#stormclan

[artaintfartwarriors]

[bonefall]

unironically stormclan is the coolest thing the writers have done in years

Like?? This kinda fucks ngl. Secret history of the Clans causing a breakaway group, forbidden love with a "Great Betrayal," playing around with the afterlife systems and giving StormClan cats a unique connection to their ancestors...

They're even called "Storm" Clan. Storms are objectively cool as hell. The 13 year old within me is giddy with glee.

[murkshade]

mrs president

[kaijumutt]

The apprentices of StormClan!!

Siblings Gorsepaw and Laburnumpaw, and their adoptive brother (and bully) Rookpaw🐈🐈‍⬛

[jayfrost-designs]

The last set of Ivypool's Heart ref sheets, and ref sheets overall (for now), are our pair of StormClan leaders! Up first is Galestar, or whatever she was calling herself when she lived with the wildcats, since she mentioned she gave up her leader name.

You can find the reverse side of her design here.

Galestar has no physical description given other than her pattern, so I came up with my own for her. As she's WindClan, I decided to go with an oriental build for her. No scars yet, as I get the feeling we might learn more about her life and what kind of battles she would have faced if there's any future books about StormClan, and I don't want to contradict anything that comes out later. No stars in her eyes, as she mentioned giving up her nine lives after joining the wildcats.

For her pattern, Galestar is described as a black-and-white she-cat. I wanted to differentiate her from cats like Tallstar by making her mostly white, and distinct from Darktail by keeping the tail mostly white. She has no canon eye color, so I went with blue, seemed to work with her name somehow.

Overall, I'm really happy with how she turned out.

[sweetriverstyxwarriorsarchive]

[fatedheavylion]

real ogs know I love to redesign this guy and that he is also my most beloved son who was so mad hated on

[franklyfeline]

just heard about the new clan and its so awesomes. might be my new fave besides skyclan bc im insane

have a prowl sleek

[skyclan-funny-name-squad]

I’m so fucking out of the loops of these books and it’s new worldbuilding I still don’t even know what a park cat is but stormclan fucks and is everything I’ve ever wanted actually

[lemnnshark]

"Galestar is a black-and-white she-cat."

[dawnmist-designs]

Galestar

(2024 version)

[artaintfartwarriors]

[bonefall]

For everyone hearing about StormClan and doesn't mind Ivypool's Heart spoilers, here's the details I've heard so far;

(Remember to take this with a grain of salt, as always, because this is third hand information I've collected from various spoiler threads)

This is not a major plot thread in Ivypool's Heart. It's actually quite secondary.

StormClan was created at some point after DOTC, when Galestar of WindClan and Stripestar of ThunderClan fell in love.

They combined their Clans into one and left the territory.

At some point, Galestar, Whitebreeze, Rosebush (or Shadebush) and some other guy betrayed Stripestar.

Some cats came back to reform ThunderClan and WindClan.

But not all of them came back; these remnants stayed as StormClan.

Ngl StormClan's traditions are UNIRONICALLY very cool. Instead of contacting a centric StarClan, each one has a "Spirit Guide" (a lot like my Patrons and Demons, but more personal!)

Spirit Guides give their chosen disciple a full name, and can be channeled directly when needed. VERY cool.

Sisters are a breakaway group from StormClan. Less cool, imo, I wanted them to be closer to the Tribe.

StormClan cats also tend to be aggressive, and have actually been several of the unnamed rogues across the series.

Ivypool is going to have several flashes to the StormClan founding drama, or spiritual visions, or something. Basically she's going to give us a window into the history of StormClan.

We get confirmation that fading is connected to forgetting, BUT a faded spirit can be brought back if they're remembered.

There's a big soul river thing that connects all the afterlives.

So, overall, imo this seems fun. I'm actually glad that the Erins are being a bit more creative with the afterlife systems, and this is a nice way to riff on the structure of Clans. While I am still (rightly, imo) wary of the team's ability to juggle all of these new groups, I think StormClan is an interesting addition to canon.

[rosemist50]

Part one of Ivypool's Heart cats! Spoilers under the cut:

First up is Galestar of Stormclan, formerly of Windclan. She might be one of my new favorite leaders y'all... I put her and Stripestar's unnamed kits here, bc I figured any content made of Galestar would at least include her first litter as well. The hair and tail are supposed to be curled at the ends there, it was difficult for me to draw it so hopefully it translates lol. Next is Stripestar of Stormclan, formerly of Thunderclan, and Rosebush who might be named Shadebush? Idk, I went with Rosebush since that's what the wiki has. Rosebush was Thunderclan before Stormclan. Then Whitebreeze and Swiftwing, who were both Windclan before Stormclan. All of them with living eyes even though we only see them in Starclan. Next up is Slate and Beach, sons of Flurry from the Sisters. Beach has a scar on his flank from the infected wound. Y'all don't even know how disappointed I was to read that he was a dark tabby, I was so sad, I had a sand-colored design drawn up before I had even gotten the book :( At least I could bring over the fluffy hair tuft and freckles. After them is hostile kittypet gang No. 200; Pumpernickel, Zeke, and Curry. And finally is Jake the Other One, and Sweetums, whom Tempest was said to take a liking to. Jake wasn't described with a fish hook earring, but I wanted to give him a little something extra to help differentiate him more from the expansive list of black and white cats. It was going to be a crab claw at first, but I changed it.

[dayz-ina-daze]

So…. Stripestar…

What do we think would’ve been a good suffix for that guy-

[jayfrost-designs]

Now for the last of the Ivypool's Heart related ref sheets, and the last of the ref sheets for now, it's Galestar's former mate, Stripestar of StormClan!

Stripestar has no physical description given other than his pattern, so I came up with my own for him. He's decently-sized, but not huge, and with nice long, thick, soft fur. I tried to keep him looking fairly distinct from my Tiger family designs. ^^ No scars for the same reason as Galestar, don't want to contradict anything that might come out later.

For his pattern, Stripestar is described as a brown tabby tom with amber eyes. I tried to make his stripes very thick and dark and distinct as a nod to his name. I love how warm his colors turned out.

Overall, I'm really happy with how he turned out.