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[stainedstars-bogclan]

Chapter 8: Birdsong

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I’m really happy to have this chapter done and posted! I’m so glad that I can finally call Foggy by his full healer name now. There’s been plenty of times before where I've called him Foggycinder and had to correct myself.

I’m also really glad to be able to show how Starclan communicates with regular cats vs cats like Eggpaw who have a Starclan connection. Normally, Starclan can only communicate with the living via prophecies and omens.

I’m also excited about being able to get some Chirpquill and Hopesnow backstory in here. We finally know the original reason for why Bogclan has no queens, and we know a bit more about the Starclan and Dark Forest guides now.

[stainedstars-bogclan]

Chapter 4: A Sinking Feeling

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This chapter was definitely a nice break after the last one. Only six characters to draw (three of which only appear once) and simple, easy backgrounds. Plus it was fun to draw the mud and the venus flytrap, as well as writing Foggypaw infodumping about the plants. He’s such a nerd when it comes to plants in the game and I love him for it.

Anyways the next chapter is one that I’m really excited for, and it should be a shorter one so it should hopefully be out sooner rather than later. A lot of stuff has been slowly building up to it so I’m excited to finally get some payoff.

[stainedstars-bogclan]

Chapter 3: Foxes Roam These Woods

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Finally finished chapter 3, aka Foggypaw’s no good, very bad week. This was such a big chapter art wise, which is why it took so long (on top of having to design cats for the other three clans). Hopefully the next chapter will be quicker.

I totally forgot that this chapter takes place in the fall when I was colouring, so that cats keep talking about how cold it is and how the Moon Tree has lost all of its leaves while surrounded by a very green and lush forest. My bad. I didn’t notice until I was proofreading, and by then it was way too late to fix the art. I tried putting an orange tint over some of the bushes and trees, but I just couldn’t get it to work without having to completely redo the backgrounds.

[stainedstars-bogclan]

Chapter 2: A Healer’s Journey

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Lifegen claims its first victim. Surely this won’t have any negative effects on Foggypaw’s mental health… right?

This was a fun chapter to draw, I very much enjoyed getting to do the camp and territory backgrounds for this. I did not, however, enjoy doing Foggy’s leaves. When he was a paw, he had the dried herbs accessory on, but I ended up taking it off after a couple moons, and boy am I glad, because that means I never have to draw them again, lol.