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River Colony Line-up- Shifting Roots
Art by Snap
“You were saying, Cherryrill?”
@cloudedmoonofficial must be reading my mind — I was thinking about Cherryrill at the beginning of the week when I started brainstorming this, and then we got a bio on this badass lady
Mentors and New-Claws
River Colony is near to bursting with New-Claws in need of training! Good thing there is a large and robust group of Mentors to see to the task! It is typically the job of the Mentors to have a wide wealth of knowledge concerning all subjects an adult cat needs to know to be a good Ranger: Hunting techniques, best places to scout for materials, watching the weather, battle techniques, and so on. And these Mentors pass that information among each other so that knowledge isn’t lost. Cooperation between Mentors is key.
The Mentors of the River-lands have had their share of disagreements, however. Rapidsnap being the eldest Mentor has the most knowledge and authority, but she has been swayed by Rainfall’s opinion that training should be happening quicker and with more emphasis on obedience, personal responsibility, and results. Ferneyes, Cherryrill, Mistyclaw, and Swiftmask have little choice but to follow her lead, but with the amount of New-Claws to train, the result of this has been a young generation of cats that are rowdy and all fighting each other to be the best.
Most of the New-Claws aspire to be cool and in control like their dear Captain, and the Mentors have to find a way to work around that, for their own sake as well as theirs.
Cherryrill, Shamed River Colony Mentor
Although Cherryrill mostly trained the older new-claws, Moss knew she had also been a loyal ranger her entire life. No one had a bad word to say about Cherryrill, except for maybe Iceclaw—but Moss couldn’t think of a single cat who Iceclaw liked other than Rainfall.
The River Colony cats reference sheets for the Chapter One animation! These are fairly simple ref sheets because there was a lot of characters in the 1st episode. Just enough info to get the episode done, basically! haha Snap and I also knew the characters well enough to get by with just a simple cheat sheet. We now make much more detailed character sheets. Also, please ignore the WarriorCats lingo still present on some of this older art lol
Art by Tennelle and Snap
In river colony who were the envoys before Pineclaw? I remember Splash and I think it was Cherryrill, but was there anyone else? And if you don’t mind, what were the former envoys like on the council?
Sharkscale, Streamleap and Lilypond were the older Envoys. Splash and Cherryrill were also Envoys, yeah.
Sharkscale was close friends with Poolglare, the previous captain, and always seemed to be at odds with his other friend, Frozenpool. She opposed Rainfall being made Second, but Frozenpool was very convincing at Council meetings.
Streamleap and Lilypond were very outspoken leaders as well. Cherryrill's mother and 'mother-in-law' figure. Streamleap was very serious, no one wanted to be on her bad side. Lilypond was a spirited and fun-loving cat who was out to help everyone and she was a strong candidate for Second, but she herself, supported Brightscale instead, so when he died it left the three older ladies a little off balance.
I’m curious about Cherryrill. Since she’s Frozen’s mentor, I’m wondering about the reason why Rainfall chose her. Mingling with cats from other colonies at a gathering and warning them to steer clear of Iceclaw’s patrol doesn’t make Cherryrill appear like a Rainfall loyalist that would be expected to mentor Frozen, so is it like keeping an eye on Cherryrill or something else?
Cherryrill has a history of disagreement with Rainfall, so she has been put in her place. Being Frozen's teacher is mostly a way for Rainfall to keep her in line; she can train Frozen and be loyal to the "royal family" or she can be disappeared like some others who have crossed Rainfall. Cherryrill reads this loud and clear.
-Snap
Conversations at the Moonlight Meeting
We had our voice actors record conversations at the Meeting you can hear in the background of Chapter 1! See if you can pick out some of the conversations in the episode:
