Editing Fortune: Evolution Game (section)

== Events Summary ==
Here you will find a quick overview of the events, themes, and divergences of the various threads of the Fortune: Evolution game. Each thread was given a fancy title and a theme, in the interest of distinguishing each individual section but also to create a light narrative to the planet of Fortune as a whole.

Click the linked headings for a detailed description of the [[fluff]] starting creatures of the thread. Note that only the final forms at the time of the threads beginning are presented (''meaning that Part 2 shows thread 1's final forms, Part 3 shows thread 2's final forms, and so on'').

===I. [[Dawn of Life (Fortune: Evolution Game)|The Dawn of Life]]===
This is the thread that started it all, began as an offhand attempt to get a "gaming fix" by the OP, Fortune: Evolution Game began with three very simple creatures, the '''Flipper''', the '''Pinkie''', and the sedentary '''Wiggles'''.

Later, FortuneHost added the plants the '''Bluegrass''', the '''Banana Leaf''', and the '''Red Lichen''' as food for the land critters. These three were not available to evolve, but were intended mostly as a game mechanic, as each had a listing of its availability and relative nutritional value. This however did not catch on, so instead they relegated to the status of a background element, until they were unlocked in [later thread]. More plants were added even later, but this time they ''were'' available for advancement. This second batch consisted of the '''Curly-Q Tree''', the '''Mud Shrub''', the '''Vampire Lily''', and the '''Water Berries'''.

(More of Part 1 to be added at a later date.)

===II. [[Winter is Coming (Fortune: Evolution Game)|Winter is Coming]]===
[[File:Fortune_2.0_(Physical).png|100px|left|thumb|Map of the planet Fortune during Part 2.]]
Note that, while this map is an illustration of the world during Part 2, this image did not appear until Part 3, where it was included along with the map for part 3, intended as a before/after image, showing how the world had changed.

(Full Summary of Part 2 to be added at a later date.)

===III-IV. [[Age of Ice (Fortune: Evolution Game)|The Age of Ice]]===
[[File:FORTUNE_3.0_(Physical).png|150px|thumb|Map of planet Fortune during the Ice Age.]]
(Full Summary of Parts 3 & 4 to be added at a later date.)

===V. [[Triumph of Spring (Fortune: Evolution Game)|The Triumph of Spring]]===
[[File:FORTUNE_5.0_(Physical).png‎|150px|thumb|left|Map of planet Fortune during Part 5.]]
After several centuries, millennia, even, the glaciers have started to recede, and Fortune is a world that sees green again. This great springtime engendered an absolute ''explosion'' of life, as organisms no longer struggled against the harsh conditions of the Ice Age.

Fortune also experienced geological change as well, the small island off the coast of the main continent erupted, spewing ash and soot into the air, creating a greenhouse effect that was responsible for the retreat of the glaciers. After a thousand years of darkness, the world awoke to a new landmass, now called, rather unimaginatively, '''Volcano Island'''. Time passed, and the main continent of Fortune split nearly down the middle. It remained a single landmass, but now it had a massive gouge in it. A new mountain range had also risen to the north, in what is now a vast savannah.

The game began with no less than 47 playable species (34 animals and 13 plants), too many to list in full here. Follow the link at the heading for full details.

===VI. [[Parting of the Ways (Fortune: Evolution Game) |The Parting of the Ways]]===
[[File:FORTUNE Map 6.1 (Physical).png|200px|thumb|The continents during the Parting of the Ways (PotW)]]
The single supercontinent has split into 3 pieces, and soon Fortune will see these isolated populations evolve into wildly diverging and different forms as each evolves to their habitats. These continents have been granted titles from the Greek alphabet. Alpha is to the south, a humid place touching the equator and thus it is a green and lush landmass, full of jungles and swamps. Beta is to the north, extending unto the frigid poles, but is dominated by the desert to the south, and a vast prairie to the north. Lastly there is the heavily wooded land of Delta, located to the east of Beta.

Other than Delta, the continents possess multiple regions and each of these will have at least one thread dedicated to it. Alongside the continents, there's also three oceanic regions, the Abyss, the Open Ocean, and the Tropical Sea, and in these one can find both Volcano Island and Pickle Island, isolated regions that will no doubt become home to a variety of unique species. Indeed, FortuneHost has said as much, that these are intended to be equivalents of Earth's Galapagos, an evolutionary lab where species diverge immensely from their predecessors.