Wanderclan

My main blog is arsonist-pigeon This is basically a storage area for everything I make related to my Warrior Cats clan

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Wanderclan Lore:

Wanderclan was formed by cats who were all running from something in their lives, who found strength and companionship in each other. Some members are explicitly guided to Wanderclan through dreams and omens from StarClan.

Wanderclan lives in a rocky, overgrown patch of cedar and oak trees, with most dens being made of previously existing rocks, constructed into a den with branches and brambles. The leader’s den is in one of the higher rock crevices, where they can look over the whole clan. To announce news to the clan, the leader climbs to a stable branch on one of the central oak trees. The location of their StarClan connection is a flat, windswept area on a nearby mountain. This area is always shrouded in fog, despite the weather. Wanderclan refers to it as the Starledge.

Whenever a new member joins Wanderclan, they have to do an apprenticeship under a current warrior for a few moons, no matter their age or experience. This ensures that almost all clan members understand how Wanderclan operates, and can teach useful skills to younger, less experienced cats.

How do warrior names work in Wanderclan?

The usual warrior name formatting applies, Prefix-Suffix, unless that specific cat chooses to keep their previous name.

At Warrior Ceremonies, apprentices make the journey up to the Starledge (Starclan contact place) with their Leader and Medicine Cat to decide their name. The apprentice can: choose their suffix themself, ask for Starclan to give them a suffix, choose to have no suffix, or change their prefix and suffix. (Basically, apprentices have two naming ceremonies, one with Starclan and one with their clan)

Warriors can choose to change their name at any time, but must visit the Starledge to inform Starclan of the change.

Generally, apprentices cannot change their name until their warrior ceremony, unless the Medicine Cat or Leader determines that keeping the old name any longer is harmful to the apprentice. (This usually only applies to prefixes, as suffixes are usually seen as "earned" through the completion of warrior training.)

Leaders still have to take the suffix "star" once they receive their nine lives.

Allegiances:

Leader: Meadowstar

Deputy: Redbadger

Medicine Cat: Frostpine

Warriors:

Pollenpetal, Coco, Ryefeather, Bluebriar, Radish, Quaildart, Sheepcurl, Moonfang, Duskbird, Firefalcon

Apprentices:

Thornpaw (Mentor: Pollenpetal)

Skypaw (Mentor: Quaildart)

Cloverpaw (Mentor: Ryefeather)

Nursery:

Snowsmudge (Kits: Batkit & Applekit)

Elders:

Leafmottle, Honeypounce

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Could you do my oc Duskbird? I mainly use physical media so it would be kinda cool to see her in another format. No worries if not.

Hello Duskbird!🌇🦅

my ko fi

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Duskbird's friends + dynamics

Duskbird's friend group consists of Moonfang, Firefalcon, and Sheepcurl.

Moonfang and Firefalcon have a friendly rivalry, although Moonfang will never admit to it. (Duskbird refers to this as the worst form of flirting in the world.)

Duskbird and Moonfang are each other's emotional support friend. They vent to each other and trust in each other's opinion.

Sheepcurl and Firefalcon have their collective IQ cut in half when they're together. They do stupid things for fun.

Moonfang and Sheepcurl balance each other out. She acts super stoic while he wears his heart on his sleeve. They both enjoy talking to each other to hear the other's opinions, and occasionally the other's jokes.

Duskbird and Firefalcon see each other as valuable allies. They work very well together, during hunts, battle practice, and the few pranks Firefalcon drags Duskbird into.

Sheepcurl and Duskbird get existential together. They enjoy thinking of hypotheticals and solving problems that never existed.

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So if Redbadger is the current deputy, who was the one before her?

Honeypounce was the old deputy; he's in the elders' den now.

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Redbadger is 100% in love with Frostpine. But her concern over being inherently dangerous or violent keeps her from confessing. She also constantly distances herself emotionally when she feels vulnerable, which doesn't help things.

Frostpine does have a crush on Redbadger, but wishes that Redbadger would come to her when she has nightmares or concerns. The lack of emotional openness from Redbadger leads Frostpine to think that she doesn't feel the same way.

These two are a mess; maybe one of these days they'll figure things out.

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Redbadger: Deputy of Wanderclan

Redbadger is a red, scarred she-cat with a blind eye and a limp in one of her back legs. She grew up in a very battle hungry clan who were at war more often than they weren’t.

Her warrior name was Redsight, after her relentless fighting style. One day during the raid of a rouge camp, Redsight found a queen and her lone kit, hidden almost successfully from the battle. She heard her leader yowl, “kill any kits you find!” Followed by loud triumphant battle cries from her clanmates. The queen looked fearful, but started to hiss at Redsight, gathering her kit closer to her. Redsight was about to leave them unharmed, when she heard one of her clanmates behind her. In that moment, Redsight chose to defy her leader’s order and fought to protect that queen and kit from her own clanmates. After the battle, Redsight was left weak and bleeding on the edge of the rouge’s camp. She hoped that the queen and kit were alive, resigned to her fate as long as they lived. One of her former clanmates pushed her down the riverbank and into the water, claiming that a traitor doesn’t deserve a warrior’s burial.

Redsight was found washed up on a river bank by Wanderclan’s medicine cat, Frostpine. After healing adequately from her wounds, Redsight asked to join Wanderclan. After observing a warrior ceremony and learning how Wanderclan treated warrior names, Redsight asked to change hers, as it was to connected to her previous clan, and her old violent past. When meeting with Starclan for her new name, Redsight struggled to choose a suffix that she thought suited her. Until a familiar and less starry face stepped out of the crowd of Starclan cats. It was the queen who she had defended. She walked out of the crowd and suggested “Need help with a name? You can take mine, as thanks for saving my kit. Even if I’m not with him, I still get to watch him grow up, thanks to you, Redbadger.” Redbadger returned to Wanderclan feeling as though a weight on her had been lifted.

Moons later, once the current deputy of Wanderclan retired, Meadowstar (The Wanderclan leader) and Frostpine received a vision that Redbadger should be the new deputy. In her position as deputy, Redbadger strives to look after her clanmates and to be a good example to the younger warriors. When faced with conflict, she tries to end things quickly, to prevent excess bloodshed. Despite her injuries, Redbadger is one of the most proficient fighters in the clan. While she can be quite stoic, Redbadger is very protective of all her clanmates in Wanderclan.

However, she is deeply concerned that her violent past makes her dangerous. Whenever she sees blood on her claws after hunting, Redbadger feels like she never left her previous clan. She doesn't really address these emotions; instead, she doubles down on being a good deputy during these emotional moments.

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Frostpine (Medicine Cat)

Frostpine is the wise medicine cat of Wanderclan. Her front left paw is hairless and scarred from severe frostbite. She still has chronic pain (because nerve damage), especially on cold days. She was taught herbs by an older loner named Toby, while they lived in the same abandoned twoleg den. For moons, Frost was a wandering healer, providing care to any cat who needed or wanted her help. Eventually, she met a small group of cats who each seemed to be running from something in their lives. They asked Frost to join their clan and become their medicine cat, and she agreed, as long as she could still heal cats outside the clan. Frostpine was granted her warrior name by Starclan, at the same time as Wanderclan's leader gained his nine lives. She is a trusted advisor in the clan, and its members often go to Frostpine to ask about Starclan, or for general advice.

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Clan Members:

First cat is Skypaw! She's been an apprentice for a while, and soon she'll take her warrior assessment. She came to Wanderclan when she was 8 moons old after being separated from her original clan during a flash flood. Skypaw spends a lot of time near the river, studying it to ensure the levels aren't rising. She likes to watch schools of fish dart around in the river, appreciating their elegance, even though she knows that they are prey and she will eventually eat them. Her mentor is Quaildart.

Next is Quaildart, Skypaw's mentor. He was a loner for most of his life before having strange dreams that led him to find Wanderclan. He is an excellent teacher and enjoys working with others. Quaildart likes to think up and practice new, unconventional ways to hunt prey in his free time. Some are more successful than others, but the rest of the clan can't complain when his reverse squirrel ambush technique could easily feed them through leafbare.

Finally, is Moonfang's mother, Snowsmudge. She arrived in Wanderclan while pregnant with Moonfang, after fleeing her rogue group to get away from her mate. (he's terrible; it's good she left) A few moons after Moonfang left the nursery, Snowsmudge decided to adopt Batkit and Applekit after they were found abandoned near Wanderclan territory. Since most members of Wanderclan were separated from their parents in some way, she treats everyone in Wanderclan as her kit, providing comfort and support.

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Moonfang:

Moonfang is a clanborn young warrior. She tries her best to act stoic, but underneath that, she's pretty competitive and deeply loves her friends and clanmates. Once Duskbird joined the clan, Moonfang was intrigued by her and made a concentrated effort to spend time with Duskbird, despite the she-cat's guarded nature. Now they are very close friends, though Moonfang occasionally worries about Duskbird's longing to travel.

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Duskbird's Parents

Just don't look too closely at Finch's face lol.

Acornclaw was a CedarClan warrior who often felt out of place in his clan. When he met Finch one day at the border, he quickly fell in love with her and the idea of life as a loner. Quite a while later, they had Dusk. Soon after, Finch died on a thunderpath, and Acornclaw was left to raise Dusk on his own.

When Dusk was around 6 moons old, Acornclaw (and therefore Dusk as well) joined a group of loners that lived in an old barn. Dusk enjoyed the barn, but missed the traveling she used to do with her father. So when she had grown to 12 moons, Dusk decided to leave to live on her own.

Acornclaw missed his daughter, but understood her decision, as he had made a similar choice when he was younger.

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I was going through some of my old journals and found the remnants of me creating warriors cats ocs. I might post some of the rudimentary drawings and concepts, but I want to see if I can find more remnants in some other journals/art from that time. Buttttttttttt I did find Clan Allegence lists!

So here are some warrior names created by me, from 7+ years ago

Duskbird, Troutskip, Pearlclaw, Batears, Frostpine, Leafmottle, Sheepcurl, Emberpelt, Cloverdew, Falconfeather, Nettlecreek

These are some of the more interesting ones, but I really like some of them. Maybe I'll do some oc work this summer.

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I coughed up a design for Duskbird. Don't mind the proportions, I fear most things I draw will have slight proportion issues.

She was a loner before being found by a clan and decided to become a warrior. (Clan name is still pending)

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This is what started it all

From community post: "I like the idea that she was a loner before joining a clan and sometimes longs to return to her previous free lifestyle, despite liking the safety of her clan."