REP: The Centaurs

The centaurs are a young, small group of tetragnathes that is mostly found on the Northern Continent and consists mostly of small to middle-sized herbivores. Centaurs are one of the few groups that use their middle legs for walking, while the front legs are specialized for other tasks, in this case, gripping. Instead of picking up food with their jaws, they use their front legs, which enables them to watch out for predators while feeding without having to develop a long snout. The front legs have, according to their use, elongated fingers and inwards-twisted hands. An unique trait is the development of a secondary neck between the front and middle leg pair, which also shortens the distance between the sensoric brain located in the skull and the motoric brain positioned by the front legs and enables a slightly faster response. Centaurs are generally living in small family groups led by a mated pair.

Smooth mantlelurker: This small predatory species is one of the few living on the Western continent, where they can be found in midgardroot savannas. Their back is extended into a mantle-like structure they hide their bodies under when waiting for prey; it consists of bone-plated skin which also serves as defense against predators and the sun. Their fingers are reduced to two, which possess large sheaths that are used like hooks or spears to catch small passing-by tetragnathes or pneumonopteres.

Harvestman mantislizard: Another predatory centaur that is related to the mantlelurkers. This lanky species lives in harvestman tree forests where it hunts pneumonopteres and is able to catch them in flight. It is the species with the longest secondary neck.