#Warrior cats rewrite

[javatello]

Wc rewrite doodles, my rewrite ideas can be found here!

[official-darkforest]

Sparrow/White Family Tree - Mick’s Rewrite

for the sake of de-cluttering the family tree:

cinderlion only have their first litter

sorrelstripe’s mate is undisclosed

speckletail and whitefog/one-eye are no longer sisters

larksong is now stormcloud’s kit- his other parent is undisclosed

other misc. notes:

jayfeather has been moved to a different tree

sandstorm is now spsrrowpelt (halftail) and whitefog’s youngest daughter

longtail and runningwind had a budding interest in one another but runningwind was murdered before it could blossom

longtail and mousefur bonded over the loss of runningwind and even further when they were in the elder’s den. longtail would admit he may have felt romsntic feelings towards her while mousefur kept her perspective under lock and key. nobody knows how she really feels about longtail, but regardless of what it was she cared deeply for him

longtail is intersex and uses he/him pronouns. in a human-esque culture he would identify as nonbinary.

fernsong uses he/him and she/her pronoun. in a human-esque culture she would identify as bigender

sparrowpelt snd his kits carry the cinnamon gene. this also carries on through sandstorm -> leafpool -> lionblaze, skips sorrelstripe and hollytuft (chocolate) and returns with bayshine + myrtlebloom

cinderheart is a cryptic tortie, hence fernsong’s vibrant golden-cream color

lion and holly (both)’s manes are important to their designs so theyre drawn with them.

[warrior-cats-rewritten]

I've realized what one of the flaws in the series is now that's a more subtle flaw.

Aside from Purdy... No one has a "way of speaking". Everyone sounds the same. So much formal speak is used now, and mind you with cats in leader positions I imagine there would be an expectation of sorts, I can't imagine Mistystar accepting anything less than PERFECT grammar.

But a cat like Graystripe? He'd love weird contraction words! Man says "y'ain't" unironically!

Dovewing using big words and long complex phrases until she leaves Thunderclan and challenges herself to use as few words as possible for a while to break the habit...

Hollyleaf The Nerd accidentally taught her the habit in the first place, mind. Get a chair and some water when Holly gives a speech, you'll be there for a while.

Jayfeather on the other hand? Learn to speak grunt.

Lionblaze picks up mannerisms from EVERYONE. Slang from Daisy and Berrynose, a little "y'know?" From Cinderheart, and you can catch him say "um" the same way Leafpool does from his brief time as Cleric apprentice.

Squirrelflight would often speak too quickly so sometimesshetalkslikethis...

Hmm... Bit hard to read.

I'll-write-it-like-this! Squirrelflight!

Skybranch (Twigbranch) stumbles over words and tries to pick them as carefully as possible. A-uh A lot of the time, she'll kinda talk like this? I think, uh, I think that's good. Right? Yeah. Should be okay.

Where cats like, say, the aforementioned Mistystar, take a very high-class tone. A cat like Mistystar would not lower herself to using foul language, like the Thunderclan warrior, Spotfur. There would simply be no need for it.

And Spotfur thinks that that's badger bullocks! Swears express your passion, dammit!

But... Yeah. The way people speak and talk, tells you a LOT about them.

[skyclan-funny-name-squad]

Me adding TWO whole logical reasons on why medicine cats aren’t supposed to have kits to my theoretical rewrite: this shits easy Erin’s have nothing on me

[skyscratch-wc]

Skyfall Power of 5 Family Tree

[frozenpinees]

I made this in less than a day 😅

This is a pmv for my rewrite au! Specifically about Mothwing.

Lionblaze is now a Riverclan cat. He’s visited by Hawkfrost in his dreams and eventually grows afraid of his powers, not wanting to hurt anyone. He starts training as a medicine cat, and grows close with his new mentor Mothwing. She becomes like a mother to him. This pmv shows Mothwings nightmares, where Hawkfrost comes to her and threatens her and Lionpaw. Mothwing wakes up and tries to convince herself that seeing her brother again was just a dream

Characters -

Mothwing (yellow)

Hawkfrost (blue)

Lionpaw/mane (orange)

[morningstar-warriors]

Have you ever wanted to play Warrior cats D&D…? You guys should take a look at my book! Check my pinned. I’ve got the book, and other nifty resources inside.

- This book is an extension off of the works of the Warriors Adventure Game.

- This book is only in its second version and has aspects that are still unrefined or in need of further testing.

- You are free to use any of these things, change them, and so on. Please feel free to PM me or leave a message in my inbox in regards to what could be improved or what you liked!

[shummthechumm]

sol and his guard, jingo (aka rewrite ramblings)

[rainsnap]

Wouldn’t it be neat if Nightheart is kicked out of all the clans? Like, he tries to join Shadowclan but really overstepped Sunbeam’s boundaries so then he goes to Riverclan and pretends to be the leader and gets the boot, Skyclan and Windclan turn him away without giving him a chance.

So Nightheart leaves the clans and pulls a reverse Firestar and becomes a kittypet for a bit, then begins to simply wander. He ends up back at the old territories where he meets a super old Smudge who upon seeing him says “you know, you remind me of someone…” and Smudge tells Nightheart of everything he knows of the clan cats.

Nightheart even gets to meet Warriorclan and learns what it really means to be part of a clan. He returns home to Thunderclan a changed cat and grows to be a wise old warrior.

[oldfacesnewdawnoffical]

Cat Age Guide

Not a direct match, as nothing really can be, but here’s my personal approximation for cat-human equivalent ages! ^^

The cats of the Fourtrees Fealty track age by months, or “moons”, as cats typically reach growth milestones at the height of each month.

0-1 months = newborn to 1 years old in human time

2 months = 2 human years

3 months = 4 human years

4 months = 6 human years

5 months = 8 human years

6 months = 10 human years; it’s around this time that a cat will begin to form a solid sense of identity for themself

7 months = 12 human years

12 months / 1 year = 16 to 17 human years; it’s around this time that a cat will earn their full names, and are viewed as an “adult” by their community’s standards

18 months / 1 year = 21 human years

24 months / 2 years = 24 human years; up until they turn 2 years old, a cat’s human-equivalent age is equal to that time. Once they turn 2, you add 4 years for every year afterwards!

36 moons / 3 years = 28 human years

48 moons / 4 years = 32 human years

60 moons / 5 years = 36 human years

72 moons / 6 years = 40 human years

84 moons / 7 years = 44 human years

96 moons / 8 years = 48 human years

108 moons / 9 years = 52 human years

120 moons / 10 years = 56 human years

132 moons / 11 years = 60 human years; it’s around this time that a cat is considered “old”, or at least somewhat geriatric. They typically debate retirement around this age

144 moons / 12 years = 64 human years

156 moons / 13 years = 68 human years

168 moons / 14 years = 72 human years

180 moons / 15 years = 76 human years

192 moons / 16 years = 80 human years

195 moons / 17 years = 84 human years

216 moons / 18 years = 88 human years

228 moons / 19 years = 92 human years

240 moons / 20 years = 96 human years

This is just an extended chart for ease of convenience ^^’

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[mothbriars]

been planning on rewritten warriors, and had thought up of the possibility of having blue x crooked rather than blue x oak being a more interesting idea... (sorry to the blueoak enjoyers) i wanna flesh out this idea more and reread bluestar's prophecy and crookedstar's promise to get a more feel of how this will work out. this is only concept (dont worry abt stonefur I can somehow fit him in somewhere)

[hickorytwist]

id: a digital headshot drawing of a multicolored cat that has a hairless head and fluffy fur around its neck and nose. it has big, shiny, dilated eyes and an expression of awe. its skin is pink with patches of orange and blue. its neck fur is orange tabby with a patch of grey tabby and white down the middle. it has a tear in one of its ears, which are large and pointy like a bat’s. end id.

Headshot commission for my good friend @planefood! This is Galaxy, a kittypet featured in a fully original arc from a huge Warriors rewrite/AU we work on (@wtwcr-rewrite)!

These are still open for $10 each! Here’s the tumblr ad about it and here’s the toyhouse ad about it, each with their own slots.

[fledermaus-art]

some rp scenes from my private AU with @blxestar! To see more about Storkpaw, check out her ref :)

[warrior-cats-rewritten]

Leaders can choose which life they want to lose in order. The will experience something related to that cat's death or, rarely, have a talk with them. When the leader dies, they go into a misty, swirling meadow, surrounded by the cats who gave them their lives.

Pinestar chose Harepounce first, wanting to brave it. He felt the aching in her stomach, but also the intense love for her daughter, Whitekit. It is a looming feeling, especially when he first eats kibble, his belly full while other cats go hungry that night.

Bluestar chose Mosskit last, and instead of feeling the winter's chill, she felt nothing but safety and love, the snow becoming a blanket to settle into. Mosskit allowed her to spend her last moments lucid, seeing all of her children on the bank as she passed.

Crookedstar chose Appleshine for his first, and felt the intense pain she had felt as she died, and the pain gave him determination to keep going during a battle with Thunderclan. (Guess what they were fighting over!)

Tallstar's second to last life was lost after the Bloodclan battle, he chose Dawnstripe's life. She showed him the thrill of the battle she had passed away in, but that while sometimes fighting for something is necessary, it isn't always the only option. It sticks hard with him.

Brokenstar picked Sagewhisker to get rid of it first, he felt the intense pain of the heart attack that killed her, from that point on he made other cats fight his battles more, wanting to hold onto his lives.

Leopardstar's final life was with Brightsky, who she had been avoiding. She watched her mother's life slip away, and the heartbreak that her mother had felt seeing that 2 of her children had been born sleeping. She realized as the world faded to cold darkness that she'd made a mistake.

Losing all his lives at once, Tigerstar had begged each of them to save him, one by one. But they could not, even if they wanted to. The last lost was the tiny warrior, Olivetail, showing her death was at the claws of his own ancestor, Gorsestar, in the same way he himself bleeds out now.

Firestar choses Swiftclaw first to get that over with. It is agonizing pain but all the Might of Lionclan in his bones keeps him going and fighting even when the literal jaws of death clamp down. He remembers Swiftclaw, and all the young cats he is fighting for when he comes back to the living world.

Blackstar chooses to lose the life Blizzardwing gives him, wanting to be rid of it as fast as possible. He feels sickness claw at him, and rage at an unfulfilled life full of regrets. It's... sobering, especially when he just lost the life due to a branch falling on him.

Leafstar choses Dawnstar (who gives a life for Selflessness) during Skyclan's Destiny to see if she is doing the right thing by helping the rogues. It is calm and cold and quiet, her lungs feel tight but she can feel guilt baring down on her as she watches herself through Dawnstar's eyes denying herself catmint to make sure the other cats can live through the greencough epidemic, seeing a Starclan cat looming over a kitten, knowing he will be a heroic leader.

Onestar's final life was Brushclaw, who didn't show him his death, but only talked about how disappointed he was. He gave Onestar a life for friendship, and Onestar chose to isolate himself afterwards, acting unfriendly towards even his own clanmates.

Mistystar's first life was Crookedstar, and she spoke with him about what happened to Leopardstar, and if she was a bad cat for it. He gives her reassuring words, and tells her that he is proud if her.

Bramblestar's first life lost is for Longtail, he feels the terror as he loses his sight, reliving Longtail's last moments before the tree crashes down, all he can think of is the last though in Longtail's head: I can't let prey go to waste, I'm sorry Poppydawn. It rattles him completely.

Rowanstar chooses Cedarheart during a Yellowcough life loss, who fought with all his might to protect the Riverclan nursery, dying for them just as the retreat order was called. It fills him with vigor and strength.

As Harestar lays dying of Blackcough, he picks Barkface. They talk, and Barkface confirms that, no, he will not recover from this. But not to lose hope, for Windclan's future is still bright, have faith. As he gazes over at Breezepelt, he feels a glimmer of hope.

Tigerstar's second life lost after Rowanstar was Flametail, he missed his brother too much to save it for later. The water made him afraid, but when he saw how Jayfeather had tried to SAVE his brother, he personally traveled to Thunderclan and invited Jayfeather to a feast, re-building a bridge that had been hanging in threads.

[skyclan-funny-name-squad]

Thinking about how I’d do a rewrite again and i still hate how the powers were just just diabolus ex machina’d away after the great battle so I’ve decided they sacrifice their powers to help seal the dark forest, giving it Strength Knowledge and Willpower to better keep it’s prisoners locked inside. This is what causes the massive changes and then when bristlefrost dies she inadvertently gives up her own gift to the dark forest, the ability to change, to adapt, to become more malleable and better for the cats inside, to truly learn instead of just know.

Which causes as Gray Wing is all “you can’t sit with us the dark forest doesn’t change” a leaf to fall on his muzzle, and then they look up and see the trees shedding their leaves, a gentle soft dusting of snow, the eternal worst day of leaf fall you could conceive of is no more, the forest is resting, leaf bare is here to let the forest rejuvenate, and eventually new leaf will come as well, then green leaf, then it will repeat.

The dark forest can change, the cats inside can change, it is change, maybe it always was. Starclan has no true jurisdiction over the dark forest, not truly, just as riverclan has no true to say over windclan, and if it wants a cat be able to leave, not even Gray’s Wing can stop them from crossing the border out.

[skyscratch-wc]

Skyfall Project Masterpost

This post is for the rehauled Skyfall Rewrite, now called the Skyfall Project. I am doing an overhaul of the lore I have built in order to tackle some fundamental issues.

This is the introduction post for Skyfall, a heavy rewrite of Warrior Cats with a whole new culture and social structure, beliefs, and some significant plot deviations (especially after the first arc). The goal of this project is to take the framework and characters or Warrior Cats and make a narrative that is more consistent, less ableist/sexist/xenophobic, etc. and remove the indigenous-coding of the series. I want to write a satisfying narrative that actually delivers while making the themes more relevant and less problematic.

The core of the plot is going to move away from StarClan and their prophecies and towards more concrete, cat political issues with a smattering of the divine and magic. I want to place more of an emphasis on SkyClan, both their downfall and then eventual return. I also want the different groups to actually feel like different groups with different cultures, levels of piety, special roles, etc.

Links will be added to this post as the project progresses

The Clan -> Shire Restructure

Anything tagged #wc skyfall au or #wc skyfall rewrite is outdated. All new content will be tagged #skyfall project.

I have heavily restructured the clans to have more ranks and paths for warriors. I have also renamed roles in an homage to Old English social structure names. As such, I have renamed the clans to shires. Sheriffs (shire-reeves) were pulled from the Thegn class, and thus the leaders are now Thegns. (Can you tell I’m a history nerd yet?). The different shires will be labeled as follows:

ThunderClan -> Thundershire -> #thunderkin

ShadowClan -> Shadowshire -> #shadowkin

RiverClan -> Rivershire -> #riverkin

WindClan -> Windshire -> #windkin

SkyClan -> Skyshire -> #skykin

StarClan/Dark Forest -> The Shining Paws -> #shiningpaw

[clowder name] + kin is the way the cats refer to members of other clowders. EX: "Fireheart is a Thunderkin". This is reference to their supposed descent from the legendary founders

The different shire roles are labeled as such:

Leader -> Thegn -> #thegn

Deputy -> Reeve -> #reeve

Medicine Cat (healing) -> Physician -> #physician

Medicine Cat (spiritual) -> Priest -> #priest

*new role* -> Mortician -> #mortician

*new role* -> Scribe -> #scribe

Warrior -> Churl -> #churl

Churl Roles (cats can hold multiple roles at a time):

Hunter -> #hunter, #master hunter

Artisan -> #artisan, #master artisan

Roamer -> #roamer, #master roamer

Caregiver -> #caregiver, #master caregiver

Keeper -> #keeper, #master keeper

Trailblazer (Thundershire only) -> #trailblazer

Tanner (Shadowshire only) -> #tanner

Sentinel (Rivershire only) -> #sentinel

Tunneler (Windshire only) -> #tunneler

Mediator (Modern Skyshire only) -> #mediator

Daylight Churls (Modern Skyshire only) -> #daylight churl

Scout (Ancient Skyshire only) -> #scout

Apprentice -> #apprentice

Kitten -> #kitten

Elder -> #elder

A detailed post of the roles will be posted in the near future and then linked here.

Inside a Shire

The Shires, unlike the canonical clans, do not live in a structured camp. There is a main camp where the Thegn's Den, Physician's Den, and Priest's Den are, but all other cats sleep within family units in dens spread around the territory, some further and some closer. Most cats have their dens very close to the main camp. The cats within the camp also sleep in family groups. For instance, at the start of Arc 1, Bluestorm shares a den with Whitestorm, Willowpelt, Darkstripe, and Graypaw.

Cats meet at the camp at sunrise to get the days news, groom each other, and generally connect with one another before the day begins. Patrols, training, and other such outings are also planned within this time frame. The shire will then go their separate ways and meet again at sunset to share anything they found during the day. Once the sun has set, the cats go to their family dens and spend the rest of the night bonding with their group until they go to sleep.

The Arcs

The arcs will be renamed and some condensed into one another in order to cut out parts of the canonical plot that are filler. I am personally not a fan of StarClan-driven plots, so many plots will be changed to be moreso about cat politics and the consequences of past actions.

Arc 1 -> follows roughly The Prophecies Begin. Fireheart joins the Thundershire and is their Thegn by the end of the arc.

Arc 2 -> follows roughly The New Prophecy. Except the journey is not about finding a new home, it's learning about the existence of the Skyshire and the darker history of the clans. This involves going back to the lake, where the clan’s ancestors first lived. The cats do move to the lake by the end of the arc due to human construction, but they didn't need the ancestors to tell them to leave. The arc ends with the Windshire Conflict.

Arc 3 -> A long super arc mashes together The Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, and parts of A Vision of Shadows. The clans are recovering from the events of The New Prophecy. Each shire has a cat with powers, they bring the Skyshire to the lake, and all clans are reunited at the lake. This arc will be called Rising Skies.

Arc 4 -> A whole new thing based around the characters of The Broken Code with plot elements from both A Vision of Shadows and The Broken Code. This arc will likely be driven by an especially bad winter then causing a cascading effect around the shires and the consequences of that. This arc would also feature Darktail and his cats in some capacity, since they drove Skyshire from the gorge (as a continuation of the prior arc).

Arc 5 -> Basically A Starless Clan, but adjusted as everything else is.

As a note, the Sisters and the Tribe of Rushing Water will not exist in this rewrite. These groups tend to be where the more problematic themes are centered and as such I don't feel comfortable having them as parts of the narrative. The characters from these groups may exist, but they would be in different social structures, etc.

So, where is this set?

One of the questions of Warriors canon is where is this series set? Presumably England due to the origin of the authors, but over the series more and more names, creatures, etc. appear in the series that do not appear in Europe, let alone in England.

In order to make things consistent (because I want to make it actually somewhat realistic), I will be setting Skyfall in Southwestern Scotland/Northwestern England. This allows for the ocean, hilly terrain, etc. Character names will be adjusted to match this environment.

Some Last Notes

This rewrite will include the ClanMew conlang being developed by @troutfur and @bonefall. It will also include a dialect of ClanMew, spoken by the cats in the Gorge. This will be fleshed out more as I develop the project. I may also include elements from bonefall’s warrior cats expansions, which are amazing.

If you have any questions about Skyfall, ask away! I’m always happy to answer asks. Although FYI responses may take a while.