#y12-nl

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windclan — year twelve — newleaf

hoodstar dies. breezestar chooses watchglow as deputy. conniving bastard breezestar? perhaps. or perhaps hoodstar simply caught ill. it does seem to be affecting young cats most strongly, and like any leader, she would rather her clan eat than her.

halotail, poppypaw, and pinepaw also die of illness. pinepaw likely catches it from hoodstar, and poppypaw from breezepelt (as he's in close proximity with hoodstar).

pumicepaw and rosepaw are apprenticed to yewcloud and watchglow, although they both fall ill.

ridgeleaf has four kits, madronekit (sepia and white tom), ricekit (pale, nearly white tom), yewkit (tom with white patches), and fadekit (black she-cat).

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thunderclan — year twelve — newleaf

ivystar dies of sickness, and thornstar chooses brambleclaw as deputy. he's very unsure of this; they're both very old.

eaglewing and stemleaf become warriors.

flypaw, spotpaw, and flippaw are apprenticed to greystripe, fernsong, and lionblaze (yes, they basically swap fathers for mentors).

and...sorrelstripe and alderheart both catch ill, leaving alderheart too weak to do his duties. rosestorm of riverclan comes to thunderclan to help.

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skyclan — year twelve — newleaf

silverdawn becomes a warrior.

bellaleaf, redcloud, maplepaw, quailkit, and redkit die of sickness.

pigeonpaw is apprenticed to blossomheart.

tailflight moves into the nursery to help look after plumwillow's kits, as she is sick.

reedclaw has kitekit and turtlekit.

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shadowclan — year twelve — newleaf

shadecloud and gullswoop become warriors. conepaw is held back (due to sickness).

frondpaw dies, as do shadowkit and pouncekit. tigerheart and his group are still travelling, and dovewing is upset.

lightpaw, spirepaw, flaxpaw, and hoppaw are apprenticed to tawnypelt, yarrowleaf, berryheart, and dovewing. yes, they lowkey trade moms for mentors.

onionsong has eight kits, sired by sageface, larchkit (mottled golden-brown she-cat), gustkit (warm blue she-cat), tallkit (mottled red tom), podkit (lilac she-cat), silverkit (silver classic tabby tom), needlekit (black chinchilla tabby tom), droughtkit (nearly white she-cat), and agoseriskit (dappled, golden-blue tortoiseshell and white she-cat).

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riverclan — year twelve — newleaf

a wasting sickness afflicts the clans, and for reasons that will be explained there, rosestorm goes to thunderclan.

owlnose and yellowpaw die, yellowpaw presumably catching it from him.

rimekit, hackberrykit, and echokit also die.

birchpaw and pricklypaw are apprenticed to blizzardstep and sandclaw.

before the sickness hits, the clans also are hit by a great storm. during it, larchstorm has four kits, maplekit (mottled black tortoiseshell she-cat), gustkit (tom with white patches), galekit (spotted tom), and showerkit (black silver mackerel tabby tom with long fur). the kits are named after the storm.

(i'm aware this is how stormkit and oakkit are named in canon; that scene was very influential to my thoughts on how and why riverclan names cats.)