#ofnd: jackdaw

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Browallia / Jackdaw

Ward of the Woodruff Faction (as of: the start of A Dream of Destiny)

A tall, long-legged, somewhat stocky very dark brown mackerel tabby colorpoint tom with gray-white markings on his face and paws, with pale amber eyes, and tri-tipped ears. Has polydactylism on his front paws; an additional toe on both.

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Son of Robinwhisker and Freckledfoot (biologically of Stagleap of the Moorsweept). Littermate of Raven. Younger brother of Cherrystorm and Chestnutfur.

Training under Willowpelt.

10 moons old (equivalent to a 13/14 year old)

Determined, Headstrong, Critical | ISTJ-T

Transgender Male // Questioning // (He/Him/His)

Rolo - Voltron: Legendary Defenders - Norman Reedus

Name implies a flighty, dark-furred cat.

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Sand: Who the fuck added me to a fucking group chat?

Raven: >:O language

Bear: Yeah watch your fucking language

Jackdaw: OKAY WHO TAUGHT BEAR THE FUCK WORD?

*incert character*: 'The fuck word'.

Rust: Are you stupid? You guys use the f word all the time

Bear: Oh my god they censored it

Incert character: Say fuck, rust.

Bear: Do it, rust. Say fuck.

THE FUCK WORD, CRYING

Realistically, only Rust would know what the f word is…. It was Rust. Rust taught Bear the fuck word

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… That moment when you get a super angsty design idea for a character that also ties into their character arc super nicely-

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Dustpelt’s big wife?? Who’s his wife?

Moccasinheart!! :D

I tried to hint at their budding, awkward affections in Blood in the Water’s outline lol ^^’

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jackdawclaw ,, i have no idea why .

We love Jackdawclaw here!!

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Ajdjss,Siskin, is there any main character with a happy ending in OFND?

Jackdawclaw! Sort of..

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Spotty spotty… does anyone have a happy ending… do they at least have a good vibe in their life… (since I’m upset that fire won’t)

Who says that Fire doesn’t get a good ending?

Hm… Monarchmask will! Relatively speaking… Jackdawclaw as well; he gets a lil family and settles down. Speckledclaw too, and her bouncing baby boy.

I,, I think that’s it-

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Is Raven actually sired by Stagleap? It’s one of my theories and they were assigned as Stagleap’s offspring on the family tree.

Mmmmm, it’s. Complicated.

I’m not quite sure how true this is, but the way I see it: Robinwhisker had an affair with Stagleap shortly after getting a litter sired by Patchedpelt for her and Freckledfoot.

Jackdaw is Stagleap’s, entirely, while Raven is mostly Freckledfoot’s (Patchedpelt’s) but still exhibiting some distinctive Moorsweeper traits - namely, the tri-split ears. The ear trait was a massive tell for Robinwhisker’s infidelity, but Freckledfoot still claimed Raven as her own because they were practically a little mirror image of her, and she desperately wanted one of the kittens from a litter she knew would probably be her last.

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Can we get some fun facts about Jackdaw?

Desperately wants to prove himself as more than just the “product of an affair” that his older half-siblings were so ready to label him as. Due to his desperations, he’s overcompensating and sensitive, distancing himself from his littermate so as to not be “lumped in with a weakling like them”.

Even if he doesn’t have much time for hobbies outside of his strict, rigorous self-scheduling, pushing himself to the brink of exhaustion nearly every other day, he really enjoys doing things with his paws. Building, carving, weaving… flower crowns and daisy links are his favorite things to make, and sometimes he’ll leave some in Raven’s nest - though he’d rather die than admit it was him who did so.

One of the first official OFND designs! He’s changed a lot every since the public release, and I’m excited to give him yet another makeover, but his og design will always hold a special place in my heart. (And y’all will never get to see it because I drew it in 2016 and my style was TRASH)

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So what’s the relationship between Raven and his family? And how does jackdaw feel about this?

Raven is loved! As far as his elder siblings are concerned, he’s the baby of the family, riddled with anxiety and the result of a broken family (rather than the cause of it, as how they view Jackdaw).

Raven is horrified by how his siblings treat Robinwhisker and Jackdaw. Of course, he understands why, but he feels that Robinwhisker was punished enough, and Jackdaw shouldn’t have been punished at all. He’s actually rather close with Robinwhisker, as close as he can be anyway, and he does his best to act as a true sibling to Jackdaw… Jackdaw doesn’t often reciprocate, though, too engulfed by bitterness and the desire to prove himself to bother with his littermate who got the life he so desperately wanted as well.

Can’t detail too much on how Jackdaw treats Rust, though, since that definitely qualifies as spoilers ;)

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Is/was leopardfoot apart of ofnd? If she was I’m guessing she’s gone since she’s not on the allegiances

She was!! Her rename was Freckledfoot, and she’s the sister of Patchedpelt, mother of Cherrystorm, Chestnutfur, and Raven :D

She died pretty recently compared to OFND’s current narrative, a moon or so before Raven and Jackdaw became the wards of their respective mentors. She went out via a snake bite, sparking an additional fear and wariness of serpents in Raven and Jackdaw both.

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Is Raven or Jackdaw the one whose biological father is Stagleap? I assume it’s Raven but I could see either.

Why did they decide for Robin to only have a claim to one of the kits?

Is Stagleap at all interested in having a relationship with their kit?

Do Freckle, Chestnut and Cherry resent Robin’s son, or show their dislike publicly if so?

Jackdaw is actually the affair kit!

It was moreso Robinwhisker’s decision. She was so distraught and horrified once her actions truly sank in, so she decided to distance herself from her family. In their initial blind rage and grief over her actions, Freckledfoot, Cherrystorm and Chestnutfur agreed without question that she should essentially be cut out - and if she wanted to take the evidence of her cheating with her, then so be it. (In the recent aftermath of Freckledfoot’s death, Chestnutfur is rethinking and debating this decision… Cherrystorm is more than happy to never look back upon Robinwhisker in any way, however)

Stagleap has no knowledge of their kits. Robinwhisker cut contact with them the very instant she realized that one of her kits had been sired by them in an act of an affair.

Chestnutfur feels… a detached sort of indifference for Jackdaw. They feel for him, and know that, realistically, the destruction of their family wasn’t his fault, but they can’t help but feel somewhat bitter whenever they look at him. Cherrystorm, meanwhile, is boldly resentful of him; she’d rather not talk about the mess that was what her family once was, but if she is pressed, she will gladly snarl out how much she dislikes Jackdaw and Robinwhisker in equal measure, and how they deserve any hardship the Stars place in their path.

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Spill the tea on the RobinFrecked drama, I must know how these cats have been affected. Also, who was Robin’s affair partner or did she just have a fling with a random cat.

ITS TEA TIME, WOOOO

In their youth, Robinwhisker and Freckledfoot were sickeningly sweet. They were that couple, the seemingly perfect, deeply in love, forever-in-the-honeymoon-phase pair that everyone envied; it took moons of mutual and obvious pining for the two to finally get together, but they did so shortly after earning their full names. They were happy and loving, and started a family almost instantly: Chestnutfur and Cherrystorm. As parents, they were both loving but somewhat strict, making sure their children knew what was expected of them while also ensuring they knew that they were loved.

For the duration of their kithood into their training, this was how their family stayed. Healthy and loving. But then… something changed in Robinwhisker.

She became more reserved. Less willing to interact with her family, quicker to snap and snarl, easier to upset; she fell into a depression. Nothing sparked this, exactly; Robinwhisker felt as though she had wasted her youth solely with Freckledfoot, using most of her energy to become a partner and a mother rather than her own person. This realization made her a little bitter, and she began to push herself to become better, become greater - and to do that, a family didn’t exactly fit into that. Not for her.

It was during a lone night walk, pushing herself to run through the territory until every inch of it was memorized, every rock and root and patch of earth, so she could run through it with her eyes closed, that she accidentally crossed over the border with the Moorswept and was swiftly caught by a jack named Stagleap. The two hit it off immediately, despite the slightly tense situation; they had a natural chemistry, a sense of mutual respect for one another’s abilities and strength, a sensation of wonder for each other as powerful people rather than simply blind infatuation. Their relationship grew naturally from there, all while Robinwhisker was still sharing a nest with Freckledfoot.

Ultimately, Freckledfoot asked if they could have another litter; of course she had sensed Robinwhisker’s distance, but had simply figured she was trying to figure herself out and wanted to respect that. But even still, she wanted another litter, just one more with her beloved partner to remember this time of peace and love should their relationship sour any further. Robinwhisker agreed, and their litter was sired by a mutual friend within their own faction… but when the kits were born, Robinwhisker was horrified to discover that one of them was practically the spitting image of Stagleap, right down to the shape of their little head, and the dark coloring of their pelt.

She confessed to what she had done immediately, not realizing that her romp with the Moorsweeper would have extended to these lengths. Freckledfoot was horrified and angry, renouncing the kit as hers immediately and taking the other for her own, hot tears streaming down her face all the while. Their family shattered around them, with Robinwhisker devoting all her attention onto her now sole son, and Chestnutfur, Cherrystorm and Freckledfoot renouncing and shaming Robinwhisker.

The two littermates were raised as strangers, kept as far from one another as possible, even when the truth finally reached their ears and they looked upon each other for the first time in that new, strained light.