#Snowtuft au

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Snowtuft rewrite au lore

Snowtuft doesn't remember why he got into the dark forest in the first place, but it had to be because he did something bad, right?

Wrong

There were two brothers, indistinguishable from the other, one named Snowtuft, and the other named Hollowfrost. Snowtuft would always be up to something, while Hollowfrost would try and make up for his brother's doings. Try as he might to help his brother, Snowtuft didn't care, and wanted to cause harm to the other clans. So one day, Snowtuft attacked an apprentice, killing them. This caused a war between the two clans, in the midst of the battle, both Hollowfrost and Snowtuft ended up dead.

Those sayings about the two being indistinguishable were right, as unfortunately, Hollowfrost had sustained head injuries during the battle, and could not remember anything. Snowtuft, seeing his opportunity, plead to Starclan that he tried to stop his brother "Snowtuft" from causing harm, but to no avail. Starclan for some reason, bought the lie, and sent "Hollowfrost" to Starclan, and the confused "Snowtuft" to the dark forest, none the wiser to the horrible scheme.

[giita]

New and improved Purgatory AU designs!!! Haven’t talked about this AU in a while

I made Squilf look similar to my Firestar design here to make some angst for Princess. I also made Princess look a bit like Leafpool too for more angst too.

When she first arrives, Mapleshade, the de facto leader of this little group, is the first to greet Squirrelflight. She’s a little cynical. Waking up after dying and being immediately spoken to by a very old murderess throws you for a loop so Squirrelflight has barely any idea of what’s going on until the very fact settles in that she’s actually dead. Which takes a few days.

Squirrelflight does latch onto Princess on like day one because she’s the least objectionable person and the kindest. Plus she reminds her of Leafpool. Later on, she does get close with Scourge too bc they’re all kin.

[mothpawbs]

still thinking about my leafhawk au so here's a silly comic :)

[pumpkinnkidd]

got suggested to do these two and i had to do @bonefall’s houndleap design it is so good please go indulge in the better bones au it is so SO lovely

[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.

[dayz-ina-daze]

A gift for the ever lovely, ever helpful @theanoninyourinbox of the Snowtuft from their awesome Longstar au!!

I can’t wait to see more of this guy in the reboot!!

[thylacid]

they are friends!!!

[bonefall]

are you doing anything with snowtuft in your rewrite? hes so silly to me

Previously I was actually not going to do anything with him to wait out on the writers giving him more backstory, but since I'm now diverging in response to their C&D of Little Dragon Studios...

I'm thinking of putting him sometime during the Crusade Era, under Houndstar. He was a vicious and bloodthirsty warrior, happy to take part in the raids on Chelford. His cruelty went a step beyond his era; he was a kit-killer.

He was stopped after a mother and 2 kits were dead; the third was "saved" and kitnapped.

Houndstar didn't know what to do about this. Killing children like that really made the cruelty apparent-- but they were outsider kits, not clanborn. The code doesn't apply to those who don't live by it... but logical answers don't really apply here, when the action is so obviously and chillingly evil.

Snowtuft couldn't be exiled. And he couldn't blend back into ShadowClan either. He became a pariah and had to live many years with many of his Clanmates sickened by him, the one surviving kitten always a tail length away. He, too, became ashamed of himself.

StarClan has a thing about kittenkillers, and wouldn't have let him in even if he hadn't seen himself out. He walked the Dark Forest by choice, trying to forget what he'd done.

[booksofstars]

all dogs go to heaven esque au where hawkfrost escapes his trial and ends up trying to get ivypaw to bring him back to life properly so he can keep causing problems on purpose, then ends up getting attached and redeeming himself (hawkdad moment)

[yumequeenbr]

after 1 year of work i finally finished my first au mv of snowtuft

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Surprised Ripplestar hasn't somehow influenced Nightheart yet due to their similar personalities, kinda. Or at least in the fact both were compared constantly to a ancestor, living in their shadows

Ripplestar to Thunder, and Nightheart to Firestar

In my rewrite au, Ripplestar does exactly that. He, Snowtuft, and Mapleshade all collectively mentor Nightheart because they all believe they were wronged by Starclan in some way, and they believe Nightheart was wronged too. Nightheart becomes convinced that Thunderclan is out to get him, and leaves. He becomes a loner, living on the outskirts of the clans, and causes trouble for them.

[giita]

Snowtuft knows who he is because he can read lol. I spoke about it in the introductory post to this au.

[fateschangedesigns]

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

Dark Forest Resident: Talonpaw

Aliases / Nicknames: Little One, My Dear, Lazy Furball, Kittypet Food

Gender: tom

Sexuality: pansexual, biromantic

Family: Nightwing (mother), Cedarheart (father), Smokepaw (brother), Brokenstar, Hopekit, Wishkit (cousins), Lavenderkit (aunt), Rowanclaw (uncle), Snowbird (maternal grandmother), Darkflower (paternal grandmother), Boulder (maternal grandfather), Scorchwind (paternal grandfather), Dawncloud, Russetfur (grandaunts), Raggedstar, Volewhisper, Mosspaw (granduncles), Featherstorm (great-grandmother), Hal (great-grandfather) 

Other Relations: Rowanclaw (mentor)

Clan: Shadowclan

Rank: apprentice

Characteristics: short-tempered, grieves for his brother

Murder Motive: avenging his brother

Number of Victims: 0 (failed)

Number of Murders: 0 (failed)

Murder Method: getting kittypets to attack Russetfur (attempted)

Known Victims: Russetfur (attempted)

Victim Profile: his deputy

Cause of Death: wounds, killed by Jaques and Susan

Cautionary Tale: ??

Story:

We will never forget Smokepaw.

Liar.

Talonpaw was glad to be on safe ground once the ledge opened up, he could have bounced for joy if his paws weren’t so tired.

He rested with his father, Cedarheart, while they waited for the rest to catch up, namely his mother and brother. They had gotten separated as the Clans moved in single-file along the towering mountains. He scanned the faces as they came, alarmed when he only saw his mother, and his heart dropped at the distant, glassy look on her face.

She couldn’t even explain what had happened, she didn’t even seem to realize they were trying to talk to her. 

Blackstar explained to them what had happened, how the ground just crumbled beneath Smokepaw’s feet and he fell before anyone could catch him. 

Smokepaw was dead.

Like his mother--both of his parents, in fact, he spent the entire trip in an empty trance while everyone else chattered excitedly about what they thought their new home would look like. Smokepaw wouldn’t see it, so what did it matter?

As the haze slowly dissipated, anger began to fill him. The leader was with him. The deputy was with him! How could they have let Smokepaw just fall? The ground may have crumbled, but it’s not as if it can do that in a single second!

He remembered a moment that occurred before they left the forest, when those giant, awful monsters scared his brother. Blackstar had promised that he wouldn’t let him die. 

One night, he couldn’t sleep, and decided to pace around the camp. He heard voices coming from beside the leader’s den, and, curious, decided to eavesdrop. 

Russetfur was speaking with Oakfur, Smokepaw’s mentor. The first thing he heard was Oakfur hissing that he didn’t want a new apprentice. That truly caught Talonpaw’s attention.

Russetfur was insistent, saying how sorry she was that Smokepaw had passed, but that holding onto their grief feeds no mouths, and how he must move on. She went on to say how he would make an excellent mentor for Tallpoppy’s kits when they’re old enough, but at that point, Talonpaw could only hear the blood pounding in  his ears. 

He ran back to his nest, clawing up his moss as his whole body quivered with rage. They were replacing Smokepaw! Grief feeds no mouths. How could Russetfur be so heartless? She had been the one to let Smokepaw die!

That night, when he could finally sleep, a white warrior with a single, long scar visited him. The tom told him how horrible it is to lose your littermate, to lose the one cat you should have grown old with. 

The tom called himself Snowtuft, and went on to say how he didn’t remember much of his life, but he was sure he had someone to him like Smokepaw was to Talonpaw.

Before Snowtuft could go on, another, brown tom came over and put a stop to their conversation, telling Snowtuft that he already paid for his crimes, and to not drag the young tom down with him. Talonpaw wasn’t sure what that meant, or why this new tom--Creaturefall--was now telling Talonpaw to dream of butterfly fields instead of “this place.”

It was the first time someone actually tried talking to Talonpaw about his brother. 

Nightwing and Cedarheart shared his grief, of course, and for a while, they slept with Talonpaw in the now so empty apprentices’ den, but they would stop Talonpaw from speaking about the death, always saying that they weren’t ready to talk about it yet. 

It felt as though Talonpaw’s own grief didn’t matter, only theirs. 

More and more, Talonpaw felt that was true. Rowanclaw, understanding at first, grew frustrated with him when he wouldn’t put nearly as much effort into his training as he used to. It got to the point that Rowanclaw took him to Russetfur, who threatened to have his apprenticeship delayed if he didn’t get his act together.

She told him that he was the only apprentice in Shadowclan now, and how there wouldn’t be any more apprentices for at least six more moons. Talonpaw was angry enough at that, at having his loss blatantly ignored because training him was ‘so important’. What really set him off was when Russetfur told him to put his grief aside, and how laying in his nest all day won’t bring Smokepaw back.

It was everything in Talonpaw not to jump her then and there. 

Snowtuft visited him again, only once. He was snarling, but not at Talonpaw. No, his anger was on his behalf. He went on about how Russetfur had no right to say such disgusting things, and how if he were Talonpaw, he would claw her apart for that.

Talonpaw found that he liked that thought, but pointed out that he couldn’t exactly win a fight against the deputy. 

Snowtuft suggested that he should find someone that could.

Talonpaw remembered the two kittypets that had attacked Tawnypelt when she and her patrol first investigated the lake territories. She described them as quite muscular for cats that munched on twoleg slop all day. And there were two of them, definitley able to claw up Russetfur.

He would provoke them. Rowanclaw sent Talonpaw to hunt on his own, a punishment of sorts for all the ‘slacking off’ Talonpaw was doing, while his mentor got to rest in the sunlight back at camp.

Talonpaw took the opportunity. He travelled through until he found the right Twoleg den--Tawnypelt had described it so that they stay away. Then, he rolled around in the garden’s grass, spreading his Clan scent. 

The kittypets would get mad. If they were as aggressive as they sounded, they wouldn’t take kindly to a stranger spreading their scent in their home. Surely, they would want to get back at them, and when patrols found kittypet scent crossing the border, Russetfur, as the deputy, would investigate. Then the kittypets would attack her.

He was back in his own territory, trying to catch something so that it seemed like he was always looking for prey, when cat scent hit his nose and he was attacked.

He managed to drag himself back to camp, but darkness was blotting his vision in increasing specks. The last thing he saw were the horrified faces of his mentor and parents.

Additional Information:

--Fungichomp arrived in the Dark Forest around this time. He was already furious that Starclan condemned Fishkit, Molekit, and Frostkit to the Place of No Stars with him, and when he saw Talonpaw arrive as well--without technically actually doing anything--he decided that the kits needed to be protected with more than what he could provide, and created the Daycare (possibly getting the name from Twolegs) (or he got it because ‘Day’ is the opposite of Dark and is what the kits should be expereincing, and they’re being taken care of, so maybe just a coincidence)

--So the Daycare was first created / first began construction during Twilight in the canon book series.

I was curious about the timeline with that (and other things), and when it was said to likely been made when the lake territories were formed, Smokepaw was chosen--then switched to Talonpaw, so that’s why he’s in the Dark Forest now!

I didn’t think he went to the DF before, it was just an idea created for the sake of the Daycare, but now I like it! What do you think?

--Russetfur strikes me as the ‘tough love’ character, so I wouldn’t put it past her to say these things.

--Snowtuft is still a tiny bit evil at this point. Maybe seeing the apprentice join the DF because of him is a start for him to want to change--but not quite yet.

--Cedarheart later dies in the Great Battle, aka the battle with the Dark Forest--the area one of his sons now resides. That’s some great angst!

(highlighted because this is probably the most important, ya know?)

--Would he be Brokenstar’s cousin? I’ve tried looking up what their relationship would be, and that’s the answer I keep getting, but it sounds wrong.

--Creaturefall and Fungichomp, Molekit, Fishkit, and Frostkit all belong to @wills-woodland-warriors​

--Thanks to @starfalcon555​ whose idea it was to have Talonpaw be the DF character due to his grief for his brother as well as the idea to have Snowtuft be a brief mentor.

[theanoninyourinbox]

My Little Warriors! Snowtuft Redo

The first patient of therapist power couple Bright Heart and Cirrus Tail, Blizzard lost his leg and wing in a winter Timberwolf attack. He lost all his confidence in being a Wildlife and Park Ranger after this event, and it took the married therapists all their years of experience to get him back on his hooves mentally. When an evening outdoors therapy session was attacked by some Umbrum, Blizzard threw himself into defending his doctors...and discovered his secret talent - magical ice manipulation.

[tmnt8913]

Meet my version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! But this is a Warrior cat x Grimm x TMNT (Aka as TMNT: TLOLC AKA as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Legend of LeopardClan)