Animal Powers
Run as one mind.
Animals grouped here express a similar power through their behavior in nature. Each species still has its own principle, lesson, meaning, and field-guide page.
9 species
Species principle: Pack Relentlessness
Run as one mind.
A team becomes unstoppable when the chase belongs to everyone.
African Wild Dogs hunt cooperatively in packs, using stamina, communication, and coordinated pursuit to exhaust and capture prey across open landscapes.
Species principle: Desert Pursuit
Sprint the night sand.
Speed becomes useful when it is aimed through the heat after dark.
Camel Spiders, or solifuges, are fast-running arachnids with large chelicerae that hunt insects and small animals, often active in arid environments.
Species principle: Canopy Pursuit
Follow through branches.
The chase belongs to the body that can follow the prey through every branch.
Fossas are Madagascar’s largest native carnivores, with flexible bodies, long tails, and climbing ability that help them hunt lemurs through forest canopy and ground.
Species principle: Pursuit
Run it down.
Quick feet turn harsh ground into hunting ground.
Greater Roadrunners are ground-running cuckoos that chase insects, lizards, small mammals, and snakes across desert and scrub habitats using speed, agility, and sharp turns.
Species principle: Ferocity
Run low.
A small hunter becomes large when fear never gets ahead of its feet.
Lesser Grisons are small mustelids with long low bodies, sharp teeth, and quick movement used to pursue prey through grass, brush, burrows, and dense cover.
Species principle: Neon Pursuit
Chase in neon.
Power becomes joyful when it flashes toward the thing it wants.
Mahi-mahi are fast, brightly colored pelagic fish that often associate with floating objects and pursue prey with speed in warm open waters.
Species principle: Crested Pursuit
Raise the comb.
Purpose becomes visible when the body raises its own banner at speed.
Roosterfish have a distinctive comb-like dorsal fin and fast predatory movement through surf zones and coastal waters.
Species principle: Velocity
Slash the blue.
Speed makes the ocean smaller for the body shaped like a blade.
Wahoo are streamlined open-ocean predators with powerful tails and narrow bodies adapted for fast pursuit of fish in warm pelagic waters.
Species principle: Grounded Pursuit
Hunt on foot.
Independence works best when perception and movement stay close to the ground truth.
Wolf spiders are active hunters that rely on speed, eyesight, and ground movement rather than prey-capturing webs.
