#antstar

[pikeclan]

Pikeclan - Moon two

[cheesycafe]

Redspider thoughts were wild tonight, everyone.

[jumbleclangen]

Moon 0 JumbleClan Founder Refs

I drew these before I played the game at all, just to establish some designs for myself. Funny enough, Hollyclaw and especially her kits changed a bit over the moons. Kits especially, man...those buggers' designs change so much on me as they grow and get new sprites, I can never keep them consistent lol

While I haven't 100% gotten their Origin Lore sorted out, here's what I've been kicking around: JumbleClan was founded by a bunch of Clan cats dislocated from their birth Clans by a storm or some other natural disaster. The Clan actually formed a few moons before the game's moon 0, since they ended up building their camp around where Zapberry helped Hollyclaw deliver her kits.

Leader - Antstar - Originally Antback and Archdapple came from the same Clan, where they were warriors on fairly equal footing. The survivors who became JumbleClan ended up looking to Antback for guidance due to his level headed and wise demeanor, and he ended up being chosen as the leader somewhat against his will.

Deputy - Archdapple - An original Clanmate of Antstar. Antstar actually hesitated to name him as his deputy due to Archdapple's clear thirst for power...but Antstar had a very slim pool of potential deputies to choose from, and he at least knew Archdapple very well and could at least trust him to do his best as the deputy. Archdapple, however, is known to toot his own horn and screw around with Antstar, occasionally calling him things like "Bugass."

Healer - Zapberry - She used to be a warrior in her old Clan, but to her dismay she was the one of the survivors with the most natural aptitude for using healing herbs, so she ended up being appointed as JumbleClan's healer. She itches to go on border patrols like she used to and will often stash herbs in weird places just to have an excuse to stretch her legs more, efficiency be damned...

Warriors

Burnhollow - She's the oldest cat among the founders...and the most quiet and glum. When she does raise her voice, though, she can actually be very eloquent. Unlike a lot of cats, she actually cares deeply for bugs and their little lives and does her best to not unnecessarily kill them. Though her dourness can be off-putting, she genuinely means well.

Hollyclaw - She had been in trouble with her birth Clan for having an affair with a rogue...only to be displaced while pregnant. She ultimately gave birth to her kittens in what became the JumbleClan nursery, and is very thankful to her new Clan for not judging her life choices too hard and treating her kits as their own. While she struggles with motherhood to some degree, not having been prepared to have kits at all, she still tries her best...though she struggles somewhat to connect with her daughter.

Fogfur - He was a rogue living in what became JumbleClan's territory when the dislocated Clan cats from beyond ended up there. As this territory was bordered by several extant Clans already, he saw an opportunity to boost his own survival with strength in numbers and helped guide the newcomers around the territory, adopting the Clan name Fogfur to further blend in to his new group. He still retains a very impish personality and is not above starting problems on purpose for his own amusement...after all, the petty drama of the living is a lot more entertaining than the haunting regrets of the dead.

Kits

Hazelkit - The more outgoing of Hollyclaw's twins, he tends to make more friends than his sister. His mother adores him, and the deputy is already developing a soft spot for his wide-eyed wonder at the world.

Eelkit - The less social of Hollyclaw's kits, who struggles to connect meaningfully with other cats. Despite her asociality, she is fiercely loyal to her Clan.

[sodaclanandco]

The Hunt

[official-darkforest]

antstar's exile - from my white winter hymnal map part

[leafpool-loves-ashfur]

*gives up on background immediately*

It’s the EchoAnt fam! Echobounce is the lightest red queen with blue eyes in the middle, Antfall/star is the scarred orange tom, Spiderflame is the red tabby with borage leaves, Newtpond is the scarred cream and brown she-cat, Snailwing is the brown tom, Brackenlily is the red and white patched she-cat, Rosefire is the orange and white tabby, the brown-red tabby kit is Berrybelly, the speckled cream kit is Fowlspark, and the dark red tabby kit is Spiralblaze!

Echobounce is the mama, obviously, and Antstar is her mate, and the rest are all their kiddos! Spiderflame, Newtpond, and Snailwing consisted their first litter, Brackenlily and Rosefire their second, and now it’s Berrybelly, Fowlspark, and Spiralblaze! Echobounce also raised her son Snailwing’s kits, Graytail and Acorndust, after their mom’s death, and she was a permanent nursery queen so she helped raise plenty other litters too before she finally retired to the elders den! She outlives her earlier litters aside from Newtpond and Brackenlily.

At this point in her life, she’s very old to be having kits (though in my Generations universe cats live longer than average because of the clancats’ healthcare). How old exactly? Well, here’s the fam’s ages upon Berry+’s birth!:

Antstar: 180 moons [15 years] Echobounce: 171 moons [14.25 years] (lives to be at least 219 moons [18.25 years]) Spiderflame, Newtpond: 135 moons [11.25 years] (Snailwing, at death: 72 moons [6 years]) Brackenlily: 81 moons [6.8 years] (Rosefire, at death: 54 moons [4.5 years]) Berrybelly, Fowlspark, Spiralblaze: 1 day (currently they are 48-50 moons)

and undercut is a repost of the family tree

[away-from-anthills]

“Well,” said Pigeonstar, “we have no proof he didn’t kill Shalestar, now, do we?”

Currantstar and Tulipstar looked unconvinced as they looked over the Burmese tom in front of them. “You realize Antstar was Shalestar’s own apprentice, Pigeonstar,” added Tulipstar dryly. “And Shalestar took quite the liking to him.”

Tatteredstar, however, was studying him, very very deeply, like she was inspecting the double barrel of a rifle she was about to stuff with gunpowder. Finally, she stepped back. The massive molly sat down, her expression unchanged as always.

“I don’t think the boy killed Shalestar.” She spoke in a thick ThunderClan drawl. “But we shouldn’t underestimate him.” She paused, as if she was taking the moment to rehearse her thoughts to herself. “He’s got killer between his eyes.”

[skyclans-return]

Antstar, leader of ShadowClan

Born of pure ShadowClan blood, Antkit was the only child of Tornadoclaw and Newtfoot. To compensate for her small size, Antpaw had a big attitude yet always worked harder than her peers.

Named Antspeckle, she quickly climbed the ranks of respect in her clan before being appointed deputy. Once she succeeded Oriolestar, Antstar first appointed Mudfang as her deputy. After he proved himself too brash and irresponsible, he was demoted and replaced by Moonclaw whom has remained deputy since.