#rowankit is dead

[bonefall]

aw man, strikestone still dies? That's a shame. he always seemed like he had so much wasted potential to me :(

Yeah sorry dude :( BUT I promise I would have saved him if I didn't have a great death in mind. The more the project evolved, the more I realized this is a really good place to send him off.

He's Shadowsight's amazing, funny uncle-figure. They're very close in the early arc of TBC, just like canon.

Yes he's technically a cousin but Shadow sees him like an uncle.

I won't let his funeral be unceremonious like canon, though. It's a huge moment for all of ShadowClan; Heartstar is ALWAYS emotional when her family is threatened or hurt.

She's on Berserk Mode for the rest of the arc, she will not stop until the Impostor is dead, in Strikestone's name

Rowankit and Birchkit are now Strikestone's biokittens. They were surrogated by someone anonymous, Strike was claiming Queen's Rights. Heart and Dove adopted them without a second thought.

(Still thinking about what I'm gonna do about their names...)

When Shadowsight goes into the Dark Forest to free the Impostor's prisoners and confront Ashfur once and for all, he wants to free Strike

And, when he gives Ashfur's Gift back to him to hold him in place for Bristlefrost to land the final blow, Strikestone leaps forward to support him.

Strikestone is probably also going to end up being the cat to tell Shadowsight that he gave up the lightning Ashfur gave him, and their connection is severed... but it's okay, he will always be watching him. He's so, so proud of everything he's done.

Tells him to take care of his kits for him, and takes his place in StarClan.

[lightleapfan]

lightleap's family and mine are very similar like you have tigerstar whos like my dad(hes a CEO) and dovewing is like my mom (she moved to floridaclan from newyorkclan) and pouncestep shadowsight and birchkit(we both have 3 siblings) and rowankit is kind of like all the babies my mom miscarried or like our dead dog hunter

[wc-wild-rewrite]

Firestar's Family Tree by Arc 7! (This may change)

Needless to say, Firestar's kittypet gene of Big Litters carried over. That and Clan culture really likes naming after dead people.

The color coding for the clans is based off what they are currently in or were in during their death, not birth clan.

Changes to canon under the cut, and some explanations:

Relation Changes: -Breezepelt is part of Lion, Jay, and Holly's litter, alongside his no-longer-dead littermates, Raven and Bracken. -Dovewing and Ivypool are now Hollyleaf's kits, as Cloudtail's side of the family do not count as Firekin in Starclan's eyes (Fireheart gave up family rights to Brindleface) -Dewnose now has Myrtlebloom and Bayshine without a recognised mother, for bloodline's sake -Dustpelt and Sandstorm are now siblings, and Redtail & Runningwind are their dads -Cloudspeckle is now the adoptive mother of Redtail and Spottedcloud -Rainstorm and Mintfur are actually Rainwhisker's, but are raised by Reedwhisker -Spiderleg and Shrewfeather are Ferncloud's only kits, who she had without a disclosed father

Name Changes: -Crowfeather is now Crowstorm, as Stormfur was the prophecy cat and not Feathertail -Feather Of Flying Hawk is now Storm (That Hawk Flies Through), in memory of Stormfur -Nightheart is now Nightshade, and was born Nightkit -Sparkpelt is now Sparkfire -Spottedleaf's name has been changed to Spottedcloud, as she does not become a medicine cat -Crookedstar has been changed to Stormstar -Halftail and One-eye have been changed to Sparrowpelt and Whitespark -Tommy and Filou have the warrior names of Sparrowstalk and Paleflame -Shrewpaw survives, and takes the name of Shrewfeather in honor of the quail he tried to catch -Scourge has the warrior name of Icefang, and had a litter with Mossheart, who survives -Ivypool becomes Ivystar at the end of A Broken Code

New Characters: -Lionheart's litter has been fused together into Sorrelsong, Snapwhisker, and Hollyspot. -Jayfeather now has a litter with Briarlight, and took in a litter of two from Kestrelflight -Alderheart has a litter with Puddleshine and Fidgetflake -Firestar and Sandstorm have a litter shortly after Firestar's death -Shrew and Squirrel had another litter -Harper is added into Jake's litter, and has two litters of his own -Stripe is added into Crystal's litter

Memorial Namings: -Sparrowstalk after Mocha's warrior name, Sparrowpounce -Spottedcloud after her mother, Cloudspeckle -Blueflower after her mother, Moonflower -Snowstorm after her father, Stormtail -Whitestorm after his mother, Snowstorm -Stormfur after his grandfather, Stormstar, and his uncle, Stormkit -Feathertail after her great-grandfather, Featherwhisker -Flamespring after his father, Firestar -Rainstorm after his father, Rainwhisker -Crowstorm after his friend, Stormfur -Lark after their granduncle, Larkkit -Storm after their uncle, Stormfur, their great-grandfather, Stormstar, and their granduncle, Stormkit -Roseleaf after her cousin, Hollyleaf -Jayleap after his cousin, Jayfeather -Dandelionburr after her aunt, Dandelionkit -Rowankit after his grandmother, Rowanclaw -Bristlekit after his cousin, Bristlefrost -Stemkit after his father, Stemleaf -Graykit after his great-grandfather, Graystripe

[katiek101]

History Has Its Eye on You?

in response to this post:

This is my Blackfoot character study! The first four chapters are already posted to AO3 and there are only two chapters left!

It's a retelling of Blackfoot's life from kithood to Clan leader. It's an AU but I do my best to make it believeably canon. Aside from a romantic relationship that is decidedly for my shipper's heart and a few other minor details, I think most of it could align with canon if the story was told from Blackfoot's perspective.

This is something that I've wanted to write since I read the first arc and got into fanfiction but I always worried I would never be a "good enough" writer to do it justice, and I finally decided to just do it and see what happens. I'm really proud of it! I hope other people like it as much as I do. Getting inside Blackfoot's head and figuring him out has been delicious, and fleshing out his relationships has been a surprising treat as well!

For fun, here's an excerpt from the upcoming chapter:

Caramel-colored pine needles litter the floor and the kits have created a game of tossing pawfuls of them at each other. They duck and dodge and weave and their shrill giggles fill the air. Passing warriors watch the kits with amusement, others shake their heads fondly.

Blackfoot feels like a ghost, standing in the middle of an old memory. If he closes his eyes then those shrill giggles aren’t coming from Rowankit, Blossomkit, and Lavenderkit; instead they come from Nightkit, Clawkit, Flintkit, Fernkit, and himself. 

All but two of those five innocent kits are dead. What does the future hold for these three?

Here's the link to read it on AO3!

[everybody-loves-purdy]

Since Bristlefrost’s death, I’ve always had a sneaking suspicion that we could possibly see a future Dovewing and Ivypool conflict now that they’re both in different Clans, with said Clans moving towards war.

• The first hint for me was the fact that Bristlefrost died saving Shadowsight’s life. Ivypool’s kit died saving Dovewing’s kit. I know that Ivypool would never bear any grudge towards Dovewing for her son surviving a battle that her daughter didn’t, but I wonder if this will be brought up in the future. Not so much a hint, but just something I thought about.

• The second hint for me was the names of Dovewing’s kits. Maybe it’s no deeper than Dovewing just wanting to honor both her and Tigerstar’s fathers, but their names symbolize different Clans; Rowankit’s being ShadowClan and Birchkit’s being ThunderClan. Rowankit is dead, but Birchkit still lives. Rowanclaw is dead, but Birchfall still lives. I wonder if their names will serve as symbolism for how Dovewing’s feelings about ShadowClan and Tigerstar could change as her mate moves forward with his forceful occupation of RiverClan.

• The third and final hint(s) are the fact that Squirrelflight has confirmed Ivypool will serve as her deputy, and that Ivypool is seemingly getting her own super edition. Now that Ivypool is in a solid place of authority within her Clan, every decision she makes will impact all of her Clanmates. I wonder if Ivypool’s SE will focus on the fact that she can no longer make sacrifices for Dovewing and that every sacrifice she makes from here on out has to be to guarantee ThunderClan’s survival and to protect her Clanmates. Essentially, that the part of her that still remains loyal to Dovewing must be shed if she’s to be an effective deputy during a potential time of war. Especially in dealing with Tigerstar, who’s shown more than once that he’s unwilling to compromise and will use force to achieve his goals as necessary.

All extremely good ideas! I really hope Dovewing dumps him, and it would be so interesting if the kits names ended up being symbolic as you suggest!

It will also be so interesting as well to see Ivypool potentially torn between her clan loyalty and loyalty to Dovewing, especially with Dovewing’s husband being the source of conflict between the clans.

Another little detail as well which probably will play into the SE: in Shadow, Dovewing travels to ThunderClan specifically to speak with Ivypool and brings Nightheart along so he can try and resolve some family issues. We do not learn what Dovewing and Ivypool were speaking about, they went off to speak privately and Nightheart (the pov) was not privy to the conversation, nor did Dovewing, or even later on Ivypool, give any hint as to what it could be about. But it was important enough that Dovewing couldn’t wait until the next gathering.

[strelles-universe]

I just remembered that ShadowClan queens canonically sneak out of the nursery to join patrols... that's hilarious. What's Brightflower's most memorable moments from her time as a queen? And did Yellowfang ever catch her sneaking away?

Brightflower was a very crafty queen - she noticed rather quickly that the reason most queens were found out was because they made the mistake of sneaking onto border watches. Because the watches have specific posts, it's easy for the menders to just stride out and drag them home.

So in the dead of night, she'd sneak out with her kits - her excuse would be that she's getting them used to being awake during proper Shadow hours, this way they couldn't wake up from a nap complaining they can't find her and give her away - then they'd go to Moonsoul's Pool when she'd let them goof around.

While Yellowkit, Nutkit and Rowankit played - she would sprint out into the wider marsh to enjoy herself and catch as much as she can. She rotated which part of the forest she slept in. Sagewhisker would swear up and down that Brightflower was sneaking out but she could never prove anything.

Yellowfang was a bit of an enabler lmao. She caught Brightflower sneaking out all the time because she knew where her mother liked to hide - but instead of ratting her out, she just kitsat her younger siblings to keep them quiet.

Brightflower's most outrageous moment was when Sagewhisker - determined to drag her back to camp this time - managed to track her down. Before she could be seen, Brightflower took a full-blown sprint towards one of the taller trees and scrambled as high up as she could. The trees in Creeping Shadows territory don't have any low branches anymore so she just clung there, upside-down covered in mud from hiding her scent praying to all nine Souls that Sagewhisker didn't look up.

She was found out when she got back to camp because she didn't have the time to clean the mud out of her fur but by then, she was already back in the nursery so Sagewhisker couldn't do anything.

Yellowfang still cackles in the stars about that whole incident

[shadowsight]

dovewing and tigerstar naming their kits after their dads when rowanstar is dead and birchfall is alive and well in thunderclan is so funny

tigerstar, watching rowankit play: it's like my father is still with us sometimes

dovewing: I know what you mean

birchfall: I'm right here guys

dovewing: sometimes I can still hear his voice

[mud-castle]

Different anon, but: so why Tigerheartstar is freaking out: Riverclan lied and said Mistystar and Reedwhisker both had Greencough, same as Rowankit. They also said they had no Catnip, available at All. Mistystar and Reedwhisker have missed 2-4 gatherings? Somewhere around there, and the other leaders along with Mothwing and Frostpaw decide to send a patrol to find Catnip for the other sick cats, as Greencough cases are stacking up. Patrol gets back, Rowankit is dead, then stuff happens and all the clans find out Mistystar is dead and so is Reedwhisker but Riverclan tells all the clans they also died from greencough, not that they've been dead awhile. So Tigerheartstar then finds out, WTF y'all had catnip, didn't treat your leader OR deputy let them die, didn't give any to any of the other clans let other cats suffer let my kit die yeah, uh until yall vote for a new leader or Starclan decides yall need help. However based on what I've head of your Dark Mirror AU, Tigerheartstar probably would have probably just flat out asked Primrose what was going on because the cat the chose to lie to the rest of the clans was...pretty bad to be honest. Like, Ravenpaw from the first book would have been a better option bad.

Lol, bro what.

And not sure what impression I've been giving of Dark Mirror Primrose. She's sensible, sure, but she doesn't particularly care for anyone who's not close friend or family, and especially not someone who's in another clan, and especially not if said cat was Shadowclan. So, she'd only help if she got something in return...like sayyy the name of her brother's murderer(s)?

Buuut if said Shadowclan cat's name happened to be Talonswipe, then she guesses she can check if they have catmint. But he totally owes her (just put it on his tab at this point).

[the-broken-code-rewrite]

Omg I'm nosey and just found your blog. What has Tigerstar ll done this time? 😭 Im not gonna read Sky for a while (I haven't even read River and only know the basics), but I hate that man with every fiber of my being and hate what the Erins did to Dove to prop him up (I'm looking at you, Tigerheart's fucking Shadow, and much of AVOS when he threatened Alder...). anything he's done, I'm ready to get mad over, and I definitely don't mind being spoilered to hell with info, if you wanna share it/rant!!!!!

Sky spoilers under the cut. You have all been warned.

Tigerstar II has basically taken over RiverClan. He's claiming it as helping them during their leadership crisis, since Mistystar and Reedwhisker are dead and the current replacement, Owlnose, is... not good to put it nicely. He even admits he's not good I think.

Unlike when Tigerstar I did it, Tigerstar II probably has good intentions, but Tawnypelt tried to call him out on what he was doing before he did it, comparing the two Tigerstars.

In short, I fucking hate him. Tigerstar I was a lot more likable. At least the books didn't try to justify his terrible actions. I get that Tigerstar II is grieving because Rowankit died, but he's literally at his worst by the end of this book, and I do not have high hopes for the next one.

[yagurlhere]

SKY SPOILERS!

Bro, I am pissed off at how they killed off Rowankit. Like, can we go one arc without them killing off an innocent Kit that barely even got a personality or live!?!?!?!? When he got sick, I could sense the death, and was thinking "They better let him live or so help me...!" and the BOOM, DEAD! When he and Birchkit were introduced, I knew they were just gonna be boring background characters because that's all the Erins can do now, but they honestly did sound cute, and I honestly kind of liked the idea. THEN SKY CAME! AND NOW STREAMKIT AND BLOOMKIT ARE SICK! THE ERINS ARE PROBABLY GONNA KILL THEM OFF TOO! The Prophecy Begins and The New Prophecy did a better job at this because in The Prophecy Begins it shows how cruel the World outside of Firepaw's home was, and in The New Prophecy it showed how weak and desperate the Clans were in the destruction of their homes, but the Erins keep on overdoing it! I swear, if they kill Birchkit off next...!

[bonefall]

What will you do if they give Birchkit defining Tigerkin features in cannon?

Already on it! Birchkit and Rowankit were Strikestone's biokits.

I'm still working on details; but my thought is that it was an honor siring situation. He was going to raise his kittens alone and claim Queen's Rights, but then he died in that fight with the impostor. He only told his close family about it.

So after the dust had settled, Heart and Dove contacted the honor dam/surrogate and asked what her plans with the kittens were, now that Strikestone was dead. That's how they ended up with Birch and Rowan.

Whoever they are, I think Strike was buddies with them, so I'm considering that maybe it was a litter of 3 and they kept one. But it's also possible that they established from the get-go that they did not want to raise kits, and so there were only 2 which Heart and Dove now have.

This means that they are considered Heartstar's kittens by all social means, but biologically, they are her grand-nespring.

[idontliketomatoesleavemealone]

cats descended only from Moonflower. I want to die

(Full siblings next to each other, dead cats crossed out)

Moonflower Bluestar, Snowfur Mistystar, Stonefur, Mosskit Whitestorm Perchkit, Pikepaw, Primrosepaw, Reedwhisker Ashfur, Ferncloud, Elderkit, Tulipkit Sorreltail, Sootfur, Rainwhisker Spiderleg, Shrewpaw, Birchfall, Hollykit, Larchkit, Icecloud, Foxleap Poppyfrost, Honeyfern, Cinderheart, Molepaw, Seedpaw, Lilyheart Rosepetal, Toadstep Ivypool, Dovewing Cherryfall, Molewhisker Hollytuft, Sorrelstripe, Spotfur, Flywhisker, Fernsong, Snaptooth Honeyfur, Leafshade, Larksong Bristlefrost, Thrifthear, Flipclaw Pouncestep, Lightleap, Shadowsight, Rowankit, Birchkit Myrtlebloom, Bayshine Bristlekit, Graykit, Stemkit

Anyways, BristleThriftFlip is inbred. 

[horned-clan]

Imagine not updating for three months, couldn't have been me- /j

Update: The reason I was on hiatus for a long while was because I kinda jumped into it without a plan. So I finally made one!

I'm going to go with Horned Clan, year by year, like the YT videos like Galaxyclan, for example.

Without further ado, let's look at Year 1 of Horned Clan:

Mousestar (Mousepad, Mousestripe):

-He decided to become a deputy in Moon 6, and in Moon 7, he became leader

-When Aster, Rainkit and Patchkit joined, he started fighting the babies. Like, he was picking fights with kits. He's insane and so immature

-Mousestar was found racing his rival from RosemaryClan on Moon 9, and I made a funny comment to myself where I thought: "Huh, if he comes to the clan with a bunch of random kits, I'ma say it was a whirlwind romance." AND GUESS WHAT!!

-MOON 11: HE BROUGHT HOME FIVE (5) BABIES?! It's so his rivals's kits. So I'm making an OC, her name Flutterdust, and she was also a young, new warrior.

-It makes me really confused because, like, he also has a small crush on Rowanleap, and it's reciprocated, and I'm losing it---

Aster:

-Aster is our deputy, and she is a queen from SpikeClan. Rowanpaw found her on a patrol, when she just gave birth to Rainkit and Patchkit.

-The same moon she fully healed, she was on patrol when she found someone she recognized from SpikeClan. It was Rainkit and Patchkit's father, who had left her for another cat and there is heavy bad blood between the two. It caused relations to worsen.

-She has the ability to make minerals that are found in asteroids, such as gold and diamonds. I love her, she's a good mama

Rowanleap (Rowankit, Rowanpaw):

-Oh Star Clan, Rowanleap... My poor baby

-Rowanleap's and Mousestar's relationship is bad as fuck, Rowanleap hates him so much, it's insane.

-He's also been meeting Serpentspeckle in the Dark Forest ever since he was an apprentice, I'm so nervous about him

-The moon after he found Aster, he found another queen who was already dead. He tried to save the kit but it died as well. He was absolutely broken, and sobbed for hours. It even caused him to go into shock

-He gained the name Rowanleap the same moon he found Sandfalcon.

-Also, Serpentspeckle has been going in his DREAMS, and now he's AMBITIOUS and Im scared about that ambitiousness.... So worried about him...

Sandfalcon:

-I have really nothing to say about her

-She's a kitty pet that Rowanleap found

-She's a like a rock star, single mom and I adore her.

-She is also really good at relations with other clans. She improved relations with RedwoodClan, and I love her <3

Solei:

-Nothing to really say about Solei, he seems chill and I love him, can't wait to know more next year

Rainkit and Patchkit:

-Aster's kits! They were from SpikeClan and they really don't care too much about their father

-Rainkit has a weak leg, so I think he might lose all feeling in it as he grows. I'm worried about him specifically

Mousestar's Kits:

-Also nothing much to say about them, they're only a moon old but I love them all. I can't wait to draw their mama and all the drama these crazy babies will get into

[lotus-clan]

LotusClan Year 20

Newleaf

Pouncesight knows she will always love Apricotclaw, but has decided to move on for now. She knows that one day, she will reunite with her mate in StarClan.

Pinepeak and Sootwhisker welcome a litter of three kits. They name them Mosskit (male), Rowankit (female), and Sapkit (female).

Fernthistle has announced that she is expecting kits, although the Clan does not know who her mate is.

Grasscrawl and Pouncesight have become mates.

The last few moons have been rough on Swiftstar. He attempts to continue, but just isn’t able. One night he goes to sleep, but loses all of his lives to old age. Although the Clan mourns, he reunites with Minnowstripe in StarClan. Stoneclaw has inherited the title of LotusClan leader, and chooses Ravendapple as the new deputy.

Fernthistle gives birth to her two kits: Duskkit (male) and Sleetkit (male). They look suspiciously like Stonestar, and the two finally become mates.

Greenleaf

Goldfur discovers an abandoned kit. They name her Flutterkit.

Pumpkinpaw and Dovepaw are apprenticed to Lichenheart and Sootwhisker respectively.

Rushfall has realized she-cat doesn’t describe how he feels anymore.

Mosspaw, Rowanpaw, and Sappaw are apprenticed to Rosepelt, Talonfoot, and Ravendapple respectively.

Leaf-fall

Goldfur wandered out of the camp and was later found dead, right before Flutterpaw’s apprentice ceremony. Flutterpaw decides to become a medicine cat apprentice mentored by Hornetsting so she can see Goldfur in StarClan.

Pouncesight was found dead near the JayClan border.

Jayshade and Lichenheart have become mates.

Dovepaw has realized that tom doesn’t describe how they feel anymore.

Duskpaw and Sleetpaw are apprenticed to Mistshard and Honeyfur respectively.

Sharpleaf and Hazelshine have become mates.

Leafbare

Mistlebreeze and Rushfall find an abandoned kit. They name her Cicadakit.

Strikepaw is named Strikewhisker.

Pumpkinpaw and Dovepaw are named Pumpkintail and Doveleaf respectively.

Willowstripe and Chivepatch die of yellowcough. In StarClan, Chivepatch and Sneezefeather reunite and become mates once more.

[clangen-of-the-stars]

Moon 13

•Ashpaw has started their apprenticeship. Their mentor is Russetspeckle

•Skypaw has started their apprenticeship. Their mentor is Lightbrair

•Haykit was playing with feathers earlier and decided to wear some of them

•Sleekhare brought a litter of two kits back to camp, refusing to tell their origin (sir?! You had kits old man? With who?! Also at least one is a tom. Moat kits have been girls except Maplekit)

•Lightbrair is talking to themselves

•Barkbird caught scent of an enemy warrior earlier

•Russetspeckle is hoping for a break

•Sleekhare is feeling down (maybe... did you adopt these kits instead? Is their mother dead? I like this story)

•Harvestswoop caught scent of a fox earlier

•Quillspring is feeling quite lazy

•Yellowtree is craving the taste of shrew

•Swallownose is lining nests with fresh moss and feathers

•Icestar woke up on the wrong side of the nest

•Rookshine was recently caught humming to themselves

•Ashpaw is feeling nervous

•Skypaw is staring off into space

•Spottedkit is trying to growl menacingly

•Crookedkit took their own insecurities out on a friend the other day and feels awfully guilty

•Haykit is spending a considerable amount of time grooming

•Mistlekit is rolling around on the ground

•Rowankit is doing their best not to get stepped on by bigger cats

•Mousekit is scared after having a nightmare

•Yellowkit recently took a tumble off a log

•Falconkit is having a hard day

•Patrol 1 finds a loner interested in joining the clan. They are convinced to join.

((Okay theory time because this is not a coincidence. Look at her pelt. It's similar to Yellowkit and Falconkit. I think Batmoth and Sleekhare had a secret relationship))

•Patrol 2 find a squirrel and catch it

[wills-woodland-warriors]

Kit parentage:

Swantail x Dahliabreeze: Jackdawkit

Swantail x Lupinefrost: Alderkit, Myrtlekit

Lupinefrost x Webstripe: Beechkit, Rowankit, Goosekit

Dahliabreeze x Webstripe: Lizardkit, Breezekit, Owlkit

Begonialeaf x Webstripe: Slugkit, Spiderkit, Tansykit (dead), Carnationkit, Hawthornkit, Fawnkit

Tansyfang x Webstripe: Palekit, Silverkit, Thistlekit

Thank you!