#shredtail

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If your requests are open, I’d love to see you draw Snowtuft!

Here's one of the frames of my lastest animation :D

[diaswarriorcats]

[ploverpaw]

It sure is ⬇️

Dark Forest guy [E I like to imagine his comments to Thistleclaw about family were sincere because ☝️ I think it is the more interesting option for his character and my agenda will always be to humanize the dark forest cats where I can “Snowfur was your mate.” Shredtail narrowed his eyes. “Aren’t you grieving, too?” “Of course!” Thistleclaw slashed at a moss-coated tree. “Snowfur shouldn’t have died! It should’ve been Bluefur on the Thunderpath instead!” “What about your kit?” Shredtail pressed. “Your son?”

In Rudyverse Shredtail's mate and kits are killed after sheltering in a badger den, and Shredtail leads a very unnecessary very bloody war against every badger they can hunt down, crossing moral bounds several times. Partially because of the above and this line: “Grief can bring strength,” Shredtail warned.

But also because I feel it gives more weight to this scene right before his death- “Shall I let my Clanmates finish you off?” Shredtail gloated. Then he glanced past Lionblaze’s shoulder and his gaze suddenly glittered with fear. The paws gripping Lionblaze’s throat dropped away. He smelled the scent of badger’s breath as Midnight moved behind him. “Destiny is the choice of every cat,” she rasped in his ear. “But some cats have destiny chosen for them.” She turned and lumbered away.

[darkforestpetalkit]

Shredtail!

[lemnnshark]

"Shredtail is a ragged, scrawny, dark brown tabby tom with criss-cross scars running across his pelt."

[quiverpaw]

[doyoulikethiswarriorcat]

Shredtail of dark forest fame

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[mothmans-warriors-designs]

Shredtail was a ShadowClan cat who lived under the reigns of Flowerstar, Ripplestar, and Marshstar (all canon cats from CotC). He got his name after his tail had to be amputated after he took out three warriors at once during Ripplestar's gathering ambush. He was a highly respected warrior and a candidate for Marshstar's second deputy, but after his daughter was killed by the RiverClan deputy Maplepelt (not a canon character), he vowed revenge. He slowly taught himself to swim, and after moons of waiting, he snuck onto RiverClan territory, took out the Warrior guarding the camp that night, and murdered Maplepelt's son in his sleep. However, the RiverClan cats woke up and attacked him, leaving him with a deep gut wound. He managed to get back to ShadowClan territory, but died before reaching the camp. His body was found the next day by a patrol.

Also his previous name was Brambletooth

Born: 1917

First Appeared: Fading Echoes

Died: 1924, of a gut wound inflicted by a RiverClan warrior

Faded: The Last Hope, killed in the Great Battle

Mother: Unknown

Father: Unknown

Mate: Crowclaw

Kit: Darkstep

Mentor: Unknown

Apprentice: Unknown but he did have one