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Well, I know I already made a design for this guy. But with the new poll released on the official Warriors website for fans to decide on Rootpaw's warrior name (which you can find HERE) came the revelation that Rootpaw has blue eyes. Just slapping some blue eyes on the broken mackeral tabby design I had for him didn't look right, so I decided to totally revamp his design instead. So here is Rootpaw's new design. ^^

More under the cut:

The only description we have of Rootpaw so far is that he's a yellow tom (now with blue eyes). That's the same description as his dad, so I decided to try and make his phyiscal build more like his mom's to add some variety. He's a shorthair like Violetshine, rather than having long fur like his dad, and he's on the lither side like her, though of course all of this is subject to change if more of Rootpaw's description is given in the text, this is just what I'm going with for now based on what we have to work with. Before, I designed him as a broken mackeral tabby like his dad. Now, however, with his canon blue eyes, I decided a lynx point tabby pattern would help make those blue eyes look a little less out of place. He's still got the same stripe markings as before, but now with different colors, similar to Tree's but with more of them, to fit the pointed tabby pattern. Overall, I'm really happy with how this turned out.  He doesn't look almost identical to his dad anymore, and while I liked the other design I came up with for him, I honestly love how the point pattern looks together with those blue eyes, and I love his new colors and how his pattern looks overall.

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Moon 268-Greenleaf

Hyacinthpaw (13) and Hatchpaw (13) have both been made warriors!  Hyacinthpaw is now Hyacinthstripe, in honor of his drive.  During the ceremony, his eyes gleam as he stares up at Creekstar (122).  He’s determined to be up there one day and serve the Clan as best he can until then.  Hatchpaw is now Hatchswipe, in honor of her loyalty.  Despite not being very involved in their lives, Rootwing is proud of his children.  Speaking of children, with Vaxxstreak (154) injured in the medicine den and Creekstar herself getting older, she decides to make some time to spend with Spotfoot (49)  Her son has become so cranky-she just wants to tell him to lighten up!  He refrains from mentioning that she was the one who needed to lighten up when he was young.  Rubbleheart (64) loves spending time with Tumbleswoop (57) and feels most like himself arond him.  However, Tumbleswoop is ready to have kits and Rubbleheart wants to wait a bit.  They should settle into their relationship first, right?  Meanwhile, Hopedawn (57) decides that it can’t hurt for her and Lakepelt (76) to freshen up on some battle moves.  And she compliments Lakepelt the whole time they’re training.  Dawnfreckle (51) and Spotfoot are also doing some training.  Dawnfreckle’s supposed to be showing Spotfoot a cool battle move but messes it up so badly that Spotfoot cringes.  Nettlestripe (37) spends some time with Almondback (39) and Brightmouse (43) and complains about how Skipneedle rolled her eyes after he asked for help.  Brightmouse laughs, mostly at him.  Nettlestripe and Brightmouse decide to go out on a patrol together and are ambushed by rogues.  They easily drive the group off using their knowledge of the rocky terrain and Brightmouse and Nettlestripe’s fire-blessings to scare them off.  Treepaw (8) really looks up to her mentor, Greenrapid (24), so she is surprised when Greenrapid asks for help.  Treepaw doesn’t give her any useful answers or advice, though.  She just keeps asking ‘why?’  Archdapple (43) has seen a lot of cats complaining about how ‘soft’ and ‘stupid’ kittypets are, but she doesn’t agree.  She met quite a few kittypets during her wander and was impressed with their bravery.  Kittypets aren’t really that bad.  However, It turns out that Creekstar was right to want to get to know Spotfoot.  While on a patrol with Dawnfreckle, he is captured by twolegs. 

Healer’s Den: Rubbleheart (mangled tail), Sweet Marmalade (claw wound), Vaxxstreak (infected mangled tail), Greenrapid (sprain)

Hyacinthstripe gave Streamhiss nettles (accessory).

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Moon 263-Leaf-bare

Hopedawn (52) seems to be taking a leaf out of Rootwing’s (30) book and, on a mediation mission to RaccoonClan over herb disputes, ends up making the situation worse.  She claims it due to her being little distracted lately because Stonekit’s(2) always getting under her paws and trying to hunt the bugs that hang out in the Mediator’s den. Downgaze (44)  tries to explain that the mediator needs space to work, but Stonekit doesn’t get it. While most of the cats are annoyed by Stonekit this moon, Bluestripe (38) is surprised to hear him express an ideal she agrees with. She didn’t expect that coming from a star-blessed cat.  Primcrest (104) continues to try and be friendly with Bluestripe and waves to her with her tail as they cross paths on the territory.  Primcrest’s son, however, is being argumentative.  Dawnfreckle (46) was assigned to fix something around camp with Vaxxstreak (146).  The elder was not thrilled at having to do something other than relax and argued with Dawnfreckle.  Tumbleswoop (52) stepped in and helped Dawnfreckle fix it instead.  There’s romance brewing between Tumbleswoop and Rubbleheart (59).  Tumbleswoop shows off some moves for fighting on unstable slopes, that can be done with any type of magic.  Rubbleheart watches with overly admiring eyes.  Tumbleswoop smirks and shows off a bit. Hyacinthpaw (8) continues to be a model student and makes sure to check in on Kestrelcreek (52) when she cleans out the warrior’s den. Kestrelcreek has always been a bit of a loner, but Almondback (34) seems to be growing on her.  Almondback makes her laugh again and again. Streamhiss (34) has no romance on her mind and loves having apprentices in the camp.  It means she gets to play pranks on other warriors and blame them on the apprentices.  Blizzardback (26) joins in on the fun.  Lakepelt (71), despite being relatively new to the Clan, has noticed that Creekstar (117) just seems generally anxious.  She checks in with the leader and offers her some thyme to help her relax.  Creekstar takes it gratefully.  Brightmouse (38) makes sure to check on Archdapple (38) after she gets yellowcough and asks her if she’s heard from StarClan lately.  Archdapple hasn’t, but reassures Brightmouse that she’ll tell her if she hears anything from StarClan, knowing that her sister is actually wondering after news from Shinebreak.  While on a patrol, Brightmouse and Spotfoot (44) encounter some twolegs.  They expertly hunt around them by using Brightmouse’s fire to flush prey towards themselves.  Maybe the Clan’s learning to keep its distance from twolegs! 

Healer’s den: Archadapple (yellowcough), Donwgaze (broken bone), Bluestripe (frostbite), Nettlestripe (dislocated joint), Greenrapid (broken bone), Skipneedle (joint pain), Hatchpaw (scrapes)

Meta: And here we are! We've reached the point in the game that I had played to when I started this blog! Thank you all for sticking with me through these many many moons. And there are many more moons to come! Now, I've played through moon 332. After I started this blog, I made a couple of changes to how I kept track of events in the game. For example, I started tracking who's in the healer's den (as you may have noticed). I also started taking screenshots of each cat's first page of relationships (so the top eight cats they have the most feelings for) every six moons. That means that I should be able to answer any questions about relationship statuses with some degree of accuracy! I also started keeping better track of personality changes, so I can note those too. Hope you enjoy the changes!

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Moon 261-Leaf-bare

Well, turns out Hershey (27) won’t have to answer that question, because he died of redcough.  RIP Hershey. Meanwhile, Downgaze (42) and Rootwing’s (28) kits have been made apprentices!  Rootwing hasn’t been very involved in their lives, as he and Downgaze decided, but he’s still proud of them. Whorlpaw (6) is apprenticed to Skipneedle (36), giving the recently proven dark-cursed cat her first apprentice. Hatchpaw (6) is apprenticed to Lilacdrizzle (28).  She’s a little intimidated.  Hyacinthpaw (6)  is apprenticed to Blizzardback (24).  He is very excited and doesn’t want to take any breaks from training.  Although he is a little annoyed that Whorlpaw got apprenticed to Skipneedle instead of him (yes, because powered cats train non-powered cats.  That’s how this Clan works). Rubbleheart (57) has realized that he is the most senior warrior in the Clan.  He decides to watch out for the younger cats, even the dark-cursed ones, and surprises Bluestripe (36) with something nice and sneaks out of camp with Greenrapid (17).  They’re both a little sad after Hershey’s death, so that should help cheer them up.  The fearsome foursome are working on making some bonds outside of their littermates.  Skipneedle and Brightmouse are sharing prey and chatting over recent Clan news with Greenrapid and Lilacdrizzle.  Bluestripe is connecting with Streamhiss (32) and Archdapple apologizes to Blizzardback for taking their favorite piece of fresh-kill.   Almondback feels sad that he didn’t get to know Xhosa for longer and is listening to Vaxxstreak (147) tell stories about his mother.

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Moon 255-Greenleaf

Downgaze (36) has had his kits!  It turns out their other parent is Rootwing (22).  There’s the little know-it-all Hyacinthkit (0), who’s powerless like Downgaze; the quiet Whorlkit (0), who inherited Rootwing’s water-blessing; and the insecure Hatchkit (0), who’s also powerless.  Brightmouse (30) is having constant nightmares and feels like she’s being haunted by the ghost of Shinebreak.  At least Archdapple’s (30) there to comfort her.  Vaxxstreak (141) is quite fond of Archdapple and makes a plan to sneak out of camp with her.  Spotfoot (36) loves his father and is always happy to grab some fresh-kill for Vaxxstreak to share. Kestrelcreek (44) and Orioleclover (21) are both sort of loners in the Clan, so Kestrelcreek makes sure to complement Orioleclover on her catch, making the younger cat purr.   Paleburst (34) is feeling tired and wonders how the other Clans are doing on Healers.  Do they have any he could borrow?  Skipneedle is happy that she’s proven herself now and listens to Creekstar (109) even when she doesn’t agree with her orders.

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Moon 247-Leaf-fall

Tumbleswoop’s (36) broken leg isn’t getting any better.  In fact, it’s festering.  Echomoor (28) takes a long walk, deep in thought about ways he could help his loved one.  Meanwhile, Streamhiss (18) comes out as a trans she-cat.  You go, girl!  Rootwing (14) goes on his first solo mediation mission to RaccoonClan to solve some border disputes.  But he only makes them worse.  Oof.  Creekstar is not very popular with the newer members of the Clan.  Orioleclover (13) feels like she never does anything helpful, Hopgrowl (270) thinks she isn’t very considerate of others, and Cavekit (5) sticks out his tongue at her.  Oof (x2).  Rubbleheart (43) overhears Creekstar complaining about him behind his back.  He doesn’t appreciate it.  His game of hide and seek was very important.  More important than hunting, even. Skipneedle is amazed at how long Hopgrowl has survived and feels a deep respect for the elder.  Sweet Marmalade (32) is happy to be healthy and makes sure to always check in on his Clanmates.  Shinebreak (22) and Brightmouse (22) are still enjoying the mated life.  Shinebreak purrs for a long time at one of Brightmouse’s lame jokes.  Blizzardpaw (10) is impatient to be a warrior and gets in a spat with Skipneedle (22) over a piece of fresh-kill.  

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