#lightwalk

For the names....

Philza was the most immediately obvious. Crowskull. Crow for his crow friends (I've visited sometimes from the basement), and skull for his status as the Angel of Death, or in this case, Death's Right Claw. As Death's Right Claw, he has wings! :D

Next was Mumza! I don't think she uses one name. In the ITAHTTW universe, she goes to cats who have a little trouble passing on, and guide them to the afterlife. So, if the cat is a kit, she'll use a different name, one that's a bit sillier, to try and bring the cat comfort.

With Phil, she uses the name "Lightwalk", representing her status as the guiding light.

For Wilbur....Shadesong. I'm not sure about why I chose name, actually. But it fits.

Tommy is Raccoonflap! Raccoon because of his personality, and flap....also because of his personality!

Techno has the name of Boarslash! A name obtained after taking down a wild pig, it represents his minecraft skin and his tendency to fight! Much like Crowskull is Death's Right Claw, Boarslash is the Acolyte of War, serving the Beast of Blood.

For the stories....

Crowskull arrived after the crows from Shadesong stopped, worried. He arrived to find creatures ravaging the land, one of his sons terrified, his best friend helping the creatures fight, and his other son the cause of all of this.

Shadesong looked him in the eye and asked Crowskull to kill him. To get it over with. Seeing and sharing the fear of vengeance in Shadesong's eyes, Crowskull made it quick.

Boarslash came to the land after Shadesong traveled far to contact him, a great warrior and best friend of his father. Boarslash and Crowskull had once been clanmates, but as their former clan grew dictatorial, Crowskull left and Boarslash was chased out. The two banded together for a while, eventually killing the leader of their clan.

Boarslash is also able to see ghosts.

Raccoonflap was...not okay in the slightest after all of this, and that eventually lead to WC Dream exiling him from the lands, with Raccoonflap swearing vengeance after finding Boarslash's den.

Shadesong awoke in a circle. A rocky tunnel, it looped around and around and around forever. That's his version of limbo.

That's it! Thank you for the request, I didn't want to make this crash the site so I didn't unleash my brain upon this post! If you have another request or would like elaboration, do contact me again!

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she dyes her hair often. a good indicator of what time period a scene is in the story is to just see what Juniper’s hair color is.

As such, I present to you, the Pantheon! The generalized names for cats or other entities who have become powerful enough that they have gathered their own sort of following, always some kind of spirit or deity, these spirits are shared among my characters to warrior cats AUs. They're called 'Pantheonic Spirits' if they do have a following. Other spirits who haven't gained this following are not referred to with a title, but are just called by the name they feel like using.

The Pantheonic Spirits are represented by animals, and I always have a reason for those specific animals. This may be a connection to the inspiration of those spirits, general cultural symbolism, or just because it felt right. They also have specific domains they specialize in.

For gender, LGBT+ stuff, and pronouns, assume that the spirits prefer pronouns that are dependent on the physical forms they choose, and don't have romantic preferences unless I say otherwise.

There are four types of relationships that a normal cat has with a spirit.

1: Worship. A cat worships this spirit, asks for guidance regularly, and lives life with at least some accordance to the ideals or stories attached to the spirit.

2: Honor/Acknowledge. A cat believes that this spirit exists, and gives some deference to it and may pray to it in times of extreme need, but otherwise does not follow it.

3: Disbelief. A cat does not believe in this spirit.

4: Dishonor. A cat actively goes against this spirit, and sees it as evil and horrid.

As of writing this (11/29/2023), I have five fully realized members of the Pantheon, one mostly planned out, and one who I need to add more, as well as others who I have not worked on yet but do plan to add.

Here's a list of the members, starting with the fully realized and going down the list in order of information that I decided on.

Lightwalk, the Spirit of Death. Inspired by Mumza, she's represented in stories as a crow. A notable associate is Crowskull, also known as "Death's Right Claw". She represents one facet of Death, and guides lost spirits to the respective afterlives.

Rainsoul, the Spirit of Bad Endings. A completely original character, he's represented by a vulture. He's seen in stories as both a hero and villain, an omen of death, but at the same time one who gives closure to those who have lost loved ones. He answers to Lightwalk if there's a direct order from her, but does his own thing mostly. He watches over those who's lives end unfairly, painfully, sadly, and too soon. I imagine he's not as powerful as other spirits, which is why he brought Specterwalker back to life in exchange for using him as an anchor to the living world.

Goldengleam, the Spirit of Tricks. Inspired by Bill Cipher, he is often seen in stories as a coyote, and the better alternative to Blackrabbit. He's seen as a more neutral figure, friend and foe to villains and heroes alike. Goldengleam specializes in tricks, puzzles, fun in bad things, and jokes!

Blackrabbit, the Spirit of Chaos. Inspired by Habit, he is only ever seen as a rabbit. Being the WC version of Habit (I will give a lot of information eventually alongside a post, I can't resist doing his WC version eventually), he's pretty obviously a morally terrible cat. The baby eating is still getting carried over obviously. In stories, it's rare that he's seen as good in any way, only helping others if it's self serving to him. He is a spirit of bloody endings, violent death, evil fighting evil, sadism, knowing too much (based on a personal headcanon), curiosity, and surprisingly enough laughter. He has a long history of hosts, including Clawcry (WC version of Evan, poor guy).

And we have Snickers! The Spirit of Wonder, and the 'guardian' of Limbo, an afterlife for kittypets and loners. Limbo itself takes a lot of inspiration from the Backrooms! Alongside Limbo and wonder, Snickers represents nostalgia! Not seen in stories very often at all, interestingly enough. Wispfoot (WC Dream) is one of his worshippers, and prays to him pretty often.

Now, we have the ones I haven't finished yet.

Bloodyhunt, a boar, inspired by my Star Wars/DSMP AU idea of the Blood God.

A lion, Spirit of Control, inspired by my ideas for The Founder in Generation Loss.

And for the ones in the works....

A moose, a leopard, a bear, a sheep, a secretarybird, a owl, a goat, a tapir, a hampster, a lemur, a aardvark, a cougar, a shark, a iguana, and a snake.