#Old Marshclan

[maplewood126]

[cheerclaw]

Meet the OCs: Renata (she/her) - @lightleapfan

Renata is a homunculus baby without a rank, and is the Main Character of Corpse Girl, (Trample The Moorland Part 2) a four-season television series that ran on NBC from 1999-2008. Just kidding. She lives in my head. From "Windclan". she's her own mother incarnate and has a fake blood disease i made up. nobody even knows where she came from. she likes girls. she constantly dreams of snow despite having never seen it. she got decapitated and survived. She is constantly on the verge of ego death. she is seven months old.

Saltburn (she/her) - @nanistar

Saltburn is a laid back, relaxed senior warrior who lives in SaguaroClan, one of the three friendly Clans of the sunny Mojave desert. She is a bit odd, having a bald patch on her nose, and extra sensitive eyes that keep her from going out a lot during the day, but she remains cheerful. She loves her MarshClan mate Hollowspur and her best friend, the SaguaroClan healer Silversky. Little does she know, she is actually a lost child of Bonestar, the leader of MoonClan; a long forgotten Clan that was banished to the nearby abandoned copper mine over 100 years ago….

[Back to the grade]

[plushieclan]

Prologue part three

TW: Injury, Implied death

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The snow was melting, and the grass was starting to come back. It was Newleaf, finally. Nightpaw had spent the last moon of leafbare with her new friends and old family as an apprentice, something she had once thought impossible.

Shimmerpaw, Sandpaw, and Gingerpaw were close good friends by this point. Leopardcloud had just had her kits, so Nightpaw had mostly been training with Firestorm and Shimmerpaw.

Currently, the four apprentices were having a little spar. Well, it was more like Sandpaw and Gingerpaw pummeling Shimmerpaw while Nightpaw sat off to the side. She was a bit distracted at the moment.

“Do you think Sunspot will let Nightpaw come with up to the Gathering this moon?” a muffled question came from Shimmerpaw.

Sandpaw shrugged. “Who knows what my mother will do.”

“I hope so.” Gingerpaw mused, “I think you deserve to come with us this time. You need to meet the other clans.”

“Yeah… I hardly remember them. I know Grangeclan used to be a big ally of ours, but I can’t remember much about Marshclan and Treeclan.”

“Well, for starters… there isn’t a Marshclan anymore.” Shimmerpaw started, “They took Bayclan’s old territory and reformed into something called Swampclan.”

“Swampclan…” Nightpaw looked away, her thoughts stuck on the past.

“Something on your mind?” Sandpaw asked.

“It’s just… I’ve played it over in my head tons and tons of times, but I don’t get it. Why did Marshclan attack?”

Gingerpaw, Shimmerpaw, and Sandpaw all looked uncomfortable.

“I heard they wanted the Great Lake.” Shimmerpaw mentioned. “Rainfeather and Starleaf were talking about it.”

Gingerpaw interjected, “We shouldn’t speculate about this—”

“At the Gathering, I heard a few of the apprentices talking about some prophecy. Maybe that’s it?” Sandpaw said.

“A prophecy…” Nightpaw thought for a moment, “that might be it. My mother participated in a prophecy when she was younger. They tend to make cats… do things they wouldn’t normally.”

“Well, we can’t really know,” Gingerpaw said nervously, “and I’d really not like to speak it into existence.”

The four heard a noise behind them.

Nightpaw could see Lionmane, one of the warriors, running towards them.

“Apprentices! We need you back at camp, quickly!”

“What’s going on?!” Shimmerpaw asked.

“Swampclan’s been spotted at the border with what looks like an invasion force! The nursery needs protection— now!”

Nightpaw met her friends’ eyes. This was serious.

—

When they made it back to camp, all Nightpaw could think of was that fateful day as a kit. Blazestar’s horrified face as she fought off her attacker was burned into her mind.

Things would be different now, she thought. She wouldn’t let her new clan suffer the same fate as her old one.

She and Gingerpaw stood in front of the nursery, flanking the entrance. Shimmerpaw and Sandpaw were in the cleric den, protecting the herbs with Rainfeather. Starleaf was inside the nursery, calming the kits. Blossomtail sat in front of Leopardcloud. Lionmane had not rejoined the rest of the clan, instead pacing in front of the two apprentices.

“Shouldn’t he be with the others?” Nightpaw whispered to Gingerpaw.

“I think he’s too worried about Leopardcloud and the kits.” he whispered back.

“Firestorm has kits too, but he went to the fight.” Nightpaw retorted.

“They’ve got different ways of showing their protection, I think. I definitely prefer Lionmane being here though— I’d be too worried without him!”

Gingerpaw had a lot of respect for Lionmane, Nightpaw had noticed. She wondered if Lionmane was his father— after all, Gingerpaw used to be a kittypet, and so were Lionmane and Leopardcloud. They could have easily been his parents. But now wasn’t the time for speculation.

A lone cat walked through the entrance, bleeding heavily.

Nightpaw tensed up. Could it be a Swampclan cat?

As the figure stepped into the light, his familiar dark pelt came into view. It was Darkstar. She immediately relaxed.

But where was everyone else?

“Dad? Where is everyone else?”

He huffed, collapsing, “Gone. We chased them all off but… they got every single one of our patrol. Redstar… he attended personally.”

Rainfeather rushed to Darkstar’s side, instructing Sandpaw and Shimmerpaw on what to fetch from his den.

Nightpaw approached Darkstar. “I don’t understand… why?”

“He heard the rumors.” he panted. “Somehow he knew… you were back.”

Nightpaw paused, her mind racing. She needed to know more.

He stopped, going limp.

Rainfeather yelled. “Give him some space!”

Nightpaw was horrified, “No…”

“It’s alright. He’ll be fine. He’s just losing a life.” Sandpaw said. He seemed to have noticed her distress.

“H-How many does he have?”

“A lot still. No need to worry.” Sandpaw smiled, “He’ll be fine.”

As if on queue, Darkstar began to stir. She released a sigh of relief.

“Stay down. You’ve lost a lot of blood.” Rainfeather placed cobwebs on his long gashes. “What are our casualties?”

“I managed to recover Firestorm and Riverdrop’s bodies. I think Grassfoot managed to escape… but I haven’t seen her since. Sunspot… fell into the stream, so it isn’t likely they’ll go looking for hers to throw into the Great Lake. I wasn’t able to take anyone else with me.” he coughed weakly.

“What did you mean by earlier… by him hearing the rumors about me?” Nightpaw asked.

“They were looking for you.”

“But… why?”

“I don’t know why. They’ve never mentioned. But that night, they killed Ravenkit, and one of Swanjaw’s kits. They deliberately went after all black kits in Bayclan. But they spared every other kit in the nursery… and even some warriors,” he sighed, “For your safety, i want you to masquerade as Shimmerpaw’s littermate. We cannot risk another attack of this nature.”

She nodded. “If… if that’s what I need to do to keep the clan safe.”

Darkstar let out a large huff of relief. “Good. I think I need to sleep… for a while… Rainfeather, I need to you promote a new deputy. The apprentices can wait for another mentor… but we need a deputy now.”

He closed his eyes, and went to sleep.

Rainfeather scowled. “Oh… damn it all to the lake… who am I even supposed to promote?”

“I’ll take deputy for now.” Starleaf stated. She must have left the nursery when Nightpaw wasn’t paying attention.

“Are you sure?” Rainfeather asked.

She nodded. “Yes. Darkstar still has a lot of lives left. I’m certain he’ll be able to appoint a new deputy in the future that will be able to take over. But for now, I’m the only able warrior who’s had an apprentice before.”

Rainfeather sighed. “Alright. Apprentices, help me take Darkstar to my den.”

Nightpaw looked around at her clan. With a clan made up of mostly kits and apprentices, the future seemed rocky.

But she knew they could not give up. They’d rebuild, just as they did before. And she’d do everything in her power to help.

After all, this was her clan, wasn’t it?

Nightstar’s Clan

Moon 0

[nanistar]

How did you go about making your story Saltburn's Clan? I really love how fleshed out and interconnected things are, it's really good! I want to make my own story, too, but I'm struggling to know what steps to take to get there and where to start. So, how did you go about it?

this one is really hard. i get a decent amount of people asking me how to start/how to write a comic, but never how to start/write a story.

truthfully, i don't really know. i have always been a more oc oriented person rather than fandom oriented. when i was in middle school i tried writing fanfiction but was never as attached to the canon character as i was with ocs. now oc x canon, however, i could roll with. all this to say, i have always had oc stories floating around in my head, so starting a story itself is easy for me. following through is not, i have to really hit a vein early on.

so when it comes to story, what do you like? i like 70s and 80s grungy sci-fi and gory/campy horror (alien, event horizon, the thing, evil dead) niche and hostile biomes with highly adapted creatures (like deep sea or deep desert) and i love specbio, even if i'm far from an actual scientist. i also love bastardizing Christianity because the themes and motifs are. (chef kiss) Delicious. (a lot of these inspirations don't come into play for SBC but since i was 15 or so i've been working on another story, starting the comic, cancelling it, rewriting it, completely wiping everything but the core characters. most of these themes are more appropriate for them)

and what sort of character tropes do you like/don't like? i personally am uninterested in writing stories of younger people discovering the world around them and discovering who they are. i love to read them, but i've already lived through that situation and don't want to have to work through it again. another thing i'm personally bad at writing is will they/wont they romance stuff. that's why i like established adult characters with established relationships. Saltburn and hollowspur are both 5 years old and have been dating for about 4 of those years. we know that they love each other, as they visit and play around, and sleep over often, but we also know that they are independent and self-sufficient without each othersince we know that they live apart and have no interest in moving in together. (this is all shown, not told, in chapter 1) i did not start saltburn's story and setting with the intention of making it into a comic, or even to share it with tumblr or anyone other than my friends, outside of drawings that i did for myself and posted. she was just a little kitty cat who lived in my head for a while. i talk a bit more about it here, but basically when it came to actually coming up with the setting, i knew i wanted it in the desert so i researched biomes and found ones that would be good for clans.

warrior cats in particular lends itself to a really good jumping off point for stories, as it already has an established hierarchy and society so you dont have to think TOO hard about it. but also you can modify it to your own discretion. i'm personally sick of starclan's interference so i didn't want them to have anything to do with the story, plus there are a lot of better "starclan is evil/fucked up/has bad intentions" stories out there than i could do (@the-exiled-comic, the dog star, ect) . i also didnt want any clan v clan drama because weve had enough in canon. from there i established that cross clan relationships are fine and joining a clan that fits you better is okay too. then i filled out the clans, i started with sunclan and did marshclan last. through drawing that huge list of characters i was able to set them up with families and histories along the way because i could look at similar coat patterns and stuff and assign them as family. briskwater and hollowspur were always siblings, but hawkwasp being from briskwater's litter came a bit later. i knew i wanted flickerstar to have exes and a lot of kids so i came up with a bunch of names first and figured the rest out later. having these established histories that go back helps make the world feel lived in.

saltburn's unusual design came before the creation of moonclan, though i knew i wanted a 4th clan at this point. i decided there would be a clan that lived in the mines and came out at night, and then eventually worked them back so that they were instead banished away deep into the mines. there is a lot of moonclan lore that i have not revealed yet (we will learn all about them this upcoming chapter) and most of it has stemmed from the question: If life is so bad for them down there, why hasn't anyone left yet? because a major plot point form moonclan is that nobody knows they exist. SO there has to be something, physical or otherwise, keeping them down there. when you build a world you gotta ask yourself WHY a lot, and figure that out too. why are the surface clans so friendly with each other? because they don't need to compete for resources and are able to spare some. why hasn't anyone left moonclan? well...

anyway a lot of these things will come naturally the more you think about it. and tbqh, i did not go into the comic with all this lore and stuff planned. it has come to me as i work. moonclan's [Redacted] has been rewritten like a dozen times as i come up with cooler ideas. when i plan a scene, i usually wrote a short kinda vague script for it, and then work through it as i do the pages. an 8 page scene takes a month to do, so I have a lot of time to mull over the dialogue, so i don't worry about writing it all down ahead of time.

but beyond all that. i personally can't go "i want to write a story" and then do it. i have to work it over in my head and as doodles for a long time before i get anywhere that i'm happy with it. it comes naturally to me i just sorta zone in and focus on stuff.

[sparkfur-the-writer]

Sparkfur's Original Clans Thingy

Don't worry, I'm still alive. Working on all of the other Warrior Cats AUs of mine too(at the same time as each other). But I decided to write more about my five FanClans and other details(like the leaders).

Let's start with MistClan's Leader. Stonestar. While she hates being the Leader of the Clan, she has a difficult time refusing responsibility. She may have plotted an uprising at some point, not to take over MistClan, mind you. But a whole rebellion with a group that weren't cats. Mostly because she disliked how most MistClan cats treated the species of animal in question. Hates her family and has disowned them, especially because her best friend(since childhood) is now a ghost that sticks around her.

VetchClan's own Weaselstar, a fluffy gray she-cat who's both given some of her own lives to save some other cats in her clan before, but also is actively hunting her own parents(who are effectively nameless) down for their crimes. Her mother is a ghost, and yet somehow is still trying to build up resources to try again(and doing well beyond the grave). Her father is a failure at this, despite thinking he was actually the one who had any charisma between her parents. Weaselstar is bi, Stonestar and Stone's best friend are responsible for Weaselstar realizing this, while Stone and her friend were fighting. Weaselstar didn't recognize Stonestar at the time, and thinks she has four different crushes, when it's just on two individuals.

Sagestar leads AshClan, a bit quiet, and one of the two youngest leaders. She has to put up with a group of cats that calls itself a clan trying to start stuff with the other four clans to get to them. This other group calls itself MarshClan, and they're only trying to get the caves because they hear that AshClan has access to the best catnip and other similar items.

Next up, WingClan's Rowanstar. Wanted to be a Medicine Cat, but couldn't at the time because they already had about four of them. She's covered in a number of scars, mainly because she was bad at tending to her own injuries, because she was clumsy and accident prone as an Apprentice. But for some reason, cats assume she's good at fighting. Ended up taking the Deputy position as the old deputy basically went on and on praising her for how much she's helped and saved everyone when they were retiring. And now she's stuck as Leader. The eight previous Leaders' ghosts at least make sure to help her with what she doesn't know.

And so, we FINALLY have RuffleClan, and their Leader is Mintstar. Former Kittypet, possibly a honey badger if you ask other honey badgers, utter menace. Why is she leader? She just is. What's her favorite food? Either leftover fries she steals from Twolegs, or frogs. Warrior Code? Only when it matches her morals. If it's wrong, she will ignore it without a second thought. The second of the two youngest leader. Sagestar and Mintstar are dating. Sage, Mint, and Stone all have eaten French Fries. Mint and Stone connect a lot over their affinities with other animals.

And finally, that hinted at friend of Stonestar's, Lucky. What are they? That would be spoilers, but they sure aren't a cat or badger. Unfortunately for Stony, Lucky's impulse control was his siblings, and he's not at all serious despite being a ghost. He's my favorite so far.

[readerofoddities]

Here are the leaders of the other Clans since i mentioned CliffClan in the recent page

Warning: old art

Jasminestar - CliffClan's very young and kind of bitchy leader. She and Eclipsestar are friends and they shit-talk Cloverstar together. She's very prideful of her Clan and hates admitting they need help

She's got a mate called Elmfeather and recently had a litter of kits but she refuses to take time off to be a nursery mom, so Elm is a den-dad. She's also got a stepdaughter named Hazelpaw who she adores

Cloverstar - MarshClan's (formerly BogClan, formerly SwampClan) old man leader. He was besties with the leader before Carnationstar and he often goes on tangents about his glory days or how proud he is about his kids

His Clan is often dying because of the marshes they live in so he's just happy that he's lived so long

Opalstar - StoneClan's quiet and introspective leader. She is the second leader of this Clan and is determined to show that they aren't just a bunch of kittypets

StoneClan lives in an abandoned Twolegplace and they've become pretty resourceful with the debris left behind

She broke her ankle before the story starts, so that's why she's got the splint in the drawing

[turkeypawed]

THE GREAT FEAR | Volereader

Clans of the Waste Masterpost is HERE!

VOLEREADER (Lorekeeper)

She is the second-ever Lorekeeper of RockClan. She was born to Chervilfeather and Burrpelt, but raised by Chervilfeather after Burrpelt died to an infected wound when Volekit was 4 moons old. She was initially apprenticed to her father, Chervilfeather, as a Fighter, but when the Clan became in need of a Lorekeeper apprentice, she was selected by Milkweedmist. She was a pretty shoddy Fighter, so she was glad for the change. Five moons into her training as Lorekeeper, her mentor Milkweedmist was killed by a Creature, so for the final moons of her training, the MarshClan Lorekeeper came to tutor her. She was given her full name, Volereader, two moons after that. There was doubt within the Clan if she was ready to be the full Lorekeeper due to Milkweedmist dying, and she works every day to prove herself to her Clan. She came up with several types of ceremonies to celebrate pivotal moments in Clan life, in an attempt to give RockClan something to celebrate and focus on, other than the terrible Creatures that are hunting them. Volereader is responsible and a good hunter, and a great storyteller, which is part of the reason she was selected to become the Lorekeeper. Milkweedmist influenced her to be adaptable and to diffuse situations. Her father influenced her to be more likely to think outside of the box and break rules that don’t suit her. When given her full name, she was honored for her loyalty and commitment to her Clan despite the challenges thrown her way.

BELONGINGS: She already has a hard time keeping track of all the Lore Scrolls, so anything else she did have is now lost.

QUIRKS: She likes drawing (cave-painting style) important events that she records during her work, and she can’t wink without looking strained.

RELATIONSHIPS: Daughter of Chervilfeather (Fighter, retired, living) and Burrpelt (Trapper, deceased). Half-sibling to Rainpaw (Starwalker apprentice).

[winnybinng]

hello, thank you for clicking!!!

me and my friend are currently looking for people who're interested in helping build our server!

this is a discord based warrior cats roleplay.

what're the benefits of helping?

you'd recieve:

obviously, the moderator role.

an extra cat slot (max for other people is 3)

ability to preclaim high-ranks such as lead, deputy, and medicine cat (other members are able to as well. please be mindful...)

ability to help add onto the plot

ability to host events (such as games; roblox, minecraft, etc...)

this may be added onto !

what's it about?

the roleplay is called the scattered salvation, and is based on two clans and a rogue group; frostclan, marshclan, and the thorned ones.

frostclan resides in the snowy mountains, as marshclan lives in the deep, muddy terrain. the thorned ones are a group of rogues that once resided

in the clan 'vineclan'. vineclan was once a thriving clan that lived in the jungle. their leader, lionstar, was wise and soft-spoken, often referred to as

one of the most influential leaders ever known. this was until lionstar mysteriously passed away due to an unforeseen illness, and a sleek, black cat with a gruesome scar appeared;

mortis.

formally referred to as 'raven'throat,' mortis had turned away from his clan name claiming that 'the dark forest had told him so,' and that 'the clans prevent free will, leaders just

want to control you.' hearing this, mortis had spread this to the other clan members, causing confusion and rage. so when lionstar had died, many cats were enthusiastic,

ecstatic of their freedom. while the other cats were distraught, believing those cats were responsible for their leaders death. this caused a war inside the clan, resulting in no cat except for

a few to survive. they were not mortis' followers, as they didn't want to be referred to as that. they were referred to as his supporters.

after the genocide of vineclan, these cats continued to go to other clans, spreading their misinformation and destruction while gaining more supporters.

these cats are relentless, cold-blooded murders who're now knocking on frostclans and marshclans doors.

there is a lot more lore that'll be fully posted on the discord server.

im interested! how do i apply?

simple!

just comment your application or send it to me!

be aware that this is a 16+ roleplay.

what is your discord username?

how old are you (age/age-range)?

why're you interested?

have you moderated in any servers before? if so, how many?

how active are you (1-10)?

please explain in a few sentences as to why i should choose you as a moderator.

please send a 1+ paragraph writing example .

these are open until we receive 5 moderators.

thank you!

[doeisdramatic]

Vulturestar

SO! MarshClan is a clan of cats who, big shocker, live in the wetlands of the larger clan territory. And this old gal, Vulturestar, is their leader! One of the only remaining cats from her generation, you couldn't exactly say that Vulturestar has any affectionate relationships with anyone except her daughter, Rabbitleap. She was known for being headstrong and friendly in her younger days but changed rather drastically after the death of her mate. She has a reputation for being a bit cruel and strict, and you would think that would make her and the young Deerpaw butt heads but...she seems somewhat enthralled with the young molly, in a distant way. Maybe she sees parts of herself in her? Vulturestar is described as a huge black molly with piercing silver eyes (despite being blind!) with claw-scars that run across them. She has powerful paws, a ragged pelt with scars all over her body, and tattered ears.

[kc4artz]

The Founding Leaders of the Clans. GorgeTail of GorgeClan, MarshStalker of MarshClan, Moor-Runner of MoorClan, and ValleyHeart of ValleyClan

And silly boy Lynx, the not abusive boyfriend of GorgeStar

Also, old lady design for GorgeStar, still as sweet as ever.

[shadowsofthevalleywc]

Welcome,

I'm Red Hood (or Ghost for those who know my old user). I'm apparently an admin here as well as staff for SotV. I use she/they pronouns. I have 11 OCs and 4 in the works. This is all formated on a phone, so I apologize if it looks wonky on a computer.

~Gorgeclan~

• Silverstar- Leader

• Punisher- Warrior

• Alderkit- Kit

• Pantherflame (in the works. Other potential name: lionflame)

~Forestclan~

• Riverpaw- apprentice

• Jaguarstalk (in the works)

~Meadowclan~

• Whisperingfawn- Warrior

• Stonesong (in the works)

• Doegaze (in the works)

~Marshclan~

• Venompaw (Venomscorch)- Apprentice

• Fawnberry- Queen

~Mountainclan~

• Whitefire- Warrior

• Blackpanther- Warrior

• Nightkit (nightwing)- Kit. Will be med cat apprentice

~Dark Forest~

• Deathstroke- Stormclaw's Deputy

[maplewood126]

[cheerclaw]

Meet the OCs: Saltburn (she/her) - @nanistar

Saltburn is a laid back, relaxed senior warrior who lives in SaguaroClan, one of the three friendly Clans of the sunny Mojave desert. She is a bit odd, having a bald patch on her nose, and extra sensitive eyes that keep her from going out a lot during the day, but she remains cheerful. She loves her MarshClan mate Hollowspur and her best friend, the SaguaroClan healer Silversky. Little does she know, she is actually a lost child of Bonestar, the leader of MoonClan; a long forgotten Clan that was banished to the nearby abandoned copper mine over 100 years ago….

Mothsight the Watcher (he/she/they) - @sp1resong

Mothsight is a warrior of RotClan, having joined alongside her best friend Mushroompelt when they were both six moons old. He is a protagonist of The Poison Beneath (@thepoisonbeneath), which I am once again shamelessly plugging [here be MANY spoilers btw if you don't want those uh. don't read further] They are, more than anything else, curious. No amount of knowledge is enough. She'd throw herself headfirst into a dark pit just to see what was at the bottom--actually, he kind of does do that! though he first enters the Labyrinth (df equivalent) alongside Mushroompelt while searching for the latter's missing partner Jonny, she quickly develops a… fascination with the place and with its nature. Their curiosity draws the attention of Darnerstare the Clarity, one of the Labyrinth's Centers (most powerful spirits, who work alongside Sporefall the Decay as sort of secondary leaders), who begins to walk in Mothsight's dreams. The Clarity, as the Labyrinth's resident Eye Imagery and Knowledge Guy, offers to give Mothsight the knowledge, the /clarity/ he seeks. Though she is at first hesitant (they are curious, not stupid), they ultimately agree when the Clarity shows him just how much he stood to gain--notably, the power to wander the territory and visit the Labyrinth in her sleep, and the ability to walk in others' dreams. The cost--relying on the Clarity to sustain them--was great, but worth it, they reasoned, and they took on the role of his host, and the title of Watcher. after Mushroompelt-as-the-Catalyst breaks the seals on the Labyrinth (long story), it is Mothsight who undergoes the most drastic physical changes, getting a solid two new eyeballs. . okay i almost said diversity win i'm not sure if that's what i meant there regardless, with the boundaries between dreams and waking thoroughly blurred and the source of their power unconstrained, Mothsight grows WAY more powerful. actually, she in all honesty doesn't want the 'apocalypse' to end! but everyone else is suffering and though he's undergone a sort-of corruption arc he's not That bad. now, there aren't many choices here. Icarus says that they need to destroy the Labyrinth, freeing the trapped spirits (it was the fact that they were within the Labyrinth and unable to decay and join the Forever Free [StarClan equivalent] that angered them so, after all), but this would destroy Mothsight's power--and, in all likelihood, kill her. Mothsight instead develops a plan to seal the Labyrinth away again without destroying it, which would save her life and power /but/ doom the trapped spirits to be bound forever--or, not forever, which is part of the problem! the Labyrinth's escape would be all but an inevitability, it'd just put it off for some generations more so that /these/ cats don't have to deal with it. still, this is the plan that most agree to--except for Icarus. Icarus goes behind the others' back and, within a sort-of-dream, attempts to sacrifice his own life setting fire to the peat bogs in their entirety (largely a symbolic thing, not literal. although the dying is literal). Mothsight, however, walks in his dreams and catches him in the act. there's a confrontation, it's very emotional, blah blah blah. anyways they both die. i'm too tired to explain this in a fancy way sorry theyre just fucking died also they're canonically aroace. diversity win!

[Back to the grade]

[plushieclan]

<< Back to Moon 13 interlude

Swampclan’s camp! The unconventional camp nestled into the swamps of the Great Lake… more under the cut!

—Swampclan is nestled in the old Marshclan camp

—It continues old Marshclan tradition of each adult and their mate having their own den after they graduate

— Clerics are the only profession to have their own den. Elders will usually move their dens to be on the same side as the cleric den.

—Dens are crafted from reeds, and will float in case of flooding. Dens are demolished and built as necessary

—The nursery is the only permanent den.

—All of the communal dens are in one half of the camp.

[thestarssplit]

Stars Split Legend #1

The First Seer

TW for Starvation and Dog attacks.

Moons after the supernatural invasion, Shadowclan* was suffering. A huge dog, with fur that no cat could see, had devoured every piece of prey within the forest. But the dog was not satisfied with just eating prey. No. It turned its blind maw upon the camp.

At night it would run into camp, snapping and barking. By then it would be too late. No matter how far the cats ran, they could not flee it. They moved their dens, they separated, they hid.

But it always found them.

The young Doctor, barely 7 moons old, prayed to Starclan. She begged them to save her clan. The stars wept for her, but they could not intervene. So instead they did the only thing they could.

They blessed the young Doctor, gave her and her bloodline the eyes of the stars. This allowed her to see the beast.

But that was not enough. Her clan was still weakened, so she and her leader asked Windclan for help.

With her blessing and the backing of Windclan, they were able to kill the dog.

The cats, finally free held a feast in the doctor's honor.

That night the clans joined in laughter and joy. For the first time in moons the stars smiled and their happiness blessed the remaining clans.

Other information

*The clan varies between tellers. Most Marshclan cats use Shadowclan while most Rumbleclan cats use Riverclan.

The young Doctor is sometimes called Owlpaw or Owlsight depending on the teller.

[night-in-the-marsh]

MarshClan

Leader -> Minkstar - a pale ginger and white tom with silver eyes. he is ambitious and an unusally strong fighter. his natural intuition saved the clan from extinction. MENTOR of Pouncepaw

Deputy -> Falconthrift - a pale gray smoke she-cat with blue eyes. She is a lonesome cat and also an unusually strong fighter. this trait helped her to stand up to the strays. MENTOR of Fuzzpaw

Medicine Cat -> Logpoppy - an unusually dappled brown tom with gray eyes. he resembles a bengal. the healer is daring and alwasy tries new techniques to heal his clanmates. he is incredible clairvoyant and his connection with StarClan is very strong.

Warriors

Clearbounce - a long-furred unusually spotted dark ginger (rosette) she-cat with golden eyes. the young warrior is strict and sticks to the rules. she is also good mediator and helps with disagreements.

Dawnchest - a long-furred dorsal-striped pale gray she-cat with yellow eyes. she has a darker gray stripe on her back that transitions in her tail. she is ambitious and a fish-like swimmer in the old territory.

Crickettooth - a long-furred gray she-cat with emerald eyes. she is strict with the kittens but also a great kittsitter. with her cleverness, she is needed for strategy.

Coldwatcher - a light brown tabby she-cat with cyan eyes. she is adventurous and a good climber. with her mediating skills did she help in cross clan relationships.

Apprentices

Pouncepaw - a pale tabby (sokoke) she-cat with amber eyes. the apprentice is daring and needs to be tamed. she likes to play mossball.

Fuzzpaw - a gray tom with green eyes. the young tom is charismatic and likes to climb. he needs to build his nest himself because he is picky with the material.

Queens and Kits

Nighingalekit - a brown smoke she-cat with golden eyes. she is bossy and has an active imagination.

Landmarks

Highoaks - a cluster of tall sparkeling trees, mostly hunting grounds

Sandpit - hidden in tall grass, the training field

Sunning Stream - a small stream that flows through the plains with big rocks on its shore where the cats can sun themselves. It also has much twoleg trash because of a nearby fireplace.