All We Know Is Falling - Warriors AU Breakdown
Hey all! I wanted to take some time to go over my AU while I slowly but surely write out some of what’s going on with it, because it changes more than just the events around the characters.
Let’s start with the characters! I have changed up everyone to some degree, with Crowfeather and Nightcloud being the most obvious.
Leafpool: I think Leafpool is more similar to her book counterpart than Crowfeather, though her main reasons for leaving the clans are not just because of her crossclan relationship. She’s more like Firestar was when he decided to leave the clans, feeling like her life as a clan cat is less fulfilling than it would be if she could travel more and help more cats and other creatures.
Crowfeather: More different from his snappy book counterpart, Crowfeather’s personality is more built around feelings of inadequacy that spawned from the journey and the loss of Feathertail. Rather than just missing someone he loved, he feels like he was powerless to stop a tragedy from happening. Him jumping into the fray during the badger attack served as a way for him to redo the situation with the Sharptooth/Mountain Lion. The story will be focusing on his growth from that point.
Crowpool as a unit: These two are drawn to each other because of their mutual feelings of not belonging, and they confide in each other after Squirrelflight notices this similarity. They fall for each other after many moons together (something I want to write about) and their plans to run away were built around their belief that they would feel happier helping those outside of the clans since they felt like their places within them were flimsy at best.
Nightcloud: Also less snippy than her book counterpart, she’s similar to Crowfeather in not feeling welcome in her clan, though this is directly tied to the actions of the rebellion. She takes on some of what Crowfeather had, trying to do things to be more accepted by her clan but ultimately choosing to do things that she personally cares about. I’ll be showcasing this more when she finds and adopts this story’s Breezekit, going against her clan’s wishes for his sake.
Squirrelflight: This brings me to Squirrelflight, who’s biggest difference is who she lets into her life. I will be keeping her sassy, though possibly softer than in the books, and her affinity for going for the things she believes is right will tie her to Nightcloud who ends up doing the same thing. Brambleclaw will not be her mate in this, and Ashfur’s whereabouts are currently unknown. Because she no longer needs to hide the three, I’ll be working on what her arc will be.
Part of this is because I haven’t read the books in a long time, but another part is that the way I want this plot to go requires certain cats to have deep motivations than they had in the books.
Next is some minor setting changes to make writing it more comfortable for me personally.
Brackenfur is the Thunderclan deputy instead of Brambleclaw, which will be plot relevant as I develop things more. Otherwise I just feel like Brackenfur makes logical sense.
Medicine cats are now called healers.
The powers that the three prophecy cats have are not the same as before, and in addition, they manifest in the mothers first. I thought it’d be cool to have Leafpool have more of an active role in helping her clan as well as have the choice to leave be a choice she’s able to make.
On the topic of the three, I am still unsure of who will be part of the prophecy, but my current set up is that Lionblaze stays with his parents while Hollyleaf and Jayfeather come back to the clans.
That’s all I have so far! All of these details are subject to change, so if anyone has any suggestions, feel free to send them to me!
