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RoC First arc Summary:

Note: this is nolonger 100% canon to RoC as I am currently planning out some additions/changes! But it is close to my idea for the first arc plot!

One thing that I find very important is allowing the Orders (clans) to grow and change and become better! Hence the name Rise of Change! The idea is the Orders have very xenophobic beliefs, and their code can be just as harmful as it can be good, often times for good to be done the code must be broken, and in canon this is just brushed over. The code reinforces the divisions of the Orders, ensuring that they continue fighting and being extremely divided. The code also allows the Orders to view outsiders as lesser, and often treat them like they aren't even people. RoC is about this changing!

The first arc begins with Rusty, soon to be Fire joining the Orders, and he is an interesting perspective. He was not raised in the orders, and so he does not have the same understanding of their way of life, and as a kittypet he is viewed as extremely weak, and is treated poorly for it. As a result we get a perspective where we see Fire grow up questioning many of the xenophobic ideas of the Orders. As well as often breaking the code to help others, showing that the code cant be that great if its punishing doing good deeds. Fire proves time and time again that being a kittypet does not stop him from being a good warrior, and over time he begins to change the minds of many cats around him, showing them the errors of their ways. Fire is not just here to save the Thunder Order, he is here to begin a change in all the Orders, which down the line will save them all.

Tigerstar, is the opposite of Fire, he is the result of the Orders code and xenophobia, he hates outsiders, hates the idea of helping other Orders, hates the idea of half clan cats, and he hates Fire for proving that kittypets can be warriors. Tiger does not think the code is doing enough to divide the Orders and keep outsiders out of the Orders. He wants to take over the Orders to destroy any mixing of Orders or outsiders with order cats. Is this hypocritical seeing as he is a born Thunder Order cat now leading Shadow Order? Yes. Is this hypocritical as he is joining the Orders together into the Tiger Order in his mission to have more control over them and keep them separate? Yes. People like Tigerstar are hypocritical, and he reflects that.

List of the main changes are as follows:

First off the fire prophecy is now "Fire will light the path of new Order" bec it just fits the themes and plot a lot better for RoC!

Idk where to add this but I should note that Fire/heart/star is trans masc!

There are new rules to Leadership succession in RoC, an explanation of these can be found here! Basically only the family, mates, and apprentices of the leader can be made deputies and succeed the leader when they die or retire.

Thistleclaw is the son of Leopardfoot and Pinestar instead of Tigerclaw. Thistle’s hate for outsiders was made even worse by his father leaving. He is also an heir to leadership bec of this.

Tigerclaw is the son of Snowstorm (Snowfur) and Thistleclaw and he was mentored by Sunstar! Thistleclaw is the one to teach him his bigoted ways, but Bluestar has trouble seeing Tiger’s cruelty because she is attached to the fact that Tiger is not only one of her sister’s kits but was also mentored by Sunstar. (Tiger is littermates with Whitestorm, and they are both heirs due to benign Bluestar’s nephews)

Oakheart and Bluestar were not mates, Bluestar and Creekstar (Crookedstar) were! And Creek x Blue are the parents of Misty, Stone and Moss, while Oak and Willowbreeze are the parents of Silverstream.

Creek and Willowbreeze were besties, and her death still really hurt Creek! He acted as a second father to Silver after her mother’s death and he became even more protective of her after Oakheart’s death.

Sandstorm is the daughter of Redtail and Birdflight (Runningwind) and a lot of her bad attitude and bullying is born from both the pressure of being the deputy's daughter and the pain of her father's death.

Dustpelt and Raven(paw) are the second litter of Stormtail and Dappletail, and a prophecy foretold that one of Storm’s sons (Dust and Raven are Storm’s only sons) was destined for greatness, this, along with the fact that their half sister is Bluestar, put a lot of pressure on them. Raven became extremely anxious, while Dust, much like Sandstorm, became a bully. Dust’s cat racism also came from his father Stormtail.

The prophecy about Stormtail’s sons was assumed to mean that one would be a leader one day… they arent entirely wrong, just didn't play out how cats thought. But due to this, Dust is quire uppity because he assumes that he is in line to be the next leader (remember due to being related to Bluestar he is in line), and he assumes that he must be the prophecy cat because he is “stronger” that his brother (he is wrong LOL).

Shriketail (Longtail) is the son of Downnose and a kittypet, Shrike became very anti kittypet due to being mentored by Darkstripe and feeling extremely insecure about his kittypet blood.

In a similar vein Darkstripe and Graystripe are half Order! Their mother is Willowpelt but their dad? He's unknown. Mollies are allowed to just not say who the sire of their kits are, but this leaves people with a lot of questions.... In truth Willow had taken a mate from outside of the Orders, a kittypet Mainecoon named Teddy, and she had Darkstripe with this cat. Over time as Dark grew up he realized that his mother must have had an affair outside of the Order, and since he was mentored by Tigerclaw, this upset him greatly, he became in denial about his parentage, distanced himself from his mother, and spent his time trying to prove himself as the biggest outsider hater of all and Tigerclaw follower. When Willow had Graystripe, it was obvious it was with the same cat, he looked so similar to Darkstripe, just lighter in color, which just enraged Dark more, he basically decided to ignore that Grey was his brother at all and Grey grew up barely knowing Dark, but not really liking him.

Tigerclaw still claims that Oakheart was the one to kill Redtail, which still causes angst because Oak was Blue’s ex’s brother and deputy! And the battle that Red died in was a result of the ongoing war between Thunder and River over sunning rocks, and so to Bluestar it is partly Creekstar’s fault… but she still loves him

Fire does not have a crush on Spottedleaf and Spotted definitely does not have feelings for him! Spotted views him as a little brother, and took it upon herself to guide him because of the prophecy that she received. Her death was impactful to Fire because it felt like the death of a sister, and someone who believed in him and did not doubt him for being a kittypet.

Dustpelt is mentored by his sister Downnose after Redtail was killed, and Downnose, having had an affair with a kittypet and just overall not subscribing to the Order’s xenophobia, takes it upon herself to get Dust to knock off his bullying. By the time Dust becomes a warrior he is well on his way to quitting being an asshole and he has apologized and made up with Fireheart.

Raven does not get to run away to the barn, instead he is chased off by Tigerclaw. Tiger claims that Raven deserted the Order, but Fire and Grey know that Tiger most likely killed Raven. Tigerclaw is extra cruel to Raven because he knows that he could be in the running to be Bluestar’s successor!

Cinder and Bracken are not Frostfur and Lionheart’s bio kits, they are adopted! When Shadow Order drove out Wind Order they stole two of their kits, Cinder and Bracken, and when they later stole Frostfur’s kits, Thunder Order took C & B back with them as well during their rescue mission, because they knew the treatment that kits received under Brokenstar’s reign, and because they realized they must have been stolen kits as well. Frost and Lion happily adopted the two as their own.

When wind was finally brought back, it was decided that Cinder and Bracken would stay in Thunder because they had bonded with Frost and their adoptive siblings, and their Wind mother had died during the battle with Shadow Order.

Cinder (paw), being the energetic cat she is, always wanted to help out and have something to do while healing in the Healer’s den, as a result she helped a lot around the Healers den. Once Cinder is healed she decides to be a healer because she fell in love with healing. She receives the Title Cinderspark instead of Cinderpelt for her sparky personality and her orange spark-like markings!

Sorrelshine, is Cinder and Bracken’s Wind Order mom, and she often is the one to guide Cinderspark when communing with the Stars.

Silverstream and Graystripe have two kits, Willow(feather) and Oak. Willow’s character will be a combination of Stormfur and Feathertail, she’s basically just a more traumatized Feathertail. Oak is Willow’s brother who dies during kit hood.

Silverstream survives the birth of her kits, instead she survives into River Order’s era as a part of Tiger Order. Tigerstar has all half Order cats (and in Silver’s case, mother of half Order cats) isolated, and given little food and care. Oak dies as a kit due to illness and being weak, and Silverstream dies of starvation and the same illness for which she was refused care.

Ashfur and Ferncloud are Darkstripe and Brindleface’s kits, Dark only had them to continue his bloodline, and his kits absolutely hate him for his betrayal and his involvement in Brindleface’s death.

Cloudtail is born deaf, and Princess decides to join Thunder Order after Fireheart told her of a strong well respected deaf warrior living in Thunder (This cat being Downnose)! Princess is renamed Littleleaf when she joins the Order with Cloud.

Littleleaf and Dustpelt quickly fall in love while Dust helped Downnose teach Littleleaf and Cloud sign language.

Bramble (kit) does not look like Tigerclaw, at least he doesn't look like him in pelt color, he is a dusty blonde color, taking more after his mom. He also has a much softer, kinder personality, aka he will grow up to be a softie instead of the abusive asshole he is in canon.

Fireheart does NOT hate Tigerclaw's kits for being Tigerclaw's kits, that never made sense to me, I feel like he would be one of their main defenders since he too suffered from judgment for his blood and origins.

Snow (kit) survives! His sister Mistle (kit) does too! Swift (paw) took down the hawk and saved Snow! Snow and Mistle are also Littleleaf and Dustpelt’s first litter together!

Tawny (paw) leaves Thunder Order to become a spy in Shadow Order. She wishes to prove herself as against her father and to be a part in his defeat since she hates him. Tawny is the one to get a lot of flack for looking like Tiger too, since she looks a lot like him in this au! She ends up staying in Shadow Order because she finds friendship and understanding with many cats there (many of the cats in Shadow hate Tiger thay just fear him and don't know how to get rid of him)

Swiftpaw is Tigerclaw and Goldenflower's son! His death was caused by his own father! Added thus just to make it even more angsty.

Throughout the series Shriketail and Fire's relationship has progressed though slower than Sand and Fire's, and after Swift's death things come to a head and they comfort each other over the loss and become officially friends, and after this Shriketail is outwardly a Fireheart stan!

Shriketail and Sandstorm eventually become mates with Firestar! (they are poly!) Shrike and Sand are bffs/ in a QPR!

Littleleaf had told Fire of a group of terrifying cats calling themselves the Blood Order, who had formed and grown in power in the past months. Their leader being called Ravenscourge, because he is a scourge on all his enemies. Little said he was described as a small slender black cat with one white paw… Hearing this, Fire began to wonder if his friend Raven had been truly killed by Tigerstar.

When things got really bad and a battle was going to break out between Tiger Order and Lion Order, Firestar took it upon himself to try and find these Blood Order cats, in the hope that their leader truly was Raven, and would be willing to help him in the battle.

As it turns out Raven is not in fact dead! he is Scourge in this au! Tiger chased him off into the city, where Raven grew tough and formed the Blood Order! Blood Order is not evil either, they are just a group of cats trying to survive and help each other, and they have made a tough scary reputation for themselves to keep themselves safe!

I'm having Firestar enlist Blood Order’s help instead of Tigerstar bec in RoC Tigerstar would never request help from outsiders and he is very xenophobic, while Firestar symbolizes the fall of old ideals and the beginning of a new era led by newer ideals. Firestar is willing to embrace the help of outsiders to protect the clans, and the side who is willing to accept change and outsiders, is the side that wins in the end!

Ravenscourge and his order show up when the battle is really getting ugly! He is here to help, they are saved! Blood Order never even fights however because Tigerstar stops the battle, outraged to see outsiders coming to join their battle! He starts yelling about how weak Firestar is to enlist outsider help, and says xenophobic shit to the Blood Order. Ravenscourge ends up asking Tiger to come fight him himself, and end this battle right now. Tiger, thinking he will win agrees, but just like in canon Raven destroys Tiger with one strike! I have a better summary of Ravenscourge here!

Notably during the battle, before it ends, Shriketail is blinded by an opponent, Whitestorm and Willowpelt die protecting their son Soot (paw), I think Ashfur will kill his father Darkstripe in vengeance!

After the battle Sandstorm is made Deputy instead of Graystripe!!!!!!

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