#the gal pals of unknown alliance

[shiieldmaiden]

Y’all I never post my own shit on this blog but this is Important

i’ve got an amazing dnd group and because we’re Super Invested a bunch of us made playlists for our characters

feat. a Very Long playlist write-up under the cut 💫

The Adventure Zone: Amnesty Theme by Griffin McElroy

This is the true start to this playlist, even though it’s not on Spotify. I had to start off with something from my Good Good McElboys. I imagine Bardrynn’s hometown of Quarrycrest as something of a fantasy Appalachia, all beautiful smoky mountains and close-knit families and communities living and working together. Everyone knew everyone and everyone helped everyone. What better way to set that scene than the Amnesty theme?

Woman by Kesha

Bardrynn is so. goddamn. independent. She’s impatient, she’s impulsive, and she’s not one to let just anyone tell her what to do. She’s a motherfuckin woman and this song captures her attitude, especially before she got more familiar with the darker parts of the world. She takes responsibility for herself, does things for herself, and doesn’t like asking for help. She’s got this.

Mess is Mine by Vance Joy

That being said, she’s a fiercely loyal friend. Bardrynn is a Gryffindor through and through and she will do anything for her friends. Well hold on, my darling. This mess was yours, now your mess is mine. She is someone who will shoulder her friends’ troubles without a second thought. You know you gave me all your time, but did I give enough of mine? Even though she gives so much to her friends, she still worries that it might not be enough. She wants to be enough for her friends, to be there whenever they need her, whatever they need her for. If she can’t be there for her friends, what good is she to them?

Mountain Sound by Of Monsters and Men

No matter how far she travels, Bardrynn’s heart lies in the mountains. She knows that whatever happens, she has the mountains to go home to. And as brave as she is, she’d be lying if she said she’d never considered running away from her problems and running home to those mountains. Heard them calling in the distance, so I packed my things and ran.

Map of the World by Monsters of Folk

She may be a small town girl, but Bardrynn has a streak of wanderlust to her. She wants to see the world, she wants to explore, she wants to see and experience new things. That far-off feeling, that up-close kind of ache - she tries to fight it, she denies it like hell, but Bardrynn is homesick. She has been for awhile, but she’s just ignored it. Having friends helps. Exploring new things and going on exciting quests helps. She’s doing what she wanted, she’s doing good and seeing the world, so why isn’t she happier?

Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles

A little self-explanatory, your girl tries to keep a positive outlook. She knows she’s not the brightest and doesn’t always notice things, but one thing she does notice is that if she keeps up a positive attitude, the people around her tend to perk up too. And I say “It’s alright”

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

Wow, is that Bardrynn’s Saving People Thing I see?? Holy cow, that’s Bardrynn’s Saving People Thing I see!! I told you you could always count on me darlin’. From that day on, I made a vow - I’ll be there when you want me some way somehow. Bardrynn will do absolutely anything for her friends - from taking the blame for ruining the publicity campaign in Dragon’s Brawl and getting herself fired so that Mori could keep her job to throwing herself into harm’s way to protect her party members. She’ll move heaven and earth to help her friends, drop anything to go to their side, hell she’ll take a killing blow if it means her friend will live.

Maps for the Getaway by Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness

Leaving home to go fight for Dragon’s Brawl was hard. It was really fucking hard. For all her life, Bardrynn had lived in Quarrycrest. Her family lived in Quarrycrest. Her ancestors were buried in Quarrycrest up in the family plot at the top of the Oakburn holler. (If she has anything to say about it, she’ll be buried there too, when her time comes) No cash in the bank, no paid holidays, all we have - all we have is gas in the tank, maps for the getaway. She had a dream and a plan and a metric ton of uncertainty, but she did it anyway and she was so proud of herself when she was able to write home to tell her family that she had done it. She was a professional fighter.

The Boxer by Paul Simon (Mumford & Sons cover)

When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy. In the company of strangers, in the quiet of the railway stations, running scared. The mood of this song, the story of a fighter doing what they love in the ring and then struggling with loneliness outside of it is just - it’s so perfect. It took Bardrynn awhile to regain her footing with her new job away from home. Even with Mori there, it wasn’t the same as being able to just walk down the holler a bit to say hello to her brother or strolling into town and saying hello to everyone she passed on the way. Plus, Mumford’s sound is so Appalachia to me, it suits Bardrynn really fucking well, all strings, bluegrass rhythms, and tight harmonies.

In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade, and he carries the reminder of every glove that laid him down and cut him til he cried out in his anger and his shame “I am leaving, I am leaving,” but the fighter still remains.

Applause by Lady Gaga

Once she got her footing though, once Bardrynn got comfortable, she was fucking ecstatic with her life. She practically got high off of the crowds and their reactions to her, their applause and their cheers. Nothing could bring her down when a stadium of fans were cheering her name. I live for the applause

Jenny by the Studio Killers

OOF. Bardrynn’s bad at feelings. She didn’t plan on catching feelings for Mori. She really didn’t. She didn’t even realize it was happening at first, she’s terrible at reading feelings from anyone, including herself. She was her best friend! She couldn’t feel like this about her, she was just a really close friend! Jenny darlin’, you’re my best friend, but there’s a few things that you don’t know… Once she figured it out (it took her an embarrassingly long time, looking back), she tried to just shove it down, ignore it. Telling her would just ruin things. They had a good thing going, the two of them being best friends in and out of the ring. That was, until their bosses decided they needed to stage a rivalry between them.

Little Lion Man by Mumford & Sons

Bardrynn carries a lot of guilt over fucking up that fake rivalry. It was just one slip-up, they’d been doing so well. But Mori had made a really funny joke and Bardrynn couldn’t help but laugh and someone had to go and catch her looking at her like that… and the next thing they knew, the two of them were being threatened with losing their jobs over the way they handled that “publicity strategy,” or whatever the fuck the boss had called it.

So Bardrynn took the blame.

She couldn’t let Mori get fired too. But it was not your fault but mine. And it was your heart on the line. I really fucked it up this time, didn’t I my dear? It was her fault, not Mori’s. Only one of them should lose their job over this and if someone had to take the fall for it, it was going to be Bardrynn. Mori tried to argue when Bardrynn told their boss that it was her fault, but she wouldn’t hear any of it. Bardrynn couldn’t fix the damage she’d done to Mori’s image as a fighter, she couldn’t fix any dips in popularity her fights might suffer, but she could make sure she kept her job.

And now, she’s terrified of letting her friends down. She doesn’t want to fail them like she did Mori. She can’t let that happen. Let’s be real, Bardrynn would die for her friends or her family without a second thought.

Bastards by Kesha

After her fallout with Dragon’s Brawl, there were a lot of people who started bad-mouthing Bardrynn. People who accused her of ruining the Dragon’s Brawl story because she couldn’t just play along, people who were disappointed in her for failing at this, people who were angry with her for messing up this or that. Been underestimated my entire life. I know people gonna talk shit, and darlin’ that’s fine. But they won’t break my spirit, I won’t let ‘em win. I’ll just keep on livin, keep on livin’ the way I wanna live. It was hard, really fucking hard to brush it off, but Bardrynn did her best to not let it bother her. She’s gotten better at it. She’s gotten a lot better at it. It’s still hard sometimes, and she still feels guilty sometimes when she braids that bright blue ribbon from a fan into her hair, but she’s getting better at tieing those reminders to the good memories rather than the bad ones.

Heaven When We’re Home by The Wailin’ Jennys

Been a fool, I’ve been cruel to myself. Been hangin’ on to nothin’ when nothin’ could be worse than hangin on. And somethin’ tells me, there must be something better than all this … And it’s a long and rugged road, and we don’t know where it’s headed. But we know it’s gonna get us where we’re goin’. And when we find what we’re lookin’ for, we’ll drop these bags and search no more, cuz it’s gonna feel like heaven when we’re home. I’m tempted to just leave it with those lyrics, but tbh, they’re very true to her attitude going forward from Dragon’s Brawl. She wandered, she didn’t know where she was headed, but she trusted that she’d figure it out eventually. So far it’s worked out alright. Plus, the Wailin’ Jennys’ sound is just So Perfectly Bardrynn. I also love the harmonies in the chorus, kinda shows, at least to me, how important having people around her is to Bardrynn. And maybe I’ll walk awhile and feel the earth beneath me. They say if you start lookin’, it doesn’t matter if you find it. And who’s to say that even if I did, it’s what I’m really looking for?

Below My Feet by Mumford & Sons

Keep the earth below my feet. From my sweat, my blood runs weak. Let me learn from where I have been. Keep my eyes to serve, my hands to learn. As she started traveling the world and exploring, Bardrynn started to see things in terms of what she could do - what she could do for other people besides just the ones she holds nearest and dearest. She started helping people. She started looking for people to help, jobs to take, towns to protect. Anything she could do to make herself useful, to find some kind of purpose beyond just wandering aimlessly, unemployed and technically homeless. She found that helping people was really fulfilling. She liked it. She was good at it. And it made other people happy, it made other people safe.

We’re Going to Be Friends by The White Stripes

Bardrynn makes friends super goddamn fast. She’s a friendly and outgoing woman, and while she may not be good at telling if someone is lying, she believes that she has a good sense of when someone is going to be a friend. To be fair, she tends to go by the philosophy of friend until proven not friend, but still. She could tell within ten minutes of meeting the party that this was going to be a good thing. They were going to be friends and it was going to be so much goddamn fun. And when I wake, tomorrow I’ll bet that you and I will walk together again. I can tell that we are gonna be friends.

I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend by girl in red

Now, Bardrynn has a wisdom of 9. She’s terrible at recognizing other people’s feelings and even worse at diagnosing her own feelings. This has happened to her before, with Mori. She got confused, she was certain that the feelings she had towards Mori were just that of a best friend. 

She would’ve been this freaked out if anyone in the party died, right? Sure, she’s been worried about Liana and keeping an eye on her in battle since she died and came back to life, and she might feel a little more protective of her lately, but it’d be the same for anyone else in the party if they died, right?

Right?

Beautiful Dawn by The Wailin’ Jennys

I feel like this rounds her out nicely. Bardrynn is trying to get better. She’s trying to improve herself, to grow, to become the friend her friends need her to be. She’s trying to become the woman she wants to be, more than just a brokenhearted has-been fighter - a woman who doesn’t let down her loved ones, a woman who protects those she cares about, a woman who defends those who can’t defend themselves, a woman who can do some good in the world. Take me to a place where I feel no shame, take me where courage doesn’t need a name. Learning how to cry is the hardest part, and there’s only one way to mend a broken heart.

Dang, this is a long post.

[dyingfangirl]

I’ve gotten an insane desire to do a playlist write-up in the style of Critical Role so here it is.

Maighread Allanach is the character I’ve played longest, and the group I play with are the most lovely people and so this is mostly for them, but if you’d like some insight into my dnd character here you go!

Don’t Ask Me Why by Great Caesar Maigh's song for her parents. Maigh's dad was raised noble, and her mom was but she was the youngest so she could really do whatever she wanted with her life. They did run off for a while, but then Maigh's grandfather got sick so they went back home and settled down. They dreamed of a happy life and a healthy family and Maigh was conceived. I edited Maigh's backstory a little bit after I heard this song for the first time and made the night Maigh was born very stormy and troublesome for the midwives to make it to the home, but her parents had each other and everything turned out okay.

Trouble by The New Respects But then Maigh discovered her magic, which does run in her family a little bit but she's the first Sorcerer. So little Maigh caused a bit of trouble and couldn't control her powers. Cue fear and ignorance and lakeside life at age 8. She still doesn't like the trouble of her powers but she has learned through trial and error that she can minimize the effect on her allies, but the whole party is learning that they're beginning to toy in some criminal and otherwise untrustworthy groups that are bringing trouble right back into her life.

Storm King by Big Tree Maigh joined her mother on one of the excursions to the nearest town (selling the things that come from their little lakeside cabin/farm and buying things they can't get there) and she discovered truly how much she was missing. She found a job posting for mercenaries to work for the militia and hasn't been home since.

The Fall by half•alive Something about Maigh made her afraid to trust the group. The Fall is about falling in love, but when you're someone who doesn't really experience romantic love, and the only love you've ever known is from your parents, anyone else is awkward and strange.

Feeling Alive by Earl St. Clair This is the moment that she learned these are The People (TM). She had such a calm and peaceful lakeside life before she got curious, and then meeting these people has made her feel alive in a way she hasn't ever before.

3am Bounce by No BS! Brass Band Maigh's battle song. It has the fun and mildly carefree nature that Maigh has, and a light amount of chaos. I thought that an instrumental song would be a better fit because Maigh, being a Wild Magic Sorcerer, has so much chaos surrounding her (especially in battle when she's constantly casting spells) that having lyrics would be too much chaos. I also had a lot of trouble finding songs for Maigh that when I heard this song it was perfect for her.

South Wind by Akira Kosemura So many of Maigh's songs are about the love and trust she feels for her party. Such a large part of her is really experiencing the world for the first time and being in awe and excitement of the adventures they're going on, but a small part of her just wants some time to settle down and just spend the days together without constant threat and danger surrounding them.

Technicolor by SAINTE Maigh used to have blue skin (perks of being a sorcerer) so putting Technicolor was funny for that reason. She definitely does not want all these adventures and powers to be a dream. A good portion of the party has spells, and half of us are primarily spellcasters so it makes for quite the rainbow battlefield. Is this battle song part 2?

Gorgeous by X Ambassadors She's learned to trust her party and they've made her feel welcome in the world, when (through fear and ignorance) she never felt that way before. Now her whole goal is making her party feel the way they make her feel. And also I couldn't go without putting an X Ambassadors song on the playlist. We are young, we are free / Like renegades, like James Dean / Beat the drum, sing off-key / You set me free, you set me free

Capable by The Wild Reeds Maigh is 20 (which I forgot, I thought I made her 18 lol) and so when people meet the party and see a 20-year-old Human girl who doesn't wear anything fancy with everyone else they don't expect her to be the main talker (hell yeah 19 charisma). Maigh can let that get to her a little bit, but she knows that she only needs to stick around (and get more magical items). She has seen and been through so much for being so young that it doesn't matter to her anymore.

Family by Mother Mother Out of game, it has been 10 months since we started playing. In game, we've been a party for 3 months (it feels like, feywild swampy caused a 6-month jump) but they've been through so much that she's already become so ride or die for these people. Out of game, the last level up (or maybe 2) she's grabbed some more spells that give buffs to the party rather than straight up damaging the enemy.

Foreigners God by Hozier As of writing this, this song is for a very recent session. Something the party had been hired to do was purify and return temples of an old and mostly dead god back to working condition because they had been corrupting the lands surrounding them. Maigh isn't really a worshipper of any specific god(s), but when you fall unconscious and fail 2 death saving throws and then your tressym and wizard are dead within 12 seconds of each other, felled by wraiths within one of these temples you feel like you have to start believing in something. A good place to start is "a foreigner's god", AKA your cleric (and her god).

Good for Goodness by Brittain Ashford Throughout it all, Maigh just wants to do good in the world. Keep the love for the people she cares about. She only hurts things that deserve it. She knows that she could make a mistake in that, but she accepts her mistakes and will do her best to not make those mistakes again.

To the Displacer Kitties/Gal Pals of Unknown Alliance you're the best DnD group a girl could ask for and I hope that having this insight makes you cry (not really) and I love all of you so much. <3

[xchoco-mixturex]

HUGE TENKUU SHINPAN ARRIVE SPOILERS BELOW!!!

This analysis episode: THE STENGHT OF "DEVA"

(Warning: this analysis has HUGE spoilers from all the manga of TENKUU SHINPAN ARRIVE AND PICTURES FROM THE MANGA IN JAPANESE. A read more shall be put in place. BUT JESUS CHRIST, SERIOUSLY I AINT JOKING)

Read at your own risk.

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First of all I wanna say I knew it. I knew he was the one who would be DAISEI’S LAST WEAPON. DAISEI’S CARD UNDER HIS SLEEVE.

GUYS,GALS AND NON BINARY PALS MAY I PRESENT YOU: DEVA! (Fanon name)

Also known as EVIL SNIPER!!!

And this this...the clones of the main 5 are completed....

Tenma

Mayuko

Juo(rika)

Zeon.

The evil main 5 made their entrances...

((Holy shit goals---))

BUT HE CAME TO SPEAK FOR THE IDIOT I MEAN DEVA!

So again lets remember the increasing order of power

First lvl: strongest that an mask, clones made by Daisei, not humans. Juo and Zeon are first stage. Purpose: Cause despair. Actual status of first stage: Truce. Allies. Zeon in critical state, Juo is helping.

Second stage: stronger that first stages and activated under a stimuli. Purpose: full obidience of Daisei, eliminate defective clones and foregein matter (Yuris og team interferamfe aka clouds with will). Known second stages: Archangel (evil),Miiko mask, Mayuko, Tenma,Maid. Status with second stage: Mayu and Tenma: truce. Miiko and Archeangel: Enemies. Maid: Deceased. Low chances of a truce with those stages, but possible.

Third stage. Purpose:ELIMINATE MATSUDA SENYA. Merciless killers as the triumph card of Daisei. Use a huge amount of  energy creating them. Huge potential, low ratio of victory against any 3rd stage, to the point the Sniper Mask found the enemy too dangerous for Senya and tried to stop him,but failed. Alliance is impossible. Designed to kill Senya and Senya only. Only member of the stage: Deva/Evil Sniper. Senya called him a monster.

Okay so about his power is too much. as you see in the pannel, Senya and sniper noodle are too shocked. Senya calls him a monster,but might be a reference chapter 3 as he called the angels monster, and Deva is the clone based in Sniper's time of him being a mask.

He even has an aura. All Stage soldiers has that aura ngl, but lets see the comparison.

The aura seems to active under a emotional state. But in Devas its latent over there. He is not charging up,he is literally standing and Senya is already affraid.

Now this...is the part you may not like. Remmeber who else made that trembling efect. Thats right....

Kuon did. (Possessing nanami)

IMMA STEP IN AND SAY THIS: DEVA HAS THE JUDGES’ POWER?! MAYBE! BECAUSE DAISEI KNEW EVERYTHING! And Tenma KNOWS how to open portals.... Sniper was the second Judge already, and he still ahs the powers, but refuses to use them for a unknown reason. (possibly fear to lose humanity)

Maybe not the same but that dude is...Strong.

BE STRONG SENYA. Sniper is by your side. Maybe not possesing you but moral support!

[lesbiansandstorm]

redid my warriors au, long post

i’ve made a few posts about this au before but i’ve changed things

series 1

events of into the wild are basically the same,(i.e. firepaw joining clan etc) however sandpaw and dustpaw are the main characters

after ravenpaw’s departure, firepaw, dustpaw, and sandpaw realise tigerclaw is a threat, put aside their differences and eventually the three become best friends™

graystripe is a little bit older than them (about the same age as longtail) and was trained/manipulated by tigerclaw

the three get their warrior names and are happily doing warrior things until about 12 moons later

tigerclaw murders bluestar; he becomes leader of thunderclan and isn’t sure whether to pick darkstripe or graystripe as deputy, he encourages the two toms to fight and prove themselves

graystripe wins, tigerstar disposes of darkstripe

sandstorm + friends talk to whitestorm about their suspicions, he believes them and encourages them to tell the rest of the clan (-tigerstar and his friends)

the clan, after some convincing believe tigerstar is a bad dude and try to think of a plan to get rid of him

they have to be careful as tigerstar has a group of cats that are like bodyguards to him - former rogues that dont take warrior names or participate in clan duties (that turn out to be bloodclan spies)

but wait! there’s more! tigerbutt takes over riverclan after crookedstar’s death, the thunderclan cats wonder if they should tell leopardfur about tigerstar’s evilness - will she believe and side with them?

spoiler: she does and immediately tries to break their alliance, but seeming she wasn’t able to get her nine lives or name she is no more powerful than any other warrior and tigerstar threatens to murder her clanmates so she backs down

fireheart’s personality is a bit different to canon - he’s more easygoing and chilled (think of a mix between canon firestar, graystripe, and brackenfur)

silverstream and graystipe have a one night stand type thing causing her to fall pregnant

silverstream doesnt want anything more to do with him and doesnt want the kits to know he’s the father

some of her clanmates turn on her (even though both clans are all living together its very crowded) so she ends up making friends with the thunderclan cats

specifically sandstorm

they become very good friends

yep...just gals....being pals...

the main character squad (sandstorm, dustpelt, fireheart, and now silverstream and cinderpelt) realise they need tigerstar to trust them or they might just end up ‘accidentally’ murdered

he hates fireheart because he was a kittypet, thinks dustpelt is too short tempered...so then there’s sand™

sandstorm fools tigerstar and graystripe into thinking she’s on their side, and reports back their plans to the other cats

tigerstar exiles goldenflower because she doesn’t want to be his mate anymore and refuses his advances - tawnypaw goes with her and they flee to shadowclan where goldenflower later dies of carrionplace disease

graystripe is killed in a battle against shadowclan and windclan, and sandstorm is named deputy as tigerstar thinks he can trust her (surprise! sandstorm was surprised..)

silverstream survives her kitting

ferncloud is closer in age to dustpelt and they arent related

fast forward another 6 moons, the stress of having to suck up to tigerstar yet prove she is still loyal to the other cats is getting to sandstorm

some of the riverclan cats are accusing her of really being on tigerstar’s side

knock knock get the door its bloodclan

one night, tigerstar tries to use bloodclan to take over shadow and windclan

scourge murders him - sandstorm reveals the truth about tigerstar to everyone

riverclan finally go back to their territory and leopardstar gets her nine lives that night

sandstorm is unsure if she’s fit to be leader - she’s struggling as she feels she hasnt been a warrior long enough and her deputyship was a result of deceiving tigerstar

silverstream makes the difficult decision decides to stay in thunderclan as her ‘friendship’ with sandstorm would make it hard for her to stay loyal to riverclan, her kits, featherpaw and stormpaw go to riverclan and are raised there

the night after tigerstar’s death, sandstorm gets her nine lives from starclan (goldenflower - protection, brindleface - love, crookedstar - determination, snowkit - hope, thistleclaw - fierceness spottedleaf - wise judgement, bluestar - faith, lionheart - courage, redtail - loyalty)

whitestorm is appointed deputy

the four clans join together to fight bloodclan, they win, but not without a cost - whitestorm dies, sandstar loses a life

sandstar struggles to choose between fireheart and dustpelt for deputy, the two toms are her closest friends and best warriors

she eventually chooses dustpelt - fireheart doesn’t mind and continues to support them

a moon after the battle, sandstar tells silverstream she loves her

silverstream loves her back

gays

sandstar and fireheart are still super close best friends, but theres nothing romantic between them though he fathers her kits, squirrelkit and leafkit as they both wanted to be parents

squirrelflight and leafpool are raised by sandstar, fireheart, and silverstream and the whole clan loves them

basically sandstar, fireheart, silverstream, dustpelt, and cinderpelt are best friends for life and all of them are gay in one way or another

new prophecy:

as a leader, sandstar is a little less hesitant to cross borders to help other clans like firestar would, but is still willing to provide assistance when others are in need

she is more sure of herself and more confident in her decisions compared to the first series

leafpool is openly bi

feathertail and crowfeather have more of a sibling relationship

fireheart is captured by twolegs

sandstar and dustpelt usually rely on fireheart to help them with leader/deputy duties

so dustpelt begins to assign more duties to brambleclaw, given his experience with the sun-drown-place journey

hawkfrost traps sandstar in the fox trap and encourages brambleclaw to kill her, stating that if she dies dustpelt will surely choose him for deputy, and he can get rid of him too

he doesn’t because he is a good dude

cinderpelt dies and cinderkit is born but cinderkit is herself and not a reincarnation

power of three

fireheart returns! with millie 

bumblekit is blind in one eye due to an infected thorn scratch - it doesnt stop him though - he is apprenticed to brightheart

rowanclaw is a trans dude - his and tawnypelt’s kits are fathered by an unknown tom

sandstar and silverstream are close with their grandkits

lionblaze and jayfeather are the kits of brambleclaw and squirrelflight, hollyleaf and breezepelt are leafpool and crowfeather’s

leafpool has her kits (she could hide it due to having strong scented herbs around her and shes fat and fluffy) but is weakened and feels squirrelflight is kitting (remember that bond they had)

crowfeather shows up and takes breezekit to windclan as leafpool cant carry both of them - nightcloud has also kitted an identical kit but its born dead so crowfeather kinda just swaps them (nightcloud agrees to this bc she wanted to be a mother)

leafpool gives hollykit to squirrelflight to raise

sandstar suspects hollyleaf is leafpool’s kit due to her resemblance to crowfeather and the fact that she guessed leafpool’s pregnancy anyway

the fire scene: jayfeather is trapped, hollyleaf helps him out but becomes stuck herself, assfur shows up and says he’ll kill her to cause squirrelflight pain

leading to squirrelflight’s ‘she is not my kit’

lion holly jay assume she lied to get assfur away, lionblaze asks squirrelflight privately if shes his mother, she says yes which is true  

as in she said yes she is lionblaze’s mother, says nothing about hollyleaf

assfur intends to reveal the secret at the gathering but shows up dead

sandstar killed him - she found him on the windclan border, he confronted her saying her daughter was a liar and he threatens her, saying he will reveal the secret to everyone - sandstar warns him, saying he shouldnt for the good of the clan

this enrages assfur, who attacks sandstar

sandstar kicks his ass and kills him, though she is overwhelmed with guilt, thinking that she let her emotions get in the way of what was right for the clan

breezepelt discovers his true parentage and reveals the secret, hollyleaf is so shocked that she runs into the tunnels and ‘dies’ 

crowfeather is rejected by his clanmates and ends up leaving windclan, becoming a rogue

lionblaze and jayfeather are understandably shocked, they still consider hollyleaf their sister anyway 

breezepelt’s revelation and disgust at his parentage boosts his status in windclan

omen of the stars

dovebriar is a thing, tigerheart who?

hollyleaf returns. as crowfeather is gone, she doesnt feel much connection to her birth parents. shes still close with lion and jay but not with squirrel and leaf

shes not as mad at them though, she understands why they did what they did but she feels hurt that she was lied to for so long and wishes to get to know breezepelt better 

breezepelt doesnt want much to do with her

the series is pretty much the same except for the last hope

silverstream dies along with mousefur and ferncloud

sandstar and fireheart work together to kill tigerstar

sandstar narrowly survives, but wishes she hadnt due to her mate and sister dying - she is on her last life

she stays in her den, depressed, and doesnt bother to check in on her clanmates or issue orders for camp rebuilding

an also-heartbroken dustpelt struggles to keep the clan in order

ivypool ends up yelling at sandstar to get her shit together, saying that she may be very sad but the clan still needs her

sandstar eventually gets up and tries to bring thunderclan back to normal, though cats notice she is much less enthusiastic and more withdrawn

a vision of shadows

in between the last book and the apprentice’s quest, dustpelt gets a bad leg injury and voluntarily steps down from his deputy position

he doesn’t join the elders yet though, he just becomes a normal warrior again as he can still perform basic duties

hollyleaf is named deputy

the birth of alderkit + sparkkit cheers sandstar up a bit, she is very close to both of them

sandstar loses her last life in battle, hollyleaf becomes leader

she names ivypool as her deputy

alderpaw goes on his quest, sandstar guides him towards skyclan in his dreams

alderpaw voluntarily becomes a medcat

leafpool returns to her position