Old Faces, New Dawn

A fresh beginning from a darkened past

I am so happy with how this came out. This is for @spottyistired and their rewrite i am just so intrigued by, featuring Rust (Firepaw), Ravenpaw, Bearpaw, Sandpaw, Gracklepaw, Spottedleaf, Dreamtongue, Shiningstrike, Scourge and lastly Wolfstorm. The designs and lighting was super fun to do and I hope you like it Spotty!

(ID- the whole poster has a dawn lighting and background with the main five lit in a yellow, pink, and orange light. The antagonists are lit in a mix of purples, blues, golden, and pink. Bushes are behind the protagonists with a oak tree on the left and pine trees on the right.

Firepaw/Rust is standing in the center with a split pelt, the left a dark brown and the right a orange tabby. His right ear is torn, and he has one amber and one green eye. His front paw is forwards with his tail puffing up behind him, a unsure expression on his face. To his left is Ravenpaw who is a lanky black and white cat with a pretty purple eye and fang similarly to a snakes, his ears are tall like a bats. They are looking at Rust with a curious, and knowing expression as if they can see something the chimera cat cannot. To the right is Bearpaw who is crouched down and looking at Rust, his fluffy tail sweeping over Rust’s left leg and a smile on his face. He is a brownish gray color with a darker heart marking on his cheek and sweet golden eyes. Sandpaw is on the other side of Ravenpaw and is crouched down as if she’s about to pounce. She has a mischievous look in her green eye and her tail, which is grey at the end, is swooped to the left. On the other side of Bearpaw is Gracklepaw who is rather standoffish with a spiteful/angry expression looked towards Ravenpaw, he is brown and white with a underbite.

Above Rust is Wolfstorm who is looking straight forward with blank orange eyes and a unknown expression on is face, his mane fluffed out. He is a gray and white with a moon in his chest and markings across his face. To his left is Shiningstrike who is looking upwards with blank golden eyes, she is orange, brown, and cream with a tear like marking down to her chin. On the right id Scourge who is looking downwards. A blank blue eye and black tufty hair almost covers his face and his muzzle and chest is bare of fur. Two necklaces hang over his chest, the top with three claws and the bottom with a talon and a bird skull. Above Grackle is Dreamtongue who is facing the left with a downturned face and a green X as his pupil. He is a red tabby with white fur falling down from hid ears, and a tusk decorating his face. A green breathe comes from his mouth and is reaching out, as if to grab onto those he wishes to persuade. Across from him is Spottedleaf who is looking up with a golden star pupil and golden mist wrapping around her face. She is a brown, red, and white cat with purple and pink petals decorating her fur, a entranced expression on her blank face. Written across the poster is “OLD FACES NEW DAWN” with a lighter corresponding color behind the black bold text. End ID)

The Woodruff’s golden child

36 and Fireraven

"It's alright dear, just close your eyes. I'll be there when you wake."

That moment when you receive a request that’s Scarily similar to what actually happens in the story

The Moon’s Watching Light-

Ravenpaw gosh ur design is so good I love it. I have Grackle’s lineart I just am too tired to color it so I’ll probably do that tomorrow- also definitely gonna draw them again with the squad

(ID- Ravenpaw is a white and deep purple cat with purple eyes and fangs poking downwards out of their mouth. He is sitting facing the left with their eye looking towards the moon which is bright with stars circling its center. Their back front paw is raised with the little toe beans shown as the same pinky red color that’s in their ear and nose. White is across their back, mane, tail tip, and chin with lighter lilac gray color on their legs and shoulders, head, back legs, and hair fluff. A color that is darker is on his legs, mask pattern, tail, and ears with pure black on their paws, ear tips, mid tail, freckles, and nose. He has a worried expression. The second image is the same but without the overlay. End ID)

Erythronium / Raven

Ward of the Woodruff Faction (as of: the start of A Dream of Destiny)

A tall, very lanky dark brown-black colorpoint jack with white marks on their face, tail, and paws, and with three green eyes and tri-tipped ears. Right ear is torn.

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Child of Robinwhisker and Freckledfoot (biologically of Stagleap of the Moorsweept). Littermate of Jackdaw. Younger sibling of Cherrystorm and Chestnutfur.

Training under Aroges Mottledtail.

10 moons old (equivalent to a 13/14 year old)

Timid, Resourceful, Complaisant | INFJ-T

Agender // Apathsexual // (They/Him/Theirs)

Shinji Ikari - Neon Genesis Evangelion - Spike Spencer

Name implies a flighty, dark-furred cat.

Sand: Who the fuck added me to a fucking group chat?

Raven: >:O language

Bear: Yeah watch your fucking language

Jackdaw: OKAY WHO TAUGHT BEAR THE FUCK WORD?

*incert character*: 'The fuck word'.

Rust: Are you stupid? You guys use the f word all the time

Bear: Oh my god they censored it

Incert character: Say fuck, rust.

Bear: Do it, rust. Say fuck.

THE FUCK WORD, CRYING

Realistically, only Rust would know what the f word is…. It was Rust. Rust taught Bear the fuck word

what’s the biggest impact Ravensong has on the fealties / cats after he kicks the bucket ?

He’s known as “the Snake Slayer”; his spirit lives on in the fealty’s legends for generations to come.

Wait, she stole Ravenpaw’s role?

Narratively, yes! ^^

The Apprentice’s Gang View on Stabbing

Raven: Would never stab anyone.

Grackle: Would stab in retaliation.

Bear: Yells “I won’t hesitate bitch!” first.

Fire: Would stab without warning.

Sand: Would stab as a warning.

Prompt: what would your cat of choice be like if they lived as a housecat?

Hmmmmm

The Underwood bird twins :0

Grackle would be the worst fucking house cat. An absolutely abysmal pet. Every negative stereotype that cats have? All Grackle. He’d scratch up the furniture, attack your hand, get into the catnip stores, climb up on the counters, steal food - everything.

Raven? A lovely little lap pet. Very well behaved, perfect manners, insanely smart. Could probably easily pick up the button-talking thing that I’ve seen some pets learn how to do. Only downside of his? Fucking terrified of people. They can only be around their owners on Their terms, on Their schedule.

Maybe when Spottedleaf flees during the chaos in A Dream of Destiny, two possibilities happen: A), she stumbles upon some buff lesbian- I mean softpaws near the OFND equivalent to the twolegs' place, or B), She's found by buff lesbian loners or rogues and taken in.- Snowkit Anon

Thank you to this ask specifically for helping me settle on what I’m doing for Spottedleaf-

I’m shipping her off to the Windover Rangers >:3c she’s getting Ravenpaw’s character arc, but she’s in lesbians with Violet

Her spirit role gets to be shuffled elsewhere, but rest assured, she does come back eventually!! And with character growth this time :D

What characters are you most excited to write/script/draw?

Will Ravenpaw’s arc be the same, leaving the first book and pretty much being a loner after? Personally always liked him either dropping -paw or getting a proper suffix by his friends

Excited to see what’s new and changed!! Love OFND it’s so cool, I will draw the cats ones refs come out >:)

In terms of the first arc, I’m most excited to legitimately get to write out the apprentice squad!! I love their dynamic.

Ravenpaw’s arc is entirely different. I won’t go into too much detail, but he’s a much bigger, stronger presence within the first arc.

AND THANK YOU IM SO EXCITED TO SHARE!! Hopefully my drive will continue onward and I’ll be able to share as much as possible and spam the HECK out of this space.

I also made it, or no, that’s wrong. I didn’t make her, I just found the name Cherrypaw on the wiki and got inspired.

But anyway, Cherrypaw is another one if the Sunflower & Saber, adopt kids who was found and taken in alongside Ravenpaw, but she has a sort of Goosefeather style power, where if she touches someone, she can see very jumbled up bits of their future and might hear a garbled prophecy about them that she has to interpret, and because of this gift she is very stressed out a lot of the time and has a hard time parceling out her visions from reality. So we’ll often go out of camp many times since she has the idea in her head that her family and clan mates don’t trust her, which isn’t true. Still, it is just her own paranoia. One day meets a friendly kittypet named Mitty, who soon becomes her best friend, and when neither of them are busy, will run around the territory and pretend they’re going on big adventures together, all the while Cherrypaw is telling her about Clan life while Mitty tells her about Kittypet life.

NICE

Also Cherrypaw and Mitty best couple 2022

I also have OFND’s version of Cherrypaw, which is Cherrystorm!! I believe her character card is in the Underwood tag if you’d like to check her out :D

RAVENPAW

Formerly known as Faigal.

Apprentice of the Underwood Guild.

Training under Mottletail.

Name Meaning: A dark-furred cat.

Sibling of Gracklepaw.

Gay. | Agender | (They/He)

10 moons (13)

Voice: Shinji Ikari - Neon Genesis Evangelion - Spike Spencer

Ravenpaw’s only outstanding trait as a guild apprentice is his anxiety. Which, within the Underwood Guild, is a firm sentence for whispers and stares, as they were never open to the idea of combat or taking the lives of prey, alongside their unfortunate hemophobia, which made them very unpopular right off the bat. Despite his reservations, he is still quite skilled, but lacks the motivation, ambition, or drive to further his abilities. Tucked firmly away in their shell, it takes a lot of effort to try and coax them out, and even more so to get them to be legitimately comfortable around their guildmates - which has yet to happen fully.

“Well! Needless to say — Uh-oh spaghetti-o’s!”