#cliffclan

[cliffclan]

Cliffclan - moon 0

and so it begins! An introduction to our starting lineup, and the circumstances that brought them together.

If anyone happens by with questions about individual cats or the flooding I will do my best to answer! I'm still nailing down a few worldbuilding details but have enough of a picture in my mind that I feel ready to start up with the story.

(Do let me know if any of the text is difficult to read and I can adjust accordingly or add a transcript!)

[fatedheavylion]

Hazepaw and Magpiepaw

Magpie belongs to @as-the-stars-fade-away

[northclangen]

Generation 1 of CliffClan! I realized after drawing them they all look related lol.. bengal, white fur, and golden eyes are very common in the clan apparently. All of the clan founders + Sootwhisker who joined a few moons in.

The leader is Swanstar(strike), the deputy is Poppyriver, and the med cat is Palerapid.

I made Swan and Violet mates manually but CoyotexSkip and PoppyxPale happened on their own.

Gen 2 coming soon!

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

Dark Forest Residences: Birchflight & Foxfire

Birchflight

Aliases / Nicknames: ??

Gender: molly 

Sexuality: pansexual, polyamorous 

Family: unnamed mother, unnamed father, Haretalon (sister), Breezeblaze (brother), Sparrowflight (niece), Deerbirch (nephew) 

Other Relations: unnamed mentor, Darkfire (apprentice), Foxfire (crush) 

Clan: Bushclan 

Rank: warrior 

Characteristics: kills to get Foxfire's attention, oblivious, caring, has a secret sadistic side 

Number of Victims: 3 

Number of Murders: 3 

Murder Method: leading onto Thunderpaths 

Known Victims: Larksplash, Mousetuft, Flamepetal 

Victim Profile: friends of Foxfire 

Cause of Death: run over by a BMX bike 

Cautionary Tale: N/A

Story: 

From the moment she opened her eyes, Birchflight had been hopelessly in love with Foxfire. The two of them were nearly inseparable all throughout their kithood and apprenticehood, and other cats joked about them becoming mates when they became warriors. 

Birchflight laughed them off, but truthfully, it made her heart ache. She loved him with all of her heart, but Foxfire only seemed to see her as a friend. Her best friends, Cloudrose and Wrendawn, as well as her siblings, tried cheering her up, saying that Foxfire would come around eventually. But the heartache was too much for Birchflight. Why couldn't Foxfire see how much she loved him?

To make matters worse, Foxfire had started becoming distant from Birchflight in favour of talking to new friends from other Clans: Larksplash of Treeclan, Mousetuft of Cliffclan, and Flamepetal of Prairieclan. Birchflight pretended to put on a happy face whenever they talked to her at Gatherings, but she couldn't ignore the steaming fury boiling inside of her, made even worse by how the three toms would make smug glances at Foxfire and whisper things in his ear that made him blush at Birchflight when they thought she wasn't looking. 

She couldn't let them take her beloved Foxy away from her. Birchflight knew they were gluttons--food was all they seemed to talk about. So she took advantage of the wide variety of prey in Bushclan, creating a trail of mice from the Treeclan border to the nearest Thunderpath. All she had to do then was watch and wait as Larksplash followed the trail onto the Thunderpath, just in time for a sleek red monster to crash into him. 

She tried her best to suppress the giddy feeling that arose when she looked at Larksplash's corpse, but it was just too strong to resist. Mousetuft was next.

Birchflight made sure to add in an extra pheasant chick or two into the trail to really seal the deal, the same going for Flamepetal a mere half moon later. Birchflight's sheer joy at getting rid of the three biggest pains in her tail was marred, however, by the sudden deaths of her best friends Cloudrose and Wrendawn, killed in a freak drowning accident while collecting and wetting moss. 

Foxfire had been with them at the time of the incident, and he was inconsolable at not being able to save them. Birchflight comforted him over this and the deaths of his friends, with him comforting her over the loss of her friends and her being the one to find his friends' bodies.

The leader even gave Birchflight Foxfire's young nephew, Darkpaw, as her apprentice, with Foxfire receiving Birchflight's niece, Sparrowpaw, as his in turn. Their relationship had finally returned to what it was, and this time, Birchflight wasn't going to let him go.

Birchflight just had to finish up this hunting session with Darkpaw first. The young apprentice, seeing how she wasn't paying attention to him, wrapped up in her own daydreams and worries, decided to get her attention by trying to catch a raccoon, chasing it across a Thunderpath.

Fortunately, Birchflight noticed the strange, two-wheeled Twoleg monster heading towards Darkpaw and knocked him out of the way just in time. Unfortunately, she was just a little too slow to avoid getting struck herself. 

Now she would never have a chance to confess to Foxfire... or so she thought.

Foxfire

Aliases / Nicknames: Foxy

Gender: tom 

Sexuality: pansexual, polyamorous 

Family: unnamed mother, unnamed father, Morningberry (sister), Sootstorm (brother), Darkfire (nephew), Pebblefox (niece) 

Other Relations: unnamed mentor, Sparrowflight (apprentice), Birchflight (crush) 

Clan: Bushclan 

Rank: warrior 

Characteristics: kills to get Birchflight's attention, oblivious, charismatic, a bit of a himbo, has repressed anger issues 

Number of Victims: 2 

Number of Murders: 2 

Murder Method: suffocating with waterlogged moss 

Known Victims: Cloudrose, Wrendawn 

Victim Profile: friends of Birchflight 

Cause of Death: drowned in a sewer 

Cautionary Tale: N/A

Story: 

From the moment he opened his eyes, Foxfire had been hopelessly in love with Birchflight.The two of them were nearly inseparable all throughout their kithood and apprenticehood, and other cats joked about them becoming mates when they became warriors. Foxfire laughed them off, but truthfully, it made his heart ache. He loved her with all of her heart, but Birchflight only seemed to see him as a friend.

His new friends from other Clans, Larksplash, Mousetuft, and Flamepetal, as well as his siblings, tried cheering him up, saying that Birchflight would come around eventually. But the heartache was too much for Foxfire. Why couldn't Birchflight see how much he loved her?

Foxfire tried to hold in his heartache, but every time he looked at Birchflight, his heart tore a little bit. The freak deaths of Larksplash and Mousetuft didn't help matters either, though there was some comfort in Birchflight being the one who found the bodies. 

He knew she wouldn't hurt them. One day, however, he was sent out to collect wet moss with Birchflight's best friends, Cloudrose and Wrendawn. Being sent to complete a task with them just made Foxfire think of Birchflight, and Cloudrose and Wrendawn quickly noticed his mopiness. When they asked him what was wrong, he deflected at first, but eventually sighed and relayed the whole story.

When Foxfire finished, however, Cloudrose and Wrendawn started... laughing at him. They wheezed out something about being so dumb and not being able to see Birchflight's true feelings before going back to rolling on the grass. Foxfire felt his heart burn with fury. 

They must be insinuating that Birchflight didn't like him back! They must be taunting him! Something snapped within him, and he bowled over Cloudrose and Wrendawn over within seconds, holding the wet moss over their snouts and not letting go until he was sure they were dead.

When the deed was done, however, Foxfire quickly came back to his senses and was hit with an immense wave of regret. He killed Birchflight's best friends! If she didn't return his feelings before, she would never return them now! He quickly dragged them back to camp and told the leader that Cloudrose and Wrendawn had died in a freak drowning accident. 

The day only got worse from there, as Birchflight returned from her hunting trip with the news that she had found Flamepetal's dead body on another Thunderpath. The last of his friends, gone. At least they could comfort each other on the day's tragedies.

The two of them began spending more and more time with each other. The leader even gave Foxfire Birchflight's young niece, Sparrowpaw, as her apprentice, with Birchflight receiving Foxfire's nephew as his. 

Their relationship had finally returned to what it was, and this time, Foxfire wasn't going to let her go. He just had to finish up this tracking session with Sparrowpaw first. The young apprentice, seeing how he wasn't paying attention to her, wrapped up in his own daydreams and worries, decided to get his attention by trying to slip into a sewer grate close to the nearby Twolegplace.

Fortunately, Foxfire noticed Sparrowpaw just in time and pulled her away from the edge of the grate. Unfortunately, he tripped and fell in himself, landing into oasis of sewer water himself, just slightly too deep for him to stay afloat.

Now he would never have a chance to confess to Birchflight... or so he thought.

Additional Information:

--Submission by @starfalcon555​

--These two share exactly one (1) braincell, and most of the time, it's in the possession of one of their friends or their apprentices.

--Birchflight and Foxfire would be SHOCKED to see each other in the DF at first, and even more shocked to learn that they killed the other's friends, but when they realize the reason for it, they are quickly overcome with joy and become mates almost immediately.

--Birchflight and Foxfire died on the same day, on opposite sides of the same Twolegplace.

--Birchflight and Foxfire's nephews/nieces picked their own warrior names to remember their dead aunt (Sparrowflight and Deerbirch) and uncle (Darkfire and Pebblefox) respectively.

--It’s possible Sparrowflight and Darkfire eventually becoming mates themselves, as they bonded over the trauma of their mentors dying to save them, as well as said mentors being each other's family members. Maybe they even name their own future kits Birchkit and Foxkit, for the Angst (TM).

--LOVE everything about this. The similar crimes, how their deaths were similar to their crimes, two halves of a whole idiot.

--To-be poly members and mates of Gorseheart and Emberdawn. I took inspiration from this artwork and description, which I imagine is how it worked out for these four (two mates and two mates coming together to make four).

[warriorcatshauntedourfantasy]

Houndstar is literally a child in timeout he's so funny

Like did you expect to go to StarClan after abusing literally everyone??? LMAO

As said by me last night, "This is the most annoying man ever he's like an anime villain"

[clangenbriar]

CLAN ALLEGIANCES

BRIARCLAN

LEADER

Laurelstar - a long-furred speckled brown tom with hazel eyes ( careful, good teacher )

DEPUTY

Jayfrost - long-furred, dark gray bengal tom with pale blue eyes ( cold, excellent speaker )

HERBALIST

Ospreybelly - long-furred white and silver mackerel she-cat with pale blue eyes ( playful, excellent speaker )

WARRIORS

Silkmuzzle - long-furred, pale classic tabby tom with pale yellow-green eyes ( bloodthirsty, good hunter )

Shiningdew - long-furred speckled dark brown and white tom with gray eyes ( loving, smart )

Brightwing - long-furred speckled dark brown and white she-cat with pale yellow eyes ( loving, fantastic teacher )

- APPRENTICE, FINCHPAW

Stoatmask - a light brown and white tom with heather blue eyes ( loyal, smart )

APPRENTICES

Finchpaw - a ginger tabby tom with sage green eyes ( adventurous )

QUEENS

N/A

ELDERS

Flamesong - long-furred dark ginger tabby tom with cobalt eyes ( confident, great storyteller )

Nimbleshell - long-furred dark brown tabby tom with dark blue eyes ( strange, great storyteller )

Relations

Shiningdew & Brightwing are littermates, their father being Flamesong, and their mother passing away the previous leafbare.

Silkmuzzle and Ospreybelly are siblings, sharing a late mother, the StarClan guide Mistyflight- their father(s) were two different toms outside the Clan.

Finchpaw's adopted father is Nimbleshell, who retired from both age and poor eye sight. He was found on BriarClan territory at 2 moons old, all alone.

CLIFFCLAN

LEADER

Adderstar - a long-furred black/dark ginger tortie she-cat with a disticnt white stripe down their back and pale blue eyes ( wise, good fighter )

DEPUTY

Wisteriafur - long-furred, gray tabby she-cat with heather blue eyes ( wise, great teacher )

- APPRENTICE, MORNINGPAW

HERBALIST

Thymefeather - long-furred gray tabby she-cat with dark blue eyes ( strict, excellent mediator )

MEDIATOR

Marigoldfreckle - long-furred white and brown ticked tom with cyan eyes ( righteous, great mediator )

WARRIORS

Pinecry - rosette spotted silver tom with green-yellow eyes ( bloodthirsty, great speaker )

Starlingsky - black smoke tom with heather blue eyes ( thoughtful, good teacher )

Swiftswan - a white and light brown she-cat with bronze eyes ( strict, fantastic hunter )

APPRENTICES

Morningpaw - long-furred orange-cream tabby she-cat with pale yellow eyes ( strange )

QUEENS

Blossomwish - dark brown/dark ginger tortie she-cat with pale green eyes ( childish, good storyteller ); permanent queen and nursery keeper

ELDERS

Darkwhisker - black ticked and white tom with sage eyes ( lonesome, very smart )

Relations

Blossomwish is Adderstar's mother

Ashwarble ( StarClan guide ) was Starlingsky's littermate, their father being Darkwhisker

Marigoldfreckle is Swiftswan's father

POPPYCLAN

LEADER

Oakstar - a brown smoke she-cat with green eyes ( playful, great teacher )

- APPRENTICE, ROSEMARYPAW

DEPUTY

Silverwisp - long-furred, speckled and white she-cat with a blue right eye and a yellow right eye ( strict, fantastic hunter )

HERBALIST

Conifer'rise - golden-orange and white she-cat with dark blue eyes ( childish, smart tactician )

- APPRENTICE, RIMEPAW

WARRIORS

Gorsestem - dark brown sokoke tabby and white she-cat with emerald eyes ( thoughtful, great teacher )

- APPRENTICE, ROWANPAW

Harespark - white and black tabby cat with hazel eyes ( thoughtful, excellent speaker )

Bloomecho - ginger smoke and white tom with gray eyes ( adventurous, good fighter )

- APPRENTICE, RAINPAW

APPRENTICES

Rimepaw - brown marbled tabby tom with pale blue eyes ( responsible )

Rosemarypaw - a light brown mackerel tabby tom with heather blue eyes ( loyal )

Rowanpaw - brown tabby tom with pale yellow eyes ( shameless )

Rainpaw - long-furred dorsal-striped light brown she-cat with cobalt eyes ( vengeful )

QUEENS

N/A

ELDERS

N/A

Relations

Oakstar & Harespark are partners, with Rimepaw and Rosemarypaw being their kits.

Gorsestem & Bloomecho are mates, with Rowanpaw and Rainpaw being their kits

( The couples are close friends, and thought it would be cute if their kits' names all started with R, as they were all born around the same time )

Conifer'rise is Bloomecho's mother

SEDGECLAN

LEADER

Dahliastar - an elderly black tabby tom with cyan eyes ( fierce, strong connection to StarClan )

DEPUTY

Peonyblaze - dark ginger tabby and white tom with dark blue eyes ( confident, great speaker )

HERBALIST

Cloverspot - speckled brown tom with green eyes ( faithful, excellent kitsitter )

WARRIORS

Hailshine - long-furred dark gray tabby and white she-cat with amber eyes ( charasmatic, excellent fighter )

- APPRENTICE, TURTLEPAW

Lightdream - long-furred white and speckled black tom with emerald eyes ( loyal, great hunter )

Ivorystorm - long-furred cream tabby and white tom with hazel eyes ( shameless, excellent speaker )

- APPRENTICE, LARCHPAW

Myrtlechase - long-furred cream/gray tortie she-cat with green eyes ( shameless, good fighter )

APPRENTICES

Larchpaw - long-furred pale ginger sokoke tabby and white tom with hazel eyes ( sneaky )

Turtlepaw - long-furred dappled dark ginger and white bengal tom with sage eyes ( loyal )

QUEENS

N/A

ELDERS

Shimmerwater - speckled brown and white tom with heather blue eyes ( ambitious, very smart )

Relations

Peonyblaze is Larchpaw and Turtlepaw's father, their mother being a loner

[stinkbug22]

fennelbreeze is such a bbg (discord link in bio)

[themountainterritories]

the mountain territories

more info and lore under the cut

the mountain territories were formed many years ago from the remains of the ancient pumaclan. over the centuries, the clans have split into distinct groups based on which ones prefer to live where. 

CLIFFCLAN -pale grey-

Founder: Mountainstar

Current leader: Cuckoostar

Deputy: Sleetface

Medicine cat: Icecpond

Cliffclan used to be Mountainclan. a great clan which used to be over fifty cats strong. under the great Jaggedstar, Mountainclan fought and took tons of territory from every other clan, making them small and secluded. eventually, Jaggedstar became power-hungry, deciding to destroy the other clans, and leave infinite territory for her to lead. after that, most of the cats started a mutiny, and left Mountainclan. The cats that stayed with Jaggedstar became Cliffclan.

They are the only cats daring (or stupid, as the other clans say) enough to live on the high cliffs, away from the other clans. because of this, they are fairly aggressive to any cat trespassing in their territory. their pelts are often thicker than most, due to their often very cold temperatures.

The cats of Cliffclan hunt the birds and small rodents hidden in the cracks of the rocks, so they are always very lean because they get fairly little prey. Their camp is a large cave, conveniently situated between a few large boulders. but they never guard their camp, as they know that no cat will go so far just to raid their camp.

this clan is known for being very open with each other, to make up for what Jaggedstar did.

STONECLAN -dark grey-

Founder: stonestar

Current leader: Garlicstar

Deputy: Slugfoot

Medine cat: ashwillow

Stoneclan is made up of the cats that rebelled against Jaggedstar. since they are still developing, they accept any cat that wishes to join, for they still fear that Cliffclan will attempt to take them out. these cats are renowned for being excellent hunters, as well as very kind cats in general.

stoneclan’s territory consists mostly of rolling foothills and some higher peaks. they hunt small rodents, and occasionally young mountain goats. their camp is nestled between a few boulders, it it high up, so that any cat approaching can be seen from miles away.

AZALEACLAN -pink-

Founder: Azalea

Current leader: Crowstar

Deputy: Spiderstone

Medicine cat: Squirrelface

Azaleaclan is known for being fairly odd, they mostly consist of former kittypets and they are still somehow the strongest clan in the area. they are founded when a kittypet came upon the remains of Leafclan, which had been destroyed many moons previously. this cat brought some of it’s friends over and they created the unofficial Azaleaclan. nowadays, this clan thrives, living off the many rodents, birds, and even rabbits their territory has to offer.

their camp is a clearing in the sparse forest they call home. they treat the other clans with respect, but some of them look down on the newly formed stoneclan, despite them being not much older.

MARSHCLAN -brown-

founder: marshstar

Current leader: orchidstar

Deputy: cootwhisker

Medicine cat: adderfur

Marshclan is tiny, they were one of the first clans to settle, alongside Oakclan, Pineclan, Mountainclan, and Meadowclan. and they keep their allience with these clans to this day.

[ceruleanfox27]

Something something battle cats something something screenshots

[spooky-paws-designs]

Sedgekit (oc)

[violets-catposting]

Narrator/Robin: I knew the clan existed. Part of why I left. They were always over there and I was here. Until something happened. And they were everywhere. And they could do something special.

Moon 0

[cliffclan]

A bit of extra art that takes place somewhere before the start of moon 1. (which I am finished blocking out and lining, and hope to get to coloring soon!) This is one of the first pieces I drew when I started plotting out this project, so it's a bit older, but I'm still fond of it and the way it establishes some of Lionstar and Vinedusk's dynamic.

Lionflicker and Vinedusk came from different clans prior to the flooding- Vine a fairly established senior warrior, and Lion not as well known within her own clan. It feels a bit upside down, then, when Lion is the one to receive nine lives and be charged with rebuilding some semblance of a clan. Vinedusk was kind of an obvious pick for deputy, but she doesn't really trust or respect Lionstar at this point, and though Lionstar is committed to doing her best as leader, she's very conscious of the underlying tension here. This is her doing her best to be authoritative and hoping Vinedusk doesn't push back on her.

For those wondering- Lionstar is listed as a "strict" personality and Vinedusk as a "daring" personality. Lion had always been kind of an in-the-background rule follower, strict and to the letter but not really imposing that on others, so it's kind of new territory for her to be in charge of a whole group now. Vinedusk had always been the type to boldly take charge so she's chafing a little bit at having to play second fiddle now.

Let me know if this kind of character post is interesting! I'd love to do some more little mini comics like this between moons, so do feel free to send in asks as things progress if there are any cats or dynamics that catch your interest.

[fatedheavylion]

Today is my beloved buddies birthday !! @as-the-stars-fade-away ft Vulturepaw who is theirs

Kitty cats in love

[jaydenknight]

Cats of ReefClan

Some designs I had made for a now defunct file. All of the cats except for Cavemist were renamed by me lmao, I wanted the names to be on theme. Ospreykit became a warrior and I named her Ospreydusk, Pelicankit became Cavemist’s medicine cat apprentice (decided by the RNG) and I named him Pelicandawn.

The story I had made was that these cats were originally from a clan called CliffClan, but their territory was made unlivable by Twolegs and a fire broke out that had killed the majority of the clan. These 7 jumped into the sea below the cliff and stayed afloat on a fallen tree, eventually washing up on a faraway shore. Seaspray was made leader at only 16 moons because he was the son of CliffClan’s leader, Galestar.

My inspiration for the story came from the song Alone and Forsaken by Hank Williams.

The file is now defunct because at some point Seastar’s personality changed to bloodthirsty and I hadn’t realized until after I had saved over it and the story turned an entire 180 degrees and I just hated how it ended up. But I had already drawn these up and I really liked how they turned out so I’m posting them anyway.

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

Dark Forest Resident: Lighttail 

Aliases / Nicknames: Gramps, Light of Wisdom 

Gender: tom 

Sexuality: heterosexual, bi-demiromantic 

Family: unnamed mother, unnamed father, three unnamed sisters, Spiderflower (mate), Grayfrost (son), Tawnylight, Rainstream, Leafthorn (daughters), Lionkit, Rockkit, Eaglekit, Pinekit (grandsons), ten unnamed grandchildren 

Other Relations: unnamed mentor, six unnamed apprentices, Sandsplash (daughter-in-law), three unnamed sons-in-law 

Clan: Cliffclan 

Rank: elder, former deputy 

Characteristics: kills to put his severely deformed and ill grandsons out of their misery, kind, grandfatherly, wise 

Number of Victims: 4 

Number of Murders: 4 

Murder Method: drowning 

Known Victims: Lionkit, Rockkit, Eaglekit, Pinekit 

Victim Profile: his grandsons 

Cause of Death: euthanized with deathberries by Grayfrost after suffering from a stroke 

Cautionary Tale: don't put your loved ones through unneeded suffering for the sake of your own happiness

Story: 

From his earliest days, Lighttail always put the needs of others above his own. His caring, altruistic nature made him widely admired not only by his own Clan, but by all of the Clans as a whole, as he would never hesitate to lend a paw to any cat who needed it.

He was a prolific mentor and a natural choice for deputy, serving Cliffclan well for many years. The only reason he didn't become leader was that only a moon before the leader died, Lighttail suffered from a minor stroke and decided to retire to the elder's den so the strokes wouldn't become a problem in his leadership. 

Most cats would have been miffed about this, but Lighttail welcomed retirement with open paws, happy to have a chance to relax in the elder's den with his mate and spend more quality time with his kits. 

His only son, Grayfrost, had recently become mates with a former kittypet named Sandsplash, and the two were expecting kits. Lighttail was excited beyond measure to be a grandfather, and retirement gave him more time to coach Grayfrost on how to be the best father he could be. 

Lighttail was renowned for his advice giving--those who followed his advice almost always had things go right for them. The key word being "almost.”

A moon before she was due to give birth, Sandsplash became deathly ill. She deteriorated rapidly, to the point where she eventually went into an early labor and died soon after delivering the kits, who weren't that much better off either.

Whatever illness had killed Sandsplash had also wreaked havoc on her four sons, Lionkit, Eaglekit, Pinekit, and Rockkit. 

Their heads were too small, they each would have at least one seizure per day, they refused to suckle, they cried all the time, and their bodies were constantly wracked with spasms. Grayfrost was inconsolable and spent every hour of the day with his sons, grooming them and trying his best to console them through each and every one of their seizures. 

Lighttail's heart ached for his son. He knew he would act in a similar way if his mate had died giving birth to Grayfrost and his sisters. But his heart ached even more for his grandsons. It was honestly a miracle they hadn't been stillborn, but a sick part of Lighttail wished they had been. They were living their lives, if you could even call lying on the floor of the medicine den spasming and screaming day in and out a life, in constant, severe pain.

Lighttail hated harming other cats. Even as a deputy, he hesitated to lead his cats into even the most necessary of battles--the thought of his cats being injured under his command made him feel sick. But letting Lionkit, Eaglekit, Rockkit, and Pinekit live another day in agony made him feel even sicker. 

It was the right thing to do. 

It was the only thing to do.

A large rainstorm hit the Cliffclan camp not long after, giving Lighttail the perfect opportunity. At the crack of dawn, he slinked out of the elder's den and to the medicine den, carrying his grandsons out one by one, trying his best to soothe them and keep them from waking up Grayfrost, all the while repeating to them that he loved them, that he was doing this because he loved them.

One by one, he carried each kit to the watering hole by the edge of Cliffclan camp, freshly filled from the rain storm, and gently submerged each kit one after the other into the pool, using his other paw to cover his ear so he wouldn't have to hear them gurgling for breath. 

The screaming became quieter and quieter, until eventually, all of the kits were silent and at peace, no longer having to suffer any more. Lighttail dried the kits off as best as he could before bringing them back to the medicine den. Then, he shook Grayfrost awake, putting on his best panicked voice, telling him he had walked into the den to find all four kits choking on their spit, that he was just a few seconds too late. 

The scream Grayfrost let out at that moment was the worst sound Lighttail had heard in his entire life. 

Life returned mostly to normal after that, but Lighttail couldn't look his son in the eye again. He knew what he did was right, but it still made his heart hurt that he had to kill other cats, that he had to kill kits, and his own kin at that. 

He prayed to Starclan that Grayfrost would see that he did what he had to do. In a sick and twisted way, Starclan granted his prayers, as eight moons after the deaths of his grandkits, Lighttail indeed suffered another stroke. 

This one was much more severe, and left his vision cloudy and his back legs paralyzed. As he lay in the medicine den, struggling to catch his breath, a scent wafted into his nose. Grayfrost's. 

He could just barely make out his son stepping into the den, but even with his vision messed up, he could clearly identify the bright red deathberries hanging from a branch in his jaw. Grayfrost set the branch down before Lighttail, staring at his own paws with tears welling up in his eyes. Lighttail, however, simply chuckled. 

"It's okay." He had rasped hoarsely. "Please, do it. For my sake."

Grayfrost had looked at his father with wide eyes, and Lighttail smiled back reassuringly. He kept that smile on his face as Grayfrost shoved deathberry after deathberry down his throat, whispering words of comfort to him, crying out that he missed him, that he would see him with Sandsplash and his sons in StarClan.

If only he knew, Lighttail thought to himself as his vision became black and his body went limp.

Additional Information:

--Submission by @starfalcon555​

--He was given a chance to go to Starclan, but turned it down because of his own guilt.

--The generator only gave a Ragdoll option, but Lighttail's actually a Maine Coon/Norweigian Forest Cat mix. In other words, he's a HUGE FLOOF. :P

--The kits had Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome, or AGS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aicardi%E2%80%93Gouti%C3%A8res_syndrome) which usually develops due to a vertically transmitted infection from mother to child. In Sandsplash's case, it was toxoplasmosis.

--Potential new mate for Stonesun, mayhaps? 👀

--Grayfrost probably figured out that Lighttail had killed his kits soon after their deaths, but let it slide because deep down he knew they would die eventually. Him giving the deathberries to Lighttail was him returning the favor.

[self-appointed-nerd]

DUUUUDE I REMEMBER THIS

I was a small niche creator/roleplayer on scratch and I remember being inspired by this comic to write my own that lasted... what, 3 episodes?

Also if any of y'all remember Mayapoodle on scratch, that's me!

moonpaw from the new arc?.... remember your roots. perfectheart