A council is meant to represent the will of the colony. Composed of Elders, Envoys and the Second, this mix of voices and opposing positions is meant to fulfill the needs of all instead of letting the Captain hold absolute sway in any given decision. But these systems can be manipulated and abused…
River Colony’s Council has been carefully curated to a single vision: Rainfall’s. Iceclaw, Pineclaw, and Frozenpool have absolute loyalty to Rainfall, so even if Creekbend voices dissent, he is outvoted every time. Rainfall does hope to expand the Council gradually, but she has to be absolutely certain of a cat’s loyalties before anyone has a chance of becoming an Envoy.
Since Rainfall’s ascension, many Envoys have been deemed unworthy for the task. Cherryrill wasn’t mature enough to let things go, and Splashmist spoke treasonously. Truly, Captain Poolglare was too lax, while Rainfall expects nothing but the finest.
reworked Tigerstar family tree, starting all the way up at Gorseclaw (Cloudstar's son who's stated to be his ancestor). once again, lots of inspiration taken from bonefall's thunderclan tree.
i do use bone's 3 strict rules for fixing trees, with the tweak that characters must be more distant than second cousins to be compatible, rather than first. most important to know is the Queen's Rights.
See Also: AppleKin, FernKin, FireKin, GrayKin, SandKin, TallKin
Renamings:
Hollytuft + Larksong > Hollysong
Tigerstar (AVoS) > Heartstar (her warrior name is the same)
Changes made:
Spottedpelt is not listed because she's not really relevant (and also I kinda forgor), but she is still Gorseclaw's sister. His killing of her triggered a generational curse; that brown tabby TigerKin would lose their golden siblings.
Shinecloud is previously from a facebook statement, as Oakstar's first mate and Frecklewish's mom. She's now Oakstar's sister, as a continuation of the curse.
Leopardfoot and Pinestar are no longer mates. They were coparents; Leopardfoot wanted her kits to have a strong sire, and Pinestar wanted the comfort of parenthood.
Mistkit & Nightkit are golden to fit the curse.
Leopardstar is now Hawkfrost & Mothwing's mother. She was planned to be just an honor sire for Tigerstar and his mate, Nightwhisper (who is taking Canon Sasha's roles as she's doing other things in my tree/AU), but when Tigerstar died and Tigerclan fell apart, she was stuck with them.
Lynxkit and Swiftpaw are now Tigerstar's kits, for simplicity.
Brambleclaw and Squirrelstar still raise the three, but Hollyleaf voided her parent's queen's rights, so they're socially viewed as Leafpool's. Brambleclaw disowned the three after the reveal, so they have no reason to be listed here.
Jessy is now the mother of Brambleclaw's kits instead of Squirrelstar; she is infertile, and they are divorced.
Tawnypelt and Rowanclaw have two litters, to eliminate the age gap between Tigerheart and Dovewing. Dawnpelt and Flametail are part of the older one, while Dandilionkit, Heartstar and Juniperkit are the younger.
Tigerkit was initially named Flowerkit after Goldenflower, but after her sibling's young deaths, Tawnypelt renamed her as a challenge to the stars.
Hollytuft and Larksong have been combined into Hollysong.
Nightheart is FireKin through Hollysong.
i've replaced NightSun with SunFinch for entirely petty reasons. if NightSun has no haters I am dead. they broke up officially after Nightheart returned from his road trip with Frostpaw.
Strikestone and Nettlesplash had a very brief fling during the period where Skyclan and Shadowclan were combined. They split apart alongside their clans while Strikestone was pregnant.
Pouncestep is now Strikestone's daughter so Dovewing's first litter can have a consistent naming theme.
Frondwhisker is also Strikestone's daughter for similar reasons; she was the 'nobody' of her canon litter, and I felt Pounce needed a sibling.
