Parting of the Ways (Fortune: Evolution Game)

"Parting of the Ways" is the sixth chapter in the evolution game run by FortuneHost. The name is a reference to the lyrics of an Irish protest song, but also refers to the splitting of the continents that has occurred. For now, these are tentatively named Alpha, Beta, and Delta continents. Unlike other games, Part 6 is split into regions, with a thread dedicated to each area rather than the world as a whole, as now creatures are separated and should evolve differently in their varied environments.

ARCTIC

Demolisher

Imperial Wolf

Snow Crabs

Snow Tick

White Wretch (Grey Wretch)

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DESERT

Sailbacks (Sailed Wretch)

Longnecks

Sand Crusher

Blood Ants (Sand Tick)

Gel-Moles

Skunk Bison (Binger)

Sultan Roo

Sandhopper

Screamer

Spearcow

Piranha Moth

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Forests

Webspinner

An adult specimen, seen from above.

Webspinners are terrestrial insectoids that prefer cool, damp spaces and are commonly found in the shade of the trees of the Jungle Region with a separate population in the Forest Region. Over time these may develop into two different species, but for now, they are physiologically identical.

The web of this Funnel Spider is a good approximation of what a Webspinner nest looks like.

Webspinners are predatory creatures about 3 inches long and make their homes in the boughs and shade of trees. It is here that they build their nests, spinning them into tightly woven funnels, held between two small branches like a sideways hammock. While Webspinners do not build web traps like many Earth spiders, the Webspinner can, however, fire a sticky mass out of their abdomen (the same area from where their web comes from, incidentally. Usually this is used to bind the webbing of their homes to the bark of a tree, but it is also how the creature catches prey. The aim has to be precise, but once a smaller creature gets stuck within, there is little escape. The prey is either glued to the tree branch or, if flying, falls to the ground.

Should the fall not kill the flyer, the Webspinner will soon put it out of its misery. Shooting a creature out of the sky is far more difficult than firing at a target situated on the branch, so the Webspinner usually prefers to hunt more land-bound food as an ambush predator, sneaking up and pouncing on the prey (or immobilizing it with sticky goo) before it has time to escape or react at all.

Silverwyrm (Arctic Serpent)

Barkworm

Barkworm

Barkworms are omnivorous insectoids that make their homes inside burrows carved out of tree-trunks. They are found wherever there are trees, and so are most common in the regions of the Northern Wildwood and the Equatorial Jungles.

Barkworms are a creatures that has changed very little in millions of years. They inhabit the inside of trees, helping to clean out dead bark and rotten roots, the way cleaner fish pick dead skin off larger fish on Earth. The Barkworms will also not hesitate to eat deceased animals either, provided they are not far from the creature's burrows (such burrows are either bored into the tree itself or are in the dirt beneath its roots).

Barkworms are about the size of a human hand.

Tunnelsinger (Howling Snake)

Gardenback

Ice Beetles

Forest Tick

Cleaner Tick

Grey Wretch

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HIGHLANDS

Garden Crab

Tunelsinger (Howling Snake)

Mountain Troll (bull Chomper)

Smiler

Dwarf Chomper

Czar Boar (Jelly Boar/Metalhead)

Highlands Tick

Spitter Crab

Brown Wretch - JUNGLES

Webspinner

Barkworm

Garden Crab

Howling Snakes

Rainbow Blimpie

Smiler

Skullroot

Saltspike Frog

Jungle Tick

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PRAIRIE

Camelback

Demolisher

Imperial Wolf (Gel Wolf)

Czar Boar (Jelly Boar/Metalhead)

Prairie Tick

Spitter Crab

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SWAMPS

Spearfish

Saltspike Frog

Swamp Tick

Strider Crab

Smiler

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VALLEY OF THE GIANTS

Demolisher

Behemoth

Marauder

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ABYSS

Tentacle Leech

Shadow Raveshark

Abyssal Ravedragon

Aquabeast

Rock Slug

Stingers

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OPEN OCEAN

Spearfish

Openwater Ravedragon

Aquabeast

Bloat Whale

Common Searay (Northern Ice Ray)

Tentacle Leech

Windsail Dolphin

Common Raveshark

Shadow Raveshark

Stingers

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TROPICAL GULF

Tropical Searay (Southern Ice Ray)

Tentacle Leech

Shadow Raveshark

Common Raveshark

Rock Slug

Fire Guppy

Treasure Fish

Stingers

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PICKLE ISLAND

VOLCANO ISLAND