Weaverkin Tsuchigumo

Weaverkin tsuchigumo are the most common among the tsuchigumo and the most widespread, leading some to theorize that they may be the first kind to be created by their pantheon. Weaverkin are highly nomadic and filled with wanderlust, showing much more of a preference for spreading out rather than clustering. While their bonds are as close as that of their kindred arachnids, the road calls to them and weaverkin only settle down for more than a season if the area really speaks to them.
Living on the road, weaverkin tend to be pragmatic and often learn a variety of useful skills. This leads them to sometimes take up oddjobs to make ends meet and they are among the more sociable of their kind, even if most races still find them unnerving. Their inherent magic tend to be similar, focusing on practical and simple spells that can help them manage with few ressources.
In battle, they prefer to start a fight only after their prey has blundered into their trap, quickly descending to inject their venom. If attacked without a web, such as while wandering, they are more cautious and will run off if they aren't sure they can take whatever threatens them.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Their body is divided between a cephalothorax and an abdomen. Eight legs radiate from the cephalothorax and most of the body is covered is a slightly hairy exoskeleton. Colors tend towards beige and brown, usually muted. Weaverkin are known to be especially adaptable and can usually adjust to just about any environment within a couple of cycles.

Genetics and Reproduction

Weaverkin tsuchigumo propagate through sexual intercourse. Shortly after impregnation, the female lays three to five eggs and usually weaves them into a cocoon for safety. They take two to three seasons to hatch,

Growth Rate & Stages

Weaverkin tsuchigumo spiderlings are small and soft, and thus very vulnerable. They are cared for by their parents for the first five to six years of their life. At this point, their exoskeleton has fully developed and they'd have grown to around three-fourths of their adult size. Weaverkin tend to be more nomadic than other types and many end up moving quite a distance away from their family when the yfirst head out. Tsuchigumo are fully grown by their fourteenth year.

Ecology and Habitats

Weaverkin tsuchigumo can adapt to a wide variety of environments. Within the first decacycle, their bodies goes through minute changes that vastly increases the weaverkin tsuchigumo's ability to survive.

Dietary Needs and Habits

Weaverkin tsuchigumo are primarily carnivores with a liquid diet requirement. Prey is usually caught in web traps or ambushed, then injected with venom. This substance not only kills the prey, it also liquifies their body, allowing the weaverkin to slurp it up. They also sometimes add fruit juice or diluted honey to their diet.

Additional Information

Uses, Products & Exploitation

Weaverkin tsuchigumo produce a fair bit of webbing, which they often sell to other species.

Geographic Origin and Distribution

Weaverkin tsuchigumo are a common species and found in many spheres.

Average Intelligence

Weaverkin tsuchigumo are sapient. They have an eye for detail and a great understanding about how to fit facts together, making them skilled architects, mathematicians and chemists. They are, however, socially comparatively socially stunted with little innate sense of empathy to guide them, especially where non-tsuchigumo are concerned. This gives them a mannerism and way of approaching subjects that others often find uncomfortably creepy.

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

Weaverkin tsuchigumo have twelve eyed, most at he front of their head, giving them near 360 vision. They have no eyelids and as a result dislike bright light. Their sense of touch comes from the many hairs that adorn them.

Civilization and Culture

Naming Traditions

Weaverkin suchigumo names often have a hissing, clicking sound to them, though they are also sometimes given more grand names, in honor of their deities.

Scientific Name

Communis Aranea

Origin/Ancestry

Tsuchigumo

Lifespan

130 years

Average Weight

870-910 kilo

Average Length

3,6-4,2 meter

Average Physique

Weaverkin are a bit above the human average when it comes to their speed and toughness, preferring to take prey by traps rather than fight them. They are quite fast though and with very agile movements.