#nespr

[glitchfang]

nieces/nephews too. niblings sounds weird to me. like i get where it came from but ? gives me the imagery of a little slug nibbling on a leg

us nb people need more and better parent-related words. mother and father roll off the tongue so nicely but "this is my parent" just doesnt sound right to me for some reason? linguistically?

[hauntedparaclassics]

Ghost Hunters' Jason Hawes Slams Theory Dan Rivera's Death Was Linked to Anabelle Doll 

After paranormal investigator Dan Rivera was found dead amid a tour with the infamous Annabelle doll, known inspiration for The Conjuring, Ghost Hunters’ Jason Hawes slammed a possible correlation.

By Olivia Evans Jul 17, 2025 

Jason Hawes is not letting tragedy become conspiracy. 

After the Ghost Hunters alum’s fellow paranormal investigator Dan Rivera died suddenly at age 54, amid a national tour with the Annabelle doll—a supposedly haunted object that inspired The Conjuring franchise—he slammed theories correlating Rivera’s passing with the doll being in his possession. 

“Recently the World lost a good man,” Hawes wrote in a July 16 Facebook post. “Dan Rivera was an Army veteran, a father of four, a husband, and someone who truly cared about people. What’s even harder to see right now are the posts blaming his death on things like the Annabelle doll.”

Indeed, Rivera was found dead in a hotel room in Gettysburg July 13, following a viewing of the Annabelle doll amid a tour stop with the New England Society of Psychic Research (NESPR), and while investigators found “nothing unusual or suspicious” at the scene, per a police report, the coincidence prompted theories on social media.  

“Attacking places like Ghostly Images of Gettysburg Tours and other locations for having events—that needs to stop,” Hawes urged. “His family shouldn’t have to read that kind of nonsense while they’re grieving.”

Hawes went on to slam those who are spinning Rivera’s tragic death, a cause of which is still pending an autopsy, into something more sinister. 

“Some people are using his passing to push an agenda for profit, and it’s just disgusting,” he continued. “Dan was a family man, a respected paranormal investigator, and he left this world way too soon. Let’s focus on remembering Dan for who he was, not turning his death into some made up bulls--t story to get clicks or attention.”

Hawes—who starred in Syfy’s Ghost Hunters from 2004 to 2016—added, “Honor the man. Forget the garbage.”

In the days since his death, Rivera’s loved ones said in a statement they are “still coming to terms” with his unexpected passing. 

“Dan was not only a vital part of our team for over a decade, but also a deeply compassionate, loyal and dedicated friend,” a July 15 press release from NESPR read. “His caring nature and sense of purpose made a deep impact on everyone who had the privilege of knowing him.”

Rivera’s death was not paranormal, but many stars believe in what he was passionate about in his life. Keep reading for celebrities sharing their ghost stories…

Source: E! Online

[doorrobloxstuff]

MAIN AU LORE - REVISED (PART ONE)

Alright, so, after some thinking. I’ve decided to blow up my old au and rework it :)

After all, it’s two years old and it’s lore has been kinda blown around in the wind. So, resetting everything.

I’m doing the ones I have lore for, as I don't have all the energy in the world anymore.

Important stuff:

Seek’s family + the other entities are trying to escape the hotel. Their family was sealed away by the guiding light nearly a couple thousand years ago.

The entire hotel was pissed off at humanity for destroying their old home, killing Seek’s mother (A-250.), Killing Depth, Some of Rush’s and Ambush’s children, permanently disabling Ambush, potentially killing Silence (they never found their body), and causing Greed to die from a grief induced heart attack.

The guiding light was an angelic being sent to stop them. It built the hotel entity and gave it life, she had no malice towards them, but they needed to be stopped.

It made their prison as humane and as comfortable/natural as possible. Intending for it to eventually return to earth and become their replacement home after their rage cooled and grief healed.

…But never made it inescapable until then, rip.

The other entities work for Grumble and company in various positions.

Jeff betrayed Grumbles and chose to side with the guiding light after seeing that its basically blinded with hate and was making a monster out of its son, Seek.

The upper hotel is the living quarters for the worker entities to stay in except they have their own large suites behind doors inaccessible to humans.

The lower floor is a busy multiplex of pipes and productivity. The pipes are meant to feed into Seek’s mass and get it to a powerful enough state to escape the hotel.

Entities names are actually quite long and complicated! A mixture of sound-words from entity language. The names we call them as are shortened versions or not accurate to their true name! They also have names chosen at the time of their birth, and names they choose. Those change very frequently.

So..let’s get to the hotel’s denizens, shall we?

- Canon characters + lore (in order of sort of importance) -

Grumble:

Grumbthinkle von tentacle:

The ring leader behind this whole operation

Pretty mean and grumpy to be honest. The human-translated name is very accurate.

Jeff’s brother, Seek’s uncle, parent to the giggles. Screech’s GREAT uncle.

Disowned and reverted to its natal name after what happened with Jefftholomew. Wants nothing to do with him.

Imagine a pot of pure, unadulterated rage and grumpiness and resentment and spite and every other negative emotion stewing in a pot. Behold, GRUMBLE.

The boss man :tm:

Okay okay headcanons now.

..and also perhaps with a smidge of sorrow.

Aro Ace :)

Brilliant at engineering and construction. Built a labyrinthine network of pipes and mines to try and get more resources.

May have..once taught humans how to build aqueducts.

Also really, really likes gardening.

What can I say? It’s really good at digging with those tentacles.

Its favorites are gardenias.

Eyes loves it lmao those two have entire cork boards dedicated to their plants and what they want to plant this “season”. (Sunlight is rare in the hotel dimension.)

Would probably be caught dead with a garden trowel in its hands singing in the worst goddamn voice you have ever heard.

Really close to its nespring, Seek..though..it also may see it as a tool necessary for it and the others to escape and take their revenge.

Often lazes about in its nest when it exhausted itself from working on pumping raw ore and metal into Seek’s mass.

Does give a flying fuck about its underlings..but its number one priority during work hours is GETTING OUT and its second one is GETTING REVENGE.

So..certain things have..flown under its radar.

Adores its children the giggles and often cajoles them + the hotel’s children with tales of its inventions and adventures long past.

Loves to read to them in its deep voice.

It’s nickname is grumby :)

Its stories are long and complicated, sometimes hard to follow but very entertaining if you manage to stick along for the ride.

It frequently dreams of home..sometimes of a certain someone to.

Seek:

Grumble's Nespring (nonbinary term for neice/nephew), Parent of Screech, Snare + one more.

Married to Figure. <3

Twins w/hide

Still the spiteful little british guy I want to write more of, just huge(r)

Built like something out of vita carnis, think the harvesters with tendrils that suck the everliving shit out your blood and liquidify your organs in an agonizing display of unnatural brutality.

..a bit..err, peeved with the fact that its uncle pretty much is using it to get their way out, sometimes forgetting the fact that Seek is not, just an object for him to use in its escape plans.

Veeeerrryyy particular in the placement of it’s mass.

Hates how much its grown, almost to near dysmorphic levels.

*GRITS ITS NON-EXISTENT TEETH* “I JUST..WANT..TO..LEAVE.”

Sick of it all, not gonna lie.

Figure is it's rock and sanity.

No more winemaking rip. But still loves drinking wine and will often be seen sharing a sip or two on a romantic night out with Figure.

Still wears its suits. Still does the fancy thing.

Screech:

Mischievous lil guy

Plays with the giggles.

Has a more humanoid form, just doesn’t take it.

Is growing quite strong mass wise (see what’s in the nest lol), but Seek FORBIDS grumbles from getting children involved in its plan.

Grumbles concedes, because it kind of agrees, but also because Seek could turn it into an albinistic stain on the wall.

Screech still loves to listen to its to it’s auncle’s stories.

Eyes:

Extremely anxious sometimes to the point of near-neuroticism.

Talks like this this! This! Meant to be disconcerting! disconcerting and all over place! Place.

(There will be translations so people with screen readers can still read! )

Sometimes feels ignored, despite being older then Hide and Seek combined.

Secretly heartbroken about it, but doesn’t say a thing..but they’re boiling over..ohhhh they’re boiling over.

Their emotions are a complicated and LOUD mess.

Besties w/halt they both yap.

Misses their father. Sometimes visits him when they..gets really bad.

Teleports around when their thoughts are everywhere and they want to talk.

Can be dignified..when they want to be.

Don’t look at me! DON’T STOP LOOKING AT ME! Don’t look at m- PICK A LANE GODDAMNIT IT.

Dating Jack, it’s casual and going steady tbh.

Kinda frowned upon that they’re doing so because Jack used to date hide and that was cringe for all involved.

Kinda just is around, likes to cook :) Chef eyes.

Do not bother them in the kitchen they will scream and go crazy.

Giggles + (older giggles/big giggles)

There’s a 100 of them.

Four large ones, and a bunch of increasingly smaller ones.

The four older ones were alive when the hotel collapsed.

Three of them are getting very. very. Tired.

The forth is uhhh..complex.

I’ll do “fourth x reader” fics with the fourth fully grown adult giggle I just want don’t want the aromantic grumble (their father) in any romantic fics lol.

That’s my compromise to you so you do get find romance with one of the nest entities

The four large ones meet every night.

Hide:

Twins w/Seek

Dating Glitch.

COULD be as strong as Seek, but would never even consider increasing its own mass after what happened with Seek.

Extremely close w/Seek

Much more reclusive.

Afraid of its uncle and hates what he’s doing.

light-based in mass that can become much more gooey when distressed or nervous.

Sometimes looks like a weird abstract painting.

Also grieving its home and mother.

Loves to paint.

Used to a lot of paintings of their old home, which tend to be misinterpreted horrifically by Grumble and would further its resolve and/or be used as an example. So, it stopped painting that.

Instead it’s gotten a bit more..secretive about what the meaning behind the paintings it makes are..some are more obvious then others. (Nudges the paintings of shadow/depth.)

The paintings are mostly used to jab at grumble/show better futures without going through his insane ass plan.

Those who truly know and are be to interpret them correctly and figure out their meaning are their friends lol.

It’s sort of its little artistic rebellion against Grumble.

It may ;) have painted ;) a few ;) familiar friends. ;)

Jeff:

Seek’s and hide’s + eyes dad lol

A couple of thousand years old, created alongside his sibling, Grumble.

Used to live at the bottom of the ocean with him before both of the siblings chose to travel the world in search of a home entity.

It took them awhile, those two going on many adventures, finding treasure, fighting other entities, discovering fascinating creatures, meeting friends along the way (some of whom joined them), procuring knowledge.ect

Whole ass dnd campaign with those two.

Jeff gained a deep understanding of humans and respect for them. Viewing them as friends and kin while Grumby kind of just- 🤷

They eventually, did find a home entity. One large enough to house them and their friends.

They all moved in and it was a very happy life for awhile. :)

Found a wife. Had Eyes and later Seek and Hide with her.

Then well..

The humans came.

Centuries later he still doesn’t hate them.

Betrayed grumbs and worked with the guiding light to use his knowledge of the archaic and magical and help Guide create the crucifixes.

Was disowned and is now violently hunted alongside Dread and El-Goblino so they will stop murdering humans.

He also managed to place a spell upon his shop so it’s always concealed.

A bit of a silly guy, loves to play coy.

He’s good at drawing magic runes and ancient languages but utter dogshit when it comes to writing in english.

The money (knobs) is magic too.

Help how do I describe him, goddess of everything else vibes.

Is extremely depressed on the inside though, but DARES not to show it.

Is hurt that Grumbles has pretty much turned his entire family against him and (to him) very few actually see that what he’s doing is insane.

More furious then hurt that he’s using SEEK of all entities.

Glad to have to have Dread, Hide, Gobby and Guide so he’s not too early.

He’s also dating dread lol

Dread:

Toad entity :)

Has pores in his skin and poison in his blood that is extremely deadly.

He can also squirt it in your face.

Also Jeff’s personal spy and pair of eyes.

NO ONE has a clue that he's working with Jeff and except those who are close to Jeff.

Kind of just stands there and pretends to take little naps while secretly spying on others casually.

He's very friendly, so if someone comes up to him while he's listening to others he'll just go about chatting with them.

He also bakes pastries and cooks with Eyes.

Rush and Ambush trust him a lot! He's one of their buddies :)

Him and Bushy are both aquatic entities :)

Tries his best NOT to hurt humans, but given he's older and disabled (Post-traumatic stress disorder + missing an eye.) usually, the other entities will hunt any humans for him so, it's not much of an issue.

However, if a human being IS in his proximity, he is expected and obligated to try and kill them as to not blow his cover.

He prays this will never come to fruition. ^

He's not expected to participate in any active hunts!!

He's the one he least expect.

Overall very well trusted by the hotel's denizens.

Considered one of the hotel's best singers (though to humans he just sounds like a toad)

Yea get that old man.

El-Goblino

Pretty much the same as canon.

Just fluffy :)

Outcasted from the hotel AND separated from his wife after what happened with the humans.

Just happy to be here.

The lovely pair of speeding soulmates. + everybody else I actively have the energy to write about.

Rush:

Married to Ambush! <3

They have had many litters and raised many children over the centuries, but the notable ones are the rooms entities and the Sally + Dupe (who are twins.)

Bonded pair do not separate.

One of Grumble's most violent and ardent supporters.

Still very, very mad about what happened.

Doesn't mean it like it very much, though......Grumbles is very grumpy and disgruntled alot of the time.

Ambush's better half.

Both work as miners/line workers. Whatever is the necessity for the day, but Rush primarily works with the handling of larger ore chunks due to it's strength.

Constantly exhausted and very achey.

Very touchy around the topic of humans, dislikes their situation being discussed. Will get into violent arguments with those it disagrees with, sometimes ending in minor fights that Ambush has to drag it away from.

Hangs out with Blitz sometimes, but doesn't talk a lot, (esp since the backdoor entities are scheming against Grumble).

Flirts w/Ambush while they work. It's like those two are still dating.

Still loves to knit, sometimes does it when its worried.

Ambush:

Bonded pair do not separate

Permanently disabled, it's jaw was twisted in such a way that it could never heal and is in constant pain because of that.

Some days are better then most, but sometimes It's left in bed twitching in pain.

Also super loyal to Grumble, even if the guy can be..mmm..

Smokes a lot to help cope with the pain, and unfortunately is very depressed after losing its sibling and some of its children.

Very tired...just.. very tired.

Is on the verge of quitting working, but doesn't.

Those weird ass flies:

Just a prey item the entities will gobble on

Kind of like flying popcorn chicken to them

Rush and Ambush both love catching them and frying them.

They’re very territorial and will kill someone and then suck their blood.

Flying evil parasitic popcorn

Y/N:

You! That’s right, you’re canon to this au! (Sort of.)

You’re a bit subjective, but depending on your POV, you can get a lot done learning about the lore of this au :)

sorry guys i am very tired, i'll finish the rest later.

[bonebabbles]

Thunder Chapter 6: Trial by Kittens

As usual, the trials for acceptance into another Clan are absolutely stealing the show. These are absolutely the most enjoyable parts of ASC so far.

I really hope that the characterization being given to Spotfur's three kits remains, they're all fantastic and I adore them. I haven't seen anyone compile these new personalities, or really point out the dynamics at play in this little scene though! So I'll do just that!

Misc Info

Apparently, Spotfur cusses in front of her kids lmao. This is the singular most important thing about this book, actually. Stemkit says "SHIT" and Sunbeam is like "WATCH YOUR PROFAMITY" and he protests with "MOM curses all the time"

They had never been outside of camp before, Spot's anxious about this! It's nice seeing her being a protective mom.

UNRELATED SIDE NOTE: I miss how in TPB kits seemed to have "their first prey" as a major developmental milestone, but those times are loooong gone. This situation is scratching an itch for me, though!

Sunbeam's first prey was frog; frogs apparently taste canonically like blackbird. (another side note, i should make a taste guide as a clan culture expansion and check if there's any validity to that... i would have guessed it would taste more like duck.)

She takes a good amount of time just chatting with them, and the dialogue here is actually fantastic. It feels just like being in the middle of a conversation with my nespring, it's great. The writer really nailed the cadence of little kids.

Sunbeam also realizes that she needs to keep all three kids engaged, and so creates a particularly convoluted setup so they're all doing something. Clever!

Graykit Gray-and-white tom

IS REALLY interested in hunting.

He chased after a mouse the same size as him when he was half a month old, though obviously he couldn't catch it.

Dreams of one day catching one of every type of prey around the lake. That's such a fun goal actually?? Completionist Graykit wants to 100% the hunting speedrun challenge. That's fantastic.

Stemkit Solid orange tom

Seems to be the most thoughtful of the kits.

Asks the majority of the questions, responses tend to be very "philosophical" towards things. Will say outright that he does not know something if he doesn't know the answer.

A wise child.

Cusses because he missed a vole lmao. VERY cute. I hope this boy grows up to have a mouth like a sailor. I love vulgar philosophers.

Bristlekit White-and-orange molly

Most impatient, and seems to have a little bit of a mean streak.

Scoffs when Graykit brings up his mouse story, saying that "nearly doesn't count." A bit of a perfectionist!

Also interjects the most when her brothers are rambling.

But is able to back this all up! She is the most focused, and is the first one to scent the vole den.

She also catches two voles when her brothers only catch one each.

[warrior-cats-rewritten]

Anthro!AU. There's no real timeline for this.

Names follow 3 formats. Let's grab... Dovewing!

Dovewing is also called Dove, Miss Wing, and Dove Wing.

Turtle Tail is also called Turtletail, Miss Tail (or Miss T) and Turtle.

Cats like Millie or Snake will sometimes take last names, but highly prefer their single name.

Bramblekit absolutely took a cookie when offered while he was at Frostfur's house, thinking they were chocolate chip, only to get oatmeal raisin. He hated it but was too polite to spit it out.

Snowbird cut Ratscar off from seeing his nespring when she found out about his connections to a cult called The Place of No Stars.

Blossompaw and Briarpaw regularly swam in a river nearby their house, with Bumblepaw on watch for anyone coming who might get them in trouble.

Briarlight also put flame stickers/decals on her wheelchair. She sometimes rotates them out for seasonal stuff, like holiday themed ones. She put a weed sticker on it once for 4/20 and Millie threw a fit over it.

During the nasty custody battle between Goldenflower and Tigerclaw, Swiftpaw told Tigerclaw he never wanted to see him again, he would rather be dead than have his father hold any custody of him.

Smudge regularly visits and babysits Squirrelkit and Leafkit, he wishes Firestar would move back to Kittypet Town, but understands that his best friend is happier in Clan City.

Leafpool was in a very bad situation when she was pregnant with her triplets, as Crowfeather left her with nothing when they broke up. She pretended that she was going to be a surrogate, as Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight were having trouble conceiving. That was the lie.

Squirrelflight works as a professional chef. Ferncloud works as a stay-at-home mom but makes plush for her friends and their kids, as sewing is her passion. Thornclaw is a PE teacher. Ashfur is a drama teacher. Brambleberry is a chemistry teacher. Leafpool is a doctor. Cinderheart is a receptionist at the hospital Leafpool works at.

Hollyleaf and Cinderheart were "borderline dating" for MONTHS before Jayfeather snapped and screamed at one of them "just spit it out already!"

Jayfeather is a programmer, and works at making more video games and controllers accessible to blind folks like him! He works with Snowtail (Snowkit) who also works helps out gamers who are HoH.

Scourge is a lawyer, who helps Firestar find the evidence that Tigerstar murdered Redtail during an election.

Turtle Tail is preschool teacher, and works with Sorreltail and Snowbird. They work together at Kit School in Sanctuary Lake Elementary School/Preschool.

Clan City has 5 main districts, for the 5 Clans. Everyone is generally very proud of their home and where their family came from, and xenophobia seems to be on the rise... Many come over, but just as many are driven out by the harsh attitudes of the locals.

In another time, there are more districts. Jingo District, Blood District, and Warrior District. There is also Mountain City, and Gorge City where people in the Sky District lived for many years following a massive disaster that forced everyone to evacuate, they lived with the locals there for years, giving a mjor economy boost to a dying city, and caused quite the controversy when they left.

Guardian Village is nearby as well, traditional people who live amongst ruins, as well as many dotted Sister Settlements, where a semi-nomadic traveling group sets up camps. There is The River Kingdom, a valley where a group of secretive cats live in peace, also called The Park by outsiders.

In another time, the 5 founders of Clan City, Skystar, Thunderstar, Windstar, Shadowstar and Riverstar, settled there together after disaster swept the area. Shadowstar came from Mountain Village, plauge causing some cats to leave for hope of a better life, Windstar came from a village on the Moor that was destroyed by wildfires with her fiance Gorse Fur, Skystar came from what would later become Rogue Town, bounced through orphanages with her brother Fox, Thunderstar was born to 2 Mountain Cats, Clear Sky and Bright Storm, soon after arriving in the area, and Riverstar came from the River Kingdom to escape a flood with his young niece Flutter.

[ego-sum-arbor]

SOME of the evasion has an actual point. Lindo wants to share the memories of family members without those memories being completely overshadowed by their legacies as historical figures. Bilbo would be totally with them, but Lindwë doesn’t know that.

Some of the evasion has absolutely no point and probably isn’t even intentional. It’s just easier to not name names and just assume you know who they’re talking about. Lindwë simply hasn’t noticed that they keep mentioning their nephew as if they only have one and the category of nephew doesn’t conceivably apply to several hundred people.

Lindwë and Bilbo would have a great time together except for Bilbo’s hobbitish desire to know everyone’s family trees and Lindwë’s incredible evasiveness abt who exactly they’re related to and how. Bilbo will win eventually, if only because they’ll both end up in Valinor and Lindwë’s usual simply leaving the premises only works for so long.

[zulfikarnews]

Who Was Dan Rivera?

Dan Rivera, aged 54, was a prominent paranormal investigator and a U.S. Army veteran from Connecticut. He served as the lead investigator for the New England Society for Psychic Research (NESPR), a group founded by legendary paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren IMDb+14The Daily Beast+14Suggest+14.

🧸 Annabelle Doll Tour & Sudden Passing

Rivera was touring with the infamous Annabelle doll—the haunted Raggedy Ann made famous by The Conjuring series—as part of the sold-out “Devils on the Run” tour in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania HELLO!+14mint+14The Star+14.

On July 13, after completing a three-day event, he was found unresponsive in his hotel room. Emergency responders performed CPR but he was later pronounced dead. No suspicious circumstances have been reported, and the official cause is pending further investigation HELLO!+5Suggest+5The Times of India+5.

📺 Career & Legacy

Rivera gained media attention through shows like Travel Channel’s ���Most Haunted Places” and as a producer on Netflix’s 28 Days Haunted The Daily Beast+1The Times of India+1.

He was deeply influenced by Lorraine Warren and was known for his passionate efforts to educate the public about paranormal phenomena The Star+3The Daily Beast+3Suggest+3.

He also went viral on TikTok, bringing the lore of Annabelle to a wider, digital audience .

💬 Tributes from the Community

NESPR shared a heartfelt message on Facebook:

“It’s with deep sadness…the sudden passing of our close friend…Dan truly believed in sharing his experiences and educating people on the paranormal. His kindness and passion touched everyone who knew him.” www.ndtv.com+10Suggest+10The Star+10

Colleagues described him as charismatic, kind, and passionate—tributes that poured in following his untimely death .

⚖️ Summary

FactDetailsAge at death54 yearsRoleNESPR lead investigator, Annabelle handlerNotable worksMost Haunted Places, 28 Days HauntedLocationGettysburg, PA (tour stop)CircumstancesFound in hotel room; CPR attempted; under investigation

🤔 What’s Next?

An official autopsy and cause-of-death report are pending.

Fans and the paranormal community continue to honor his memory and legacy.

The future of the Annabelle tour and NESPR's work will be closely watched in the coming weeks.

👇 Share Your Thoughts

Did you ever attend one of Rivera’s events—or follow his paranormal investigations? How do you feel about the legacy of Annabelle and the Warrens? Let’s discuss below.

[asexual-spongebob]

got bored and made this short comic with my zadr smeets and tagr smeet (pink hair) on monday.

im sorry but Zim and Dib give me “Parents who make their kids/nespring cringe” vibes 😭

[cappuccino-bear]

Cat family dynamics and teminology

Parents: the one taking care of the kittens. Both have equal responsibility over them and are expected to spend equal time. In cases in which a parent is missing or unavailable the nurse will step in. However the parents don't need to be the ones to have created the kitten! In cases of surrogacy and adoption, the parents are only the ones that take the kittens under their care. It is a role in the clan first and foremost, not always a way to track lineage.

True Parent: referring to a parent who adopted kittens when the other parents cannot. This does not refer to all adoptive parents, it was used to refer to stolen kittens' caretakers long ago, however now it's used when another cat gives up a litter to someone else, either because they're dead, or sick, or disgraced, or any other reason to be unavailable in their kittens' lives. Fireheart is the True Parent of Cloudtrail because it was known he was adopted from someone else, and the responsibility of raising him became his alone.

Siblings: cats who come from the same parents, either from the same or different litters. Littermate is specific to those in the same litter, otherwise older/younger siblings is used. In the same litter all kittens are regarded as the same age, there is no firstborn.

Wanderer: a kitten dead before having seen their third full moon. A wanderer is a spirit who either entered or got trapped in a body by the Nurturer when they blessed the kittens after the birth. This spirit is not ready to let go and will go back to Starclan as soon as possible, but the closer they get to the third moon before death, the more it is seen as a bad omen.

Grandparents: the parents or caretakers of the parents of a kitten. This role is more loose, a grandparent is any older cat who the parents want to involve in the kittens' lives. It can be the actual grandparents, but also great auncles, great grandparents, older friends, former mentors, a nurse, anything goes. They're supposed to be a good influence in a kitten's life, an extra set of paws who guides them.

Kin: term used to denote auncles, nespring and cousins, so any blood relative who'd on the same level as a kitten's parents, the kitten themselves, or their children. The clans do not have a concept of lineage, therefore they believe that their blood is only notably shared up until a second generation. There is another way they (and I) prevent inbreeding between themselves which is musk, which I explained in another post.

Heart kin: a cat who for all intents and purposes is seen as just as important as another official relative: a heart parent, heart sibling... this is a mark of trust and love between cats that is considered very strong, as if two cats' blood was mixed in their time together and now they share it.

Disgraced kin: if a relative is disgraced it is seen as a complete removal and rejection of that family line. It can happen for many reasons, and sometimes not the entire family will accept it, but to be officially removed from a family there is a ritual to perform, by the leader and eldest cleric.

Distant kin: any relative that is a higher degree of separation than what is mentioned before and has not taken any other role (such as parent, True Parent or grandparent). Rarely noted outside of family talk, it's rare any cat regards distant kin as part of their family and not just a clanmate.

[troutfur]

We need a horrible man from Shadowclan to ship Leaf with now, complete the collection.

Does Rowanclaw count? He was like really xenophobic to his nesprings Jay, Holly, and Lion the first time he met them and that sticks in my mind a lot about him.

[legacieswcrp]

Would you mind explaining more about how character cool-downs will work, esp at the beginning of the rp? It sounds like an interesting system. 👀 Glad there won't be any hard limits bc I already have three different concepts rotating in my head like a rotisserie chicken.

Ah yes, the OC rotisserie, my old friend. ♡

"Cool-downs" may have been the less apt term to use in retrospect, but essentially you can create OR drop one character once between each monthly world update announcement. This is mostly to keep staff pressure light and provide ample time both for new characters to set up and for outgoing characters to get all of their loose ends accounted for, but also to encourage players to think carefully about which characters they bring and hopefully avoid falling into the "revolving-door" cycle of making and dropping characters that gets the better of a lot of WCRPers. Making new characters is fun and exciting, but with Legacies we want to keep the story and the world front and center with as consistent a cast as we can comfortably manage.

That said, we do have space on the server for AU drabbles, character/story drafting, ClanGen save sharing, and so on so you can still tap into that new character hype when you want to! Rapid character turnover isn't something we consider a bad thing, it's just not what Legacies' RP proper is built for.

Submitting a character into active play and removing an active character from the RP setting/roster are bound to monthly limits. Creating adopts for others to pick up is totally free rein, and adopts can be very simple to make if you want them to be - our only requirement for adopt listings is that all adoptables must be stated to be sufficiently closely related to an active approved character; close family (including mentors, apprentices, and found family) and friends are fine, but nespring, grandparents, cousins, etc are not adopt material at Legacies unless they have a clear close bond with an established character. This is so we keep plenty of room for creating family trees between players, and so we don't flood the RP roster with unplayed NPCs. Picking up an adoptable character to RP, however, is also limited to the monthly timeline, since that is functionally the same as submitting an OC. Normally, you can only do one of these three things one time each month, unless you specifically need to gut your roster for essential activity purposes (in that case, just ask staff; we'll usually be happy to help!)

For example, if you choose to drop an active character in June, you can't pick up a new adopt or drop a second character until July. You can ask adopt makers to hold their adopts for you, though, and while there aren't currently rules about this specifically, we are going to encourage that sort of patience and flexibility when it comes to adoptions specifically because the timeline for roster edits is so slow.

There are some exceptions to this timeline, though:

Newcomers to the server can make or claim two characters in their first month. This isn't just for server launch, but for all future openings.

New faction openings will give all current players the option to create one "freebie" character in or related to that faction without any impact on their roster timelines.

Certain RP events may introduce new adoptable characters or openings for plot-specific character roles; these also function as exceptions to the standard roster timeline, but require staff approval before starting. Some characters of this nature may be temporary to the RP setting and tied specifically to the plot that introduced them, while others may be or become long-term residents - ultimately these details are down to whoever is running the event.

Other players dropping plot-essential characters is a major point of staff concern at Legacies that we hope to address by giving players the option of creating substitute characters - not copies of the absent characters, but new faces filling similar relationship and story roles where they are needed to keep RP accessible to everyone - in the event of a drop, character death, or other major plot event that might otherwise render an associated character or storyline difficult or impossible for others to safely play. These special staff-assisted plot adopts will never be bound by roster timelines so that the players who post them may get back to the action as quickly and smoothly as possible.

Kit births do not qualify as extenuating events in the RP, and kit claims function as standard OC submissions and adoptions on the same timeline as other standard characters. This is because Legacies runs in-RP litters as player or staff-run adopts, with the actual kitting only happening once adoptions for the litter are closed.

That said, the roster timeline is not a hard 30-day wait - creating a character at the end of one month doesn't mean you'll have to wait until the end of the next month to make another, you can make your next submission or drop as soon as the next monthly RP update goes live (something we will endeavor to always keep within the first week of each month). We just ask that you don't add or drop multiple times in a single month, as both can be complicated affairs that require a lot of attention and writing work for involved and affected players.

[bonefall]

Glitch Warrior: Stonewing

FUNFACT turns out that Stonewing in ShadowClan actually had a beta name. He was called Stonetooth, and was going to be mates with an obscure background cat called Wasptail.

Since I'm scrounging up ShadowClan cats here I'm absolutely doing something with this. But, there's already a Stonetooth. So we're looking at a conflict rename, lads!

Before getting to the poll, here's some deets about this guy;

Based on how the timeline shakes out, they're likely to end up as the child of Spindleclaw-- another Glitch Warrior, the brown sister of Ivytail.

This would make them Blackstar's grand-nespring.

If so, they might also be siblings with Shrewfoot.

Wherever they end up on the tree, this cat will be a sibling of Stonewing. Probably a littermate.

BB!Stonewing is actually deaf from birth. It works especially well if they have a sibling, because the home signs they develop to communicate can become part of the sign language that's going to evolve after SkyClan's arrival lmao.

The two can split the roles Canon!Stonewing has occupied. (Bonus, this can also fix an error that was in ASC: Star where Stonewing was a prisoner in the camp and the island at the same time lmao)

Stone"tooth" will probably be mates with Wasptail for a while, but I don't know if kittens will result. Stonewing's kittens with Grassheart are unchanged.

I am not committed to any particular gender for this cat yet. I'm leaning towards molly or gib.

For new names, I have three thoughts;

Option 1: StoneCHAT-tooth

A bird with a song like two stones being clicked. I feel like this could be a really cute reference to the idea that Stonewing was born deaf and doesn't speak, and so Stonechat-tooth helps interpret for him.

Since Stonechat-tooth is a bit long, I might make it Chat-tooth. Or just give them the Squilf treatment with their nickname-- Stoot.

Option 2: Bonetooth

A rhyme, but also ShadowClan sense of humor at work. Stonewing is pure white with dark blue eyes, and his sibling Bonetooth would be stony-gray. Mismatching colors chosen for the kits, to confuse their enemies.

Plus, Bone is a cool prefix. I say with absolutely no bias whatsoever.

Option 3: Different Kind of Rock-tooth

There's actually lots of types of neat rocks to use here. Fossils are not uncommon, fairy coins mean that both Fairy and Coin are valid, conglomerate rocks mean that "Cobbletooth" could be a totally valid name here.

Or even just Rocktooth, of course. Simplest alternate name.

EXACT details to be hammered out, so the precise name is chosen later; which BROAD CATEGORY should this rename go into?

[thetrailofflames]

Astéra Jayfire

(Jaybird ~ Jay)

Rank: Commander (former Lieutenant, former ranger)

Residence: The Splinterclaws Guild

Appearance: Jayfire is a large, bulky, muscular, medium-furred pointed white blue-gray charlie with blue and yellow eyes with a dark blue-gray mane. They have a small scar under their right eye, and a two claw scar on their lower right foreleg. He has burn marks on their back, left foreleg and left shoulder. Xe wears a brown belt with green highlights on the knife holster. She wears jay and swan feathers at the base of xer tail, fox teeth in his left ear as well as coyote teeth in his antlers.

Agender ~ Any ~ Demisexual-Biromantic

Parents: Dovemoon† and Slatetail†.

Siblings: Swantalon† (littermate). Addertail + Rattlenose (half-sibling via Slatetail)

Uncles: Stoneheart† (via Slatetail). Pigeonsight† (via Dovemoon).

Nespring: Snowdroptuft

Partner of Bristletalon†. Partner of Sweetgumheart

Children: Blizzardheart ~ Seedling

Trained by Stoneheart† and Dawnface†. Former overseer of Sabersong and Frostbite.

Fierce ~ Blunt ~ Empathetic

[blimbo-buddy]

Sleekwhisker helped Darktail kill her mom, then she attempted to steal/kill her nespring after Rowanstar welcomed her back to Shadowclan before he had Shadowclan join Skyclan so it then became Leafstar's problem. Just finished AVOS so yeah, Sleekwhisker was majorly f-up. She could have been great though, but they tried to give her the Darkstripe treatment at the last moment? Which is like...Darkstripe never managed to kill anyone, and he never does anything to his mom? So idk why they'd do that.

well if we want to get technical with it, darkstripe did help kill stonefur by holding him down while blackfoot sliced stonefur's throat open

anyways I don't know what else to respond with so happy halloween here is pure sugar cat candy

[theamericagist]

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The supernatural investigators found dead after a 'arrest' doll tour tour

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