#gloryclan

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prologue - moon 1 >

Characters in order of appearance: Frostypaw, Rainarch, Ratpad, six unnamed kits

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Here’s a couple oc drawings I did! I haven’t drawn any Gloryclan cats in a while so here’s a few of them. First one is of Jackaltamer and her apprentice doing a tour of their territory. And second is of Prosperheart and Storkflight doing their night duties :3

Also here’s just a random introductory page of info on Gloryclan. Might do more about Gloryclan culture later

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Chickadeepaw

Morning Glory Clan

Parents: Batecho and Fogseep

Siblings: Barnkit, Raccoonkit, Puddlekit and Glasskit

Chickadeepaw doesn't like being looked down on, but everyone around him seems to love it. Chickadeepaw is a nice but also pretty opinionated young cat. His parents love to coddle him, and although he loves them, he hates it. Luckily for him Batecho and Fogseep recently had another litter of kits to fuss over. Which leaves a lot of room for him to explore. Chickadeepaw managed to befriend a Lily of the valley Clan apprentice, Sheeppaw. The two bonded over feeling alienated and enjoyed looking at things through a more analytical lens.

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What does Grendel look like?

Current "Grendel" is just a large alligator snapping turtle, and Tranquilstorm only names it to attach a scary name to it

The original Grendel is told in stories passed down through the clans. How when the first cats of Gloryclan settled into the marshes they were attacked and driven out multiple times by a large beast of many snapping fangs and haunting howls.

Said to be slain by the cat names Hero, later named Glorystar.

In truth is was a pack of huge pack of stray starving dogs from the town that terrorized the cats until Hero lead an attack to drive them out.

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< GloryClan Chapter 1 - Moon 1

Part 2: she’s a little confused but she’s got the right spirit

Characters:

Frostypaw (she/her)

Unnamed kit (she/her)

Rainarch (he/him)

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< GloryClan Chapter 1 - Moon 1 >

Part 1: she’s not a morning person

Characters: unnamed kit (she/her)

Rainarch (he/him)

Frostypaw (she/her)

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The leading members of my new ClanGen, GloryClan! I’ll be making profiles for all the characters and making comics as I go. Follow the tag #gloryclangen for updates!

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Finishing up GloryClan allegiances

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More GloryClan! The love triangle~

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Tysm for all the love on my first GloryClan comic!! I have a lot of comms and artfight refs to work on rn but as soon as I have time I’ll be finishing the next installment :))

[giita]

Here is my fanclan, Gloryclan! A clan set in the savannas of Nigeria! I'm Nigerian so I wanted to show a little of my culture to the fandom. Of course not all of it is my culture for example, detail of the clan afterlife don't have much to do with my Yoruba roots, but most of it is.

Gloryclan cats are smaller than domestic cats and have bigger ears. They also have short fur and usually have colours to help them blend in with the environment such as gold, brown, and black with striped or spotted fur. The exception would be cats that aren't fully Gloryclan such as Goathorn who was once the pet of an elephant researcher. Due to the openness of the savanna and their small sizes, they rely on stealth to catch prey and fight.

The current leader of Gloryclan is Lionspirit! The leader suffix is spirit instead of star as the clan are guided by non cat spirits from The Spirit World. Not all spirits are good though. I'll explain more about that later on in the post. Leaders have a 9 pointed sun on their forehead representing their 9 lives.

Ojuju is a story many Nigerian kids like myself were told to scare them into doing what their parents said. One time I refused to go to sleep, my parents pretended to call out to Ojuju. I've never bolted up the stairs so fast in my life.

Gloryclan cats are very crafty and know how to make basic costumes for performances. They usually do this by weaving soft sticks and grasses together to to make crowns, horns, bracelets, and cloaks. They also use animal fur and hides too.

They are very religious and superstitious too. They believe names that have bad meanings can bring bad fortune to the cat. So cats are often named after strong animals, beautiful plants, and other things.

In each generation, there is an appointed storyteller that tells stories of history and cautionary tales. Most stories have an important moral. The cats gather every night when the moon is at its highest to have tales by moonlight.

When a cat wants to take another as mate, they must get parental approval. They will usually have to do a series of challenges and lead a party to catch large prey such as warthogs. If they are given approval, they will have a wedding ceremony. Cats will weave crowns and necklaces for the couple whilst the couple leads a hunting party for the feast at the end of the ceremony. The healer will then pray for the couple. After that, the family and friends will decorate the couple's fur with berry juice and powders before they spend the night away from the rest of the clan in a safe area near a lake (the honeymoon!).

Since the savanna is mostly filled with grass and trees, the healer will travel to a rainforest to collect seeds to grow herbs. They have a large garden so they have less need to travel back to the rainforest since they can keep growing the plants.

When a cat dies, the healer prepares the body for burial. During the funeral, there is music and celebration of the cat's life. Funny and happy stories are told about them and the cats have a small meal. The sad period begins after the body is buried. The festivities are only for if a cat dies at an old age. If the cat dies at a young age, the funeral is more melancholic.

Cats who lead a good life are sent to The Spirit World. They are cared for by the good spirits and can do much of what they want. It is a colourful world and is actually at a much cooler temperature than the savanna is but not too cool that the cats can't bare it. There are festivities and music for the cats to participate in when they want. There are some strange properties of the objects on this world. Some objects appear to have non euclidean properties. Trees and mountains will clip into each other sometimes. There are also shapes such as the penrose triangle which float in the air. You can walk on them too. Generally, this world is pretty nice!

Those who lead terrible lives are sent to The Grave. The Grave is devoid of colour and filled with evil spirits. The cats are tormented by the spirits and cannot get much sleep. Despite many cats being here, it is physically impossible for 2 cats to meet here. If you look into the lake, you will be able to see the reflection of a cat looking into it at the same time. So yeah. Not very nice.

Also fun fact! Jackaltamer was named that because she led an entire group of Jackals away on her own and then beat them up. There's a lot more to the story but yeah that's it. She's pretty hardcore.

Anyways, that's it for now! Byeee!!!

[giita]

Prosperheart is one of the main protagonists of my fanclan, Gloryclan. She's a very lively and bubbly cat who loves music and stories. She is very creative and thinks outside the box. Her best friend and fellow protagonist is Storkflight.

Storkflight is an albino cat. He is very sensitive to the sun so he performs his warrior duties at night along with a few other volunteer warriors so he doesn't get lonely. He is closed off and colder to people he isn't close to but he is more comfortable with being jokey and more warm to people he befriends, like Prosperheart. He is more analytical and has keen sight.

I will make more posts about Gloryclan because I love them.

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Brashtounge, one of my wc ocs that honestly doesnt contribute much to my main story plot basically at all. He's the father of one of the important secondary characters, Houndpaw.

But Brashtounge himself isnt meant to play a big role. He's a grumpy and often strict warrior with his sweet and beautiful wife Honeymoon.

However very early on i did decide his brother was Flaxstar. Flaxstar was known as a wonderful leader, friends to many and well liked by the other clans leaders.

Until the day he died after trying to overthrow and take over Gloryclan in the old and outdated idea that Gloryclan show belong to Loyalclan as their clans first leader was mother to Gloryclans first leader and before Gloryclan established itself as its own clan Loyalclan had owned the territory before leaving, finding it too hard to live in.

Flaxstar died in his secret battle against Gloryclan and was known as a disgraceful leader in death.

Many of the younger generations of cats dont know Brash and Flax's relationship growing up or most dont even know Flaxstar had a brother, as after the events that lead to Flaxstar's death Brashtounge refused to speak about his brother or mention his name ever again, showing especially cold personality to the topic.

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Tell us about the leaders!

the three current leaders of the clans!

Greasestar, leader of Honorclan and formerly known as Greasepool. He is the 7th generation of leaders to the clans.

Formerly a pet alongside his brother York they ran away from home to be strays. Until they met Macstar the leader at the time. Who fought him over a misunderstanding of prey, Macstar said he say potential in the two of them and if they wanted to they could join him in Honorclan where they could hone their skills.

The two were amazed at the large warrior tom and simply followed him to camp. They wanted to be just like him

They trained alongside a few others, notably Avenue who had been there for a few moons a weird lookin cat that to be honest York and Grease werent so sure was even a cat.

None the less they were named Greasepaw and Yorkpaw and quickly became friends with Avenue.

Greasepool became a cunning warrior who was charming to others, very likable. He was made deputy to Macstar after Thorntail's death, and after Macstars death Greasestar was made leader.

He became mates with avenue and is known as a kind leader with a sympathetic heart. But a mean streak to those who have wronged him.

Revelstar, Current Gloryclan leader and formerly named Revelspark. 4th leader of Gloryclan.

Revelstar is large and wise leaders who cares for all their clansmates, always watching out for them and wanting to keep them safe. when their clanmates are hurt its on Revelstar's shoulders they dont want anything bad to happen to their clan

they are the oldest of all the current leaders by a few seasons. They had a mate in the past, Elmsprout who has now passed on. They also have their child Algeasnout who is the current head medicine cat of Gloryclan.

When things went down with Tranquilstorm and Agonypaw they felt personally responsible as they put Agonypaw into Tranquilstorms care. Revelstar was never able to forgive Tranquilstorm and wanted to send her away or worse.

Mutestar, current leader of Loyalclan and formerly named Mutewatcher. She is the fourth leader of Loyalclan.

She became leader after the death of the former leader andher former best friend Flaxstar. She was rather close friends with Flaxstar until talk began through the clans and Flaxstar started trouble with Gloryclan over old grudges without telling her. The fight got the deputy of Gloryclan and Flaxstar killed.

Mutestar was made leader but she often wonders if she should be leader, if Flaxstar was such a crooked cat, she once put so much trust into him did that mean she was a bad pick? that she had bad judgement.

All thoughts that she keeps silent in only her mind, for she is leader now and cannot show her clanmates she isnt fit to lead.

Mutestar is, as her name says selectively mute. As a kitten she was named Melodykit by her parents Frugtune and Wheatwhiskers. But after spending most of her early kit hood not making much noise she was renamed Mutekit. Her littermates are Hummeadow and Songchaser. Mutestar was also born mostly black and slowly has turned white as she's gotten older. She's a bit of an oddity to some but well respected.

She love to attend Loyalclan monthly gatherings where cats from all clans meet in-between gatherings to share stories, sing songs and be festive. Thought they often tell stories of the fall of Flaxseed and it makes her uncomfortable.

Mutestar is the youngest of the three leaders.

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I'm dying to know about the medicine cats!

Algaesnout and Wetfur, the medicats of Gloryclan. Algaesnout is the daughter of the leader Revelstar and the late Elmsprout. Drawn to the life of life of a medicine cat she had a knack for healing and was taught by the last medicine cat Hivestripe. Elgaesnouts mother Elmsprout passed away not long after Algaesnout was given her full medicine cat name.

Wetfur, Algaesnouts apprentice became interested in Algaesnouts work when she was just a kit, often coming into her den to watch her work and help her prepare and sort herbs. Or joining her on walks to the riverside garden for herb collecting. Wetfur is playful and loves to sit and gossip with the elders.

Rushwall, originally an apprentice in Gloryclan who after meeting honorclan cats found their way of life exhilarating and wonderful. She transferred to Honorclan and ended up being train in the way of healing from their main healer Tin-Can. Rushwall is now the only main Healer moons later and its looking for an apprentice to help her out.

Softheart and Thumpbranch, the medicine cats of Loyalclan.

Softheart is quite beauty who was once terribly in love while training as a medicine cat apprentice but had her heart ultimately broken. Her mentor, Windstream was there to comfort her and gave her the name Softheart. As the cat who loved so much, who had so much love that he hoped she would remember there was many more to love in the future, and to put that love into helping her clanmates.

Thumpbranch was once a kittypet who live with abusive humans, and ultimately ended up being found half dead on the banks of the river by a Loyalclan patrol.

Softheart revived Thumpbranch and saved his life. Thumpbranch then chose to stay in Loyalclan and learn from Softheart, amazed by her skills and grateful that she healed him. Thumpbranch is witty and diligent worker. Often dealing with Heavymurmer coming in with whatever swarm of kits are in the nursery into the Medicine cat deal to bother Thumpbranch. Heavy and Thump are close and Heavymurmer love to pick on and tease the medicine cat apprentice, and Thumpbranch would never admit that he loves to have him around.

Thumpbranch is also good friends with Eveningpaw and loves to have her around helping him prep herbs for storage.

Thumpbranch is also the youngest of all the current medicine cats.