#runningcloud

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

Realized I never named the deputy before Aldereyes? So anyway here she is! She’s Runningcloud’s mother and retired early after becoming blind

name ideas welcome!

Bonus kit:

[warrior-cats-rewritten]

Random cat names these aren't OCs but I encourage you to use these

Sloefang

Kitewhisker

Bumblefrost

Brightspring

Muntjacpelt

Hailstomp

Runningcloud

Stormbounce

Blackberrytail

Carpjump

Olivesong

Duckstep

Nettlefeather

Hazelwater

Patchbird

Voleflash

[healing-fire--rewrite]

Why change Runningnose to Cloudshine? Like... what decisions went into that?

In an earlier version of this rewrite, I'd changed Runningnose to Runningcloud. I have... problems? With the name Runningnose. It feels like a mockery, an addition to the joke that he's a healer when he can't even heal his own cold. If you have an enternal cold your entire life, maybe there's something else going on, my man.

When I changed the naming system, I had to remove certain prefixes. Running was one of them. When reworking names I decided to change Runningnose to Cloud, because I did genuinely like the name Runningcloud for him!

[moths-wc-aus]

Yellowkit / Yellowpaw / Yellowfang

Current loner, former healer of ShadowClan

A rumpled and battle-scarred grey and dark yellow tabby she-cat with tattered ears and orange eyes.

Wears holly for Lady Tallshadow // Borage leaves for Lady Mothflight // Bone shards for Noble Wildclaw

.　 . • ☆ . ° .• °:. *₊ ° . ☆

Daughter of Brackenfoot & Brightflower // Littermate of Rowanberry & Nutwhisker // Older sister of Mintkit † and Marigoldkit † // Aunt of Cinderfur & Stumptail // Mother of Hopekit † Wishkit † and Dreamstar // Ex-Partner of Raggedstar †

Trained by Deerleap †, Sagewhisker †

Trained Runningcloud

.　 . • ☆ . ° .• °:. *₊ ° . ☆

Grumpy, Heartbroken, Wise

Cis Female / She/Her

Pansexual

.　 . • ☆ . ° .• °:. *₊ ° . ☆

Titled Star

Blessed by Lady Mothflight

Yellowfang’s ability is stronger than most, so she hides it from just about everyone.  The only cat who ever knew about her Blessing was Sagewhisker.  She can feel echoes of physical pain from those around her, which makes her an excellent healer.  Some have noticed that she seems to know you’re hurt before you even tell her, but they all assume that it’s a Blessing similar to Leopardfur’s, in that there’s a sort of instinct telling her who’s hurt and where.  Yellowfang just lets them believe that and doesn’t say anything for or against it.

[sunbowtruebrother]

Sasquatch and land protection, by Silver Rain Runningcloud

By Silver Rain Runningcloud: I did not see, but sensed the Sasquatch in northern Arizona as I was being tracked and gang stalked for my journalism about the takeovers of land and water owned by the American tribes...

Sasquatch and land protection, by Silver Rain Runningcloud: Dear Sunbow Truebrother, I watched your interview with Michael Salla just now. I love the things you said. It is wonder to be finally in the age where we can acknowledge reality. I appreciate the work you do. Thank you for sharing. I added a comment under @ladiescommerce about my experience with the Sasquatch. Here is a copy: “I did…

[thecreatureinthewoods]

allegiences

Thunderclan

Leader:

Lynxstar- pale gray she-cat with amber eyes

Apprentice, Opalpaw

Deputy:

Acaciaheart- dark brown tom

Medicine cat:

Finchflower- light brown she-cat

Warriors:

Lavenderstorm- dark gray tom

Shrewtail- dark brown tom

Apprentice, Hailpaw

Spottedtail- white she-cat with a dappled tail

Mousecatcher- white tom

Apprentice, Foxpaw

Queens:

Otterchaser- dark brown she-cat

Braveheart- black she-cat

Elders:

Littlelily- white she-cat

Runningcloud- white tom

Mintclaw- gray tom

Jasmineheart- black she-cat

Apprentices:

Opalpaw- pale orange she-cat

Hailpaw- white tom

Foxpaw- orange and white she-cat

Kits:

Snowkit- white and black she-cat

Yarrowkit- black tom

Glowkit- light brown tom

Windclan-

Leader:

Moonstar- dark gray tom

Deputy:

Willowheart- light brown she-cat

Medicine cat:

Longpelt- white tom

Apprentice, Hopepaw

Warriors:

Ratclaw- black tom

Paleshade- very pale brown she-cat

Apprentice, Sparrowpaw

Fernflower- dark brown she-cat

Icepelt- blue gray tom

Apprentice, Sunpaw

Queens:

Silvereyes- white she-cat with gray eyes

Shadetail- black she-cat

Elders:

Moorcloud- dark gray tom

Daffodilheart- pale yellow she-cat

Toadchaser- black tom

Apprentices:

Hopepaw- pale yellow she-cat

Sparrowpaw- light brown she-cat

Sunpaw- golden tom

Kits:

Tallkit- black and white Tom

Mistkit- black and white she-cat

Oddkit- black tom

Leafkit- white she-cat

Riverclan-

Leader:

Crowstar- pale gray tom

Apprentice, Quailpaw

Deputy:

Irisheart- black she-cat

Medicine cat:

Tawnyspots- tortoiseshell she-cat

Warriors:

Houndchaser- white she-cat

Apprentice, Adderpaw

Cobrabite- black tom

Sandrunner- pale yellow tom

Apprentice, Darkpaw

Heatherpool- dark brown she-cat

Queens:

Fireflower- orange she-cat

Brightpath- white she-cat

Doecatcher- light brown she-cat

Elders:

Rowanscar- dark brown scarred she-cat

Frogtail- black tom

Moonstripe- gray tabby she-cat

Apprentices:

Quailpaw- thin gray tom

Adderpaw- white she-cat

Darkpaw- black tom

Kits:

Songkit- light brown she-cat

Toadkit- light brown tom

Whitekit- white she-cat

Shadowclan-

Leader: 

Sorrelstar- light brown she-cat

Deputy:

Foxchaser- orange tom

Medicine cat:

Sparrowcall

Apprentice, Robinpaw

Warriors:

Pipitcatcher- lean black tom

Jasmineflower- white she-cat

Apprentice, Asterpaw

Whitetalon- white tom

Mistletoeheart- blue-gray tom

Apprentice, Pansypaw

The mysterious clans:

Elmclan-

Leader:

Shadestar- black non-binary cat

Deputy:

Oddpool- white she-cat

Medicine cat:

Sheepfur- white fluffy tom

Warriors:

Dreamrunner- black she-cat

Apprentice, Foxglovepaw

Embertail- orange she-cat

Queens:

Rabbitleap- trans cream colored tom

Songflower- black she-cat

Elders:

Browntail- dark brown she-cat

Monarchchaser- orange she-cat

Blackpelt- black tom

Kits:

Silentkit- mute white tom

Moonkit- white tom

Solacekit- gray she-cat

Puffinkit- black and white Tom

Apprentices:

Foxglovepaw- black tom

Batclan-

Leader-

Finchstar- ginger tom

Deputy-

Heatherheart- dark brown she-cat

Medicine cat:

Quietcall- white tom

Apprentice, Mintpaw

Warriors:

Thornheart- black tom

Hornetclaw- black and white Tom

Apprentice, Willowpaw

Glowflower- white she-cat

Cobracatcher- brown she-cat

Apprentice, Fireflypaw

Queens:

Fallingsong- pale blue-gray she-cat

Tawnytail- brown patchy she-cat

Apprentices:

Mintpaw- black tom

Willowpaw- white she-cat with brown patches

Fireflypaw- ginger she-cat

Kits:

Mudkit- brown tom

Moorkit- brown she-cat

Elders:

Runningheart- black tom

Quillclaw- black she-cat

Raccoonclan-

Leader-

Ravenstar- black tom

Deputy-

Redface- white tom with a reddish brown face

Medicine cat-

Sorrelsnow- white she-cat

Warriors:

Fernmask- reserved brown she-cat

Apprentice, Troutpaw

Berrycreek- white tom

Nightrunner- black she-cat

Apprentice, Vulturepaw

Smallfern- light brown striped tom

Queens:

Sandfur- pale yellow tom

Elders:

Gooseclaw- black tom

Feathercreek- white she-cat

Leopardpetal- white she-cat

Apprentices:

Troutpaw- gray tom

Vulturepaw- black tom

Kits:

Squidkit- black tom

Twilightkit- black she-cat

Dragonflyclan-

Leader- 

Goosestar- white tom

Deputy-

Inkpelt- black non-binary cat

Medicine cat-

Swiftcloud- white she-cat

Warriors-

Bluestorm- blue-gray tom

Ravenfrost- pale gray she-cat

Hornetcatcher- pale yellow tom

Apprentice, Ashpaw

Daffodilheart- golden tom

Queens:

Tigerflower- light brown she-cat

Peppermintheart- gray she-cat

Elders:

Mistletoeclaw- black tom

Fogtail- white she-cat

Owlfur- dark brown tom

Apprentices:

Ashpaw- dark brown tom

Kits:

Lavenderkit- dark brown she-cat

Cadencekit- dark brown she-cat

Cats outside the clans-

Athena- a sweet calicokittypet who has begun to have strange dreams 

Yarrow- born a clan kit but exiled at a young age due to their parents breaking the warrior code repeatedly, he resents the clan cats.

Twig- a small dark brown kit who hangs out with the barn cats

Hades- blue-gray tom with no respect for others

[ask-shadowclan]

Don’t worry Beekit, Morningkit, and Dovekit! You’ll be joining them in the apprentices den soon enough. There’s plenty of time for you guys to play around camp and chill in the burrow. Enjoy the carefree life as kits while it lasts!

[largenavi-blog-blog]

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[everywhere-else-but-here]

“It is a matter of perspective”. Somewhere over Europe, 2018.

[sasha-d-rennek]

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[residents-of-the-darkforest]

New fun fact! Runningcloud is not only a former apprentice to Alderstar, but the mentor to Alderstar’s victim, Tanglepaw!

[errikosandreou]

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[warriorsbutnotreally]

I'd change Runningnose to something that's not a mean jokey name like... Runningcloud. A friend of mine used that one in a fic. And Onewhisker/star to something that doesn't sound unbelievably stupid and doesn't seem to reference anything at all about his physical description. Perhaps Longwhisker/Shortwhisker?

Runningcloud is honestly a better name for him and it makes it cute that his apprentice, Littlecloud, gets named after him

I headcanon that 'Runningnose' came from a joke that went too far from his siblings and/or Brokenstar cause Deerfoot and Tangleburr have been shown not to be chill siblings

I think Onekit came from him being from a single-kit litter?? or he was described with only one whisker

I imagine we'll learn from his SE, though

still, I like these names

they're good alternative names

[moths-wc-aus]

HF Allegiances - ShadowClan

LEADER

THE BRILLIANT DREAMSTAR - A long haired dark brown tabby tom with a bent tail.

DEPUTY

BLACKFOOT - A large white tom with huge, jet-black paws.

HEALER

STAR RUNNINGCLOUD - A small grey-and-white tom.

.

WARRIORS

STUMPYTAIL - A brown tabby tom.           APPRENTICE, BROWNPAW

BRACKENFOOT - A pale ginger tom with dark legs.

ROWANBERRY - An old cream-and-brown she-cat.

NUTWHISKER - A brown tom with a broad, flat face.

DOECLAW - A scrawny tortoiseshell she-cat.

JAGGEDTOOTH - A huge tabby tom.           APPRENTICE, WHITEPAW

SCORCHWIND - A ginger tabby tom.

PITCHSKY - A black cat.

NETTLESNAP - A large tabby she-cat with sharp claws.

BOULDER - A silver tabby tom.           APPRENTICE, WETPAW

TALLPOPPY - A black-and-white she-cat.

TWIGSTRIPE - A scarred tabby tom.

SLATEFUR - A huge grey tom.

SOOTCLAW - A tortoiseshell warrior.

FERNSHADE - A tortoiseshell she-cat with large white patches.

NIGHTSEED - A black tom.           APPRENTICE, ROBINPAW

CLAWFACE - A battle-scarred brown tom.           APPRENTICE, LITTLEPAW

FLINTFANG - A dark grey tom.

WOLFSTEP - A tom with a torn ear.  // stealthy

NEWTSPECK - A black-and-ginger tabby she-cat.

FROGTAIL - A dark grey tom.

LARKFANG - A silver tabby tom with sharp claws.

RUSSETFUR - A dark ginger she-cat.

.

APPRENTICES

WETPAW - A grey tabby tom.

BROWNPAW - A brown tom.

LITTLEPAW - A very small tabby tom.

WHITEPAW - A black tom with a white chest and paws.

ROBINPAW - A tiny brown tabby tom.

.

NURSES

DAWNCLOUD - A small tabby she-cat (mother of Swampkit and Blossomkit).

DARKFLOWER - A black she-cat.

.

KITS

SWAMPKIT - A white tom-kit.

BLOSSOMKIT - A black she-cat.

[mallowstep]

How different do you think things would have turned out if Rusty had ended up in Shadowclan instead of Thunderclan?

well...i can imagine a few different ways. but!

we know shadowclan takes in loners/rogues (russetfur, boulder). he's a kittypet, which is...different, but still in the same wheelhouse, and a kit. kind of.

brokenstar is also desperate for warriors (he steals kits, remember?) so i think, ironically, he'd be eager to get rusty into the clan and keep him there. there's a solid argument to be made that he wouldn't, but we're not talking about that.

(also, we're not talking about the boring answer where we tweak the starting conditions and put thistlestar in power & etc. boring in that, the differences created are solely cultural, not plot. probably. not sure. the point is, we're not exploring that ATM.)

so i think, and we're going to call him rustpaw bc i like that, i think rustpaw is going to be heavily manipulated from the beginning. like, a kinda "we brought you into this, we can bring you out of it" kind of vibe.

and mm, yeah. rustpaw is still our strongly valued fireheart, but different.

morally speaking, he's torn: he wants to be a good warrior, he believes shadowclan has saved him, etc., but at the same time, he feels like things are wrong.

he can't name it, though, because he has no point of comparison. they don't tell him they're breaking the warrior code.

so rustpaw, and later rust...fang? idk. let's call him rustfang for the moment, but i don't like that, but rustfang becomes an enforcer for brokenstar. a strong backer. his understanding of clan life is, "this is what we do, this is the right way to do it," and that's what he honestly believes.

and brokenstar is very careful about preserving that when he's young, so by the time he's a warrior, it's a very thick shield. even if there's that seed of doubt, well. seeds need dark and pressure to grow, and there's no pressure.

he still gets cinderpaw as an apprentice, mind!, and that's where the story really begins.

there's a scene in "putting roots in my dreamland" where runningcloud (runningnose) tells frostfur's litter that they're two moons old, even though they're three, and we'd repeat that, so that rustfang can still get cinderpaw as an apprentice.

meanwhile! in thunderclan, bluestar never brings firepaw into the clans, meaning tigerclaw's rise to power goes differently.

see, we're going to say that firepaw is a bit of a catalyst, because i think tigerclaw is at his best when he honestly believes he's doing the right thing...he's just warped with ambition.

no firepaw, once he gets the deputyship, he's not in the same rush to kill bluestar.

so, we've got warriors sandstorm, greystripe, and dustpelt. is ravenpaw still around? probably not, he's probably dead. it's not really important. maybe i'll get a little deeper into this and decide it is.

anyway, we're going to make redtail sandstorm's father because it gives us an important thread to pull on: her father is dead. and...the fire happens, maybe that's when bluestar dies. they go to riverclan, and sandstorm overhears someone talking about deputies and who died how, maybe: after all, the leader of thunderclan is dead and the deputy-to-be-leader is tigerclaw, and now she's suspicious.

tigerstar comes back, and sandstorm is wary, but mostly trusting, and clever.

tigerstar makes...i'm not sure? deputy. maybe longtail? maybe whitestorm, because he wants to keep his enemies close. not darkstripe, though: with no catalyst, tigerstar is less of a villain and more of a corrupt politician. i mean, he will be a villain, but he's going to be morally grey for a long time.

anyway, back in shadowclan, rustfang starts to think about how young cinderpaw is. she's adorable! but she's a kid. he was older than her when he was apprenticed, wasn't he? and didn't they say he was apprenticing age?

so yeah. cinderpaw, brightpaw, thornpaw, and brackenpaw are...idk who's apprenticed to who, that's kind of unimportant. but rustfang doesn't know what to do.

blackfoot says they're fine, and brokenstar says they're fine, so they're fine, right?

okay, cinderpaw's first gathering is when she's four to six moons old. brokenstar is smart and doesn't take young bb apprentices to gatherings.

frostfur is there, and she's grieving the loss of her mate and her kits, and brightpaw is really distinctive, those are her kits.

rustfang, who's extremely protective of cinderpaw & co., because she's his apprentice, steps in to defend them, and the litter doesn't know what's going on. (do they remember that they weren't born in shadowclan? yes, but they don't remember who their mother was or any of that.)

they fight. tallstar and...are we at leopardstar yet? not important, anyway, the non-shadow/thunder leaders are like, "control your warriors!" but obviously both tigerstar and brokenstar are supportive of them.

the gathering is cut short, and rustfang. now he's really unsure.

something is wrong.

meanwhile! in thunderclan, tigerstar refuses to confront brokenstar, even if he thinks frostfur might be right. because uh, hand-wavy reason i'll figure out later. maybe he's scared, a prophecy, i don't know. there's a real reason, i just don't know what it is off the top of my head.

sandstorm is pissed. she's close to frostfur! she's angry and unsure and she has to do something.

i don't know where we go from here, but yeah, that's what i think happens.

the next few plot beats involve cinderpaw & co. being rushed to become warriors, so that they can't be reclaimed by thunderclan, rustfang talking to the queens, and sandstorm investigating what's going on.

tigerstar forms tigerclan out of thunderclan and riverclan, nominally to defeat brokenstar, but really, to create power.

i'm not sure what happens to windclan.

blackstar becomes leader, makes rustfang deputy, and we eventually get to a position where rustfang becomes ruststar, and the question is: what kind of leader will he be?

because now tigerstar is fully evil, and sandstorm and some others are trying, but it's not working, we have a pit. greystripe and silverstream have kits when tigerclan is formed, and i'm not sure how that plays out yet.

but ruststar has a decision: help overthrow another leader, or not?