#oc: quillkit

[gardeniaclan]

i don’t have the motivation for refs or smth along the lines of that so uhh i’m just starting with posting moon zero!! potato kitties <3

[newmoonclan]

The Story of Nightstar

I wanted to do a comic going over the story of Nightstar since I stopped doing the moon comics, but still wanted to go over the ideas for the story I had myself, I made this.

This goes over the things I made of the past, the intro comic, as well as what happened in the clangen, what I'd gotten to and what happened later. More in-depth explanation of the story and what happened in the clangen after where I left off below.

I really wanted to like the design of the next leader so I tried picking cats whose designs I liked, so the deputy changed several times. Bluestripe ended up dying so I chose an older cat who would die earlier since there were no other cats whose designs I liked.

There was a kit born into the clan who I wanted as the next leader but alas they also died before even reaching adulthood. Next was Wolverinewish, a loner the clan found wounded who joined the clan. In the end she was the only one whose design I liked enough to set as the next deputy.

Nightstar was taken by humans while on a patrol and it got me real nervous as I would have to figure out what to do about it if they were gone for forever. I was thinking they were killed by the humans but left to bleed out, but in the end they managed to return to the clan.

In the meanwhile though the game made Wolverinewish the next leader, Wolverinestar. Now the clan had two leaders in the game. I decided to let Wolverinestar stay as the leader and wait out for Nightstar to die to be the actual switch for the two. That Wolverine stayed as temporary leader while Nightstar was gone and returned to deputy duties after they were back.

Nightstar's death was a rather anticlimactic. They were bit by a snake and slowly died from it. For the story I decided that Nightstar realized their time was coming and only let Wolverinewish to enter the den they were staying in.

Then they revealed the ability they were given by Smoketrail: the ability to take over other cats' bodies upon death. They needed to be in close proximity upon death or it wouldn't work. Smoketrail, who died abanoned, couldn't find any body to move to and became a spirit. Nightstar always kept a spare body around when going around to make sure they had one.

Wisteriashell sees Wolverinewish walk out of the den, pronouncing Nightstar dead and themself as Wolverinestar, the new leader, she is clueless that it is in fact Nightstar themself.

Nightstar continues leading the clan in the new body, gathering power and finally takes on MoonClan, defeating it with smaller numbers as the cats of the clan weren't very loyal to begin with.

Nightstar continues switching bodies unknown to everyone else. The clan cats tolerate them better than the previous leaders as they know how to appeal to them, while hiding the fact that they are taking over the bodies of each new leader.

As a side note I also thought about Rootstar and Duststar having their own special powers. Rootstar had the ability to somewhat see the future, though very flawed. This was one reason for his take-over of other clans. He foresaw a threat outside of his clan, but in the end he himself was the cause of it.

Duststar's power was the ability to read other cats' feelings. Lie detection, general vibe checks and the sorts. He knew Nightflash was rebellious, but didn't see them as a threat. What could they do alone? Most other cats weren't very willing to rise up against him either.

Nightstar could have used the body snatching ability to take over someone important and close to Duststar to assassinate him, but knew it wouldn't work with Duststar's ability, so they went for the more straightforward method.

[sydkat]

Barkleap (Warriors OC)

(TW for mentions of kit death and implied abuse)

Back with another character design!

This is Barkleap, a pretty regular Pineclan warrior but also a dedicated mother. She was born to a single mom, Quillstrike, who basically just strolled into camp carrying a newborn kit. Her father is unknown and due to this, rumors used to spread. Some say it was some tom in the clan while others think he was a rogue, either way, Quillstrike stayed quiet. Barkkit's life was pretty much normal, nothing really of note happened until she was a warrior. She grew up alongside many other cats, most notably a kit named Snailkit. See, Snailkit was more or less sheltered by her parents, since she was being molded to become Pineclan's next leader. Regardless, Barkkit managed to get close to her and the two were close friends up until they earned their warrior names, Barkleap and Snailstep. The relationship took a downturn from there after Snailstep became deputy, which saddened Barkleap because she had a massive crush by that point. Life went on and Barkleap reluctantly took a tom named Brookstem as a mate. She had some feelings but it wasn't anywhere as intense as her feelings for Snailstep, more time passed and Barkleap eventually had her first litter with Brookstem, but it was a disaster. She almost died and two of her three kits were stillborn, the final one passed as a result of Barkleap not feeding her due to grief. Barkleap blamed herself for a long time and still does to a degree. Her relationship with Brookstem degraded, as he openly blamed her for their kits' deaths on top of being generally cruel to her. Moons pass and Barkleap starts to rebuild her relationship with Snailstep, now Snailstar. They catch up and Barkleap realizes that she still had feelings for the leader. Snailstar's encouragement helped Barkleap realize how bad her relationship was so she broke it off with Brookstem, but days after she found out she was expecting again. Her pregnancy was monitored greatly and she worked hard to keep herself healthy, and it worked out. She had two healthy kits, Quillkit and Burnetkit.

There's still alot that needs to be said but I'll leave it here. Snailstar belongs to a close friend of mine!

[newmoonclan]

Welcome to NewmoonClan Clangen blog! It follows the story of Nightstar, who is on a mission to take revenge on MoonClan.

The world has its own lore I've come up with, difference in the afterlife and the cats having more special abilities.

[newmoonclan]

Moon 0

Nightstar names the clan NewmoonClan

The clan finds its new home

The clan is now open for asks

[newmoonclan]

Moon 1, not particularly eventful. Just a new apprentice and the rest were all simple interactions between the clan members. Well it got me inspired for a whole comic between Nighstar and Goldpaw. Is it a cute moment or more manipulation on Nightstar's part? Who knows! Probably so.

Nightstar getting mad at kits is also canon, they're very prideful and will take offense to any negative comments. They left it at a scolding though.

Other Moon 1 events not drawn here:

Juniperpaw appreciates how Wisteriashell always seems to ask how he's doing.

Hickorykit thinks Juniperpaw was nice to her today.

Bluestripe and Quillkit enjoy each other's company.

Bluestripe is sharing prey with Hickorykit.

Quillkit has a mock battle with Bluestripe.

Goldpaw said she'd cover for Bluestripe, but when it came time, she got Bluestripe in trouble.

Nightstar appreciates Wisteriashell telling them that they had a feather stuck to their face.

Wisteriashell is glad to have a Clanmate like Quillkit.