#flameshade

[notwarriorswiki]

How come Hollystar got her 9 lives after the great battle but Harestar didn't? And why would anyone follow Darktail after he killed Onestar!? Or was that a secret harestar kept to himself on how his dad died?

Hollystar gets hers during the Great Battle to honor Firestar's dying wish and being right there next to the Moonpool. Jayfeather knows they're about to lose access to StarClan when they defeat the Dark Forest, so against his better judgement he allows Hollyleaf to connect with their ancestors one last time. Of the thousands of ancestors fighting, nine of the cats who had died in the battle by that point come forward to give what many think will be the final gifting of nine lives.

Hollystar's nine lives come from...

Stormheart - Life for Diligence

Petalnose - Life for Protection

Otterheart - Life for Fearlessness

Tornear - Life for Strength

Applefur - Life for Open-mindedness

Cedarheart - Life for Fortitude

Leafpool - Life for Empathy

Firestar - Life for Honesty

Brambleclaw - Life for Love

Harespring is too weak to travel to the Moonpool from where he is, much less have the strength to leave his father's side. Him and Onestar were particularly close, and no one expected Onestar to die considering he still had a considerable amount of lives left. If Jayfeather knew, he likely would've tried to get Harespring his as well before the connection was broken, just as he strived to do for his sister.

It should also be noted that Jayfeather is not being objective - like ultimately the arguably best course of action is to close the connection as soon as possible and halt the battle NOW, but he is written to be, while snappy and standoffish, incredibly emotional and is very swayed when put face to face with someone's troubles. He couldn't close the door on his sister even if it meant ending things, and while he does once she's safe and sound, he illogically delays ending the connection to ensure Hollyleaf returns to them with her nine lives. This is, while a charming trait at times, also a flaw of Jayfeather's as he is the complete opposite of Chi's bizarrely playful apathy.

As for following Darktail - it's much less about Darktail and much more about the hopelessness the clans feel after the battle. They fought and fought, but here stood WindClan without a leader - sure Harespring is the rightful leader, but with no nine lives many question if they should follow him. Furthermore many members of the clans, while happy to be alive, now feel as if they're no different than rogues or any other cat. AVoS in my rewrite is meant to really draw attention to the amount of xenophobia the clans feel and how they put themselves above others by validation of StarClan. Cats like Cloudtail understand the meaning of being a clan cat, but others think none of it matters without their ancestors there. As such many of the cats who follow Darktail are young, inexperienced, and begin to wonder if Darktail has a point. After all, even if he killed Onestar, StarClan didn't give them a new leader, so perhaps this is too twisted fate. While certainly not the majority of people follow Darktail, in fact it's a very small minority and not all of ShadowClan turning on Rowanstar in this, he strives to continue rebuilding The Kin, which stands for something many of the cats now find intriguing once the dust settles.

In Alderpaw's case, he sees the horrific state many of the cats are in, some more hostile towards the clan than others, and wishes to help them, partly out of a motivation to reason with Darktail and his goons rather than attack the clans when weakest as Darktail had planned. What's even more surprising is when Darktail actually takes young Alderpaw up on this...

[blackjackkent]

It's an interesting thing that Rakha has now spent quite a bit of time in several different religious structures - the ruined temple of Selune, the overgrown, gith-hijacked monastery of Lathander, and now the shattered Sharran fortress.

And all of them have been places that are falling apart, broken, corrupted of their original purpose.

Rakha hears her companions speak a lot of religion. Gale is willing to blow himself up for Mystra. Shadowheart centers her life around Shar even while the goddess strikes at her regularly. Vlaakith was Lae'zel's only purpose until it all fell apart. Even Wyll sometimes speaks of the Triad. Religion is clearly very important to a lot of people.

But Rakha doesn't understand it. If she ever followed a god, she has no memory of it. And she can't recall any place of worship that was not cracking at the seams.

As such, she's not overly impressed with anything they find at Grymforge. The architecture is imposing, certainly - and she can see an interesting new tenor to the way the Weave works here, perhaps touched by some particular element of divine magic she isn't familiar with. But the dwarves have taken it over fully; there's nothing here other than rubble and corruption. If they're lucky, it is a route to Moonrise, nothing more.

She does keep her eyes and ears open as they walk through it, though, hoping to pick up any useful information about the Absolutists that might help them in the fight to come. Because there will be a fight. She will destroy this cult at the roots.

Initial data gathering and other shenanigans:

The duergar group is called "Clan Flameshade" and has been capturing local drow spies and making examples of them.

The duergar keep spiders for combat. They're either not well-trained or bred for violence even towards each other, because she watches three of them tear apart a larger one together.

Many of the other dwarves echo the welcoming committee in their disrespect for the True Souls, the Absolutists, and Nere. They're still arseholes, though, as Rakha quickly discovers - particularly in their attitude towards their slaves. (She and her companions briefly discuss trying to ally with the duergar against the Absolutists, but Rakha pretty stubbornly doesn't want to; she dislikes everyone in this place.)

The exception here seems to be the sergeant, a woman named Thrinn, who is (at least based on the comments she overhears) fucking Nere or would like to.

Entertained by this Dark Urge line option when talking to one of the gnome slaves, after he mouthed off at her because he thinks she's another True Soul:

She doesn't really care what the gnome thinks of her but I did have her say this - more for Wyll to hear her say it than anything else.

There's a cask of ale which the slave is using to fill the mugs of the nearby duergar. After some consideration, Rakha - still avoiding combat for the moment at Wyll's request - did dump a container of wyvern poison into it when no one was looking.

She then hung around to watch the next round get served.

The fortress itself has plenty of hidden passageways and alcoves. Rakha and co. are able to find a hidden room full of smokepowder, which Rakha immediately pockets. She remembers how useful it was in dealing with True Soul Gut.

Shadowheart occasionally pipes up with commentary about the Shar worship that used to happen here. Rakha tries to gauge how she feels about seeing the place overrun by duergar, but if she has an opinion, she's not sharing it.

Rakha gets almost completely obliterated in a single turn by the jelly fight in a random sideroom - not because the jellies hit her at all, but because of this wild magic surge. XD

[kittyarchitect]

Flameshade is a 108 moon old pale ginger spotted torbie cat with asymmetrical white spotting. They are a campkeeper of their colony. They have lilac eyes and a large primordial pouch. They wear foliage in their have, and golden claw extensions.

[starshine-and-rain]

🔥 flameshade 🔥

[phantom-of-innaovitch]

Haven’t been fully caught up on the newest books yet but it sounds like the vast majority of Nightheart’s problems could’ve been avoided if Bramblestar just named him Flameshade or something

[leafpool-loves-ashfur]

The Leaders of FretClan as of Moon 299

just felt i should recap/show how FretClan's leadership has changed

Skipstar - The Founder

Skippelt -> Skipstar Female (she/her) 173 moons at death + dead for 187 moons = 360 no scope Mate: Gorsejoy (male; 0 moon age gap; fellow clan founder; gray tabby; missing a front leg; dead) Offspring: ->Kit with Gorsejoy (131 moons younger): Cinderpaw (female; black-silver tabby; dead), ->Kit with Unknown Parent (153 moons younger): Cavebumble (female; solid cream with scars; had a bajillion mates but no kits; dead) Apprentices: Sootshore (dead), Nacreripple (dead), Ivorymoon (dead), Scalestep (dead), Alderberry (dead), Yellowjoy (dead), Skyscar (dead) Deputies: Myrtlecinder (nonbinary; fellow clan founder; dusty-brown tabby; mate to med cat Weedsoar; dead), Timberrip (succeeded; see below) History: Admittedly, I don't remember anything about Skipstar... I just remember being really sad that Myrtlecinder didn't succeed her, but then I believe I made Timberrip deputy instead, or maybe it was chanse, lol. This was like, so long ago. I think she was pretty chill. Her lineage died with Cavebumble, the cat with many wives and husbands, and yet not a single child (good for her... but also it was so ridiculous when she and Briarcreek got together).

Timberstar - The Medicine Cat

Timberrip -> Timberstar Female (she/they) 159 moons at death + dead for 139 moons = 298 moons this cat has seen Mother: Addershade (female; 31 moons older; former loner; tan-colored; dead) Littermates: Tempestkit (female; died at 5 moons; silver-brown split-torbie), Pansypaw (male; died at 12 moons; silver tabby) Mate: Peach (male; 7 moons younger; former loner; solid white with ginger patch on chest; snake bite on shoulder; dead) Offspring: ->Litter One (85 moons younger): Tempestheart (male; white with brown tabby patches; dead), Hawkstripe (male; medicine cat; light brown with brown tabby patches; dead) ->Litter Two (114 moons younger): Tempestpaw (female; solid brown; dead), Jackdawcall (female; black and white; dead) ->Litter Three (122 moons younger): Lionpaw (male; mediator; white with cream patch on chest; dead) ->Litter Four (135 moons younger): Hermitcurrent (male; white with ginger speckles; dead) ->Litter Five (146 moons younger): Posyfur (female; mentored Timberhiss below; mostly ginger and brown torbie with white; dead) ->Litter Six (159 moons younger): Peachblotch (male; cream with ginger patches; dead), Timberhiss (male; tan with ginger patches; cheated on his wife; dead) Mentor: Flickerzoom (who? ...he's a clan founder?! oh my god his memo---sorry bro i do not)

Apprentices: Ferretsmoke (med cat; dead), Flameshade (dead), Marigoldpaw (dead), Kitefreckle (dead), Cloverchoser (dead), Boughtooth (dead) Deputies: Paledusk (succeeded; see below), Envy...? I think (Paledusk had gotten catnapped but returned. The deputy while Pale was missing isn't listed and idr lol) History: I don't remember too much of Timberrip's history, though obviously I know that she joined the clan with her mother and siblings, and both of her siblings died tragically young. Briefly I remember I made her medicine cat as Weedsoar (the sole med cat) was preggo and couldn't take care of the clan. Timberrip then proceeded to become deputy under Skipstar after Myrtlecinder's death, and was mates with former loner Peach, and proceeded to have So Many Babies. She tried twice to name some after her deceased sister (the Tempests), but they kept dying so I guess she gave up. Anyway, eventually Skipstar dies and Timberrip is now Timberstar, and she makes Paledusk deputy, and I'm just trying to get some Murder at this point, so I mediate Paledusk and Timberstar to hate each other... only for Paledusk to get catnapped, BUT, once she comes back, I force her right back into that deputy position baby! And then she FINALLY kills Timberstar, which is where I started posting about FretClan, as it was very dramatic. Timberstar just gave birth to her sixth litter, only for her AND her mate Peach to be killed by Paledusk before she can even name them. Fun stuff. Currently, her lineage goes down to great-great-grandkits! ...Well, kit. Icespot is the only living one.

Palestar - The Murderer

i cant open the history on df without the game crashing Paledusk -> Palestar Female (she/her) 168 moons at death + dead for 77 moons = 245 moons this cat has seen Mother: Ferretsmoke (female; sole daughter of Linguine and Bonedusk; medicine cat; 41 moons older; tan smokepoint; dead) Siblings: ->Littermates: Marigoldpaw (male; ginger tabby; dead), Ivorymoon (male; tan smokepoint; the Loverboy; dead) ->Younger Siblings: Kitefreckle (female; 35 moons younger; tan with brown patches; dead), Basstail (female; 41 moons younger; light brown tabby; adopted Timberhiss and Peachblotch; dead), Garlicswoop (male; 41 moons younger; reddish-brown smokepoint; dead) Mates: Talia (male; ex-mate; former kittypet; 13 moons older; gray tabby with white; dead), Bitterburn (female; ex-mate; medicine cat; 8 moons younger; solid brown; dead), Seoul (male; on-again-off-again-ex-mate; loner who joined as an elder; 24 moons older; blue-gray with white; dead), Goldbelly (female; "true love" ex-mate; medicine cat; golden-brown tabby; 28 moons younger; dead) Offspring: ->Step-children Through Bitterburn (27 moons younger): Heavylarch (female; dead), Alderberry (nonbinary; dead), Carpfluff (female; Palestar's app; dead) ->Step-children Through Seoul (121 moons younger): Rivertooth (trans female; ALIVE?!; elder), Bloompaw (male; catnapped; dead) ->Biological Kit with Seoul (whomst they had when divorced) (127 moons younger): Cloudbellow (male; gray smokepoint; mate to Stoatflash; dead) ->Step-children Through Goldbelly (100 moons younger): Wildtuft (female; golden-brown tabby; mentored by Seoul; dead), Crestedpuddle (male; reddish-brown tabby; killed Palestar once; alive; elder) ->Adopted Kits with Goldbelly (144 moons younger): Budpelt (nonbinary; medicine cat; black tabby; murdered once or twice; alive), Berrypaw (male; black tabby; dead) Mentor: Thrushegg (...who was a medicine cat? who are you?) Apprentices: Hazelstripe (dead), Carpfluff (dead), Goldback (dead) Deputy: Hickoryspots (succeeded; see below) History: She was literally no one until she was randomly selected to be deputy and then she was everyone. She had the bloodthirsty trait, so she was Going To Murder if I had anything to say about it. Unfortunately she did briefly get catnapped, but to my Utter Surprise, She Came Back!!!!! And so it was right back to murderville for her. Even though it took forever, she did kill Timberstar and ascend to leadership eventually! And it's very funny because, despite seemingly leading very tyrannically, Brokenstar-esque, she saved a lot of cats, and even gained permanent wounds to protect cats before so... Can't help but wonder if it's kind of a "was destined to save the clan but a Higher Power interfered and made me do the opposite" kind of deal. Actually, doesn't even need to be a higher power. Fumbledrop the Evil Mediator was really the one sabotaging the relationships. Anyway, I find her love life really funny. Talia, I don't even remember. Bitterburn was also a pretty minor relationship (they actually dated for a real long time but still). But Seoul is so funny to me because he joined, they got together, broke up, hated each other, had a kid, got back together, broke up, and I just love it. They love to hate each other, hate to love each other lmao. Meanwhile, Palestar choose to date Goldbelly out of her own violation after Goldbelly's son Crestedpuddle literally beat her up and killed her in front of the clan (seriously, how was Palestar still leader if her own cats were repeatedly harming/challenging/killing her?!). Palestar is literally so cringefail yet girlboss, I love her. She just kinda died too, leading to Hickorystar's rule.

Hickorystar - The Follower

Hickoryspots -> Hickorystar Female (she/her) 155 moons at death + dead for 43 moons = 198 moons this cat has seen Parents: Splashdawn (mother; 21 moons older; tan-brown smokepoint; dead), Alderberry (parent; 20 moons older; silver tabby with white; dead) Littermates: Cloverchaser (female; ginger and white; dead), Brindlemurk (male; gray smokepoint with white; dead), Flinttuft (male; white with gray spots; dead), Bogstrike (male; dark gray tabby; dead) Mates: Bluekestrel (male; ex-mate; 8 moons younger; silver-white tabby; dead), Basstail (female; ex-mate; 6 moons older; light brown tabby with white; dead), Shinx (female; medicine cat; former rogue; hairless purple-brown tabby; 34 moons younger; dead) Offspring: ->Step-children Through Basstail (15 moons younger): Alderfin (male; dead), Dolphinfeather (male; dead), ->Adopted Kits with Basstail: *->Litter One (59 moons younger): Sunnypond (female; ginger tabby with white; dead), Peachblotch (male; fostered; dead), Timberhiss (male; fostered; dead) *->Litter Two (68 moons younger): Primrosespeckle (male; medicine cat; white with light brown patches; dead), Rainnest (female; gray tabby with white; dead) *->Litter Three (74 moons younger): Scorchpaw (nonbinary; killed by Lightningcry; black speckled tabby; dead), Almondspore (male; light gray speckled tabby; dead), Bleakpelt (female; solid gray; dead), Swarmstripe (male; solid black with scars; dead) *->Litter Four (87 moons younger): Garlicnewt (female; cream with white spots; dead), Rimebeetle (male; white with pale gray patches; dead), Crickettorrent (male; solid white; dead), Mumblefur (male; white with gray patches; mate to Dewbright; ALIVE) ->Adopted Daughter with Shinx (142 moons younger): Shardclaw (female; solid ginger with a flower; alive <3) Mentor: Splashdawn (her mom) Apprentices: Hermitcurrent (dead), Burrbelly (dead), Flaxpaw (dead), Sunnypond (her daughter; dead), Logfreckle (dead), Crickettorrent (her son; dead), Barracudaroar (dead) History: Again, Hickoryspots wasn't anybody until Palestar made her deputy. Now, it's worth noting that Hickoryspots is technically Palestar's step-grandkid, so perhaps there was some nepotism at work here, but regardless, the vibes I get is that Hickoryspots was the Blackfoot to Palestar's Brokenstar. The Yes Man, the Right Hand. Hickoryspots did whatever Palestar said and that was it. No brain cells, no thoughts, perfectly content to be complacent in murder and violence, and never realized that, one day, she would be the one leading. I don't think she was a good or bad leader. Probably fumbled a lot, but she got her footing eventually. I think she was always a lot more focused on her romance life, honestly. She loved all of her mates, and she was very dedicated to Basstail. The only decision Hickorystar ever made in her life was making Stoatfoot deputy, and, by StarClan, it was the best decision she ever made, so therefore she gets a pass for condoning and enabling all the shitty things during Palestar's rule. (Oh my god, just saw her memo too... Yeah, girl, you defo coulda made better decisions lol.) Hickorystar lived and died pretty plainly, leaving FretClan in this awkward zone where they weren't sure if they were still supposed to be evil or not, leading into the misfortune that is Stoatstar's rule... Currently, Hickorystar's lineage stretches down to great-great-grandkit! Much like Timberstar, Icespot is said x2-grandkit, though this is through adoption/fostering.

Stoatstar - The Unwanted

Stoatfoot -> Stoatstar Male (he/him) 111 moons he has lived! Parents: Bouncestreak (female; 72 moons older; brown singlestripe; dead), Jellyfishstalk (male; 108 moons older; golden-brown speckled tabby; dead) Siblings: ->Older Half-siblings Through Bouncestreak (45 moons older): Burrbelly (male; ginger with white back; dead), Boragechase (male; off-white with brown spots; dead), Galeback (female; white with ginger patches; dead) ->Older Siblings (36 moons older): Shiveringneedle (trans male; medicine cat; solid reddish-brown; alive!), Weevilshadow (male; pale brown speckled tabby; dead), Snapkit (female; brown speckled tabby; dead), Dewbright (female; white with brown speckled patches; missing a leg; elder; alive <3) ->Littermates: Stoatflash (female; his rival; cream with vitiligo white speckles; alive), Sunwave (female; white with dark ginger patches; dead), Moontail (male; mediator; dark ginger tabby; alive) Mate: Sapmoon (male; 20 moons younger; white and light brown tabby; alive) Adopted Daughter: Burntspots (female; cream with ginger patches; 48 moons younger; alive) Mentor: Harechase (female; Sapmoon's mother; brown tabby with white; dead) Apprentices: Burrpaw (dead), Needleheart (dead), Cricketpaw (dead) Deputies: Boragechase (retired; dead), Springdawn (killed), Smokystripe (killed), Stumpynudge (current) History: Stoatstar's journey started when he and his sister were randomly generated with the same name, Stoatkit. He and his sister were polar opposites in that typical, she's the cool, popular girl, while he's the loser nerd brother. In my mind, I always wanted Stoatflash (his sister) to be deputy because she was my first cat with vitiligo, and also Stoatflash was a way cooler name than Stoatfoot. But then Hickorystar's chose Stoatfoot of her own violation and I was just. So shocked. But Stoatfoot was definitely the better (and funnier) choice, and I think he's a great deputy/leader. But, still, I really wanted Stoatflash to get angry and kill him, so y'know I sabotaged them to hell. Despite that, she never killed him, and he became leader... And then I attempted to play into I think it was Shiveringneedle's hatred of Boragechase (the new deputy), only for Boragechase to retire, and then I turned everyone's (Shiveringneedle's, Stoatflash's, Lightningcry's) anger towards Springdawn, and, finally, she died! Except, the murder was unknown and was probably actually Smokystripe and/or Budpelt! Not that Stoatstar knew that, so he made Smokystripe deputy! Only for Smokystripe to ALSO be mysteriously murdered... by who? Well, maybe Smokystripe was killed by Stoatflash's crew because she wanted them in control (seeing as her apprentice, Stumpynudge, is now deputy), or, maybe, Stoatstar had to kill him as he discovered the truth... I think Stoatstar is becoming increasingly paranoid as he realizes just how against each other the clan is... how divided and powerhungry they are... There's multiple groups gunning for his head, torn apart after Palestar's violent rule and Hickorystar's lax one... It'll be interesting to see how he dies---to natural causes, or to his enemies. Currently, his lineage goes down to grandkit, through Icespot (and, technically, Burntspots's partner's kits as well)! I think it's really funny that Icespot is related to, like, every leader ever lmao

[boilingrain]

Finally got a bit of art for my Clangen nonsense done! Here's the founders of Tulipclan (they're not very detailed in this because I'm never going to draw a ton of detailed cats at once. As of writing this there are currently 41 cats in this clan. Do you understand now)

In case you can't read my admittedly terrible handwriting, here's the list of names:

Leader: Fallingstar

Deputy: Agaveleaf

Medicine Cat: Weedclaw

Warriors: Treestripe, Lucklarch and Sycamorethrift

Apprentices: Flamepaw and Thornpaw

Kits: Honeykit and Limekit

Also designs may change somewhat as I draw more Tulipclan stuff because I'm still figuring out how to draw these guys

Here's Moon 1!

Flameshade was supposedly mentored by Treestripe, but I suppose that doesn't really matter because she's already a warrior.

Also Sycamorethrift immediately broke the Warrior Code. It didn't say what he did or who caught him, but since this is the beginning of the game my headcanon is that he's a former loner and he broke one of the smaller rules like making sure kits and (currently nonexistent) elders are fed before eating

Anyways my random starting Starclan cat is named Waterrump. I'm not going to draw them but I feel like this is something you should know

I'll probably be skipping some moons where nothing much happens, but if someone gets a new name/joins the clan/is born/dies/retires then I'll make a little drawing for that

[nicoledesignphotography]

Slowly dying...but not alone.... #autumn #fall #fallenleaves🍂 #fallshades #redshades #change #leaves🍁 #fire #flameshade #sky #bluesky #instaautumn #loveautumn #autumnismyfavoriteseason https://www.instagram.com/p/Bovws2kn3jp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1dbbw5fhqh5q7

[tanarafirequiver]

“Oh shit,....”

Synopsis: Kaydince (Tanni’s lil sister) is home with her and Tanni’s fiance Theron because Tanni is heavily pregnant and due any day. Tanni is Not Prepared™ and it’s a disaster. Kaydince’s girlfriend Vortrai did not need to be here but she is anywho.

Word count: 2033

Author’s note:  

(I did a LOT of research and to be fair, I didn’t really want to write the gritty details because NOPE. This is the first thing I’ve written ing 299999 years so yeah. *flops on bed*)

Tanni hated being cooped up. She never has and never will, but the only thing that kept her sane was the mountain of fabrics she had her sister and Theron buy for her to make baby clothes and other baby related items. She would make all sorts of quilts, socks, shoes, onesies, and other things to keep her mind at bay from remembering how she was practically chained to the bed. Her pregnancy was yes rough and she did understand everyone’s concerns but she’d be damned if she didn’t get more fresh air. As September changed into October, she noticed how everyone around her became so anxious. It drove her nuts and to knitting. By the first week of of October she had made enough baby clothes for a mother whom was expecting triplets. The house was running out of space to store all these cute clothes.

Tanni slowly went down stairs to find her little sister Kaydince and Theron sitting at the table next to one another. There was a cup of tea where she assumed she was going to sit. She took her place and before she could even pick her cup of tea up, Kaydince spoke.

“Tanni, you need to stop with the sewing. Your machine is running all day and night and what the hell are you going to do with all those baby clothes once the little one grows out of them?” Theron nodded mutely, but had yet to join the conversation.

“I don’t plan on only having one kid first and foremost.” Theron’s eyes grew wide as he looked to his fiance. “And secondly, I know a tart who’s expecting as well so I can give her some if needed. I’m pretty sure she’d appreciate it.” Kaydince sighed.

“Okay, but you need to stop before one of us smacks you and it’ll probably be me. It’ll be me, I highly doubt Theron would lay a hand on you.” Theron angrily glared at the blonde girl next to him, causing her to grow nervous.”Look, all I’m trying to say is we love you, but this is an intervention to get you to stop sewing. This is insane.”

Tanni grumbled. “Sorry for having a baby this active in me to the point where I can’t get a wink fo sleep at night and I’m just so tired all the time and I’m so worried that everything isn’t going to be okay and I just want things to be alright.” Tanni’s breathing quickened as she hiccuped through her words. Tears welled up in her eyes as she began to cry. Kaydince and Theon looked at one another and cringed. KD felt really bad about sounding harsh.

“Babe we’re worried too, and we’re worried that you’re doing so much sewing and what not isn’t good for you either.” He gently rubbed her back, causing the red haired woman to wince. “Did I do something?”

“No, my back hurts and I have a headache. I overall just feel like I’m DYING.” She exasperated through her sobs. Speranza awoke and sped over to Tanni to comfort her mistress. She whined in sorrow as she watched her cry. The pups followed mom’s lead and rushed over, except for Serena who was still very much sound asleep like her dad Aspero.

“Tan, sis, I would just go back upstairs and really try to get some rest. You’re due any day and you really need your rest for when the baby goes pop.” She watched Theron help her up.

“Theron I can walk up a few stairs, you don’t need to escort me.” She huffed, wiping her face with her free hand.

“Tanni I would honestly feel better if I did though-”

“I’m fiiiiiine! Just because I’m due soon doesn’t mean the baby is gonna come to-” The house grew silent as Tanni froze halfway up the stairs. A small pool of clear liquid managed to flood the few stairs under Tanni. Everyone’s eyes were wide in confusion and horror.

“Tanni-” Theron was cut off by his fiance.

“Of course my water breaks, that’s just fucking convenient!”

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Tanni was a little surprised that she managed to jinx herself into labor. She wasn’t in any serious pain but it was freaking her sister and Theron out a lot. Kaydince yelled for him to go get Ladice, the undead monk who was going to deliver Tanni’s baby as her husband Ellucius had no clue in that department despite being her physician during her pregnancy. Kaydince was dashing all over the house to get everything set up for the Monk’s arrival so it’d be easier on her.

Three hours had passed and Theron enters the house again, very nervous.

“Theron, where is Ladice, shouldn’t she be with you?” Tanni asked nervously, picking up on his fear.

“Um,... they’re not home.”

“What the FUCK do you mean they’re not home?” Tanni hissed, then turning to her sister Kaydince as she gasped, realizing something.

“I forgot they were going on holiday with their son, his wife and their adopted daughter this week. Oh crud.” Tanni’s eyes grew wider than a deer in headlights. “Tanni I’m so sorry I completely forgot and I honestly didn’t think you’d end up delivering so early.”

“I-I-It’s okay Kaydince,... it just happens…” Tanni huffed, clearly having a contraction. “What am I gonna do now if Ladice isn’t here to help?” Theron was glancing between the two women. He was unusually quiet. It was very out of character for him to be this quiet. It seemed like forever before Kaydince spoke up.

“I got this. This isn’t the first baby I’ve delivered and will not be the last.” She single handed put her hair up into a messy bun. A knock on the door sent Theron bolting to the door. He opened it to find a troll shaman there with a smile and basket of fruits She even carried with her a few things that Kaydince left with her.

“ I ‘eard my birdie was ‘ere. Where she a-” She was interrupted by Tanni hollering in pain, her contractions clearly getting worse. “By da elements, is your lil’ lady gearin’ up ta have ‘er lil’ one?” Theron nodded mutely.

“I-I-It was out of the blue, she was walking u-up the stairs and,... y-yeah.” The Illidari was still visibly taken aback by the suddenness of the event.

“VORTRAI IS THAT YOU?” Kaydince yelled over Tanni.”

“Yah birdie, I’m ‘ere. What’cha needin’?”

“I need you to grab towels, a bucket of water, cold, some sterilized gloves and for the love of everything holy in this fucking light-forsaken world, THERON GET YOUR ASS UP HERE AND HOLD TANNI’S HAND. THIS IS YOUR CHILD AS WELL SO GET THE FUCK UP HERE!” The house grew silent. Not a creature stirred, except for the yellow collared pup Miraviglia, who sneezed. Theron awkwardly walked up the stairs as Vortrai began to gather the supplies from around the house and gather them into her bag full of what happened to be more medical supplies.

Tanni looked over to her fiance, already beginning to tire from the labor. She took his hand with her own, her face contorted in pain as contractions came and went. Kaydince took the supplies and thanking the shaman. They both worked in unison to prepare the entire place for the birth. As another contraction came on, Tanara squeezed Theron’s hand so tightly a cracking noise could almost be heard despite Tanni’s cries.

“Wadda fuck was dat?” Vortrai asked, looking over to find Theron hunching over in pain.

“I think she broke his hand a little….” Kaydince presumed, trying to not giggle out of the hilarity of the situation.

“You think? I know she at least fractured something!” Theron hissed in pain as Tanni hesitantly let go. She opened her mouth to speak but he had interrupted. “Don’t apologize, it’s fine. I have another hand.” He watched as she had another contraction, wiping the hair from her forehead and tucking it behind her ear.

“Dis is gonna be a loooooong night. If dat babe anyt’ing like i’s momma or fadah, i’ ain’t comin’ out ‘til tomorrow mornin’.” Everyone turned to glare at Vortrai. “Ah jinxed it didn’t I?” Theron huffed as he did his best not to groan in pain as the troll wrapped his injured hand. Tanara and Kaydince both shaking their heads in either annoyance or exhaustion.

“No shit.” Kaydince hissed. “It’s already sketchy considering this baby is going to be premature!” Vort’s eyes widened. She rushed around to set the crib up for any and all emergencies while Kaydince instructed her how to. Theron watched in worry as he glanced between all the women in the room.

“Theron, calm your shit. Everything will be okay. Between Vort and I I highly doubt any- actually I’m not going to add onto the bad karma here so nope. But do calm down, if you’re stressed then Tanni will be stressed and it’ll go the baby and it’ll fuck with me so stop that shit or get the fuck out.” The room grew quieter as Theron’s heavy breathing grew softer and less stressed. Everything then quickly escalated as Tanni seemed to only get worse from there as complications came and went.

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Seconds turned to minutes and minutes to hours. Saturday’s afternoon became Sunday’s early evening.  Tanni’s usually sleek and straight red poofed up into her natural texture of insane curls from the humidity in the room, Theron looked like he had seen battle with demons, and the two ‘midwives’ were feverishly helping Tanni in the last legs of the birth. The second the baby was born it didn’t cry. Kaydince rushed her away, scaring Theron even more as she feverishly worked. Tanni, being completely worn out, didn’t even realize it until Theron shot downstairs to inquire. Vort did her best to help them both calm their nerves and concerns and did eventually get there.

Everyone except Kaydince was momentarily resting at last after a very long day and night of yelling and lack of. Kaydince called for Vort. The troll almost flew down to aid the priestess. Theron looked down the stairs as best as he could, his heart dropping with every minute there was no cry. He looked to Tanara, who seemed ready to cry. He climbed into the bed with her, gently holding her. A high pitched screech came from downstairs after what seemed like a year of waiting in the quiet.

The two healers walked back upstairs with a yelling bundle. Kaydince shakily placed it into Tanni arms as Vort collapsed into the plush rocker face first.

“Her lungs were underdeveloped and-”Kaydince who was stifling a yawn was interrupted by Tanni’s sudden burst of energy.

“Her?” Tanni asked, eyes widened. Theron was equally buzzing in excitement as he helped calm the infant.

“Yes Tanni, you have a daughter and thus is my niece. Now excuse me as I pass out in a pile of wolves.” Tanni and Theron though she was joking. They were wrong and watched as they brand new aunt flopped over to the wolf beds and snuggled up next to them and passed out instantly.

“To be fair I can’t blame her.” Theron whispered as they finally got the infant to calm down. “Well, wanna make it official?” He smiled at his fiance, beaming in pride and joy. She nodded.

“Light, she looks far more like you than she does of me. Little,...Sayenne Elizabeth.” Theron raised an eyebrow.

“Elizabeth, where did that come from?” He watched Tanni gesture over to her sleeping sister.

“Its Kaydi’s middle name. I think it’s only right.” She smiled as she watched the newborn fall asleep.

“I see. It does suit her. Bit of a mouthful, but I like it.” They both nodded as Tanni closed her eyes and laid back. Theron watched as she fell asleep. “Sleep well, rasberry, you’ve more than earned it. He took the sleeping infant out her her arms and took the baby downstairs.

“Mom need to sleep so you’re gonna hang out with me for now Sayenne.” In that moment did it dawn on him, he just became a father. “Oh fuck,.....”  

[warriorfamilytrees]

Sparkpelt and Larksong Family

Sparkpelt: red tabby, this pic just sums up her personality so I had to use it

Larksong: black with white chest and paws. His dad was Snowbush, there’s no way he was solid black! He also had a very calm demeanor, and since there’s like 3 Larksongs I want to change his name to Larkstream

Flamepaw: black with a flash of white on his chest. I honestly don’t think he’s had any lines in the book, so regarding his warrior name i would love to see something like flameshade, flamecloud or flamewhisker ?

Finchpaw: tortie, for her warrior name, she could be Finchwing, Finchsong, Finchberry

[wcstarless]

Firefall is so damn conceited Mapleshade’s name would have been Sparkshade or Flameshade if he had something to do with naming her. Any kit of his would have a fire related name.

[we-rate-warrior-names]

Flameshade!

Flameshade - A courageous and intelligent cat. Flameshade seeks to rid the world from injustice as best they can. They will stand up for what they believe in, even if it means going against their entire clan, 15/10

[gorsethorn]

poppykit’s story, the consequences of famine 

 (separate character from gorsethorns stories) lol someone be dyin :pensive:

  tw. (death, gore mentions, and cannibalism IMPLIED)

characters: 

poppykit - a pretty kit! thunderclan

Flameshade - poppypaws dad, strong but not overwhelmingly so, thunderclan

Leafbelly - a quaint shecat,  poppypaws mom thunderclan

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song suggstion to go with this bc its based on it p much: The Ballad of Hamantha by Jack Stauber

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ngl yall this grossed me out to write hgjkdsldh its never gonna become a real story of mine, if someone wants the ocs or ideas or whatever they can have them just hmu

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Poppykit is born in the midst of a famine in thunderclan, everyone was Testy and Hungry bc Famine n Shit

Leafbelly died giving birth to poppykit due to being to weak and hungry to carry on, and upon seeing this, Flameshade decided he must do everything to protect his kit.

So while the famine progressively got worse and worse, Poppykit becoming thinner, Flameshade became more and more desperate for food for her and himself, he forgot about his clan values. 

 Flameshade  while out with poppykit, showing her the leaves n shit (not good to take a kit out but no one cared everyone hungry bro) found a band of rogues looking quite thick and asked them for help with food and he would not tell the clan that there were rogues roaming on the territory

The leader of the rogues, upon seeing poppykit and how desperate they were, agreed. He said hed be back with food as soon as they got it 

Flameshade waited for days, everyday him and poppykit went back to the spot they met them. Eventually one day, poppykit wandered off herself and went to the spot. There one of the rogues was waiting for her, and told her to come with him because the leader had food for them. 

poppykit, being a KIT, trusted him and followed. They came upon the spot the rogues often stayed and up on a high rock, the leader was above poppykit. 

He lept down and attacked her, killing her easily since she was a kit and couldn't put up a fight. He stared down at her hungrily when Flameshade burst into their camp. 

the leader turned his head, blood stained chin, and smiled as other rogues came down upon Flameshade, killing him after he put up a fight. 

THE END 

yeehaw this story has no ending tbh just dead cats B| but this was more one of those short stories in those clan books yknow 

either way this grosses me out so if anyone wants the story or ocs like hmu bc otherwise itll just be a dead end bc i kinda hate writing gross stuff 

[new-lives-wc]

ThunderClan Allegiances

Note that the family trees will be posted when all clans are finished. THUNDERCLAN (You are HERE) | SHADOWCLAN | RIVERCLAN | WINDCLAN | SKYCLAN | TWILIGHTCLAN | CATS OUTSIDE THE CLANS

Honeystar - cream tabby she-cat

Meadowshine - swift dark brown tom

Adderpelt - smoky black tom with large ears Apprentice, Birdpaw

Wetclaw - cream and blue tom Finchflame - huge black and white tom Rubblemask - brown and cream tom Apprentice, Beetlepaw Smokehare - calico tom with long curved claws Apprentice, Flippaw Volenettle - black and white tom Flameshade - bright ginger tom Willowcry - dark black she-cat with white muzzle Nightflower - night-black she-cat Daisystripe - reddish-brown tabby she-cat Greytalon - dark gray and white tom with folded ears Apprentice, Sparrowpaw Goosebreeze - brown tom

Birdpaw - light cream she-cat Beetlepaw - bright ginger tom Flippaw - light golden speckled she-cat with blind green eyes Sparrowpaw - brown tabby tom

Timberbright - dark grey tabby she-cat Junipernettle - lilac she-cat Fuzzylight - light cream she-cat with white spots

Raggedbird - reddish-brown tabby tom with powerful hind legs Russetgrass - ginger and black she-cat with a long rippling pelt Ebonyear - light orange tom with a black ear

Jaggedkit - pale ginger she-cat with a dark ginger back stripe Fennelkit - cream she-cat

[lopsicodrammadellessere]

La magnifica leggenda orientale del Filo rosso, racconta del legame spontaneo e naturale tra persone affini...leggendo nella tua descrizione che non credi in queste eventualità, vorrei comprendere come ti rapporteresti se il destino dovesse porti la scelta di abbandonare la mente e seguire il cuore o contrastare con tutte le tue forze il destino e i sentimenti.

“O resterai più semplicemente dove un attimo vale un altro, senza chiederti come mai? Continuerai a farti scegliere o finalmente sceglierai?”, ho questo pezzo appeso al muro, un pezzo che racchiude al suo interno una vita intera, un confine, la scelta o farsi scegliere, che potrebbero sembrare la stessa cosa, il libero arbitrio che si ribella al suo destino, in tanti ne hanno parlato e quasi tutti hanno fallito, perché non si può mettere una pezza in un luogo in rovina, bisogna demolire tutto e cominciare da capo.Demolire tutto e cominciare da capo.Attenzione alle parole irriverenti, ai giochi di prestigio che provocano e poi si fanno una risata: io non credo nel destino, perché non pretendo mica la salvezza eterna.Se ti affidi all’utopia del Paradiso è perché credi anche nella dannazione infernale e allora il tuo atteggiamento è soltanto una costrizione, una scelta forzata lungo un bivio di indecisione: io scelgo con il cervello e poi rimpiango il cuore.Ho scelto col cervello e poi ho rimpianto il cuore, ma l’autocommiserazione è durata un momento, perché scegliere di scegliere implica sfondare il muro della vita a forza di testate: l’eventualità è nelle mie mani, sperando di non finire investita da qualche macchina, perché uscita di casa in un orario insolito alla mia persona.Si può anche scegliere di non scegliere, di abbandonarsi, di restare ancorati al filo rosso delle affinità, di aspettare: cos’è che stai cercando?Solo rapportandoti a te stessa, potrai trovarlo.Solo essendo qualcosa potrai, trovarlo.Non credo che ci sia bisogno di abbandonare un organo, per seguire l’altro: l’attività del cervello sincronizza quella ritmica del cuore; durante i sentimenti duraturi di amore o nell’apprezzamento disinteressato, la pressione sanguigna e il ritmo respiratorio si sincronizzano al battito cardiaco.Il cuore ha le sue ragioni, che la ragione conosce, ad essere onesti, perché l’impulso istintivo non richiede la corteccia cerebrale, ma, prima o poi, al cervello tutto arriva e allora la ragione diventa fondata e non si può più scappare da ciò che inizialmente si riteneva imprescindibile.Io ho seguito il cervello e poi ho rimpianto il cuore, ma il rimpianto è durato così poco, perché ho capito che scappare da una o l’altra avversità non porta mai nulla di buono: io sono la mia ragione, sbagliata o giusta che sia, io seguo me stessa e tutte le cadute che il mio cammino mi farà fare.Sono inciampata tante volte sul filo rosso, che ho deciso di tagliarlo: le leggende sono magnifiche, ma restano pur sempre leggende ed io ho deciso di farmi carico della mia paura e di prendere un po’ di coraggio, per essere finalmente me stessa.E non il carico di magnificenza racchiuso in un destino che vado desiderando, senza mai trovarlo.

[tanarafirequiver]

Tanara Firequiver

[Name]: Tanara Firequiver

[Full Name]: Tanara Elaine Firequiver-Mirthbane. Soon to be Tanara Flameshade once she gets married to her fiance,....eventually.

[Nickname(s)]: Tan, Tanna, Tanni

[Age]: 22(ish) Human years (118)

[Species]: Sin’dorei

PERSONAL

[Religious beliefs]: Vague belief in the Light, but it’s very touch and go

[Sins]: Lust / Greed / Gluttony / Sloth / Pride / Envy / Wrath

[Virtues]: Chastity / Charity / Diligence / Humility / Kindness / Patience /Justice

[Primary goals in life]: Finally makes things up to her sister and get her life in order.

[Languages known]: Thalassian, some Common, Orcish, Darnassian (conversational), and enough demonic to properly cuss her Illidari husband out lovingly.

[Secrets]: She won’t tell you because of her PTSD

[Quirks]: She is very protective of her own. 

[Savvies]: She loves sewing so much she will only give you handmade gifts and makes all of her own clothes, shoes. jewelry. She has yet to master the art of bra making though.

PHYSICAL

[Height]: 5'2″

[Weight]: 150lbs

[Scars/ birthmarks]: She’s littered in all types of scars from various fights, cuts, and other shenanigans from over the years. She is also covered in freckles, everywhere.

[Abilities/ Powers]: Basic arcane knowledge, any ranged weapon but favors  guns and bows. 

[Restrictions]: She is short and fat. She would most likely get her ass whooped in a fight but she always aims for the shins anywho.

FAVOURITES

[Drink]: (Non): Tea | (Alcoholic): *insert wine mom joke here*

[Pizza topping]: Sausage

[Color]: Tough tie between sage green and blush pink

[Music genre]: Pop / Musicals

[Book genre]: Fiction / Romance

[Movie genre]: Comedy / RomCom

[Season]: Autumn.

[Swear word]: “Motherfucker!”

[Scent]: Baking smells, Tea, Jasmine

[Quote]: “Don’t take my food unless you want to lose your hand.”

[Bottom or top]: BOTH

OTHER

[Sings in the shower]: Most definitely! He doesn’t have any specifics, he’ll just sing whatever comes to mind.

[Likes bad puns]: Y E S

[Morality]: Lawful / Neutral / Chaotic / Good / Gray / Evil

[Build]: Slender / Scrawny / Bony / Fit / Athletic / Toned / Herculean / Babyfat / Pudgy / Obese / Other  Currently 8ish months pregnant

[Favorite food]: Anything sweet.

[Boss theme music]: Dangerous Woman (Ariana Grande)

[Opinion of the mun]: “This fucker is an asshole.” {Mun}:”Not my fault you keep getting into fights and have a hard time keeping your pants on.”

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