The Waters Will Never Lead You Astray.

Welcome to Newtclan, a small solitary Clan community, steeped in mysteries going as deep and dark as the “Hometide” river which their lives revolve around. With strange whispers stretching back generation after twisted generation, the cats will soon be forced to grapple with such age-old questions: how far would you *really* go to not rock the boat of tradition? And how many of your own are you willing to throw overboard to succeed?

[newtclan]

🌊 Welcome Home.

- This is a blog dedicated to the in-progress story “The Haunting of Newtclan” (inspired by the Warrior Cats series by Erin Hunter).

- Created by @abnormalpsychology and originally inspired by the incredible Clan allegiances generator of @wcsprites— eventually I built on the random concepts and loved the result so much it evolved into its own entirely new thing!! :}

-Currently it is mostly respectful rb's of cat art I admire and take inspiration from for the project-- please please let me know if you'd ever like me to take any rb's of your art down though!! I know some artists don't appreciate their work being used that way & want to be respectful of that. Just shoot me a dm here or on my main <3

- My current plan is to upload comic pages here irregularly, as they’re written. I currently have about 2 chapters (3000~ words) completed in my first rough draft — the end goal is a full fancomic.

- The premise revolves around cunning descendant Slitherstream, whose coming of age leads to her discovery of a hideous family secret. Though her ancestor Newt is long dead, a potent legacy lives on in the words of the Clan, the secrets kept, and — dangerously — in Slitherstream’s ego. As one warrior begins to carelessly wield frightening power, the Clan must grapple with the threats in their midst… the greatest being their collective haunting by a dark, unchangeable past.

- Heavy emphasis on religious themes, intergenerational trauma, and semi-dark comedy.

- Trigger warning that Newtclan’s story explores generational + religious trauma, cultlike structures, psychological abuse, coercion, and a whole lot of murder. Please skip if you’re not comfortable with those and stay safe!

- Important Links:

Read From The Beginning

Allegiances

Info Hub

🦎 (More key info under the cut!) 🦎

- I’m also planning to post more on the characters, universe, and lore to help readers dive in ;) I’m interested in exploring relationships and letting you get to know cats within the Clan— feel free to send in asks and you might get an in-character reply or two… 👀

- While inspired by the Warrior Cats series and containing the Clan structure, this isn’t set in canon. I’ve been inspired by some fandom-created ideas for ranks which Newtclan includes (for example, Starseer and Nurse are both Clan positions.) Newtclan is the only group of their kind, the founder stealing using the structure of her former Clan — though otherworldly events (think Starclan) still take place.

- I’m also aware of the anti-Indigenous themes of the original Warriors series and will avoid that to the best of my ability in Newtclan’s story!! (I highly encourage being critical of the source material.) While Newtclan includes a connection between nature & spirituality, the similar harmful Indigenous trope is not something I want to contribute to. It’s important to treat such subject matter with sensitivity and I intend to. That’s not something I want to bring from canon to here. That said, please feel free to send in an ask if anything comes off as insensitive or harmful, and I’ll be willing to listen and address that!

- Current character designs are made up of both my own creation (though I’m not exactly at the skill level I'd like yet) and Picrews (always w/ credit!) You’re more than welcome to draw them if you want, just please tag this blog and let me know!! I’d be forever obsessed with you :D

- Please bear with the mod as this is my first ever undertaking of a project of this scale and I may take time to develop it :)

- That’s all, thank you for reading. May the tides guide you <3

[salamantenna]

Roadtrip gang

(Inspire off this post by @/justapigeonn, her art is so awesome :] )

[harriertail]

there will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws

[rokeofool]

Firestar and cinderpelt

[lesbianambermoon]

wee hen design because shes so precious i feel like crying and because i wanted to pair her up with littlebird since their names are basically the same and they're both old ladies at the same time. which means they must fall in love

[toonful]

Sol Encounter

[papayajuan2019]

emotional neglect didnt even affect me that much. it was the being born inherently without value that did most of the work

[boccher]

ever since i was a little girl i learned that advocating for your own wants gets you labeled as a dangerous aggressor and placed under more control than you were previously

[movietonight]

I wouldn't be a good sacrificial lamb I'd be like a huge bitch about it

[redactedhaunt]

warrior cats and some ocs in watercolor

[carnelianflower]

The judgement sisters redraw

[comateeth]

starclan's special child, her sister, and the other one 💜

[valtsv]

i like sailing myths and superstitions because most of them can be boiled down to "if the ocean doesn't like you it will chew you up and spit out your bones. and if it really loves you it will swallow you whole and keep you forever. good luck 👍"

[valtsv]

[notemily]

best use of the underwater filter on this app

[feliformlitost]

the tallest shadow to ever have loomed over the lake

[waiako]

First sneak peek of an Ashfur PMV/AMV I'm working on !!! These are practice rendering shots i picked in my storyboard. I'm not sure yet how I'm gonna work around animating and tweening at the same time but I'll be there eventually ahah. Song : DOUBLE TROUBLE, Odetari https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnJ75TtsgXg The album cover inspired me a LOT, I'm just a sucker for these colors and shading contrasts.

[magicdungeon]

Sorreltail

[im-smart-i-swear]

scourge design to go w the firesand family ones i did recently! i like how he turned out