#warriors rising storm

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warrior cats series 1 the prophecy begins book covers (wayne mcloughlin art)

[ivanatwotails]

Drew a massive Warriors peice based on the events at the end of Rising Storm

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Warrior Cats: Rising Storm - Erin Hunter

"Fireheart's traitorous enemy Tigerclaw has been vanquished and exiled from Thunder Clan -- but Fireheart can't shake the feeling that he's lurking in the forest, waiting for his chance to strike.

That's not the only problem facing the young warrior in these blazing summer months, as he struggles to handle sinister omens, an apprentice with a shocking secret, and a devastated Clan leader who is a shell of her former self. Meanwhile the forest gets hotter and hotter ... and everyone braces for the coming storm... "

Read Date - June 2024

Length - 315 pages

Genre - Adventure, Fantasy, Animal Fiction

Rating - 7/10

Stars - ★★★☆☆

Notes -  I really like how this next Big Bad Plot Line is set up, with Bluestar being the cat that Fireheart is afraid of now. Not for the same reasons as before, but it makes it all the more interesting. On top of this, the foreshadowing with Cloudpaw is fantastic. The twist that he’s been using twolegs for food is perfect. You just know its happening, but its not until its revealed where you’re like “oh crap”.When he’s eventually stolen away, you just feel so horrible. That poor kitty didn't decide that whatsoever. Whitethroat’s and Runningwind’s death are literally so heartbreaking and you’ve been expecting it to happen since the thunderpath was originally introduced but you never considered that Erin Hunter would actually go there. They do, and it’s so fucking sad. The lead up to Tigerclaw being revealed is really good, and the fight is very descriptive. I almost had to skip parts because I don’t like to imagine animals being hurt! The “adventure” to get Cloudpaw back from the twolegs was incredible, and the fight that ensues because of it was very well written. I also like how Bluestar is being painted, as if she’s uncapable of running the clan. You can just tell that Fireheart is going to be a leader one day. The fire breaking out was genuinely shocking to me because i assumed that “fire will save the clan” meant fireheart! I wasn’t expecting real fire! The deaths that go along with it are so heartbreaking, and I cried over Yellowfang. I think the twist at the end was very good as well, and you kind of expect it, but you dont’t at the same time. It was perfect.

[dogvomitkiddiepool]

The Prophecies Begin, or, The Streams Begin

Here’s the complete cover series, 1-6. Which one is your favorite?

[niftysenpai]

Fireheart and Goldenflower fleeing from a forest fire

A scene from Rising Storm

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I think it's really fascinating how Fireheart's coping with any situation or stress or really any emotion is anger so far.

Angry and seething thinking about Bramblekit. Punishing Cloudpaw with not eating for the day because he was just worried about him never coming back home after too long.

Just generally being angry a lot, losing patience, being frustrated and irritated.

It makes sense because he is too young for his work (deputy) and is overworked at that. A leader who has gone into a severely depressive state snapping at him, not doing her job, not taking care of herself. That's his old mentor and mom figure he's seeing deteriorating.

But also think of all the heavy punishments he got as an apprentice. Not eating as well or dirty work or having limited rights. Tbf for much worse crimes than not coming home at time. But that's the treatment he's used to. He's used to anger and frustration and heavy punishments being directed his way.

And now he shows that same treatment when overstressed and exhausted to his own apprentice and kin.

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Runningwind's death

“Rising Storm”,  chapter 18

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There’s something silly to me about Bluestar x Yellowfang

It’s just “yeah Firestar’s moms should date”

Old women with tragic backstories and the very orange boy they separately adopted

[picopubbydawg]

old friend

[moss-wcdesigns]

Bluestar - leader of ThunderClan

always loved her. morally gray towards the end which was great

[nachosforfree]

leaders from me and @cosmiicorvid 's warrior cats story

[khaotictrash]

Fireheart carrying on with his deputy shit while his clan is literally falling apart, his arch nemesis is on the loose, his leader is losing her mind, his nephew/apprentice constantly disobeys him, his crush gives him mixed signals, his best friend left the clan, and losing their home & some of their clan mates to a pack of rabid dogs AND a literal fire:

[firehollyalder]

I still find it funny about how much Tigerstar hates Firestar.

Like. It's so stupid it's funny.

Cause like. Baby Firepaw is 6 moons old or so when he joins ThunderClan. Two moons later he's made a warrior at 8. If we take 6 moons = 12 years, that means Tigerclaw was literally growling over this teenager for years.

One teenager pisses you off so you decide to obsessively dream about murdering him (canon), you train your sons to kill him (canon), you haunt his grandson throughout his life (canon), and then. and THEN.

And then you go out of your way to find this teenager-who-is-now-a-grown-man at the end of a fucking war and attempt to murder him then and there.

And you fail.

Nice going, buddy. Obsession ain't the best look on you, but I wouldn't have it any other way <3

(Sidenote: It's also funny that while Firestar is a constant in Tigerstar's brain, Tigerstar is not one in Firestar's. LMAO)

[dogvomitkiddiepool]

Rising Stream (4/6)

[havenpelt]

i did a lot of research into runningnose specifically for that video i'm working on but i found something interesting that i thought i'd share since it doesn't fit very well into the video lol

i'm like... 75% sure that runningnose reacts to yellowfang's death two separate times-

for context, at the end of rising storm, runningnose runs ahead of shadowclan to let the other clans know at the gathering that they're not sick anymore and fireheart takes the opportunity to pull him aside and let him know that yellowfang had died

the next book (which i checked, is in fact written by a different author) fireheart announces her death at the gathering to everyone else and runningnose is mentioned to be "sitting erect and upward, his eyes clouded with sorrow" which wouldn't be an odd descriptor, except he was described looking COMPLETELY different earlier in the book.

tigerstar announces the deaths of nightstar and cinderfur and fireheart looks over and sees runningnose "sitting with his head bowed" and that "he could not see his face, but his hunched posture suggested he was lost in misery"

now compare to his reaction to fireheart announcing yellowfang's death- that is a completely different reaction.

he was already aware all three of these characters were dead, so why is he described so differently?

i think it's subtle, but i think runningnose was accidentally written to react to her death twice lol

could i be wrong? absolutely, this is the tiniest of tiny mistakes in warrior cats and it doesn't really matter either way, it's a single line of dialogue but i thought it was interesting regardless!

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Fireheart is NOT winning any parenting awards in "Rising Storm". Stop being so bitchy to your nephew/son bro it's not charming 😔 whole ass deputy beefing with his own apprentice how humiliating