Tunnel Clan

a blog for the cats (and creators) of Tunnel Clan! feel free to send messages or asks to secific cats or general questions! also fyi the person who runs this blog is an adult!

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Welcome to the blog! :3

Welcome to Tunnel Clan! a warrior cats clan created by me (@danybugs)!!! I will mainly be speaking through my sona for this GroundClover (the current med cat of Tunnel Clan). cofounder of TunnelClan is my friend (@oliver-the-smol) will be helping with lore and art for the clan hes gonna be speaking for TinyBreeze (one of the tunnelers for TunnelClan)!

Feel free to send any asks to any of the cats or to us personally

Also fyi we are absolutely open to submissions whether that be new additions to the clan or any visitors (cat or otherwise) to the camp

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TunnelClan mourns the disappearance of the beloved apprentice ApplePaw. The cats of TunnelClan were startled awake before dawn when a terrified StormPaw ran into the tunnels yowling about a tall glowing monster that had attacked ApplePaw. Once the warriors heard what the apprentice was claiming they ran out of the tunnels in an attempt to find and rescue the young cat, they followed her scent to a clearing in the woods but when they arrived, they noted a small patch of red fur and strange tracks leading into the woods. ApplePaw was deemed dead by the warriors who saw the scene although StormPaw refuses to accept it and attempts to convince IceGlare to set up patrols to find her, which she adamantly refuses

(art and text by @danybugs)

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Here is a simple scene of LarksCry leading TinyPaw through some newly built tunnels. Today, he will teach TinyPaw how to dig out a room properly. TinyPaw is bored by the lesson, preferring to dig fast tunnels rather than work on rooms.

Art done by @oliver-the-smol

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One of the more common dangers TunnelClan cats face is snakes winding up in the tunnels this is most common in newer dug tunnels or after storms, on the rare occasion that cats are out of the tunnels for any length of time the tunnelers will be sent to clear the tunnels out and to make sure there are no unwanted visitors. Snakes are deadly and difficult to remove once located.

In the scene above we can see what happened when a TunnelClan apprentice DeerPaw stumbled upon a snake in the spare den, luckily for DeerPaw she was quickly shoved out of the way by senior warrior LarksCry. Unluckily LarksCry was bitten and passed away shortly after killing the snake, his apprentices training was moved to his mate who deemed the apprentice fully trained and TinyPaw was made a full-fledged tunneler, and renamed TinyBreeze not even a moon after LarksCrys death.

art and text by @danybugs

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A glimpse of what happened to the old medicine cat BirchRoot before he was discovered dead by his apprentice GroundPaw, after he didn't return from the woods while they visited the moonshine.

GroundPaw found the grizzly scene just as the sun began to rise after waking up alone next to the moonshine, her dreams that night had been oddly peaceful despite having been plagued by nightmares for the days leading up to the meeting with Starclan, she explained to ScreechStar that her mentor had told her to not worry and to go ahead without him while he went to investigate an unusual sound she heard from the woods when they exited the tunnels. She did so, grateful she wouldn't have to go into the dark woods. She told the clan that she fell asleep almost immediately after making it to the moonshine, and assumed that BirchRoot was sleeping beside her, she explained she had no idea what happened to her mentor but that upon finding the body StarClan sent a vision of a tall creature with a face like a full moon that she believes is what killed BirchRoot.

BirchRoot was buried in the clearing by the camp and ScreechStar mourned the loss of his last brother and declared that no one was to enter the woods on a full moon until they figured out what happened.

(art and text by @danybugs)

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Art of TinyBreeze when he was Tinykit. He's yet to gain his glare. Done by @oliver-the-smol

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Funny art I did of TinyBreeze, my warrior cats OC. He's literally me.

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A show of how gathering/hunting patrols work in tunnelclan featuring (from left to right) DirtPaw, DovePaw, LeafCrunch, and Jingle! jingle is using a sled made of sticks and vines to help make transporting prey or other materials easier she bites onto a bit and uses her mouth to pull the sled while the other cats in the patrol help keep an eye out for her and load things onto the sled

sketched and cats were colored by @danybugs and background and lineart was done by @oliver-the-smol !

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a refrence sheet for TunnelClans tunneler TinyBreeze

sketch and background by @danybugs and lined and colored by @oliver-the-smol

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a reference for TunnelClans Medcat GroundClover

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The medicine cat apprentice GroundPaw came back from an herb hunting trip with no herbs and two abandoned kittypet kits who claim to have been abandoned by the thunderpath. IceGlare was hesitant to allow outsiders in even if they were barely old enough to begin apprenticeships but Groundpaw speaks up and says the kits wll be hers and that she will raise them as they are clearly a gift from starclan. She names them Dustkit and Tinykit

art by @danybugs

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Here is the TunnelClan camp! It is located under an abandoned playground near a forest. The camp itself has three entrances/exits and clan meetings are held above ground

As for the dens den 1 is often used by apprentices or younger cats while den 2 is for older cats or elders although some elders choose to stay in the nursery to aid with kits, and a few cats actually choose to stay on the surface nesting near or in the playground equipment so they can keep lookout or because getting out of the tunnels in the event of an emergency would be difficult for them

art by @danybugs

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Jobs in TunnelClan!

TunnelClan has options for occupations for its cats these include

Tunneler- these are the cats responsible for digging the tunnels and maintaining them in the event of bad weather or accidents. They are also in charge of making sure the tunnels are safe for kits and Elders who will need easier escape tunnels in case of emergency

Nest Guard- these are the cats that help raise kits and take care of queens, in TunnelClan most kits are not raised by their parents they are raised communally by multiple nest guards.

Hunter/Gatherers- these cats typically work in groups or pairs one pulling a sled type tool made of tree bark and tied to the cats with a harness made of vines (these are typically made by either the apprentices or the medicine cat) used to carry items typically herbs or building materials or prey, the other works as the hunter and activley goes to gather things to put on the sled the hunter also works to make sure the cat wearing the sled is protected since they are typically encumbered and vulnerable.

Guard- these are the cats most trained in combat and those designated to guard borders and protect the other cats in TunnelClan, these cats go on daily patrols to check borders however they mainly serve as hunters or guards for gathering patrols.

Medicine cat- the cat/cats who are in charge of healing cats and also reading the stars for advice or warnings about the future

Queen- a terms for any cat expecting or still nursing (not necessarily a shecat)

Apprentice- any cat being trained for a job but not yet appointed to a specific position (name ends in paw just like normal)

Deputy- second in command in charge of setting patrols and aiding the leader when needed also the one to take over in case of the leader being incapacitated

Leader- the cat in charge of the clan appoints jobs and gives earned named to cats also possesses 9 lives given by the stars

Elder- cats retired from work either from injury or age

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Here are the Tunnelers of TunnelClan!!

Tunnelers are tasked with digging out and reinforcing any and all tunnels that make up the TunnelClan camp! They work to make sure dens are big enough to accommodate the many cats of the clan they also make sure the tunnels are safe in case of rain or any collapses

TawnyHollow (i cannot believe i spelt her name wrong :[) is the oldest tunneler and mentored TinyBreeze before also mentoring DeerPaw, once she is done with DeerPaws training she hopes to retire.

TinyBreeze dispite being a young tunneler is the lead when it comes to most tunneling since he's small and fast he has an easier time navigating unfinished tunnels.

art by @danybugs

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I have officially gotten a tablet to on my laptop with so I don't have to use my mouse :]

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These are TunnelClan cats!!! The brown cat is the medcat GroundClover the black and grey cat is the tunneler TinyBreeze and the orange one is a nest guard apprentice named Bright paw!!

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Here are all of the cats currently staying in the TunnelClan nursery!

Queens include DappleHeart who is expecting and SunWhisker who is a male queen and a father to Maplekit and Honeykit the other parent is unknown and the clan isn't pushing him to share it.

TunnelClan also has a position known as a Nest Guard that job entails taking care of queens and kits since not all queens choose to take care of their kits outside of simply nursing them, kits whose parents don't wish to raise them are taken care of by the Nest Guards

Nest guards include SunWhisker (although he's a queen at the moment) and ShineStone, ShineStone is also currently mentoring BrightPaw, and PetalPaw.

Kits being raised by the Nest Guards currently are ShadowKit, SunKit, EggKit, AcornKit, CloudKIt, HoneyKit, MapleKit, and BlueKit

art by @danybugs

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Meet the leaders of Tunnel clan!!! The leader ScreechStar and his ex mate and deputy IceGlare, they have two kits together that they raise seperately, Opossum is being raised by IceGlare and Tiger by ScreechStar

art by @danybugs