#sparrowfeather

[mesobrakhiy-art]

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[nyxskip]

favorite cats

[artaintfartwarriors]

So I'm reading the Broken Code, I think I saw Redwillow on here already, but have you done Maggottail yet? The silly evil people are the best (sorry if this is considered spoilers?)

I have done Mr Maggot, BUT I haven’t done his df version yet. Have some guys!

Normal Maggottail / Sparrowfeather / Stumpytail / Rushtooth / Shredtail

[wandertail]

transitioned after the last hope

[exocynraku]

[transmoonpaw]

Sparrowfeather attack!!!

[theanoninyourinbox]

The Dark Forest Rebel Leaders

The four leaders of the Miretrees Rebellion, their stories are as varied as their clan origins.

Snowtuft was born in Riverclan during the reign of Willowstar. He was a loyal Warrior, if overly serious. His downfall was set off when he became obsessed with defeating a rival Skyclan tom, Dribblefur. His obsession became manic when Dribblefur saved some Riverclan kits from a hawk, which overshadowed Snowtuft killing the hawk itself! How DARE HE! So, in the next minor border skirmish, Snowtuft tried to kill Dribblefur - and succeeded in dealing a fatal blow. But only at the cost of his own life...

Silverhawk was a Hunter and Tracker of Windclan. He had been found as a kit on the border, and was mates with the Brawler Emberdawn. Their son, Mudpuddle, was Stonestar's loyal Deputy for many years, but Silverhawk became worried - he always felt anxious about his non-clan origins, and had felt so proud of his son for becoming Deputy, but Stonestar was so so old but still thriving, and Mudpuddle was starting to complain of aging joints. These thoughts lead him down a dark and paranoid path mentally. Silverhawk set up a trap - he led Stonestar into an angry dog, but Mudpuddle bravely threw himself in front of the aging leader and was killed. Silverhawk, horrified and furious, charged Stonestar, but was killed by the dog as well...

Sparrowfeather was born to Thunderclan, and apprenticed to Lionstar himself. She was always a layabout and far too nosy for her own good, and prided herself for knowing secrets from other clans. This lead to her death, as she began selling Thunderclan secrets to Riverclan and Shadowclan for prey, as she hated being a Hunter. This led to a fateful border battle, when a Riverclan cat used her battle move information to get past her defenses and kill her...

Maggottail was born Slickscales of Shadowclan, during the rule of Brindlestar. He was born hairless, and seen as blessed by Starclan in some way. Slickscales used this to his advantage, becoming nearly as influential as Brindlestar. After an argument that led to blows and losing a life, Brindlestar banished Slickscales, and gave him the dishonor title Maggottail. Maggottail would terrorize the local kittypets, stealing their food and attacking them for fun. Eventually, he became so out of shape and unhealthy that his heart gave out...

These four fell into the Mire. These four regretted their actions. These four met a starry visitor who changed everything. And they became the first four who would visit the conflicted living in their dreams, to keep them on the right path. But first, they would speak to those they hurt the most...

Snowtuft was able to apologize to Dribblefur, who was remembered in Riverclan histories for saving a future leader. They parted ways after quite a while, with Dribblefur's well wishes and sincere hopes echoing in Snowtuft's ears. They could have been friends once, and maybe they could be friends again, for Dribblefur was amazingly forgiving.

Silverhawk was reunited with his mate and son. They embraced him lovingly and tearily, and Emberdawn vowed to wait for him. Stonefur accepted his sincere apology, and charged Silverhawk with becoming a better cat. Mudpuddle wove a new feather, fresh from Starclan, to help remind him of the cat he once was.

Sparrowfeather was confronted by Lionstar, who shamed her for her actions. How many cats had died for her actions? How many cats had gone hungry? Lionstar left sputtering in rage and commanding the cats he had guided to never speak to her, but Sparrowfeather's siblings Finchwing and Lichenfoot stayed to speak to her. Their faith in Sparrowfeather's ability to change gave her hope that she could truly change.

Maggottail watched Brindlestar saunter towards him, and laid himself out to beg forgiveness. Brindlestar stared as he spoke, and after a long pause, snorted and called Maggottail as dramatic as ever. She forgave him, on the condition that he be just as dramatic keeping the living from falling like he did.

[zeonixxxi]

Some quick concept sketches for some hypothetical biomes in the dark forest

I’ve always thought that it would be so cool if the dark forest wasn’t just forest, and had other environments; but like they’re twisted or corrupted in a way. Like a foggy, barren swamp that reeks of flesh and rotting matter, with sludgy dark water like mud(the water being smth they actually have in the books). Or a snowy field that stretches as far as the eye can see, that would be so easy to get lost in that some df spirits that wander into it never come out again and are lost there for eternity. Or open red skies, and tall, rolling hills covered with withering, blood-stained flowers. Basically I wish the Erins had fully explored the true horror of the DF but I get why they might not have wanted to do that, considering all the little kids reading these books

(although tigerstar literally gets ripped open and dies NINE TIMES OVER in arc 1, and squilf literally gets dragged to hell by the spirit of her ex possessing her mate’s body, so I don’t actually know if i believe that argument)

Characters in order of top to bottom: Mapleshade, Sparrowfeather, and Snowtuft

[shallowbreeze]

Sparrowfeather

Sparrowfeather is a small, mottled brown tabby she-cat with a battered muzzle.

[hollyleafzz]

Sparrowfeather

[the-owl-tree]

i really thought that they were going to have this arc focus on df redemption because of how lame and unsatisfactory the answer of "oh sorry we cant let them in because uhmm they did something mean generations ago or something and theyre already dead so it doesnt matter" was (esp after all the build up of seeing the df residents show that they CAN be good and help the protags and whatnot) and i really wish they would've gone that route. tbh i think it would've been cool if one of the perspectives was from a starclan/df cat it would've been a breath of fresh air. but instead we got flamepaw 😒

i know exactly what you mean but my mind immediately went that there's a correlation between nightheart existing and the df cats being told they can't go to starclan

[eggfeather]

sparrowfeather

[artaintfartwarriors]

[warrior-cats-rewritten]

Background blorbos:

Featherstorm - Girl your family is so fucked and I'm sorry I made it worse

Beechfur - I'm guessing you were one of those Great Journey romances. I hope you and Gorsetail stayed together.

Tangle - I hit him with the Woman Beam :3c

Sparrowfeather - I know what WCR you did... But what did YOU do?

Sunstrike - Genuinely awesome name. It saved her from having the exact same fate as canon.

Sagenose - Poor guy lost his wife and daughters all so quickly. Hope Birdwing's okay.

Beepaw - Wanna rename her Zebrapaw and split up her parents. Have Nectarsong just call Queen's Rights, naming Zebrapaw after her kittypet dad.

[exocynraku]

[soarinsugar-warriorsdesigns]

Sparrowfeather design! I love this pose