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Part 1: Friend and Family

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[scorch-clan]

ScorchClan: Prologue (Part 1)

| Next> Welcome to ScorchClan! ... er... or what's left of it, at least... In any case, meet Fernsplash, Skypaw, and Fleetkit! and also a pack of howlers

[demigirlvioletshine]

hi chat im back

[emeraldlikescats]

My part of @scorchedpawswcrp gift exchange!

The cats are having a great time hahaaa /silly

[scorchedpawswcrp]

The Wayfinders

Resilience, Community, Adaptability

Quite the hardy colony of cats, the Wayfinders have mastered the art of travelling around the desert using the stars and constellations in the night sky to guide their path and survive the harsh environment they live in. Because of this, the colony is incredibly tight-knit and community focused, striving to work together as one to make it through their hardships.

Their information was quite a lot to fit into a single post, so more about them will be expanded upon in our website!

Resourceful to their core, this colony has long thrived with their skills to make the best use out of absolutely everything they ever need, leaving nothing to waste. Through generations they’ve travelled between 3 water wells in the desert to provide for themselves, journeying between treacherous routes to reach their lifeline. The most important one is called the Polaris Well, named by their founder, and the biggest of the trio. When moving, the Wayfinders make their way to the Little Sprout Well, notably the greenest of the three. The journey after that leads them to the Sharp Point Well, named because of the tall, pointy rock that serves as a landmark to find its location, as well as a warning to what lies ahead - the most dangerous travel, back to their main well.

Because of their highly dangerous way of life, the Wayfinders have their ranks organized and well defined to make sure everything is in order and that they can pull themselves together through thick and thin no matter the situation.

Northern Star: The colony’s Leader, the one responsible for guiding the group in their journeys and keeping the cats safe during their travels. They’re responsible for holding ceremonies, giving cats their names as they age in life and being a pillar of stability and security.

Navigators: The two cats serve as the Northern Star’s left and right paw. They work to help make sure the leader can handle all their duties, becoming a figure of secondary authority under the leader. The next Northern Star is picked from one of them.

Elders: A small part of the group, if any at all. It’s not a secret that living the way they do is full of dangers and living to old age is a great feat. They’re seen as part of leadership, even if that’s somewhat unofficial. Cats who have lived the longest know the most, and knowledge is power.

Scouts: Cats with amazing navigation skills, working to look out for any danger the group might stumble into when travelling. They’re tasked with going ahead of the group and bringing back news of anything important. Despite being their own role, they’re also responsible for hunting for the group.

Hunters: The majority of the colony. Cats are trained to hunt and fight for the safety of the group as well as their own. All Wayfinder cats are taught how to navigate, since getting lost and separating from the group is a very real and likely danger.

Tenders: The healers and monarchs of the colony, Tenders are responsible for caring for the health and well-being of other cats. They’re fully trained in all the ways of healing and all sorts of illnesses and issues, especially when it comes to herbs as they won’t always be available.

Trainees: The younger cats, having reached the age of 6 moons and starting their training officially.

Kits: Cats under 6 moons old.

An unofficial sub-role in the colony are the Weavers - Hunters who dedicate most of their time practicing the weaving skills the group has perfected over generations. Cats who are skilled weavers are very valuable to the Wayfinders, as most of their resources are stored in woven bags when travelling as well as making their settlement camps.

Because of their semi-nomadic lifestyle, the Wayfinders have developed many customs and routines they follow to optimize their life and general survival. One example of this is how careful and well planned they are when it comes to cats expanding their families - pregnancies are no joke, therefore being taken extremely seriously. It’s become a tradition to time one’s pregnancy to make sure the kits will be born when the Wayfinders are settled in one of the wells, as moving newborn kits would certainly spell doom.

Another custom they have stems from making the best of their time when settling down in their wells, having little celebrations known as the Welcoming, as well as send-offs to wish for a good journey when leaving, known as the Farewell. Nothing is forever, and Wayfinders know this better than most. From the happiest of occasions to the most grim, they still find time to show their respect to the desert that sustains them.

As such, these desert dwelling cats value caution and strategy over any show of bravery. They believe that slow and steady wins the race, any and all progress being valued no matter the speed, considering one overconfident step may mean the death of one or more cats.

Their faith is firmly placed upon the stars, the guiding force of their livelihood and survival, believing that those who’ve died become Starwalkers, spirits free to wander the sky. Their funerals vary depending on where they might be when a cat passes away but they generally do their best to put some form of marker or reminder in the location, both as a grave to visit or a warning to remember.

Standard / Common Appearance:

Wayfinders are almost always red or cinnamon, most of them having the dilute or caramel dilute gene, helping their colors blend into the desert landscape to give them the camouflage they need when hunting. Chocolate and its variants can also be found, but not as much as the red and cinnamon counterparts. Black cats are rarely seen in their ranks.

Tabby patterns like agouti, ticked, spotted and classic/broken mackerel are quite prominent, though other tabbies like classic are also present to a degree. Not many Wayfinder cats are solid, due to most of them being some form of red, but still possible due to the presence of cinnamon and chocolate pelts.

Because of the disadvantage it gives them in the desert, white spotting is always some level of little to no white at all. Still, markings like mitts/socks, tail tips and chest spots are common. It’d be impossible for a fully white cat to be born of the Wayfidners, meaning the only way for the colony to have a fully white cat is by taking in an outsider.

Their fur is short and well adapted to keep them cool while also protecting them from the beating sun, with the fur between their toes and under their paws being considerably longer to provide protection from searing hot ground.

[maplewood126]

Squirrelflight au where her parents are scourge and brick (always imagined brick being female or trans male.) Her name would be scorch in this au!!

[ghostbiter]

[ PROMOTIONAL RP POSTER ; REDRAW OF SHIN GODZILLA POSTER ]

Character pictured is Breaker, an Antagonist currently in the roleplay! If it interests you, dm me for the joining link!

Scorched Earth my beloved

[owlart18]

In This Together | Warriors ocs Mapletail and Amberdusk

“Why am I haunted? Why can't you leave me alone?

You've brought such a darkness to my home

This forest is drowning

But your company, your company

Is better off someplace else

And you should have stayed home”

Lyrics from Mountain Man by Yabadum

Symbolic sequel to this piece inspired by the same song

(Commission info here | MapleStickerShop)

[clangen-havenclan]

Moon 2:

another moon! Ignore the badly drawn fox lol.

[crittertalez]

day 19 of oc-tober: palette challenge! cheesed it a little by using a gradient map :P furst time ever using them! definitely learned a lot. this kitty is a relatively new oc of mine, clay puddles swirling with gold (or just clay or puddles fur short). she was supposedly "chosen" by her god but has some complicated feelings about how this isolates her from sier peers (and others in general, really)

[birdsong-warriors]

Tallstar and Jake's little family! From left to right:

Scourge/Scorch, Firestar, Princess, Jake, Tallstar, Socks, and Ruby! No collars or other accessories as the markings are more the focus here.

[scorch-clan]

ScorchClan: Prologue (Part 2)

<Prev | Next> AND IN COMES LAURELSTAR WITH THE STEEL CHAIR-

[transhetanybodys]

Queer stuff for the cats in the Russetpaw and Pixie AU, anyone who's not mentioned you can just headcanon as whatever because I don't particularly have anything in mind for them. Except for Hal, he's definitely cishetalloperi whatever other categories you want to add lmao.

Russetpaw, Pixie, Sagewhisker, Crowtail, Gremlin- lesbian

Jay, Featherstorm, Foxheart, Yellowfang, Brick, Marmalade, Fury- bisexual

Ice, Snake- gay

Scorch (Scorchwind in canon) and Ragged (Raggedstar in canon)- straight trans man

Cedarstar- straight asexual

[amberberrystar]

why is everyone in pre tpb/tpb era shadowclan either poly or having affairs

[scorchedpawswcrp]

Official Website Launch!

Hello everyone!! We appreciate all the patience as we slowly turn this project into reality and we’re happy to announce that the official Scorched Paws webpage is now live! :D 

Visit it using the link! This will also be added to our pinned post for fast and easy access!

It is not completed, and some pages still need to be worked on, but all information about both groups so far, as well as our Rules and Character Creation Guidelines are all available to everyone interested in joining! This includes extra details on each group individually, their daily lives and culture that couldn’t be fit into their tumblr posts! We hope you guys like it!!!

We’ll soon get to work on the Opening Information page where we’ll display important details on upcoming adopts, application periods and other data that folks might need when considering to join our server!

Any and all questions regarding information on the website are more than welcome!!

[goldenflowerceo]

me @ scorchfur