Squirrelflight and Brambleflower’s kits from left to right: Aldershade, Sparkstorm, Goldbreeze, Hawkpool, and Redcloud! In the Good Timeline AU, Brambleclaw steps down as deputy once Hollyleaf returns in OotS, instead deciding to focus on rebuilding his relationship with Squirrelflight and the three. They later have the five, who help bring a lot of positive change to the Clans. More AU ramblings below :)
The five are the main characters of the Good Timeline Arc Five, in which four out of five each go on their own journey, and work to implement both ‘apprentices must go on a journey to a non-Clan location’ and a variety of other changes throughout the arc. Their suffixes refer to each of the five Clans, representing the unity that they helped bring about. Additionally, they’ve inherited their mother’s sibling connection powers, and can all share dreams together.
Goldbreeze is the oldest and the biggest! She’s named after Goldenflower. She decides, entirely on her own, to take on the burden of leadership and living up to Firestar’s legacy so that her littermates don’t have to. She goes on a journey to the Sisters, and ends up falling in love with their next matriarch, Lavender. Design notes are that her little nose blaze is a marking my parent’s cat has that I absolutely adore.
Aldershade is very similar to canon, so not too much to say for him, but he does get to be best friends with Needle, who also becomes a medicine cat in the Good Timeline. He goes on a journey to Midnight’s Den on the ocean. Design notes are that he looks like his Dad, just much redder.
Sparkstorm my beloved. She journeys to SkyClan, and plays a huge role in their process of joining the Clans. She’s very loyal and stubborn and gets to be more center stage than she was in AVoS. Design notes are that she looks very similar to Firestar, and that her fur tufts are supposed to look a little bit like flames.
Hawkpool loves his littermates so much and other than that it’s mostly empty up there (affectionate). He looks just like, and is named after, Hawkfrost, who gets a redemption arc. Hawkpool journeys to the Tribe and one of Stormfur’s kits leaves to join the Clans and be with him. Design notes are just that he’s the middle child.
Redcloud is technically not Squirrelflight and Brambleflower’s kit; he was left to them by his mother before she left to join the Sisters. She wanted him to grow up with a community, but she needed something different, so she left him with Squirrelflight and her newly born litter. He looks an awful lot like Squirrelflight, and most non-ThunderClan cats aren’t aware he isn’t part of the litter. He is the youngest by about a week. He volunteers to stay behind when his siblings go on their journeys so that he can share their progress with the Clans and send help to them if they need it. Design notes are that he looks like Squirrelflight, although he has a large and wide build that’s typical of the Sisters.
In the Good Timeline AU (better AU name in the works), Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw have a full litter because they deserve it! The Good Timeline arc after Omen of the Stars centers on the five of them and how the Clans are changing after all of the nonsense that’s just happened.
