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bonefall · 18 hours ago

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Is Heartstar being small typical to Shadowclan, or is she just independently tiny? Which clan would be the largest or smallest?

She's actually just tiny, and it's very odd for her her entire bloodline. Her grandfathers in BB are Tigerstar and Brokenstar, who were notoriously massive. Her parents, Tawnypelt and Rowanstar, inherited that size.

Maybe Heartstar inherited it from Rowan's mom, Newtspeck. Her uncle Littlecloud is also pretty small. Heartstar is smaller, though.

By weight, ShadowClan is actually the smallest though. It's a result of the harsh winter conditions of a freezing marsh, and the benefit of being less heavy on soggy, unstable ground.

RiverClan is the shortest Clan, though. I try to consistently design them so that they're longer than they are tall. Thick tails, stout legs, small ears. Notably otter-like.

#I should mark that down for a clan culture entry and give that to one of the artists #I have some traits that are selected for within Clans while also avoiding getting TOO specbio about it #It's a balance for me between Population Pressure and also the consistent quiet outcrossing happening due to QR #A big theme of BB is fascism and I care immensely about having my work be anti-eugenics #So I try to be very careful about worldbuilding elements I introduce which could imply a 'reason' for the clans to selectively breed #In a purely pragmatic and non-sociological sense I mean #THAT SAID it doesn't mean Clan populations wouldn't have trends similarly to human ones #I just try to be mindful of when it would be so extreme it would essentially make cats of different groups a subspecies yknow?

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