#BB!Silverstream

[bonefall]

Does BB!Silverstream have a design? Also, what cats would be at her trial? I can’t get the idea of an animation of her trial set to We Both Reached For The Gun out of my head

Before I hop off I quickly went and made a quick BB!Silverstream

Consider these chibis I've been doing as like, "beta" designs. I plan to come back to them later for full summary art, really play up the shapes and make them more unique and cartoonish

Since we're all kinda likening Silverstream to Roxy Hart, I went ahead and made her look a bit "foxy."

THE EYESHADOW IS IMPORTANT. It's the Applekin Family trait. It looks like a fish, but it's actually a very abstract depiction of an apple leaf.

Silverstream is about as "sleek" as a RiverClan cat gets; they're always thick and usually longer than they are tall, like otters. Silvs only gets THIS thin because she's 25% WindClan.

Her lawyer is technically her uncle Oakheart; but in reality, Lizardstripe is the one actually planning everything out.

Aaand here's another headshot of Lizi because I still need to make her full art, along with the other Forget-Me-Nots

Very round tufts. The roundness shows up in Runningnose and Tangleburr.

Her ears are cut in the same place on both sides. There is a sad story behind it that she won't tell, she says she "liked how it looked."

She has one stripe. It starts above one eye, runs down her back, curls over her hip, and runs back up the other side symmetrically.

CLEFT LIP. It is split just below her nose and naturally exposes her top teeth.

Lizi and Oakheart usually wear Forget-Me-Nots in their fur. Specifically, Lizi is represented by Changing Forget-Me-Nots and Oakheart is represented by Water Forget-Me-Nots (also called scorpion grass).

Other cats who could be at Silvs' trial;

Mother, Willowbreeze

Ancestor, Reedshine

Sunfish, suckler and friend of Crookedstar (died to Thistleclaw)

I'm not sure if she's keeping those siblings who die, or at the very least there might be one less, because I may want to use them at some point.

Anyway go nuts lmao

[mossolantern]

Shour out to me reading the 3rd book (first series) first and my first memory of Warrior Cats being Silverstream fucking dying during childbirth <333 - BB

LMFAOOOO

im going to admit something kinda evil... i have never read anything in the first series past Into The Wild <- (as a kid i found it to be insanely boring, and i was surprised i liked Power of Three bc of how much i disliked book 1 of Warrior Cats)

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Stormfur and Squirrelflight hypokits?

sure! won't be very different from usual, but, let's review:

stormfur: he's a dark grey tom. proooobly just a solid blue cat. i like classic tabby feathertail -> classic tabby silverstream so.

Bb1/dd/ii/wbwb/aa/Tata/Spsp/tmtb/ll/wsws/o/CC

and for squirrelflight, we're just going to fill in for max options, since she's ginger and that obscures a lot. all ginger cats show tabby, so i'll give her a gene for it, that way they can have tabby kits.

bb1/Dd/ii/wbwb/Aa/Tata/Spsp/tmtb/ll/Wsws/OO/CC

alright, well, y'all know the drill, pick one from each row:

Bb, Bb1 (black); bb1 (chocolate); b1b1 (cinnamon)

Dd (not dilute); dd (dilute)

ii (not silver)

wbwb (no wide bands)

Aa (tabby); aa (solid)

TaTa, Tata (ticked); tata (not ticked)

SpSp, Spsp (spotted); spsp (not spotted)

ll (long haired)

Wsws (< 50% white); wsws (no white)

Oo (she-cat, tortie); O (tom, ginger)

CC (not albino)

and for some examples:

k1: brown calico mackerel tabby she-cat with long fur (bb1/Dd/ii/wbwb/Aa/tata/spsp/tmtm/ll/Wsws/Oo/CC)

k2: red tom with long fur (Bb/Dd/ii/wbwb/aa/TaTa/spsp/tbtb/ll/wsws/O/CC)

k3: blue and cream tortoiseshell spotted tabby she-cat with long fur (bb1/dd/ii/wbwb/Aa/tata/SpSp/tmtm/ll/Wsws/O/CC)

k4: cream and white spotted tabby tom with long fur (bb1/dd/ii/wbwb/Aa/tata/SpSp/tmtm/ll/Wsws/O/CC)

and photo refs:

k1: chocolate torbie bicolour

k2: red

k3: blue torbie

k4: cream spotted tabby (he'd have white too)

[warriors-official-art]

Title: Forest of Secrets

Arc: The Prophecies Begin

Type: illustration

Country: Russia

Artist: Leonid Nasyrov

Characters: Graystripe and Silverstream

Source: https://warriors-cats.fandom.com/ru/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F:%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D1%8B

[sunnywarriorcatsdesigns]

Silverstream or Palestream

Headcannon:

Bb-XoXo-CC-DD-dmdm-wdwd-wsws-ApbAfc-tata-spsp-McMc-Wbwb-ii-EE-ll

Genetically accurate:

Bb1-XoXo-CC-dd-dmdm-wdwd-wsws-AfcAfc-tata-spsp-McMc-wbwb-ii-EE-ll

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would the dark forest have been considered for silverstream, since this is before bluestar’s death sends thistle & his biggest supporters packing? or is the fact that she is so young/a leader’s daughter seen as enough reasonable deniability that she “would have come to regret her actions” later (even though if she had a trial, i’m sure she would have been as stubbornly adamant of her convictions as anyone)

Shoooott, I didn't consider that. She's going to have a BAD time with all the Thistle Law supporters up there

Here's how the situation would go;

REMEMBER: StarClan can famously be influenced by the lawyer who is chosen to represent you

The lawyer is always someone you knew-- and it CAN be someone you've harmed. StarClan trials are not fair.

So that in mind, the most likely Lawyer here is probably her uncle, the infamous himbo himself, Oakheart.

That would be VERY bad if Oakheart was on his own. He's a good deputy, very responsible, friendly, and connected... but he isn't a rhetorician. Thistleclaw and his supporters would have verbally torn him and his niece apart.

But Oak's not alone. He's got Lizardstripe.

I could absolutely use this for Bluestar's Flowers, with Oakheart insisting that she's going to be fine because Lizardstripe saved Silverstream from the Dark Forest by helping him.

("helping" = she was behind everything and Oakheart was a big beautiful fluffy teddy bear that StarClan can't get enough of)

Silverstream would have to work with Lizi though, which might have been a bit of an issue. Like you mentioned, she is stubbornly adamant of her convictions.

But if she shut her trap when Lizi tells her to and acts the part, she can do this.

Lizi's strategy is simple; play up the apologetic angle. Silverstream received her punishment in her death. She was a young but loyal warrior who served her Clan through a hard season.

Though she had lapsed in her loyalty, it had never impacted her ability to fight for RiverClan, and she had acted with honor towards all.

Additionally, she's missed in the living world and will surely be invoked to foresee the consequences of such terrible choices. To lose such a spirit to the Dark Forest when she's *KICKS HER ANKLE UNDER THE DESK* VERY. SORRY. would be a great loss.

Oakheart: "And she's VERY sorry!"

Silverstream: -_- "very sorry."

It would take finesse but I could use this as a bit of hope for Bluestar at the beginning of her Trial, especially to contrast how she learns that Featherwhisker went to the Dark Forest in spite of being such a good person.

But she would NEED to not offend StarClan. She would need to listen to her uncle and his weird friend. It all depends on her ability to put on a sob story-- and it would be the basis for how Lizardstripe realizes that, next time, she NEEDS to discredit these Thistle Law-leaning spirits and go for the throat.

SO yes she would be considered for the Dark Forest. But it also makes a great detail for this to be Lizardstripe's first great success.

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So sorry if you’ve already talked about her and I just can’t find the post, but I would love to hear about BB!Sliverstream. I feel like the fandom and the books portray her as just generically loving and who’s whole life revolves around Graystripe and their tragic romance… But come on! She was breaking the code to meet him, she’s rebellious! She’s the daughter of Crookedstar! There’s so much potential there for a really fun character. But she ends up being nothing but dead warrior cats wife/mother number one

UNG

I've talked about her before but I'd have to go digging for it, so I'm just going to gush about her and everyone is gonna listen up. Because I love her. I love her so much. I love everything about her and her death and I think anyone who boils her down to just "a fridge wife" needs to read TPB again, and open their hearts and minds to the IMPACT that she had on the entire narrative

Because she DOESN'T just die to give Graystripe man pain. She hits EVERYONE, she drives the plot, she was a really well characterized cat and her death is heartwrenching!!!

First of all, I like the explicit fact that Graystripe and Fireheart are very young at the time. New warriors, almost immediately given apprentices.

In BB, I decided to make this one point where Bluestar bends the code to a disastrous result (in BB, you aren't supposed to have an apprentice until you're at least a year out). Graystripe should not have an apprentice when he's barely out of apprenticeship himself! Young people do dumb and wreckless things, question rules, they do what they want. And he ignores Brackenpaw to hang out with Silverstream.

And it's easy to see why! Silverstream's a self-assured, hostile popstar who is daughter of the leader and PRIDES herself in that. She has a great heart but will not follow rules she thinks are dumb, because she feels she is above consequence.

And she likes Graystripe because he's HONEST. He does what he pleases and if he takes an interest in you, it's genuine and flattering. He's funny! He's good humored and laid back! Fireheart is frustrated by this because he's responsible, anxious, and serious, but Graystripe CAN'T stay serious for that long.

He needs to live and relax. YES that makes him irresponsible and even avoidant-- and I like that a lot! But he loves with such raw devotion, never able to do what Clan Culture expects of him!

So NO WONDER these two ended up as cross clan mates. They're like peanut butter and jelly. Silverstream who feels above the rules and Graystripe who is loyal to people over clan. To them, the Code is a guideline

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?? THEYRE RIGHT!!!!

The code IS flawed!!! This IS a bad fucking rule! Their love IS stronger than this! The "Law of Loyalty" (my bb term for it) EXISTS BECAUSE OF THE SIMPLE TRUTH;

IF YOU LOVE CATS OF OTHER CLANS, AS FRIENDS, LOVERS, OR FAMILY, YOU SEE THAT THE DIVISONS ARE BULLSHIT

And that destroys the battle culture!! We SEE this in TPB, there are several times where cats will back off of fighting Fireheart because he's their fucking friend! He refuses to hurt Silverstream because she's his best friend's lover!!

And when she dies it's DEVASTATING. It wouldn't be the same if Graystripe's choices following her death were about choosing his lover over his home clan!

It's childbirth, as if she's being punished by StarClan for codebreaking! She wanted to deliver her children with her mate by her side, and had a horrible death on the rocks away from an experienced medcat. Cinderpelt blames herself for not being good enough to save her, destroying her confidence for several chapters until she can realize it was never her fault

And after this, Bluestar doesn't punish Graystripe... because she knows how awful it is to lose a mate from another Clan. Her death should be enough; in spite of the baying from the Tiger Clique for a harsher sentence.

Like... what frustrates me most about Silv is how the later books reduced her, for a period of time, into JUST a sweet nicey fridgewife that gives Graystripe permission to move on. She was fierce. She was assertive. She is the person who said, "If the law says my love is wrong, then it's the CODE that's incorrect!"

I wish she kept that ferocity in Graystripe's dreams and memories of her. A voice that would tell him that his heart has never lead him astray, even when others told him he was on the wrong path.

It was nice to see her return to some form with a spike of jealousy in TBC, and for as much as I hated Leopardstar's Honor, at LEAST it remembered she wasn't a sweet nicey waif.

So in BB I plan to change very little. BB!Silverstream was beloved by a lot of people, and people will fight for her name. Her death has a huge, negative impact on Graystripe and he never totally gets over her death, even while he's raising his new family. During TigerClan, her children are stripped of their names and slapped with cruel Dishonor Titles (Stormpaw to Graypaw, Featherpaw to Silverpaw), to remind them of how their birth killed their mother, and that their father is not here to pay for his crimes.

This infuriates her friends and family, and Deerfoot's rebels are joined by them in their guerilla opposition of TigerClan.

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I love the new retool of Stormpaw's Demon because it so neatly slots into what happens later on. Of COURSE Hailstar made Crookedjaw deputy. Even ignoring the fact of Crookedjaw being a great warrior, he's got the ghosts of Volestar and Darkstar by extension breathing down his neck. Of COURSE Mapleshade gets Silverstream later on. After the way Rainflower treated him, Crookedjaw would want to break the cycle of abuse any way he could. Going through his daughter is the best way to punish him. I could sit down and think about it for a few minutes and come up with ways that the consequences of all this echo through Riverclan to this very day. (They still seem to not be super great at believing young cats standing up to abuse, if the whole Frostpaw debacle is any indication)

ASC is ALMOST done we're ALMOST there, the idiot plot's life ENDS on November 5th. I'm holding a VERY large mallet and waiting patiently

I've always seen RiverClan as the Clan that does the most gossip. ThunderClan might be famous for their group-wide arguments, but that's just because the people aren't aware of the absolute psychological warfare that's going on in every RiverClan meeting. Mousefur's Bigotry Ballyhoo has absolutely NOTHING on the Long Island Housewives Tier bullshit that can kill a grandma on the stump where she stands.

So when it comes to how I handle RiverClan's political drama, I approach it with a vibe that their culture is very "cliquey." I won't be completely removing the way that a lot of RiverClan took Splashstar's side, but I will be dividing the social groups into actual alliances. Not EVERYONE in RiverClan turned on Frostpaw.

Just like how here, in Stormpaw's Demon, not all of the Clan felt any one way.

There's cats who are more inclined to take Rainflower's side. There's a growing clique of cats who made a stand with Shellheart. Because Rainflower was the deputy, which comes with a lot of social capital, many warriors don't quite know how to feel because they don't want to update their mental image of a cat they greatly respected.

You might say that compared to ThunderClan, RiverClan is more individualist. When the tide turns on an idea in ThunderClan, cats are a lot more likely to "get on board" with popular opinion without examining it. Especially if they're shocked by something (like Tigerclaw's reveal), they can shift pretty quickly if they're rallied by a cat with enough passion, like Firestar and Goldenflower managed to do. That's not the case in RiverClan, if they're surprised by something, they'll gather into their clique and talk about it.

BB!Splashstar, for as much as an edgelord as he is, has an idea of how this works. He's no master manipulator, just clever.

Anyway. Glad to see it's noticed that everything's connected in BB. I ALWAYS try to make sure that history and culture trickles down to the current events!

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Hey! Are you ok with people tagging you in fanart they do/making fanart of your rewrite? Your Crookedstar rewrite has me in SHAMBLES and I need to make fanart for it like. Right now

I'm more than ok with it! I try to collect it as I get it over here on this post, which is also linked on my pinned. You should also check out the TVTropes page that @halogenwarrior maintains, I look at it myself time to time because she updates it pretty frequently and I like learning about tropes that way lmao

You can also feel free to ping me as you please on whatever thing you're making that I inspired! That thing on my pinned post asking people to not ping me on OTHER people's posts refers to people going to the personal works of others and making comparisons, asking me questions about my au in other people's replies, etc. Stuff that wasn't considerate to the OP.

All of BB's concepts are free to use and change as you'd like! Credit's not necessary, but I do like seeing what people are up to.

I only ask that you do not steal drawn art to pass off as your own, as I have collaborators you need to be respectful of, and would also personally like to consider doing commissions or adopts at some point. I don't want any mishaps about people thinking those would be free to use.

ALSO BONUS APPLEKIN MARKING SYMBOLISM:

I stopped writing the draft where I did because I had written a lot and had wanted to share at that point, but with the new update on BB!Oakheart being BB!Crookedstar's adopted brother I've already accounted for the apple-leaf-shaped markings that are on his eyes.

("Applekin" cats come with these very subtle eye markings that aren't particularly noticed in-universe, as an artsy visual sign of them all being part of a family. They're going to show up on everyone from BB!Appledusk all the way down to BB!Frostpaw.

You can see them okish on this chibi I did of Silverstream, but unfortunately last time I drew Oakheart he was dadly weaning sunglasses so they're not visible. Here is a picture of the crabapple leaf it's supposed to look like)

They begin to develop the moment that Crookedstar betrays Mapleshade. Slowly, subtly, over the course of moons. So slowly that no one seems to notice it except Crookedstar.

At first, he thinks he's just crazy. Worrying too much, seeing things that aren't there. But his brother's previously creamy eyerims start to sharpen. At the back corner, a streak lines the lashes back. The smooth edges of the color spike, as if needle-sharp trout teeth are carefully being planted, one prickle, one week at a time.

No one else seems to notice it but him. But he gets the message. Mapleshade "gave" him this family-- and she wants him to know she's going to take it away, too.

So please, feel free to do with that as you will~

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so if Mudfur kind of regretted taking Leopardstar to the clan, instead of leaving her safely with Brightsky (well, regretted might be strong word? he did felt like Shite given how she turned out).. then how did Leopardstar felt about him becoming a cleric after winning a fight with Adderfang? i know that timeline-vise she was probably a baby and probably didnt had strong opinion Yet, but like.. if she looked back at his decision, was she be disappointed? angry even?

i have seen posts with how Mudfur felt about her later, but i dont think i seen anything about how Leopardstar felt about her dad.. and maybe even her mom (if she even has memory of her or anything)

Ohh nonnie you're right. Let's talk about BB!Leopardstar.

She is absolutely ashamed of what Mudfur is. She was born after all these glorious stories of her father took place, but to say she was "raised in his shadow" would be a misstatement. She was raised with his legacy as a SETTING SUN.

It was something in the distance, just below the horizon, painting the sky in royal pink, gold, and purple. Though she had never seen the sun itself, the impacts it had on the world were breathtaking, awe-inspiringly beautiful.

And yet, the sun had hidden itself away. Its magnificence is fleeting. He had locked himself away in the Cleric's den, and acted as a Mi to herself and her sister, setting nightfall upon RiverClan

How DARE he? When you are radiant, worth SO much to your Clan as an undefeatable warrior, LEGENDARY in your strength, you should feel RESPONSIBILITY to share that warmth. But he, with only the paltry connection to StarClan of a regular warrior, had chosen "his own happiness" and forsaken RiverClan in the process.

And to be breaking your Vow as a Cleric, to be RAISING CHILDREN when you should be serving your Clan?? Had he not taken to heart the story of Larkstripe? Or respected the pain and sacrifice of Moth Flight as her children were (given/stolen/claimed/bestowed)* to the Clans?

How selfish! And Hailstar enabled him!

Leopardfur is the great-granddaughter of Volestar, who was appointed by Darkstar herself to continue her legacy in spite of any opposition from Oakstar. Volestar kept RiverClan out of the Crusades and was the ONLY outspoken opponent of the madness, adamantly defending the Queen’s Rights and asserting that her Clan was different from the other three.

Leopardstar wants to set this legacy "straight."

Darkstar, Volestar, Hailstar, and eventually Crookedstar are a line of cats who have allowed RiverClan to become weak. Clerics raising kits! Accepting help from Fireheart! Obvious violations of the Law of Loyalty! StarClan took Silverstream to TEACH CROOKEDSTAR A LESSON and yet he just allowed Graystripe to waltz right in bearing the HalfClan kits like a gift, asking him for details of his treachery.

When she took power, she was glad to finally be able to explore options for ousting Mudfur. If he wouldn't take an apprentice, then she would simply exile him and have Tigerstar's cleric train a new one.

So. She did.

Did it pain her? Yes of course, he was her Mi, after all. She does love her family, yes, yes. But she knows the meaning of the word "sacrifice," and HE does not.

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Do Misty's kits make it to Starclan in BB?? Like word of God they're there? I know you probably have to be vague with Reed since ASC isn't finished, but Pike, Perch and Prim have their full names and are in Starclan right?

They have their full names, and depending on how I have her ceremony go, several may end up giving her a life. Still trying to think of how I'd format it based on how I'd rework Mistystar's Omen, plus what each life is for.

Primrosepaw's Warrior name is a bit odd in Clanmew, it's Prraponma, which translates to "early-flower," or just 'primrose.' Since her name's iconic, I'm going to translate it as Primroseflower.

Perchkit is Perchfoot.

Pikepaw is Pikeheart.

Other cats who want to give her a life;

Bluestar, absolutely. Mistyfoot has complicated feelings about her, but she still watches over her. Mosslight is also here to congratulate her, but there's plenty of others who are lined up.

Crookedstar... since Leopardstar was weakening him, way back when. Quite frankly Mistystar has unknowingly avenged his death.

Oakheart. He was always gonna give a life to his baby

Graypool. Same as Oakheart.

Stonefur, naturally.

Deerfoot, who died helping her escape. NO regrets, he'd do it again in a heartbeat and tell her he's giving her a life on behalf of everyone else who was there that day. Not all of them walk among the stars as he does.

Mudfur, though he's distraught that Leopardstar was sent to the Dark Forest. He's here to soothe her guilt, he understands why she did what she did, and there is still a seed of evil in the heart of RiverClan. He should probably give a life for mercy, though, knowing that she will burn with righteous anger. "Just remember that even the worst cat you must crush has someone who loves them."

Silverstream, her old bestie. Probably tries to give her a life for love across borders, "remember that it wasn't loving Graystripe that killed me, it was the stress of not being able to love him openly."

Feathertail would also want to get in here but like, look at this line. There are so many cats who want to back her up lmao

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Are you not keeping Silverstream's cameo from Firestar's SE in His BB!SE?

It's not that I don't appreciate the scene from canon, it's that it really doesn't fit BB. Spottedleaf is also getting her hauntings removed; I don't entirely appreciate the canon vibe where there's constant "fanservice" of these TPB favorites.

Like, it's nice that Silvs supports him, but in BB a lot of cats do. BB!Bluestar even says something on purpose knowing it's going to piss Firestar off and convince him to storm off, lmao. I don't think it's neccesary to have a bunch of angels chase after him to tell him that he's cool after that.

I'm more interested in giving that time to SkyClan itself, or Brokenstar and Firestar's dynamic and discussions, or even operational time in ThunderClan before they leave.

If anything I'd rather Silverstream advise Graystripe after Firestar leaves and the deputy, Longtail, gets blinded. Have Graystripe display that he can be a capable wiseman and leader, by following his heart. Have a few sparse but meaningful omens that Cinderpelt helps to interpret.

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do you have any toxic families who “get better” even if they aren’t perfect? sometimes parents do get better but for me it wasn’t until i was an adult so it. feels complicated.

I do! But I am aiming for there to be more examples of families that don't, or are broken in a way that they can never be what they always imagined. It's my little way of rejecting the more common depictions of toxic families, which is, "Oh they're still your parents. You only get one. They tried their best. Forgiveness is always good and always necessary."

Imo the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb, so, jot that down

Digressing, here's the families with some toxic dynamics I'm planning;

Sparkpelt and Nightheart: Reconcile, I don't rewrite arcs until they are done but I am dead set on fixing the buildup of miscommunication between the two of them.

Tallstar and Palebird: Reconcile, expanding on Pale having severe postpartum depression when he was born

Bramblestar's Thorns: Spark and Alder reconcile along with Jessy, Bramble is always on thin ice with them.

Lionblaze and Dove/Ivy: Lion and Ivy are able to mend, Dove hasn't forgiven either of them.

Thunder Storm and Co: Gray Wing has some things to unlearn that he picked up from Clear Sky, but is strongly considered Thunder's dad here and comes out wiser from this. Clear Sky is Not forgiven.

Owlclaw and Whitewater: I haven't had the chance to really talk about these two yet, but the fact that White is scared of her child is influential to him as a little bully.

Tangleburr and Deerfoot: Deerfoot died to TigerClan and Tangleburr supported it until it was too late. This is something that haunts her, that they weren't able to fully reconcile.

Blackstar: Instead of Blizzardwing being Featherstorm's second mate, he was unhappily cat married to Hollyflower and they were CONSTANTLY fighting. Black was very close with his siblings as a result of this.

Crookedstar and Rainflower: Staying largely unaltered, however, she is not allowed to abusively rename her child. sincerely what the fuck. why did Hailbert "The Word Of The Leader Is The Warrior Code" McStar allow this. Why Can You Not Say No. Crookedjaw is an honor title in BB.

Sedgecreek: Actually ends up cat divorcing her wife Greenflower when she's xenophobic towards their daughter Swallowtail and their grandchildren. Also she gets to become deputy.

Aaaaand under the cut is Graystripe's family thing because it's so large it couldn't fit in a bullet point summary

Graystripe and Co

He has never really moved on from Silverstream, or the death of Feathertail. He loves his Three Bs, but it's always obvious to them that his heart is somewhere else. They're compared to Storm and Feather a lot, and Gray doesn't realize how much it hurts to be second best to siblings you never met.

But worse is that he can't stand up to Millie, when she smothers Briarlight after she's paralyzed. He can't lose another mate, so he doesn't defend his daughter, and he's not there for the other two when Briar ends up being the only cat Millie focuses on.

And Millie... after over a year of mistreating Briarlight and making it all about her, she gets cut off completely. Jessy upgrades Briar's mobility device, giving her more freedom than she's had since the accident, and Millie's response is, "Don't give her false hope! Shame on you, she'll ALWAYS need me with her!"

Briar says, "No! That's enough! I don't want to hear from you until you learn some respect!"

Millie is cut off for several months. Graystripe is forced to stay on her side of the line. Blossomfall and Bumblestripe are working through their resentment. Blossom's kittens come and grow, the impostor happens, Stemleaf and Briarlight are both victims of his regime.

Shellfur and Bumblestripe both have long reckonings with how they supported him. Shellfur is nearly cut off by Spotfur and threatened with not being involved with his nespring's lives, Bumblestripe goes on a long journey with Ferncloud and Cloudtail, replacing Graystripe's Vow with Ferncloud's Parting.

There's a lot here. I intend for some things to get better, some things to get worse.

[warriors-official-art]

Title: Forest of Secrets

Arc: The Prophecies Begin

Type: illustration

Country: Russia

Artist: Leonid Nasyrov

Characters: Fireheart / Firestar, Graypool, Silverstream, Graystripe

Source: https://warriors-cats.fandom.com/ru/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F:%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D1%8B

[warriors-official-art]

Title: Fire and Ice

Arc: The Prophecies Begin

Type: illustration

Country: Russia

Artist: Leonid Nasyrov

Characters: Fireheart / Firestar, Graystripe, Silverstream

Source: https://warriors-cats.fandom.com/ru/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8B-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8

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Title: Secrets of the Clans

Arc: Field Guide

Type: illustration

Country: Russia

Artist: Leonid Nasyrov

Characters: Fireheart / Firestar, Graystripe, Silverstream, Mistyfoot’s kits

Source: https://warriors-cats.fandom.com/ru/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F:%D0%98%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F