09.30.2019 → There has been some exciting changes on CD lately! We've added a new monarchy to the groups of cats on the islands, as well as restructured the boards a bit to allow for some space - thus, redrawing the map! We've also promoted Nifty to Global Mod! There are some auditions open right now for JungleClan Deputy as well as for all of the new Kingdom of Mokuhau high ranks - Artemis
09.12.2019 → Unfortunately Elaedria is stepping down as administrator due to life being too busy to keep up! The site will be going through some restructuring in high ranks as well due to this. Effective immediately, the word count is now 100 minimum. Some more changes will be coming in the future - members have been emailed a survey to help us figure out what to change and how to get better. Thanks for your patience! - Artemis
WEATHER
Year 55, Scorching Sands 09.05.2019 → The temperatures of the islands are a steady 98° F on land/ high 80s in water. There is almost no breeze, the sun is uncomfortably warm.
Prey during the day is pretty scarce due to the heat, however is quite active after the sun goes down.
Lost in the dense jungles of scattered islands, facing perils unimagined by their ancestors, are three warrior groups - The traditional JungleClan, descendants of the original clans carried aboard a twoleg contraption from their home long ago and breaking new ground on old beliefs. Second, the curious TidalClan, made up of kittypets who chose to abandon their long since passed twoleg civilization ways for those of true felines. Lastly, the mysterious Tribe of Twisted Roots, hidden in the mist from others with their strange ways and a deeper knowledge of the land around them. Together they must learn how to take their fate into their own paws if they wish to survive this land of erupting mountains and roaring waters.
Join our crew and dive into an island-based Warriors roleplay - a twist on the original series by Erin Hunter. We are a semi-literate site with a minimum of 100 words per post.
here's my entry! the larger, 300px versions are below, under the spoiler alert. these weren't hand drawn, but the images used for the manips are all png vector/clipart images and are CC0.
edit: i realized this morning i never specified which symbol was for which faction, hah. anywho, the first is jungleclan, then tidalclan, and finally the tribe of twisted roots.
Urchinpaw is super protective of Pearlpaw, and I can see her being untrusting of any friends he may try to make. She wants her brother happy, but worries that his more withdrawn nature will make him easy for others to take advantage of. I can imagine her being pretty overbearing and likely going as far to spy on him around the other fledglings so as to make sure they're treating him well.
urchinpaw + tunapaw
With these two, I can see them getting into a fair bit of trouble, especially if Pearlpaw and Tangpaw end up good friends. With her more aggressive nature, I don't think she'd be interested in Tunapaw's flirtations and would probably laugh if he tried any 'lines' on her. With Tunapaw being prone to jealousy and lashing out, they'd probably have a precarious friendship at best due to their siblings, as Urchinpaw is quick to anger and fights between them would likely be fast and furious.
I could really see Urchinpaw and Shellpaw having some sort of fledgling rivalry. Urchinpaw is noticeably small in size, and she'd probably be a little jealous that while they were both born small, Shellpaw eventually grew into an acceptable size while she did not. They've got similar personalities, and I really think that could make a friendship between them have a nice amount of good-natured competition. Like Shellpaw, Urchinpaw is a lot to handle as well with her stubborn-streak and anger issues, so putting these two together is bound to have some interesting outcomes.
God these two I swear, I love them both so much individually and I think their relationship as siblings has so much room for good and bad. The tea is real. I feel like when they were kits they were probably very close, as their personalities are the most similar between the siblings. They'd have probably bonded over Silvershell's misogynistic ways and laughed at their own terrible imitations of him.
Bleakpaw's 180 would be seen as the ultimate betrayal by Urchinpaw. I view her as not quite understanding where her sweet brother went and her hot-headedness probably doesn't leave much room for her to question the changes in him. I'd love if they could get together sometime and really hash things out.
[attr="class","catinfo"]pearl for his pristine white fur [break] paw for his fledgling rank[break][break]pearlpaw is the older brother of urchinpaw and much like his sister has an adventurer's spirit. he's learned to keep such frivolous thoughts to himself though due to his father's harsh training. beneath silver's paw, pearl has gone from what should have been a happy-go-lucky boy to a timid, often frightened young tom. he's constantly looking over his shoulder, waiting for his father to catch him in the act of something the older tom deems 'unbecoming'.
[break][break]most of the time pearl tends to avoid his little sister in a desperate attempt to stay out of silvershell's heavy gaze. i would love for the siblings to find their way back to one another, as their kithood days were filled with trouble-making and joy. however, i don't believe that pearl would ever necessarily not have the constant anxiety thanks to so many moons of silver's harsh words and sheathed blows.
[attr="class","catinfo"]bleak for his silver fur [break] paw for his fledgling rank
[break][break]bleakpaw is yet another elder brother of urchin, but is hardly considered as such by the she-cat. the tom was the middle child of the siblings, and has done everything in his power to gain his father's approval. bleak tends to ignore both of his siblings and when he does address them it's certainly not done in a kind or caring manner. even so, silver seems to be proud of how he carries himself with confidence and a cold glint in his eye which is all bleak really wants. he's more than adopted his father's thinking when it comes to she-cats, believing them better suited to raising kits rather than their claws.
[break][break]bleak is an enigma among the family. once soft-hearted and carefree the tom has seemingly been replaced with a closed off and colder version of his younger self. even so, urchin can't help but wonder what exactly happened to him to make him a miniature silvershell, whereas the brother she remembers from their nursery days was more prone to scoff in the toms face than listen to his misogynistic ramblings. perhaps - being the strongest of the three - he purposefully pleases his father to keep silver's attention from the siblings he may still adore? who knows c;