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StarClan

- looks like the clan territories, but way bigger and more spread out with rolling fields between each territory

- sunny during the day, lit by starlight at night

- full of prey, has very nice, comfortably warm weather

- cats in starclan have specific appearances based on how they died

- cats fade very, VERY slowly

- cats who give lives to leaders or big prophecies to medicine cats fade faster

- pretty much any interaction with the living makes you fade a little more

- when a cat fades entirely they are reincarnated as a clan kit

- these kits hold a few memories from past lives when they are very young but they go away by three moons of age 

- at the center of starclan territory is the starpool

the Starpool

- huge hollow with a large, ancient tree on one side, mirrors the clan meeting hollow

- the pool is fed by three streams, each one stemming from a different clan's territory

- spiderleap, chatterstone, and asterheart live in the hollow and manage the starpool, keeping track of leaders' lives and and healer herbs

- a vision of the three current clan leaders is in the pool, with stars around their necks that represent how many lives they have left

- swimming into the starpool transports a cat to the starpool domain (name?? idk)

- looks like salar de uyuni, it is eternally night and the water reflects the stars perfectly

- the only part of starclan a clan cat will ever see when they go to the starpool

- where healers visit during the half moon, leaders get their lives, and apprentices see before they get their name

the Inbetween

- border between starclan and the dark forest where a cat initially goes when they die

- misty autumn forest with tall yellow grass and spindly trees covered in red-brown leaves, sky is cloudy and white

- some cats stay in the inbetween forever by choice, where they turn misty and white (crowmask, birchstripe, winterdusk, icewhisper, etc.)

- a cat will go here to be led to starclan by their family or decide whether to either go to the dark forest or surrender their memories to go to starclan

- cats who might go to the dark forest talk to a dead family member, and if they regret what they've done, they become a kit or an apprentice in starclan and memories of their life feel like they happened to someone else

the Dark Forest

- huge, endless forest of tall, dead trees and bushes interlaced with wickedly sharp brambles, and mist along the ground

- no natural light save for a huge red moon in the crimson, starless sky

- ground is muddy and gross, and covered in snow for half of the year

- the only water is dark and weirdly oily and just generally gross

- cats are ragged and dark, with eyes that have glowing red pupils and blackened sclera, legs covered in muck, and old wounds from life black and oozing

- cats here don't fade and instead suffer forever

A Closed Species Custom I did for my buddy @spiderleap !! 

First healers of the mountain Clans!

Asterheart: Formerly a rogue named Aster who got picked up by the travelling cats, along with his sister Hollyhock. He and Chatterstone had a brief fling during the journey and Chatterstone taught him a bunch of stuff about herbs and healing, but they eventually had to split up to become the healers of different Clans (GlenClan and PineClan respectively). It is because of him that healers can have mates if they have someone to take over for them if/when then have kits. 

Chatterstone: A fairly young but capable RiverClan healer whose mentor, as well as most of his Clan, died during the earthquakes. He taught Asterheart much of what he knew, and gave him his name when they first went to the Starpool. He died after getting caught in a battle between GlenClan and PineClan, and was the first of many healers to be buried in the valley between the two Clans. 

The Hermit Tarot card reversed suggests that you have withdrawn too much from the world or are becoming too reclusive. Solitude might have been necessary or good for you at one point, but The Hermit reversed is telling you that it is time to come back to the world and the people around you. Taking time for soul-searching and self-reflection can be a great thing in moderation, but too much can be damaging. At some point, you do need to draw a line under things and move forward, this Major Arcana card in reversed position indicates that now is that time.

Commission for my dear friend @spiderleap / @lumosnight of their OC Rhys! Ya’ll should give him a follow for some Quality Content!