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Name: N/A

Class: Plant Spore, Carnivorous

Disposition: Passive/Aggressive

Description: Found anywhere the Spore has enough room to root itself, the plant usually grows to maturity quickly over the course of about 5 weeks. Once it reaches it's adult forms, the diameter of the main digestive pot, which also seems to be the 'thinking' part of plant, can range in length anywhere from 3 to 15 feet (1-4.5 Meters), and range from about 3 to 7 feet (1-2.1 Meters) in height. The large 'pot' that makes up the largest central part of the plant contains digestive acids and enzymes of various strengths and potencies, usually depending on size.

The most startling feature of this plant is the massive amount of vines that continuously grow out from below the digestive pot, which have been recorded to be as large as 25 feet (7.62 Meters) in length. The vines are used by the digestive pot to gather food and capture prey, but have also been known to do smaller tasks, such as turn knobs and tear pieces of meat in half.

There is no obvious way to tell if a particular spore will be aggressive or passive, and scientists still have not figured out what causes aggression in these plants. Nurturing or abusing the plant as sproutlings has not appeared to have any affect on the plant's disposition, but adult plants will always respond to aggression with aggression, regardless of if they were already aggressive or not.

Handling: Do NOT approach ANY of these plants unless you have no choice. As stated above, there is no obvious way to tell if one is aggressive or not, and it is safer not to figure out the difference. When bothered, these plants will respond with immediate homicidal aggression, and it's use of many, many, very lengthy vines can result in very quick and painful death. The exact strength of the vines is still unknown, but they have been recorded to have the ability to break bones, so use caution.

If a Polymelia Class spore has to be eliminated, there is no certain way to kill it. Destroying the entirety of the digestive pot and stem seems to be the best way to eliminate it, but it's vines have been recorded to stay alive up to 4 hours after destruction of the digestive pots. Dismembering the vines will work for short amounts of time, but unless the digestive pot and stem is destroyed, or the vine is cut off at it's bottom most point, that vine and more will grow back over the course of days, varying on the size of spore.

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Name: Tartaric

Class: Arachnid

Disposition: Aggressive/Carnivorous (may appear playful to trick its prey)

Description: Can be nearly anywhere where there are either Infected or human settlements. It is as big as a grown man’s palm at the time of birth, sporting eight legs and a scorpion-like tail with a standard stinger attached at the end. The entire body, including the tail, is covered in coarse fur similar to that of short haired dog’s. Colour varies from jet black to light brown to a creamy white. As opposed to many of its arachnid cousins, the Tartaric only have two pupil-less eyes located above a cat-like mouth. The Tartaric, when fully grown, is about thirty centimetres in length, and twenty in width, including the legs (sizes may vary). When it matures, after roughly two months, the stinger on its tail falls away, given way to an empty hole through which it can spray a powerful acid which will quickly melt through clothes flesh. Even wood and stone falls prey to its acid, but most metals - as well as their own bodies - seems to be resistant to the acid. The acid is stored in a small sack near the base of its tail, holding enough for five ‘sprays’ before it has to generate new acid, which takes sixteen to twentyfour hours, depending on size.

Its preferred way of hunting is eating its prey alive, immobilizing it by destroying its legs or other limbs with their acid and then feast upon where the acid hit, taking out chunks of the already weakened flesh.

Cases of the Tartaric appearing playful to try to make its prey (whether unknowing human or good-natured critter) play with it, and lower its guard have been observed. All cases of such have resulted in the Tartaric attacking soon after, spraying acid in the eyes and on the limbs of its victims. This behavior hints at a higher brain function than the average predator, although nothing substantial aside from this has been observed.

Its wild lifespan is unknown, although one held in captivity and fed dead meat daily survived for two years.