#specklestar

Specklestar: tricolor she-cat. First leader of Willowclan

Driftstar: Orange and white she-cat. Second leader of Willowclan, successor to Specklestar, succeeded by Cheetahstar

Cheetahstar: Brown and white she-cat. Third leader of Willowclan, successor to Driftstar, succeeded by Kitestar

Kitestar: tortie and white she-cat. Fourth leader of Willowclan, successor to Cheetahstar, succeeded by

decided it would be fun to draw the prior leaders before the current leaders in-story for each clan, just to see how they’d contrast!

i should add these guys didn’t all lead at the same time- i’d estimate tatteredstar has been leading for about 11 years, shalestar about 8 years, tulipstar about 6 years, pigeonstar 3 years, and currantstar 1 year.

wheatstar of skyclan was a good deputy, at the least. quiet, passive, deferential to his leader; organizing patrols was one of his greatest skills. he cared for his clan deeply. however, as a leader he was... subpar. he was quite a bit of a doormat to the others, avoiding battle at any cost. eventually, he was mocked for being a coward by all clans, and his own clan- for the most part- detested him. ‘pulling a wheatstar’ became slang for being a doormat. eventually, he decided to pick a scrappy young cat named pigeonfang as his deputy, hoping pigeonfang’s fearless-to-the-point-of-danger personality would balance him out and make up for his past mistakes. on his last life, he disappeared, his pawprints leading out of camp into the forests beyond. only he knew where he was going. the shame skyclan experienced because of him is partly why they rally around pigeonstar so much.

marigoldstar of windclan was a spitfire of a deputy. energetic, wily, and something of a showoff, she initially was made deputy to balance out the previous leader, a pragmatic and often cold sort. however, with unnecessary battles, she began to lose her spark, and when she had half-clan kits due to a fling with a shadowclan tom, the spark went away altogether. to avoid controversy, she gave them to another molly in windclan to raise, and while all went well and her children never knew of their biological mother, she always wondered about what might have been. as a leader she was deeply logical and became one of the most level headed of the group of leaders. however, she always tried to choose deputies who she felt were wise from the start and wouldn’t have to learn it like she did. this led her choosing shaleshadow as her deputy- and the rest, as they say, is history.

boarstar of riverclan was too young to be leader, in many cats’ opinion, and they had a good point. the young tom was only made deputy practically the day he got his first apprentice because the previous riverclan leader had ‘favors’ to return to his father. boarstar became leader at only about 2 years of age, and he soon spent these lives with needless battles that jeopardized the safety of his own clan. what happened, you might ask, that resulted in a molly named tuliptail- now tulipstar, who, in comparison, is far more gentle- to become leader? well- you’ll have to see, it’ll be covered soon. :)

indigostar of thunderclan was very much like tatteredstar is now, if a bit less... intimidating. they tended to take a far more administrative position to battle- commanding cats into battle and not so much being on the battlefield themself. this had both its pros and cons- it was one of the few things tatteredstar, often at the forefront of her troop, disagreed with them about- but otherwise, the two held very similar opinions. after all, it was indigostar who mentored tatteredstar. while tatteredstar employs different methods than her predecessor, and does seem ambivalent on her thoughts about having been elected as leader in the first place, tatteredstar deeply respects them and holds them in high esteem.

Name: Ashkit

Position: GrassClan kit

Gender: Female

Mother: jaystreak

Father: specklestar

Age: 3 moons

Half brothers: adder (Hollow camp) Acornpaw (starclan)

The leaders of Fireclan!

Bonus pink soulstar under the cut:

Name: Blossomkit

Position: GrassClan

Gender: female

Father: Specklestar

Mother: Jaystreak

Sisters: ashkit, featherkit

Wanted to post a pic tonight but my little project isn’t ready yet SO I decided to draw some of my characters from  my old fanclan. (Miss them :’( )

Pictured above are Foxbriar (who was born with three ears and experiences seizures), Brookpoppy (born with no tail and breathing troubles), and Sagetooth (born with MANY toes and heart problems)

Foxbriar, Brookpoppy, Sagetooth and Smallkit were born from Clearlilac and a random loner. Clearlilac realized she was pregnant and tracked down the loner and killed him, her brother Speckleant had to help her clean up. Clearlilac gave birth to her kits but Smallkit was stillborn, after other story points occur, Clearlilac is killed and Speckleant and his brothers take over caring for them.

Growing up, the three are excluded from the clan and take care of each other. Their other uncles, Lightpounce and Pinecreek, watch over them but mostly Speckleant fiercely defends them from ignorant cats. They each take different fronts to the clan, Foxbriar takes up the aggressive role once he notices his littermates won’t (Sagetooth) or can’t (Brookpoppy), he thinks to bite first so others leave him and his family alone, while he’s actually a really nice and fun cat. Sagetooth thinks that the aggressive role won’t help in the long run, he is all work and no play and claims that treating those who are rude with politeness will make them feel uncomfortable. Brookpoppy thinks that if he just excludes himself that others will have no reason to mess with him, but that assumption is his downfall as cats bully him even more. With Foxbriar usually there to combat the others or Sagetooth to guide him away from the jeers, Brookpoppy never developed a way to defend himself and lacks the courage to.

Brookpoppy eventually runs away from the clan to an unknown place where he meets a loner by the name of Jack, Jack becomes his friend and is able to develop confidence on his own, while simultaneously helping Jack out of his own problems. Speckleant is devastated when he hears from a panicked Sagetooth and worried Foxbriar that Brookpoppy is missing, they look for him for moons but never find him, except for the ring of mushrooms where his scent disappeared, Speckleant visits that spot a lot after that. Foxbriar is angry and asks Sagetooth to run way to go find Brookpoppy but Sagetooth is able to convince him that it wouldn’t be what Brookpoppy wants. They force themselves to continue living in the clan, feeling more alone than ever.

Two cats are able to find an interest in Foxbriar and Sagetooth that isn’t founded in ill-intentions, Skybark and Thrushfall. Thrushfall is able to tear down Foxbriar’s walls and discover the true cat inside, they eventually become best friends. Skybark is able to do the same with Sagetooth and they become mates, having a litter of kits too. The day comes suddenly when Brookpoppy returns with a newfound confidence and a new clanmate. The three are elated to be reunited and Speckleant is proud to have his family complete once again.

However, their health problems do return with a vengeance and cut all three cats’ lives short. Sagetooth collapses on the forest floor during patrol one day and was never able to get up, dead before his kits were apprentices. Foxbriar experiences a seizure too great and causes him to lose his life. While Brookpoppy dies in his sleep after not getting enough oxygen.

Name: Specklestar

Position: Grass Clan leader

Previous name: speckleface

Gender : Male

Apprentices: AntNose, HawkClaw, PigeonPaw

Mentor: RippleWillow

Previous mates: AppleBreath, JayStreak

Sons: Adder, Acornpaw(dead)

Daughters: FeatherKit, AshKit, BlossomKit