#snakingclan

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altotail

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martyr's omen

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hashtag oc posting!!!!!! finally got back into the groove of drawing snakingclan cats!!! here is alla their lore: + feel free 2 send me questions about them!

sleepy: sleepyheather is a cheery, calm and wise snakingclan warrior. raised by a single mother queen, sleepyheather was taught to always take it slow, listening and giving the best advice & thoughts they can. she grew up on the sidelines, not really caring to stand out or be special. though, as a younger warrior, he always admired tumblingsun's confidence and unwavering logic. sleepyheather eventually started to ask the tom to hang out, which made tumblingsun realize she had a crush on him. the two ended up hitting it off successfully, becoming a wonderful couple, though their differing amounts of confidence often butt heads, with tumblingstar wanting to have fun, while sleepyheather wants to relax. still, they love each other like no other.

when martyrsomen, her and tumblingstar's first child, was born, sleepyheather was happy, though worried. worried mostly about the kit potentially straying down a path of darkness. though, with tumblingstars obvious joy, he was able to set that to the side. even with martyrsomen's big ego and snappy personality, sleepyheather sees no evil in it. the other kittens that were born in sleepyheather's first litter and their deaths upset sleepyheather deeply, though she rarely mentions it.

when savantpaw suddenly appeared, sleepyheather was overjoyed. the deaths of martyrsomen's siblings was still affecting her before savantpaw was born, though with a new child to take care of, sleepyheather managed to mostly put his sadness aside to raise savantpaw. it didn't take long for her to realize savantpaw had gotten a bad idea about himself in his head, and so sleepyheather did everything she could to help encourage and take care of her. she was the one who suggested savantpaw have physical therapy, which the apprentice is ever so grateful for. sleepyheather wants savantpaw to tread back to the right path, though the fear of potentially harming him more haunts her.  tumbling: tumblingstar, originally named tumblingsun, is snakingclan's leader. as a younger warrior, he was confident and logical, making good warrior material. they were very popular, overall living a good life, with lots of friends similar in nature to him. it wasn't until sleepyheather, a cat who he rarely ever talked to, came to him and asked to start hanging out, that he realize 1: she had a crush on him and 2: there was more to life that being a good warrior. being with sleepyheather taught him that there's all sorts of cats out there, and they should look to learn from and befriend everyone - not just cats he's similar to. eventually, the two became mates, loving and cherishing each other. they've had their arguments, and their personalities occasionally butt heads with each other, but overall they're wonderful lovers.

when his first child, martyrsomen, was born, tumblingstar was overjoyed. he knew he had the fabled vivid black markings that snakinclan's founders supposedly had, but seeing his child be born fully covered was almost like a message from starclan. still, it wasn't all happy, as the death of the four other kits in tumblingstar and sleepyheather's first litter hit both of them hard. the two still managed to pull through, and tried to raise martyrsomen to the best of their ability, whether they succeeded or not.

savantpaw was a different case. neither sleepyheather or tumblingstar were expecting another child to be born, though they still accepted savantpaw. it didn't take long for the two to realize he had gotten the idea that he was less than her older sibling, and tumblingstar moreso has done everything in his ability to make the cat feel at home. this went to a point of tumblingstar apprenticing savantpaw himself, and their training has been somewhat successful.  martyr: martyrsomen is a stoic, silent, and ethereal snakingclan warrior. born in a litter of five deformed, albino kittens, martyrsomen was the only one to survive- and the only one to not be fully albino, having vivid black markings stretching all across its body. black markings like these, and similar ones seen on settingsands and martyrsomen's dad tumblingstar are a symbol of respect. it's said the original founders of snakingclan each had these markings, and being born with some nowadays is seen as a blessing. though, that's usually for cats born with little markings, just around their face or other body parts-- a cat born with the full founder's markings hasn't been seen in hundreds of years. because of this, martyrsomen was quickly deemed to be of some importance, gaining intense and unwavering respect from its clanmates. it was expected it'd grow to be a confident, leader-material like cat, but it seemed martyrsomen has strayed into a different path. it's become colder and distant, usually not speaking at all. when it has to, it's snappy, and quick to assume things. still, it seems like martyrsomen has quite the ego, usually referring to itself as chosen.

regarding its family, martyrsomen does highly respect both sleepyheather and tumblingstar. when it comes to savantpaw, though, it acts like its little brother almost doesn't exist! its exact opinion on savantpaw isn't known, as it doesn't bother to speak about her, but it overall seems there is some level of dislike.  savant: savantpaw is a quiet, shy, and dismissive snakingclan apprentice. born to an unwanted and unexpected litter (unexpected in a sense of they were caused by retained sperm (google it) from tumble & sleepys first litter) to tumblingstar and sleepyheather. it didn't take long for the eyes from their clanmates and general tone they were spoken to in for him to discover this truth. still, tumblingstar and sleepyheather took care of her and loved her just as they had loved martyrsomen. savantpaw had some difficulty in their younger years not just from their clanmmates, but also because of the fact his body is, generally, deformed. shorted than usual legs, a wonky back-- they went through a lot of physical training and therapy. nowadays, they're trained under his father, tumblingstar. savantpaw tries to do good and do their best, but they know that they are still just a shadow to martyrsomen. 

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despite everything, its still you

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2 new snakingclan cats i drew tonight! check em out!!! alto lore:

altotail is a fine snakingclan warrior, no prodigy, but still has respect from her clanmates. she was originally found outside the clans at only a few weeks old, and was swiftly taken in. the young kit, oddly, had scars, much to the confusion of ragweedtalon, the clans healer. though, that didn't change anything, and altokit was raised just like any other, just without the knowledge of who or where she came from. but... she's never questioned it. cats have asked her, but she always brushes it away as something she isn't worried about

something that altotail Is worried about though, is how she acts. there is something different about her, but she can't pinpoint it. she shifts away from other's touch, she can't stand loud noises, things that are normal to other cats scare her, and she can't stand the sight of blood, or fighting at all... it's weird. she hasn't been able to figure it out. the only help she's gotten is the kind words and guidance from dredgenight. thicket lore:

thicketpaw has always strived to be the best. the nicest, the strongest, the smartest, that's all he ever wants. as a kitten, thicketkit hoped and prayed he'd become a great warrior, and then deputy-- and leader! though, one day, snakingclan's healer ragweedtalon came to the nursery to check up the only pregnant queen, and eventually got wound up in telling thicketkit and his sibling a story. a story of-- well, themselves, in which ragweedtalon explained the power and joy that came from being a healer and the things they did to save cats previously. ragweedtalon's words lit something up in thicketkit, and from that day afterward, instead of wanted to become the best warrior ever, it's wanted to become the best healer ever!

because of thicketpaw's intense need to become a healer apprentice, ragweedtalon caved and ended up apprenticing thicketpaw at only 5 moons, much to the distaste of their clanmates. ever since, thicketpaw's been training under them, going through all the ups and downs of the usual healer apprentice. there is a lot of potential in the apprentice, but he's still got a long way to go! feel free 2 send me asks about them!

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finished another cat from the loner group!

lore:

oma kirsche hasn't been with the loners for long, only a few moons. they are skittish, nervous, and not very good at normal wild cat activities. they were taken in on a whim after being found all alone, and hurt. the loners fixed them up, though have had some trouble communicating with the cat because they seem to not know cat-speak very well. still, oma kirsche has been living with them just as normal, and was one of the cats who helped decide they should make camp on the edge of snakingclan's land. they are less good at fighting and hunting, and better at mending to cats & the camp. prey wise however, they are quick to work with prey-- stripping feathers from birds for kits to eat, or butchering them into different parts for equal share.

they're quite mysterious, with no cat being able to get a past out of them, or why they were injured. it's only obvious that wherever they are from, they don't want to go back. as the days have gone by, oma kirsche has been mentioning a kit they're looking for.

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hi what is silentspirit’s deal with noonwing

silentspirit is a cat who fell from starclan and realized that noonwing could see her, fell in love, and now tries to persuade noonwing into killing herself so they can both live together in the afterlife

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HI CAN YOU SPEAK MORE OF THE SILLY CLAN YOU HAVE,,,

(that you made a lorepost about a little bit ago)

i can't say TOO much right now cuz i don't actually have a lot planned for them ( i like. JUST made them lol) but i can say a few things! and i can show one thing; this image! just a planning thing for me while i slowly develop the characters lol!

this is my geennnneralll idea for alla the cats i want to include! i want to keep this clan relatively similar to canon, so there's no new fancy weird roles (unless u count mediator lol)! they all have 2 part names blah blah blah u know! i have a few vague ideas for the character's i haven't drawn/named yet, like noonwing's dad, i want him to be gruff and scary but also overprotecting and turns into a shambling mess if anything every goes wrong and then dredgenight's sibling and noonwing i'm going to Try to have an interesting relationship! they're exes but i imagine they'd still be forced to interact on patrols and whatnot and over time realize their break up reason was stupid and maybe become friends again! dredgenight and noonwing in themselves, i want noonwing to go to dredgenight for guidance but also feel offput by it because i imagine the two siblings looking Very Similar i want noonwing's dad and the clan's leader to butt heads a lot, but not in a theyre enemies way but in a theyre rivals way, i want both of the leader's children to have a really specific dynamic where in the younger one looks up to the older one a lot but assumes for various reasons the older one doesn't like them, while in reality the older one does care for them and is really proud of them but is just really really really bad at showing their emotions, i want the loner leader and the clan's deputy to be rivals, while the loner leader and the clan leader have a more awkward but still calm relationship i have a REALLY specific idea for the loner-born cat and the cat's loner parent where in the loner-born cat Knows the loner cat is their parent but refuses to interact with them and denies all connection because of Past Experiences (you do not get to know what they are) while the loner cat is trying to prove to their child that they can come back now and then a few other vague ideas like i want the elder to be kind of like zeff from one piece (idk if i have any other one piece fans following me) and the queen to be a little rude and mature but still really caring (theyre also supposed to have 2 kits i just. forgot to write them down lawl) the only other thing i have to say is about silentspirit! she's not on the image there but i did plan some things for her. she died in her early 30 (moons)'s but has been a ghost for about 60 YEARS, living in starclan for the majority but eventually falling down the moonling about 4 or 5 moons ago