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residents-of-the-darkforest · 2 years ago

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Mentors and Apprentices

*if in parantheses, it says ‘bio’ it means those parents are no longer taking care of the kit. If it doesn’t, and also has the + next to more names, then the kits are poly born and the adoptive parents in that case are simply more parents, not replacement.

Alderstar

--mentored Webfang (WebLily bio son, ScaleIvy adoptive)

--mentored Magpieshine (his and his poly’s adoptive daughter) along with Myrtlewing

Aloemist

--mentored Slugwing (BegoniaWeb bio son, her adoptive son)

Avery

--mentored Hawthornfrost (BegoniaWeb bio son, Aloe adoptive)

Batlight

--mentored Stonefrost (son to KiteRootAspen, surrogate kit of Shiverrose)

Bristleblaze

--mentored Petalstripe (WebLily bio son, ScaleIvy adoptive)

Butternut-Squash / Shatteredbreeze

--mentored Hawkflight (son to KiteRootAspen, surrogate kit of Shiverrose)

Clawbear

--mentored Sandspark (BasilJump son, surrogate kit of Sparktail)

Cloverfox

--mentored Carnationleaf (BegoniaWeb bio daughter, Aloe adoptive)

Cricketclaw

--mentored Eelstream (his apprentice in life as well, adoptive kit of AveryBristle)

--mentored Crowpine (kit of JackdawFern)

Cricketfur

--mentored Treespall (son to AlderHoot, +GrouseMyrtle adoptive son)

--mentored Spiderspots (BegoniaWeb bio daughter, Aloe adoptive daughter)

Doesong

--mentored Dusksong (son of Grousemane, +MyrtleAlderHoot adoptive, surrogate kit of Brownmouse )

--mentored Cypresstail, Badgerfoot, and Pebblespots (hers and Sparktail's adoptive kits) along with Sparktail

Emberdawn

--mentored Proteafang (her and Gorseheart’s bio daughter)

--mentored Drizzlestare (daughter to AlderHoot, +GrouseMyrtle adoptive daughter)

--mentored Ashmint (her adoptive son) alongside Gorseheart

Fadingstar

--mentored Leafcurl (BasilJump daughter, surrogate kit of Sparktail)

Ferndoe

--mentored Fawnheart (Begoniaweb bio daughter, Aloe adoptive)

Foxflake

--mentored Honeyflower (son to KiteRootAspen, +her mate’s surrogate kits)

Frondecho

--mentored Goosestep (bio WebLupine, DahliaLupineSwanCam adoptive)

Grousemane

--mentored Stonefern (his and his poly’s adoptive son)

--mentored Owlgaze (WebDahlia bio daughter, DahliaLupineSwanCam adoptive)

Gorseheart

--mentored Doefire (his and Emberdawn’s daughter)

--mentored Ashmint (his adoptive son) alongside Emberdawn

--unofficially mentored Smalljump

Hawkjay

--mentoring Mudpaw (adoptive daughter to JackdawFern)

Heronclaw

--mentored Blazestrike (son to KiteRootAspen, surrogate kit of Shiverrose)

Hillfeather

--mentored Yellowear (son to Basiljump, surrogate kit of Sparktail)

Hootpetal

--mentoring Redpaw (her adoptive granddaughter)

--mentored Perchclaw (her adoptive son)

Jackdawfoot

--mentored Lilyclaw (WebLily bio son, ScaleIvy adoptive)

Kiteburn

--mentored Smokyflame (BasilJump son, surrogate kit of Sparktail)

Lightningspring

--mentored Spruceplum (her and Redbloom’s adoptive son)

Lighttail

--mentoring Beampaw (his, Stonesun, and Volenight’s adoptive son)

Loonfur

--mentored Breezewhisper (WebDahlia bio daughter, DahliaLupineCamSwan adoptive)

Lovagecreek

--mentoring Blackpaw (adoptive son to JackdawFern)

Magpieshine

--mentored Cloudstep (daughter to EmberFox, +BirchGorse adoptive daughter)

Mottlecry

--mentored Shellminx (BirchFox’s son, +GorseEmber adoptive son)

Myrtlewing

--mentored Silktangle (WebLily bio son, ScaleIvy adoptive)

--mentored Magpieshine (his and his poly’s adoptive daughter) alongside Alderstar

Perchclaw

--mentored Adderclaw (son to BirchGorse, +EmberFox adoptive son)

Pitchfang

--mentored Barktail (Basiljump son, surrogate kit of Sparktail)

Poppyhill

--mentored Turtlebreeze and Otterheart (her adoptive sons)

Primrosepetal

--mentored Feathergale (BirchFox daughter, GorseEmber adoptive daughter)

Proteafang

--mentored Maplefang (her adoptive/poly sister, BirchFox daughter, GorseEmber adoptive daughter)

Redbloom

--mentored Kindlehill (her and Lightningspring's adoptive daughter)

Robinmask

--mentored Deertongue (BasilSmall son, surrogate kit of Sparktail)

Sharkstar

--mentored Starlingstrike (son of Grousemane, +MyrtleAlderHoot adoptive, surrogate kit of Brownmouse)

Snailstar

-- mentored Aspenlight (daughter of Grousemane, +MyrtleAlderHoot adoptive, surrogate kit of Brownmouse)

Snowwing

--mentoring Wormpaw (his adoptive brother)

Sparktail

--mentored Beechblaze (WebLupine bio daughter, DahliaLupineSwanCam adoptive)

--mentored Cypresstail, Badgerfoot, and Pebblespots (hers and Doesong's adoptive kits), along with Doesong

Stoatspeck

--mentored Buzzardblaze (daughter of Grousemane, +MyrtleAlderHoot adoptive, surrogate kit of Brownmouse)

Stonefern

--mentored Larksnow (son to BirchGorse, +EmberFox adoptive)

Stumpstripe

--mentored Haretuft (daughter to BirchGorse, +EmberFox adoptive)

Tanglestar

--mentored Wollysun (son to BasilJump, surrogate kit of Sparktail)

Vireosong

--mentored Sootshade (son to EmberFox, +BirchGorse adoptive)

Volenight

--mentoring Lunarpaw (his, Stonesun, and Lighttail’s adoptive daughter)

Warblermoon

--mentored Toadjay (BirchFox son, +GorseEmber adoptive)

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I’m sure I’m missing some, so let me know! There’s also plenty who need mentors.

Tag list:

@ambitiousauthor @starfalcon555 @wills-woodland-warriors @elementaldeityoffood @liberhoe @umbranoxs

#wc #wcoc #dark forest #dark forest oc #long post

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residents-of-the-darkforest · 2 years ago

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Sorry, random question, but do FidgetGuts and MottleCry have kits?

I don't think so!

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residents-of-the-darkforest · 2 years ago

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Additions to the mentors and apprentices list

inhales

Cricketfur also mentored Spiderspots (WebBegonia bio daughter, Aloemist adopted)

Cloverfox mentored Carnationleaf (WebBegonia bio daughter, Aloemist adopted)

Avery mentored Hawthornfrost (WebBegonia bio son, Aloemist adopted)

Ferndoe mentored Fawnheart (WebBegonia bio daughter, Aloemist adopted)

Aloemist mentored Slugwing (WebBegonia bio son, her own adopted son)

Grousemane also mentored Owlgaze (WebDahlia bio son, DahliaLupineCamSwan adopted)

Loonfur mentored Breezewhisper (WebDahlia bio daughter, DahliaLupineCamSwan adopted)

Redbloom mentored Kindlehill (her and Lightningspring's adopted daughter)

Lightningspring mentored Spruceplum (her and Redbloom's adopted son)

Robinmask mentored Deertongue (BasilSmall son)

Clawbear mentored Sandspark (BasilSmall son)

Fadingstar mentored Leafcurl (BasilSmall daughter)

Kiteburn mentored Smokyflame (BasilSmall son)

Pitchfang mentored Barktail (BasilSmall son)

Proteafang mentored Maplefang (BirchFox daughter, GorseEmber adopted, her own adoptive sister)

Mottlecry mentored Shellmink (BirchFox son, GorseEmber adopted)

Primrosepetal mentored Feathergale (BirchFox daughter, GorseEmber adopted)

Warblermoon mentored Toadjay (BirchFox son, GorseEmber adopted)

Sharkstar mentored Starlingstrike (bio daughter of Grousemane and Brownmouse, adopted by AlderMyrtleGrouseHoot poly)

Sparktail mentored Beechblaze (WebLupine bio daughter, DahliaLupineCamSwan adopted), Cypresstail, Badgerfoot, and Pebblespots (hers and Doesong's own adopted kits, mentored alongside Doesong)

Doesong mentored Dusksong (bio son of Grousemane and Brownmouse, adopted by AlderMyrtleGrouseHoot poly), Cypresstail, Badgerfoot, and Pebblespots (hers and Sparktail's own adopted kits, mentored alongside Sparktail)

Snailstar mentored Aspenlight (bio daughter of Grousemane and Brownmouse, adopted by AlderMyrtleGrouseHoot poly)

Stoatspeck mentored Buzzardblaze (bio daughter of Grousemane and Brownmouse, adopted by AlderMyrtleGrouseHoot poly)

Cricketclaw mentored Eelstream (his apprentice in life as well, adopted child of Avery and Bristleblaze) and Crowpine (child of Jackdawfoot and Ferndoe)

I'm sure I'll add on more to this later 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

added!

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residents-of-the-darkforest · 2 years ago

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Behold: baby murderers (as in murderers who are baby)

Base was from xutaes on deviantart

BABAIES

#Kittens #mottlecry #alderstar #mousespots #warblermoon #wc #warriors #wcoc #warriors oc

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residents-of-the-darkforest · 2 years ago

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please tell me your thoughts on:

Mottlecry

Blackdawn

Lilykit/star

Foxflake

And Smalljump

Mottlecry: weirdo (affectionate). Lonely but doesn't want others to know. He also likes funny-looking mushrooms. It's possible Redbird had a crush on him. He hates clean smells. -- He's just a funny little man

Foxflake: girlboss. love it when a character who is treated badly by other kits grows up to be a murderer, one of my favourite tropes. But her death was her own asphalt. Gotta wonder who her DF mentors were.... -- relatable

Smalljump: mommy's boy and he misses her so so much. Was created solely to make a pathetic little man, and everyone collectively loved him enough to make him a main character, and I think that's amazing. He likes dozing on warm rocks and talking about nothing (general things). Hates gatherings cause too many cats. -- pathetic gremlin everyone loves.

Blackdawn: ..complicated. What she did was shitty, but munchausen is a mental illness that she didn't receive any help on because warriors don't know the concept of mental illness. She does deeply regret what she did and hates anyone who deliberately hurt a kit (especially their own). She just wants to see her family and baby girl again. -- misunderstood, needed help

Lilykit/star: a very gentle and wise leader. Looks to her father and grandparents for advice. Not really disconnected as most Clan leaders can be, she joins them in eating and general talks, possibly even sleeps in the warriors den with them (and later elders' den with her father even when she's not that old yet). Not sure if she had kits of her own, but she for sure took the time to play and look after the kits of the Clan. Still thinks of her mother often. -- sweet girl lived good life.

#lilykit #lilystar #blackdawn #mental illness #munchausen #smalljump #foxflake #mottlecry #wc #dark forest #warriors #warriorcats

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residents-of-the-darkforest · 2 years ago

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Dark Forest Resident: Mottlecry

Aliases / Nicknames: Weirdo, Freak, Abomination

Gender: tom

Sexuality: asexual, biromantic

Family: Chaffinchheart (mother), unknown father, unnamed stillborn littermates, unnamed younger brother

Other Relations: Greywhisker (mentor, uncle)

Clan: Skyclan

Rank: warrior

Characteristics: kills to compare cat and prey, and to enjoy the ‘toys’ they keep inside

Number of Victims: 18

Number of Murders: 17

Murder Method: evisceration

Known Victims: Antfinch, Badgernose, Golddusk, several unnamed warriors, several unnamed loners

Cause of Death: self-inflicted wounds

Cautionary Tale: ??

Story:

The beginnings of an interest started with his first non-milk meal. What was all of that stuff inside? Red, pink, some yellow, all rather squishy aside from the white hard stuff.

He didn’t have much time to ponder before his mother told him to stop playing with his food, not before two elders had a chance to throw their noses up in disgust at the way her kit picked apart his food.

It wasn’t the first time they had said things about her, looking her way with something the young Mottlekit couldn’t understand, and when he visited them, they looked at him with a mixture of pity and revulsion.

It wasn’t until he was an apprentice that he understood. Two of his denmates, Badgerpaw and Redpaw explained it to him with varying degrees of kindness. Though there was no real proof, Redpaw made sure to put out, there were strong rumors that Mottlepaw’s father was the warrior, Greywhisker, who also happened to be his uncle and Chaffinchheart’s brother.

Mottlepaw had been so disgusted at the idea. Redpaw agreed with him that it was definitely all out weird, while Badgerpaw seemed to enjoy his abhorrence. He made sure to point out how it was probably true, say how Greywhisker was the only tom that Chaffinchheart would really talk to, and they seemed especially close right around the time that his mother fell pregnant with him.

Mottlepaw couldn’t believe his ears. After telling Badgerpaw to back off, Redpaw comforted her new denmate, pointing out that it could all be explained logically. Of course Chaffinchheart would be so close with Greywhisker, they are littermates! As for why they were especially close during such a time, maybe she was already pregnant and wanted the support of the one she felt closest with!

Things got better. Mottlepaw tried not to change the way he looked at his mother or uncle, and between teasing his interest in prey grew. The way they squealed a moment before they were killed, how different animals who could look no more different on the outside were nearly identical on the inside. The same squishy things, the relatively same places.

But over the next moons, Badgerpaw went on mockingly, pointing out more and more things that looked to the supposed obvious-- Chaffinchheart’s hush-hush about the identity of the father, Greywhisker’s interest in the kit, so much so that he had personally asked the leader if he could be his mentor.

One day, Badgerpaw’s remarks got crueler. He stated how the relationship was the reason for Mottlepaw’s half-blindness and overly-long claws. He stated how it was why all his littermates had been born dead, and how it was a pity such an abomination as him didn’t go with them.

Mottlepaw lashed out, but even if his claws were overly-large, he was no match for the more experience apprentice, who pinned him down and didn’t raise up until he admitted that he was an abomination.

Mottlepaw went on a bit of a spree. Filled with rage, he ran around the territory, killing every prey he came by and that he could catch, not able to take pleasure in looking through them and not bothering to bury them, just leaving them laying on the ground.

He was caught by his mentor, uncle, and possible father. Greywhisker had wrapped his tail around him, angry but worried. Mottlepaw responded by lashing out, calling him disgusting, and running off to hide in a tree.

After waiting long enough to be sure that Greywhisker wouldn’t follow, he looked around. Stars, he had climbed high! What was that?

In the distance, there was a silver pelt. It looked like a cat, but it wasn’t moving. Intrigued, Mottlepaw padded toward it, sniffing warily. As he neared, he realized that it was a body just over the least-patrolled border, with foliage to hide it unless you had a high view.

He began to head toward the camp, but only a few steps. He looked at the body curiously. He had never seen a dead cat before.

Mice, voles, birds, rabbits, even fish. They were all so different, yet were exactly the same inside. Was it possible that cats, the perfect animal, the one above all the others, the ones who could form Clans systems, were the same inside, too?

He stood still for a long time, looking it over, wondering where to start and if he should start at all. Then, seeing the sun begin to dip, he realized he had to decide.

He went with the stomach, where all the things usually were and, with difficulty with the thicker skin, managed to draw his claws up some ways. The body must have been decomposing for a bit, making the skin weaker. And what would you know? All those things were still there! If not bigger.

He lost track of time, looking through and feeling all the fun stuff. He loved the way it felt on his fur, the noise they made as he pressed on them. He could barely stop himself from rolling around.

But, hearing a sudden ribbit, he looked around and realized how late it had gotten. He hurried back to camp to find his mother and mentor waiting for him, a parent’s worry sparking in both their eyes.

His mother had coddled him, saying how worried she had been, how she wanted to look for him but Greywhisker convinced her that he wanted to be alone.

Then they said that they should talk, to which Mottlepaw responded that he had to get to sleep, or else he would be late to training. He didn’t bother to respond to Greywhisker’s point about being his mentor, already hurring to the den.

The next day, when he was free, he dashed back to the spot of the silver cat, and his heart sunk to find that she, and all her lovely insides, had been eaten.

Greywhisker and Chaffinchheart tried to talk to him many times, but Mottlepaw would never hear it, pretending to listen or not bothering at all. Strangley, he began caring less about the.... possible relationship, and more about the silver cat. Maybe it was an escape, maybe it was just a perfect thing.

He kept trying to re-create it with small animals, but even the big ones like rabbits weren’t the same. It was while pecking one of them apart distastefully was he interrupted.

Badgernose had laughed mockingly, calling him a creep, and saying how fitting it was. Mottlecry felt no anger, just curiousity.

Were all the little things the same if the subject were still alive?

The silver cat, after all, had been dead for a while when Mottlecry found her.

He pretended to run away again. Of course, Badgernose followed with a chorus of insults and a mocking grin. Stupid tom. He lead him to where he had found the silver cat. She, so far away, had never been found by a patrol. Why should Badgernose be?

Badgernose was taken aback by the blood stains still visible in the dust, not noticing as his paw was beginning to slip into a rabbit hole, giving Mottlecry the perfect opportunity. He shoved him, causing Bagernose’s leg to snap and for him to cry out in pain.

He demanded Mottlecry help him. Mottlecry only sat, tilting his head, studying the protruding bone. Then he began his work. It was much more difficult, with Badgernose squirming and such, but he eventually got it. By the time he was pulling out the organs, Badgernose was staring wide-eyed at the sky, the light still present for a few breaths more.

It was a bit different! He swears it was! But Mottlecry couldn’t help but feel an overwhelming twinge of in-accomplishment. Badgernose had died too soon to really tell, worthless fleabag!

Over the next several moons, he tried again and again. Some where Clanmates, such as Antfinch and Golddusk, one of which being an elder-- he wanted to see if her organs would differe with age, some were from the other Clans, and most were loners.

He experimented, learned how to make them last longer, but still it was never long enough.

Then he got news from his mother. In the nursery, he went to see her, proudly presenting a single, healthy kit. It didn’t help her image that Greywhisker had spent the entire birthing process pacing with anxiety outside.

Mottlecry looked at the little bundle of joy, his brother, and wondered one question: how long would a kit last? So entranced, he neared, and his mother was happy to see his interest until he laid his claws across the kit’s back.

So protective. She lashed out, giving him a deep wound on his leg. Mottlecry ran, angered that he had been interrupted. When he rested out in the forest, he looked to his injury.

And was entranced. The blood, the layer of skin visible. He knew the organs, but had he ever focused on what was just under the skin? He curled his claws beneath the fold and began to pull and tear, stripping his flesh in bits, some neat, some not.

The smell of blood put him over the edge with amazement, and stars, the noise was beautiful!

When he was too tired to go on, he rested his head on the forest floor, bathed and surrounded in a pool of blood, and a smile crept across his crooked teeth.

Additional Information:

--A weird man! Maybe Badgernose wasn’t so wrong to call him a freak?

--I’ll leave the nature of Greywhisker and Chaffinchheart’s relationship up to interpretation. I think I got the idea because I’ve been watching The Simpsons a lot and Cletus and his wife / sister (also said to be other things) are just so funny.

--Some name ideas given by @wills-woodland-warriors !

--The kit is okay! He only had his claws on him for a split-second.

--We might have the first weird loner that someone won’t want to be friends with!

#wc #gore #murder #warriors #warriorcats #chaffinchheart #greywhisker #mottlecry #dark forest #place of no stars #dark forest oc #dark forest warrior #dark forest residnet #blood

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residents-of-the-darkforest · 2 years ago

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You know what? I’m gonna do the name thing too.

Jackdawfoot--> prefix = mother thought jackdaws were the biggest in its respective family. It’s actually the smallest, suffix = big fucking feet

Gorseheart--> prefix = gorse bushes are tenacious, something his parents hoped he would be (and he kinda was), suffix = he was literally the biggest softy before the rampage

Ferndoe--> prefix = fern tickled her nose, causing her to sneeze, the first sound she made after wailing, suffix = delicate, but dangerous if need be

Poppyhill--> prefix = reddish colour, suffix = loves running across hills

Myrtlewing--> prefix = mother had a dream about grown Myrtle working in the medicine den, and many of myrtle is used as medicine. It’s possible she also dreamt of darker stuff, but decided to focus on the good, thinking that would lead to a better path. In fact, myrtle is supposedly not poisonous to any animals, suffix = his differently-coloured forelegs reminded his mentor of bird wings and how they can be different colours from the body

Aldereyes/star--> prefix = his mother’s favourite plant. She knew the birthing ordeal would likely take her life, as it made her really sick, and wanted her son to not feel guilt and instead know how much she loved him, and figured it would be a good way to do so, suffix = Stormstar didn’t think much of it, likely choosing the one trait they had in common.

Basiltooth--> prefix = his mother referred to him as ‘sweety’ before he officially had a name, and the medicine cat suggested Basil because there’s a thing called ‘sweet basil,’ which they possibly learned from a kittypet, suffix = he has really dark, possibly rotting teeth

Grousemane--> prefix = gray-ish with spots, suffix = gorgeous locks

Mottlecry--> prefix = an irregular arrangement of colour, which descripes how his head is one shade of gray while the rest is a different one, suffix = high-pitch shriek (more creepy creature from a movie, less little girl tantrum)

Lovagecreek--> prefix = the medicine saved his father from certain death, suffix = with Hawkjay, he once caught a fat jay during leaf-bare at a creek. The leader named him this to celebrate his skill

Hawkjay--> prefix = when she was born, the medicine cat warned that she may have eye trouble, and they named her hawk in the hopes that she wouldn’t, ‘eyes like a hawk’, suffix = with Lovagecreek, caught a fat jay during a food-scarce leaf-bare. The leader named her to celebrate her skill.

#wc #hawkjay #lovagecreek #mottlecry #grousemane #basiltooth #aldereyes #alderstar #myrtlewing #gorseheart #ferndoe #jackdawfoot #poppyhill

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