#harrierpaw

[foxglovesound]

Chipmunk of Thornwood Sound

Name: Chipmunk Past Names: N/A Age: 10 months Rank: Student, fellow preference Identity & Pronouns: CIS tom, he/him  Orientation: Undisclosed 

Family:

Murrelet || father, exiled and joined Openheath Hillock

Lamprey || mother, Thornwood Sound fellow

Weasel || sister, Thornwood Sound seer student

Otter || brother, Thornwood Sound student (caretaker preference)

Residency: Lamprey’s Residency 

[foxglovesound]

Does harrierpaw know how abusive elmfoot is 😭

posting beneath the cut since it mentions some of elmfoot's abuse vaguely!

yes unfortunately he's aware ! roseface, cricketpaw, hollypaw, duckpaw, and emberpaw caught elmfoot mid-act and roseface kinda wailed on him while duck went to go get help (bringing lampreyface and another patrol along in the process). when rose told plum about what happened and the apprentices verified it, elmfoot's actions were laid out for the rest of riverclan to know and he was driven out sooo yeah harrierpaw is aware

his reasoning for why he still keeps in contact with elmfoot though is that he's his dad and he feels an obligation, plus he always admired elmfoot as a warrior and it's hard for him to let that go. on the darker side, he also believes that elmfoot had good intentions in what he was doing which is uhhhhhh bad

[foxglovesound]

why did windclan take in elmfoot after he was exiled(?)? does he try to reach out to his kits at gatherings or do riverclan stop him from talking to them?

elmfoot fled to windclan during the period when the windclan-riverclan war was still going on (which, in fact, is still technically going on by the start of the comic). yellowstar (at the time, yellowbreeze) was the one who vouched for him joining windclan as a strategy point: elmfoot had an intimate knowledge of riverclan, from their battle strategies to their battle formations and layouts to the very heart of their territory, and he could absolutely provide to windclan some excellent knowledge and an advantage on riverclan.

of course, he wasn't exactly welcomed in with open arms. even cats like yellowbreeze who vouched for him were still wary of his intentions. he joined as a low status known as preyblood and wasn't really incorporated into the clan as an official warrior until some time had passed. he wasn't even allowed to leave the camp without an escort for a while too, nor did he go to the first few gatherings after joining

that being said, elmfoot does try to reach out to his kits, sorta. otterpaw he obviously doesn't try to communicate with (and even if he did, the adult warriors of riverclan would intervene before he even got close), but he did try to communicate with cricketpaw and harrierpaw at first. cricketpaw steadfastly decided she wants nothing to do with him so she turned down any approach elmfoot managed to weasel in, and while harrierpaw does want to contact his father, the rest of riverclan isn't too keen on letting elmfoot around him during the gatherings... that doesnt stop harrierpaw from sneaking out to windclan's border at night though >>

[foxglovesound]

What's up with the heart eyes in harrierpaws eyes? 👁

:3c

lets just say ive been doing a little bit of harrierpaw development as an antagonist... and lets just say ive figured out how to make his descent from rowdy teen to full-blown antagonist a parallel to a certain other character's story arc ;3c