wc au shadow milk hcs? :D
since technically all my headcanons are canon to the au, here's some fun facts about the boy :)
shadowstar currently has the most children out of all of the cats in this au, having a total of SEVEN biological kits and one step-son. he has two baby mommas, sugarstar and silentstar. his kits are swanfeather, cottontail, pruneseed, crowberry, ravenfur, spiderfoot, and blackthorn. (in order, those are sugar swan, cotton candy, prune juice, crowberry, witchberry, truffle, and black sapphire)
windrunner (wind archer) is actually his grandson! he's the son of swanfeather. by extension, since windrunner and herbpelt are mates, he is technically purestars in-law, which makes him wanting to drive purestar insane all the more ironic
shadowstar and elderstar were once very close friends, but elderstar started to see visions of who shadowstar would become and severed their friendship, which indirectly accelerated shadowstar's descent into madness. shadowstar was also the one to take elderstar's first life!
shadowstar's old concept design had him as an all-black tom with white spots. this design was scrapped while i was developing the AU in favor of his current design
if shadowstar had a chance to go back in time, he wouldn't, because he truly believes he is irredeemable and is content with his situation, when in actuality, he is not
shadowstar was a loner before he founded shadowclan
shadowstar was also the very first dark forest cat
plans to reincarnate shadowstar as sage of truth are in the works!
shadowstar and his fellow beasts did not have warrior names
shadowstar developed the current in-universe warrior code before his descent into insanity
shadowstar haunts purestar when he is an apprentice up until he becomes leader and figures out the voice in his head is actually shadowstar
shadowstar is based on oriental shorthairs!
in his early days, shadowstar was idealistic and loyal
in development, shadowstar was originally only meant to be mates with silentstar, but plans changed in favor of his relationship with sugarstar being a point of focus for her own downfall
shadowstar is fascinated by adderwhisper (affogato) and sees her as a potential ally. the feeling is not mutual
appletail (candy apple) carries her obsession with him in CRK to this au, much to his ire
shadowstar genuinely enjoyed his time with truthless recluse
shadowstar is on very tense terms with silentstar and sugarstar, but mysticstar and burningstar see him as a worthy ally
aaaand that's everything i can think of! do with this information what you will. here's a doodle of the boy as thanks!!