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.. do crow and wild have other siblings? what do their parents look like?
Yep! They have Whitethroat and Smudge, with Wildfire being the only kitten from Nutmeg and the other three from Quince.
They're all siblings though, raised communally. I'll have a post on the genetics of Felis Artis and families later down the line, and I'll focus on this little family in that big post :)
mr malicious smiler sir! care to elaborate about crowtongue (the boy) and crowtongue (language)? is crowtongue (the boy) associated with crows?
yes!
When the Firetwins enter the forest for the first time, they get lost. Hopelessly so. In annoyance, Tiny, in his annoyance, hisses out a swear word in Corvidclaw, which their mothers taught them both, as per tradition. Smokepaw, who had been stalking them for a while, thinks it to be a call for reinforcements in Crowtongue, and absolutely bodies Tiny. Full on tackles him, to which Rusty brutally attacks and wounds Smokepaw before fleeing.
Bluestar named Crowpaw that for his color, having no idea of what transpired at the border. Such a small thing. Later, when she's told of what happens, she huffs a small laugh and says nothing else.
At the ceremony, the newly named Crowtongue fumes quietly. He wants to be treated with respect, not named after his crush's linguistic fumble. Prairieclaw, noticing this, allows Crowtongue to vent. Soon, they're close.
It burns.
Crowstar practices his Corvidclaw a lot once he becomes leader. He teaches Tigerbeetle a lot of what he knows, and encourages them to learn more from the birds around the territory.
Crowstar's last words spoken in Corvidclaw translate to a native saying, directly translating to "Blackbird-thoughts" but meaning "Your thoughts are cluttered". He says it to himself as he walks to the beach.
Wait wait wait go back tell me more about the self-cannibalizing fish
:3
On the first day of apprenticehood, Crowpaw carves a trout with Smallear's help. It's lumpy and lopsided, but he grins as he blows the wood shavings away and presents the gift to his brother, Wildpaw.
Wildpaw grins at the gift. Once they're appointed warriors and have their own necklaces, Wildfire carves a hole and places it in the center of his array of trinkets on his necklace.
Eventually, it breaks off and Wildfire places it in his nest.
Once Crowtongue returns one day, alone after a walk with Wildfire, and weeps into Wildfire's nest. He finds the trout, and makes a plan. His eyes blaze.
In the temple for the Vigil of Thunder, he sets the trout on fire. He watches it smolder and burn before taking it back to camp after the prayer session has ended. He weeps.
Later that week, he will walk down to the river and see a huge trout, beached and with a broken spine, eating it's own tail. He puts it out of it's misery and takes it back to his vigil to cook and eat.
Darkflower paints fish bones into Wildfire's Execution and Crowtongue sobs at the sight of it. Trout, by the looks of it. He sets the carving on fire and swears off eating fish for the rest of his life.
shall the masses know about crow star and wildfires fucked up sibling relationship?
THEY SHALL!!!!
the masses dont even know about their self-cannibalizing fish motif and im NORMAL!!!! they dont even KNOW about burning wood statues and the blood of their own leader being used to kill Crowtongue's "father".
OUGHHHHHHHH IM SO NORMAL!!! below is an excerpt from a discord conversation i had while talking abt felis-artis
"me when i have an unhealthy attachment and detachment to my sibling and the idea of him, so much so that i leave him to die and then he gets executed and then i have to live with the fact that i killed him. anyways hi im crowstar felis artis and i approve this message"
that basically sums crowstar's thoughts on his brother up, but what about mr-execution victim himself? just listen to "Becky's New Car" by That Handsome Devil and it helps scope out the vibes for wildfire because. IM SO NORMALLLL
i love them and they deserve everything that comes to them because they caused all of it. they are brothers in blood and flaws. they should weep into each others arms.
What is Yellowfang/Snakefang’s relationship with Fire in this
Sootbite knew of a pair of kittypets joining the Vigil of Thunder, but didn't think much of it. She thought, "good, that rat-tailed Vigil finally is getting away from their horrid heritage from the Oakbranch Laws," and left it at that.
However, when she left and took on her new name, she made her way to where the town is. She didn't get that far, having been injured in her chase from the Vigil of Shadow's territory. She twisted her leg when the mud slipped from beneath her. She says it was from a warrior though. She knows when to say that she was bested by what was once her homeland.
She is found by Wildpaw and Crowpaw. Crowpaw suggests killing her, using what his mentor taught him, and Wildpaw objects, saying that Prairieclaw is a brute and that she was once a bishop. Crowpaw pales and apologizes, and offers to take her to camp.
She is barely conscious, infecting having found the joint, and limps to the Vigil of Thunder camp.
She is grateful for Wildpaw, and silently vowed to repay that grace. He saved her life, because although he didn't seem to think that Crowpaw could do it, she knew how Prairieclaw functioned at Gatherings, and she knew that Crowpaw would have.
She tries to get to know the boy, to love him as she loves Wildpaw, but it's in vain. She focuses on Wildpaw, and she knows shes doing wrong. She wants to help this kid.
Snakefang doesn't.
Except when it really matters. She sees a scavenger do it's job, and she helps. Crowtongue will grow into a fine young cat, she thinks, but it's all...
Its all burned.
what is the impact of wildfire's death?
OH. MY.
SO MUCH.
I've highlighted his values in another post, but...
At first, it's not much. Oh, an execution of another Vigil's member. New, but not exactly strange. And then the Bonehill's executions begin.
He's the first to die, not among the ivory of willow, but upon the heavy ground, laced with dew and drenched in humidity. His fur is soaked. His eyes stare out. Darkflower stares at her new friend, now dead. She paints his death onto canvas (accidentally creating a new pigment for paint, a brighter red) and it's regarded as one of the strongest pieces of art in the coming time.
This art is passed around a lot. First, it's traded into the Vigil of River, and then into the Vigil of Wind, and the Vigil of Thunder for a little while, before ending up in the Vigil of the Sky's camp. They dress it and seal it, the first painting to be sealed properly and safely is this one, and then display it openly.
It's a reminder of everything the other four vigils' culture brings into the world.
are there any moments or characters that exist just for fun?
Yes! A bunch of silly scenes are planned between Wildfire and Crowtongue, Wildfire and his new family, Wildfire and Bluestar, et cetera. Nothing with Crowtongue and anyone else, really.
favourite character you've written so far?
oh, definitely Wildfire and Crowtongue, not Crowstar. Crowstar will be hell to write because he decides he's going to turn his life around, but then ruins his entire Vigil's quality of life before the Great Journey. Horrible. Wildfire, especially near his end, is VERYY fun to write.
