#dawnfish

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

I'm kinda ill rn but HEY THAT GIVES ME MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT MY OCS!!!

Sharkstar has a habit of calling people by nicknames- Lanternglow was "Lan", Starlingstrike is "Stars", etc etc. (He might hate Starclan but the starry sky could be pretty to look at sometimes, so he might as well give Starling a nice nickname! Either that or it's "lil' drowning gremlin" (affectionate) Even Omenstar gets a nickname, but it's more in the "buddy (derogatory)" sense. Omenstar hates it and he finds it funny.

The only cats he doesn't give nicknames too are Myrtle and Alder, because he's afraid they'd take it as an insult and he doesn't want to be forced to pull out and eat his own claws or something. And Whalecall/Dawnfish because he doesn't like them but they're IN STARCLAN SO HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH EM NO MORE-

actually I believe Whalecall/Dawnfish are called LUMPSUCKERS a type of fish so it fits with their names too

[warriors-but-cats-die]

skyclan — year ten — greenleaf

okay, this season is kind of weird. see, i assembled what should have been a good timeline for hawkwing's journey, but it made so little sense in a lot of places.

and pebblepaw is still an apprentice, but twigkit and violetkit are born this season.

anyway, pebblepaw lives, so i've decided uh. she's not captured? twigkit and violetkit aren't born in skyclan but pebblepaw lives.

(hawkwing and blossomheart become warriors before this.)

anyway, deaths due to darktail are: dawnfish, dustpaw, snippaw, rainpaw, and fringekit.

or maybe dustpaw dies as in canon. who knows.

fadepaw, rainpaw, and redpaw are apprenticed to sprucewhisker, nettlesplash, and bellaleaf. sorry i'm doing this all out of order.

plumwillow has three kits, reedkit, finkit, and dewkit.

[mallowstep]

more thoughts on names

anyway. y'know. sometimes you do things and think about things a lot.

like, in wbcd, i have all non canon characters named by appearance, something i think only windclan and thunderclan does. (shadowclan and riverclan might be influenced by appearance, but not limited to it. in thunderclan and windclan, crow- will always be for a black cat. not so in the others.)

so like. snakekit is named for his stripes, and pumicekit for...it's actually a plant, i believe, with white flowers, not the stone. the appearances aren't always obvious: cottonkit could be a black kit because it's from a cottonwood tree, which has dark bark.

like okay at this point i have to skip ahead in wbcd canon, but blizzardkit is not a pure white cat. she's calico, with a lot of white, and a really pale coat. and that's because like. a blizzard could refer to the falling snow, which would let some colour through. or indigobird, who's brown, cream, and white, she's named because of western false indigo.

which yes this thing is odd to me because it doesn't match my own thoughts about what cats call things and how they name cats.

but at the same time, i use this to inform them. larchpaw is named larchfern, she is gentle, i decide. indigopaw is named indigobird, she is strong willed, i decide. maplebird is a strong jumper, dawnfish learned how to swim.

i don't know. it's just funny to me because wbcd exists in this weird state where it doesn't Quite work, because it can't work, i can't take the time to decide who each of these cats is.

but sometimes i name a cat thriftpetal or iciclesun or willowdawn and go — oh. i know you.

[phhhhhotobomb]

#HBDJG #sims #photobomb ? @darealjokesgrevz @thesimsofficial by dawnfish http://ift.tt/1nFHGHX

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

Dark Forest Resident: Sharkstar

Aliases / Nicknames: Blasphemous Mousebrain, Snapper, Sharksnap

Gender: tom

Sexuality: bisexual (masc leaning)

Family: Dawnfish (mother), Whalecall (father), Lanternglow (brother), Cranepounce (ex-mate), Skydream, Rainstream (sons)

Other Relations: unnamed mentor, Nightdapple (apprentice)

Clan: Oceanclan 

Rank: leader

Characteristics: despises Starclan, easily snappy, desperate for attention/validation and heavily enjoys compliments. Will go on a tangent about how much he hates Starclan if given the chance

Number of Victims: 43 

Number of Murders: 2 (unintentionally)

Method of Harm: Unintentionally caused an entire war, overall spoke blasphemy about Starclan

Known Victims: unnamed Oceanclan cats, Unnamed Grottoclan cats (both of his murders were Grottoclan cats, neither were meant to be killed)

Victim Profile: mostly Grottoclan cats

Cause of Death: struck by lightning

Cautionary Tale: speaking Blasphemy of Starclan has consequences

Story: 

Sharkkit and Lanternkit were born to Dawnfish and Whalecall, two very spiritual warriors who had implanted the same beliefs onto their kits. 

While Lanternkit embraced it and found an interest in what the medic learned, Sharkkit hated his parents’ constant insistence that Starclan was all-knowing, all-powerful, and that they needed to constantly act a certain way to gain the approval of dead cats in the sky. 

As he neared his apprentice moons, Sharkkit grew rebellious and denied anything that had to do with Starclan.

Sharkpaw made his distaste of Starclan very clear, openly stating it at any chance he got. His fellow apprentices found it annoying, and while his brother was uncomfortable with his open distaste of the Stars, Lanternpaw tried his best to bond with Sharkpaw, avoiding any talk of Starclan like the plague. 

His parents, however, did not find Sharkpaw’s open distaste of Starclan very appropriate--Whalecall especially, who got into many arguments with his son before eventually refusing to acknowledging him.

Lanternpaw was the favourite child, walking in the pawsteps of Starclan while Sharkpaw was practically unseen by his parents. This was not exactly the best choice of the warriors, as Sharkpaw grew to resent his parents especially and only accept Lanternpaw as part of his family. Sharkpaw didn’t exactly have many friends to turn to either, so he just wallowed in his hate for the Stars, fearful of how they could just take over a cat’s life. 

He was miserable over how lonely he felt internally. He stuck close to his mentor for those moons, nagging her for extra lessons so that he had something to do outside of wallow in his hatred.

One would expect Sharksnap to mellow out after his warrior ceremony, but it only took one look into Whalecall’s gaze for him to suddenly feel set ablaze with anger. Sharksnap was aggressive and snappy to anyone who’d dare ask him about his hatred of Starclan. He seemed much happier when away from his Clan, doing his own thing. 

Him and Lanternglow grew distant from each other, still holding positive opinions despite their vast differences. It helped that Lanternglow attempting to defend him whenever Whalecall or Dawnfish said something negative about him. 

To the entire Clan’s shock, alongside Sharksnap himself, his solitude and preference of doing his own thing when out hunting or patrolling borders was seen as him being hardworking, and as such, he was given Nightpaw as an apprentice, and by anyone who’d listen, he swore he’d raise her to be the best warrior Oceanclan had ever seen. 

Nightpaw and Sharksnap quickly bonded over Nightpaw’s interest in the unusual--the two often pointing out weird looking fish they’d see while practicing swimming and hunting, or Nightpaw talking to him about creepy elder’s tales she heard. Sharksnap even thought of a couple of creepy stories for her, mainly to keep her from getting in trouble.

Soon, Nightpaw had her assessment, and Sharksnap just knew she passed with flying colors. As Nightdapple got her warrior name, Sharksnap felt every bad thing fade away for a moment to be replaced with pride as she went to do her vigil. 

That is at least, until he overheard his Clanmates’ whispers, about how hopefully his “distastefulness” didn’t rub off on her. He rolled his eyes and tried his hardest not to hiss at them as he headed off to congratulate Nightdapple. Days passed by rather blandly without an apprentice, so he often entertained himself by helping out during training sessions, which led to him talking to Cranepounce, a warrior in Oceanclan a lot more. 

Cranepounce showed sudden and clear interest in him, and Sharksnap completely gobbled this attention up--he was getting attention from a Clanmate that wasn’t uncomfortable small talk or detestment? Yes please! 

Eventually, Cranepounce suddenly confessed her feelings for the tom after one training session. While Sharksnap wasn’t exactly sure how he felt, he accepted the she-cat’s feelings and became mates with her. And to make matters better… he was chosen as deputy when greencough took the former one!

For once, Sharksnap felt like things were working out in his favour. For once, he was respected (even if this respect was forced, he could tell from how some cats grimaced when they thought he wasn’t looking), and he had actual control over things. 

His leader was getting older and sicklier too, it wouldn’t be long until they were done for. Despite his brother’s insistence, he made it very clear he refused to go to the Star Tree. Lanternglow could only hope as Sharkstar took on the role that Starclan would visit in the night and give Sharkstar his nine lives, if he wanted them or not. He couldn’t bear to know that his brother could die from someone thinking he had nine lives only to find out otherwise.

Unfortunately, Starclan seemed to had finally turned their backs on Sharkstar just as he did for them, as those nine lives never arrived for him.

Sharkstar continued to lead as any leader would. Cranepounce suddenly announced to him that she was going to have kits! While the she-cat was very excited about this, Sharkstar had to force a delighted grin. He did not feel prepared at all to become a father. 

When the gathering rolled around, Sharkstar wanted to get his thoughts off of his future kits by talking with his Clanmates on the way to the gathering stones, eventually getting on the unfortunate discussion of Starclan. Which, of course, caused Sharkstar to go on his tangent about how Starclan was just a bunch of dead cats and that dedicating your life to a bunch of Stars was foolish.

Not many seemed to really listen to him as he rambled to his Clanmates, but he suddenly heard a low, growly hiss from a cat nearby. Turning his head, he was greeted by Palestar--the leader of Grottoclan, who also happened to be a very religious tom.

Sharkstar immediately knew he had made a mistake.

When they got to the Gathering Stones, Palestar, with a low hiss, pointed out Sharkstar’s blasphemous rambles, causing the tom to rush to defend himself. The two broke out into an argument, getting so hostile with each other that the Gathering needed to be ended early. 

Scowling as he headed back home, Sharkstar just wanted to mope in his nest. But of course, things couldn’t go his way as cats started yowling for him. 

Palestar came to visit, and he was pissed off. Sharkstar and Palestar continued to argue, despite Grottoclan cats begging Palestar to let go and just go home, and Oceanclan cats begging Sharkstar to stop doubling down. Neither did what their Clanmates begged them to, which caused Palestar to eventually snap and declare he’d be back with a battle patrol. The regret practically hit Sharkstar like a large monster as he got his Clanmates ready for a fight.

Things escalated quickly, with what was just a small scuffle breaking out into a full on war. Casualties occured on both sides, including Whalecall and Dawnfish, and Lanternglow begged Sharkstar to come to the Star Tree with him to figure out how to stop this war. 

Sharkstar, not wanting his brother to get hurt due to the Star Tree’s location in Grottoclan territory, agreed and begrudgingly set off to ask Starclan on how to obtain peace. To the two’s shock, when they put their noses to the roots of the tree, they were met with pure silence. 

While Sharkstar expected that for himself, seeing Lanternglow be absolutely distraught made him outraged. How dare Starclan treat his brother with the same respect they give him? As the two silently fled the territory back to their own, Sharkstar cursed out the Stars for the disrespect they had endowed onto his brother, who did nothing but trust them.

The war continued to rage on for moons, until one stormy day when the two leaders were commanding a battle patrol to fight each other. Neither knew this would be the deciding battle. As Sharkstar arrived, the sound of thunder pounded in his ears, practically drowning out his racing heartbeat. He wanted to tear Palestar limb from limb. He was fed up with this tom refusing to back down over a pointless fight. Sharkstar was never a quitter as well, unfortunately, so Sharkstar screamed out the battle cry that started the chaos. A scream that would be Sharkstar’s last. 

Suddenly, a blinding light like the sun itself covered the battlefield for only seconds, an ear splitting crash deafening all sound around the cats. Nobody could see or hear anything for a second or two, but when they could, they saw Sharkstar dead on the sand, having been struck down by Starclan.

Waking up in a gray zone, Sharkstar found himself surrounded by cats--his former leader, his former mentor, Dawnfish, and Whalecall. He was given a choice: Show remorse, understand your ancestors and join them, or be exiled to the Dark Forest. 

Sharkstar took one last moment to look at his family and those he trusted, then turned and silently walked into the Dark Woods, never to see the Stars he hated so much again.

Additonal Information:

--Submission by @umbranoxs

--Sharkstar didn’t actually love Cranepounce, he only saw her as a friend and was desperate to feel like someone outside of his brother and former apprentice cared for him. He didn’t want to lose how she felt by denying her feelings (he also was unsure of his own orientation at the time, only realizing after he died that while he liked she-cats, he preferred toms).

--Lanternglow was named after the Lantern Shark, the “glow” part of his suffix is a coincidence.

--Lanternglow tried to get Sharkstar to be allowed into Starclan with no avail when he died, because Sharkstar chose himself to go to the Dark Forest.

--Sharksnap was named after his snappy personality, but the leader thought it had a nice ring to it.

--He probably wouldn’t have survived the lightning strike even if he DID have nine lives.

--He didn’t get to name his kits because he died before they were born, otherwise Rainkit would’ve likely been named Thresherkit (which sounds a lot cooler then Rainkit if you ask me).

--If one of his kits looked like him, he would’ve named them Tigerkit then made their name Tigershark or requested to Cranepounce that their name be Tigershark if he died before they became a warrior.

[warriors-but-cats-die]

skyclan — year ten — allegiances

leadership

leader: rabbitstar (6y). short-furred brown tom with yellow eyes. (apprentice — scudpaw)

deputy: nettlesplash (6y). pale tom. (apprentice — hawkpaw)

seer: echosong (8y). silvery-grey tabby she-cat with a white chest.

seer: sprucewhisker (1y). sepia tom.

warriors

cherrytail (7y). fluffy she-cat with green eyes and hard paw pads.

sagenose (6y). pale grey tom.

mintfur (6y). she-cat with blue eyes. (apprentice — poppypaw)

plumwillow (6y). dark she-cat. (apprentice — cloudpaw)

sandynose (5y). tom with amber eyes. (apprentice — twilightpaw)

dawnfish (4y). dark grey she-cat with amber eyes. (apprentice — blossompaw)

olympialight (2y). tom with dark eyes. (apprentice — dustpaw)

sleetfoot (1y). mottled, pale red tom.

hurricaneleaf (1y). cream shaded tabby tom.

lacesnow (1y). white tom with dark eyes.

silvershadow (1y). pale tom.

queens

snipkit (1s). tiny she-cat with a white patch on her chest.

curlykit (1s). grey she-cat.

fidgetkit (1s). black and white tom.

bellaleaf (2y). pale orange she-cat with green eyes and long legs. (kits — pebblekit, parsleykit)

cascaranose (1y). massive she-cat. (kits — fadekit, rainkit, redkit)

elders

sharpclaw (11y). dark ginger tabby tom.

sparrowpelt (7y). dark brown tabby tom.

[warriors-but-cats-die]

skyclan — year nine — leafbare

sprucewhisker and silvershadow get their full names.

hawkpaw, cloudpaw, blossompaw, and dustpaw are apprenticed to nettlesplash, plumwillow, dawnfish, and olympialight.

(fun fact: hawkpaw's canon mentor is ebonyclaw, which is confusing, because she was a daylight warrior. i don't remember the beginning of hawkwing's journey, but, uh, really?)

cascaranose has three kits, fadekit (pale red tom), rainkit (red tom with a white undercoat), and redkit (pale, flecked tom).

[warriors-but-cats-die]

skyclan — year eight — leafbare

olympialight becomes a warrior.

sprucepaw, patchedpaw, shadepaw, sleetpaw, and willowpaw are apprenticed to echosong, rabbitleap, tinystar, firwhisker, and nettlesplash.

dewkit and rosekit die.

dawnfish has two kits, mistkit and silverkit (tom with a black tipped pelt and faint stripes).

[warriors-but-cats-die]

skyclan — year eight — newleaf

violetpelt's litter is apprenticed, rileypaw to dawnfish, bellapaw to tinystar, lulupaw to sandynose, and patchpaw to rabbitleap.

in the battle with the kittypets, whitepool, tanshadow, and juniperpaw die.

rootkit dies, but it's unrelated.

[warriors-but-cats-die]

skyclan — year eight — allegiances

leadership

leader: tinystar (4y). she-cat with blue eyes and thick fur.

deputy: rabbitleap (4y). brown tom.

seer: echosong (6y). silver tabby she-cat with a white chest and green eyes. (apprentice — spearpaw)

warriors

cherrytail (5y). fluffy, tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes. (apprentice — cypresspaw)

sagenose (4y). pale tom.

mintfur (4y). tabby she-cat with blue eyes.

nettlesplash (4y). pale tom with green eyes. (apprentice — juniperpaw)

sandynose (3y). stocky, light brown tabby tom.

birdwing (3y). black she-cat with a light muzzle.

dawnfish (2y). she-cat with amber eyes.

firwhisker (1y). brown tom with a faded body.

whitepool (1y). smoky grey and white tom.

tanshadow (1y). brown tabby tom.

madronestorm (1y). pale she-cat with darker ears and tail, and faint stripes on her legs, and long fur.

queens

violetpelt (6y). pale orange she-cat. (kits — rileykit, bellakit, lulukit, patchkit)

plumwillow (4y). grey she-cat with amber eyes. (kits — olympiakit, rootkit, pinekit)

elders

sharpclaw (8y). dark tom with broad shoulders and powerful hindlegs, who retired early due to a chest illness.

sparrowpelt (5y). tom with yellow eyes.

[warriors-but-cats-die]

skyclan — year seven — greenleaf

two apprentice deaths. idk. skyclan deaths are Hard, okay? it can't just be a random battle.

anyway needlepaw and pinepaw die.

tanpaw, spearpaw, and madronepaw are apprenticed to sandynose, echosong, and birdwing

and dawnfish has a litter of kits! sandkit (pale ginger she-cat), cypresskit (mottled brown and red she-cat), icekit (pale tom with long fur), and juniperkit (black tom)

[warriors-but-cats-die]

skyclan — year seven — allegiances

leadership

leader: patchstar (8y). black and white tom.

deputy: tinycloud (3y). slight she-cat with deep blue eyes and thick fur.

seer: echosong (5y). silver tabby she-cat with a white chest.

warriors

waspwhisker (11y). tom with blue eyes.

billystorm (5y). ginger and white tom with green eyes and a broad face.

cherrytail (4y). tortoiseshell and white she-cat with green eyes and hard, grey paw pads.

sagenose (3y). pale grey tom.

plumwillow (3y). dark grey she-cat with amber eeys.

nettlesplash (3y). brown tom with green eyes.

rabbitleap (3y). tom with yellow eyes.

sandynose (2y). brown tabby tom with ginger legs.

harrybrook (2y). grey tom with amber eyes.

dawnfish (1y). brown and grey tabby she-cat with amber eyes.

rosemarypelt (1y). cinnamon tom.

maplebird (1y). tabby tom with a pale undercoat.

queens

petalnose (8y). nearly white she-cat with blue eyes.

birdwing (2y). black she-cat with a pale muzzle and green eyes. (kits — baykit, firkit, needlekit)

shadekit (1s). black she-cat. (mother — tinycloud)

pinekit (1s). white and silver she-cat. (mother — tinycloud)

whitekit (1s). white and smoky grey tom with long fur. (mother — tinycloud)

mintfur (3y). tabby she-cat. (kits — tankit, sierrakit, spearkit, madronekit)

elders

sharpclaw (7y). dark ginger tabby tom with a long-term chest illness.

sparrowpelt (4y). dark brown tom with yellow eyes.

[warriors-but-cats-die]

skyclan — year six — leafbare

overall, a positive season for skyclan.

dawnfish, rosemarypelt, and maplebird become warriors.

nettlekit and vanillakit die, as does fallowfern.

mintfur and nettlesplash have four kits, tankit (broud-shouldered, pale brown tom), sierrakit (big, ticked she-cat), spearkit (flecked tom), and madronekit (white she-cat with pale, mottled, golden-brown points and long fur)

[warriors-but-cats-die]

skyclan — year nine — allegiances

leadership

leader: tinystar (5y). small, white she-cat with blue eyes and thick, smooth fur. (apprentice — shadepaw)

deputy: rabbitleap (5y). brown tom. (apprentice — patchedpaw)

seer: echosong (7y). silver-grey she-cat with green eyes. (apprentice — sprucepaw)

warriors

cherrytail (6y). fluffy tortoiseshell and white she-cat with green eyes and hard, grey paw pads.

sagenose (5y). pale tom.

mintfur (5y). grey she-cat.

nettlesplash (5y). brown tom with green eyes. (apprentice — willowpaw)

sandynose (4y). stocky, light brown tabby tom with ginger legs.

birdwing (4y). she-cat with a light muzzle.

firwhisker (2y). short-tailed, sepia tom. (apprentice — sleetpaw)

bellaleaf (1y). she-cat with long legs.

olympialight (1y). tom with dark eyes.

queens

plumwillow (5y). dark grey she-cat with amber eyes. (kits — sierrakit, frecklekit, hurricanekit, cascarakit, lacekit)

dawnfish (3y). black tabby she-cat. (kits — mistkit, silverkit)

elders

sharpclaw (10y). tom with powerful haunches and hindlegs.

sparrowpelt (6y). dark tabby tom with yellow eyes and nerve damage.