#volewhisper wc

[jayadwal]

[artaintfart]

if you're still doing the hypokit thing, maybe Volewhisper (ShadowClan) and Stoneclaw (WindClan)? My Disappearing Children </3

Oooooo sure! First I’m hearing of Stoneclaw, very neat! I drew his design with uhhh blood so I gave him a bandaid for this :]

[warrior-cats-rewritten]

More TPB notes

Ravenpaw was popular with Queens, whom Tigerstar made sure to spread rumors among first whenever he was watching over Swiftkit and Lynxkit.

Firepaw sounds different to the other cats, which is one of the things that causes hostility towards him from others.

Cinderpelt is actually shown with her snail friends. She has a few around the Cleric den, but her favorite one actually comes inside, the rest just chill near it.

Sasha's time in Tigerclan is seen in more detail, and is explicitly included in the Special Book, Sasha's Family.

Volewhisper, Deadfoot, Barkface, and Rosetail all deal with chronic pain. Volewhisper's leg often aches and gets worse when he pushes himself. Deadfoot's got an old tail wound that can be quote uncomfortable if he is sat down. Barkface's hips give him trouble, made worse when he runs for his life during the Windclan Massacre. Rosetail has pain in her..."Wrist" joints. No injuries caused it but they're also behind her early retirement, along with her extreme grief. They all use different ways of coping!

Fernkit was born MASSIVE. She becomes an apprentice early, between Into The Wild and Fire and Ice. She's still close with her siblings and mom, though.

Cloudkit, while still fostered by Brindleface and incredibly close with her, is acknowledged as not her kit necessarily, but that they have a special bond that would transcend things like blood. It's that bond that starts showing some cats they can be close to others who aren't their blood-kin. Cloud is treated a little more like Firekin.

Both Sorrelkit and Rainkit have epilepsy, though Sorrel's is made worse by Darkstripe. Rainkit's seizures are really annoying to him, especially of they happen while he's trying to play with his brother and sister. They're not common but he makes a big fuss when his absent seizure makes him unaware that Sorrelkit was about to find his hiding spot. Sorrelkit isn't bothered when she has one, the cheerful kid never seems to let things get to her.

The first leader ceremony seen is Firestar's. We see Nightstar's failed ceremony and, after The Darkest Hour, we see Tigerstar's in his own book, Tigerclaw's Fury.

Leopardstar is referenced to have been named for the strength of Leopardclan, and her own crimes are much more subtly pronounced then Tigerstar's.

Fireheart's explicitly favorite thing to learn is Clan History, especially the Mythical Clans. He becomes close with Willowpelt through this, as she is the Historian of Thunderclan.

[gigas-warriors-stuff]

Volewhisper

[marmosetpaw]

[feveraven]

nightstar's situation is so fucking bonkers his leader was his apprentice who retired his ass and exiled him. his brother was the #1 brokenstar supporter and the guy who killed spottedleaf, but also stood by nightpelt's side to save volepaw and littlepaw. then his brother's son becomes his deputy after reclaiming shadowclan, only to promptly DIE before they can stop tigerclaw from taking over. that's all aside from not being granted nine lives holy SHIT this guy is having a bad time.

[clanslist]

[exocynraku]

Ooo firestar x volewhisper hypokits? (if you’re still doing them)

lionwhip

[antfur]

Volepaw/whisker

hiii, long time no see! i wanna get back into working on this blog, so here's the first request kitty! Volewhisper!

i based him heavily off his sister, Dawncloud! her eyes are blue with a little yellow in them, and Vole's are yellow with a bit of blue! i'm not rly sold on the lighter flecks for him, but i added em anyway.

drawing so much Scooby Doo stuff lately has left me really enjoying adding stubble to characters lol. i think it looks cute, and honestly suits Volewhisper well.

i rly liked this guy in Exile from Shadowclan. him and Nightstar's relationship was very cute. i wonder what happened to him. Blackstar still assumes he's dead at his warrior ceremony, so presumably Vole left Shadowclan or died before Blackstart had rejoined? i like to think the former honestly.

unrelated, i kinda like the hc that Featherstorm also had an affair, and that Vole and Dawn aren't Blizzardwing's (with Mosspaw being Blizzard's). i just like ridiculous relationship drama in wc, and there was no shortage of that in this era of shadowclan lmaoo

[rookflower]

i know your design for him is older (from before he even got a canon warrior name) & i get if you dont want to do it since he's so inconsequential! but could you maybe possibly consider making a trans pride volewhisper icon, if the idea appeals to you at all ? he's one of my favorite minor characters is all (and im trans)

of course!!

[wc-confessions]

Since it's disability pride month I am dedicating this confession to lesser known/underrated disabled WC characters!

Everyone knows and loves cats like Briarlight and Brightheart, but there's quite a few others that aren't talked about as much

First off, One-Eye and Halftail, the two first arc elders. They don't show up much due to being in the Elder's Den, but when they do, they're a delight to see. I love One-Eye's bickering with Smallear and how she helps Brightheart a bit in A Dangerous Path! They're also the parents of Mousefur and Runningwind! One of whom dies fighting Tigerclaw in the same book Halftail dies of smoke inhalation after the fire. I like to think Runningwind rushed into battle against Tigerclaw impulsively since his father had died not long ago. Mousefur, on the other hand, takes after her mom in the new prophecy and onwards as a grumpy old lady lol. Very great characters, I love them a lot!

Speaking of the 1st arc, Brokenstar. He's honestly a really entertaining and threatening villain, and people don't talk about him much or his disability. Him and other cats with damaged tails like Berrynose and Finleap aren't really talked about in conversations about disabled characters. I find Brokenstar very interesting, not because of his motivation (or lack there of lol) which is pretty generic, but because of his lasting effects on the clans. His reign directly or indirectly led to several key events in the first arc or beyond. Tigerclaw becoming the deputy of ThunderClan was caused by Brokenstar killing Lionheart (canonically, we don't know who killed Lion, but I think it was Brokenstar), him being still alive led to Nightstar not getting nine lives and dying in Rising Storm. Which led directly to Tigerstar taking power. He directly killed several cats, but his orders and actions led to many more that wouldn't have happened had he not been leader, which I will not list out because this confession would be way too long. Another thing I like about him is that he is a fantastic villain in OOTS. People often depict the main leader of the Dark Forest being Tigerstar or Mapleshade, but in reality, it's actually Brokenstar. Tigerstar is more of a secondary leader to him. Brokenstar was the first Dark Forest cat to cross into the living world, and he later seemingly detects StarClan cats at the border to the Dark Forest somehow and confronts them, so Jayfeather and Spottedleaf have to sneak in, and he leads Flametail into the Dark Forest so Ivypool can ghost kill him (but this plan was foiled by Tigerheart), and in The Darkest Hour, Ivypool refers to the plans as "What Brokenstar is plotting". So yeah, he's the leader of the DF, not Tigerstar, and Tiger wouldn't have gotten very far without him lol. Crazy how we got multiple disabled leaders and deputies in the first arc and then not ever again, unless you count Berrynose lol

Next is Volewhisper! Who has quite a few parallels with Cinderpelt! One of their back legs were both injured by a villain's scheming (Tigerclaw's trap for Bluestar and Brokenstar making kits fight rats), they were both then inspired by a senior clanmate (Yellowfang and Nightpelt), and Cinderpelt chooses to become a medicine cat while Volewhisper chooses to be a warrior instead. I find him very fun and he's one of my favourite characters in Exile From ShadowClan!

The next cat I wanna talk about is a bit controversial due to some pretty bad writing choices by the team. Finleap. I really really loved him in Darkest Night and River of Fire. He and Twigbranch had a really sweet relationship, and I love how he follows her to ThunderClan. I also hate Sandynose, but that's besides the point. They were really cute and I liked them a lot... but then The Raging Storm happened. Where instead of focusing on the actually interesting plot of Twigbranch struggling to be a mentor, they decide to make her nice, sweet, and sort of goofy boyfriend... a jerk. He's rude he gives her the cold shoulder, it's awful, and so out of character. At least he actually does apologize for it and improve his behaviour, which I admit was a sweet moment in an otherwise pretty bad plotline. Then, after that, he's sort of a background cat. He briefly stands up to The Impostor after Twiggy is punished. In Sky he has a sort of friendship with Nightheart. He and Lionblaze laugh at Nightheart after he gets bit by a Squirrel, but later in the book Nightheart thinks of him in a positive light and he's one of the first cats that Night thinks of telling about Sunbeam. Overall fun guy, nice character despite one really bad book (which is basically every warriors character lol)

Some other underrated disabled cats who I don't really have as much to say about:

Fallowfern (deaf)

Shrewtooth (PTSD)

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[cloudtail]

[rosemist50]

Featherstorm and one of her mates, Hal, and his daughter, Russetfur. Then Featherstorm and Hal's kits Raggedstar and Scorchwind, and Scorchwind's mate Darkflower, and their son Cedarheart. Also apparently Rowanstar is their son as well. Then Featherstorm took a different mate in Blizzardwing, and they had Mosspaw, Dawncloud, and Volewhisper. Dawncloud became mates with Finchflight and they had Blossomkit and Swampkit. Blizzardwing had an affair I guess with Hollyflower, and they had Blackstar, Flintfang, and Fernshade, and Fernshade became mates with Wolfstep and had Badgerfang. I think this may be the most convoluted Shadowclan family, I had to split it up too.

Originally posted on IG August 2021 and September 2022 for Volewhisper

[dawnfinchh]

featherstorm with her baby daddies hal and blizzardwing; her first litter (fathered by hal), raggedstar and scorchwind; and her second litter (fathered by blizzardwing) mosspaw, volewhisper, and dawncloud

i made featherstorm a tortie just because she has two orange kits with two different non-ginger fathers

picrew

also bonus stepdaughter russetfur

[jayfrost-designs]

The last of the ref sheets currently done, but not the last of the art I currently have done.  Anyway, I loved Exile from ShadowClan, and I loved Volewhisper and getting to see his story and his growth. So I decided to draw him not long after the book came out - it just took me a while to get around to uploading it.

You can find the reverse side of his design here.

For his physical description, Volewhisper is described as having a scarred left hind leg. I based his leg scar (as well as his chest/throat and his shoulder scar on his other side) off of the scars shown in Exile from ShadowClan. I looked at a lot of pictures and videos online of cats with torn ACLs (since Runningnose said something vital in his leg got torn, I decided to use that as my reference), and I saw one cat in particular whose leg was kinda stuck being fully extended, and that seemed to fit with Volewhisper described his leg and hip as being stiff, so I went with that. So Volewhisper can't really bend his leg, he can walk on it but it looks a bit awkward, and he has to sort of keep his back permanently hunched because of the way the leg is positioned when he's standing. I hope I portrayed that well here. Other than that, I made him a pretty sturdy tom with a thick pelt, like he was portrayed in EfS.

For his pattern, Volewhisper is described as a pale brown tom with yellow eyes. I very heavily based his design on his appearance in EfS, though I added another belly fur color to make it look more realistic.

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

[gougarpaw]

“I’ll be a silent killer! Quiet as the wind! By the time they know I’m there, it’ll be too late!”

Volewhisper is a tiny light brown tom with yellow eyes, and a scarred left hind leg.

notes:

- Son of Featherstorm + Blizzardwing, brother of Mosspaw and Dawncloud, half-brother of Raggedstar, Blackstar, Fernshade, Flintfang, and Scorchwind

- according to Su Susann, Volewhisper had yellow eyes