#Warriorclan

[velo-cats]

Buttercup

[marmosetpaw]

[lupiine]

[firestars-twolegs]

Could you draw Monkeystar?

some kind of beast

[eggfeather]

bigteeth

[cavernclaw]

au where the new bloodclan is like warriorclan but edgy, they’re just a bunch of dumb kids who don’t know what they’re doing.

they’re probably neighbours with warriorclan and have little scuffles from time to time, nothing serious.

hell they might not even have dog teeth collars, they probably were but some members live with dogs and they think it’s cruel to do that.

fury is probably still lead in this au but she’s a little younger and less experienced on the battlefield

[lemnnshark]

"Monkeystar is a short-furred tortoiseshell she-cat with a white chest and paws, and green eyes."

[artaintfartwarriors]

u should do um umm the monkeystar 💛

Banabna

[lesbimeows]

39. monkeystar

[hexxo707]

[diaswarriorcats]

[cheryxshug-designs]

can you do gremlin ^_^?? or monkeystar!

monkeystar

[marmosetpaw]

[sweetriverstyxwarriorsarchive]

[booksofstars]

warrior cats funerary rites ideas below the cut

(tw for funerals, religious themes, animal death, cremation, scavenging, and brief discussion of preventing funeral rites)

thunderclan buries their dead after a vigil, just like in the books. but why? thunderclanners believe the vigil is the most important part of the funeral. its a final goodbye to the loved one, as well as a signal to let the cat know they are free to travel the starry path to silverpelt and take their place there. the body returns to the earth, as thunderclan believes all living things must. the cycle goes on.

riverclan believes the river to be a holy site, providing for cats in life and becoming their path to starclan in death. riverclan performs cremations, and spreads the ashes of the cat in the river or along the riverbank to be taken to starclan. they share stories during a celebration of life, as the healers take care of beginning the cremation process and then join the rest of the clan. important possessions are often burned with the cat, so that they may join them in starclan.

shadowclan, with its abundance of scavengers, reveres them in their funerary practices. in their marshy territory, cats were laid to rest in the driest patches of mud alongside their favorite foods in life, from steamed toads to juniper teas. in the secluded place they are left to the scavengers that shadowclan believes carries the spirits of the cats to starclan, while their bones sink back into the earth to grow into new greenery.

windclan, being the most religious of the clans, spend much of their funerals in hymn and prayer. they lay a cat out in the clearest part of camp with their favorite flowers, praying to starclan that the cat will run and hunt rabbits forevermore in starclan. their rites are by far the most religion-oriented of any clan, focusing on prayer rather than stories of the cat’s life. afterwards, windclan often makes the cats favorite meal and shares it underneath the stars as a final send off. a funerary precession then buries the cat beneath the tallest hill, closest to starclan.

the story goes that the founder of ancient skyclan outlawed funerals, as so of them were for cats that died at his claws. no one knows for certain.

in reality, ancient skyclan buried their dead at the roots of trees, believing cats would be reincarnated into them in their next life. the funerals were short in early skyclan, often a few simple prayers. later ancient skyclan often gave powerful speeches and poetry to honor the fallen. usually only family members attended. at the end of a funeral, usually at sunset, the cats would wait there until the final bird sung.

modern skyclan, being founded by kittypets, is heavily influenced by their traditions. their funerals are true celebrations of life, with everything from dancing, to singing, to playing instruments. they believe joy is the best way to send off the deceased, and often believe in the idea of the rainbow bridge as kittypets may. skyclanners prefer to hold their funerals on sunny days, a sight more common in the gorge than the lake territories. modern skyclan also keeps a graveyard, with carved clay plaques to commemorate the cats as they were in life. many believe cats who go uncelebrated cannot move on from the mortal plane until they are.

bloodclan buries their dead quickly and quietly, usually in parks. the family may perform their own rites, but this is a small and heavily varied ceremony. their collars, however, are preserved and cared for to honor the cat who once bore it.

warriorclan, like kittypets, believe in the rainbow bridge. they bury cats on sunny days and share stories of their lives. they believe all dead cats go to a better place.

kittypets vary in their views and practices, especially towards the nature of death and the afterlife. the concept of the rainbow bridge is common but not collective. many kittypets, loners, and rogues have no funerals nor strong beliefs at all.

[eggfeather]

fireface