#seedfall

[bonefall]

Better Bones ThunderClan Family Tree: Draft 1.1

[ID: A massive image of the ThunderClan family tree for Better Bones, with every starting ancestor marked with yellow, every joining kittypet marked in pink, and all of the Firekin cats marked in orange.]

You may also want to see:

The RiverClan Family Tree

The SkyClan Family Tree

The Three Strict Rules

The ThunderClan Family Tree Diagnosis, to compare

Several days of research, drafting, and meticulous nitpicking has brought us here. As much of a family tree fix as I can manage alone, including over 200 cats!

There are NO OCs in this graph. Everyone you see here is from Su Susann's Missing Kits, mentioned in a field guide, or directly from forgotten allegiances. A few characters have been renamed, shuffled, or intentionally removed.

1.1 update: Imgur link was replaced with smaller image that Tumblr is able to handle.

Just like RiverClan's, below the cut is Renamings, Removals, and the Changelog.

RENAMINGS: Format: Old Name (Origin) -> New Name (Reason)

Fallowpaw (BOTC) -> Fallowhawk (Repurposed)

Oatwhisker (COTC) -> Oatbell (Conflict)

Beechfur (BOTC) -> Beechfeather (Conflict)

Seedpelt (MV) -> Seedwhisker (Conflict)

Seedpelt (PC) -> Seedfall (Conflict)

Rabbitleap (TC) -> Rabbitbone (Conflict, Honor title)

Rockfall -> White-eye (Honor title)

Pheasantfeather -> One-eye (Honor title)

Mistlekit -> Mistleclaw (Save)

Cricketkit -> Cricketclaw (Save)

Tulipkit -> Tulipflight (Save)

Chestnutkit -> Chestnutface (Save)

Elderkit -> Elderberry (Save)

Sorrelstripe -> Duststripe (Sorreltail does not die in the Great Battle)

Graykit -> Fernkit (Ferncloud confronts Ashfur in the Dark Forest)

Hollyleaf -> Fallenleaf (I don't even know how to summarize this, Go Read This)

REMOVALS: These may be shuffled to another litter at a later time, but for now, are effectively cut or combined with another character.

Lilyheart needs no children and the clan had more than enough cats already. Honeyfur, Leafshade, and Larksong are cut.

Larksong's roles have been absorbed by the composite cat, Hollylark.

On that note, Hollytuft is the other half of the composite.

Brightheart is a frequent surrogate for cats in other Clans; Snowbush, Ambermoon, and Dewnose may show up elsewhere, but NOT in ThunderClan.

Eaglewing is cut.

CHANGELOG: When a group is referred to as "Characterkin," it refers to the common ancestor with that suffix. For example, Firekin refers to cats with Firestar as a common ancestor.

Daisytoe and Flashnose COULD still be siblings without issue but I decided to leave it off for better visibility

Squirrelwhisker and Beetail are probably siblings but Re: better visibility

Icecloud is now born AFTER the Great Battle; they are named after Iceheart, the cat who was Scourge.

Foxleap is now a CloudxBright child

Rockfall becomes the mate of One-eye, and attains an Honor Title; White-eye, for losing an eye to infection.

One-eye's pre-Honor Title name was Pheasantfeather, she also lost an eye to infection.

They both found this VERY amusing.

Halftail is now a child, not One-eye's mate, fixing a very frustrating retcon where One-eye was not the oldest cat in ThunderClan.

Mistlekit becomes a warrior named Mistleclaw, who died in a very serious sickness during Spottedleaf's Plague

Graystripe is now Dappletail's son, and his littermate Featherkit died in Spottedleaf's Plague

Cricketkit becomes a warrior named Cricketclaw, and was the littermate of Darkstripe.

Tulipkit and Chestnutkit were taken from other litters and given to Robinfuzzy, to create an in-between generation for Dustpelt and Raven, as Robinfuzzy would be too old.

Tulipflight and Chestnutface died in, you guessed it, Spottedleaf's Plague.

Though he was ultimately renamed for conflict reasons, Rabbitbone is sporting an Honor Title. He was made the head chef after Mumblefoot became deputy.

Speckletail is the niece of Doestar now, and strongly desired to carry on her legacy.

Oatbell's name refers to the bell-shape of some flowers, such as bluebells, gorse, and oat berries.

Hazeltail does not die of greencough, she is saved by Jayfeather. Mousewhisker is going to leave for RiverClan in ASC (minnowmouse shippers stay winnin'), and Hazel will be taking any noteworthy actions he does in ThunderClan

Fernsong is now an ex-kittypet who joins along with Stormcloud and Jessy. His old name was Fiddles.

Blossomfall's kits were conceived during a stay with The Kin, the father(s) are not known.

Redtail and Spottedleaf are now the children of Rosetail

Redtail and Runningwind are the parents of Sandstorm and Longtail.

Patchpelt is now the father of Willowpelt, adding a generation between Willow and AdderSwift.

The Three Seedpelts

There were THREE Seedpelts to begin with. I decided to split them into 3 characters.

The oldest Seedpelt keeps her name; she was deputy of ThunderClan when SkyClan was exiled, and stepped down in protest. She joined Ripplestar's Rebellion, and was condemned to the Dark Forest when she died.

She has a striking resemblance to her descendants, Ferncloud, Elderberry, and Ashfur.

The next was Seedwhisker. He was the brother of Mapleshade.

He lived the rest of his life in regret at his cowardice, having not spoken up for his sister or nespring, and became a supporter of the Queen's Rights in spite of Oakstar's opposition to them.

His new name comes from an accidental misprint, he was called Seedwhisker once in canon.

The last was Seedfall, who could have plausibly been Seedwhisker in the timeline, but I decided that Adderfang could use a sibling.

Firekin is now HARD defined

It means that you are directly descended from Firestar and Sandstorm. (Who were btw in a QPR)

Cloudtail is not counted in this category because Fireheart botched the claiming of the Queen's Rights when bringing him to ThunderClan, admitting he was his nephew and voiding his right.

Firekin only tracks through direct descendants as a result.

Squirrelflight is infertile and will always be. All Firekin can trace their way through The Three, and ergo Leafpool.

Ivypool and Dovewing are technically the bio-offspring of Poppyfrost and Jayfeather, but this is not widely known, and they are raised by Cinderheart and Lionblaze.

Sparkpelt and Alderheart are no longer Firekin. Nightheart and Finchlight are Firekin through their other parent, Hollylark.

Hollylark was conceived through supernatural methods (and by accident).

Flywhisker and Snaptooth were foundlings adopted by Toadstep and Lionblaze; but they are leaving the Clans in a similar way to Canon.

The Tigerkin Family

Goldenflower's only mate was Tigerclaw, unlike canon where she was with Patchpelt to have Swiftpaw and Lynxkit.

Brambleclaw becomes Bramblestar just after BB!Po3, and Squirrelflight doesn't get back with him after the secret is revealed

His kits are from Jessy, who was temporarily named Sweetbright.

She cat-divorced him shortly after their kits were born, taking Alder with her. The human named him Louie; Bramblestar changed it back when he returned

Both of them have a very complicated relationship to their father.

The Dustfern Fixes, Fernkin Broadly

Elderberry was saved to fix an age gap; Ferncloud is closer in age to Dustpelt, and Ashfur is from a litter born just before Brindleface's murder. Elder was the sibling who was part of the Dog Relay Race.

Dustpelt was also not a mentor yet, as he was too young. Instead, he was undergoing a secondary apprenticeship under One-eye for construction work.

Cloudtail was Elder's and Fern's best friend growing up, but NOT an adopted brother. This is to avoid Whitewing x Birchfall being adoptive first cousins.

Because Brackenfur dies in BB!Po3 and wasn't alive to sire them, Seedpaw and Lilyheart have been swapped over to Dustfern.

Dustpelt died saving them in the Great Battle, reinforcing a den wall against invaders.

Spiderleg and his children are not dying unceremoniously as Greencough Fodder and a TBC kill. All three are alive to the current arc.

Lilypaw watching her sister die to save her was formative. She has no interest in romance, but is much more caring and nurturing than her grumpy face suggests.

Because Whitewing and Birchfall no longer have Dovewing and Ivypool, they get Spotfur and Duststripe instead!

Because Sorreltail didn't die in the battle, Duststripe is named after her grandfather instead.

For a similar reason, Spotfur's child Graykit is now named after their great-grandmother instead. Graystripe lives out the rest of his days in the mountains; Ferncloud must confront her brother.

[suzie-shooter]

AO3 Wrapped (Writer Version)

Tagged by @polarnacht1 (also thank you for making me figure out you can filter stats by year, I briefly thought this was going to involve a lot of maths 😆)

Works Published: 33

Word Count: 190,992 (total actually written in 2022 as opposed to published was 212,405, up on last year but down on 2020)

Hits: 27,483

Bookmarks: 782

Most Popular by Kudos: Deliverance (252) Alex wakes up locked in a car boot, and his week only continues to go downhill from there. Luckily for him, there’s an assassin taking a somewhat aggressive interest in his well-being.

Most Hits: Deliverance (2,004) This was the first one published in 2022, so I guess it's had the longest to accrue hits/kudos. also a rare (for me) gen fic!

Longest: Seedfall (17,400) Sci-fi/space AU. When Alex was a baby his parents died mysteriously on a survey mission to a now-restricted planet. He wants to find out the truth about what happened, but no legitimate pilot is willing to take him there – which just means he’ll have to find someone else who will. But if hiring convicted killer Yassen Gregorovich to take him out into the lonely outer reaches of the galaxy wasn’t dangerous enough, they are both about to find out why the planet is firmly off limits.

Shortest: The Art Of Negotiation (535) Written for the prompt: Alex and Yassen discussing expectations for their relationship. Alex has much kinkier expectations than Yassen and is disappointed to find that Yassen doesn't share the same kinks; he'd assumed he would have few limits because Yassen kills people for a living.

Most Comment Threads: Assorted Yassen/Alex ficlets (x21), or if that doesn't count because technically those were on different stories, What Goes Around Comes Around (x15) - Five times Yassen comforted Alex, and one time Alex returned the favour.

Fic that made me cry: errr, none I don't really do angst

Fic that made me smile: Take Me To The River  Fluffy smut, Alex and Yassen share a perfect summer’s day at their bolthole deep in the English countryside 

Gifts: Duty of Care for @foeyayshippingweakness's birthday When Yassen winds up in hospital after an attempt on his life, somehow Alex finds himself looking after him – but a wounded assassin is dangerous left alive, and somebody is trying to finish the job.

Also three kinkmeme fills, which I suppose count as gifts!

Collaborations: none

Events: AR Ship Week (7 fics over 7 days), AR All Things Nice Week (7 fics over 7 days), AR Bingo (9 fics out of 9 prompts)

Coming in 2023: I think I've already wanged on about most of my wips, but it is my aim to finish at least one of them per month this year! (plus whatever other nonsense I come up with)

Tagging @foeyayshippingweakness, @afewbulbsshortofatanningbed and @strangesoulmates (and anyone else who wants to have a crack)

[leafpool-loves-ashfur]

Wiki Link.

Happy fam :)

[wc-sweetwhisker]

*click for full view!*

making family trees is so fun.. and i love the base i made

also made it in ms paint, which i havent used in forever (except for the background)

so heres the rubbleclan family tree c;

[hibiscuit-rose]

Seedfall, Warrior

Mate to Mudskip. Mother to Leapordface and Pheasantface. Brother to Sootcloud. Daughter to Rabbitfoot.

Seedfall is quite spunky for her age. She doesn’t take many things seriously, and tends to forget a lot. She is, however, one of the best hunters in the Tribe. She complains often and is pretty blunt, likely traits she got from her equally boisterous parents. Seedfall sees her relationship with Mudskip and their kits in a more mutual way. She doesn’t ignore them, but doesn’t talk to them enough.

[canon-notcanon-warriorcats]

any good suffixes for Seed-? I'm trying to figure out renames for all three of the Seedpelts but i'm kinda stumped and you're really good at this stuff

what's wild is that seed- is the prefix i've always had the hardest time with even when i was a kid, like i had an oc named seedpelt, ironically enough (before other seedpelts were in the books) because i just like... couldn't think of a better name lol and now i'm trying to figure out a warrior name for seedpaw and my first thought always goes to seedpelt

so i am here to enlighten this weird seed suffix purgatory

-seedwhisker

-seedface

-seedfur

-seedspot

-seedfall

-seedspring

-seedstem

-seedwind

-seedflight

-seedstep

-seedwing

-seeddapple

-seedclaw

-seedflower

-seedroot

-seedtooth

-seedspeckle

-seedtoe

-seednose

-seedfrost

-seedstorm

-seedblaze

-seedflame

-seedmouse

-seedbird

-seedfire

[we-rate-warrior-names]

How do the names Orchid (f), Flare (m), Darkpoppy (f), and Seedfall (m) sound? The first one is a kittypet-turned-warrior and the second one is a rogue-turned-warrior; both rejected a warrior name. The last two are siblings-

Orchid -A courageous and determined she-cat. Orchid is a loyal warrior to her clan and she’s determined not to let anyone see her as otherwise. She is a great organiser and knows just what to say to other cats, and she will often step up as a leader when needed. She has caused many cats to rethink how they see kittypets, Orchid certainly doesn’t fit their stereotype, she always had this courage and drive before she joined the clans, 14/10

Flare - An energetic and bold tom. Flare is always the first cat to rush into a situation, whether it be a battle or the discovery of a weird twoleg thing, Flare is always one of the first on the scene. Flare tries to not let anything scare him and he always tries to have a sense of confidence, he wants to appear strong to his clanmates, 14/10

Darkpoppy - A quiet and serious she-cat. Darkpoppy often prefers to be alone, even from her brother, despite them being close. She loves the peace and tranquillity of the territory when no cat is around. She likes to be a realist and will always speculate what it’s likely to happen rather than what she would like to happen, she thinks dwelling on things that might be is pointless, 15/10

Seedfall - A friendly and optimistic tom. Flare’s bright and extroverted personality starkly contrasts with his sisters more quiet and somber disposition, he tries to help her be more optimistic but any optimism he manages to make her feel doesn’t normally last long. Seedfall will always lend a paw if he can, he’s very popular amongst his clanmates and he’s always being invited on patrols. Seedfall can see a silver lining in any situation, he knows that the future will always be better, no matter how dire it things seem at the present, 14/10

[mpathe]

Admiring remnant #turpentinetree clusters in #parramatta #survivor #trees #selfsown #selfgrown from an earlier time not #regenerating #holdingout for #bushcare #understorey #nomowing #seedbank #stimulation #seedfall #seedlings #forthefuture #richiebenaud #reserve #blackandwhite #bnw #monochrome #treetrunks #roughbark #syncarpiaglomulifera (at Richie Benaud Oval)

[robcee]

Seedfall Released!

Seedfall Released, blog post edition. #kindle #scifi #ebook

Broadcasting on all channels: Seedfall aka Book 3 is out now, and ready for immediate installation on your preferred reading device. It went live at 11:30 local time last night after spending the day wandering through the data centers. It is priced at $4.99 in the US and Canada, €4.49 in the Eurozone, £3.99 in the UK, $3.99 in Australia/NZ. Free to read with Kindle Unlimited. The current…

[catboysoul]

Curlybird (Riverclan, CTSWCRP)

she/her 🔸 139 moons 🔸 elder

An apricot point molly with curly fur and a long tail that coils over her back

[hopefully I will have a higher quality drawing later, since I did this one on my phone]

Last updated: May 1, 2022

CW: n/a

Witty, Detail-Oriented, and Abrasive

Limitations: La perm and ringtail

Backstory TBA, will probably work something out to fit around other character's stories once I have some connections established.

Important details so far: Had her warrior ceremony on Fennelstar's Dawn, the same moon Seedfall died.

Curlybird is known for being the less pleasant of the Riverclan elders, but most cats are too young to know why. The death of Palestar during her apprenticeship was a formative experience, and the troubles during the early leadership of the much younger Cranestar left her jaded. While she slowly warmed up to him over time, she never approved of him making what she saw as the same mistakes as the previous leader, choosing young warriors as deputies. Lucentstar's handling of the war with Windclan seemed to prove her right, and although she was never particularly kind even in her youth, she is now meaner and crotchetier than ever.

Backstory made up on the fly: she was an only kit, was always abrasive and got in trouble a lot during her apprenticeship for back talking and being generally self centered, grew out of her outright aggressiveness as a young warrior and became the snide cynical lady we all (will come to) know and love. That being said she was never so mean that clanmates actually hated her, and they came to appreciate her sharp memory and attention to detail. She had several apprentices and was the type that the kits dread being assigned but eventually grow to love. Her apprentices tended to become especially skilled and dutiful warriors. She never had kits (unless someone is interested in that kind of connection in which case I'll just retcon in a father)

Current Stats:

Hunting: lv 4 || 0/64

Sneaking: lv 4 || 0/64

Gathering: lv 5 || MAX

Tracking: lv 5 || MAX

Swimming: lv 5 || MAX

Climbing: lv 3 || 0/32

Healing: lv 1 || 0/16

Blending: lv 1 || 0/16

Battling: lv 4 || 0/64

Defending: lv 4 || 0/64

Connections

Wrenleap: A former apprentice. Though she rarely ever saw it necessary to say so, Curlybird is actually very proud of Wrenleap, and considers her one of the best apprentices she ever trained. In fact, Wrenleap is Curlybird's preferred choice for deputy of the clan.

Xx

[bonefall]

ThunderClan WIP

[ID: A family tree chart]

That's enough for now; I had to redraw it from my last WIP to make some real big changes!

Fun choices I made tonight;

There WERE three Seedpelts; two of them got conflict renamings! The first was deputy when SkyClan was exiled, stepped down in protest, and became a rebel for Ripplestar. She is probably in the Dark Forest. The second is the brother of Mapleshade, his name is Seedwhisker. The third is a sister for Adderfang, her name is Seedfall. I may make her a parent in a later draft.

Tons of COTC and BOTC characters have been repurposed; however, Greeneyes, Bloomheart, and Pearnose (becomes Pearstar in BB!) are unlisted for now.

Songbird, Morningstar, and Pearstar are too ancient to be part of this tree; the tree only fully tracks all cats from the Crusade Era onwards.

Because it's ThunderClan and there's a bunch of names, plus a clear picture of succession, some cats go as far back as the Ripple Era!

Oatwhisker (TC) is now Oatbell.

Beechfur (TC) is now Beechfeather.

One-eye and White-eye have been split into two cats. White-eye was One-eye's mate and died many years ago.

One-eye is sporting an Honor Title, her old name was Pheasantfeather.

Halftail is now One-eye's son instead of mate; fixing an inconsistency where they retconned her into not being the oldest cat in ThunderClan.

White-eye is prone to change.

Cricketclaw, Mistleclaw, Elderberry, Chestnutface, and Tulipflight are all Kit Saves.

Chestnut and Tulip were shuffled from other litters in order to make an in-between generation between Robinfuzzy and the Dust + Raven litter. The two are now the children of Chestnutface.

Shinecloud is now Oakstar's sister, not mate. Frecklewish and Birchface were his nespring, losing them was losing the last piece he had of his sister.

Beetail was their father, as well as the father of Flowerpaw and Nettlebreeze for some extra drama. Flowerpaw died trying to save her older half-brother.

I ran out of space but Beetail and Squirrelwhisker are siblings... will try to get it in another draft.

In the last draft I accidentally made Thrushpelt and Bluefur first cousins, OOPS. That's fixed now. They aren't related anymore.

I'll continue down the line later, for now I think that's a not-too-shabby outline for pre-Lake ThunderClan.

Also ignore that Firestar isn't on it yet, he will come, be patient, he had to get out of the way for that atrocious, 3-mile-long Dustfern line

[suzie-shooter]

ohhh I'm very intrigued by AR Spacefall! a sequel to seedfall perhaps? 👀

Holy shit that was quick! 😆

And yes! 2k written so far - Alex and Yassen go after the Sakhalin Corporation (current CEO one Ms Rothman) during which various awkward truths come to light such as what really happened on Viridius all those years ago, and what (who) really happened to Ian Rider…

“There are hundreds of people on this station Alex. Thousands. Cleaners, cooks, crèches. Are you willing to sacrifice them all for decisions made by a few?”

“You’re a killer. What do you care?”

“Oh I’m not saying I wouldn’t do it. I’m saying I don’t think you should. It would change you beyond measure. And I rather like you as you are.”

[leafpool-loves-ashfur]

Seedkit > Seedpaw > Seedfall

Kit > Apprentice > Warrior

Tom - SkyClan

Father: Fevernose

Mate: Daisystar

Son: Bravespirit

Mentor: Honeystar

Apprentice: Owlspark

Seedkit’s mother died at a young age, but he held a close relationship with his father. While Fevernose appeared to be weak and fragile, and a bit of a grump, he was secretly a pun-loving jokestar, which passed onto his son, who could not stop joking for the life of him. As a kit, apprentice and young warrior, Seedfall would do the most ridiculous things to impress his clanmates, especially young Daisybee. He was best friends with her sister, Lichenstem, and the three were all very close as apprentices, even if Daisybee had found him rather annoying, egotistical and self-centered. Daisybee, a more stoic and strict warrior, was surprised to find out about Seedfall’s caring side when he saved her from a ShadowClan warrior that had nearly killed her. He had worried over her injuries and brought her prey and fluffy bedding every day while she recovered. When she finally recovered, he had worked himself up to ask her out, but he stumbled over his words so bad, and slipped in mud to add insult to injury. He thought he would never outlive that embarrassment, when Daisybee just smiled and then asked him if he would be her mate. He happily accepted, and the two eventually had a son named Bravekit, who had seemingly inherited his grandfather’s sickliness. They were proud of their son when he became a medicine cat. Seedfall also treated his apprentice, Owlpaw, like a son. He was extremely proud of his mate when she became deputy, knowing she deserved it.

He met his unfortunate when he was out doing what he did best- trying to impress Daisybee. He was trying to catch a fish just like a RiverClan cat when bad luck hit and he slipped into the river. He hit his head on a rock and fell unconscious, drowning in the river. As a StarClan cat, he gave his love one of her lives.

“Handsome pale ginger tabby tom with a white underbelly.”

Wiki Page.

[wc-sweetwhisker]

Maybe Mudskip looking at Seedfall with 5B? And hypokits between them?

who would think the tough as thorns seedfall would be swooned by this ol fool? theyre really lovey-dovey with each other

im sure mud would love to have kits with seed, but he loves his stepkiddos none the less!!

[hibiscuit-rose]

Mudskip, Warrior

Mate to Seedfall. Father to Leapordface and Pheasantface. Brother to Maplesong

Mudskip is a well-liked tom in the Tribe. He’s an awkward dad who tries to stay relevant with the younger cats. He can be sensitive about little things. Mudskip is good-spirited and caring, and loves helping out. He’s a devoted and loving mate to Seedfall. He deeply cares for her and their kits. His son is “too cool” for him, but Leapordface adores her father. He loves to “sneak-attack” his kits.

[suzie-shooter]

My fics for the Alex Rider “All Things Nice” Week:

Day 1: Comfort What Goes Around Comes Around  Five times Yassen comforted Alex, and one time Alex returned the favour. Contains some sexual content. Also written for the bingo prompt ‘whump’.

Day 2: Domestic The Space In Between “Alex might not be the most house-trained of partners, but the benefits of moving in together certainly outweighed the occasional irritations.” Flat-sharing fic, established relationship, non-explicit, fluffy.

Day 3: Romance The Fictitious Fiancee Affair Alex and Yassen have to pose as a couple to infiltrate an arms dealing conference. What could possibly go wrong? Written for the bingo prompt fake dating. Idiots to lovers, Teen rated, non-explicit.

Day 4: Fluff Seedfall Sci-fi/space AU. When Alex was a baby his parents died mysteriously on a survey mission to a now-restricted planet. While he wants to find the truth about what happened, no legitimate pilot will ever be willing to take him there – which just means he’ll have to find someone else who will. But if hiring convicted killer Yassen Gregorovich to take him out into the lonely outer reaches of the galaxy wasn’t dangerous enough, they are both about to find out why the planet is firmly off limits…. Space horror, mission fic, one sex scene but mostly teen rated. A fic about fluff, rather than a fluffy fic...

Day 5: Sensations Take Me To The River A summer’s day, a swim, and a sweetheart. Written for the bingo prompt outdoor sex. Fluffy but explicit.

Day 6: Togetherness Stuck On You Alex and Yassen are handcuffed together. The key is seven hundred miles away. Written for the Bingo prompt of ‘road trip’. One explicit scene but mostly 5k of bickering and accidental feelings.

Day 7: Love Brighton Pier When Alex is stood up by his friends, Yassen steps in. Fluffy fairground date, established relationship, non-explicit.