About
This is the tale of a ShadowClan cat who only knows himself as Russet. He suddenly finds himself lost in a strange place he doesn’t recognize,with very little memory of how or why he came to be there. In such a hostile and bizarre environment with no means of defending himself, he has no choice but to trust and ally himself with cats from other clans. They must learn to work together in order to fight their way out of this seemingly endless forest and find their way home again--if they can that is.
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FAQ
Who are you?
The author of this blog goes by Yarrow. My main warriors blog is Yarrowleef, and my other side blog for my rewrite of “Tallstar’s Revenge” is tallstars-rewrite
What is this exactly?
This is an irregularly updating improvised partially illustrated story based very loosely on my nuzlocke of Pokemon Red version, where I put all my pokemon from my play through into a Warriors AU. It is occasionally an ask blog, I’ll let people know when character asks are open. Keep in mind that not all are guaranteed to get answers (it all depends on if I have time, if it’s appropriate for where we are in the story, and if I can think of a good response.)
What is a nuzlocke?
A “nuzlocke challenge” is a set of rules you impose on yourself when playing a Pokemon game in order to make them harder. My rules were the standard “If any pokemon faints, they are dead and can’t ever be used again” and “only the very first encounter in each new area can be caught” (with one exception which will become apparent later.) You can read more about nuzlockes on this wiki page
How have you translated a nuzlocke into a warrior cats story?
Rather poorly! Most aspects of pokemon cannot be translated to this sort of setting. There’s no good way to represent major things like elemental types or evolution. I am only taking loose inspiration from the original games plot as well, there are some characters that represent NPC’s from the game, and a couple events paralleling certain significant battles, but for the most part the plot is my own. What HAS been retained from my nuzlocke is what pokemon I caught, and which of them ended up dying. Characters are all designed based on a pokemon (noted under their names when they are first introduced, but not especially relevant afterwards.)