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anyways heres the Promised Lore

[ CW for implied/referenced cannibalism (With Cats), character death (and undeath) & cults (But Cats) ]

The Cult, as mentioned, isnt. Much of a cult. Starling doesnt control nor force the members of her group to follow her or be part of their ceremonies(eating dead former-members) or be the eaten.

The Cult heavily worships the life cycle, and births are a special time.

They travel regularly, rarely settling for very long. Think the sisters but kinda different ig idk, this universe has been in the works since before TBC.

The Naming system in the cult is pretty straightforward, taking after the mother’s naming theme(generally). Hence why Starling’s kits are all bird-names(notably only Puffin is a bird u wouldnt find anywhere Near a finch or a heron)

ANYWAYS, the CURRENT Cult is comprised of, at minimum, 2 member families.

Starling is the current leader, with her mate Bramble, and their three kits, Finch, Heron and Puffin. Finch and Heron are littermates, Puffin is adopted and much younger, but just like. believes it’s littermates with Finch and Heron. Puffin uses any pronouns btw. Finch and Heron entertain it’s ideas and dont really mind, both of them Adore Puffin deeply. Finch uses they/them exclusively.

Opal and Rime are a queer-platonic relationship. Opal had a fling with a stray cat and was previously a house cat that had been abandoned by her people when they moved. She met Rime before her almost-mate left her, shortly before they actually came upon the cult. Her and Rime got close quick, and neither are interested in a romantic relationship. They call each other their mate to make it simple for other cats, but neither have any romance feelings for one another. Rime would be like. the cool uncle to Opal’s kits, but would help her raise them. Rime uses he/they

Hawthorne and Magnolia are siblings. Hawthorne is Magnolia’s older brother, from an older litter. Magnolia was born paralyzed in her back legs and tail, and said limbs are bound to prevent any accidents and injuries from occurring. She has very, very little feeling in her lower half. Hawthorne is Very mean, coming from a family of strays that was basically fight to survive. Magnolia wasn’t well taken care of initially, and Hawthorne, as the oldest kit in their family, ended up taking them and just. Leaving to find something better for Both of them. They r mutually protective of each other. Magnolia uses she/they(pref She)

Hound and Sneeze are my favorites!!! Hound and Sneeze are littermates, sisters and are super close. theyre Besties despite being opposites in size and demeanor. They are also the only cats in the clan to be littermates with such different names! Theres a very good reason for that. Hound was named aptly by their(unnamed) mother. Sneeze, however, was an oopsie. Their mom couldnt think of a name to match the family names, so she just. Waited. And Sneeze has allergies, and as a kit, born in spring, it was MUCH worse. a very very sneezy kit. So she was fondly nicknamed Sneeze, and then that. Stuck. She only responded to Sneeze. So it was left. She thinks its HILARIOUS.

And then we have Slug and Snail. Notably, only Snail is named in the fic. Theres a reason. Theres also a reason why its stated that Snail has an inconsistent interest in herbs :). Anyways Slug and Snail are identical twins and when they joined the cult, Slug thought itd be funny to see how long it took for anyone to realize there was two of them, and now its just a Bit. Theyre both very very close to Puffin, who’s the only one to know(Rime totally knows). They just think its funny to see how many moons it takes before they get caught(its been nearly a year). Their personalities are opposites, but both the twins and Puffin find it soso funny that its taking SO long for anyone else to notice.

Anyways some fun facts: Finch and Heron are also twins but aren’t identical but WERE as kits, so no one knows which is older bc they got swapped. a LOT. Puffin was adopted and is the youngest in the cult but insists that theyre littermates with Finch and Heron. Puffin is also cross-eyed. Puffin is a tortoiseshell. Puffin also refers to itself in the third person semi-regularly and exclusively uses it/its when doing so. Puffins design is one of my favorites ive drawn :) Rime also did die-die. No one knows why he didnt STAY dead and he doesnt. talk about it at all. Not even to Opal. they refuse to talk about what they mightve seen while dead. In reality, Rime didnt see much of anything, but it felt like an out of body experience that he cant rlly remember otherwise. Rime doesnt need to breathe. He has to do that manually, and Opal is the only cat that isnt horrified when he doesnt breathe. Rime also doesnt need to eat as often. Had Rime perma-died, Opal would’ve legacy named one of her kits after him! Even funner fact: in my original ideas for this universe, Rime was going to be a villain! I decided to scrap that idea when i got too attached to make Rime evil, but i toyed around with other cult members, including Hound and Puffin, being villains. In the end, i just made a whole other group who’s leader is purposefully not sympathetic.

ive risen from the dead for this & this alone 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/49051165

warriors adjacent fic(cats that talk and have organized religion) but like. a few steps to the side or something idk

#long post under the cut #mmentions of cat death? and also kitty cannibalism #this is just Lore for my unnamed world #but only part of it :) #birth of an echo #theres other lore in that tag i just forgot it was there actually #oops #i didnt even know i talked about these kitties here!!!! #have i talked about my actual fanclans???????????????

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ive risen from the dead for this & this alone 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/49051165

warriors adjacent fic(cats that talk and have organized religion) but like. a few steps to the side or something idk

#text #not a design #link #melting #ive had this in my docs since oct 22

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Um… hi there! I don’t mean to be a bother, but I was wondering about the story ‘Chasing Ghosts’, I really really like it! You’re such a good writer!

and I was wondering if it had been abandoned? Or just a long hiatus? Cause it’s been a while since it was last updated

Hi!! And, thank you!! I'm glad you like it :)

As of right now, it's a rlly long hiatus. Around the last update, I realized I didn't really know where to take the rest of the fic, and had migrated further into a different fandom and started writing fics there. I haven't been particularly active in WC for a long time, and it's been a mixture of the fandoms general demeanor about the books, and art block.

I intend to take it back up and fully rewrite it, with a better plan for it, I just haven't gotten the chance to yet. I have no intentions to abandon it, I just haven't popped in to set a hiatus notice on it yet.

#ask #anonymous #i actually realized i had no idea where to take it #after beginning an outline to a 130k fic for the different fandom and fixating on that fic for months #and when i came back to chasing ghosts i realized i forgot every plan i ever had and didnt have an outline at ALL

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leafpool spent her entire life caring for thunderclan and protecting them and when they figured out she had kids w someone from another clan they all turned their backs on her and did nothing to help her

#rb #text #aus where leafpool and crowfeather never come home are out #aus where her family actually sticks up for her and firestar refuses to let ANYONE shit talk her is IN #U mean to tell me firestar warrior cats the nosiest cat in the fucking world #SOMEHOW wouldnt hear ppl talking shit about HIS DAUGHTER and her kids and NOT fuck them up???

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Leafpool

#leafpool #starclan #thunderclan #warrior cats #design #queue

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Squirrelflight

#squirrelflight #thunderclan #warrior cats #design #queue #this :)) looks slightly rough :))) #but i like the colors so deal

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art should hopefully return after tomorrow  :))

My previous tablet broke just after I started taking longer breaks between drawing, and genuinely just. Stopped working

ended up getting a display tablet, but,,, my laptop doesnt have an hdmi port :,) so i need to get an adaptor

#hickoryrambles #text #not a design #ive been impatiently awaiting getting a new drawing tablet ngl #so!!! hopefully some form of art will come!!! :D

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Love this animal. the worrier cat

#rb #THE ONLY SHADOWSIGHT DESIGN EVER

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[Image ID: a drawing of a yellow tabby cat with green eyes labeled as Sandstorm. Her tabby markings are pale, and her muzzle, front paws, and underbelly are a soft white. Her head is cocked down, with a paw raised to her chest and a tired look on her face. One of her ears are flopped over, though it's halfway covered with the bangs over her head. End ID.]

Ultimate girl ever. Like all the other TPB cats she has a special place in my heart. The only detail I like to point out is that her small markings resembling raindrops to call back to the -storm in her name :]

#rb #love this style sm omg

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“is thrushpelt’s attraction to bluefur pedophilia” no. hope this helps

#rb #text #ITS A YEAR MAX BETWEEN THRUSHPELT AND BLUEFUR!!!! #Thrushpelt is canonically a NEW WARRIOR when Bluefur first leaves the nursery!! #i dont know the age gap between tigerheart and dovewing though #but thrushpelt and bluefur have max a year between them #AND any attraction is only shown when shes a warrior #PLEASE reread the actual book before making one of the few actually good male characters into a bad guy #you can pry thrushpelt out of my cold dead hands before you can convince me he was ever remotely bad.

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him

#rb #jayfeather #i love this design sm #and this style omg

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once i get a new graphics tablet its fucking over, i’m going to burn myself out drawing everything ive been itching to draw for DAYS now

and probably non-warriors but still cat,, stuff. bc my interests have shifted moderately from JUST warriors(cough, i havent fucking read the latest books yet)

rlly that just means (most likely)unnamed characters from other interests(not maintagged or even tagged at all, I don’t want to get into other fandom spaces when this acct is intended to be primarily warriors), and original characters.

#text #hickoryrambles #unnamed characters from unnamed interests aka a fun game for ppl to guess :) #and also primarily bc i just like.. i get teased enough for some of my interests & i dont need strangers doin it too lmao #This is just a mild warning post bc while i DO have a lot of warriors designs i wanna take a crack at #theres both fanclan and original character designs im itching to show off #cough pointing at my pfp #Also that earlier tag is an eventual invitation if i do post any nonwarriors mystery cat-ified characters :) #all my ocs will be tagged properly BUT #maybe if i feel better when I get around to posting the mystery character cat-ified ill only character-tag them when someone guesses who #if anyone guesses

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when i say shadowsight did nothing wrong i’m not joking btw. like it’s good and adds a lot to his character that his actions had repercussions and cause his peers to view him negatively but nothing he did was a moral failing. by listening to ashfur’s commands he was literally just doing his job as a medicine cat. like the text keeps repeating how he “never actually talked to starclan” and continuity error aside ashfur IS a starclan cat and the clans teach you that starclan is infallible. literally anyone else in his place would have made the same mistake and that’s the part of his narrative that really frustrates me, not just that he was treated badly within itself. like the most disappointing thing about tbc is how it dances around the fact that ashfur is from starclan and can only logically be drawing his supernatural prowess from starclan so as to avoid any actual criticism of starclan’s authority and how putting dead citizens who are ultimately just as human and capable of making mistakes as everyone else in a position equivalent to god might not actually be that good of an idea and instead just acts as though shadowsight is a shortsighted misguided patsy for not being able to somehow intuit that the starclan cat he was talking to just happened to have ill intent

#text #reblog #this is true actually #im the erins and i say so /j #Shadowsight is simply perfect and did no wrong ever in his life #as much as i do love the inclusion of other cats hating him for what happened #he genuinely did NOTHING wrong #he was an apprentice being guided by what he thought was a trustworthy cat #and was made to feel special bc of his 'connection' to starclan being the only one remaining during that winter #and when it turned out that it wasnt starclan everyone turned against him #Im going to open google docs and write 5k of Frostpaw and Shadowsight interaction #shadowsight being older and having been put in a position of stress and power as an apprentice and Frostpaw being in the same boat

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warrior cats has infected my brain so hard whenever i try to type the word month 99.9% of the time i end up typing moon. help

#reblog #text #ive almost used kits instead of kittens or #even worse #even more embarrasingly #kits instead of kids

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congrats to nightheart on her transition i hope it goes well 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

#reblog #the weird overtone of attraction in that scene is OUT #transfem nighthearts egg being cracked is IN

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i get the Point of the names but I also think it’d be so much cooler if all of the three were named after birds

i think it’d tie them in closer together in a way that Hollyleaf and Ivypool just wouldn’t have, they aren’t part of the three, and they arent signified as being named after types of birds. they’re outsiders to their own litters, and to the prophecy, except to be given grief after grief

#warrior cats #text #lionblaze always feels off when put next to dovewing and jayfeather imo.

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i think my favorite character I’ve written into my Courts is Rime, a cat that died and came back, and later would joke that they just couldn’t bear to leave their life partner, Opal

truthfully they DID die, of sickness, a mixture of starvation and dehydration, sickness sapping away any strength to eat or drink, making it impossible to keep anything down. He died, for a full night he was dead, and the next morning was awake again

There’s no nine lives system in my Courts, Leaders dont get any extra lives, if they die, they’re dead. And the funny thing is, Rime is part of a cult that worships death and its cycle in life. Cats are ceremoniously eaten by their group-mates, with both consent from the deceased and their closest family member. If their family member refuses, the cat is buried instead.

My favorite thing is detailing the changes that happened to Rime after coming back.

Rime basically dies and comes back very, very different. Personality wise, they’re the same. But he doesn’t have a scent anymore, no eyeshine, he rarely has to eat or drink water. A workaround, and a fav design note to him, is that Opal, his life partner, helps the insecurity of not having a scent(or at least, only having a faint scent of death) by tying a mixture of heather and lavender into his fur.

More context: Opal and Rime have been life partners for longer than they’ve been in the cult together. They met while young, and the bond between them was solidified when Opal picked a fight with a cat way bigger than both of them. Rime immediately threw himself in between them, and defended her. They got two scars on the bridge of their nose, between their eyes, for the trouble, and both of them ended up hightailing it out of there to avoid getting hurt more.

The relationship between them is currently the only one in my Courts - it's completely platonic, they’re dedicated life partners, call each other mates occasionally, and while Opal is pregnant, her kits aren’t Rime’s and Rime’s intention is only to help her raise the kits and act as an uncle rather than a parent. They’re both dedicated to each other and closely bonded. Opal and Rime’s designs are some of my favorites, alongside Puffin and Finch, two others in the cult, though Finch was born into it and Puffin was adopted as a kit.

the cult is one of my favorite aspects of the Court’s universe, the characters are some of my favorites and I absolutely adore them

#hickoryrambles #birth of an echo #hickorys ocs #im electing to ignore that ive written posts abt Rime and the cult multiple times and then never posted them #i actually have SO much writing and LORE to the courts that i!!! havent posted!!!!!!! #literally anywhere!!!! #and i hate it!!!!!! #theres cats i love in it and LORE i love but i just havent!!! #i feel obligated to have art of these cats but i dont have full designs yet i just have small doodles and half hearted family trees #someone pls ask for more i beg #hands and knees im fucking begging #groveling if you will #some of the designs ive done are my favorites nad i need to make full designs soon. #i do actually have proper designs for like. one cat? #and a phone doodle of Finch