#characterconcept

I was playing around trying to come up with more characters✨✨ I like what I have so far a lot but I kinda feel something’s missingggg

Thoughts? What would you add to this?

Mapleshade Character Page

I'm re reading my WC books at the moment and I just cant get enough of this murderous mommy. Its kinda sad to think we don't have enough villainous she-cats.

I was looking at images of tree branches shadows where it flutters on walls into pretty colors and I made it more Maple themed. It ended up looking very fiery which I think works.

--

'm currently reading Crooketstars Promise and Maple comes off as quite strange..? It feels weird for her to want to hurt Crooketstar so much since he was a kit that almost drowned in the river just as her own did. So I'm honestly headcanon-ing the the dark forest has a corrosive effect on the cats that roam its forest. And perhaps the cats of the DF try forming attachments to living cats as a means of slowing down this inevitable corrosion. So Mapleshade's writing inconsistencies become the symptoms by which she tries to grasp onto her sense of self - but because she resolved her life with violence and murder, she can only hold onto herself through committing those same acts?

I like to also imagine that Starclan and the DF have residual effects on the pelts of the cats they affect. Perhaps Maple was more orange and white but becomes darker in fur, like a shadow slowly creeping over the cat?? But for every cat it is different. I like to think this logic also applies to the Three witch starclan residue affecting their eye color, fur patterns etc. Just like how we headcannon leaders with a star on their forehead!!

Ekaterina Mikhailova • "NPC characters (musicians, dancers and merchants)"

Freelance concept artist, illustrator

artstation instagram