported by cartilage rungs curve underneath the body. In the head, ganglion lead to their single nerve cord that runs down the body meeting a web of nerves, alongside the cartilage notochord. The gut leads straight from the mouth to the anus.  Blood is pumped around the body by the vessels of an open circulatory system to organs such as the muscles. Anti-freeze proteins are present in the blood.

Behaviour: This species is capable of processing information gathered from sense receptors and using that to form a picture of its surroundings. It can then respond to stimuli, however, it's response is often delayed. It also has basic reasoning. Other than its standard survival responses, the female responds to the stimuli of producing eggs by embedding them in her tentacles and tucking the tentacles under her body.

Discoverer: PositiveTower
Chontraderma

## Chontraderma agentii

The thicker skin of this species gives it a peculiar shape; it looks almost like a blimp with four fins. Although the thicker skin has minimised predation, it has made it much slower. It can also still be preyed on, such as by Rostros which are designed to punch into skin with their beaks, it is just less common and less likely to be fatal.

Features: To protect its precious organs, this species has gone the route of putting as much skin between a foe and the organs as possible. It has merely evolved more layers of skin. The outer skin cells have also hardened slightly, through the use of keratin, making them much more resistant to damage. The muscles have attached to this harder skin, and between this and the axochord, they can make muscular movement harder.

Classification: Chontradermea, Chontradermae

Distribution: Uteenessa Ocean

Habitat: Deep Ocean

Time: Cartiligian to Terrafaunian Stage of the Atroxian (R.11 - R.22)

Size: 2.5cm (length)

Lifestyle: Herbivore

Predecessor: Quatora similis

Past Mutations
Muscles (I), Digestive System (Gizzard & Bacteria), Pit Eyes, Chisel Teeth, Open Circulatory System, Fins, Axochord

Cause of Extinction: Lack of food

Discovered by: Agenttine

## Chontraderma cannonballsi

Unfortunately, this species was not around for very long before it went extinct. It's body became too heavy for its small fins to move easily and as a result they would often starve. This also coincided with a reduction of food, leading to catastrophic consequences for the species.

Features: Chontraderma cannonballsi even had the first vestiges of a cartilage skeleton, a notochord, but this added weight at a time when it was already becoming too heavy. The thick skin continued to increase, making the body even more rotund.

Time: Terrafaunian Stage of the Atroxian (R.22)

Size: 2.5cm (length)

Biome: Deep Ocean

Niche: Carnivore

Distribution: Uteenessa Ocean

Classification: Coming soon.

Predecessor: Coming soon.

Previous Mutations: Coming soon.

Cause of Extinction: Unfit

Discovered by: Agenttine
Orthus

## Orthus Talonus (Orthus Talonus)

This is the first known chordate. Due to the position of its fins, the head of Orthus Talonus is pushed downward, so it generally filters along the sea-floor, rather than the open ocean. As it has an efficient muscular frame, it is a quick swimmer and manages to live well, unless it's being preyed on.

Features: Two fleshy fins on either side of the rear keep the head of Orthus Talonus pushed down. The axochord muscles stiffened until they became a cartilaginous rod, known as a notochord, running down the length of the animal. The notochord provides a place for muscle attachment, causing easier movement. Although the notochord is stiffer and tougher than what the rest of the contemporary species have, it is still fairly flexible.

Distribution: Deep Ocean

Time: Medusan to Cartiligian Stage of the Atroxian (R.5 - R.11)

Size: 2.6cm (length)

Lifestyle: Filter-feeder

Predecessor: Tyranna musculi

Past Mutations:
Muscles, Electroreceptors, Open Circulatory System, Tail, Axochord, Gills (3), Muscle Placement

Cause of Extinction: Outcompeted

Discovered by: Soundwave
Murgin Akira

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Murgin Akira is a male drow rogue.

## **Description**

### **Appearance**

Murgin has a bluer tone of skin compared to other drow. He also has jet black hair, another rare trait compared to the usual white hair. He is dressed in dark leather armor with a cloak, and wields a pair of shortswords as his go-to weapons.

### **Personality**

Murgin is highly duplicitous and won't bat an eye to lie, cheat, and steal if it furthers his agenda. He values his own interests first and foremost, taking others into account only insofar as how they will effect his position.

## **Biography**

### **Background**

Born in Menzoberranzan, Murgin belonged to House Xorlarrin. At a young age he fled to the surface to escape his tyrannical mother. He grew up an urchin on the streets of Silverymoon, and learned the arcane from a wizard mentor.

### **Campaign**

He later came to Waterdeep and joined a group of adventurer's working for the Blackstaff and Force Grey. He is part owner of a bar in Waterdeep, the Troll's Soul Tavern.
Rostros

## Rostros acris

Another brutal killer of worms, unlike the specialised Viitria, Rostros acris will prey on anything with flesh. When it detects prey, it quickly propels itself with its flippers with enough force for its sharp beak to penetrate weak skin. It pulls a chunk out of the animal, and eats it. It is quite small, so one chunk is often enough, although the victim is often left to bleed to death. It's only predator is Regemsitula.

Features: A calcified protrusion on the tip of the proboscis became a hardened beak, which continued to grow until it became very sharp. Both the top and bottom section are long, and sharp enough to pierce a worm’s skin. It has also picked up bacteria in the intestine which can absorb the nutrients from simple multicellular food, although it can’t deal with large chunks.

Distribution: Deep Ocean

Time: Medusan to Terrafaunian Stage of the Atroxian (R.5 - R.22)

Size: 1.9cm (length)

Lifestyle: Small Predator

Classification: Rostrosidae, Nivarea, Ochipoda, Mollicorpea

Predecessor: Nivia natare

Past Mutations: Bitter Chemical, Chemoreceptors, Proboscis, Hydrostatic Flippers

Cause of Extinction: Lack of food

Discovered by: Trash

## Rostros manaurensis

Timespan: Cartiligian to Gnathian Stages of the Atroxian (R.? - R.41)

Habitat: Shallow Sea

Distribution: All Temperate Seas

Niche: Minor Predator

Size: 2.5cm

Predecessor: Rostros acris

Classification: Rostrosidae, Nividea, Aquamusculida

Info: This was, like most of its group, a specialist in hunting small, soft animals, spearing them with its extremely sharp beak. It was slow and lacked stamina, so relied on ambushing animals from behind rocks and crevices. Then a few short bursts with its hydrostatic flipper and it catches it's prey. It was one of the species to be killed off when Thanostoma evolved.

Description: It has a blue, tubular body and a proboscis with a very sharp beak. A pair of hydrostatic fins are placed halfway along the body. Invisible chemoreceptors sit around the proboscis. It has carnivorous digestive bacteria in its stomach, and a nervous system consisting of a small bundle of ganglia, two nerve cords and rungs of nerves.

Cause of Extinction: Overpredated

Discoverer: StealthStyle
Path of the Wild Wiki

Welcome to the Path of the Wild Wiki!

This is the wiki of Path of the Wild, a forum game about evolution. This wiki is where information about the game is stored but the game itself is played on the Thrive Community Forum, which is part of the Thrive Community. Path of the Wild, or PotW, is a text-based forum game where players are regularly updated with rounds describing the progress of their creatures.

## About PotW

Each player plays as one organism of a species, and their aim is to steer the animal to survival, reproduce and then guide the evolution of the species into the next generation. All the while, the world around them is changing and events happen occasionally, possibly drastically changing the game. Extinction is always a possibility. Each round, the player will receive their description of their animals life and the player then submits an action for them to take. A dice will be rolled to see how successful it turns out. If they die, they must be reborn (or choose a new species of they go extinct). But survive until adulthood, then they get a chance at reproduction. If a player reproduces and evolves, instead of an action, the player will be able to submit a certain number of mutations to add to the species. The success of each evolution will be decided again by dice.

## About Thrive

Thrive is a video game currently in early development and is developed by Revolutionary Games, a group of online volunteers. If sciency games, society games or games where you create and play as various organisms across the galaxy interests you, check out Thrive.

## Important articles

Current World

Extant Species

Extinct Species

Classification

Timeline

Meta
Matuskulus

## Matuskulus oculi (Viitria)

A revolutionary species, this is the first known multicellular animal to develop sight. Thanks to a pair of pit eyes, it is able to detect the direction of light, which leads it to food. This made it a very successful proto-worm, especially with muscles. It is not the fastest species, but doesn’t need to be.

Features: Although most of the body plan remains the same, the sense receptors on the head have been phased out for pit eyes. At first, Superstes oculi developed photosensitive lightspots, made of groups of cells containing photoproteins. These could detect light, but were depressed into cups, so that it was also able to tell the direction. Furthermore, Superstes oculi seems to have slightly more advanced muscles than some, like Squickia membranum, which are slightly more powerful and efficient.

Distribution: Deep Ocean

Time: Developorian Stage of the Atroxian (R.1 - R.3)

Size: 1.2cm (length)

Lifestyle: Filter-feeder

Classification: Superstesidae, Ochipodia

Predecessor: Superstes veteris

Cause of Extinction: Outcompeted

Discovered by: TheGraveKnight
Quatioculeus

## Quatioculeus olympeii

Status: NT

Timespan: R.102 - Present

Habitat: Estuaries

Distribution: One Estuary in Olympia

Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder

Size: 7.5cm

Predecessor: Icthyotelus sinspica

Classification: Orthuscidae, Chordatacaudoformes, Caudomorpha

Latest Mutations: Eel-like fins = 3, Better Eyes = 6, Filter-Feeding Tendrils = 4

Info: This species has developed further in its filter-feeding habits by evolving a pair of small tentacles at the side of the mouth to help shove in passing particles of food - this is a case of convergent evolution, with the tentacles being very similar to those found in the unrelated extinct Almoskulus and extant Ostracoderma. It is also better aware of its surroundings and has actual, but still dim and blurry, sight. It can see to the front, as well as to the left and right. They live only in the brackish water of a single estuary, being unable to spread out because there is no way to get to other estuaries. As such, the population is very small but thrives in a competionless home.

Description: It has a tapering body, lined with electroreceptors and three gills on each side. It has two pectoral ray-fins and a pair of forward-facing pinhole eyes, as well as one on each side of the head. Around the circular mouth is a pair of small tentacles. An oily liver helps to maintain buoyancy. An open circulatory system bathes the organs in hemacoel, and the body is controlled by ganglia. Down the back are cartilage vertebrae and the muscles have vacuoles to store extra energy.

Discoverer: ImmortalDragon
Fosdelus

## Fosdelus gelida

Status: NT

Timespan: R.36 - Present

Habitat: Deep Ocean, Continental Slope (Mid Ocean)

Distribution: Uteenessa Ocean

Niche: Minor Predator

Nutritional Value: 5

Size: 2.7cm

Predecessor: Rostros manaurensis

Classification: Rostrosidae, Nividea, Aquamusculida

Latest Mutations: Glittery Scales

Description: This is a specialist in hunting small, soft animals, spearing them with its extremely sharp beak. It is slow and lacks stamina, and uses the darkness of the deep, polar sea to its advantage; glittery scales draw in prey, the dark hiding it's body. Then a few short bursts with its hydrostatic flipper and it catches it's prey. However, it is a fairly uncommon animal.

Previous Mutations: Bitter Chemicals, Chemoreceptors, Proboscis, Hydrostatic Muscles, Beak, Digestive Acid, Bigger, Blue Pigmentation, Open Circulatory System

Discovered by: StealthStyle
Fourth Roman Empire

The Roman Empire returned for a fourth time on MCAtlas on 13th December 2020?[date not known by me, sorry]

## Provinces

### Gallia

* Avalion
* Lutetia

### Hibernia

* Galway
* Ulaid

### Mesopotamia

* Antioch
* Israel

### Scandinavia

* Austertana

* Copenhagen
* Faroe Islands
* Hella
* Osloberg-Viborg
* Shetland Islands
* Stavanger
* Sutherland
* Viborg
* Vuollerim

### Yugoslavia

* Beograd
* Gradina
* Pernik

### Other

* Cantabrina
* Carthinia
* Gothenburg
* Soderham

## Resources

As of 27th January 2020:

* GDP: 35,873 Gold
* GDP per capita: 199.244 Gold
Polar Lower Ocean

* Seawater below 500m in a polar zone or polar current is known as Polar Lower Ocean. It begins below 500m with high pressure and almost no sunlight, so it appears very dark; there is no red light at all, and what remains of the sunlight is faint and scarce. Therefore, there is no UV radiation. However, there are high detritus levels, it is very nutrient-rich and it is oxygen-rich throughout. At a depth of 1000m there is no sunlight at all; the rest of the ocean is the Midnight Zone. These conditions then continue another 500m to 1500m deep, when the pressure is very high and the detritus levels are low. At 3000m deep, the pressure is very very high and the detritus levels are very low. At 6000m, the pressure is extremely high and the detritus levels are extremely low. The pressure is absurdly high at 8000m deep and onwards.

### **Ecosystem/s:**

* 500 - 1500m: On the seafloor, Ostracoderma kinifolis and Ostracoderma densissima filter on the seabed as Lepirhampos ubivermis scoots around, filtering meat. In the water column, Masticephalus scintillamus filter. Dolophonaskulus rhinocerosai hunts Lepirhamphos.
* 1500 - 3000m: On the seafloor, Ostracoderma kinifolis and Ostracoderma densissima filter, down to 2000m on the seabed when Chelaeus altumis take over, as Lepirhampos ubivermis scoots around, filtering meat. In the water column, Masticephalus multiminimacrura filter. Dolophonaskulus attenboroughei hunts Lepirhamphos.
* 3000 - 6000m: On the seafloor, Schedocavoura reevis filter, as Lepirhampos ubivermis scoots around, filtering meat. In the water column, Masticephalus multiminimacrura filter. Dolophonaskulus attenboroughei hunts Lepirhamphos.
* 6000 - 8000m: Nothing lives here.
* 8000m+: Nothing lives here.
Zaliplokamy

## Zaliplokamy major

Status: VU

Timespan: R.66 - Present

Habitat: Deep Sea, Continental Slope (Mid Ocean), Shallow Sea

Distribution: Under Temperate & Tropical Seas, All Tropical Seas

Niche: Minor Predator

Nutritional Value:

Size: 16cm

Predecessor: Zaliplokamy stupefacient

Classification: Zaliplokamyae, Monopolypoda, Polypoda, Circumsaccha

Latest Mutations: Stinging Cells, Cold Isozymes, Very Warm Isozymes

Description: This species actively kills small animals by stinging them to death with the stinging cells on the end of the tentacles. It then stuffs the corpse into its mouth. It is adapted to both the cold waters of the deep ocean and the warm waters of the shallow tropics. It’s coloured pink.

Previous Mutations: Cellular Digestion, Multicellular, Radial Symmetry, Tentacles, Gut

Discovered by: StealthStyle

## Zaliplokamy mensa

Status: VU

Timespan: R.66 - Present

Habitat: Deep Sea, Continental Slope (Mid Ocean), Shallow Sea

Distribution: Under Temperate & Tropical Seas, All Tropical Seas

Niche: Minor Predator

Nutritional Value:

Size: 16cm

Predecessor: Zaliplokamy stupefacient

Classification: Zaliplokamyae, Monopolypoda, Polypoda, Circumsaccha

Latest Mutations: Table

Description: This species actively kills small animals by stinging them to death with the stinging cells on the end of the tentacles. It then stuffs the corpse into its mouth. It is adapted to both the cold waters of the deep ocean and the warm waters of the shallow tropics. It’s coloured pink.

Previous Mutations: Cellular Digestion, Multicellular, Radial Symmetry, Tentacles, Gut, Stinging Cells, Cold Isozymes, Very Warm Isozymes

Discovered by: StealthStyle

## Zaliplokamy stupefaciunt

Timespan: Chapmanian to Fressian Stage of the Atroxian (R.66)

Habitat: Deep Sea, Continental Slope (Mid Ocean), Shallow Sea

Distribution: Under Temperate & Tropical Seas, All Tropical Seas

Niche: Minor Predator

Size: 2cm

Predecessor: Plokastoma primis

Classification: Zaliplokamyae, Monopolypoda, Polypoda, Circumsaccha

Info: Small animals that wander into the path of this sessile predator can get stung to death or at least stunned, and than dragged into the mouth. It was not very common.

Description: A radially symmetrical, polyp-like sac of a body brandishes long tentacles equipped with fatal stinging cells, with a carnivorous digestive bacteria-hosting stomach. It's gut was u-shaped, and waste exited in the same place as food entered. It had Isozymes that allowed it to survive both the deep ocean and tropical shallows.

Cause of Extinction: Outcompeted

Discoverer: StealthStyle
Savannah

* Exists between the intertropical convergence zone, which it comes into contact with during summer, and the subtropical ridge.
* All year, there is strong sunlight and the daytime temperature is hot, and the nighttime temperature cool. The water temperature is also hot. As it is terrestrial, there is atmospheric oxygen levels, no detritus and insignificant pressure. The precipitation changes with the wet and dry seasons.
* Wet Season (Late Spring - Early Autumn): The precipitation level is high which therefore means it is wet and humid. The increased precipitation causes water bodies to reappear or rise and spill over, soaking floodplains.
* Dry Season (Late Autumn - Early Spring): The precipitation level is very low which therefore means it is very dry and very arid. The decreased precipitation causes water bodies to shrink greatly and some may dry up.

### **Ecosystem/s:**

Archaiapasaria circulus feeds on the algae that grows in freshwater rivers and streams. In estuaries, Icthyotelus sinspica filters the water above the algae.
Viitria

## Viitria ventri (Viitria) NG11

Now large enough to eat the smallest of its relatives, the Squickia, this species simply swallows them whole. In many cases, the Squickia do not realise what is happening before it is too late. They are digested alive. At night, Superstes ventri are not able to feed as most of their prey disappears. On the other hand, the predatory worm finds itself as prey to a couple of other species, but has developed a small defensive mechanism; mucous spitting.

Features: This species has developed quite an advanced stomach, whereas most species still just have intestinal bacteria or agent-filled chamber, Superstes ventri has a true stomach. It is able to break down food chemically with its gastric juices, which are also able prevent certain malicious bacteria from infecting the animal. A mucous lining around the stomach provides further protection. Mucous glands in the throat are able to spit mucous out of the mouth.

Distribution: Deep Ocean

Time: Medusan to Cartiligian Stage of the Atroxian (R.5 - R.11)

Size: 3cm (length)

Lifestyle: Small Predator

Predecessor: Superstes ustis

Past Mutations:
Muscles (I), Pit Eyes, Axochord, Open Circulatory System, Bigger (30%), Axochord

Cause of Extinction: Outcompeted

Discovered by: TheGraveKnight

## Viitria cyclopis

More generalised hunters have helped to kill off the main prey of this genus, Squickia viatorem, leaving this species' situation quite precarious. The only prey left small enough to swallow is youngsters, which do not provide as much nourishment. It is slowly being edged out by better predators.

Features: In the process of narrowing the opening of its eyes, it has also lost one. The sole pinhole eye on the front of the animal, provides a dim imaging without any depth perception. It cannot see upwards, so it relies on a blue pigment found in chromatophores on the skin to camouflage it from larger predators.

Classification: Superstesea, Superstesae

Distribution: Uteenessa Ocean

Habitat: Shallow Sea, Deep Ocean

Time: Cartiligian to Terrafaunian Stage of the Atroxian (R.11 - R.22)

Size: 3cm (length)

Lifestyle: Small Predator

Predecessor: Viitria ventri

Past Mutations:
Muscles (I), Pit Eyes, Axochord, Open Circulatory System, Bigger (30%), Axochord, Stomach, Mucus-spitting

Cause of Extinction: Lack of food

Discovered by: TheGraveKnight
The Great European Path Network

### Town(s)

Copenhagen, Stockholm, Hällevik, Oslo, East Berlin, Gotheapolis, Vienna (Saxony), Schwyz, Neapolis, etc.

### Purpose

Connecting Europe via high speed ice canals and paths.

## The Great European Path Network

### Biomes

Taiga, flower forest

The Great European Path Network (GEPN), more commonly known as the Europath, is a network connecting different towns on the continent of Europe.

## History

The Great European Path Network was mentioned the first time on August 8th 2019 in a /msg from AkselHolmsted to a resident in rhymney and it was officially founded on the very same day. The first signs of the Europath can be traced back to July 9th, when a path network connecting european towns was suggested in the Holy Roman Empire. The network was heavily expanded over the next few days after August 8th, and was then forgotten for a long time exept a few mentions here and there followed by other people asking "The Europath still exists?". It did get a small revival when /t spawn stopped working on the 28th of December.

### New Era

Two weeks into 2020, work began on building new branches of the Europath network. A new tunnel connecting Scandinavia was planned, and certain routes are well underway.

## Future Development

Following discussions on the Ruinscraft Discord, there has been a renewed interest in the Europath (GEPN) project.

## Potential sites for future upgrades:

### Nations

* Europa (Schwyz)
* French Empire (Alinx, Normandy)
* German Empire (England, Krakow, Marseille-Lyon, Neider-Saxony, Nuremburg, Rome)
* Germanic Reich (Adige)
* Hungary (Budapest, Szekesfehervar)
* Poland (Lwow, Polska, Prague, Warszawa)
* Scandinavia (Kiel-Holstein, Sutherland, Ulaid)

### Towns

* Castille
* Catalonia
* Dornach
* Madrid
* Marotta
* Porto
* Scotland
* The Hague
Temperate Cool Steppe

* Exists between the subtropical ridge and the polar front, as a result of a rain shadow, where the top of the obstruction experiences low precipitation, or 3 blocks from the windward ocean until a block next to the leeward ocean. The rain shadow exists on the leeward side of an obstruction until a block next to the ocean.
* The precipitation level is low which therefore means it is dry and arid. As it is terrestrial, there is atmospheric oxygen levels, no detritus and insignificant pressure. Snow is always possible but unlikely. It experiences four seasons. The water levels of deep lakes are mixed all year.
* Early Spring: It has moderate sunlight. The temperature is cool during the daytime hours and extremely cold from dusk through the night to dawn. The water temperature is cool.
* Late Spring: It has moderate sunlight. The temperature is warm during the daytime hours and very cold from dusk through the night to dawn. The water temperature is warm.
* Summer: It has strong sunlight. The temperature is hot during the daytime hours and cold from dusk through the night to dawn. The water temperature is warm.
* Early Autumn: It has moderate sunlight. The temperature is warm during the daytime hours and very cold from dusk through the night to dawn.  The water temperature is warm.
* Late Autumn: It has moderate sunlight. The temperature is cool during the daytime hours and extremely cold from dusk through the night to dawn. The water temperature is cool.
* Winter: It has weak sunlight. The temperature is cold during the daytime hours and extremely cold from dusk through the night to dawn. The water temperature is cold and it can freeze.