i wanted to get the four matriarchs outta the way. especially possumtooth, i really wanted an excuse to get possumtooth on paper
anyway, i structured the ‘‘clans’‘ differently than the books, and i wanted to kind of base them more on real life feral cat coloneys except, more? i think i mighta talked about it before, but they’ve got matriarchs and heirs, going down a more or less familial lineage. I also wanted my four matriarchs to be fairly diverse in terms of age/personality/situation. I’m gonna ramble about the four of them under the cut.
ok so we’ll go oldest to youngest.
Violetwhisker is the oldest, her coloney lives in a cliffside. shes a good leader, and makes smart decisions, but shes kinda pissy and over all pesimistic. her kits are Poppyspot and Roseheart, her grandkits being littlepaw and sweetpaw. I wanted her to show a more experienced and otherwise older matriarch.
Doeheart is the next oldest, only a moon or so older than Dusklight. her coloney lives in a long dried up irrigation/tunnel system near a creek. She has.. a strained relationship with her daughters, especially her oldest, Pine’snow. her other kits are Ripplefur and Speckle’stone. Ripplefur is the youngest of the three and works as one of the coloney’s med cats. Now, in Doe’s case, her mother Misty’eye was brought into the coloney and then voted into being the new matriarch after the last one was kicked out (its a whole ordeal honestly) and now Doe feels this pressure to be only the best leader and it puts a damper on her kits. Pine feels that Doe expects to much of her and her sisters and doesn’t want that for her kit, pebblekit. (its also a whole ordeal)
moving on, Dusklight is Crowflower’s aunt! I don’t quite know where i want her to live, all the good spots are already taken by the other clans lol, but i will think of something later!! uhhh,, anyway, Dusklight never had any kits and i dont think she wants to at her age, so instead of her kits, its either her sister Dawnwhisper, or Dawn’s kit Sun’fall. (Crow’s mom) (Moondust left to help another coloney and never came back, but hes a tomcat anyway) shes a good leader with a level head and a compassionate heart.
Possumtooth is a particularly special case. Her mother and older siblings passed very suddenly, leaving her as the sole heir. between inexperience and greif she had a hard time at the beginning of her leadership. Her girlfriend, Thistlefur, helped her through it and overall she has gotten a lot of help from the coloney’s elders and community. Thistle also ended up as her heir- at least for now, seeing as they don’t have any kits adopted or otherwise. I wanted her- beside just thinking a tiny, scrappy little cat as the ‘‘scary’‘ clan’s leader would be cute- i wanted her to show that not all the matriarchs are old wise cats, and that its also good to bring together the coloney and rely on eachother even in leadership positions. 2 years after taking her role shes still going strong :) I couldn’t fit it in earlier but her coloney lives in an old barn that half burned down
