UNDER A DARK STAR | SKYCLAW x REDFLOWER | CLOSED

[Marquette]

UNDER A DARK STAR: SKYCLAW x REDFLOWER

THEIR STORY ✦ RULES ✦ GENETICS AND RELATIONS ✦ NAMING LISTS

• THEIR STORY: Skyclaw was born Skykit to a ThunderClan queen named Little Wolf. Little Wolf was the daughter of the current ThunderClan leader; she had just been forced to separate from her mate, Blazestar of SkyClan, due to the implementation of the first warrior code. Blazestar and Little Wolf shared a tearful goodbye, and from that final union, Skykit was born. He was raised as a trueborn ThunderClanner with no real inkling of who sired he and his littermate. He trained diligently to become a loyal and fierce warrior, a credit to his Clan — and then, one day, he and his brother came across a trespassing Blazestar. Skyclaw did only as the warrior code told him to do — defend his territory, defend his Clan's honor — and he stole two of Blazestar's lives. Howlingstar intervened with the terrible news that would haunt the rest of Skyclaw's days: "He's your father."
  
  Skyclaw began to resent that part of himself that was tied to Blazestar, renowned Kittypet King of the forest. He did what he could to appease the forest-born part of him by helping steal from SkyClan's territory, by cowing kittypet-born warriors into silence. Others, tired of kittypet-blooded warriors in ThunderClan, began to flock to him, began to perceive him as the true leader ThunderClan needed. Skyclaw and his closest companions began to murder cats who were not forest-born in secrecy, and then, when Howlingstar challenged him and exposed him to the clan, he murdered her and usurped her Clan.
  
  Redflower was born a ThunderClanner, and she was proud to call the oak forest her home. She was even prouder to draw the lingering amber eye of Skyclaw, and under his bidding, she drew the blood of cats she'd known her whole life. After Howlingstar's death, Redflower moved into the leader's den with Skyclaw and shared his nest.
  
  Skyclaw met his end when Flamestar and the remnants of Howlingstar's council reared up to do battle with Skyclaw and his trusted warriors. Skyclaw was knocked from the Highrock by Flamestar, and the killing bite was delivered by his kin and former idol, Raccoonstripe. Redflower, pregnant and bloodied, fled the Clan of her birth, beyond the borders she'd once have given her life to defend. She wanders now, alone, fueled only by the flames of hatred the new ThunderClan council has kindled in her heart.
  
  She will avenge her mate, and she will kill everyone who gets in her path to do so.
  
  SLOTS:
  
  — open
  
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• — These kits will be chosen on 10.13.2024 and born the day after on 10.14.2024!
  — These slots are not FCFS! On that note, a period of inactivity of over a month without communication can see your slot rehomed!
  — The number of slots may fluctuate, but will likely remain at 2.
  — Whether these kits are aged up or aged realistically will be discussed as a family upon kit selection.
  — Redflower will be raising these kits to believe Skyclaw was the true leader of ThunderClan and Flamestar usurped him. She will be training them from an early age to do her bidding. They will be manipulated, gaslit, and lied to from their earliest days, and they will be completely brainwashed. Player discretion advised!
  — While these kits will be born in the Loner Lands and will remain there for sometime, upon their fifth or sixth moon, they will be taken to join ThunderClan under a false pretense. They will be expected to assimilate into the Clan and tell their new Clanmates their mother died. It will be Redflower's expectation they report to her semi-frequently.
  — Please adhere to all genetics provided.
  — Please adhere at least somewhat to the naming list provided. These kits will be named by Redflower alone, with no input from Skyclaw.
  — Birth defects and disabilities are permitted; please research them thoroughly and play them respectfully. Genetic mutations are not permitted.
  — Your character must remain in the custody of Redflower until they are sent to join ThunderClan; after that, their fate is in your hands!
  
• Sire: LH black (carrying point, chocolate; 50% Ragdoll)
  Dam: LH tortoiseshell w/ low white (carrying chocolate)
  
  Toms can be black, chocolate, or red tabby
  She-cats can be black, chocolate, tortoiseshell, or chocolate tortoiseshell
  - kits will be longhaired
  - kits can have no white or low white
  - kits without white can have any realistic eye color besides blue; kits with white can have any realistic eye color
  - kits will be 25% Ragdoll and may display some breed traits
  - red-based kits will mask black or chocolate
  - black-based kits may or may not carry chocolate; kits may or may not carry point
  

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  SKYCLAW GEN 3 REDFLOWER GEN 1; KITS WILL BE GEN 4
  — nieces / nephews to Fireflyglow, Burnstorm, Morningpaw, Moonwhisper, Howlfire, Duskbird, Lionpaw, Candorpaw, Hollypaw, Foxfang
  — grand-nieces and nephews to Hollow Tree, Cobwebtail, Lily Pad, Raccoonstripe, Berryheart, Graystorm, Jackdawflight
  — cousins to Blazingheart, Hawkspine, Wolfpaw, Littlepaw, Beetlepaw, Dovepaw, Scarletpaw, Mottledpaw, Meadowpaw
  — second cousins to Lakemoon, Wolfwind, Bayingkit, Lightningkit, Twilightkit, Tigerkit, and Stormkit
  — third cousins to Graypaw and Eaglepaw
  — grandchildren to Blazestar and Little Wolf
  — great-grandchildren to Howlingstar and Gray Wolf
• REDFLOWER'S NAMING LIST: — after Skyclaw: Cloudkit, Cloudedkit, Sunrisekit, Sunsetkit, Horizonkit, Fogkit, Mistkit, Rainkit
  — after herself: Goldkit, Violetkit, Azurekit, Crimsonkit, Rosekit, Thornkit
  — after the territory she loved: Oak-kit, Cedarkit, Saplingkit, Shadekit, Owlkit, Snakekit, Stonekit, Hollowkit, Mosskit
  — names she likes: Bitekit, Fangkit, Batkit, Scarkit
  

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[nya]

dead dad track ☆

 

[Tikki]

augh I shouldn't but I'm so tempted
track just in case

 

[dejavu]

ARGH ARGH ARGH tracking......

Spoiler: notes

- Sunrisekit, Crimsonkit, Sunsetkit. AFAB she/her.
- A fawnlike, awkward child who will grow into a rare beauty. Wide-set eyes with long (stylized as) white lashes, long muzzle with a small tucked chin, and a finely boned, aristocratic look to her face. Small, neat ears that sit like a deer's, long wolfish canines, and a heart-shaped face. A slender, fragile-looking body swathed in thick locks of fur. Stands very elegantly.
- LH tortoiseshell with low white. Her father if set slightly to the left, warmer-hued and tinged with white. Has the round, kind eyes and soft features that so often contrasted with his demeanour, as well as the talonlike claws and strong forelimbs he so despised. Has her mother's beauty and scatterings of freckles, as well as her smaller height. It is her exceedingly pale blue eyes that set her apart from her parents, the only thing entirely her own, ironically half-borrowed from Blazestar. Takes to fleeting fits of accessory and drops them with equal speed.
- Intelligent, vain, selfish, coldhearted, coy, transient, deceptive, charming, insecure, vicious. Sunrisekit, from a young age, has no idea who she is, but also no desire to please others by which to take guidance. Instead, she coalesces traits she likes from the cats around her, picking and choosing as if she were window-shopping for a personality. She often generates highly detailed and rigid personas to follow based on what she finds pleasing, and takes immediately to self-loathing when she invariably fails to flawlessly become this glittering, aesthetically based creature of imagination.
- Sunrisekit thinks she wants to adopt a flawless personality; what she truly desires is adoration. She has no desire to be liked or make others happy in any sort of fulfilling relationship; she wants to be adored and taken care of, treated like a prized artifact. She operates on a variety of flighty whims, which she refuses to clearly express, and inevitably others invite her ire when they fail to read her mind. However, Sunrisekit also has a deep-set fear of commitment or permanence, and is prone to discarding both her put-upon persona and the cats drawn to it with embarassing frequency.
- She opts to blame others for her inability to adopt her idealized "perfect life", although it is more often than not her own inadequacies that are to blame. Nothing is ever Sunrisekit's fault; she is a false martyr, never admitting accountability and always being persecuted by the world. Every minor inconvenience is a personal slight, and each little slip-up requires an instant scapegoat. At her heart, Sunrisekit might think she is infuriated that the world simply cannot be as perfect as it is in her head; in reality, she hates that *she* cannot be the perfect creatures she continually imagines for herself. Her earliest personas are modelled after her mother, who she idealizes as the perfect cat she seems unable to become.
- Vain and selfish, Sunrisekit has no consideration for others by nature. She is capable of awkward false empathy, but other cats are rarely thought about to her; they exist only as supporting character and props in her star-studded story. She only considers others in relation or proximity to herself and whoever she currently wants to be, with the exception of cherrypicking and storing traits she finds appealing from them.
- Sunrisekit's highs are very high; she throws herself into her fits of personality with a frenzy, taking to whatever traits she desires with gusto. When she inevitably slips up and fails to be her perfect person, she falls into deep pits of self-loathing that often result in lashing out at others around her. She will bounce back quickly, expecting immediate forgiveness sans apology and for others to forget "that ever happened"; this malformed cycle defines who she is.
- Intelligent and charming when she's at her best, Sunrisekit doesn't have much trouble endearing herself to others as her various faces. She tends to try to manufacture perfect people for herself to be, and so for the brief periods she inhabits them, she is capable of immense charisma. Her personas are often imitations of those around her, which can give rise to animosity towards the object of her idolization, juxtaposed with a deep obsession with them. She may try to involve herself with them, platonically in childhood or romantically at an older age; alternatively, she may make an enemy of them intentionally.
- Her habitations of persona are short in childhood, but they may grow to longer stretches, even months, as she grows older. Her failure to follow them to a T will always be inevitable, however.
- Sunrisekit is coy, but her shyness is only half manufactured. Extended social interaction exhausts her, but she often forces herself to push through it for the sake of her persona; this can result in exhaustion and overstimulation, coupled with lashes out. She will often retreat away from "society", but even this is often idealized. At her heart, Sunrisekit exhausts herself by idealizing and romanticizing absolutely everything, inevitably disappointing herself when real life falls short. She is constantly viewing herself through the lens of an unknown watcher, trying to make every action beautiful and poetic and worthy of adoration, and it exhausts her.
- Redflower's presence in her formative moons is what a lot of Sunrisekit's neuroses stem from. She views her mother as the perfect cat and her dead father as venerable, and her attempts to imitate the charm that nearly destroyed a Clan are what sends her into tailspins every few moons. Her mind and the landscape of her family have been molded and transient and malleable from her youth, and so she rejects stability, commitment, and intimacy, chasing brief feeling and nonexistent perfection.
- The only person she truly desires to please is her mother, and any failure in her mission to her results in bitter self-loathing. She feels she always falls slightly short of what Redflower wants and that her mother views her as the worse sibling; whether this is real or imagine depends on family dynamics. Her personas gradually become an exercise in self-torment in an endless, cyclical mission to finally please Redflower. The adoration she seeks out from others is a flimsy replacement for what she craves; she wants her mother's love, but she also wants to be just like Skyclaw. She wants to be worshipped, adored, venerated; she wants to have the power to move mountains and command armies with only her personality.
- Sunrisekit does not believe herself deserving of genuine love, care, and close relationships. She seeks this out in others via the shinier choices of adoration and praise. However, upon their expression of this, she finds herself disgusted by them and rejects them, often cruelly. In short, she enjoys being pursued (platonically in her youth, romantically when she's older) more than than actual love, because it scares her.

 

[Noor ♡]

UNNAMED; rose, clouded, bat
SKYCLAW XX REDFLOWER

" SAID IM THE ONE WHOS WANTED. FOR ALL THE FIRES YOU STARTED."
AFAB, SHE / THEY | LONER-BORN | UNBORN

DARK, SILKY FURRED TORTOISESHELL SHE-KIT WITH BROWN SUGARED HUES
Against a canvas of pitch black, russet drapes across the kits body, adorning her in a vibrant molten hue. She is a wildfire against a starless night sky, their densely-tufted pelt emphasizing the kisses of ember. Her eyes, at first a sweet baby-blue, eventually become a light orange, and finally deepening into a dark bronze. Their typical ThunderClan physique makes her heritage rather blatant as the kit continues to grow, developing the stereotypical broader shoulders, large paws, and border-line intimidating height. The girls most noticeable feature is likely the thick fur that gathers around her tail and chest that forms a silky 'mane' like appearance ; the dying breath of their Ragdoll blood.

KITHOOD ♥ wildflower
petulant ⤔ stubborn ⤔ malleable ⤔ spiteful ⤔ hot-headed ⤔ violent

EXPLOSIVE. It could be said she came into this world a small, writhing ball of hate. Their ability to regulate their emotions is scarce as a young kit, and for an inexplicable reason, the more negative her feelings, the more violent she behaves. This kit doesn't get sad, or irritated, she becomes enraged, vicious.
UNBENDING. Though initially malleable, once the girls mind is made up, it is unlikely to be swayed after. With only her mother to learn from during their most formidable moons, Redflower will shape this kits core beliefs and morals- or lack thereof.

GOLDEN CHILD. Ever eager to please as any kit would be, they are not afraid to take extraordinary efforts in order to stand out from her siblings. Play matches will be quick to turn on their side should it not go her way, and the girl will be all too eager to ensure their sibling knows where they fall in her eyes- below.
FIRE-STARTER. The girls potential is undeniable, as strong-willed, charismatic, and determined as the kit is, her terrorizing, wild-child tendencies tell little promise of becoming successfully integrated in ThunderClan, even so far as being a potential threat to her mothers plan. Redflowers kismet consequence, ensuring that the living, breathing encapsulation of all her hate and rage does not become her downfall. Not before she's ready to unleash it.

♫

PLAYLIST

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► BURNING DOWN - alex warren
► GIRL WITH ONE EYE- florence and the machine
► THISTLES AND WEEDS- mumford & sons
► PLAY WITH FIRE- hippie sabotage
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• This is a blueprint! Certain characteristics are subject to change based on future IC development and interactions.
• Should they be chosen, a big part of their character development will be having an extremely complex/negative relationship with their sibling. I think no matter the personality type of the other (similar to her, meeker type, less aggressive, etc.) they'll likely clash a lot!
• I like the idea of her having a lot of potential with being Red's 'secret weapon' or something similar while also being a big challenge for her with their explosive temperament / tendency to go too far.
• She'll love Redflower, but grow up viewing their relationship as more of a teacher/student style dynamic. This kit will instill the idea that they were put on this earth for a mission very early on thanks to Redflowers teachings. Because of this, they will have an extremely distorted perspective on parents/family, and even her mentor/apprentice relationship when the time comes.
• Potential plot arc where she tries everything in her power to be able to talk to StarClan/ Skyclaw while in ThunderClan?

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[ixora]

TRACKING..

Spoiler: notes

scarkit
manipulative. subtle. rebellious. rowdy. antagonistic. vain.
makes friends for the sake of garnering a following. very much the bad influence friend.

 

[bellus]

BITING AND HOWLING AND FROTHING AT THE MOUTH

NONAME scar, fog, horizon, shade
CULTIVATE YOUR HUNGER BEFORE YOU IDEALIZE
AFAB TRANS MALE, HE / THEY | REDFLOWER x SKYCLAW | XX MOONS

NAME IDEAS
SCAR — for the blight upon their family, the wretched wound of his forsaken heritage. he is the calloused, unhealing thing that will bring about the false-thunderclan's end.
FOG — impervious and looming. the subtle foreboding which redflower casts upon the world, blurring truth and lie into a single uncertain reality.
HORIZON — a slightly more hopeful namesake; something to gaze out upon at great, boundless lengths. a promise for a brighter, bloodier future.
SHADE — the small quiet of redflower's captured home. this is where unnoticed things gather, whispering in the dark, before exploding in light.

LONGHAIRED BLACK CAT WITH YELLOW EYES

dark fur wrapped around a too-sharp body. the child will be lanky, hungry, yet exceedingly disciplined. every childish whim of toddling or growing will be whittled down to controlled precision; no footfall incalculable, nor mistake acceptable. this will foster an individual constantly hyper-aware of himself and how he's perceived.

nothing will seem capable of taming the wild way their fur spikes out from his body. the rough array of it gives him a distinctly wolfish appearance. even among the warriors of thunderclan, they will be destined to stick out; weathered by the most fragile moons of their life spent in unbitten wild alongside only his mother and sibling. in a world of warriors, they are a rogue.

as he grows up, he'll grow into his too-big ears, and all his attempts at resigned maturity will finally seem genuine. he'll likely never fully bulk up, but he'll be tall and broad shouldered nonetheless.

PERSONALITY
unfortunately, the child will be brought into this world soft of heart. simple things like vengeance and malice will have to be taught to him, perhaps more than once. but once those inklings of empathy are properly snuffed out, he will be refined into the best young soldier that a child can be. he's quiet, obedient, and steadfastly loyal. his mother and sibling are all that he knows for moons, curtained by the stories of a distant, traitorous clan that stole their father away—and if that dependency isn't love, he wouldn't know the difference.

redflower expects important things, and the weight of those expectations will burden him greatly. he'll have to grow up quickly to accomplish his mission. he'll be keen and calculating. he'll fit in just fine within his own little family, though he'll likely find the apprentices of thunderclan embarrassingly childish. on average, they'll be more prone to quiet and solitude, observing the world around them rather than engaging directly with it.

in fact, every part of their infiltration of thunderclan will make them feel like a fish out of water. with redflower, he always knew his place. he idolizes her, his father. he knows redflower to be always right and for skyclaw to be thunderclan's true leader. but it's...difficult, sometimes, to remember. he might find unfamiliar kindness and companionship within thunderclan. this unprecedented world might sway redflower's soft-hearted kit to a dark path of betrayal. in this way, he's always been a liability.


PLOTS
SICKLY FROM BIRTH

• i want to explore how being a loner in his early days of childhood will really impact his health and wellbeing. maybe a battle with ear mites? he'll probably deal with bouts of illness when younger—things that a medicine cat could easily treat. this will likely make him somewhat sickly into apprenticeship, too.

MOTHER'S DAUGHTER, FATHER'S SON

• throughout childhood, they'll have to grapple with what it means to honor someone's legacy. they'll start to notice a discomfort beneath their skin, festering but also...confusing. comparing themself to their mother, sibling, and memory of their father will cultivate the realization that they are skyclaw's son, more than anything else.
• it's the balance between feeling a lack of individuality (i am nothing if not a bastion of my mother's will and my father's memory) vs. a euphoria at discovering who he is through this single purpose of existence (i am my father's child, but specifically i am his son)

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

• eventually, redflower might see her son straying from his path. i think it would be interesting to see how she manages to keep a leash on him despite their distance. i imagine that he'll always have her voice in the back of his head, guiding him. his decisions within thunderclan will largely depend on his environment, his friends, or his mentor, on whether anything will be strong enough to sway his mother's influence over his life.

HERITAGE

• of course they'll know about skyclaw, but i think they'll really have to grapple with their kittypet lineage and the very contradictory facets of their existence.

 

[vulture]

HOLLOWKIT
(alt names: crimsonkit, horizonkit)

EVEN WHEN I DOUBT YOU
I'M NO GOOD WITHOUT YOU​

THUNDERCLAN | SKYCLAW x REDFLOWER
HE/IT | xx MOONS

LH CHOCOLATE TORTOISESHELL, AMBER EYES
masking nothing; carrying point; no mutations

hollowkit is a mesmerizing sight, his coat a beautiful tapestry of colors that make him instantly noticeable. his fur, soft as down and longer than most kits, tumbles in feathery waves down his small, agile frame, giving him a plush, almost ethereal appearance. each strand of his fur seems to tell a different story, as the delicate intermingling of red tabby and chocolate creates a rich mosaic.

the base color of his coat is a fiery red tabby, which serves as a canvas for the more dominant chocolate hues. the red is bright and warm, streaking across his body like flames dancing in the breeze. thin, barely-visible tabby stripes etch themselves into his pelt, most noticeable on his face and chest, where the chocolate hasn't completely engulfed him. this reddish hue glows beneath the patches of darker fur, giving him a warm, sun-dappled appearance when the light hits him just right.

the chocolate markings dominate most of his body, their color a deep, velvety brown that almost seems to wrap him in shadow. these chocolate patches are irregular but large, almost blanketing him entirely, as if the red beneath is struggling to shine through. they are densest on his back, cascading down like dark clouds, though the red remains peeking through in spots along his sides and belly. his paws are strikingly dark, each one dipped in deep, smoky brown, as if he's padded through fresh earth. the stark contrast with his lighter ankles on his front limbs makes his paws seem slightly larger than they are, and they're already quite large compared to the rest of him.

his build is small but sturdy, typical of a young kit. however, there's a lithe, almost wiry strength to him beneath all that fur. his frame is slender, and his legs, while slightly shorter than average, are surprisingly strong, built for powerful hits. his tail is long and plumed, with a burning red tip that twitches often. his ears, slightly oversized for his head, have tufts of fur on the end that look not unlike that of certain wildcats. meanwhile his fur texture is a combination of silky and fluffy. his coat, while thick and luxurious, tends to clump slightly in waves along his back and sides, giving him a more untamed appearance compared to some of his sleeker clanmates. it has a softness that invites touch, and even though it's long, it never seems to mat or tangle too badly aside from the slight clumps on his back. his chest and belly fur are slightly longer than the rest, creating a soft ruff around his neck and a fluffy underbelly that gives him a warm look.

his eyes are one of his most striking features—a deep, molten amber, glowing with warmth and intelligence. they're large and wide, giving him an innocent, curious expression, as though he's constantly taking in every detail of the world around him, though it is unclear whether this is true to his personality or a part of the mask he wears for thunderclan. when he moves, his gaze is always sharp and focused, darting from one point of interest to another, showing a keen awareness of his surroundings. his eyes seem to shimmer with an inner fire, catching the light in a way that makes them stand out despite the color not being as contrasting as blue or green would be.

hollowkit's gait is marked by a certain lightness—he seems to float across the ground, his long, soft fur trailing behind him like shadows. his steps are quick and nimble, almost too fast for his big paws, which seem to grip the earth with surprising precision. he's a kit who prefers to keep his presence quiet, and his movements reflect that. when he pounces or leaps, there's a controlled, effortless energy to him, and his landings are always soft, his dark paws barely making a sound as they touch the ground.

despite his outwardly calm and composed demeanor, hollowkit has a few quirks. his ears often twitch, a telltale sign of his constant alertness, and his tail tip seems to have a mind of its own, flicking and curling in random patterns. he has a habit of kneading the ground with his paws when deep in thought, or when observing something particularly fascinating, and his claws sometimes peek out in moments of excitement, though they quickly retract when he remembers himself.

PART I — discovery PART II — foundation PART III — future INSPIRATION

• Isummary here
• + LOYAL + EMPATHETIC
  = CALCULATING - JUST
  - WITHDRAWN - MANIPULATIVE
  
  STR ●●●●●●●●○○
  CON ●●●●●●●○○○
  DEX ●●●●○○○○○○
  INT ●●●●●○○○○○
  WIS ●●●○○○○○○○
  CHA ●●●●●●○○○○
  
  hollowkit has been shaped from birth by redflower's unwavering conviction that skyclaw was the true leader of thunderclan, and this belief runs deep in hollowkit's heart. from the earliest days, hollowkit has been told stories of his father's greatness, of the injustice done to him, and of the vital role he and his siblings will play in restoring honor to their family. redflower's manipulation has crafted hollowkit into a fierce and determined kit, one who sees his future as part of a larger, almost divine mission. his sense of duty is unwavering, and he believes fully in the cause that his mother has drilled into him.
  
  beneath this surface of loyalty, however, lies a much more complicated internal struggle. hollowkit has an innate sensitivity that sometimes conflicts with the harsh, calculated lessons his mother teaches. he can be contemplative, spending long periods in silence, reflecting on the things he has been told versus the feelings stirring inside him. while he believes in skyclaw's legacy, there's a small, nagging doubt about the violence that redflower demands. he doesn't voice these doubts—he knows better than to question her—but the uncertainty lingers in his thoughts, leaving him feeling hollow inside, like his namesake, like something is missing.
  
  this internal void manifests as a quiet, withdrawn demeanor. unlike some of his more outgoing siblings, hollowkit prefers to keep to himself, watching interactions and learning through careful observation. he's incredibly perceptive, picking up on others' body language and tone with ease. this keen sense of awareness makes him highly adaptable, able to tailor his responses and behavior depending on the situation. hollowkit will use this to great effect once he joins thunderclan, effortlessly molding himself to fit in, while secretly holding fast to his true purpose, likely masking his true personality to come across as more outgoing and kind than he truly perceives himself to be.
  
  hollowkit's sense of justice is also deeply influenced by redflower's teachings, though his interpretation of it is often more empathetic than she intended. redflower's lessons emphasize revenge and retribution, but hollowkit internalizes these teachings in a way that focuses on fairness and balance. he doesn't revel in cruelty like his mother, but instead feels a responsibility to 'correct' what has been done to his family. hollowkit can be cold and calculating when necessary, but he's not needlessly cruel—he only believes in what he perceives as justice, and that justice is tied to the idea of avenging his father's fall.
  
  at times, hollowkit's empathy breaks through. he can't help but feel a kinship with those who seem wronged or marginalized, even if they don't align with redflower's agenda. this empathy might one day lead to a breaking point in his mission, given the distinct line drawn between his duty and the truth.
  
  despite his quieter demeanor, hollowkit is fiercely protective of his siblings. he views them as his closest allies in the battle to restore skyclaw's honor. his relationship with them is complex—he shares their mission, but at times, he feels an overwhelming burden to protect them from the harsher aspects of redflower's training, wanting to take on most of the burden himself so they don't need to. when they're in danger or vulnerable, hollowkit's usually calm exterior vanishes, revealing a deeply loyal and passionate side.
  
  ultimately, hollowkit's identity is a dual-edged sword. on one hand, he's shaped by his mother's manipulations, driven by a singular purpose to carry out her vision. on the other hand, he possesses a deeply empathetic nature that often pulls him toward conflict in order to bring justice and keep things fair for all. this inner tension makes hollowkit unpredictable—he could one day become redflower's most loyal soldier, or he could break free from her grasp entirely, driven by his own sense of right and wrong.
• DOUBT: though he's been raised to believe in the righteousness of skyclaw's legacy, moments of empathy sneak through. perhaps he befriends a thunderclan cat who shows him unexpected kindness, challenging everything he's been taught. hollowkit starts to question whether redflower's version of justice is truly right. the more time he spends in thunderclan, the more conflicted he becomes—torn between the loyalty instilled in him and the desire to follow his own moral compass.
  
  LEGACY: as hollowkit grows, he becomes haunted by the image of skyclaw, the father he never knew. redflower has built skyclaw up as an almost mythical figure, but hollowkit starts to hear other stories from thunderclan warriors that paint a different picture of his father. he begins to investigate the truth about skyclaw, torn between the glorified legend redflower raised him with and the more complicated, flawed cat others describe. this could lead hollowkit to question not only his father's legacy, but his own identity. is he bound by skyclaw's blood and redflower's expectations, or can he forge his own path separate from his father's shadow? this would likely tie into the previous plot.
  
  JUSTICE: hollowkit's concept of justice becomes increasingly complex as he grows older. redflower instilled in him a black-and-white view of the world: those who wronged skyclaw and their family must pay, no matter the cost. however, hollowkit begins to encounter moral dilemmas that challenge this view—cats in thunderclan who seem noble, even if they opposed skyclaw, or situations where vengeance feels hollow and unsatisfying. hollowkit begins to grapple with what true justice means, struggling to balance what he's learning with what he's been taught all his life.
  
  DECEIT: as hollowkit grows older and integrates more into thunderclan, he begins to feel the pressure of maintaining the lies redflower has built. every interaction with his clanmates, every conversation, is laced with deceit. hollowkit starts to struggle with the guilt of lying to cats who trust him, especially as he builds closer relationships within the clan. the weight of these lies begins to take a toll on him, making him question whether the path that has been set for him is worth the emotional burden. perhaps hollowkit is caught in a situation where he has to tell a lie to cover for himself or his siblings, but it involves someone who has shown him kindness or trust. he could either continue the deception, sinking deeper into his role, or confess the truth, risking everything from both sides, family and clan.
  
  
  
• implicit demand for proof
  
  doubt
  
  trapdoor
  
  isle of flightless birds
  
  

 

[tempest]

track!

 

[pikaihao]

TRACK

notes
- goldkit, amab he/him
- golden-yellow tabby with bronze eyes (lh red tabby w/ low white). on the shorter side, 8" at the shoulder, stocky and powerfully built. has notably thick claws and a thick tail like a labrador retriever
- exceedingly gentle and quiet, "a pleasure to have in class." perhaps too mild mannered for a young tom. NEEDS to please and NEEDS to be trusted, will go out of his way to help others. he thrives on praise from those he considers important, and no one is more important to him than redflower. sees all other cats as little more than objects as a result of his upbringing and his moral actions clashing, everyone is input -> output to him, and nothing gets results better than kindness. crafts a reputation for being incredibly dependable and patient. thinks he's incredibly resilient and good at controlling his emotions but it only takes one failure to send him crumbling. he values his own life very little, anything to see flamestar dead, even if he has to wait a hundred seasons. maybe secretly an adrenaline junkie / a risk-taker for this reason
- realized this after typing this all out but very reiner from aot coded

 

[Kitty-Kat-]

I do love me an unhealthy family dynamic hng....

Saplingkit / Snakekit
Snake in the grass, very demure and unassuming but is extremely intelligent and observant. Effortlessly polite, mild mannered, passive - gives off the vibe of a 'helpful but emotionless' AI. Unemotive and unexpressive.
Less emotion driven then purpose driven - struggles to understand her mothers anger and need for vengeance but plays the part of the dutiful daughter because she beleives this to be the reason she was born.
Extremely unlikely to ever "do the right thing", would quite frankly die if her mother asked it of her or if she felt it required of her to accomplish her task.
- cryptic tortie, solid red with a single area of black (or brown if choccy)
- white socks
- green eyes
Will get an eye infection as a kitten (within first moon of life) stemming from a scretch which without a medicine cat will result in partial blindness in one eye. If realtimed her injuries will likely be played out, if timeskipped they will be backwritten.

Spoiler: wip

" SAPLING "​

Saplingkit ♡ Saplingpaw ♡ Sapling-???
00 moons ♡ aging ???
cis female ♡ she/her ♡ uncaring of pronouns used, will not correct others
rogue kitten ♡ future member of thunderclan
greyromantic asexual ♡ monogamous

longhaired [cryptic] chocolate tortoiseshell with low white; carries point

A red tabby she-cat with a coat as red as blood or flames, her strikingly colored pelt is the first thing to draw ones eye. She's almost entirely ginger, save for her ears and a single spot beneath one eye, and the white socks as pale as leaf-bare snow that adorn each of her four paws. Besides the thickness of her coat, Saplingkit seems to take after her mother more then her father - small, broad shouldered, and effortlessly elegent. Soft waves of fur lie against her frame in a slightly ruffled manner, never quite tidied no matter how often she grooms herself - something that seems to frustrate Saplingkit to no end. Her eyes are a striking emerald green, beautiful if only they weren't so cold - her expression always unfailingly polite, her impassive smile never reaching her eyes.

♡ blind in left eye due to an eye infection as a kitten
♡ wears no accessories

persona tbd

relations tbd

PLOT IDEAS
♡ During apprenticeship likely struggles to reconcile the warrior she is becoming with the ideal she beleivs her mother wants her to be - imposter syndome, internal conflicts of her self. Wonders what her life might have been like if she was 'free' but ultimately is resigned to her fate. The comfort of what she already knows vs the fear of change and uncertainty; the role of the dutiful daughter vs becoming her own person.

♡ Possible idea of a doomed romance plot where someone slips past her walls without her noticing until it is too late. Exception to her views of thunderclan yet its not enough to stay her paws or change her mind. Choses 'duty' over affection and betrays their partner/crush, maybe tries to convince them(?), possible tragedy plot.

PLAYLIST:
♡ ALL THE GOOD GIRLS GO TO HELL by Billie Eilish
♡ EVERYBODY DIES by Billie Eilish
♡ YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN by Billie Eilish
♡ COPYCAT by Billie Eilish
♡ BITTERSUITE by Billie Eilish
♡ HOSTAGE by Billie Eilish
♡ DONT SAVE ME by Chxrlotte
♡ WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF by Chxrlotte
♡ DYNASTY by Neoni
♡ THE GARDEN by The Crane Wives
♡ THE MOON WILL SING by The Crane Wives
♡ STEADY, STEADY by The Crane Wives

 

[Jay]

Track!

 

[halimede]

sighs…. tracking !!

 

[nocthymia]

LETS GO tracking

OWLKIT
snake, thorn, hollow, shade​

⠀⠀ᴋɪᴛ ᴏꜰ ʟᴏɴᴇʀ ʟᴀɴᴅs | sᴋʏᴄʟᴀᴡ x ʀᴇᴅꜰʟᴏᴡᴇʀ | 00 ᴍᴏᴏɴs ✦ AGAB | she/her⠀⠀

BLACK/CHOCOLATE CHIMERA⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀SKYCLAW X REDFLOWER
A living legacy. Owlkit is a reminder of those who came before, more memory than their own person. More than anything, she is a mirror image of her late father. It is near impossible to look at her and not see him, like he's returned from death to haunt ThunderClan once more. Broad-shouldered and perhaps more suited for climbing than stalking through the undergrowth, her lineage is nothing short of obvious.

Mismatched green and blue eyes shine in familiar hues; an ultramarine alike that of the late Blazestar, a forest green akin to Howlingstar's. It is not uncommon to have this pointed out to her, more echoes of the past that cling to her frame. They are devoid of any of the kindness her predecessors showed to their Clans. Unsettling owlish, they only ever seem to shine when in the presence of Redflower or her littermates; everyone else gets an unblinking child, terrifyingly eerie as she learns how to behave.​

" something something something something "

curious
organized
energetic
friendly
anxious
dreamer
past-bound

cautious
careless
reserved
aloof
confident
realistic
moves on​

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enneagram: XwX
mbti: ISTJ masking ENFJ
moral alignment lawful/true/chaotic good/neutral/evil
tarot cards: number. name
aesthetics: thing, thing, thing
temperament: thing
instinctual variant: sx, so, sp​

●●●●● patience
●●●●● empathy
●●●●● honesty
●●●●● humor
●●●●● ambition
●●●●● volatility
●●●●● spirituality
●●●●● happiness
●●●●● warmth

Prim and proper, Owlkit behaves herself as any child of a leader should. She is expected to take ThunderClan back from the usurper, from the ones who killed her father. Skyclaw, who was only trying to make ThunderClan the strongest Clan in the forest. She will do her duty as his heir and take back what should've belonged to him, and with her mother by her side she will lead the Clan for generations to come.

Full of charisma, Owlkit seemingly always says what others want to hear, always behaves as if she's own their side. Rogue or clanborn matters not to her — she must earn a following by any means necessary. It's what Redflower expects of her, to seek revenge in Skyclaw's name. And it is what she will do, in due time, with a group to call her own.

Deep inside she is terrified. Afraid that if she fails in her task, or if she falls behind her littermates, she will no longer be needed by their mother. If she cannot do what she was born to do, then what will be of her? Will she be disowned by the mom she cares for so much, be abandoned when she's deemed useless, or will Redflower kill her herself? That fear is the strongest motivator she has, as selfish as it might be — Owlkit must be perfect, she must be above her littermates, she must be the leader ThunderClan needs.

She is a chameleon, accommodating her personality to those around her. If they like her, they will follow her to the end of the earth. They will side by her in her ambitions and dreams ( but are they truly her own? ). They must love her, she changes herself for them. . . what was she truly like, again? ( did she ever have a real personality? )

In spending time with Thunderclanners, Owlkit finds her resolve waving. No matter how fake her connection to them is, how much play-pretend she's doing, she still begins to care for them. How could she? How could she grow close to the cats who took the Clan from her father, who killed him without mercy?​

positive: Adaptable, capable, charismatic, dedicated, intelligent.
neutral: Ambitious, contradictory, obedient, reserved, skeptical.
negative: Calculating, deceitful, dishonest, narrow-minded, scornful.
hidden: Cynical, paranoid, self-conscious, witty.

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fears. ── Failure, disappointing her mother, having no purpose, not being in control. ( Depending on plot: her lineage, not fitting in, being judged, secrets being revealed, being watched, repeating Redflower's mistakes ).
ambitions. ── Retake ThunderClan and avenge her father, make Redflower proud, gain a following of her own, be superior to her littermate(s). ( To earn the trust of ThunderClan, to forge meaningful bonds, righting her wrongs ).
mannerisms. ── Very expressive body language, tends to tilt her head to the side when curious, ruffles pelt when threatened to appear bigger, clenches jaw when tense, sways while sitting.

NOTES

• Hopefully the first-born, to lean heavily into the true heir aspect;
• Idea: Redflower dotes more on her due to her resemblance to Skyclaw. Provokes jealousy among littermates.
• STRUGGLES TO BREAK FREE FROM HER MOTHER. Redflower is all Owlkit has ever known and having that vision of her mother challenged by ThunderClan will be something she struggles with greatly, especially if/when she comes to know she was manipulated her whole life.

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[mercibun]

oh my godddddd tracking

 

[limerence]

Traaaaaaaaack hehe

 

[carat]

wip LOLLL

SUNRISEKIT HORIZON- OR SUNSET-

TRYOUT BY CARATx

SKYCLAW X REDFLOWER ・ GEN ? ・ AFAB SHE/THEY ・ KIT ・ 00 MOONS

THE FROST, IT LOOKS LIKE DUST SETTLED ON THE WORLD
AFTER EVERYONE'S LONG BEEN GONE.

SUNRISE ・ Named for her father. Meant to be indicative of "good change" or a "new morning".​

✦ PRESENTATION ・ DISPOSITION ・ DEVELOPMENTS ・ MOTIFS & THEMES

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• LH TORTOISESHELL WITH JADE GREEN EYES Appropriate to the season in which Sunrise will be born, her long coat is a smattering of autumnal ambers, siennas, and honeys layered over a stark black base. ✦ . . . ✦ . . . ​

• EXTROVERSION + x ────●──── x - CONFIDENCE + x ────●──── x - TEMPERAMENT + x ────●──── x -​ Sunrise has a sweet disposition, that much is certain. Whether or not her sweetness is genuine is more of a question. ✦ . . . ✦ . . . ​

• KIT NAME 0-6 MOONS ✦ . . . ✦ . . . APPRENTICE NAME 6-12 MOONS ✦ . . . ✦ . . . WARRIOR NAME 12+ MOONS ✦ . . . ✦ . . . ​

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[ABRI]

THORNKIT
REDFLOWER XX SKYCLAW | AMAB, HE / HIM | LONERLANDS KIT | 00 MOONS
" YOU WERE BORN REACHING FOR YOUR MOTHER'S HANDS, VICTIM OF YOUR FATHER'S PLANS TO RULE THE WORLD "

GREAT-GRANDSON TO HOWLINGSTAR | GRANDSON TO BLAZESTAR, LITTLE WOLF | NEPHEW TO FIREFLYGLOW, HOWLFIRE, BURNSTORM, MORNINGPAW, MOONWHISPER, DUSKBIRD, ETC. | EXTENDED FAMILY ​

" DON'T BLAME YOU, BUT WE CAN'T CHANGE YOU. "

LONGHAIRED BLACK AND WHITE TOM WITH BLUE EYES — It as if the Stars created him in hopes of a second chance. Crafted without the flames that seared through his father's pelt, he is born in tufts of white and black. A clean slate, pure white strikes his pelt in a similar fashion to his father's markings, rather than that of his mother. Thornkit carries his grandfather's eyes, a dark blue gaze born to be gentle as a newleaf sky but only allowed that of leaf-bare instead, never quite reaching the warmth of Blazestar's prime. Whether it is a curse or a blessing he holds such familiar eyes in front of future clanmates is up to debate, but hearing such — hearing that it's not his own father's eyes he holds — is simply a blow Thornkit will never quite get over. If one looks close, they may see a spark of gold in his gaze, but it is not enough for the tom. It is never enough.

A product of the lonerlands' harsh landscape, Thornkit is perhaps smaller than what he could've been, but in his adolescence, the boy will grow into his paws and into another attribute forged by kittypet blood — a hulking tom, thick-limbed and strong in build. He carries a pointed face, a glowering gaze that sears into his clanmates' backs.

" DON'T HATE YOU, BUT WE CAN'T SAVE YOU. "

Had he been born inside the clans — in a different time, to parents different than the mother who raised him far from the home his father nearly tore apart — perhaps the tom would grow into someone softer than the name he carries.

He is born gentle and naive: a curious soul destined to grow wistful over the world he lives in, the distant clan that forged his existence. Such will be worn away by the burden of the lineage he bears a wrongful ousting of his father, the blood that forged him and his rightful place as heir — a throne he falls from before he can even come into existence. His mother is all he has, he knows — he learns. ThunderClan carries little regard for him, for his siblings, for his parents.

Innocence sharpened and poised into a weapon of charming demeanor by mother-made anger, the boy will make it a mission to get to know his future clanmates when the time comes. With smiles bright and eyes aglow while his mind burns into them — judgmental and over-analytical — Thorn is merely a collector of information, a gossip to no one else's ears but his mother's.

His mother's praise — and, in turn, that of ThunderClan's high ranking members — is a high-reward to him. It is approval reflective of his superiority over his new denmates, his sibling, the remnants of his father's family, etc. Failure to receive such will force a weight upon the tom's shoulders, an itch at the back of his mind that only grows further. They're looking at you. They all know what you are.

PLOTS NOTES

• ✧ PARANOIA : I see him spiraling at some point with the weight of appeasing his mother. Maybe early warriorhood / late apprenticeship? Perhaps he slips up with his mission — either shares misinformation or gets caught by a clanmate? His judgment of others will shift and turn onto himself instead, wearing him down until he finally breaks. ✧ ON LOVE : I see him padding after multiple cats before he finally settles down with someone. I'd love to play that drama out — whether he actually has feelings for any of these characters at all will be up for debate. ✧ SIBLING RIVALRY : I see him being close with his littermate in their early days, but once he starts feeding off of Redflower's praise, I can see him wanting to constantly one-up his sibling, and this eventually causing a rift between them. ✧ ON REDFLOWER : In his eyes, Redflower is the only cat who may truly care about him. Her tales of ThunderClan's treatment of their father will tarnish any positive thoughts he might've had of his origin story, and it will truly feel like she's the only one he has. Any disappointment cast upon him by her will be a great weight on him — a strike more painful than any made in battle. ✧ ON SKYCLAW : In his eyes, Skyclaw is someone to worship. His father was a great cat, from the tales he hears, and he can't fathom why ThunderClan thinks otherwise. Thorn wants to be just as great as Skyclaw — if not better. ✧ BRAINWASHING : A heavy denier of what ThunderClan claims, I see him struggling to piece their story together — comparing it to that he grew up on. If he ever finds clarity, I see it coming from a close friend, or perhaps a sibling, and he absolutely will not take it well. An angry cat, a shell of what he was and all he's ever known. ✧ ON KITTYPETS : A resound hatred of them, crafted carefully into feigned interest. Thorn will be especially curious and cautious of those with kittypet backgrounds, often asking of their heritage. ✧ EXTENDED FAMILY : Judgment for casting his father aside. I see Thorn being harsher to those closer in age to him, perhaps bullying them (though he promises he was just playing!) Thorn will be aware of what power they hold, the ranks they carry, and will aim to fit in with them, to be better than them. ​

• ✧ ALTERNATE NAMES: Cloudkit, Fogkit — after his father, and the white patches he carries. ✧ POTENTIAL WARRIOR NAMES: Thornhowl, Thornblaze, etc. — that of which bestows upon him an ancestor's name, requested in 'honor' of his fallen ancestors, or in reality: to prove himself better. ✧ Messy concept image due to my brick of an iPad — will clean up if chosen! ​

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[ken_Unot]

tracking!!!

 

[Blitz Krieg]

Tracking and shooting my shot because I cannot pass up on an opportunity to play a Kovu cat

Name left completely up to IC
Toyhouse - a massive longhaired chocolate tom with low white and copper eyes. Takes heavily after his Ragdoll heritage.