#elkstar

[thistlefur]

[heathclan-official-blog]

Elkstar’s design :>

(A little lore underneath the cut)

When Elkstar was a kit she got caught in camp while a wildfire broke out that burned her back (that’s a scar on her back)

Somehow in the panic an elk burst into camp hooking her by the ear and carrying her out of the fire. The medicine cat ended up not being able to get all the shards of the elks antler out of her ear and two pieces got stuck. Her ear was shredded in the process.

After becoming an apprentice she asked to be renamed to Elkpaw, which was granted. She isn’t upset that the Elk’s antler got stuck in her ear. She actually thinks it is a blessing and a gift from StarClan. Elkstar is probably the most in tune with the forest and introduced new rules to the neighboring clans about how to respect the environment. She is widely respected across all the clans and is know as a wise and noble leader.

[mossy-clearing]

• Inwrapped in the antlers of an Elk •

[clangen-stories]

in my defense: i do not control the hyperfixation.

tundraclan was founded by three kits, inspired by loner challenges. one of the founders died early and another kept having her mates and kits die young (and deputies... and medicine cats... sorry for the lasting grief, elkstar). but one founder's bloodline has lived on for all 2500 moons and im very proud of that.

my favorite story from the clan so far took place around its 1500th moon, when the medicine cat scorchmoon was tasked with carrying out an exorcism. see, there was this dark forest cat, cicadasky, who kept getting statuses of wanting revenge on the clan and trying to contact living cats, and shortly afterward a kit was born who coincidentally looked a lot like her. so i decided that cicadasky got herself reborn as cicadakit. except cicadakit had a soul of her own and wasn't keen on sharing her body with some evil ghost. to cicadasky's surprise, the kit she inhabited was spiritually strong and capable of preventing her from doing anything worse than some petty mischief, not quite the epic revenge plot she had in mind. when she was 22 moons old, the now-warrior cicadashadow's mate told her she was pregnant, and that was the push cicadashadow needed to evict her dark forest parasite for good. she approached scorchmoon, and the two traveled to a fallen meteor that was a sacred place for the clan, believed to have been sent directly from starclan. with the holy power nearby, and a rushing river below, scorchmoon banished cicadasky back to the dark forest, but not before cicadasky gathered the last of her strength and shoved scorchmoon into the river. fortunately scorchmoon survived and went on to raise a family with her polycule, and cicadashadow changed her name to cicadalight and eventually went on to become leader. unfortunately cicadastar's mate and kits would die tragically young, a curse that seems to haunt most of my leaders since the beginning.

anyway it's crazy what lore you can come up with based solely on in-game statuses and timeskip events. im having lots of fun

oh my GOSH

that is such a compelling story i WISH i was this creative

[thegodofdecay]

Been working on a Vell Warrior Cats AU! Have some of the characters I’ve designed so far! Some are AU characters from his canon and some are fillers!

Brittlebush: Tall, Selfless, Insecure. Warrior of Ridgeclan, mate of Prairiemist, father of Strawpelt and Quillfreckle. Short brown and white fur with pale blue eyes with one stripe down their back.  Brittlebush is a filler character who serves as the father of two characters who exist in Vell’s canon story. He’s very worried about how his son’s mentor treated him and his worst fears are realized when his son goes missing soon after his warrior ceremony. He’s not incredibly relevant for long, but he’s a positive adult figure in Pantherstep (who is cat Vell)’s childhood, which he didn’t have much of since his mentor isolates him. When an elderly Brittlebush is found dead by the Valleyclan border after hunting alone, Pantherstep blames Valleyclan tensions rise to new levels.

Chipmunkstripe:  Large, Tolerant, Excitable. Warrior of Ridgeclan, mate unknown, mother of Honeyclaw (C’heil, Vell’s wife), sister of Ringtail, daughter of Flashthroat. Long ruddy tabby fur and saffron eyes. she decorates her fur with marigold.

Chipmunkstripe is a filler character to be a stand in as Honeyclaw’s mother! She’s large excitable lady who can hit like a truck and never seems to tire on the battlefield. It’s clear her daughter takes strongly after her and the two are close. She always speaks her mind even if it means she often speaks out of turn. Despite frequent disagreements Elkstar respects her opinion and considers her one of his most trusted advisors. She’s welcoming of Pantherstep as an apprentice but she notices how his attitude shifts after the death of his mentor and she worries about how much time her daughter spends with him. 

Coldbreeze: Cold, Sadistic, Brooding. Healer of Ridgeclan, brother of Moonshadow, murdered by Pantherstep. Short haired Tuxedo tom with yellow eyes.

Coldbreeze is an AU of Vell’s mentor and abuser, Sharso. In this story medicine cats are just called healers. He finds Pantherkit, who’d fled from Valleyclan to avoid being forced to become a warrior apprentice during a time of war and famine. Coldbreeze offers to take him in as a healer apprentice and teach him about herbs, spirits, and magic. He is incredibly cruel and abusive to his apprentice and he and his brother Moonshadow often torment their apprentices Pantherpaw and Quillpaw together. Not long after his part in the murder of newly named Quillfreckle, his apprentice, who’s now full grown and no longer weak, sickly, and easy to push around turns on him and kills him while they’re out alone gathering herbs. 

Elkstar:  Bony, Scholarly, Kindhearted. Leader of Ridgeclan since before the story begins, very old, no known family. Long gray tabby fur and dark green eyes.

Elkstar is a filler character, as the political leader canon to Vell’s story is quite close to his own age so i needed a predecessor. Elkstar is tired of the constant hostility and war between Valleyclan and Ridgeclan, it’s been going on for most of his life, but he remembers a time when the 3 clans lived in peace before Sandclan dissolved and the clans stopped gathering every full moon. Despite his longing for peace, he doesn’t let Valleyclan aggression go unchecked and will fight for every bit of territory, in this arid climate they don’t have any prey to spare, although he knows Valleyclan is suffering, Ridgeclan is only marginally better off. 

Fennelnose: Tall, peaceful, and clumsy. Warrior of Ridgeclan,  nonbinary, child of Yuccaheart, sibling of Bisonfoot and Paintedwing, mate of Strawpelt, parent of Salmonberry, Fossildust, and Lambfrost, apprentice of Chipmunkstripe. Long, caramel shaded fur and marbled (brown and olive) eyes.

Fennelnose is a filler character and becomes the main support system for Strawpelt after she loses her brother Quillfreckle and her close friendship with Pantherstep soon afterwards. She’s confided her suspicions to him and he doesn’t want to invalidate her feelings but he just can’t believe Pantherstep could kill anyone, could he? If everything Strawpelt told him was true, then... maybe Pantherstep had to kill Coldbreeze and Moonshadow in self defense! Whatever happened it’s not his business, and if Strawpelt wants to keep it a secret then so will he.  

Moonshadow:  Muscular, Sadistic, Short-Tempered. Warrior of Ridgeclan  brother of Coldbreeze, murdered by Pantherstep. A black short hair tabby tom with dark brown eyes.

Moonshadow is an AU of Mamoon, one of the other necromancers in the coven Vell spent his adolescence in. Moonshadow is the mentor of Quillpaw and is incredibly harsh and cruel with him, soon after his apprentice was made a warrior he became enraged at a perceived disrespect and grievously wounded him in front of his sister Strawpelt. They rushed Quillfreckle to Coldbreeze and Moonshadow demanded he heal him, Coldbreeze determined he was too far gone and killed Quillfreckle. The brothers used this as an opportunity to show Pantherpaw and Strawpelt how to raise a zombie and forced them to reanimate Quillfreckle’s soulless husk. Pantherstep later pushes him off the border cliff to his death on the rocks below.  

Prairiemist:  Short, Dreamy, Overworked. Mate of Brittlebush, mother of Strawpelt and Quillfreckle. Long silver tabby and white fur with blue eyes and a broken jaw, decorates her pelt with twigs.

Prairiemist is a filler character, she’s a stand in for a mother for two canon characters. She’s incredibly kindhearted and generous, but she’s often a little out of touch with those around her, often lost in her own thoughts or her work. She didn’t notice the same worrying signs as her mate did in the behavior of their children. She would have never imagined cats she grew up with and saw on a daily basis were capable of such cruelty, especially not towards her family! She never learns what really happened to her son until she joins Starclan. Her attitude as a spirit has shifted drastically, she’s angry and vengeful and bitter and wants to do all she can to protect her family from beyond the grave. She’s one of Pantherstep’s supporters in Starclan. 

Ringtail:  Slender, Charismatic, Obsessive. Youngish deputy of Ridgeclan when the story begins, killed in a battle with Valleyclan, replaced by Wolfmane. He is the brother of Chipmunkstripe, and son of Flashthroat. Short cinnamon colored tabby fur with crossed, light green eyes.

Ringtail is a filler character and is Chipmunkstripe’s much more charming, but just as energetic brother. They had a friendly competitive nature growing up and always push each other to be better.  He was chosen as deputy over her when the previous deputy retired because of his diplomatic edge. Chipmunkstripe isn’t jealous, only proud of her brother, and makes her opinions on clan matters known anyway even without the deputy status. They work together on a lot of Ringtail’s duties and she keeps him on track when his obsessive nature side tracks him into only focusing on one issue at a time. Elkstar trusts both of them as his most loyal and dependable warriors. He mentors Strawpaw and while they get along, he’s rather distracted from her training with his other duties, and she never confides in him about the abuse she and her fellow apprentices are suffering at the paws of Moonshadow and Coldbreeze.

Scorchsand: elegant, athletic, and boisterous. Warrior of Ridgeclan, Mate of Tarantulaslip, Mother of Katydidwhisker, Daughter of Toadsplash.  Short pale ginger and white fur with dark amber eyes. 

Scorchsand is a filler character. She has resting bitch face to the extreme and most who don’t know her well find her intimidating and cold, but anyone who spends enough time with her knows she loves getting up to harmless mischief and she has a laugh loud enough to rattle dry branches of the warriors den. She and her mate are the youngest of their generation and don’t really have anyone else their age. Lucky for them, they’ve been inseparable since kithood. Both of them have outsider roots, Scorchsand being half loner, and Tarantulaslip being found abandoned on Ridgeclan territory at 2 moons old. 

Fenhaze: Graceful, gentle, curious. Nonbinary, parentage unknown, Warrior of Valleyclan, Mate of Woodspiral, Mother of Darnerwing and Orioledance, apprentice of Russetstripe. Long white fur speckled with grey, light blue eyes. 

Fenhaze is a filler character, originally designed as a hypothetical child of the canon warrior cats characters Brambleberry and Echomist from Crookedstar’s Prophecy. I just loved them too much to not add them into one of my warriors stories. Fenhaze joined Valleyclan at a young age and had a rough apprenticeship under Russetstripe (Vell’s brother). He saw their gentle nature as weakness and did his best to toughen them up. They’re a skilled warrior, but they never adopted their mentor’s violent outlook on life and avoids him in adulthood, although they do respect him. 

Stoneflower:  Tall, melancholy, and wistful. Warrior of Valleyclan, Mate of Bearwhisker/star, Mother of Pantherstep and Russetstripe.  Long dark desaturated brown tabby fur, light blue eyes. 

Stoneflower is an AU of Vell’s mother Iris Demour. She is sad and distant as a mother and while she loves her children, she isn’t very good at showing it, or being a parent in general. She never wanted kits, but her mate Bearwhisker convinced her. She does her best to protect her sickly son Pantherkit from his brother’s bullying and reassure him that his father still loves him, but secretly she’s glad when he runs away to join Ridgeclan soon after she gains her first apprentice and isn’t as available to be there for him. She dies only 2 months after Pantherstep dies, and witnesses his rise to power within Starclan. She submits to his wishes without opposition, but is clearly disappointed in the path her son has gone down, and blames herself for not being a better mother. Clearly going to Ridgeclan did not save him from the suffering she feared he’d endure in Valleyclan. 

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

Dark Forest Residences: Buckhackle

Aliases / Nicknames: Uncle, Buck

Gender: male

Sexuality: heterosexual

Family: Lighthoot (mother), Tansyhowl (father), Tinestar (sister), Poppychatter, Tadpolemask (nieces), Cloudleap (mate, formerly), four unnamed unborn kits

Other Relations: Elkstar (mentor), Tadpolemask, Blightfrond, Orchidtooth, Rustpaw, Wornpaw (former apprentices)

Clan: Sandclan

Rank: warrior

Characteristics: harsh mentor, killed apprentices by training them too roughly

Number of Victims: 5

Number of Murders: 2

Murder Method: smashing against a rock in anger, exposure

Known Victims: Tadpolemask, Blightfrond, Orchidtooth, Rustpaw, Wornpaw

Victim Profile: his apprentices

Cause of Death: killed by coyotes

Cautionary Tale: ??

Story:

“Again!”

Wornpaw panted under the harsh dryleaf sun. “Mentor, may I take a break? Please?”

Buckhackle sneered from the shade. “Once you master the move.”

Wornpaw struggled to keep her balance. “Please?” she asked.

Buckhackle shook his head. “Stay out here training until the Howling time. Then you can come back to camp.”

Buckhackle left for camp, and admittedly forgot about the apprentice. Her family mourned when she vanished, especially his mate, Cloudleap--but he didn’t care, and despite the multiple complaints, he was given an apprentice the next moon.

He trained Rustpaw even harder, pushing him to be stronger, faster, tougher.

One day, Rustpaw messed up a simple move. It was such a stupid thing, but Buckhackle saw red, slamming the apprentice down over and over again, not stopping until the Howling time started.

He had looked down at the little body with a mix of horror and frustration. Why should he be punished for the weakness of others? He threw Rustpaw’s corpse off a cliff and started back to camp.

He never made it past the coyotes.

Additional Information:

--Submission by @ambitiousauthor​

--Compared to him, Tadpolemask’s training looks gentle.

-He was Wornpaw’s cousin-in-law before Cloudleap died, as well as Orchidtooth’s brother-in-law.

[marslowell]

Art Fight 2022

OliveCow - Olive || ChloeHatler - Kalii

harvestbrook - Elkstar || AetherJay - Cloudfeather

[ollifree]

A Seed in the Dark Cast (Part Three)

Modern

Sliverfish: it/its, darkclan, warrior

Bushfur: he/him, darkclan, warrior

Hazestreak: he/him, darkclan, blazestar's first deputy

Past

Left: unnamed, she/her, darkclan

Right: unnamed, he/him, darkclan, formerly of dewclan

Ancient

Owlflight: she/her, darkclan medicine cat, wolfpath's mentor

Elkstar: he/him, darkclan, owlflight and wolfpath's leader

[splattermouth]

12 y/o cynthia: this is my warrior oc, her name is ruinstar, shes the leader of shadowclan. she used to be ruinfang until she killed elkstar (another oc) and took his place because he was corrupt and crazy

uncle volo, trying to be good caretaker: but i thought tigerstar was shadowclans leader?

12 y/o cynthia: no this is an AU with new characters

uncle volo: ah i see! <- does not see

i think cynthia pokemon would be a warrior cats kids so much

[starless-clans]

Working on updating pretty much all of my characters. Some got very little updated and others got a pretty big redo. Overall I think they’re way more appealing and cohesive, and I’m getting better at drawing tabbies and torties

[heathclan-official-blog]

Pineshell official design page

A little about this man below the cut

Pineshell is the deputy of HeathClan

Honestly he is a huge hobo and kinda lazy despite being strict. He’s is really just a chill guy that takes his job seriously. Surprisingly he hasn’t had an apprentice yet. I think Elkstar is going to give him one of the kits. He has actually been really close with one, which I’m going to make his apprentice once they age. Hehe no spoilers! >:p Also he’s got a little overbite going on that makes his teeths pop out lmao.

Ngl I headcanon him as polyaffectionate and aromatic. He is a big flirt but has never had and romantic attraction to anyone. I love the idea to much tho sooooo this is canon!

I’ll probably update the design pages with flags and pronouns soon~ So keep a lookout for that hehe! ;)

[northstarfeukren]

Elkstar

Pronouns: He/Him

Alligence: Thunderclan

Rank: Leader

Mentor: Unknown

Age: 58 Moons

Parents: Unknown, Unknown

Siblings: None

Tall and proud, Elkstar is the leader of Thunderclan. Admittedly petty, Elkstar is quick to accuse the other clans (mainly Windclan) and has stolen quite a bit of territory from them.

Many senior warriors and elders worry that Elkstar will bite off more then he can chew, especially since Thunderclan is still recovering from two devestating winters. The younger cats are enthusiastic and admire Elkstar though, and try their best to impress him. ...Well, most of the younger cats anyways.

[serpercival]

Absolutely stuck on thinking about this one. For the record I am picturing them all with their Stuff because cat Radar in his jeep cap and glasses is way too cute.

Henry: Troutstar. Clan leader! Gray tabby. Nothing particularly notable about him but he definitely loses his last life as leader in a drowning incident.

Potter: Elkdapple, later Elkstar. Horse -something felt too on the nose. Small, brown ticked tabby. Fierce and dedicated deputy, exceptional Clan leader. Very enthusiastic about the farm on the territory.

Margaret: Firejaw! (lovingly provided by dante-wysteria from the MASHoles server, whose tumblr I unfortunately don't know) Fairly obviously a play on Hot Lips. Mostly white calico. Appointed deputy when cat!Potter becomes leader.

Frank: Ferretface. You have to, don't you? Brown with very faint colorpoints. He thinks this makes him better than everyone else. It does not.

Charles: Eagletail. While I wanted to do something with Silver- as a play on his silver spoon upbringing, I'm picturing him as huge, fluffy, and dark ginger, so I went with a bird that's considered noble. -tail because he'd get too much of an ego if he got a fancy suffix. Much like show Charles, he's thoroughly convinced he's too impressive to do any hunting/fighting.

Hawkeye: Hawkeye. The genesis of the idea. Slim brownish tabby with white paws. Excellent hunter but firmly refuses to fight.

Trapper: Juniperheart. (also provided by dante-wysteria!) A bit of a play on how gin is junipery. Light ginger and just barely tabby.

BJ: Brantjaw. Doing the best I can with very little to work with. There just aren't that many good B prefixes and J suffixes. Cream and white tabby with dark facial markings.

Mulcahy: Lilysong. The medicine cat! Lily- from show Mulcahy's flower garden, -song from his extraordinarily impassioned speeches to camp. Fantastically competent medicine cat. Cream and white tabby, potentially cat!BJ's littermate if we want to weave some of that in there. I am picturing him in a tiny panama hat.

Radar: Littleear. I feel like the name on this one explains itself. The medicine cat apprentice/secondary med cat. Tortoiseshell! Either because he's trans or because his color genetics are just weird. Has Visions, but isn't particularly competent with the healing side of being a medicine cat.

Klinger: Opalfeather. This one is by far the most of a stretch but I wanted to give him a fancy name. Come at me validwarriorcatsnames. Fluffy white cat. Horribly incompetent fighter, reasonably competent hunter, but exceptional at taking care of kits.

Okay cool that's out of my brain now and I can move on

Deeply niche fandom servers are great because I just had a lengthy discussion on the basis of "Hawkeye is a valid warrior cats name, therefore, what would the rest of the MASH characters be called if they were cats"

[novaclan]

first post on the blog!! :’) figured we’d kick things off with our fearless leader, Elkstar! she’s a bit tough but has been a wise leader for the clan. 

below the cut is just an old rp style bio for her from back in the day that figured i might as well include!

Elkstar -- Though long legged, Elkstar is built with muscle. With short and rather coarse looking fur, she is a seal-point, the darkest parts being her face, ears, legs and tail. Her sides, shoulders, haunches have some shading, as does her chest. She has a white muzzle and a small flash along her nose up to her eyes as her sole markings. Her tail is a bob, once long but lost in a fight. She also has a few scars peeking out from her fur on her jaw and right foreleg. Her eyes are a pale, crystalline blue.

[56 Moons; ? lives]

pos. just, efficient, wise

neu. proud, sympathetic, decisive

neg. mournful, confrontational, critical

[tangotekkit]

the best thing abt warriors aus is sending ashfur to the dark forest where he belongs!

[mleprae]

a quick 1 day comic that took longer than i wished it did -_-

background cats from the first image belongs to @wildthunder312​ and @elkstar​

might continue. might not. idk