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Dark Forest guy [E I like to imagine his comments to Thistleclaw about family were sincere because ☝️ I think it is the more interesting option for his character and my agenda will always be to humanize the dark forest cats where I can “Snowfur was your mate.” Shredtail narrowed his eyes. “Aren’t you grieving, too?” “Of course!” Thistleclaw slashed at a moss-coated tree. “Snowfur shouldn’t have died! It should’ve been Bluefur on the Thunderpath instead!” “What about your kit?” Shredtail pressed. “Your son?”

In Rudyverse Shredtail's mate and kits are killed after sheltering in a badger den, and Shredtail leads a very unnecessary very bloody war against every badger they can hunt down, crossing moral bounds several times. Partially because of the above and this line: “Grief can bring strength,” Shredtail warned.