the idea that aang did not integrate into katara's culture at all is just not true
the air nomads lived almost entirely gender-segregated, did not practice marriage, and raised children communally, with a non-relative 1:1 guardianship system as well. the marriage and the nuclear family that kataang engaged in comes from the customs of katara and the water tribe
whether or not this is enough on aang's part compared to how much katara integrated to air nomads culture, or whether this is romantic or burdensome, is up to interpretation, i suppose
i made full "canon" allegiances for the start of rising storm: link to google doc
this is a part of a series im doing where i've made the full allegiances for the first book of every arc in order. now i'm making allegiances for other main series books. these will not be adherent to the changes with the new graphic novels
here is the masterpost for all the allegiances
"canon" is in quotations because a lot of this is guesswork about who logically would be around at that point in time, but aren't listed in the allegiances or mentioned in the book
this is mainly meant to be a resource for fanworks
general stuff that's still the same as last time:
wiki pages are linked to character's names
med cat = cleric
characters are listed by age. where there are no concrete ages, i make my best guess
tc is the only clan without a "kit" rank as all kits born into or taken into the clan have known parents
generally if something like a rank change, a birth, etc happens in the first 1/3 of a book it will make it onto the allegiances. if it happens after, it won't. this is kind of up to discretion and case-by-case, especially for books that take over a very short period of time or a very long period of time
like last time, there's a lot of decisions to be made about prequel cats who just stop showing up. i'll be providing insight into why i believe that they're still around or not. check the previous tpb allegiances for more insights
there are quite a few contraindications regarding tigerclaw's fury, mainly concerning shadowclan. for why i have things listed the way i do, generally i will prioritize information from the main series, then super editions, then novellas, then extra sources
thunderclan
frostfur and brindleface - there are, like, minor scenes for both of them in this book where they declare that they are moving back to the warriors den but in the allegiances they are never moved back to the warriors section. i've done that
speckletail - snowkit is her only listed kit. i imagine that mistlekit has died by this point
willowpelt - moved to the queen rank and expecting kits
shadowclan
stumpytail - tigerclaw's fury establishes him as one of the shadowclan exiles, but he is one of the cats who attacks thunderclan in fire and ice. he is likely still in the clan
volewhisper - needs to die before blackfoot returns to shadowclan, as blackfoot is unaware that he survived
littlecloud and whitethroat - likely have not left shadowclan yet
applefur the first - disappears after tigerclaw's fury
brownpaw - he is in the forest of secrets and rising storm allegiances, but not in the tigerclaw's fury or a dangerous path allegiances. he also doesn't show up in tigerclaw's fury. he likely dies before tigerclaw shows up to shadowclan
oakpaw/oakfur - becomes a warrior by the next book
ashheart - her kits are purely missing kits semicanon and she does not show up in tigerclaw's fury. they are just here in case you need more bodies for carrion sickness fodder (the kits' missing kits cause of death) and all will be gone next allegiances. i did not have her as "expecting kits" in the last allegiances bc the length of time in forest of secrets is fully long enough for a cat to conceive and give birth during the book
rowankit, cedarkit, lavenderkit - rowankit is apprenticed to jaggedtooth (snag) in tigerclaw's fury, so he and his brother become apprentices soon. lavenderkit is a missing kit cat and dies of carrion sickness per missing kits
tallpoppy - throughout tigerclaw's fury she and other characters constantly mention how old she is? which is just untrue. she wasn't in yellowfang's secret and doesn't die until the great battle. she's probably super young
tigerclaw's nine lives ceremony - this was recently updated to show many of the disappeared shadowclan elders in starclan instead of cinderfur, tallpoppy (lives for many arcs), darkflower, and dawncloud (seen alive and well practically just pages before)
riverclan
rippleclaw and emberdawn - they disappear after nightstar's first gathering as a leader in fire and ice, so i've gotten rid of them. they had a whole winter to die of whatever. if they end up showing up in some other material during this time period i might add them back in but there is just generally a lot of prequel cat bloat in riverclan
mistyfoot and her kits - really, her kits are fully old enough to be apprenticed (they are older than cloudpaw) but they are specifically mentioned to be playing with featherkit and stormkit as kits themselves in leopardstar's honor. mistyfoot is also listed as a queen in both the rising storm and tigerclaw's fury allegiances, and they are the same age as gorsepaw, who is not apprenticed until late in the book
greenflower - disappears after forest of secrets and is replaced with mosspelt. per missing kits, her kits were stillborn and she died of greencough
tanglewhisker and birdsong - both likely died around the time of the flood last book
ivykit (ivytail) - unnamed kits are born early on in this book in riverclan to an unspecified cat. there aren't any new apprentices in the next two books, or any unaccounted for young warriors that show up in arc 2. ivytail is a riverclan elder who randomly shows up in twilight (her only appearance). i used to have her as a warrior in into the wild and beyond, but leopardstar's honor is, honestly, pretty good at at least mentioning its giant cast of grown warrior characters. her being one of the kits born here would make her around 3 years old by the time she is retired in twilight, but when has young age stopped a riverclanner from retiring? i think that keeping her as a warrior during this arc is also super valid, though riverclan is just overbloated with warriors from the prequels. swallowtail (rc) could also work as one of these unnamed kits but she is noted to be younger than mothwing and hawkfrost, who's parents haven't even met yet. there are plenty of she-cats in riverclan available to be these kits' mother
windclan
runningbrook - now a warrior
whitepaw/whitetail - becomes a warrior sometime during this book so that onewhisker can mentor gorsepaw
tawnypaw/tawnyfur - she is now an apprentice. she becomes a warrior by next book
gorsekit/gorsepaw - should be an apprentice by now, but he canonically does not become one until later on in the book, and onewhisker is still mentoring whitepaw
crowfur - he doesn't show up again after his singular scene in a forest of secrets. he is gone from the allegiances but he could still believably be around
unnamed kits are born later on in this book to an unspecified cat. unlike riverclan, there are young cats who just show up as warriors in arc 2. robinwing (wc), gorsetail the first, and also nightcloud. i will likely be chooseing robinwing and gorsetail as i imagine nightcloud to be a little younger, or just robinwing as there is gorsepaw (son of morningflower) this arc and having both a gorsepaw and a gorsekit might be confusing. there are approximately 6 she-cats in windclan at this point (depending on when you think sorrelshine rejoins the clan), two of them being apprentices at the start of this book, so mother choices are limited
cats outside clans
shadowclan exiles renamed to tigerclaw's group as that is probably more accurate at this point. they don't rejoin shadowclan until a little bit into the book
since cloudpaw is an apprentice, his siblings have been given their own cells
The fact that so many of people, including leakers, called this chapter boring and said “nothing happened” is so telling to me. The story isn’t about seeing your faves every week. The narrative has always been about criticizing the societal norm.
Hori (and the “villains”) from the start have been trying to show the world—and by extension, us, the audience—that what we accept as good vs. bad is not so black and white. It’s directly criticized the glorification of heroes and the system which protects and uplifts them. And, within this chapter ESPECIALLY, it has loudly criticized and brought to light quirk discrimination. The most accepted and beloved are the ones that are seen as useful, flashy and “beautiful”, even. Take Hawks versus Spinner, for example. Hawks’ quirk and appearance is deemed as attractive, whereas Spinner’s is deemed unsightly. The ugly truth: those with quirks that make them appear less human are discriminated against, harassed and in rare cases, even killed for the way they look.
Anti-heteromorphic prejudice is only one aspect of the society that the “villains” are challenging. But, that prejudice is aggravated by all the established societal problems they are actively working to dismantle. To finally flesh this out and bring it more attention is not “boring” and I think it speaks a lot more to YOU as an individual if, like the majority of MHA’s society, you view this as less interesting or necessary.
