Editing Triumph of Spring (Fortune: Evolution Game) (section)

===Skullroot===
The '''Skullroots''' are a bipedal species native to the Equatorial Junlgles of strange design. They are a parasitic organism that re-purposes both the '''Asparagus Tree''' seedling and reproduction methods to further its own kind. Spending its entire life within the resin packet of the tree, it gorges upon the resin and grows alongside with the infant tree it's attached to, forming a body that will be used once expelled from its macabre cradle. 
[[File:1336442893086.png|200px|thumb|left|A developing Skullroot female and a cutaway, showing the placement of vital structures.]]
Within each clutch is born a single female and thousands upon thousands of male "Tadseeds" with well-developed infrared eyes, the Tadseeds are attracted to the female's bright red markings and enter into their "mouths" and into the reproductive organs to be used in the future, in this sense the males are nothing more than glorified sperm packets that will only live if they find and are accepted by the female. Their bodies are incorporated into the females, until nothing but the gonads are left upon the reproductive organs inner linings (this is similar to some species of anglerfish on Earth).

Inside the resin these fertilized females begin to grow a "skeleton" of roots, later covering it with thin gray skin that covers from the thick "hair" roots, to the ribs, and two-toed feet. During the development of the skeleton the important organs of the Skullroot leave the skull through an opening in the back and position themselves with the ribcage, specifically the heart which then begin to grow resin veins over the rest of the body, and the stomach which stores mass amounts of resin to be tapped upon when the body leaves the tree. The reproductive organs expand into the rest of the skull, leaving little room for the brain, which stays small. 

Once they leave the resin packets a Skullroot has a limited amount of time before they die, starved for resin. While the creature does have internal stores of resin, this is pumped through "veins", and enables locomotion, until it runs out, of course.

The armless creature wanders slowly, far beyond the mother tree, expelling the seeds of Skullroot-infested Asparagus Trees from her mouth all the while. Due to the mixtures of protein and plant materials from the resin, make a nutritious meal for many carnivores or omnivores, but if not eaten along the way, the mother eventually perishes. Once the resin in their veins is consumed by the process of locomotion, both by pumping through the body and then consuming it for the energy to do so, the Skullroot becomes immobile and starves, its task in (literally) sowing the seeds of the next generation complete.