I am already once again thinking of my Dark Forest apprentices (as in dead, not training)
Berrypaw, who had a good heart and just made a dumb joke, dying before he could take it back
Talonpaw, who was always ever seen as the dead brother that came before him--a replacement, a ghost--who killed to prove to his family that he's something else, even if it means being something worse
Fernpaw, who went to StarClan and watched as her own family never grieved for her, forgetting her existence until she snapped and enacted revenge to get back at them for forgetting her, causing her to be exiled to the Dark Forest
Tansypaw, who went to StarClan, but voluntarily left to join the Dark Forest to be with her mentor--the only one who ever cared for her. She was so lonely and only ever felt warmth and love by someone in Hell to the point where she gave up her spot in Heaven just to be with her, even if it means being in darkness forever.
Thinking about how they're children and in Hell and finding comfort and light in each other. For some (BerryTalon) it's a healthy brotherhood, for others (TansyFern) it's a one-sided unhealthy obsession to be loved. And, for better or worse, they all affect each other's afterlives
