Shadows of Our Ancestors

It's like Warrior cats but with more Murder.

[rainsnap]

Welcome to my blog! It’s about Murderous Cats! Feel free to ask any questions about these cats, I’ll gladly give you an answer!

In short: this is my Warrior cat fanclan blog.

In long:

The Shadows of Our Ancestors follows four cats marked by four separate curses. Each one’s history is entwined with the others and in order to break the curses they must journey to learn the truth.

Setting: 1600-1800s Fake America

Main Sources of Inspiration: Warriors, American Murder Songs, and a dash of Varjak Paw.

—

Content Warnings:

This story contains some uncomfortable themes (such as murder) and isn’t intended for a young audience. So please be mindful of your own safety when viewing this blog!

—

Useful Posts

Tags master list

[nmbrs]

fuck it, i'm curious. reblog and tag with the first fictional death to ever rewrite your brain chemistry and/or make you cry like a baby. mine was ares from the underland chronicles (who, for context, was a giant bat.) to this day i will weep if i think too hard about it. okay, go.

[histrionic-dragon]

Mufasa, I guess.

[a-startup-of-ferrets]

Me: How's Mozart?

Boyfriend: He is in the hammock

Me: Huh?

Boyfriend: in it.

Me: Can you switch that out for the one sitting on the table?

Boyfriend: I already left for work

Me: But you got him out of the hammock first, right?

Boyfriend: No, he seemed happy.

Me: AAAAAGH

[rainsnap]

My ferret, Cinders, used to do this all the time! She would gut out the hammock and sleep in the middle. She was such a sweetheart.

[thecatinthefedorahat]

Some stylized cats from the first arc Redtail is greatly inspired by @skuffypaw’s design

[yesornopolls]

The last character you wrote about is put in the last video game you played for a week. Can they survive?

The last character you wrote about is put in the last video game you played for a week. Can they survive?

Yes

No

See results

Voting ended onMay 29

[periodicallypurple]

Thought this might help others who struggle when writing. I know I get in my head too much.

[errorsin]

My cat ocs as rats, them as kits with their main parent, and then them as adults

[were--ralph]

in the tags whats something you love that has been discontinued

[sesamie]

simple asks to help bolster ask culture again

What's your blog title from?

What movie have you watched most recently? What did you think of it?

what are you looking forward to right now?

if you could do anything at all today, what would it be?

What's your drink of choice? (Coffee/tea order, alcohol of choice, pop, etc)

What's your hair routine like? Anything special?

what's your favorite way to travel? Is there a mode of travel you haven't done that you want to experience?

favorite month of the year and why?

favorite time of day and why?

do you play or follow any sports? & elaborate on that?

what kind of music is stuck in your head a lot lately?

dishes or laundry?

what's something you learned recently?

if you could give a TED talk on anything, what would you talk about?

What's a piece of advice you find yourself giving a lot?

what's a piece of advice you would give to yourself five years ago?

do you believe in luck and superstition? Do you carry any lucky items or follow any lucky rules?

Are you musical? Play any instruments or sing? Would you ever perform for an audience?

Write, type, or speak?

what do you wish someone would ask you?

[hawkesalad]

*points to my oc who’s backstory I wrote* who did that to her

[vihyura]

truly

[snowflakeb0ttles]

[sagethegremlin]

[harriertail]

Bramble claws! Brambleclaw is keeping the Clan safe.

[ancienttheblackangel]

GET YOUR BODY OUT OF SURVIVAL MODE SO YOU CAN CREATE FROM YOUR HEART

[custer-mp3]

[dduane]

(sigh) Yeah, someone do please let us know how that's done, assuming you've figured it out... :/

[shencomix]

"oooo i'd draw that but i can't draw"

brother get this through your head

NOBODY can draw

we are literally

ALL

BULLSHITTING

[bookcub]

i think it is unrealistic for fans to expect sequels to be published a year after the first one and also want the book at its highest quality. it's okay to expect a few years in between and i think it weird how much pressure authors face to publish their next book immediately. that's a lot of stress on authors and i think it often leads to books being put out before they are ready.

[mlerpwonders]

If you truly enjoy books, you should be used to a slower consumption experience.

Apply this to time between installments.

Accept that if you get into a good series with multiple books to go, you are going to be following it for a decade or more.

[skiagraphe0-deactivated20250401]

A bad book published on schedule is on time once, but bad forever.

A good book published on a delay is late once, and then good forever.

Ultimately, you're getting a book either way. The question is, would you like something satisfactory that you can look back on fondly for the rest of your life, or do you want something that the author rushed out over the course of a bunch of sleepless nights that reflects the quality of those working conditions?

Good work takes time. If you're really pressed about authors not handing you a novel each year, go write fanfic - and find out for yourself how hard it is to produce a novel's worth of good, solid, well-paced, well-plotted story regularly.

[the-haiku-bot]

A bad book published

on schedule is on time once,

but bad forever.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[dduane]

Reblogged as much for the haiku as anything else... :)

[rainsnap]

Salvation’s Cradle

[bignoses-home]

Little lore tidbit bec i really like it:

Each clan is considered a family because each one is often made up of 1-2 main family lines at a time, usually most cats within the clan ARE family, either through blood, adoption or marriage. Of course there are a few cats who occasionally join with no ties, however they are still family because they serve the clan just like any other!

Oh also young/single cats are encouraged to explore outside the territories and meet new cats for the chance to find a mate outside the clan to bring home (or just a possible parent to their kits w/ no ties if they don't want to bring back a mate)

This is basically how i think any clan should work including the canon ones bec there is no way they wouldn't inevitably become one big homogenized family. Plus irl cat colonies are basically big families of cats rising their babies together.