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JULY 2022 ; Following the flood of Starclan warriors into the Fourtrees’ clearing, the marsh cats, now dubbed Shadowclan, return home under the leadership of Briar. Immediately, Briar calls a meeting discussing the split of the five clans and her encroaching plans to close Shadowclan's borders. Here, she announces that she will not hold grudges against those who’ve left the marshes, including Windclan’s founder, Soot, and Riverclan’s founder, Cicada. But from the start, Shadowclan sticks to their own.
Shortly following the great battle, Briar’s sister, Bone, dreams of a stone shining with moonlight. Restless and confused, she ponders the meaning of the dream, before eventually answering the moonstone’s call, bringing Briar along with her in the midst of her worry. Somehow sensing what needed to be done, the two of them make contact with Starclan. Briar is now deemed Briarstar, and her sister named Shadowclan’s medicine cat, Bonejaw.
Following her ceremony, overwhelmed, newly-named Bonejaw leaves her sister to go to tell her close friend– now Cicadastar– that she could not join him in Riverclan. She stays for a number of days before returning to Shadowclan, supposedly ready to accept her new title as medicine cat.
AUGUST 2022 ;
+ Bonejaw establishes her new den.
♥ Briarstar gives birth to her seven kits.
♥ Sandylights gives birth to her four kits.
Later, Briarstar implements borders. She announces this at the gathering, causing the other leaders to follow suit, and subsequently, she implements ideas from the other leaders. Her son, Pitch, is named deputy, and given the name Pitchsun, alongside the new title. The remainder of Shadowclan’s apprentices and warriors are given new names as well.
Spark-kit, one of Sandra’s kits, falls sick, leaving their fragile life in the paws of Bonejaw. Not yet knowledgeable enough to properly care for Spark-kit, she has no choice but to seek out another medicine cat for help. Rather than finding her nearest neighbor in Windclan, or even Thunderclan, she brings the kit to Riverclan, but Spark-kit is already gone. Bonejaw later returns to fury from Spark-kit’s brother.
SEPTEMBER 2022 ; A half-moon later, Bonejaw is dreaming again this time of a raging storm and the form of Shadowclan’s towering sycamore. This proved to spell a warning for the storm to come. Lightning struck the sycamore, engulfing it in flames and threatening the spread of fire across the territory. In a panic, Shadowclan flees camp for the tunnels beneath the thunderpath.
Once the fire is quelled and embers are dulled, Shadowclan gathers in preparation for the journey back to camp. However, missing two of her sons, Briarstar delays, detouring for the thunderpath, only to find the two of them atop it. Acting without thought, at once, she jumps into action. Her kits are saved. but at the cost of Briarstar’s many, many lives. Each of Briarstar’s nine lives is ripped away by a monster, and thus, comes the end of an era.
OVERVIEW ;
★ Founder of Shadowclan
★ Implementer of borders
✦ Served alongside deputy Pitchsun
✦ Served alongside medicine cat Bonejaw -
The mood is somber when the cats of Shadowclan, now lead by Pitchsun, trod back into camp. The clan looks to him for guidance, and, as best as he can, he declares his first order to patrol the territory.
As Bonejaw once had for her sister before, now, she escorts her nephew to the moonstone. With her by his side, Pitchsun receives his lives from Starclan and becomes Pitchstar. Any sense of security Pitchstar may have gleaned for a moment is swiftly interrupted however, when Fleecefur, a Shadowclan warrior, swiftly takes one of his lives, thinking that he would fall as easily as Briarstar had. But again, he rises with a hiss, and Fleecefur is chased off with the help of his warriors.
Once Shadowclan is further settled back into their camp, a warrior, Firedawn, suggests that the site of the before-struck sycamore is used as a training ground. The very same spot is later deemed The Burnt Sycamore, per the idea of Siltkit.
As Shadowclan strains to recover, they’re met by an unexpected patrol at Windclan’s border, headed by Sootstar herself. She comes with an offer in mind, and although she stumbles momentarily upon hearing of Briarstar’s death, she pushes on, reaching out to Pitchstar with talk of an alliance. With her, she brings a rabbit offering, and proposes the two of them hold a feast. Pitchstar wearily agrees, and the arrangement is made.
Bonejaw, frustrated with her position, has ripped her herb supply to shreds. She pauses to gaze upon the face of Twilightfall, a sick queen. She requests help for her stomach pain, and Bonejaw swiftly refuses, telling her to seek out another for help. Twilightfall weakly attempts to do so, but dies before she can make it. Grieving, Sagepaw attacks Bonejaw out of frustration, and she retaliates, announcing that Starclan is wrong, and she will not treat anyone again.
The half moon is upon them, and so, Bonejaw treks to the medicine cat gathering. Things quickly go sour when Bone announces the end to her time as a medicine cat. She is met with scorn by all present, but Cinderfrost and Honeytwist– Thunderclan and Windclan’s medicine cats, respectively– act on their frustrations, lunging at her with an attempt at murder. Bonejaw manages to scrabble away, and returns to Shadowclan bloodied. This is met by outrage from Pitchstar, and at once, he demands justice is brought.
OCTOBER 2022 ; Their alliance now threatened by Honeytwist’s attack on their own medicine cat, Pitchstar demands an audience with Sootstar, and further, the exile of Honeytwist. Sootstar complies, and immediately, Honeytwist is sentenced to exile. Now, a visit is paid to Thunderclan, in which Pitchstar demands the exile of Cinderfrost, as well. Emberstar too, complies, and Cinderfrost is sentenced to exile.
+ A mysterious kit suddenly appears in Shadowclan’s nursery, later named Eeriekit.
Following her outburst, Bonejaw receives an omen from the marsh group’s founder, Hare Whiskers, expressing his disappointment in her behavior. Bonejaw strains, claiming that she has tried all she could, only for cats to die at her paws. The same night, Pitchstar calls a meeting and appoints Chilledgaze as his deputy. Alongside them, Flickerfire and Geckoscreech are promoted to lead warriors.
Later, the Shadowclan and Windclan feast takes place on the edge of Shadowclan’s territory, establishing the comradery between the two clans.
NOVEMBER 2022 ; Finally somewhat accepting of her role, Bonejaw makes an effort to clear her den alongside her clanmates.
+ A young tom-kit joins Shadowclan, and is later named Shimmerpaw.
+ A pregnant loner named Snail’s Shell joins Shadowclan.
As time passes on, and Bonejaw slowly settles into her role more and more, she chats with her niece, Starlingpaw, following an injury to the apprentice at the paws of a predator. As they talk, eventually, Bonejaw offers her the position of medicine cat apprentice. Surprised, but hopeful, Starlingpaw accepts. Happily, Bonejaw announces Shadowclan’s first medicine cat apprentice.
DECEMBER 2022 ; Suddenly, Bonejaw announces her departure from Shadowclan, in order to search for her lost mate and kits. Despite Pitchstar’s efforts to find them, Bonejaw felt it was best to leave and find them on her own, leaving Shadowclan behind with a young, untrained medicine cat apprentice. The clan reacted to this in outrage, to which Bonejaw spits back, claiming that no one cared for her, or her family, aside from them alone.
As so much of her family has done before, now, It is Starlingpaw’s turn to speak to Starclan. Here, she speaks to her late mother, Briarstar, and is named Starlingheart at a measly seven moons.
On the trek home, Dandelionwish, Windclan’s medicine cat and barely older than her by a few moons, extends a kind paw, offering any help that he can. Not in the mood to chat with Windclan, the two Shadowclanners quietly dip past and return home. The clan rallies around and offers support to their newfound medicine cat, Starlingheart
+ A strange, lost kitten is taken into Shadowclan, and later named Magpiekit.
At this moons gathering, several Shadowclanners are confronted with the fact that their former medicine cat Bonejaw is now a Riverclanner, and has been spreading lies and exaggerated stories about them.
The gathering’s announcement spells out the extent of Bonejaw’s influence. Though Pitchstar relays the tale of Bonejaw’s leave and further recommends any other clan chases her from their land; Cicadastar goes on a tirade, lamenting the loss of Shadowclan’s medicine cat (as well as, oddly enough, one of Windclan’s lead warriors). He relays Bonejaw’s tale of intending to return and being branded as disloyal. Pitchstar spits back, saying that, no matter Bonejaw’s intent to return, she would be leaving them for how knows long in the leaf-bare with an untrained child as their medicine cat. The gathering erupts around them as tensions rise, but both of their thoughts anㅤd feelings are sealed as they are. The gathering concludes with all leaders present agreeing to Emberstar’s proposed warrior code, and finally, it is finished.
On the journey back home, Shadowclan laments the events that had followed, rallying in their togetherness, if they could rally in nothing else. The consensus is clear between them. Shadowclan can trust no one but themselves.
JANUARY 2023 ;
+ Viridianskies, a Shadowclan queen, gives birth and dies in the process. Only one of her kits manages to survive, and is then adopted by Snailcurl
OVERVIEW AS OF 1.4.2023 ;
► Allied with Sootstar and Windclan
🕱 Demanded exile of Cinderfrost & Honeytwist
✦ Serves alongside deputy Chilledgaze
✦ Serves alongside medicine cat Starlingheart
✦ Serves alongside lead warriors Flickerfire and Geckoscreech
✦ Served alongside medicine catBonejaw
SHADOWCLAN HISTORY - written and formatted by Floppie
LAST UPDATED 1.4.2023
