#beware gooses tail for it is a weapon

[themissinglynx]

A while back, I made a WC world where the fanclans (which are 100+ members each) are constantly threatened by monsters. This is an AU placed in that world. It includes accurate genetics and a traditional naming style (know that wildlife from all temperate forest/plains biomes are able to be used as prefixes). A thing to note about the culture of these clans is the wardens, cats of any given rank (warrior, messenger, healer, seer, etc) who are trained to fight the monsters. Upon finishing their training, they are given a suffix with a more metaphorical meaning. Most clan members have a body part as a suffix. Through only their name, one can discern the appearance of a cat, their greatest characteristic, and their rank.

This first cat here is Moonflower, interpreted as a blue lynx point with white-spotting. Her dad was a blue point and her mom was a blue and white tabby with her own father being a point. Her genotype is something along the lines of: oo (no red) - BB (black) - dd (diluted) - Aa (tabby) - TmTm (mackerel) - Ww (some white) - cscs (siamese point). Her blue eyes are caused by her pointism and her pink nose is due to the white around her muzzle.

Since she’s a pointed cat, she was born white, earning her the name Cloudkit. Her warrior suffix -belly was given due to her motherly nature. She first married Stormtail and had one kit from that, Bluekit. Stormtail divorced her after Bluekit’s birth, and she needed time to recover from the divorce. A few years after Bluepaw’s apprenticeship, Cloudbelly married her childhood friend, who just returned from training in the Guard, Goldenthorn (Sunstar). Within their first year of marriage, they bore Bluefur’s half-sister, Snowkit. Cloudbelly lived beyond her canon death and was able to watch her grandchildren be born and some of them grow. She sadly died of a monster attack in her village, which also took the lives of Pebblekit (Mosskit) and Snowfur. Her grandchildren are Stonetree, Mistwind, Pebblekit, and Whitepad.

This second cat here is Goosefeather, interpreted rather closely to canon. He’s a blue tabby with white-spotting. His genotype is something like this: o (no red) - BB (black) - dd (diluted) - Aa (tabby) - TmTm (mackerel) - Ww (some white) - Ccs (normal coloring). He has amber eyes, but could’ve had anything from green to hazel to yellow or even gold (although it’s hard to draw differences between amber, yellow, and gold). His nose is split between gray and pink because of the mixing of pelt colors there.

Goosekit’s prefix was given in reference to the Greylag goose, though many who hear his name first think he’ll be brown or black in reference to the Canadian goose. His potential as a seer was noted by his predecessor, Icepelt (Cloudberry), who encouraged him in that direction. While training, he possessed an innate sense of the will of the gods, earning for himself the -maw suffix. Shortly after earning his full name, he started gaining awful nightmares he could only interpret as visions from the gods. As a result, he doesn’t sleep often and has become somewhat stressed from his horrific nightmares. If he were fully human, his hair would grow prematurely gray at 20-something because of how stressed he is. He’s the oracle for the gods and the spiritual leader of his clan! And the gods have decided to curse (or possibly bless?) him with these possible visions and the greater expanse of civilization’s enemy. He took an apprentice in Spottedpaw for the seer position, but froze to death on one especially cold winter night before he could fully train her. He maintained good relationships with his nieces (especially Bluetuft, she often looked to him for spiritual guidance), one healer from his colony, Fogface (Featherwhisker), and Murkstorm (Yellowfang).

Also, I’m gonna be putting this up on my DA in a while! Go check it out! It’s the same username in the signature.