Women from Yellowfang's secret

Moving on to Yellowfang's secret!

Into the Wild Thunderclan allegiances be upon ye.

A lot of my oldest designs are arc 1 Thunderclan and they didn't have a whole lot of variation in their facial features/I wanted some designs updated so I figured this would be a fun way to do it!

Leader, deputy, and healer are at the top, and following that, cats are organized by age (roughly)

Clovertail’s kits

Alright so you’re telling me that Frostfur’s canon description is a white she-cat with blue eyes, which is also the canon description of Snowfur, the late sister of Bluefur, who was Frostfur’s mentor, and that Frostfur was given the -fur suffix which her mentor and also her mentor’s late sister share, and there was like. Never anything about that???

There was no inner turmoil with Bluefur over teaching and watching this young cat grow up who reminds her just a little bit of the sister she lost and she struggles with wanting to shut down to avoid the pain but knowing it’s her duty as a mentor to give Frostpaw a good start in life?? Absolutely nothing about the two learning to work together as mentor and apprentice and forming a bond so that when Frostfur does receive her warrior name it’s symbolic of Frostfur becoming part of Bluefur’s chosen family and Bluefur learning that the cats she loves are not dead and gone, but all around her in Thunderclan????

Also, also.. NOTHING at all about the fact that Frostpaw’s sister, Brindlepaw, was mentored by Bluefur’s mostly absent father Stormtail and the two of them having to interact while training their apprentices together!!!??!! No confrontations about Stormtail’s behaviour?! No struggling to set aside your resentment and/or awkward feelings for the sake of your apprentice?? the conflict to drive the plot was RIGHT THERE fellas.......

Sandynose and his kids

Have been having thoughts on a TNP AU

- Leafpaw goes on the journey too. Mostly she’s there because the group needs a medic on site, but also as a Skyclan stand-in. Half of Starclan insists that Skyclan should be involved in this journey, and the other half says that Skyclan was only just rebuilt and need time to get their footing as a clan before they’re ready to take part in something like this. Since Leafpaw is named after Leafstar, and her mother and father were the ones to rebuild Skyclan in the first place and thus are technically former members, Starclan comes to a compromise with sending Leafpaw as well as Brambleclaw from Thunderclan. Squirrelpaw is Leafpaw’s plus one. Also this helps set up LeafCrow for the latter half of the arc because they’ve had all this time to become friends first.

- Feathertail is the leader of the group. For the first couple of days, nobody’s really sure what’s going on and nobody can get along, so Feathertail steps up to get things done. Her approach to getting everyone to work together is to encourage each member to use their personal strengths to the group’s benefit. For example, Crowpaw feels out of place, so when they’re crossing a field full of sheep Feathertail said “Crowpaw, doesn’t Windclan deal with sheep on the moor sometimes? What do you guys do then?” It gets him to participate, particularly with something that he’s good at, so the rest of the group is now like “wow thanks Crowpaw we’re sure glad you’re here!” and it brings the group closer. Feathertail still dies in this AU, but I’m thinking by showing off her character first and making her the binding force in this team, it’ll make her death a more impactful moment in the story. Like first of all, she’s the leader, she’s gotten to know all her companions and loves them dearly, so of COURSE she’s going to punch a lion in the face for them. She’d do ANYTHING to make sure they get home safe, even if it means she doesn’t. And in the wake of her death, the group is now bonded, having all been made better for her presence in their lives, and they make it back to the clans. They wouldn’t have been able to do it without her, but this next leg of the journey they WILL have to do without her. It’ll be hard, but they have each other to lean on still. 

- There is no tribe. I don’t remember being a fan of the tribe when I first read the books, and also just. The tribe only exists so the clan cats can prove how much better they are and I don’t like those implications. I’m instead imagining a slow burn horror where, as they enter the mountains, the group realizes something has been stalking them but they don’t know what. Sharptooth gets revealed, and then the team has to come up with a plan to get rid of him so they can get out of the mountains alive, and to be sure they won’t be leading Sharptooth back to the rest of the clans. 

- Midnight the Badger never made any sense to me so I’ve replaced her with Purdy, I’m not even kidding. The group gets to the sun-drown-place just to meet Old Man Purdy, a mysterious old cat who despite not being clanborn, has near Goosefeather level abilities for sharing with Starclan. He travels with the group upstream from the river that empties out into the sea, and brings everyone to the lake. The journey cats all get to explore the new territories for a couple of days, Purdy hangs out in the horseplace with Daisy, and then he directs them a shortcut back to the forest through the mountains. Once the clans arrive by the lake, Purdy just goes home with Thunderclan. 

I’ll have to come back with a part 2 because I have some Very Cool Ideas for Hawkfrost and his relationship with Brambleclaw in this AU but I want it to be accompanied by a fun drawing :3

I finished A Light in the Mist a little while ago and I had an idea to make the ending more cool and fun

[Image description

Leafpool, somber expression: “I’m sorry Shadowsight. You were never meant to walk with Starclan, only with Shadow.”

Leafpool, smiling: “However...”

Leafpool (referring to Sparrowfeather, Silverhawk, and Maggottail standing together): “It seems to me that some who walk with shadow make for good company. Perhaps you can use your gift to help them find their way to the stars?”

Shadowsight’s eyes are wide in amazement.

Shadowsight turns his head, smiling wide, tears in his eyes: “Of course I will!”

End description]

It didn’t make total sense to me that Shadowsight would only have a spiritual connection with Ashfur, a cat he’d never met in life, and nobody else at all. So I said “What if his connection was with the whole dark forest instead?”

After the events of TBC, Shadowsight would still participate in half-moon meetings, but instead of communing with Starclan, he’d check up on the spirits in the Dark Forest. Every month, he could reach out to troubled souls and try to help them find peace, redemption, or whatever it is they need to pass over into Starclan. Of course, some spirits like Mapleshade of Thistleclaw will never accept his help, but the Dark Forest doesn’t have to be a sentence to eternity anymore. I also suspect the spirits that won’t accept Shadowsight’s help could still be dangerous if he encounters them - Mothwing could watch over him and wake him up if she notices something’s wrong in the living world, and/or cousin Juniperclaw could be the bodyguard to his spirit form. 

Heathertail and Breezepelt’s daughters!

Waspwhisker and Fallowfern’s kids!

Rebuilt Skyclan’s first warriors

Snowbird and Scorchfur’s younger kids

Snowbird and Scorchfur’s older kids!

Lake territory Shadowclan!

Gorsetail and Beechfur’s daughters!

Background cats from Windclan!! 

Some allegiances only Riverclan cats!