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

== The Abyss ==

===Tentacle Leech===
[[File:TentacleLeech_00.png|150px|thumb|Tentacle Leech]]
A horrifying blood-sucking parasite, the '''Tentacle Leech''' can be found wherever there are '''Ravesharks'''.
 
Tentacle Leeches evolved from a species of slug-like leech that attached to many aquatic species, especially the Ravesharks. After feeding on, and being eventually eaten by, their Raveshark hosts, a chance mutation making the leech's ancestors "taller" with longer tentacles proved to be a vital change for the species. While many of their cousins continued their normal way of life (and these eventually became the ''Slugiformes'', see the entry for: [[Triumph_of_Spring_(Fortune:_Evolution_Game)#Rock Slug|Rock Slugs]]), the new, longer, taller leeches began infiltrating the Raveshark's tentacles, latching on to them at their base, gorging on blood until the tentacle withers away, and then the leech takes its place, eventually fusing its body into the shark's as it uses its twin tentacles to feed the rave shark and its durable rocky shell to protect from its host's ravenous maw. The hosts appear either to not notice or not care about the replacement of a few tentacles in this manner.

The anonymous poster who created the Tentacle Leech has stated that this creature was inspired by a real-world parasite called the  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoa_exigua tongue louse] (''Link not recommended for the squeamish'').

There are a number of species of Tentacle Leeches adapted for particular breeds of Ravesharks, with bioluminescent spots simulating the 'light show' of the sharks.

===Shadow Raveshark===

===Abyssal Ravedragon===

===Aquabeast===

[[File:Aquabeast_00.png|200px|thumb|Aquabeast]]
The '''Aquabeast''' is a carnivorous aquatic repto-mammal that lives in cold saltwater habitats, usually inhabiting the mid-range to deep ocean depths. It makes its home in the Abyss and the Open Ocean.

The Aquabeast is about the size of a whale shark, roaming the mid to near-surface depths of the ocean. While most of its body is covered in dense bony armor, its underbelly is adorned with slick blue hairs, stuck close together, similar to a penguin's feathers.
Being such a large beast, this creature's digestive system is wonderfully efficient, even the bones of prey are digested. The calcium present in these goes to the upkeep/growth of the Aquabeast's impressive armor (which, is actually a  modified second skeleton).
While the Aquabeast is only moderately fast, it does have the advantage of a long tongue, one that can extend it body length away. In this regard, the Aquabeast has changed little from its Spineback predecessor, it remains an ambush predator, relying on a single decisive strike to grab prey before it has a chance to react.

===Rock Slug===

===Stingers===
[[File:Stinger_00.png|200px|thumb|left|Adult-form Stinger]]
The '''Stinger''' is a strange, jellyfish-like creature common to all ocean regions, and is common from deep to sea-floor depths.

Stingers are entirely dependent on the '''Ravesharks''' for the propagation of their species. At the beginning of their life-cycle, they float in the sea covered in a tough shell as fertilized eggs, only hatching once ingested by a Ravedragon. Once hatched into voracious little ''medusae'', they feed greedily on the Ravedragon's intestinal tract as well as any partially-digested food they can find within, all the while constantly spewing gametes behind them. This results in a spray of fertilized eggs and Stingers the next time the Raveshark defecates. Being ejected in this manner marks the end of the Stinger's medusae phase.
Now free-floating in the ocean, the Stingers balloon up into large filter-feeding free-floating jellyfish. 
Unlike other species, Stingers actually ''lose'' the ability to reproduce as they age (rather than gaining the ability with maturation) They do not mate again, living a pointless existence until eaten by some other animal.

Stingers, as evinced by some similarities in their life-cycle (the presence of a parasitic medusae phase as well as the need to be eaten by a Raveshark) are actually close relatives of the '''Rock Slugs''', having split off from their "parent's" genus near the end of the Ice Age.
Another trait shared with its cousin is the segment of poisonous individuals within the larger species. If ingested by the specific species of Raveshark called '''Ravedragons''', the medusae will steal some of the creature's toxin cells "on the way out" granting the adult-form stinging tentacles of its own.