#Ryewhisker

[wc-confessions]

just learned of Ryewhisker being a canon cat in the books when for a few years I've had an oc named Ryewhisker, who is also a brown cat with green eyes. She's probably still very different considering she's a lesbian medicine cat who is secretly mates with a medicine cat from another clan

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[abcwc]

[exocynraku]

little trees

[eggfeather]

ryewhisker and cloudberry

[shallowbreeze]

Ryewhisker

Ryewhisker is a brown tabby tom

[bonefall]

Is the Dark Forest still as terrible as it was in the books? In the books it sounded terrible, literally hell, even from its appearance. In the Bonefall Rewrite it says cats like Cloudberry and Ryewhisker don’t hate being there, going as far to say prefer there over StarClan (mostly reasons of rebellion). Now, does the physical appearance or anything of the Dark Forest change because I can’t imagine how anyone can not hate living there? Or was Ryewhisker and Cloudberry able to ignore the literal depressing atmosphere of it?

Oh in the books it really is hell. It canonically has a "worsening" effect on the cats that live in it, making them generally more violent and spiteful while condemning them to a dark, preyless, desolate existence.

I think that was fine when it was JUST mass-murderers like Tigerstar, but it stopped being ok when more morally gray cats started to threatened with it. And I don't like that, because I LIKE the stakes of NOT going to StarClan!

But in order to justify having that conflict for a wider range of cats, the Dark Forest can't be as horrible as it was in TNP.

Bonefall Place of No Stars

It's still dim and grim, and the same way that StarClan still has Fourtrees because it exists in the memory of the Clans, the Dark Forest has dark landmarks.

There's a thunderpath, the Bonehill is there, the 5th tree of Fourtrees stands alone, there's a river that's perpetually flooded... but one person's HELL was another person's heaven. It's just a matter of working together to piece them together.

For example... the worst place to Ryewhisker is the battlefield he died on. The worst place to Cloudberry is where they passed the law to ban halfclan relationships. But neither one of them has an issue with Morningstar's memory of ThunderClan camp!

If you work together, the Dark Forest doesn't have to be a terrible place. One guy's nightmare is another cat's dream. This living cat had a horrible dream of mouse that tasted like fish, now there's a species of mousefish in the river. Shrewpaw's pheasant is tempting people across the road, but with a team, they can catch it.

Yeah, sure, it's dark, and the moon's a big eyeball and sometimes it blinks just to psyche you out, and mandrakes scream if you pull them out of the ground, and,

Ryewhisker: "Don't scratch the bleeding willow"

Redwillow: "PFF why not?? And don't you mean weeping w-UGHHGHH"

Ryewhisker: "No. I mean bleeding willow. Now go wash your paws, kiddo. And tell Cloudberry to fetch the firkin, we can't be letting good bloodsap go to waste!"

It can be home, if you let it be.

[lemnnshark]

"Cloudberry is a slender, thick-furred, dark gray she-cat with blue eyes."

"Ryewhisker is a brown tabby tom."

[mayfeatherwcdesigns]

Ryewhisker? :33

(PS. I'm sorry this took such a ridiculously long time to do, I completely forgot about this account 😭)

[warriorcatsideas]

[stus-warrior-designs]

First recorded Half clan relationship was him and Cloudberry!

[theanoninyourinbox]

Two more Anons asked for RyeCloud and Good!Stepdad!DarkXGoldenflower! I added Swiftpaw and Lynxkit as DarkGolden kits as a treat!

In the first AU, Ryewhisker and Cloudberry get their leaders together to talk about getting a peace treaty together (both cats anxious about what might happen to the other if a fight happened) and accidentally set the clans on a path to inter-clan relationships being widely accepted. The pair settle on the border, becoming semi-permanent border guards, and stick in Riverclan when the kits are born, but only because it’s closer.

In the second AU, Darkstripe is Patchpelt and Willowpelt’s brother, and good friends with Goldenflower. When she decides she wants kits but not a mate, he volunteers on the condition he gets to be in their lives. His presence in the nursery saves Lynxkit from an adder that sneaks in for warmth, and he decides to become a nursery warrior. When Tigerclaw defects, Bramblekit and Tawnykit both have Darkstripe to fall back on. And when Swiftpaw, Lynxpaw, and Brightpaw go looking for what’s our in the woods, Darkstripe tails them, yanking Swiftpaw up into the tree to safety. Forewarned and shaken out of her stupor for a moment, Bluestar gives them proper warrior names before dying to the dogs a la canon. Darkstripe helps raise many kits, finally passing in the Great Battle, taking Brokenstar with him. And Darkstripe is there to give deputy Swiftleap a life for knowing when to change.

[monki-donki]

Ahora si tengo los diseños.

Los adoro mucho.

[tallstars-rewrite]

more miscellaneous windclanners from 2017-2019!

Brackenwing, Crowfur and his son Hazelnose, a friend group that crumbled years ago (Plumclaw, Mistmouse, Lilywhisker, and Leafshine), siblings (Fallowspring, Ryewhisker, and Fawnleap), and final references for the HareMouse family

[saturdaynightlivedork]

Ryewhisker and Cloudberry, in gouache!

I posted this on my Reddit but I’m putting it here too, in case r/WarriorCats goes down tomorrow.

[the-owl-tree]

if im correct that ur still doing the 500 reqs can you do cloudberry and ryewhisker? (cotc) sorry i found new minor characters and im obbessed w them akjhakjhajkah

the way i knew these two off the bat because i had an old oc story surrounding that era lol