#shimmertail

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wanted to try drawing all of the elders how they would have looked as young adults!

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part 3 of pineclan! i want to say this is the last one, but that would be a lie bc i'm planning to do a couple extra ones~

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here's the final overview for the challenge! took me a little more time than it should have but the point is i FINISHED it and i'm proud. yippee!!

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huevember day 1: shimmertail! gonna try to keep up with this and draw a different oc for each day, i'm already a day behind but i have a job so that happens

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So I've decided to turn permaqueens into an actual rank? I was thinking about how important it would be to have someone knowledgeable around with the queens and kits all the time, so here it is:

Guardians: Some cats may choose to trade their warrior duties for spending all of their time in the nursery. This may seem like an easy life, but these cats have many responsibilities on their shoulders. It is their job to protect the nursery, take care of kits when their dams are away, and manage the wellbeing of all of the cats in the nursery. They are usually strong and fierce fighters, as well as compassionate and caring parental figures. Often, they will learn some basic medicine from the healer, as well as the kitting process so that they can help the queens, especially if the healer is unavailable. This position is usually taken by mollies, but is not exclusively a molly position, and more than a few toms have been known to become guardians. There are usually only one or two at any given time due to limited space in nurseries.

Current guardians are Goldenglow and Rainmist of GlenClan, Shimmertail, Nitfeather and Bouncefoot of PineClan, and Meadowmoth and (later) Dustplume of RiftClan.

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The queens!! All of them got a glow-up, especially Nitfeather because my g o d her old design was so bad. It looked terrible. Looks better now tho. 

Aaaanyways we have:

- Shimmertail, the oldest queen who is kinda petty and self-centered (until the whole thing with Sheen, after that she kinda wisens up and figures herself out for the sake of Galerush and Driftrunner)

- Nitfeather, a former loner and one of the forerunners of the resistance against Vinestar, she was the mate of Blackreed and is the mother of Quickwhisper and Cindershock. She despises Shimmertail for a lot of reasons, which sometimes causes a bit of drama in the nursery.

- Bouncefoot, the beloved nursery tom! He’s very soft-spoken and reserved, much like his sister Fawnstreak. His mate Mistybush got sick and died not long after their kits Fleetkit, Tumblekit, and Littlekit were born, and he took care of them until they became apprentices. He was expected to return to warrior duties, but instead stayed in the nursery as he found it much more enjoyable to take care of kits and help out the queens. He acts as a father figure for kits who don’t have one. 

- Quickwhisper, a young warrior and the youngest of the queens. Her mate is Cloverlight, and their first kit was Swiftsky. She would have returned to warrior duties after he became an apprentice, but her first kitting was hard and left her with a longer recovery period than usual. Then her niece Strikekit was born, and Tangleflower left the nursery almost immediately.. and someone had to take care of her. She tries to stay out of the drama between the two older queens, but secretly she really dislikes Shimmertail as well and tries to offer support for her mother during their more heated spats. She’s a diehard supporter of Rosestar and Hollyfrost.