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Widdershins & Deosil

A cozy horror warrior cats inspired roleplay exploring memory, myth, and the thin places between.

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SETTING OVERVIEW:

Somewhere deep in a New England forest, the land turns strange...

Widdershins & Deosil is a semi-literate and beyond length Warrior Cats inspired roleplay set in a folkloric version of the world where time folds in on itself, memories echo louder than names, and every rooted path might lead to a door that was never meant to open.

Here, a sun warmed glade may become a mirror of another life, or a forgotten den might remember you.

Four Kin make their home here, each settling in a cardinal direction and land that embodies their respective seasons. Each Kin holds its own beliefs, fears, rituals, and voice. They do not agree on the shape of the world, only that it watches back.

> ❄️ Frosthold Kin: stalwart and ceremonial, clinging to tradition in frostbitten silence

> 🌿 Willowhum Kin: soft voiced and reverent, keepers of memory and the river’s gentle hush

> 🍁 Embergrave Kin: liminal and ritual, seekers of the veiled and vanished

> ☀️ Suncleft Kin: blunt and living high above, bonedeep in grit, light, and generational grief

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UNIQUE SYSTEMS & WORLD MECHANICS:

Birth Moons

Every cat is born under a Moon with its own temperament, shadow, and spiritual resonance, shaping how they are named, raised, and remembered. These twelve Moons reflect seasonal shifts, inner archetypes, and the mythic cycle of decay and renewal, akin to our own zodiacs.

The Widdershins Deck

A Kin crafted divination system of four suits and a Major Arcana, drawn during turning points in life: ceremonies, deaths, transitions, omens. Each card carries layered meaning and symbolism, with room for interpretation.

Omen & Naming System

Names are never meaningless. Many Kin receive names based on witnessed omens, such as a deer caught in brambles, lightning with no storm, or a silent owl. These events are interpreted by Seers, Elders, or parents, and the names carry power, reputation, and fate.

Specializations

Every adult Kin selects a Specialization within their chosen rank. Rather than unique roles on their owns, cats refine their paths by filling niches where they find themselves most capable of excelling.

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ROLEPLAY STRUCTURE:

Liquid Time: Players may have multiple threads across time and space, enabling rich personal storytelling and character arcs without restriction.

Season Cycle: The server runs on a structured 3 month on, 1 month off rotation for balance and rest. Each seasonal cycle brings new server wide events, ceremonies, environmental shifts, and cryptid stirrings.

Player Driven, Open World

There is no single main plot. Instead, the world reacts to the Kin’s choices, whispers, trespasses, and personal lives. Staff curates prompts, thresholds, and lore expansions, but the path is chosen by the Kin. You open the door, we only write what answers.

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ATMOSPHERE & TONE

Widdershins & Deosil is best described as cozy horror. Not jumpscares, but instead unease. Not monsters under the bed, rather the action of opening doors and the consequences of doing so, and seeing what looks back at you. It is fog dampened fur and half remembered rites, red yarn in a hollow tree, and a name that feels borrowed on your tongue.

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WHAT TO EXPECT

- 18+ Community ; LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and Disabled Safe Space

- Creative Freedom in Creating Characters with many optional mechanics such as omens or the Deck that allow to deepen the experience

- Above Optional mechanics that enhance, not restrict, many of which with custom commands in the server

- Folklore fueled, player driven narrative tone

- Events, ceremonies, cryptids, an in depth flora and fauna bestiary, and more!

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🕯️ Walk Widdershins to lose your name here. Walk Deosil to earn it back. 🕯️

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STARCLAN HAS SENT A PROPHECY SELECTING YOU TO UNDERTAKE A QUEST WHICH WILL DETERMINE THE FATE OF EVERY CLAN. spin this wheel three times consecutively— these individuals will make up the patrol which accompanies you on your journey. how likely are you to fulfill the prophecy and save the clans?

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Bone

First Mention: The Darkest Hour (prologue; page 3)

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What if I locked in and attempted a fish xenofic project. What then.

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hi! I see ur requests are open again: can you do raggedstar/raggedpelt?

Quality father/son time

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love (sarcasm) how this fandom collectively forgets about the whole "maybe don't make the anti-native racism of this series worse by depicting characters with stereotypical feathers behind the ear" issue every two to three weeks so i am once again reminding you all of the feather document https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ll3Gfo7d5kD2GLT1F1t4fUcP9LkLRHWBQ197XffU_Os/edit?usp=sharing

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Tigerstar II Redesign

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medicine cat rqs

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sometimes, it is more fun and interesting to intentionally interpret a character in a different way than they are in canon. like. not everything has to match the books to a T. make ashfur emo, make ivypool edgy and cool. make hawkfrost effeminate and pretty. have fun with it!! as long as you're not doing something horrible, i think everyone should be allowed to mess around with these fictional cats as much as they please. some of you guys get so hung up over others not writing or drawing cats the way you personally envision them and it's just like...who cares? there's bigger problems in this community than somebody making that cat you don't like trans, or shipping two characters who wouldn't get along in canon. i mean this genuinely, if you don't like the takes somebody has, you don't have to interact with them! the block button is there for a reason. it's okay. we don't have to get into arguments over silly things like this, really.

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shadowsight

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humblebrag but i think this is the biggest brain interpretation of mapleshade ive ever done

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ferncloud redesign

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sunbeam redesign