#DuskClan

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Hanukkah Sameach!

Happy 1st night of Hanukkah to all that celebrate! Here’s the story of how Wolfstar got her first ear nick.

The incident happened when she was apprenticed in Duskclan, after doing poorly during a mock fight, Clearpaw (the blue/grey tabby tom in the first 2 pics) taunts Wolfpaw. After several incidents like this the two make an agreement to sneak out of camp and spar to see who was better.

Clearpaw had the advantage and would’ve won but he was smug and underestimated her, giving her the in to win. They got scraped up on bloody by the time she managed to pin him and win.

However Wolfpaw should’ve known that wherever Clearpaw is, Sparkpaw is sure to follow. The large red molly, angry her friend lost, ran out of her hiding place and grabbed Wolfpaw by the ear, ripping it in the process.

She probably would’ve done worse if Jaggedstar and Stoatfang hadn’t happened upon them. Enraged Jaggedstar grabbed Sparkpaw and threw her off her daughter.

Both Sparkpaw and Clearpaw were uninjured aside from scrapes and bruises, but Wolfpaw’s ear was bleeding heavily. Stoatfang and Greyclaw punished their respective apprentices heavily with unwanted chores and long lectures about the warrior code.

Jaggedstar lecture Wolfpaw for fighting and sneaking out, but was secretly pleased her daughter had managed to win and stand up for herself.

[kiwianacat]

My two warriors ocs that are based off my real two cats Patches and Mary! Patches passed a couple years back so it was fun finding old pictures of her to reference.

Also sneaking their real names into their warrior names; Rosemary was Mary’s name at adoption so a nice reference.

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Some gifs for my recent map part featuring Stoatpaw, his recently murdered mother Wetawhisker and his biological aunt/adoptive mother Doespring.

Had a lot of fun with this part, I think I’m getting the hang of editing slowly too.

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Introducing Newtspeckle the warrior turned medicine cat, and his former lover Windstripe who now helps to lead newly departed cats to StarClan.

[dawntilduskclan]

Every morning the world is created. Under the orange sticks of the sun the heaped ashes of the night turn into leaves again

Mary Oliver Morning Poem

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Here is the prologue! I am so very excited to get to posting and sharing this story. Though to note, the prologue will be very much not like the rest of the comic. I decided to do a fully illustrated set of traditional pages to contrast with the half illustrated style the main comic will be drawn in.

The main character here is Duskwater/Duskstar. I'm sure he won't be important later :)

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A bunch of clangen doodles

Ft. My og clan Duskclan :’) Milkspot and Clovershell my beloveds

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Moon 0 - Patrols

Wingpelt and his visitor

Airpelt and Bugpaws training

Graystrar, Wildfade and Bluebellstripe return from a hunting patrol with a small amount of pray and a sense of security.

1 - Wingpelt

As Wingpelt pads through DuskClan territory, they feel a presence join them. The scent of a familiar pelt reaches Wingpelts nose, he knows this cat! As he turns to greet them a purr rumbles in his chest and with their help he gathers elder leaves and blackberries.

2 - Airpelt and Bugpaw

While the patrol is intended for training the two cats find themselves a nice spot to sunbathe and Airpelt invites Bugpaw to sit with her. Bugpaw is stiff around his new mentor but his confidence spurs him on. This is Airpelts intention, for BugPaw to be able to be comfortable with her and learn to respect her. Proper connections are just as important as hunting and fighting, and if he cannot get along with her then he will have difficulty learning to live along side the rest of Duskclan.

3 - Graystar, Wildfade and Bluebell stripe

The three cats task themselves on hunting, being the last patrol to head out it is later in the day and the sky has turned gray. Soon after their departure snow starts to fall and they worry about bringing back fresh kill. Despite the snow they manage to bring back a small amount of prey, and as Graystar leads them home theirs a sense of security and competence driving them onwards.

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All the clans territories

This took me twenty minutes.

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Duskclan territory

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WEASELMASK

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HIGH RANKS OF DUSKCLAN

STONESTAR ( STONENEWT )

Leader of DuskClan

Male • Adult, 82 moons • He/Him

Compassionate, great speaker & omen seeker

Friendly & optmistic

Extremely close with his clanmates

Lax with rules and opens his borders to anyone seeking refuge, community, or just a safe place to stay for the night.

CLOVERWIND

Deputy of DuskClan

Female • Adult, 48 moons • She/They

Strict, incredible runner

Stoic & reserved

Competitive

Mentored by Tempestheart

FEATHERHOPE

Healer of DuskClan

Male • Adult, 82 moons • He/They

Lonesome, great storyteller

Was a warrior before they began their training as a Healer

The scar is from a rogue attack, many moons ago

Earned the suffix ‘hope’ from refusing to give up on a dangerously wounded warrior.

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Meet Burdockpelt and Dappleseed!

Burdockpelt was Lynxpaw’s father and Duskclan’s lead cleric, he offered to try to sire for Willowtail one last time after seeing how her fertility issues were affecting. He also delivered the prophecy about Wolfstar, his last prophecy before death. Fun fact, he’s not clan born, he was a loner who dreamed of starry cats and followed them to Duskclan when he was on 8 moons old. From there he served under the previous leader, Foxstar and mentored several clerics, all of whom died before him, except for Darkfold. He died in the fire caused by Burnpaw attempting to recreate what he saw the camp keepers do, trying to keep it from spreading. Though he should’ve been fit enough to escape the flames, but, according to Burnpaw, he didn’t even try to run. He stayed still as the fire surrounded him. He was wise, shameless, and a prophecy interpreter. He was 93 moons at the time of his death.

Dappleshade was Darkfold’s half-sister and Duskclan’s cleric, they share the same mother. She was mentored by Burdockpelt and had a fairly quiet life as a cleric. She served under Foxstar for the last few seasons of his leadership, but spent most of her life as Jaggedstar’s cleric. She unfortunately passed away from a yellow cough outbreak a few moons before Burdockpelt’s death and Darkfold got her full name. She was close with her half sister and her death caused Darkfold to become cold and distant. She was 48 moons when she died. She was confident, patient, and cared for nature.

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what inspired you to make a nz based warrior cats story?

I have a love of being able to take references and inspiration from places I’ve visited irl so it seemed natural to base the clans somewhere that allowed me to continue that! Plus I love our native animals and plants so it’s fun to represent them.

Obviously irl a feral cat population of the clan’s size would be hugely problematic for native birds lmao. If I ever get proper time and energy I think it’d be fun to develop the story in a way that addresses how destructive the clans are.

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“Young apprentice Kowhaipaw has always felt like an outsider amongst her clanmates— her blood connection to housecats viewed with mistrust.

When her traditional visit to Starclan’s sacred key reveals a quest entrusted to her, Kowhaipaw is certain of her goal. She must return to her birthplace to discover the beginning of the clans— and maybe her own true potential along the way.”

—most generic Warriors book blurb of all time, it gets more interesting I swear

Here she is! I‘d felt inspired to make one of these mock covers for Kowhaipaw and the gang ever since I’d seen @/planefood ‘s brilliant work seen here. The og Wayne McLoughlin covers still hold a very special place in my heart.

I don’t plan to make any writing’s for this theoretical warriors oc series, but the concept was really fun! Maybe I’ll do a super edition mockup featuring Doespring or Stoatbite sometime down the line.

Here’s the original sketch btw! I wish I’d kept more of the progress to show, but unfortunately I have a slightly chaotic proccess of deleting/merging/drawing over layers as I go and the earlier stages are buried now, rip.

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A playful teacher to younger cats in the Clan.

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God I love ClanGen and it's drama look at this mess

Here's the explanation for everything that's going on here

I wanna keep this cat in my clan for as long as possible for Drama but I keep having to reload stored saves because everyone hates him so much he keeps getting murdered