#pinespark

It was a fun challenge in @clansoftheshoshone to come up with shiny palettes for our characters, and I decided, like my friend Viv, to draw up my concepts!

ARTFIGHT TIME ARTFIGHT TIME!!!!!

leadership

leader: deadstar (9y). small, black tom with an unusable paw.

deputy: webfoot (3y). dark, tabby tom. (apprentice — crowpaw)

seer: pinespark (1y). mostly white, smoky tom. (apprentice — poplarpaw)

warriors

ashfoot (8y). broad-faced, grey she-cat with blue eyes.

tornear (7y). wiry grey tom. (apprentice — nightpaw)

storksnow (2y). tortoiseshell she-cat.

tawnyfur (2y). golden-brown she-cat. (apprentice — halopaw)

gorseheart (2y). lean, brown tom with thick fur. (apprentice — yellowpaw)

indigobird (1y). dappled, light brown tortoiseshell and white she-cat.

iciclesun (1y). mottled reddish brown she-cat.

willowdawn (1y). black and grey tom.

queens

whitetail (2y). small, white she-cat. (kits — squailkit, shadekit, and oakkit)

elders

doespring (9y). light brown she-cat.

onewhisker dies for some reason. because it turns out i dediced that the windclan civil war can happen another way. mudclaw is dead. darktail can be dealt with later.

anyway webfoot replaces him.

thriftpetal also dies.

iciclesun becomes a warrior.

nightpaw, poplarpaw, and yellowpaw are apprenticed to tornear, pinespark, and gorseheart, respectively.

🍁 Favorite RP/Moment:

Oooh, this one is. Unexpectedly hard. Her stunt at the Gathering that one time (jumping on the stump and trash talking Duskwatcher - her own leader) is still iconic to me, but I'm very partial to her rps with Flaxfrost as well, especially when she told him about Timbercrash. This girl is just...so interesting to rp every exchange fascinates me. Something in the silly punk girl vibes <3

❄️Favorite Quote:

OOH another hard one.

"Hey, hey," he breathed, licking Shrikepaw's forehead as she sobbed into his shoulder, smoothing her fur as if she were a kit once again. "None of that is true, tumbleweed. None of it, y'hear? Tempestwatcher would never put ya in danger, and you're not, nor will you ever be an embarrassment. You're a lovely young molly, classy and smart like your father - and strong to boot! You'll be running circles around CanyonClan when you're Big Sis Rocktalon's age."

He's got a lot of snide, funny, or badass moments, but I'm a sucker for soft dad Aster at the end of the day <3 My answer could change depending on vibes and the day but this is my favorite atm!

☁️ Alternate Clan AU:

Ooooh!!! Somewhere out there, there's a universe where Acornwhistle did defect and join CreekClan. I'd say Ploversong wanted to leave, wanted to have a better shot at survival and knew Sandstar was NOT it, and would've begged everyone in his family to come with him. Who's to say how Myotis or Pika would react, but Acornwhistle and Chickadeeheart, hearing his plea and explanation, would have gone with their son, no hesitation. They'd probably lay low after joining Creek, but would show their faces a good deal once tensions blew over. Ploversong lives in this AU, and becomes a monarch. Acorn has....a lot less animosity in her heart! Irrationally, a part of her probably still blames AspenClan for Oakmoss starving, but, due to no blood spilling in her family, her rage didn't boil over. She becomes a fun and happy warrior in CreekClan until her bones start acting up like in canon, and she retires slightly early!

🏅😻- Ravinewing

🎨- Pinespark

🥀- Bubblebee

🎵- Earwig

♈- Spice Wish

☀️- Mellow Flame

🏅- what is your character’s reputation within their clan? what about the other clans? is your character popular?

             Ravinewing is a looker within CanyonClan, but doesn’t have much standing beyond that. He tends to keep himself in the background by choice, since he hates having eyes on him, but he isn’t unpopular per se – he’s got plenty of friends. Mothflame, Hawktail, Olivebranch, maybe even Fernsky or Whispershriek to much smaller extents. He’s….middle of the road, popularity wise. As for the other clans, it’s highly likely all they know of him is his disowning of Beesting at the gathering – and how they feel about that is honestly lost to him, good or bad.

😻 - is your character insecure about their appearance or are they confident?

             Oh, what a conundrum…See, Ravine knows he’s a ten in CanyonClan, maybe even above that. A pelt dark as night, an angular and lithe build, he has it all. But, well, his…Uncanny resemblance to Beesting’s rival made itself known whenever his mother looked at him. No matter how much of a model he is, any long-lasting glance at him is just the same as the bewildered and bitter expression he’d been at the receiving end of for as long as he can remember.

🎨 - does your character have a unique skill that sets them apart from others?

             Maybe not wholly unique, but Pinespark focuses on distraction and disorientation in her fighting style. She knows she’s not the strongest out there, so she uses cunning, quick decisions to try to catch an opponent off guard. Not a very honest fighting style, but then, fights are hardly ever really fair.

🥀 - has your character lost someone important to them? if so, how do they deal with it? have they moved on?

             Bubblebee lost Anoleslip, his best friend, incredibly recently – a mere two moons ago. This is the only significant loss she’s had to face, even though she is a senior warrior, and she’s…not taking it well in the slightest. Between wearing The Matron’s skull as a fucked up trophy, blaming Tarponshine for TideClan’s suffering, and thinking nothing of his apprentice’s rather grievous actions, it’s clear Bubby’s grief has more than gotten the better of him. It’s consumed him, and he doesn’t know how to get out – if he even wants to.

♈️ - what zodiac sign would your character be? (and, if you wanna get crazy, what would their birth chart be like?)

             I don’t think we have an official timeline, so I’ll go off vibes. I think Spice Wish would be a Pisces!

☀️ - what are your character’s goals and what would they do to achieve them?

🍁 Oh I have too many to choose from.....I think I already mentioned the Roast of Duskwatcher and her talk with Craneflight, so runners-up would be her fight with Sandpaw [then -kit] for a prime moment of her at her worst - as uh....I think you've hit your lowest when you tell a child they're the reason their mom is dead. It was an interesting moment, and it's definitely led to some Thoughts from Pinespark in retrospect now that Sandpaw is Complete Orphan. She still hates her though.

For lighter rps, her competitive fight with Pigeonpaw and her running into Tempestwatcher's den for comfort after THAT dream were both really fun, for different reasons - soft family times and the forging of a friendship and rivalry.