CATHEDRAL

Formerly @cathedralcomic — no AI was or will be used in the development of this story. Not related to Erin Hunters’ Warriors series!

[cathedralnovel]

CATHEDRAL is an in-development illustrated novel about cats and a murder mystery. Search the #info tag for more.

Next to an abandoned lake town reside three cat clowders - the Rosens, the Bethels, and the Darrows. They've taken pleasure in few predators and no human interruptions, any feral cat's dream. However, an unexpected disaster sent them spiraling. Darcy, a young Darrow cat, went on a killing spree. She was quick and gruesome as she blew through the clowders like a wildfire. The year-long terror ended when her life was taken by Milk Darrow, her own mother.

Since Darcy's death, life eased back to relative normalcy. The clowders slid into their old routines despite newfound tensions. Everything lulled until disappearances and corpses emerge, a year after Darcy was killed. Three young outcasts, all born during the initial murders, forge a close bond as they press to discover what's going on. Did Darcy Darrow really die, is it a copycat killer, or is something more sinister afoot?

[cathedralnovel]

everyone coming out of the woodwork to say how long they've been here BUT I JUST GOT HERE AND I'M ALREADY OBSESSED!!!! I CAN'T WAIT TO FIND OUT MORE, WHO EACH CHARACTER IS, UNCOVER A MYSTERY, AAAHHHHHH IM EXCITED!!!!!!!

WELCOME ABOARD!!!

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AND HANG ON i see a third branch on the sibling sections. was there a third child

MISS MA’AM! she left the bethels cuz they were too gross for her

[cathedralnovel]

THORN WILD PARENTS REVEAL iirc you said dragon was one of darcy’s victims; could we get some fun facts abt them & faye if you have any?

dragon was an imposing intense cat, super intrigued by the human disappearance and other weird phenomena in their area. they were wickedly intelligent! super close to wild, but they would clash with thorn. faye was quiet, mild-mannered, and inward. she was very introverted and passed from sickness about a year before darcy was born. she and dragon weren’t heartmates but best friends!

[cathedralnovel]

OH btw i meant to tell you, not only did i finally get around to rewatching sharp objects i also read the book for the first time. it is now one of my favorite books (and they adapted one of my fav scenes into the show practically beat-for-beat) and i’m sooooooo so excited to see the influence it had here esp where milk & darcy are involved

oh my goddddd i’m so glad you watched it and read the book, sharp objects is such a visceral and great story… now that you mention it i need to give it a rewatch and a reread!! 😳

[cathedralnovel]

YAY!!! I don’t know if you remember me, but I’m the guy who named my dog after one of your cats (Bourbon- don’t know if the character’s still around but! It’s still a reference). I’m so happy Cathedral’s still going on :))

The vibes are perfect. You’re still okay with fanart, yeah? I kind of want to draw the new designs on the important characters page!

YES OF COURSE!!!! bourbon is still here and still whiskey’s dad / father to scarlet’s kittens! and i will ALWAYS be more than okay with fanart! 😎

[cathedralnovel]

I have been following your story since I was 16 and I am now 24 (almost 25 in a couple months). Words can’t describe how much I’ve adored Cathedral every year since I’ve discovered it. The story is rich, the characters have depth, and the designs are gorgeous. I wish I had more words to share. Watching this all unfold has been exciting. I can’t wait for the official release of your novel!

this makes me enormously happy, i’m so thrilled cathedral struck a chord in such a special way for you. you all help me keep trucking! i don’t know where this story would be without this continued support, seriously… and it isn’t even OUT yet! you guys don’t even know what’s going to happen! that blows my mind.

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RIP to all the characters that were cut, you will be missed

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A small/silly bit of my concept art from the last few years!

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Darcy's Father name revealed!!!!! OMG!!! I always assumed Milk had and raised Darcy on her own, but I guess not. I have the feeling this Alden guy wasn't a good father...

What colour was he? I always found it awesome that Milk, a full white cat, had a mostly black kitten. Very visually apoealing

alden darrow is actually darcy’s distant great grandfather! he was the one who shifted the darrows’ lifestyle to the one we see today. darcy’s father is still unknown…🤫🤫🤫 alden was mostly white with some darker patches!

[cathedralnovel]

AHHHHHH Ilove this story sooo much the world and characters are all so amazing, I can’t wait for it to come out!!!!!!

Also, I could’ve sworn you had a YouTube channel because I remember a pmv with some of the characters but I can’t find it 😭

yesss i have a youtube! i did a name change, i went from bread cat to wildfane!

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Is Aggie a chimera or just an odd lil tortishell?

nope just an odd little tortie!

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YOU'RE WHY CATS!!!!

Sorry, this isn't a question, just a connecting of the dots for me. I'm writing a book series that started out as a really convoluted fan fiction, and that fic eventually warped into it's whole own thing, and AT SOME POINT IN DEVELOPMENT I decided the characters were gonna be cats.

And I've joked for YEARS now that I cannot for the life of me remember WHAT inspired that change. It's just been this hilarious blank spot in the project's history. Went from IP, to drama fic, to now they're cats for some reason, to all sorts of magic and other nonsense being added, and them being cats is now so deeply integral to the story that it literally wouldn't work with human characters anymore.

Making it deeply funny to friends and I that I couldn't remember why I did that! I was just certain it wasn't Warriors or Tail Chaser's Song that inspired it, as those were properties I looked to for inspiration much later in development.

But it was you! It was Cathedral! I was so entirely smitten with the designs of Darcy and Rook in particular, and lore and atmosphere of it all, that I decided to turn my very human/humanoid cast into cats!

tl;dr: your art is incredibly inspiring

oh my goodness, this means the absolute world to me!!!! nothing makes me happier than inspiring other artists!!!! writing about silly little cats is contagious 🤪 omg best wishes - i hope the process goes smoothly xoxo

[cathedralnovel]

i’m so so excited about all these new changes and what cathedral has become, ive been following this story since the warrior cat days and the dropping-of-the-warriors is the best thing to have happened to cathedral. the new style is so beautiful, your creativity has been enabled to flourish, and i CANT WAIT TO READ IT! whenever that may be :)

thank you SOOO MUCH! i’m endlessly happy i transformed this world into its own thing. sometimes i worry its featured animal (cats) will forever adhere it to warriors, but i hope it’ll be able to stand on its own when published. i’d like to see other cat books out there for older kids and adults!

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may i ask who's all been cut/combined into other characters? iirc phlox is one but im not sure about the others!

whiskey absorbed some of honey as she fused with sparrow to make aggie, and that’s about it in terms of combination! with the cut cats i just gave more important characters their quirks/arcs (if you could call them arcs)… off the top of my head some of the cats on the cutting room floor are: slate, rye, phlox, balsam, lily, clara, cecil, oscar, felix, smokey, hazel, marble, fennel, grackle, and fleece… RIP. 🪦

[cathedralnovel]

Congratulations for the new blog! Really excited to see what you cook now.

And I'm loving the new names, Maryn specially.

A question, is Honey still in the story? Or was she fused with Sparrow to create Aggie?

honey did in fact fuse with sparrow to create aggie

[cathedralnovel]

I've been following this story since it was a Warriors story, and I'm so excited for everything you post! I love the changes you've done over time and cannot wait to see what else you got in store!

thank you so very much!!! ♥️