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A writing glyph system for Warrior Cats, made to be simple enough for a cat to scratch with 4 claws, and crude enough to fit WC's 'early society' vibe.
More under the cut!
I made these glyphs to be rudimentary, only covering things that the clans would want to warn other warriors about (no names, no words for species). I see their culture as very straightforward, so I tried to reflect that with this practical system.
DANGER is the quickest and easiest sign to scratch, for this reason. Write it on a tree and get out of there! Or, more gruesomely, if a cat was dragged off by something, that's what their claws in the dirt would look like!
I go back and forth on if it's meant to be written Left to Right, or Top to Bottom, but the most important glyph always goes last. A sentence can totally change based on order!
For example, CAT NEST usually refers to a bed or a good sleeping area. NEST CAT means family.
Sometimes, glyphs end up being combined when it's aesthetically pleasing or makes it easier to write. The word for kittypet is CAT TWOLEG, with the ears of the cat extending into the stick legs.
I chose to only make one word for HEAL and HOLY, because traditionally, their culture didn't have a distinction. A healing herb is HOLY PLANT.
SICK is a flea, but it can be anything from actual illness (CAT SICK), or poison plants (SICK PLANT). A quarantine den would be CAT NEST SICK... where a mass grave of greencough victims would be CAT SICK GROUND
Predators are defined by their behavior. Venomous snakes are written as SICK PREDATOR. Birds of prey are almost always defined with when they hunt, so hawks are DAY WIND PREDATOR and owls are NIGHT WIND PREDATOR. Dogs are so dangerous that it's just assumed that PREDATOR DANGER means dogs.
Need to warn someone that a river floods in spring? NEWLEAF WATER CAUTION. Are there hawks in an area? DAY WIND PREDATOR DANGER.
Let's do a really complicated one. "The twoleg lets the dogs free at night, but they are chained in the day.
The safety of the day is the least important part here, so that sentence goes first. DAY SAFE, TWOLEG PREDATOR DANGER NIGHT.
This system is free to use but I would love if you tagged me when you do because I would like to see :]
#I am very proud of it!#Warrior cats#Clan culture#Wc#Warrior cats writing system#Bonefall rewrite#I'm open to designing more but I wanted to keep it simple
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Tell me, where do I go?
Tell me, where do I take us?
Your heart is starting to slow
May the water be safer
As I dive in
@bonefall Anytime you mentioned this death scene, I keep associating it with this song since the lyrics are LITERALLY this entire scene. "Bloodstains washing underneath the waves"??? "I can't hold on much longer, we're drifting down to the other side"?????? It was fucking PLAGUING me and I had to just get this out.
Anyways ur AU fucks and since this is ur favorite death scene hopefully I did it justice :)
#13 hours. i have a handful of requests i gotta get done and i spent THIRTEEN HOURS on this instead#Song is 'As we fall' by league of legends. yes its a league song just ignore that ok. league songs fuck hard#originally i wanted it to be more obvious that the lives are peeling away from rowanstar as he goes deeper but i settled#for him slowly turning more starry. Like with each life he loses the brighter and starrier his pelt becomes#Its been a while since ive done painting like this. Last time was during artfight#not wip#bonefall rewrite#rowanstar#tigerheart#heartstar#tigerheartstar#art#painting#warrior cats#warrior cats au#warriors
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absolutely LOVE the wc better bones au and since the creator @bonefall has said that he encourages redesigns/reimagining of characters i thought i'd toss in my take on tawnypelt!!! inspired by the official design!!!!!
tawny's my favorite wc character so seeing an au that actually lets her have her deserved character growth has been SO awesome. we love to see a girlboss winning!!!!!!
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oh god another reason yellowfangs secret is inaccurate and shouldnt count: boulder is just a regular allycat and joins shadowclan when yellowfangs a baby on a whim when in tpb its a massive plotpoint that hes ex bloodclan and scourge knows him personally and theres no way in hell that that works with the timeline
#‘’oh well maybe he joined bloodclan briefly when he was exiled or that bloodclan was the previous leader-‘’#first of all clan cats and scourge. not gonna work out. i really doubt boulder wouldve joined and left and scourge knows him well enough#from those two months or so to not only know him by name (bloodclan is HUGE) but trust him enough to entertain tigerstars deal#second of all its just more cohesive if he was born there and then left. third of all theres no way in hell bloodclan existed at that point#girl scourge is only like. 3 years older than firestar? yellowfang was an apparentice at this point#and incanon he is the founder#oh also i gotta clarify thats a strawman in my head. im not vaguing or misreading bonefalls recent post on him djdjdjfjf#hopefullyyyyy everyone knows that bloodclan existing before scourge is a headcanon/au/rewrite thing
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the way leopardstar and blackstar are allowed to be leaders RULING OVER A CLAN after the shit w tigerstar is so crazy. blackstar even moreso bc they had to actively let him become leader even AFTER the whole being tigerstars executioner thing. shadowclan should have staged a coup
i wish soooo so badly that rc's involvement in the execution was better reflected instead of "oh well ACKSHUALLY it was all tigerstar 1's fault teehee" (stares at asc). would it really be so bad if leoparstar and blackstar were willing followers and not "i thought what we were doing was right :("
#deer rambles#i know everyone's got a soft spot for some part of bonefall's rewrite#but man. looovee his take on post-tpb rc & leopardstar#it's smthing i think wc is sooo lenient on despite handling these themes#on how these vile ideologies take root quietly and by not tugging out the roots entirely they can take lives
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Ngl I hate warrior cats with a burning firey passion but the bonefall rewrite and russetfoxfur's Cursed Flames on AO3 has sucked me into making a warrior cats fanfic and im quivering with rage.
#bonefall rewrite is sooo interesting#actually influencing parts of my writing#never heard of the other work tho i need to check it out#confession#text#kingmystrie#warriors#warrior cats#warriorcats#wc
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What if DarkStripe showed a major interest in medical practices as a child and she wanted be a medicine cat, but was forced into becoming a Warrior.
ThistleClaw would have probably told the poor kid on the side that he needed to put his skills to "Good" use on the battlefield, not cooped up in some damp den full of random leafs and flowers. Then right when TigerClaw became a Warrior, ThistleClaw DEMANDED that TigerClaw takes DarkKit as an apprentice early, to which SunStar obliged.
DarkStripe was never much of a fighter, he was a sweet kid but easily angered due to ridicule he'd get from the others around him during his childhood. He loved being in the Medicine den with his aunt SpottedLeaf, he was great at scouting out for herbs and identifying them with ease. But the poor kid was forced into a position he never wanted to be in.
Would have been cool to have an aspiring Medicine Cat be forced to be a Warrior instead of the other way around.
#blimbo rambles#wc#I got inspired by BoneFall's rewrite of DarkStripe where he loves cooking and was better at that than fighting#but was forced to become a Warrior#rip DarkStripe you would have been an amazing Botanist
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If you want to get really dark with Ashfoot, maybe leaders of wind have a 'bloodline trait', like certain markings or a type of ears, and at a young age, she tried to make himself have that trait
Certain markings? Berry juice, stained onto their pelt.
Certain type of ears? Have her try to mimic it through adding cattail fluff to them.
Oh they do. I just had a time trying to decide what it was. I had to make sure it was something that didn’t have to do with African or indigenous culture .
They have a marking on their legs and even more rarer the circle facial marking.
Lemme show you an example with Magpietail
If you have an ounce of founder blood, ya’ll have these markings.
Ashfoot did try to make herself a true descendent when she was young, with help from her friend, Lizardpaw
It wasn’t well received to say the least. On side, they mocked her, thinking she could ever measure up to a founder blood and on the other, insulted her for thinking she’s better than them.
#basing magpie off a magpie-lark#lizardstripe has character and not reduced to bad mom#a thanks to bonefall for me seeing more to lizardstripe#enjoy my sketches#p.s. that look lizard is giving ash may or may not be platonic#warriors rewrite#warrior cats rewrite#trail of flames au#warriors au#warrior cats au#tof: lizardstripe#tof: ashfoot#tof: magpietail#lizardstripe#ashfoot#tallstar#jasper scribbles#hollyflight7#asked and answered
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From last post im such a hater of successful powerful prophetic goosefeather characterization. Its. NOT FUN!!!!! Hes literally so cringe fail ppl need to see how fail he is
#im sorry.. bonefall rewrite#goobie bites#hes such a little failure and i think cursed failure old men need a light shined on them
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Warrior Code Redux
In doing that ask game, I was asked how I would rewrite the code. It got too big for the ask! So here’s the Warrior Code Rewritten, for my Bonefall Rewrite
(As always, it is free for anyone to use or edit to their own liking <3)
I tried to streamline the code by eliminating redundancy, gave each one snappier names, AND I have some rough drafts for stories associated with each one!
1. Do not Trespass = "Law of the Land"
This is now rule 1, because borders were the first thing to be established at the dawn of the clans.
2. A True Warrior Does Not Need To Kill To Win Their Battles = "Law of Honor"
Another founding principle. The first two were established at the Battle of Fourtrees.
3. Defend your Clan = "Law of Loyalty"
The Ryewhisker/Cloudberry story is virtually unchanged. HOWEVER, Cloudberry AND Ryewhisker are willingly joining the Dark Forest in protest. They are some of the oldest spirits there.
4. The Weak are Fed First = "Prey Priority Privilege"/"Elder's Privilege"
This story is actually being completely rewritten, it's not coming from a celebration over a RiverClan Sunningrocks victory. Still a WIP though-- but Elders are actually the ones who extend the privilege of priority to kits, queens, the weak, and injured. Just a technical thing.
5. Respect Prey; StarClan Sent It. = "StarClan's Grace"
Now more of a commandment about piety than about respecting prey. Wasting prey is downright sacrilegious, thanking StarClan is explicitly a prayer.
This is one of my small but meaningful (to me) sociological changes. This is the sort of law that religions often create because they're important and communicate an abstract value over generations. An individual warrior may or may not have a good understanding of land stewardship or ecology, but this law exists so they don't overhunt.
6. Apprentices must be six moons old = "Six Moon Rule"
The Code of the Clans story is unchanged; this is also known as “Daisytail’s Law”. Brokenstar actually loopholes the hell out of this law; it says nothing about making early warriors.
(personally i think his child soldiers are horrifying but ultimately stupid. Pint-sized kittens can’t fight and do not live to become experienced warriors.)
Post-Brokenstar, this loophole is patched; an apprentice needs to be 6 months, a warrior must be 1 year.
The rule is extended FURTHER after Graystripe's failure to train Brackenpaw; a warrior taking a new apprentice must be 2 years old.
7. A Deputy Must Mentor/Deputy Becomes Clan Leader/Deputy is Appointed Before Moonhigh = "Code of the Deputy"
Combined into one huge rule. A succession crisis split ShadowClan into two factions, lead by Mossfire and Jumpfoot, who were both what modern Clan Cats would consider 'deputies.'
Redscar settled it with his famous false sign, appointing Flowerstem as leader (Mossfire's sister) and she chose her second-in-command, Robinspot (Jumpfoot's son). Deputies were established as a hard title after this-- and there would only ever be one at a time.
8. Boundaries must be checked and marked daily = "Right of the Challenge"
Instead of just being a no-brainer law, this is the basis of 'Might Makes Right' in the Clans. Boundaries are set where they're set, and warriors and the clans they're part of are allowed to challenge them freely.
A Clan that cannot defend its borders is not worthy of keeping them. A warrior that backs down from a formal challenge is a coward, and does not respect the Code. BATTLE CULTURE!!!
9. A Warrior Rejects the Soft Life Of a Kittypet = “Kittypet Code“
Being shuffled, no longer formed as a response to Pinestar’s choice! It was actually a SkyClan law, in response to several cats defecting as humans destroyed their forest.
This lays the foundation for several events later; Oakstar uses this law to justify ‘crusades‘ against Chelford township cats in an attempt to appease StarClan. This directly leads to BloodClan’s formation, and Pinestar’s eventual defection.
This is the last code to be formed before SkyClan’s Exile.
10. A Medicine Cat Serves Their Clan Above All Else = “Medicine Cat’s Vow”
Now a corruption of a vow that used to just be a point of honor for medicine cats, warped to control these powerful religious figures.
Before SkyClan’s Exile, Moth Flight created it for her and her children when they were torn apart by clan violence, when each clan wanted its own medic and sought to steal the young cats from WindClan. Its original intention was for medicine cats to value medicine ABOVE their clans, by never having a mate or kittens to fight for.
With the addition of this law, it was flipped on its head completely.
11. No Fighting at Gatherings = "Full Moon Truce"
A big change; Ripplestar wasn’t fighting for no reason. Son of a medicine cat who had to abandon him due to Rule 10, and developing a hatred for the wrongful exile of SkyClan, Ripplestar was leading skirmishes and rebellions against the other clans. His goal was to force them into dividing their land to eventually give to a returned SkyClan.
The full moon truce was only a tradition before this point, and Ripplestar was making a point. He attacked them during a time of peace, and this incurred the wrath of StarClan. They smote him on the spot, and this event lead to rules 11, 12, and 13.
12. The Warrior’s Vigil and the Warrior’s Pilgrimage = “The First Tasks“
Another post-exile law that encouraged obedience, albeit in a much softer way. Vigils and pilgrimages to the moonstone were only tradition before this point, just like the full moon truce, but formalized to encourage piety to StarClan.
13. The Word of a Leader is Law = “Leader’s Rights“
The big bad one. Also sometimes called Dalestar’s Commandment, or the 13th Law. The leaders had enough of arguing, and in their minds, it was a disrespect of authority that lead to Ripplestar’s shenanigans. Warriors that didn’t know their place, medicine cats getting too uppity. The law was laid down here; that their word was always the final authority.
This, of course, was a huge mistake and is eventually reckoned with in The Broken Code arc, and replaced by the “Clan’s Rights“ to challenge a bad leader instead.
14. Kittens Are Protected At All Costs = “Queen’s Rights”
Also called Darkstar’s Commandment, formed in response to StarClan’s fury at witnessing the Mapleshade incident. Every cat involved was sent to the Dark Forest in blind fury, and Darkstar and Oakstar were commanded to add this law or be damned as well.
Darkstar correctly identified that this law would mean nothing if a queen HAD to reveal who the father of her kittens was, because then the clan would be forced to punish them if they had broken the Law of Loyalty. With the establishments of the Queen’s Right (to remain silent), if she had been disloyal, it stays between her and StarClan.
Before this time, stealing kittens from other clans and outsider groups wasn’t uncommon in order to maintain genetic diversity. That practice was abolished here, though there were a few cases of it happening in modern history.
15. The Clans Must Unite in Times of Need = “Law of the Lake”
Being formally added after the arrival of SkyClan, in AVOS instead of Bramblestar’s Storm.
A law of reparation for SkyClan’s exile so many generations ago, and an agreement after the journey, the battle with the Dark Forest, and with the Kin, that the Clans would never let a threat to one clan go ignored by the others.
16. A Cat May Change Allegiance = “Bristlefrost’s Law”
I won’t elaborate too much on this one, because as of writing this, A Starless Clan is not complete and there may be more changes to this law by the end of the arc.
However, this is the law that was created after Bristlefrost’s sacrifice to kill Ashfur. It is named in her honor.
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au where in starclan all the dead kits and apprentices have their own little clan and whatnot
#calico.exe#warrior cats#does this make sense..#its like the bonefall rewrite if u wanna get an idea#swiftstar moment swiftstar momwnt
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in the polyam au does cinderpelt stay a warrior since her injury was in between selecting meddies? or would she be given the opportunity to train due to spottedleaf dying? also you could always make littlecloud a little younger to slot in for shadowclan and have runningnose be the shadowclan candidate for spottedleaf's polycule otherwise the only candidates would be very minor characters
I do think Cinderpelt would have to stay a warior, yeah. I don't think slotting her for Spottedleaf would work. Part of the job here is the whole forbidden cross-Clan relationship theater angle and that feels a little uncomfortable if she's with people Spottedleaf's age. Spotty and Runny being part of the same apprentice batch would be neat yeah. Since Cinder got into her accident so young I can see her being selected in the same batch as Littlecloud though. I have had some Smokepaw and Talonpaw suggestions for ShadowClan I still have to fully consider so we'll see...
#warrior cats#wc#warrior cats au#spottedleaf#runningnose#cinderpelt#littlecloud#I am specifically picturing the Bonefall Rewrite versions of Spotty and Runny#What a pair
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The moorlanders have sheep?! Do they use wool for things like accessories or building supplies? Do they use them for food? Now imagining apprentices learning to herd the sheep like border collies and that’s really cute
Yes!! They’re the only faction to herd, however they’re not the only faction who keep mindless animals ^^
Moorsweepers herd sheep and goats (though on a much smaller scale), and they keep chickens! They also keep a close eye on the numbers of a band of mustangs, deer, and wild boar that will commonly cross through their territory, and if times are tough, will band together to pick off a few. Alongside this, they also grow various things, especially food (root vegetables, mostly) and fiber crops (things like flax, cotton, etc); they’re the most well-rounded in terms of things to trade and living off their lands.
And the border collie imagery isn’t too far off!! It’s actually part of the keeper’s job to tend to the various animals… poor Pounceflight is the only one, currently, but he’s got the aid of the supporters and couriers (+ Smoketongue) to help out!
They use the sheep in a variety of different ways, and they’re definitely a point of pride for the Moorsweepers for just how versatile and useful they are, and make their faction in turn. Sheep are notably easy to care for, and they make a perfect fit for the Moorswept’s rockier, grassy territory. They provide wool and milk, and once the sheep ages past its prime, they are killed for mutton and for their skin, which is used to make parchment.
While not quite as strong as some select vegetable fibers, wool is still incredibly resilient and distinctively good at taking dyes, and due to its nature as a natural hair fiber, it’s also perfect for felting! Different breeds offer different wool; the multi-layered coat of a sheep is one of their only defenses for protection, especially against predators alongside the elements, easily repelling water and blocking out wind (which is highly tempting for a society that lives exclusively in the outdoors).
They use spoils of their sheep for all sorts of things! Most commonly, it’s for trade, as wool is a highly sought-after item within the fealty and outside of it, but they commonly use it for aesthetic reasons, protection, and for warmth; their nests are renowned for being so comfortable that the stars glitter in envy for them from a combination of chicken down and sheep’s wool from the inner layers. They’re also skilled at dying wool, and will oftentimes take custom orders to receive the means necessary (the dyes in question, since they have access to very few colors) and trade them out for hefty sum + commission. (Fun fact: Sors Spottedleaf sports Moorswept fabrics, sourced from their fields and dyed by their own paws!)
#old faces new dawn#ask#nightly-ruse#warriors rewrite#warrior cats rewrite#the moorswept faction#sheep#@BONEFALL DID I DO IT RIGHT
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Can you blend Bramblestar from @bonefall's rewrite specifically (https://www.tumblr.com/bonefall/728623469710934016/what-does-bramblestar-think-of-his-reputation-of?source=share)
Better Bones!Bramblestar from @bonefall is being blended!!
You cannot save him.
#your fave is being blended#you cannot save them#blend requests#better bones au#bb!bramblestar#bonefall
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tried out printmaking recently and made a scene from @bonefall better bones rewrite
#art#artists on tumblr#better bones au#yes I know the prints are subpar it's my first time#warrior cats#wc art
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