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[sundrownclans]

Fireclan: Swift & Battle-Ready

Fireclan are a sort of shadowclan and windclan fusion. They run upon the open moors and dodge the fires of greenleaf. They are always ready for a fight and delight in adrenaline rushes. They are lean, mean fighting machines!

Camp time: They have no nests and instead sleep in a giant pile in the centre. The ranking from centre outwards goes like Queens/kits>Elders>Apprentices>Warriors. The leader’s and Medicine den are both dug out. On extremely stormy nights, queens, elders and apprentices will cram themselves into the medicine cat den while warriors will rotate in the leader’s den.

Leader: Foxstar (6/9 lives) Deputy: Darktooth Medicine Cat: Spottedbrook

Tradition time

Courting: Fireclan cats don’t put a big emphasis on relationships and polyamory isn't some big taboo. Every cat loves each other pretty much. In terms of courting a specific cat, they’ll challenge them to a battle and the two cats will spar. If the challenger wins they become ‘mates’. Only if the loser accepts, of course.

Battle time: When it comes to border fights, if Fireclan is aware of the upcoming fight… the medicine cats will harvest the mass amount of death berries on the hill of little lake and mush it up in a form of body paint which the participating warriors will roll around in for the battle. Other clans have learnt that you do not bite them. When done, the warriors will ignore all wounds and immediately cleanse themselves in the ocean. While this is an easy way to clean wounds, warriors have died because they haven't got the medical care they needed in time.

Name time: Full warrior names are rarely used because all cats tend to be close. They prize brutal names and renaming is common. Names like Brokenface seem cruel to other clans but cats in Fireclan love the intimidation factor.

Rank up time: While an apprentice may be granted their warrior name, they will not be considered a warrior until the do a ‘fire run’ which is where they grab a stick, grab some fire from a wildfire and bring it to a specified area to burn and smoke out prey, much like a firehawk. It’s a similar process from warrior to elder, to do one last ‘fire run’. Medicine cats are supposed to make the pre-battle body paint.

Story time: A common legend is how Firestar figured out how to make use of fire in smoking out prey, it normally goes along the lines of how he observed a Firehawk and copied it, as well as taking its name.

Another legend tells of Ravenwind, a she-cat who was born blind yet became the swiftest hunter Fireclan ever had. They say she single-handedly saved the clan from starving in leaf-bare. They also say Star granted the entirety of the night sky for her to roam upon her death.

Extra time: Because there is no nursery, newborn kits and mother will spend the first moon in the medicine den. When out, Queens ‘chickening’ kits isn’t uncommon. There are also constant lookouts on duty watching for hawks.

Saying time: For a clan meeting, a leader will say ‘All cats for which the fires run’ which is an odd phrasing but has overtime become a leader thing and something to say to a fireclan cat to wish good luck.

[residences-of-the-darkforest]

The ref for Raceglint sprung this idea into my head:

Raceglint: *obviously dysphoric and nitpicking his stripes*

Magpieleap: Hi Racer :3 How are you handsome :3 Does my boyfriend need anything :3 *insert other masc terms*

Raceglint: *Blue screened and flustered*

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anyways I just think Magpie is very very aggressive when it comes to making Race feel better :D

I have nothing to add to that, that is just so wholesome!

[residences-of-the-darkforest]

And Raceglint has arrived! the trio is together again :D

[residences-of-the-darkforest]

Got thinking about how Raceglint and Magpieleap break the news they're having kits to Spotgrowl and this is pretty much how it'd go:

Raceglint: Hey, Spot, we have something to tell you...

Spotgrowl: What's up you two?

Magpieleap: Racer's expecting our kits, and we both want you to be their godparent. Figured it'd only fair since you basically raised me, and Raceglint's pretty fond of you as well.

Spotgrowl: shocked

Also Spotgrowl: absolultly sobbing from happiness. He then proceeds to get worried out of his mind about the possible struggles the kits will run into.

(the kits get blessed by Firesnap, who got into StarClan. He was Raceglint's best friend and wants his kits have as good as a chance as possible)

was promoted to extra parent and instantly went into parent mode

[residences-of-the-darkforest]

Dark Forest Resident: Spotgrowl

Aliases / Nicknames: Spotty, Spot, Butcherbird, King of the Brook

Gender: male (he/him)

Sexuality: asexual, aromantic (most likely, but he hasn't paid attention due to being busy with vengeance)

Family:  unnamed biological parent

Other Relations: Magpieleap (sibling figure), Raceglint (close friend), Firesnap (Raceglint's close friend [affectionate annoyance]), Blazerun (ally from the streets, takes it upon himself to be Spotgrowl's guard), Hawksky (sparring partner who is also the deputy)

Clan: LostClan, formerly a loner

Rank: Warrior

Characteristics: fierce, angry at the world, good at fighting, highly loyal, very devoted to his friends/family, short (joke)

Murder Motive: pushed over the edge by the death of his close friend, cats going after what Spotgrowl called his

Number of Victims: 2+

Number of Murders: 2+

Murder Method: Snapping neck, slitting of the throat

Known Victims: two unnamed rogues + various cats on the street (before joining the Clan)

Victim Profile: the cats who killed Raceglint, the cats who tried to hurt him or his family

Cause of Death: unspecified sickness

Cautionary Tale: for the love of anything holy, DO NOT MURDER CATS FOR CULTISH REASONS. YOU WILL BE MURDERED IN REVENGE

Story: 

Spotgrowl's paws have always been stained with blood. The metallic tang of it is a scent he knows well, and it holds a bit of comfort.

The first cat to make him question if this was a good thing was his beloved Magpie. Magpie burst into his life, and made himself at home. And Spotgrowl loved him for it.

Magpie was like a sibling to him. The littermate neither of them had.

When Magpie came home with a tom he said he had made friends with, Spotgrowl was wary. He knew the taste of betrayal well, and he'd go through darkness and back to keep his sibling from going through the same.

Yet, Racer was an excellent addition to the group. He ran a 'gambling ring', and took part in others. He shared similarities with both Magpie and Spot, and he was kind and oh so loyal to them.

So it hurt like hell when Raceglint was found dead in an alley.

Magpieleap didn't handle it well.

When Magpieleap also didn't return home, Spotgrowl went looking for his sibling with a heavy heart. He knew the second he saw Raceglint's body where those two would end up, but it still hurt to see Magpie's body.

Spotgrowl wasn't proud of his past killings. It was what was needed to do on the streets. It wasn't what he enjoyed.

That being said, he was very good at what he knew how to do.

Additional Information:

--Submission by @indigo-flightly-falls

--He's the second oldest out of the trio! Despite this he's the sole holder of the braincell.

--He also had the worse upbringing, and is VERY defensive of cats who might not be comfortable in their home life. (Indigo's note: "now I want him to meet Floodleopard. I think it'd be funny to see this short cat who has murdered countless cats get all murderous again after learning how some of the kits came into her care." Agreed).

--His life was cut short by an illness, but he doesn't really mind. just means he got to see Raceglint and Magpieleap again.

--If Race and Magpie ever had kits, Spot'd be the kits' godparent.

--Oh and Spotgrowl is short ^-^

[residences-of-the-darkforest]

... remember how I said I had some dark kit ideas for Raceglint and Magpieleap?

there are now five bird themed children who love shiny things and still have no fighting skill besides what Spotgrowl can teach them

Their names:

Sparrowkit/Sparrowshine (named after Magpieleap's nickname and Raceglint's love of shiny things)

Bluejaykit/Bluejayshimmer (named after the territorial bird and again, Raceglint liking shiny things)

Shrikekit/Shrikemoth (named after both Magpie's nickname and the actual bird, and he has a adoration of moths)

Canarykit/Canarycall (named after Canarysky, one of Magpie's friends, and the fact that canaries tend to stop singing in tight areas if the air is getting bad)

Starlingkit/Starlingsnarl (named after Magpie's sibling and Spotgrowl)

[sundrownclans]

Magpiepaw! (Later, Magpieleap) the redesign of the dude in my prof pic. He is also ¼ protagonists~ The fireclan one, to be specific. He’s energetic and full of spunk and a very curious kitty. He loves his apprenticeship, which is to Foxstar of all cats! He has siblings, but he’s not very close to them (perhaps there’s reason or maybe they just don’t gel), instead he’s much closer with the younger Hollowkit/paw Mentor: Foxstar Kin: Mother - Tigertail, Father - Darktooth, Siblings - Doepaw, Elkpaw, Tigerstrike, Cheetahsprint and Leopardfoot

7 moons