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Panel One: PetalClan

Two cats are lying down. The cat on the left is Flintpelt, she/her, 69 moons old. She is a gray bengal cat with brown-black flecks and green eyes. The cat on the right is Yarrowmoon, he/him, 58 moons old. He is a yellow cat with orange tabby markings, white crescent moon "earrings," and scars on his chest and nose. His eyes are closed.

Flintpelt asks Yarrowmoon, "Shouldn't we be gathering herbs?" Yarrowmoon responds, "Nah, we don't have anywhere to put them. Besides, I'm still tired from traveling." He thinks to himself, "And you're still recovering from having our kits..."

Panel Two: CloudClan

A kitten yells at an adult cat. The kitten is Snakekit, he/him, 4 moons old. He is a gray speckled tabby with one white ear and indigo eyes. The cat he's yelling at his father, Cement Mixer, he/him, 49 moons old. He is a pink masked tabby with white eyebrows and indigo eyes.

Snakekit yells, "I hate that we were kittypets!! And I hate that you kept that dumb kittypet name!! It's like you don't even want to be a CloudClan cat!!" Cement Mixer looks hurt.

Panels Three and Four: ShellClan

Kestrelpaw, a small gray cat with blue mackerel tabby markings and green-yellow eyes, touches noses with another cat, Ashtrot, a blue-ish gray bengal tabby with a yellow-ish underside, orange eyes, and a scar on her nose. Kestrelpaw uses she/her pronouns and is 6 moons old. Ashtrot uses she/her pronouns and is 80 moons old.

In the third panel, text reads, "Kestrelpaw is now a mediator apprentice!! Her mentor is Ashtrot. Her traits are now playful, quick to help." Kestrelpaw looks thrilled. Ashtrot's expression is distant, almost bored.

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PetalClan:

A three panel comic. Orchidstar (she/her), 93 moons old, is a light gray tabby cat with a scarred cheek, gray eyes, and a white star marking on her forehead. Berrytail (he/him), 13 moons old, is a white long-furred cat with a gray tabby tail, a scarred cheek, and blue eyes.

In the first panel, Orchidstar faces away from the audience. She sees a young fox carrying a gray mouse. Orchidstar thinks to herself, "That's a fox kit carrying a mouse... I'm sure I could take it, but what if there's an adult fox nearby?? Can I really afford to put my son in danger like this??"

In the second panel, Orchidstar still faces away from the audience, but now has an alarmed exclamation mark above her head. She yells, "Berrytail!!" The name of her son. Berrytail chases the fox with a confident expression. The fox has dropped the mouse.

Thundercall (he/they/spark), TreeClan deputy in life (Lightningstar's former clan). Lightningstar's littermate.

Thundercall and Lightningstar were inseparable since kithood. As kits, then as warrior apprentices, and then finally as full-fledged warriors, Thundercall and Lightningstar always challenged one another to do better — not to be "better" than the other, but because they believed in each other, and in themselves.

Even when Thundercall became TreeClan's deputy, a role both spark and then-Lightningshine dreamed of achieving, the brothers were as close as ever. It was only a couple of seasons into The Great War that Thundercall began to drift away from Lightningshine.

Thundercall grew closer and closer with Puddlestep's group of rebels who opposed the war, believing it had gone too far. Thundercall secretly worked with Puddlestep's group, hoping it would help bring about a peaceful end to the war.

But, as much as Thundercall loved and trusted his brother, he knew Lightningshine was nothing if not loyal. As much as it pained them, Thundercall knew they had to keep the secret from their littermate.

When TreeClan's current — and, ultimately, final — leader found out about Thundercall's treason, the leader killed Thundercall on the spot, denouncing spark as a traitor.

That was the moment Lightningshine began to think, truly think, about the war. If Thundercall, thon's own littermate, couldn't trust thon, how wrong was thon acting?? And if their leader could kill their own deputy, their own clanmate, so cruelly...

... what else did Lightningshine get wrong??

Thundercall gave Lightningstar a life for bravery.

Spruceclaw (he/they), warrior in life. StoneClan cat. Ghostpaw's father.

Spruceclaw is a loyal StoneClan warrior — or, at least, he was, until he began falling in love with an enemy TreeClan warrior, Duskfern.

It wasn't supposed to happen. Spruceclaw was a good, loyal warrior — but sneaking out of his camp, sneaking to the TreeClan border, all to meet with someone who was meant to be an enemy??

It was wrong. It had to be wrong.

But, then again... Spruceclaw been a good warrior this long, right?? Surely, he was still a good warrior... right??

... then, Spruceclaw's mate, Duskfern, confessed he was expecting kits.

He had to leave. They had to leave. So, they left their clans. Still, Spruceclaw and Duskfern couldn't bring themselves to travel far from their former clans.

Duskfern's pregnancy was rough. Kitting wasn't any easier. In the midst of leaf-bare, Duskfern died kitting Inkykit, Juniperkit, and Finchkit. Spruceclaw froze to death trying to keep their family warm. Inkykit and Juniperkit froze to death, too.

Finchkit was found by Puddlestep's group, miraculously alive. At the end of The Great War, just one moon later, Finchkit would change his own name to Ghostkit.

Spruceclaw gave Lightningstar a life for responsibility.

Peachrustle (ve/ver), warrior in life. TreeClan cat (Lightningstar's former clan).

Peachrustle and Lightningstar were never close. Not that they were enemies — far from it — but they were simply clanmates, nothing more, nothing less. And Peachrustle, truthfully, was never anything extraordinary — at least, not in life.

Peachrustle's death during a squabble with FrostClan would ultimately be the first of what became The Great War.

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