Editing Parting of the Ways (Fortune: Evolution Game) (section)

===Grey Wretch===
[[File:Greywretch 6-00.png|200px|thumb|Grey Wretch]]
The Grey Wretch is a carnivorous terrestrial repto-mammal that makes its homes in Fortune's cold to temperate forests and plains.

Grey Wretches are grizzly bear-sized solitary predators of the north, though they are also sometimes seen in pairs. Interestingly, Grey Wretches (like their ancestors) only seek breeding partners near the very end of their lives (somewhere along the last few months or so), and when they spawn, their death soon follows (similar in this respect to Earth's salmon population). Outside of this, Grey Wretches are highly territorial, duelling via their large horn and head plates. Though their thick shells will generally keep their heads safe, the horn can be quite fatal if the wretch chooses to target a different spot, and casualties are not uncommon among more aggressive wretches. Generally cannibalism is only practiced among the younger specimens, however.

The female lays up to a dozen or more football-sized eggs, burying them in a large pile of dirt or snow-drift. When the young hatch, they are about the size of a chihuahua, and stick together for safety, catching insects and other small prey, until they are old enough for larger game. Once they reach 60% of their adult size, the juvenile Wretches part, leading solitary lives, though by this point, there is rarely more than 5 of the original clutch left.

Prior to the Parting of the Ways, the Grey Wretch often went after larger herbivores and smaller carnivores, but with the splitting of the continents, here on Delta, the main prey it can find is the two snake species, or, if desperate, the Gardenback, though the latter doesn't really have a lot of meat. The Wretch will have to adapt fast in light of these changes.

====Grey Wretch Descendants====

''Monkey Wretch (+gliding subspecies)''

''Woodwrecker''

''Tunnel Wretch''

''Tall Snapper''

''Stilt Shaggosaurus''

''Stump Shaggosaurus''

''Red-Bellied Wretch''

''Hopping Wretch''

''Pack Wretch''