#the relationship of the current leader and deputy

[arolesbianism]

Used my epic hacker skillz to put Murtlepaw in clangen just to do 4 moons to make sure Honeystar wasn't going to die before they became a warrior and now that save is retired 4 good goodbye sweet prince

[juniper-clan]

Howlstar Lore Dump

I wanted to go into depth for Howlstar, simply because I enjoy making these lore dumps and people love to hate her.

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Howlstar (formerly Howlshard) is the current leader of RavenClan. She was the former deputy under the prior leader, Gossamerstar.

Born August 13th, 1698, she graduated early at 10 moons due to her speed and cunning. She was apprenticed by former deputy, Shallowroot. After mentoring her first apprentice, she moved on to take Shallowroot's role as deputy after his death during a redcough epidemic. She became leader of RavenClan in 1701 after Gossamerstar was swept away during a massive flood.

When she and Chipmunkstar ( formerly Chipmunktuft) were both young warriors, they had a brief secret relationship that ended when Howlstar became deputy and subsequently became more irritable. She is over the breakup, but is still soft on Chipmunkstar and will not raise her voice towards her.

Howlstar's current mate, Rippleshell, was one of four abandoned kits from a loner that RavenClan took in. They were apprentices together and got along well, and Howlstar was one of few that Rippleshell felt comfortable expressing her gender identity to.

She takes her job very seriously, and the responsibility that comes with her power often leaves her exhausted. The deaths in both her clan and family due to human interference, starvation, the prior redcough epidemic, etc keeps her on edge. She is only calm and vulnerable around Rippleshell or her sister, Lilacbreeze.

Howlstar received her ear scar from being mauled by a fox on a patrol.

Howlstar has had 2 litters with Rippleshell, for a total of 5 kits. 3 are still alive.

Howlstar is a varied mix of Oriental Shorthair, Siamese, and other such short-haired and skinny cats. While those breeds do not yet exist in the Americas during the JuniperClan story, I feel those best describe her.

Family Status

Immediate Family

Honeysplash (Mother)

Deceased due to old age

Locustshade (Father)

Deceased due to redcough outbreak

Siblings

Lilacbreeze (Sister, littermate)

Alive

Scorchpaw (Brother)

Deceased due to dog attack

Dustgale (Brother)

Deceased due to starvation

Whorlkit (Sister, littermate)

Deceased due to wasting disease

Cedarfang (Brother, littermate)

Deceased due to starvation

Mates

Rippleshell (Trans Female)

Current

Chipmunkstar (Female)

Former mate

Litter 1

Shallowkit (Son)

Deceased due to wasting disease

Blossompaw (Daughter)

Unknown, taken by Twolegs

Litter 2

Whistlecrest (Son)

Alive

Honeyfreckle (NB)

Alive

Warblerflight (Daughter)

Alive

TIMELINE

1698

August - Born, third kit in her mother's second litter.

1699

February - Began apprenticeship under Shallowroot (6m)

June - Graduated apprenticeship early (10m)

November - Becomes secret mates with AsterClan warrior, Chipmunktuft. (15m)

1700

April - Becomes deputy of RavenClan after death of Shallowroot, Chipmunktuft ends relationship (20m)

September - Becomes mates with Rippleshell (25m)

October - Mauled by fox, received permanent scarring on right ear. (27m)

December - Gives birth to her first litter (29m)

1701

May - Gives birth to her second litter (34m)

July - Becomes leader of RavenClan (36m)

[chasing-faith-and-fate]

So can we get a back story or info on the other clans and how there daily life is? Like do they struggle with mistreatment from there leaders or other higher-ups in the clan or other clans?

I guess I can give you some? It's not really important to the story so why not

Wisteria:

They're the oldest of the clans, originally from another territory with other clans who were way too aggressive which is what drove them away. Half the cats split off to become Brindleclan.

They're very much known to be outrageously kind, which current deputy Windshade really hates, he's looking to change the clan image when he becomes leader.

Despite this- the clan was the first to start culling any cats that simply didn't age as they should, or otherwise acted out of character (some cats may have not have been Taken, but just had other problems. The clan did not stop to think about that.)

Applestar is the first leader that hasn't had any of the original founders in her family tree. She's an outsider, but she's very liked, even by her more power hungry deputy.

She's mates with the healer, which is why she made it legal for them to have families and relationships, this wasn't allowed in Wisteriaclan before her.

Windshade is part of a polycule with Sparkclan cats, Weeddash and Airdazzle. It's very much a secret even tho it wouldn't be too frowned upon.

Wisteriaclan are very much of the mindset that you can overthrow any leader that the majority doesn't like. It's expected.

Brindle:

They were hit the hardest by takers, the creatures took ⅔ of their population, and they're still struggling to build it up again.

They did however go to many lengths to ensure they only threw actual Takers into the rift, the process of weeding them out took a long time.

The current generation of power holders are quite generous, offering help where their clan didn't provide it in the past. They aren't exactly happy to do it, but they're desperate for allies.

They have a pretty bad habit of power imbalance which leads to infighting and conflict between the cats.

They're currently (as of moon 34 in game) that have Takers among them.

If any clan falls to anything that's not Takers, it's probably gonna be Brindleclan. They're sadly very accident prone and have no fucking self preservation.

Robinfleck is plotting murder very often. Take that as you will.

Spark:

The Sparks (as they currently are) was formed by a group of rogues that found the two others. The clan didn't like many of the rules and so have their own system.

For example, the clans name changes with the leader. The leader is also always related in some ways to the previous one. This is the nepotism clan everyone.

Sparkclan never had issues with Takers, no one knew why, but the Sparks were and still are very very arrogant about this fact.

Chasingclan is an offshoot of Sparkclan, and despite what Sparkstar says, they have never gotten along since the separation.

As you may have noticed, a lot of Sparkclan cats have scars across the bridge of their nose. This was a mark of disrespect, an old tradition to make those who break the laws or speak out against the leader and their family get marked. Now it's a cosmetic thing some just ask for.

They're the least liked of all the clans by the other clans.

Their healer recently committed a crime that led to a kit dying and has been exiled. She is roaming around unpunished.

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

by Lee Smith

Unsurprisingly, Israel’s success against Hezbollah the last two weeks alarmed the former Obama officials staffing the current administration. After all, Obama’s strategy to realign U.S. interests with Iran was predicated on the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which put Iran’s nuclear weapons program under the umbrella of an international agreement guaranteed by the United States. The Iranians armed Hezbollah with missiles in order to deter Israeli action against their nuclear facilities, which is to say that the Lebanese militia serves not only Iranian interests but also those of the Obama faction.

The Biden team tried to stop Netanyahu from continuing his Hezbollah campaign by outlining how it intends to punish Israel in the period between the November election and the January inauguration with sanctions and other anti-Israel measures. But by telegraphing its intentions, the White House inadvertently incentivized Netanyahu to act quickly. Since a Harris victory ensures four to eight more years of a White House filled by Obama aides determined to protect the Iranians and their proxies, and a Donald Trump win means Biden’s punitive actions go away, Israel saw it had nothing to lose in either case. So on Friday, Netanyahu brought the era of permanent resistance to an end by killing the cult leader the Obama faction so desperately wanted to but could not keep alive.

In the past, Israeli officials warned against targeting the terror chief. They feared it might bring about an even more ruthless leader just as Israel’s 1992 assassination of then-Hezbollah chief Abbas al-Mussawi elevated, in their eyes, the more effective Nasrallah. But what made Nasrallah special, what gave rise to the personality cult around the man whose name means “victory of God,” was his relationship with Khamenei.

In 1989, Nasrallah left Lebanon for Iran, where the 29-year-old cleric was introduced to Khamenei. In the vacuum left by Khomeini’s death, Khamenei was working to consolidate his power, which included taking control of Hezbollah, Tehran’s most significant external asset. He saw Mussawi’s assassination as an opening to put his own man in place, and with Hezbollah’s operations against Israeli forces in Lebanon, Nasrallah’s legend steadily grew. Even Israeli officials credited Hezbollah for driving Israel out of the south in 2000, a singular triumph worthy of the name Nasrallah, a victory against the hated Zionists that no other Arab leader could claim.

But the myth of Nasrallah as Turban Napoleon was dispelled with the disastrous 2006 war which he stumbled into by kidnapping two Israel soldiers. Later he said that had he known Israel was going to respond so forcefully, he’d never have given the order. And yet despite the thousands killed in Lebanon, Hezbollahis and civilians, and the billions of dollars worth of damage, he claimed that Hezbollah won just because he survived. Before his demise, he’d been in hiding since 2006.

Israel’s recent demonstrations of its technological prowess show that Nasrallah survived this long thanks only to the sufferance of the Jerusalem government. Netanyahu and others seem to have hoped the Hezbollah problem would resolve itself once the Americans came to their senses and recognized the threat Iran posed to U.S. regional hegemony. But the Israelis misread the strategic implications of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

The George W. Bush administration’s freedom agenda gave Iraq’s Shia majority an insuperable advantage in popular elections. And since virtually all the Shia factions were controlled by Iran, democratizing Iraq laid the foundations for Iran’s regional empire as well as Obama’s realignment strategy, downgrading relations with traditional U.S. allies like Israel and building ties with the anti-American regime. Even Trump, whose January 2020 targeted killing of Iranian terror chief Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi deputy Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was far and away the most meaningful operation ever conducted by U.S. forces on Iraqi soil, couldn’t entirely break the mold cast by his predecessors and which the Pentagon protected like a priceless jewel.

U.S. forces are still based in Iraq and Syria to fight ISIS and any other Sunnis the Iranians and their allies categorize as threats to their interests. The detail seems almost like a medieval curse imposed on the losing side in a war. After the Iranians killed and maimed thousands of U.S. troops in Iraq, and helped kill and wound thousands more by urging their Syrian ally Bashar Assad to usher Sunni fighters from the Damascus airport to the Iraqi front, America’s best and bravest are condemned to eternal bondage requiring them to protect Iranian interests forever.

The idea advanced by conspiracy theorists from the U.S. political and media establishment on the left as well as the right that Netanyahu is trying to drag the U.S. into a larger regional war with Iran—a thesis sure to be cited repeatedly in the aftermath of Nasrallah’s assassination—is absurd. The Obama faction, of which Biden and Harris are a part, is in Iran’s corner. Moreover, only a fool could be blind to the fact that the Pentagon way of war, three decades into the 21st century and a world away from the United States’ last conclusive victory, means death for all who pursue it.

If Washington and the Europeans are appalled by Israel’s campaign over the last two weeks, it’s because the Israelis have resurfaced the ugly truth that no modish theories of war, international organizations, or even American presidents could long obscure. Wars are won by killing the enemy, above all, those who inspire their people to kill yours. Killing Nasrallah not only anchors Israel’s victory in Lebanon but reestablishes the old paradigm for any Western leaders who take seriously their duty to protect their countrymen and civilization: Kill your enemies.

[featherclan]

Dartclan

Dartclan lives in the rockiest part of the mountains, previously neighboring Featherclan. Their relationship with Featherclan was also rocky at best. Dartclan is known to be calculated, as well as looking after their own being their main priority. The other clans think they're cold by nature, but Dartclan also has the hardest time with prey and their territory is dangerous by nature. If one were to take a peek into their everyday life, they would see how much the cats care for one another. They have the least amount of clan members usually. Except for Featherclan now.

Hollowstar is Dartclan's leader. He is often seen as somewhat controlling and cold, but what he does is the best for his clan. In his eyes anyways. The clan appreciates him and respects him. He hasn't steered them wrong yet. He considers the clan his family, and has a kit that came from outside of the clan. His current apprentice is Lakepaw, one of the deputy's grandkits.

Crestfur is the current clans deputy. She's mentored a lot of the current clan members, and is highly respected because of it. Not a soul questions her kit's father. It's absolutely none of their business that he was an outsider. She currently has four kits that are all adults, though one now rests with starclan. Their three grandkits also have a parent outside of the clan, but no one seems to bat an eye.

Greenmask is one of the kindest members of Dartclan. She can fight, but is better at escaping nasty situations. The clan does it's best to protect her, since she's also one of the smaller members and she is a very good medicine cat. She currently has an apprentice named Fluffypaw, who will become the second medicine cat of Dartclan. Dartclan is the most strict with medicine cats, meaning Greenmask isn't allowed to have a mate or kits. But that doesn't mean she can't dream.

Darknettle is a warrior of Dartclan. When she was an apprentice she was made an example of in front of the whole clan. She thinks Hollowstar still holds that over her, though he was the one to give her the holly leaves. He was also the one to arrange her and her mate getting together. There was a long period with little to no kits, so Hollowstar has been encouraging kits. Her mate's name was Halfheart, and initially they got along. Well enough to have two kits before they broke up. Everyone in the clan was expecting this, and Hollowstar really doesn't mind as long as there are more kits.

This is the final clan! I know these were all relatively long posts, but I enjoy talking about them all. I'm hoping at least someone enjoys knowing more about these cats that are going to probably only show up for one or two updates. Also they will not be going on the allegiances since that is mainly/only for Featherclan and Featherclan's passed cats. If I ever feel like adding them I might, but do not expect it lol.

[everrainrp]

TORRENTFALL CLAN OPENINGS

Wow, what a week with the Shoreshimmer Applications! We were very impressed by what we saw, and will be sending out invitations as this week progresses! Do not feel disheartened if you did not receive an invitation, there have been a surprising amount of applications and while we would like to pick all that we can, we still have four more Clans to go! That's a huge number of potential applicants for us to go through and we don't want to end up with more than we can chew in regards to how many people are accepted!

As for those of you who have been waiting for Torrentfall Clan, it is your time to shine and get an application in! If there are any questions regarding the Clan, do not hesitate to reach out!

Tinyfish is available as the Deputy Adoptable for this round of applications.

Leader and Apothecary are both available to be applied for as original characters!

Below you will find both of the application forms, be sure you are filling out the correct one when you begin! We are very excited to get these under way and cannot wait to see everyone's characters in this opening and upcoming ones! Thank you everyone for your patience once again!

Do not rush, fill out the form to the best of your abilities. Remember that you are not being viewed on how much you are presenting in the submission, but how much heart you have put into your character or concept!

GENERAL FORM

HIGH RANK FORM

Same as Shoreshimmer Applications, accepted applicants will receive a message during the following week post closing of this opening, as well as an invite to the server! So be sure that you put down a social media that is easily accessible in the event we cannot reach you on discord!

Thank you all for your interest and we cannot wait to see what you've cooked up once again!

AND as a very special thing, Mod M has written up some prompts to get those creative gears turning that can be found below!! They will be found below, and added to the site shortly! They're Very fun, so be sure to take a look!

Earthshaker, Stormbringer. Torrentfall cats are known for their ability to navigate dangerous rivers and waterfalls, but you take this to the extreme. See, you’ve always been a cat who thrives in chaos. When the weather worsens, when storms roll in, and the riverbanks threaten to flood… oh, that’s when you come alive. You prefer life on the move, constantly testing your skills by racing down treacherous rapids and venturing into uncharted waters. Some say you’re reckless for seeking danger, while others admire your courage. Do you seek the thrill, the knowledge, or something deeper? And when you stand in the eye of the storm, will it give you what you seek– or leave you stranded in its fury?

From the Riverbed. If your kindness is born of repentance, you must be making up for something terrible. Once, you lost someone dear to the river– perhaps kits, an apprentice, or a close friend who drowned. From that moment, you vowed to ensure no cat would be taken by the waters again. You’ve dedicated yourself to becoming one of Torrentfalls' best swimmers, and now you want to teach others to navigate the treacherous currents. But you have a complex relationship with the rapids. Do you fear the river? Or have you grown obsessed with mastering it, refusing to let it defeat you again? Most of all– does the water still feel like home?

Colors of the Wind. After the rain, when sunlight hits the water, Torrentfall is occasionally treated to brilliant rainbows arcing across the sky. While most cats admire their beauty from afar, you’ve set your sights on something more: capturing them, and infusing them into your paintings. You fashion delicate nets and containers from shining river stones, believing that if you capture a rainbow, you can harness its color and beauty forever. No one in Torrentfall has ever seen such a feat accomplished, but you? You're certain you’re close to success. Will you bottle the colors of the wind?

Sky’s the Limit. Torrentfall’s winds can be fierce, but where others see danger, you see opportunity. Inspired by the birds that soar high above, you’ve taken it upon yourself to craft what some may call “kytes” – using river reeds, fish bones, and leaves, you want to create constructs that can soar. You’re… a long way off, your creations haphazard and flimsy still, but you can imagine them one day catching the wind and dancing freely in the sky. Some cats are baffled by your obsession, but you’re convinced that once they see it in action, they’ll understand the beauty of flight. Will you launch Torrentfall’s first flying craft?

[officialclangen]

February Release is out!!

Content:

New herb system! In expanded mode, your medicine cats will gather herbs and treat illnesses and injuries, reducing lethality, duration, and potential risks. Information about your current herb stores, sick/injured cats, and a log of medicine cat activity can be found in the new medicine den, accessible via the medicine cat den label on the clan screen or the matching button on medicine cat's and injured/sick cat's profiles

Mediator role has been added! The mediator is an optional role. Once a moon, you can choose to "mediate" between two clanmates, increasing relationship values. Or, if you would rather sow discord, you can sabotage the relationship, lowering relationship values. Mediators also have a chance to visit other clans upon timeskip, affecting reputation values. Mediators can take apprentices, apprentices will only choose to become mediators if there is already a fully-trained mediator in the clan. In settings, you may allow warriors and elders to choose to become mediators upon timeskip.

New pelt patterns: Mackerel, Classic, Sokoke, Agouti, and SingleStripe

New White patches: Seal, mink, and sepia point.

New colors: Black has been renamed to ghost, and new black has been added.

Heterochromia is now possible with all eye colors.

New eye colors: Gray, Copper, Sage, Pale Yellow, Pale Blue, New Blue, Gold, Heather Blue, Cyan, Emerald, Sunlit Ice, and Green Yellow. Dark Blue and Hazel have been tweaked.

Tints! Cats can now be slightly tinted, to give some variety to cat colors. Tints do not affect white patches, scars, or eye color.

Redone shaders.

You can now view lost or exiled dead cats under the "Unknown Residence" sub-tab.

Many, many new herb patrols, unique to each biome. New patrols involving a fox, new training patrols, and new cat-joining patrols. And we mean… many. Like over 1000 in total.

Some new ceremony text.

You can now retire warriors, medicine cats, mediators, deputies, and leaders. You can also demote a leader to warrior status.

Many new thoughts!

New pelt color, pattern, pelt length and white patches inheritance system. Note that this is not a completely realistic genetics system, it’s just meant to give kits more of a chance to look similar to their parents!

Quality of Life:

You can now sort your cats by rank, age, or ID!

New role management screen, with summaries and icons for each role (some icons are still placeholders)

You can now disable first-cousin romance in settings.

Timeskip events now link to the involved cats.

Patrols now have a short summary of outcomes at completion.

Fullscreen mode added

Made sure splines are properly reticulated

Your currently loaded clan no longer shows up on the switch clan list.

Patrolled cats are now saved.

Many bug fixes!

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[curlclans-war]

CurlClan's War

CurlClan is a Clangen save about a Clan of cats who are characterised by their suspicious and aggressive natures, documenting the story of the war they begin on all five neighbouring Clans. It updates once a week on Fridays.

Read CurlClan's War from the start here.

See their answered asks in the #curlclan askbox tag. Feel free to ask the CurlClan cats questions, but keep in mind they won't answer anything including opinions or knowledge they dont want to hear, or don't understand.

With that aside, here are the Year 0 Allegiances (the cats who are in the Clan at the very start of the comic). I'll do another one after each year passes. Year 0:

Year 1 Allegiances

The rules and settings I'm using are:

I must do as many border patrols as doesn't let my Clan starve, and on every border patrol I must antagonise if I can, or don't proceed if I can't. (This rule is sometimes not applied to certain characters for story reasons.) Mass extinction events are turned on only when I have more than 1 page of cats, and turned off when I have less than that. Unmated and unknown kits are turned on. So is same-sex pregnancies. Romance with former mentors and cousins is turned OFF. Deputies are chosen based on the current leader's highest relationship status, but they must also have a "bad" personality trait.

Thank you so much for all the love for CurlClan thus far!!!

[rottentricks]

Fallenclan! They live near the beachside where a old shipwreck. They are the founders and the clan is 22 moons.

Moonstar (claw) + Leader

- He's the leader of Fallenclan, he is known to be loyal and a kind-hearted cat that will go out his way to protect his clanmates with his life, Moonstar is currently in love with his deputy Mudspeckle but both are not mates yet.

Mudespeckle + Deputy

- He is an old faithful cowboy that loves to joke around and having fun, mostly try to impress his crush Moonstar, both have a healthy relationship together but aren't mates yet due to duties or whatnot

Icegaze + Medicine Cat

Icegaze is very optimistic and loves to teach every cat around with his knowledge of herbs. He is also the former mentor of Thornwhisker, he adores his apprentice because he sees him as his own son. Icegaze and his apprentice are devoted to their duties, curing their clanmates and overall stumbling upon new stuff on the beach. Icegaze also has feelings for a warrior named Rosyflight, whom reciprocates and both likes to flirt when they are alone.

Thornwhisker + Medicine Cat

This stinky kitty is very grumpy and cold towards to other cats beside his mentor, Thornwhisker likes alone time along with enjoying practising fighting moves. He is also, not known to his mentor, is seeing Rosyflight! Both loves to joke around and having a stroll together, especially playing pranks.

Rosyflight + Warrior

She is considered to be a good fighter with great experience and skills, Rosyflight is known to be wise with words as she is really persuasive which she uses to get what she wanted, yet she isn't mean or anything like that. Rosyflight enjoys sunbathing and having out with Cloverbeam, and her other ideal of fun is flirting with not only Icegaze but also Thornwhisker.

Cloverbeam + Warrior

Cloverbeam is very loving and is good at hunting which she spends half of her time with a hunting patrol, or playing with pebbles. She is Nightshades mate, they are childhood sweethearts and are very much still in love.

Nightshade + Warrior

Nightshade has excellent skills of a teacher, he is very careful and tries to avoid conflict as much. He is mates with his childhood crush, Cloverbeam! They loved to sneak off to snuggle when they are supposed to be on patrol, and are currently having a few conversations about having future kits.

[sleepiest-otter]

Dandelionclan’s high ranks at the end of Year 4. Left to right we have: Anisefur (healer, molly) isn’t doing well since her warning from Tawnybracken. Despite being an experienced healer, she had never actually had a religious experience. She’s terrified of what the prophecy could mean and has pushed Dandelionclan to make some... choices. We’ll go over those later.

Quailstar (leader, molly) also isn’t doing so great. Her mate and deputy, Crestdapple, died at the very beginning of the year. She went through another deputy before we get to the current one due to Anisefur’s advice. For the most part, she’s just... desperately depressed. She’s even considering retiring.

Whisperleaf (healer, molly) is doing pretty well, actually. I’ve been trying desperately to get her into a romantic relationship because kits, but she refuses to develop a crush, so ace Whisperleaf, maybe?

Whitebird (deputy, tom) did not expect to be made deputy ever, but he’s doing his best in the role. He’s not particularly young, so he has no idea why Quailstar picked him after the previous deputy. His feelings of friendship towards Palebreeze have developed into something more, but he has no idea how to tell him.

Fallingarch (healer, molly) has gained more confidence as Anisefur has broken down. She’s kind of stepped into the lead healer’s position and is thriving. She’s also got a crush on half the clan, which half the clan returns. Somehow, sweet little Fallingarch is clan heart throb.

[gothcsz]

𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒆 / a Javier Peña fic.

PAIRING: Javier Peña x Original Female Character

SUMMARY:   After being transferred back to the States from Colombia, Javier Peña is relocated to a small town in the middle Texas as the new Deputy Sheriff to help solve a string of murders that have been occurring in this more rural part of the state. Rumors of a sacrilegious group plague the community which has its citizens on edge. Along the way, he enters a convoluted relationship with the sheriff’s daughter, Paloma. Entranced not only by her beauty but also by her captivating and enticing artistry as she preforms at a local bar on weekend nights. The once DEA agent soon begins to realize that there’s a lot more at play here than initially thought. Heavily influenced by Ethel Cain’s Preacher’s Daughter album.

RATING:   18+ Mature topics such as sex, drugs, murder, the occult, religion, cannibalism and other triggering matters will be explored in this body of work. More specific tags will be listed on chapter posts.

DISCLAIMER/WARNINGS:   The Javier Peña referenced in this body of work is solely based off of the character that appears in Netflix’s Narcos and not the actual person. Very canon divergent and I will tweak things as I see fit to compliment the narrative of this story. While efforts have been made to be accurate in terms of canon timeline, a lot of details will be fictionalized, including the usage of the song(s) that Paloma will perform throughout the story.

A/N:   hey y’all! just wanna say that this was an idea that popped in my head as i was rewatching narcos for the dozenth time while simultaneously discovering ethel cain’s work (i know i’m late, cut me some slack pls) but i’ve genuinely never been so inspired to… write. so with that, i give you all a small prologue of sorts to see if there’s any interest in continuing this. it’s my first time publicly posting any of my works so i’m so fuckin’ nervous but oh well i’m just diving head first!

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The sounds of twigs snapping beneath her feet echo throughout the forest, her frantic breaths making her chest burn as she continues to run aimlessly in attempts to escape her captors. Nina had gotten lucky, her wrist burned from constantly rubbing against her rope confinements until eventually she was able to undo the tight knot and free herself from her imminent death. She wasted no time in booking it out of whatever tattered building they were in; being met with nothing but surrounding darkness.

It didn’t take long before those who had taken her realized she was missing, but it was enough to put some distance between herself and them. Her bare feet ache from the unforgiving woodsy ground, legs slashed from the various twigs and thorns that she had run through in order to make her escape. But that pain was only temporary, and currently her body was focused on survival. She had to make it back to civilization; even if she didn’t know where she was.

A few more minutes of running before the girl finds some kind of solace behind a towering oak tree, her back pressed against its ridges as she allows herself a moment to catch her breath.

To regroup.

One hand travels up to her collarbone where a delicate cross necklace sits against her skin, she grips it tightly and begins to utter a soft yet frantic prayer hoping that the God she’s devoted her life to would spare her from the horrors and fate she’s currently facing. Her eyes snap open at the sound of a twig snapping loudly and before Nina has any time to react to the sudden presence, she’s being yanked by her forearm out of the shadows and roughly thrown onto the ground.

She’s been caught.

“Please let me go. I promise I won’t tell anyone.” Nina pleads and it’s nothing this trio has not heard before.

“Oh sweet child…” The smooth yet dangerous voice of the leader of this tormenting group crouches down until he’s at her level, brushing a strand of tawny hair away from her face as he gazes deep into her eyes.

Deep into her soul.

“You cannot keep the inevitable from occurring.” Enter the other man, a heavy two barreled shotgun in his hands pointed directly at her. Nina’s lips curl into a pout as tears begin to pour down her supple cheeks. This gets a scoff out of the third person that makes up the trio, a girl that was around her age.

“Oh poor baby is cryin’. this coulda been so much easier if you hadn’t ran, doll face.” Her tone is patronizing as she watches Nina intently, a smirk sprawled across her own lips. “C’mon August, we need to deal with her before we miss our window of opportunity. Again.” she looks down at the antique watch that adorns her left hand. Only a few minutes until three in the morning.

August takes a few more moments to study the weeping girl before him, just as a predator would its prey. However, there’s a softness in his eyes that she isn’t able to fully register. He eventually stands to his full height. “It will have to be done here. There is not enough time to bring her back to the house.” He snaps his fingers at the man with the shotgun and he immediately lowers it, silent as ever and reaching into his back pocket to pull out a large, silver dagger that glistens as the moonlight from the full moon shines down upon it. Nina’s eyes widen at the sight of the blade and she begins to scramble backwards but August reaches down to grasp her ankle to keep her from moving. 

“Hold her down.” He orders and the other two wordlessly comply, the dagger now in August’s possession as the guy takes hold of her wrists and the girl of her ankles. Nina begins to thrash around violently to no avail. They’ve got a strong hold on her.

“Please, A-August please I’ll d-do whatever you want. I w-won’t tell anyone just p-please don’t kill me.” The helpless girl cries, tears and snot mixing as violent sobs rack throughout her entire body.

The earnest begging for her life falls on deaf ears, instead August plants one foot on either side of her body, now towering over her completely with the dagger firmly in his grasp. Between her hysteric crying and overwhelming emotions, Nina doesn’t understand the words that fall past the man’s lips but she knows for certain that he isn’t speaking English.

She attempts to save herself one final time but is ignored once more. Just as August finishes his prayer-like uttering, the wind begins to pick up around them, sending leaves and dirt to swirl around as if they had conjured up their own, mini tornado. 

Nina’s eyes widen as the dagger raises itself over his head.

“ I am no good nor evil, simply I am And I have come to take what is mine. ”

And with those final words, the dagger plunges down deep into her chest, right where her heart lies. A piercing scream shoots out of her throat, damn near destroying her vocal chords as August continues to stab the sharp blade into her flesh over and over again.

Until eventually, the life drains from Nina’s eyes.

[charlotte-official]

The Steambird - A Recap Spanning Roughly 10 Days!

Kaeya is still stuck on the mountain freezing to death with lisa. But hey, at least now diluc finally got to dragonspine after like.. two weeks. They are now finally descending down the mountain. Kaeya is still freezing to death.

Alas! Winery Owner Finally Manages to Make it up the Mountain to Save his Adopted Brother!

Kaeya Alberich, the Knights of Favonius’ Cavalry Captain, being still stuck on Dragonspine with Lisa Minci ultimately freezing to death with his Knights of Favonius colleague, is finally getting down the mountain!

Diluc Ragvindr finally made it up to rescue the two KoF members. He is now descending down the mountain with his adoptive brother in arms and the librarian trailing behind him as they rush towards the camp near the base of the mountain.

Kaeya, however, appears to be in quite the serious condition.

Will Kaeya pass from hypothermia? Or will Ragvindr and Minci be able to rescue the Cavalry Captain?

Everybody here at the Steambird waits in anticipation of the results. We hope Kaeya will make it out alive!!

Diluc still hates the fatui and continues to squabble with UTA.

Esteemed Dawn Winery Owner.. Continues to Squabble with Fatui Harbinger Clone as Would a Cranky Old Married Couple.

That’s it. That’s the story.

Kaveh gets confronted on having not taken care of himself as of late and anons scold him and attempt to make him take care of himself more

He is currently opting to hide out in a ruin for the next century like how madame faruzan accidentally got stuck in a ruin for 100 years.

Anon threatens to call his friends TIghnari- a forest ranger, Cyno- the general Mahamatra, and Scribe Alhaitham. (which I continue to believe is entangled in some affair with the architect!)

Famed Ksharewar Architect Accused of not Taking Care of Himself.. and Being in a Relationship with the Former Acting Grand Sage of the Akedemiya?!

Kaveh, a famous architect from the Darshan of Ksharewar, was called out by an anonymous user for having not properly cared for himself!

In an ask, an anon questions him with a truth or dare question.. but regardless skips all casualties and asks a question anyway. Specifically asking how many hours the Architect has slept this week.

Kaveh reluctantly answers by counting off of his fingers.. and ending up with less than even a whole hand with fingers up.(Meaning that he’s slept for less that five hours.)

The anon then gives him a dare: go to sleep.

Kaveh instantly denies his lack of sleep and argues against the not so accusation, protesting that he for one has no eye bags and is perfectly sane and has projects to finish nonetheless.

The anon threatens to call the former Acting Grand Sage, Alhaitham, to which Kaveh is flabbergasted and demands to ask why Alhaitham of all peo

Nobody seems to believe that one though.

After some back and forth and a few threats of calling the Architects friends(the General Mahamatra, Forest Ranger Tighnari, and of course, the Former Acting Grand Sage/Akedemiya’s scribe, Alhaitham), Kaveh admits that if he must go into hiding, he says he’s thinking of going to go hide out in a ruin for the next century.

(much like how Madame Faruzan, Senior in Haravatat was stuck in a ruin for a century solving puzzles.)

Madame Faruzan pops in to ask what’s going on and Kaveh asks her to help him out.

..nevermind the anons wasted no time telling her his lack of self care.

Arataki Itto, leader of the Arataki gang, is once again scolded by his colleagues, Kuki Shinobu, the deputy leader, and Takuya the blue oni, the.. Uh.. other member. This time being for having a poster of his face plastered on a billboard in Ritou. Which, without a permit, is pretty illegal. So Kuki Shinobu tries to reprimand Itto by telling him to go take it down, but he denies saying it was his pet bull, Ushi, who put up the poster. Takuya ended up taking it down anyway.

Arataki Gang Leader Illegally Decorates Ritou Billboard.. What? What do you Mean it was his Cow?

Arataki Itto, leader of the Arataki Gang, was questioned by Arataki Gang deputy, Kuki Shinobu, of why there was a poster on a billboard in Ritou with a scrawl of Itto’s face posted illegally.

Friends of Arataki Itto, both Takuya the Blue Oni and Kuki Shinobu, question why the seemingly self portrait is up on the billboard without a permit.

Itto pops into the discussion and when the two demand for answers, he frantically blames it on Ushi. Which, despite the headline, is actually a bull.

That’s right. Arataki Itto blamed an illegal act of posting something on a billboard without a permit on the poor bull as tall as his knee.

Naturally Takuya and Kuki Shinobu did not believe his protests.

Itto flees the scene and Takuya chases after Itto.

Takuya later caves and takes the poster down himself.

Hat Guy of Vahumana learns to break out of his shell and befriends a child named Malak and now they have matching hats! How cute.

Hat Guy Softens Up for the like.. Third Time in Genshin-Official History

There’s not a lot to cover, but essentially, a small child who lives in the Birmastan steals Hat Guys hat and after returns it. The two then become friends of sort and after a recommendation from Lesser Lord Kusanali, Hat Guy takes the child, then revealed to be named Malak, to the Grand Bazaar.

Malak now has a hat.

The two now match.

Isn’t that cute?

Bennett, an adventurer notorious for being incredibly unlucky, lost his boots. Chief Alchemist Albedo and popular bartender Diona of the Cat’s Tail report that they saw them at the gates of the city.

Unlucky Adventurer Somehow Loses His Boots. Like, the Ones he was Probably Wearing. How Does That Happen?

Bennett, an adventurer from Mondstadt notorious for being incredibly unlucky but nonetheless cheerful and pleasant overall, lost his boots.

When? A few days ago. How? No idea. Where? Dunno. Where were they(the boots) found? Well, Bartender Diona, while apparently gathering dandelions near the city gate to make her next big concoction, spotted the boots near the city gates.

Albedo also says he saw the boots by the city gates.

How did the boots even get there in the first place?

I suppose only Celestia has the answer to that one..

Nameless bard confesses to having placed flowers around the City of Mondstadt. While it did look nice temporarily, it wasn't very great to clean up afterward. Diona expressed her displeasure at having to clean up after her boss, Margaret, owner of the Cat’s Tail, made her clean it up. She reluctantly forgave the bard anyway and moved on with her day.

Ghost from Mondstadt Revolution Confesses to Placing Flowers Around Mond City. Here’s the Aftereffects.

Nameless Bard, a ghost from the Mondstadt revolution who is notorious for belting out sick comebacks, admitted to encouraging the children of Mondstadt to go spreading flowers all over the City.

He did this after another very alive bard, Venti, came out to make sure nobody assumed he encouraged the children of this.

Adventurer Bennett was rather surprised that people were unhappy about the array of flowers all around the city and thought to himself that the flowers had looked nice.

Sister Barbara of the Mondstadt Cathedral and popular idol didn’t really mind the flowers and laughed it off.

Diona of the Cats Tail on the other hand was rather upset because apparently owner of the cats tail, Margaret, had made her clean up the flowers around the tavern.

She shortly after waves it off though.

Arataki Itto tries to eat Sangonomiya Kokomi, the Divine Priestess or Watatsumi Island’s fish friends. Much to her horror.

Gang Leader Itto Eats Fish. Watatsumi Island Head Priestess is Appalled.

Sangonomiya Kokomi, the head priestess of Watatsumi Island, had quipped about how cute and fascinating fish are.

Arataki Itto, leader of the Arataki Gang.. being Arataki Itto, leader of the Arataki Gang, said and I quote, “Fish, Nomnomnomnomnomnomnom”

Sangonomiya Kokomi was appalled and cried out for him to stop since she sees the fish like her children. She said, “fish are friends, not food.”

Zhongli from Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, agrees with the Divine Priestess, saying that fish are not food.

Arataki Itto, for once, makes a good argument and gives the example that a dish such as Squirrel Fish exists and that fish are indeed food.

Zhongli starts talking about fish texture and Itto becomes utterly confused.

To this day, he still remains confused.

Chief Alchemist Albedo officially sets out for Sumeru and unexpectedly, Bartender Diona tags along.

Mondstadt Chief Alchemist Officially Sets out for Sumeru.. And Takes a Cat With Him.

Albedo, Chief Alchemist of the Knights of Favonius, officially sets on a journey for Sumeru.

Probably for Nilou, esteemed dancer from Zubayr Theater,’s picnic.

This picnic was announced about a month ago and people from Fontaine to Mondstadt will be attending. It seems like quite the event.

While Albedo announces he’ll be going, Bartender Diona from the Cats Tail, practically clings onto his leg, demanding to come with him.

She apparently is sick of her job and wants to get out of Mondstadt.

Albedo let’s her come with him, and the next morning they set out for Liyue, a pit stop they will stop at before heading into Sumeru.

[eschatology-zihua]

What I'm thinking isWhen D16 and Orian were young, they would be taken to the library by One Ultra Magnus for easy care, but both of them were particularly mischievous and ran around aimlesslySo it's common to see one Ultra Magnus chasing after them everywhereSome two creations: assembly lines produce two types of TFs, one is to come down as an adult and go to work directly without childhood, and the other is a juvenile that needs some time to grow up. In the case of consecutive organisms, the adult organism has the obligation to raise the juvenileUltra Magnus came down as an adult, so he was randomly assigned to work in the library and was responsible for taking care of Orian and D16

One Ultra Magnus setting (with a considerable amount of Orian and D16 related rumor setting) (umop/MOP)

Family relationships and professions are as follows

Ultra Magnus: Brother (Iron Castle Security Minister+Deputy Leader) (not very optimistic about Cybertron's current state)

Orian Pax: Sister (Miner/Autobot)

D16: Brother (Miner/Madman)

The profession is randomly assigned while on the assembly line, and the consecutive numbered machines are related to family members. Different machines may have consecutive numbers between different assembly lines

Personality type: Believer, Big Brother

Without faith or self approved thoughts, work can be quite bleak. If someone wants to revolutionize, they will secretly poke and help. Those who can climb to such a high position only hope that their younger siblings assigned to work as miners will not be bullied (as they accidentally climbed too high)

Speaking may sound cold, but in fact, I care a lot about my younger siblings and those from the lower class. I use some suggestive language to make my younger siblings live better in compliance.

My younger sister serves as a receptor, and my older brother "tagged" her in advance to prevent her from being bullied

【 Tag: By docking behavior and fusion of sparks, radiation is left on the receptor machine, and other organisms will know the basic information of the tag reporter after receiving it 】 Every week, I bring my younger siblings out to my own home to eat and drink well

After all, it comes from the second creation we have in mind. If you can't accept it, you can block me. If you like it, then I am very grateful

[dizzified]

Sketches headshots from some goobers from a ClanGen run. Fun facts:

Vixen showed up to SnapdragonClan as a fucked-up child spy and ended up 'bonding' with Mist while allegedly gathering intel. The bonding was him divulging more about why he was there and Mist staring at him with absolute horror over the fact Vixen was obviously being used and manipulated by the higher-ups in his clan. [This was actually all a lie on Vixen's part]

Young Adult toxic yaoi [They have so many problems, Mist please just throw Vixen out the nearest window before he fucks up your life with his obsessive violent delusional attachment issues]

Bonestar is a young leader who was appointed due to being just moldable enough for the previous leader, Plumestar, to get what she wanted beyond the grave, which was moving territories to cover up a mass tragedy that may or may not have been her fault [It was]

Sandy is SnapdragonClan's deputy, is way too old for this shit, and is one of the few cats who is old enough to have experienced the tragedy firsthand, he also lost his apprentice Milkweedpaw due to it, and didn't want to take on anymore responsibility after that.

He was extremely traumatized and is upset to be in his position. Doesn't like Bonestar because he knows the truth that she refuses to believe, they don't like eachother, the only reason Bonestar chose him was because she trusted his judgement due to being far older and more experienced than him.

Sandy is also Mist's father and doesn't have the best relationship with his son due to being hesitant to form a bond with him after what happened with Milkweedpaw, he's struggling.

Flareshiver is one of Sandy's closest confidants as the medicine cat and one of the main cats he rambles his troubles too, while she listens, she also gives him advice although she's been lacking in that department lately due to honestly being stumped on what to do about their current situation herself.

The only real advice she gave him was needing to mend his relationship with his son before anything worse happened and he wouldn't be able to. [She's also a trans woman, diversity win!!]

I love them all GRRRRRR

[shine-clan]

ShineClan Pinned Post :)

not exactly sure how to start this, but here we go!

my main blog is @mossmarsh and i decided to start a clangen blog -- i saw all these other wc artists do it and it looks like a blast. i had a very small one a while ago, but i burned out very quickly. here's hoping that doesn't happen again!

the artstyle will probably vary a bit, and i'm not going to be focusing on art-heavy updates unfortunately. i hope to build some lore around shineclan, but i will probably focus the most on interpersonal relationships.

the profile picture will change with each leader! the current leader is our first, the founder Harestar.

if the clan starts to exceed one page, i'll start doing death rolls. :( sorry has to be done

Settings

• allow mass extinction

• allow cats to breed with cats that aren't their mates

• same sex breeding off

• increase same sex adoption

• no kits with unknown second parent

• no romantic interactions with former mentors

• no romantic interactions between first cousins

• allow leaders to automatically choose a new deputy

• allow warriors and elders to choose to become mediators

• expanded mode

• hunger mechanics disabled

I'm not allowing the unknown second parent because i think it just gives the clan too many kits to work with. i also think this encourages the members to mate amongst themselves, which i generally prefer in my clans.

Tags

#moon - a moon update

#moon [number] - specific moon update

#ask - ask responses

#about - info posts

#art - anything with art!

thanks so much for reading!

[silentsnowflower]

ThunderClan Family Tree - Or the Family Wreath

Was pondering Mapleshade’s Vengeance and how it seems that she was completely forgotten within a generation or two and one thing led to another. Below is a very messy, cannon family tree for ThunderClan as best as I was able to draw out the relationships. I still don’t understand how she was forgotten so quickly unless Oakstar decided to bury the whole affair as one buries their dirt.

Few things that are interesting to me:

How is it that the Erins chose from two of the more inbred family lines to make the most inbred protagonist that the series has seen??? Poor Moonpaw, no wonder she’s a little odd.

8 generations of cats isn’t a very long time - or so it seems (as defined by who the leader is). The events of Mapleshade’s Vengeance take place nineteen years before Firestar and the current series is 13 years after Firestar arrives in the forest. So 8 generations covers 32 years. In other words, a single generation spans four years. Considering how quickly as cats reproduce and how harsh life is for feral cats, the total number of cats in ThunderClan doesn’t seem realistic.

The Erins killed off very few cats during “major catastrophes” such as the battle with BloodClan, the destruction of the forest and the journey to the lake, and the final battle. In the most recent arcs, the clans feel very bloated. I think this is attributable to the fact that the Erins kill no one off!

Correcting the Family Wreath

This correction is mostly for my AUs and my rewrite of the warrior series. I could not proceed and stick to the family wreath. I wanted a proper family tree with minimal inbreeding that spans the 8 generations of ThunderClan. Correction of the family wreath necessitated addition of several OCs. I also modified existing relationships and changed names that I did not particularly care for, did not feel very ThunderClan-like, repeated names, etc. Furthermore, cats were limited to two litters and Queens did not have to disclose the father of their kits. When a litter’s father is unknown, they are presumed to be outside of the clan. Certain branches of the family tree have been excluded for simplicity’s sake and because their lineages continue in Clans outside of ThunderClan.

Honestly, this family tree is more confusing and challenging to navigate (for me), but certain lineages do not cross until the 7th and 8th generations (see, Erins? How hard is it?).

This took me far too long.

Divergences from canon (my headcanons and AUs):

Frecklewing had a litter of kits that Mapleshade was unaware of when she murdered the she-cat. Because Thornclaw is related to Frecklewing, Mapleshade recruits him to the dark forest.

Speckleflight and Tawnyspots are littermates. Tawnyclaw is named after him.

Robinchest did not plan on having another litter of kits after her first died during the Great Hunger, but Fuzzypelt eventually persuaded her that they were unlikely to ever see a leaf-bare like that one again. Hollowflight and Hickorynose are named for the Great Hunger - for hollow bellies and gnawing on bark to survive. Robinchest wanted to name Hickorykit Barkkit, but Fuzzypelt wanted the littermates to have similar sounds in their names.

Longtail is made deputy and is blinded during the destruction of the ThunderClan camp. He does not step down as deputy until he falls over the cliff of the hollow and resigns, feeling unsure about his position in the clan.

Lynxpaw and Swiftpaw survived a bout of greencough that swept through ThunderClan, killing Berrykit and Leopardfoot. Goldenflower lost both of her kits to the dog pack, in a foolish attempt to confront the dogs directly and drive them out. Lynxpaw and Swiftpaw gave their lives to allow the rest of the patrol to escape, but in Bluestar’s madness, she refuses to give them a warrior name to carry to StarClan.

Brightpaw and Thornpaw are well past of the age of becoming warriors when they volunteer to lead the dogs to the gorge. Brightpaw is caught and savaged by the dogs, but Tulip-paw comes to her rescue, distracting the dogs and allowing Sandstorm to take over the relay. Tulip-paw was severely wounded and found dead next to his best friend, Brightpaw, who is barely breathing. Fireheart, not yet Firestar, names her Brightheart before traveling to the Moonstone to receive his nine lives. He is afraid that she is going to be there to give him a life.

Cinderpaw takes the name Cinderstep, as a reminder that she needs to just keep on taking one pawstep after the other. She chose her name - not Yellowfang.

Seedpaw swallows too much water when trying to rescue Dandelionkit during the storm and the flooding. Dandelionkit and Seedpaw die together, from dry-drowning, hours after the clan believes that they’re okay.

Dustpelt was never Ferncloud’s mentor.

Cloudtail and Brightheart have a large litter of kits, but only make the journey across the mountains with Whitepaw. Rustpaw was captured by the twolegs and does not join the clans until seasons later - after Graystripe and Millie return. She arrives without a clan name, and three young kits: Snow, Dew, and Amber. She is welcomed back into the clan and is made a warrior without sitting vigil.

Tawnyclaw is named after her father and her fierce fighting skills. Brambleflower is named for his mother and his gentle disposition. Both young cats miss their father - Tigerstar had always been loving towards them, until the end.

A branch does not kill Rainwhisker.

I have more, but I should save them for another post.