#ferretcry's code

i've been really excited to post these Ferretcry's code characters! meet Sootspots and Pheasantscratch!

i've talked a bit about Sootspots before, but i'm just gonna go ahead and go over his whole deal again.

he's a very tired hard working skyclan meddie. he'd like to be a kittypet in all honesty, but as the clan's only medcat, he wouldn't want to put then in that position. while he cares very deeply about his clanmates, he feels very isolated from them and is super lonely.

Pheasantscratch is loud, outgoing, and very clumsy. she loves to fight, and has a tendency to get into accidents, which often leaves her in the medcat den. skyclan is a very quiet, respectful, and rulebound clan in ferretcry's code. while the let her do her thing by and large, most cats tend to look down on Pheasant, and see her as immature and childish. like Sootspots, she also feels isolated from the clan do to that.

while she's a bit younger than him, and they're completely different in personality, her and Sootspots have formed a close friendship. Pheasant spends so much time either hanging out with, or helping Soot in the medcat den, that he jokingly calls her his assistant.

they can often be seen dozing together in camp, or out collecting herbs. despite his clanmates takes, Sootspots really respects Pheasant, and while he wishes she wouldn't get hurt all the times, he thinks of her as a clever and dependable cat. Pheasant thins Soot can be a bit dull at times, but also sees him as very caring, with a big heart.

My boy! Lemmie think, random Barkpaw facts

He looks a lot like his dad Houndnose and hates it

I'm planning on him eventually befriending Hurricanepaw and Wavepaw

I haven't figured out his warrior name. Ik Ratstar wants to name him Barksplash after Ducksplash, but knows his parents would throw a fit over it. I've mostly been trying to think of not too obvious water names for him. Barkpuddle, Barkscale (like fish), Barkdive (similar to splash)

He loves spending time with Pollenpaw's mom Daisydance. He wishes she was his mom

sometimes at night he gets worried about bugs, and it gives him a phantom itchy feeling all over. Pollenpaw usually grooms him then to help him sleep

While he likes winter for lack of bugs, he always misses being able to swim and fish

Minnows are his favorite kind of fish

He's a surprisingly good fighter. He likes to get creative with it

time for more Barkpaw lore! his parents, Lizardclaw and Houndnose, are minor antagonists (maybe more prominent later idk). they love Barkpaw very much, but with cats like Pikestar. they hate how lenient Ratstar is with the code, and they especially dislike Ducksplash for being from a different clan.

meanwhile, since Barkpaw hates bugs, he's taken an interest in fishing. he feels so much more focused in the water, and loves the taste of fish. Ducksplash has started giving him secret fishing lessons. Barkpaw's mentor, Thicketstep, thinks it's done a lot of good for him and encourages it. (she's probably dozing just out of frame lol)

Ducksplash and Thicketstep have antagonist parents too, so they rly empathize with Barkpaw. for his part, Barkpaw sees Thicketstep like a cool older sister and Ducksplash like a mentor figure. if Riverclan wasn't so shitty atm, he'd be seriously considering joining it. he doesn't know what to think about his parents. especially with their distaste towards Ducksplash. it's a whole complicated thing lol

anyway, this would probably be early on with Ducksplash teaching him. Barkpaw's still absolutely fascinated at the idea of fishing and is v excited.

went ahead and designed Pikestar's daughter, Wavepaw! I'll probably mess w her colors more later, but she's fine for now. her mom is Riverclan's deputy, Otterdusk. i need to design Otter, but she's a chocolate point cat w purple eyes. her and Pikestar are a bitchy power couple lol.

anyway, i love Wavepaw. she's named after Pikestar's dad, and former Riverclan leader, Wavestar. she's a kit when the story starts out, but she becomes an apprentice fairly early on. i might have her become mates w Hurricanepaw eventually idk.

Pike and Otter really want Wave to become leader or medcat. they're always making her hang around Creekshine (rc medcat and Wave's aunt) and lecturing her on leadership and the code. for her part, Wave starts out really determined and hard working, listening to her parents, but eventually she kind of burns out and becomes more rebellious. i think i'm gonna make her mentor Goosetail (Ducksplash's brother and the guy who kills Batflight) for extra drama. poor kid lol

but ye, have a little doodle i did while working out her design (w bonus scribbly Otterdusk test and Pikestar)

decided to do a ref for Lightningheart cause i love her. she's a bit ditzy and forgetful, but she really cares about her clanmates. i honestly wanted to make her brother Rainbowdawn the deputy, but that just felt like nepotism lol. she also has another sibling called Stormwish, but i don't have many thoughts on em atm.

Lightningheart rly likes kits, and probably would've been a perma queen if she wasn't a medcat. she calls everyone "Honeycomb" which most usually find endearing. i kinda picture her with a southern accent ngl.

Possumstar needed a bit of a revamp since i last drew them, so i went ahead and did a ref for her. she's bulkier and a bit more intimidating now. i also included a bonus doodle of them w their mate Lichenthroat.

this isn't Lichen's final design, but it was nice to draw him anyway. he's thunderclan's perma nursery tom! Possum doesn't want kits, and though Lichen would love to have some w her, he's content looking after the kits of his clanmates.

Ik my oc story is literally called Ferretcry's code, but i feel like Ferretcry himself is just kind of a weak character. I've been struggling to think of what i wanna do w him. Like Ferretcry's code itself isn't much of a story either, but still. All his friends, except maybe Hickorywing, feel like they have more interesting things going on. Lately I've been thinking of a personality for a wc character, and trying to think of a cat i could give it to, when i realized Ferretcry would be perfect for it!

Basically, he knows that as they're forgotten, starclan cats fade. He's pretty terrified of that idea. Not knowing what comes after that scares him, so he wants to do something big and memorable so cats don't forget him. While he is rebellious, and agrees with the cause, he really wants to make big changes to the code because he knows he would be remembered for it. He also wants to be leader, despite not really having the skills for it, since it would give him more time to do something great and also cause leaders are more well known.

I've changed him and Hickorywing's dynamics so they're not mates yet. Ferretcry has a crush on Hickory, which makes things awkward as Hickory is the current deputy. It's not like Ferretcry wants him, or Ratstar for that matter dead, but he wants the leadership position so bad.

woo redoing old ocs and making them into ferretcry's code ocs!

these guys were originally from a rp. they weren't wc ocs, just rando cats in the woods. their backstory (or ig Whirlwind's) is all edgy and angsty since i made them years ago.

basically these two were mates. Riptide was goofy and lighthearted, and Whirlwind was more reserved and anxious. Riptide ends up drowning while Whirlwind was pregnant. Whirlwind later has 3 kids, Drizzle, Storm, and Hurricane. Drizzle gets sick and dies as a kit. this leads Whirlwind to be ultra protective of her remaining kids and not let them do anything.

Hurricane and Drizzle end up sneaking out at night to play. Hurricane eventually pushes Storm off a cliff near their den on accident. Whirlwind hears this, and comes out to find Storm dead with Hurricane standing on the cliff above. completely out of it with grief, Whirlwind blames her for Storm's death and chases her off.

dramatic, ik lol. i think i'll keep their story fairly similar. now they're in riverclan. Whirlwind and Riptide can keep their names since i think they can work as wc ones. the kits are keep their names as their prefixes. instead of falling off a cliff, stormkit can acidentally drown like her dad. instead of chasing her off, Whirlwind can become distant from Hurricanekit, and maybe still blame her.

Hurricanekit would eventually get Herbwhisker as a mentor, and as one of the few chill cats in riverclan, he can rly help her out.

i'm super proud of Whirlwind's new design! i've always pictured her as a bengal cat i think i actually nailed the vibe this time! i'll probably do her kids soon if i get around to it lol

i also have bonus art of Storm's death. tw for blood just in case, but the art's super old so it's not that bad hjkjh.