#magpiepelt

[the-owl-tree]

batch 4 of wolfclan characters!

more info on each of them under the cut

Wrenswoop is a haughty and short-tempered tom. Embarrassed by his sibling's neurotic and nervous tendencies, he tries very hard to distance himself from her. He's quick to point out the flaws of others and even quicker to defend himself when his own actions come into question. Thornclaw and aspects of Alderheart inspired his character

Magpiepelt is an intelligent and thoughtful warrior of WolfClan. While not the best hunter, they are brilliant in planning and design, making them the head of camp repairs and building when needed. They have faced scrutiny from their Clanmates as its believed they are half-HawkClan, though their parent never revealed this even after they died. Magpie doesn't really care and is content to do what they do best: building with sticks and hanging out with their mate, Sparrowflight.

Lightningleap is a chill and easy-going tom who's popular both in WolfClan and with other Clans. His laidback demeanor makes him easy to talk to...and much easier to forgive his flaws. The brother of Gullscreech and the son of Harefoot, his family's outspoken resistance to outsiders and code-breaking is hardly new to him. While he doesn't go about parroting his father's words, he isn't very quick to argue against his kin either. Inspiration is Brackenfur.

[hinterland-clans]

Wanted to test out a bunch of new brushes and made this! Sometimes, when Berrysplash goes out to get building materials, he feels as though there's a presence around. He likes to joke that it's StarClan keeping an eye out for him. What he doesn't realize is how right he is.

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

Dark Forest Resident: Deadcall

Aliases / Nicknames: Dawnkit, The Moon Killer, The Gathering Butcher

Gender: tom

Sexuality: bisexual

Family: unnamed mother, unnamed father, Softcall (adoptive mother), Harriertail (adoptive father), Driftfang (adoptive sister), Rippleswan (mate), Harrierpaw (son), Magpiepelt (adoptive son), Fernswan (adoptive daughter)

Other Relations: Harriertail (mentor)

Clan: Thunderclan

Rank: warrior, loner

Characteristics: kills for pleasure, sociopath, forces victims to admit to their actions, dumps bodies in the lake

Number of Victims: 38

Number of Murders: 38

Murder Method: mutilation, hindering movements

Known Victims: several unnamed warriors, kittypets, and rogues

Victim Profile: cats who committed serious crimes

Cause of Death: strangled by barbed wire, suicide

Cautionary Tale: N/A

Story:

It was almost funny.

The memory, the moment in his life that would set all of his future actions on a certain path, was hardly a memory at all. He had been so young, it all so foggy. A she-cat. 

Blood pooling onto the grass, coating his fur.

An angry tom.

What was clearer was being taken in by Harriertail and Softcall. He was raised as their son and the brother to Driftfang, who treated him no different than blood, which is to say they fought often, but always cared for one another.

Back then, Deadcall hadn’t been Deadcall either, nor Deadkit. He was Dawnkit. Quite the cynical kit he was. He never wanted to play, nor listen to elder stories, or.... do anything, really.

He just never saw the point in it. Never got the point in....feeling things. Joy, happiness, what have you. He did get the point in anger, perhaps the one emotion he felt for sure.

The leader had given his name to him unexpectantly, apparently because his tail was practically ‘dead,’ unable to move with his will. His parents and sister were angered by this, and tried to comfort him, but Deadpaw didn’t care. It was kind of cool.

It would later be ironic, too.

He got into a lot of arguments with the other apprentices for cutting up prey and stashing it away in a secret spot.

It was Harriertail who took him to the side and explained what Deadpaw already sort of knew: he was different, and not in the good way that the heroes in stories were. He was different in a way that, if anyone found out, he could get in big trouble. He needed to pretend to be what others would view as ‘normal.’

Harriertail seemed to see the trouble growing in his son, and when he saw that he couldn’t put out the fire, he decided to nurture it away from killing cats and instead on killing prey. 

But it could only last so long before it wasn’t enough. Not even fighting harshly in battle was enough. He didn’t know why he was like the way he was. The only reasonable time he hurt someone in anger was just after Softcall died of illness.

Another apprentice was trying to bug him. Normally, Deadpaw could hold back with Harriertail’s lessons, but he was in no mood to do so now. The apprentice had to be sent to the medicine den for the next several days, and Deadpaw was stuck caring for the elders.

During this time, Harriertail took him aside and explained to him why he was the way he was, or at least, why he suspected it.

Harriertail knew everything. 

The she-cat, her blood, her mangled body, had been his mother. The tom was her mate, Deadpaw’s father, who killed her for a reason that made Deadpaw want to shout at the Stars. 

He killed her because she ate his mouse.

For that reason, because he had killed his own mate and son’s mother, leaving them both in a pool of blood for who knew how long before Harriertail found them, Deadpaw was different.

He was strange because of that.

He wanted to kill because of that, because of his father.

He hated the thought of disappointing Harriertail, the only reason he managed to hold back. But then Harriertail granted it to him. He went further than that, he taught him in secret lessons how to effeciently kill the hardest prey-- a cat. They practised, Harriertail mainly playing the victim in which Deadpaw had to sneak up on and catch if he ran.

The training did work on his body. Deadcall became incredibly skilled at hunting and fighting, and his fur rippled with the taut muscles beneath.

One lesson was greatest of all: only kill those who deserve it.

The teachings stuck with Deadcall. Even after Harriertail died, Deadcall imagined he was still there, guiding Deadcall’s actions. He knew it wasn’t real, but it influenced him anyway, the angel to his demon.

Every now and again the storm would rise up, bloody waves smacking against the shore, louder and louder and harder to ignore. 

Then he would kill, and it would be quiet again for the next moon. He liked to kill during the gatherings, for it was easier to slip away unnoticed whether or not he was supposed to go to the island. First, he had to slip away a lot to find cats that fit the description for someone bad enough to deserve death, then he would slip away to be certain, then he would slip away to kill them.

When he killed them, he enjoyed playing it out, scratching them up, often hindering their movements. Above all, he enjoyed making them admit to what they had done before he ended them. With no one around to see, he waited until the island and beaches were empty before filling the bodies with rocks and dumping them in the lake.

But then the worst thing happened: he felt something.

His mate, Rippleswan, was only supposed to be for appearances. No one thinks the tom with a family would do anything bad, but she and her two kits loved him. And when Rippleswan had Deadcall’s son, they became... they truly became his family, all of them.

He loved them.

And that meant he had something to lose.

He tried to stop, to hold himself back, for their sake, but it could never stick. The waves were too demanding, the glow of the full moon too intoxicating.

Then Rippleswan was murdered, and Deadcall’s son, Harrierkit, had been left in her blood. 

So he left. He wasn’t a good cat to be around them. Harrierkit had to be raised by his older siblings, now warriors, and not by a killer. So many deaths because of him. Even Driftfang had died because of him, slain in battle by an angry warrior grieving their brother’s dissaperance, not knowing he lay just at the lake. When some of the bodies were discovered, the blame was placed on an innocent warrior who was executed because of it.

He lived alone, unconnected, until years later when a young cat showed up at his paws and announced himself to be Harrierpaw, Deadcall’s adult son that ran away before he could be given his warrior name.

His life was nothing how Deadcall had hoped. His older littermates did their best, but Harrierkit was placed under the care of the new queen, Waterbelly, who was abusive.

Harrierpaw told Deadcall that he knew Deadcall ran away because he could see the darkness in his son and wanted nothing to do with it.

Deadcall tried hard to show him that he did care, but how could he explain why he left without also having to explain to his son what a monster his father was?

Eventually, he gave up, and told him the truth. Then, believing that Harrierpaw was set for the same dark path he was, he vowed to teach him as Harriertail taught Deadcall. 

He did just that, but when it came for the real lesson, Deadcall letting a cat that had hurt Harrierpaw bleed onto the stone, Harrierpaw realized that he was wrong. He didn’t want to hurt anyone, not like this. Worse, his father needed to be stopped.

And Deadcall agreed.

Before, he felt nothing. The only joy, any emotion, came from murder. But he grieved for his parents, his sister, his mate. He loved and missed his two adopted kits, and it broke a heart he didn’t think he had to leave them and his son behind.

So many were dead because of him, even those who were innocent.

He was a monster, and he needed to be stopped. He took it upon himself, not wanting to traumatize his son further.

He was not surprised to find himself in the Dark Forest, the only shock coming from discovering an afterlife did exist. He only hoped that his son would not join him.

Additional Information:

--How did Harriertail know so much? Well, :)

--Ref by Turukhan

--He’s not so much fluffy as he is ripped.

--Congrats on anyone who guessed. He is based on Dexter!

--His left front leg is gray on the left side and brown on the right side, while his right leg is gray on the right side and brown on the inside, kinda making it look like he has one brown leg in the middle when they’re pressed together.

[warriorsbutnotreally]

for canon its: Nightcloud, Leopardfoot, Yellowfang, Mapleshade, Riverstar, Jayfeather, Blossomfall, turtle tail, Shadowsight, and Moonflower

non canon: Ferretdash, Lilypond, Opalheart, Magpiepelt, Rosequartz ,Echohowl, Hopeshine, Hopeshade, Frozenwave, Seashell, Rabbitrun Flamepetal, and Pumpkinfur

Flamepetal is such a cool name??

honestly all of these are good names

[riverc1an]

Smudge joins ThunderClan with Rusty AU?

oooh okay!!

smudge was pretty fascinated about the forest just like rusty and he went with rusty when rusty went to the forest for the first time

i’m not sure if smudge would fight anyone like rusty fought longtail, but bluestar was fine with him joining and bluestar assigned willowpelt as his mentor and his new name is magpiepaw, willowpelt and magpiepaw has a good mentor apprentice relationship

magpiepaw became fast friends with graypaw and ravenpaw like firepaw, and he is a bit intimidated of dustpaw and sandpaw

he had trouble remembering everyone’s names, but he got the hang of it eventually

his warrior name is magpiepelt and he received his name with dustpelt and sandstorm

he definitely thinks that fireheart needs a break and thinks that he’s involved in way too much drama

[the-owl-tree]

wolfclan ref are gonna take forever so i figured i’d post the text version of the alliance sheet i had worked on! the specific notes on each character will be kept secret for now :3c i figure giving the basic description/inspo for each is fine!

this is also just an excuse to make a to-do list for myself lol

Asterisk indicates they have a completed reference:

*Leader: Owlstar (The noble leader) - Gray tom cat.

*Deputy: Batears (The cooler sister) - Gray tabby molly.

*Apprentice: Frostpaw

Medics: *Loonsnarl (The elderly grump Medic/Stormcall’s brother) - Black and white grizzled tom.

Apprentice: *Splashpaw (The pretty Medic) - Red and white molly.

Warriors:

*Beesnap (mean queen) - Golden tabby molly.

*Hornettail (pansy who switches ideologies in every other book/the Darkstripe) - Golden tom with dark black stripes on his tail.

*Lynxstrike (Suspicious dark tabby with scars and golden eyes) (Sire to Swanflight’s kits) - He/Him NB, dark tabby with amber eyes.

*Apprentice: Honeypaw

*Gullscreech (unnecessarily xenophobic one)

*Mousesneeze

*Sundaze (The Whitestorm equivalent)

Apprentice: Sheeppaw

Dawnstep (the Lionheart equivalent) (In a relationship with a SturgeonClan cat)

Apprentice: Elkpaw

Sparrowflight (Wrenswoop’s sister/Mates with Magiepelt)

Wrenswoop (Brother of Sparrowflight)

Magpiepelt

Lightningleap (Gullscreech’s brother)

Apprentices:

*Honeypaw (The bully)

*Sheeppaw (Bully’s follower)

*Elkpaw (Bully’s follower) (Son of Swanflight, sired by Lynxstrike)

*Frostpaw (protag)

Queens:

Hollystream (Nice but depressed queen/Frostpaw’s caretaker) (Mates with Mousesneeze) (Duskflower’s sister)

Expecting

Swanflight (generic nice queen) (Kits sired by Lynxstrike)

Nursing: Antkit, Firkit

Elders:

Mapletail (Nice elder who tells stories)

Harefoot (The mean elder, traumatized after seeing a hand come out of Honeypaw’s mouth) (Gullscreech’s father)

*Stormcall (Former leader and Owlstar’s mama, still has some of her nine lives and regularly dies in the bg)

Deceased WolfClan members

Willowstep - Owlstar’s dad

Duskflower - Frostpaw’s mother

[hinterland-clans]

But I am a dog I just sat up and begged Thought I'm not so sure I'd like bein dead But am I much better lyin here in my bed

I feel like when Magpiepaw died she hung around for a little bit and refused to leave her family, until Hickorystar died and took her to StarClan with him. She still misses Icegaze and Elmleaf, her mentor Sandstar, and her best friend Berrysplash, but Hickorystar is taking care of her until they can join her.

anyways lyrics are from For Sebastian From A Friend by Hop Along, Queen Ansleis

[hinterland-clans]

Drew the cute little bean!

Name: Magpiepaw (honorary warrior name Magpiepelt) Former names: Magpiekit Rank: apprentice Former ranks: kit Allegiance: StarClan Former Allegiances: GlenClan Age: 9 moons at death Cause of death: greencough Parents: Icegaze (mother), Elmleaf (father) Siblings: Greenshade, Duskfur (younger siblings) Mate: N/A Kits: N/A Mentor: Sandstar Apprentices: N/A Crush: Berrysplash

[hinterland-clans]

A true cutie!! 

I’m still taking these requests, if anyone wants to submit some :D

[hinterland-clans]

StarClan designs 4/3: text version

This is in alphabetical order rather than by type of death like the posts, hope that’s not confusing^^;

Animal: some reference to the animal that killed them, depending on what it was. 

Bird of prey: feathers in neck or back fur, glowing talon marks 

Fox, badger, rat, or dog: new marks like teeth on chest, tufts of animal's fur on back 

Snake: small, scaly markings in patches here and there, fang marks

Burning/smoke inhalation: flames coming off of fur, orange glow, wisps of smoke from mouth and charred ground under paws when upset 

Crushed/Fell: bits of whatever they were crushed by, fell from, or fell onto appear in their pelt. (ex. pebbles and bits of stone from rocks, twigs and leaves from a tree, dust and debris from something constructed, etc.)

Drowning: water dripping off of fur, blue shine in eyes  Freezing: frost or snow in fur, misty breath, ground or water turns frosty underpaw (increases when upset) 

Illness: if treatment was attempted, herbs used grow on neck and chest. If not attempted, stars cluster around affected areas

Hit by car: black paw pads, tar smudges on paws, yellow glow in eyes (like headlights) 

Lightning: tend to have little sparks of lightning around their paws, fur sticks up with static, really bright eyes, slight glow in back fur 

Murdered: as well as signs from whatever their cause of death was, some sort of reference to their murderer (like a marking or an object in their name) appears on them. These signs disappear when they are at peace with their death, for example if justice was found or they discussed their murder with their murderer. This does not apply to battle wounds, only deaths caused with murderous intent

Old age: made young again, have a glint of old wisdom in their eyes. tend to have a golden tinge to their glow, like sunlight 

Poisoning (plant based): plant that caused poisoning grows around neck, chest, or behind ears

Poisoning (animal based): tufts of animal's fur in their pelt, higher density of stars in belly fur

Starvation/dehydration: smell like prey or water, tend to have StarClan prey following them or find themselves near water. Always just a little hungry or thirsty, so the things around them are put to good use. 

Wounds (general): wounds glow and have clusters of stars around them.

Rank-specific changes

Healers have whatever their herb was growing more freely in their fur, and it tends to sprout up wherever they go, especially if they stay in one place too long. Their glow is green.

Leaders have a star on their forehead and nine distinct stars glowing around their neck. They do not have a spirit form of their lost lives running around before they die, instead a vision of them with stars around the neck corresponding to the number of lives they've lost is in the Starpool.

A kit who died really young will stay about three or four moons old in StarClan and will seek out other kits and mothers who died while kitting. (if their own family is still alive). They can age, but only will when they’re ready, if they want to at all.

Queens who died while kitting or not long after are rounder (though not fully pregnant-sized), have a permanent scent of milk, have raspberry leaves growing in their fur, and are magnetic to StarClan kits.

Apprentices are given an honorary warrior name in StarClan (for example Twilightsnow, Sleetwhisker, Foxpool, Magpiepelt, Elkspring, Volefur, Antlersweep, Smallstep)

Inspired by @fungipeg and @gekkozilla, go check them both out!!