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Summary:

After Raggedstar's death, there is nothing and no one to stop Brokenstar from achieving his bloodthirsty dreams. Hungry for land, hungry for battle, he begins apprenticing kits younger and younger so he can have more warriors to send into battle, leaving death and misery in his wake.

In the midst of this, Darkpaw is apprenticed at just one moon old. Soon, she'll become a pawn in Brokenstar's cruel game, another warrior that he can throw away for the sake of his own ambitions and greed.

Notes:

hey everyone! this is basically the first arc written from shadowclan's perspective. i thought it would be interesting, given how much happens to shadowclan. let me know what y'all think!

i'm revamping it, so if anything seems different, that's why

Chapter 1: allegiances

Notes:

heyo! most of this is somewhat consistent with canon but i changed a couple things, some ages might be changed and some cats' ranks might be changed as well. also medicine cats are called medics here.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

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SHADOWCLAN

Leader: Brokenstar - long-haired dark brown tabby with a bend in his tail
Apprentice: Volepaw

 

Deputy: Blackfoot - large white tom with huge jet-black paws
Apprentice: Dawnpaw

 

Medic: Runningnose - small gray-and-white tom with a runny nose

 

Warriors: Finchflight - black-and-white tom

Toadskip - dark brown tabby tom with white splashes, legs, and blue eyes

Nettlespot - white she-cat with ginger flecks

Lizardstripe - pale brown tabby she-cat with a white belly and yellow eyes

Mudclaw - gray tom with brown legs

Newtspeck - mottled ginger-and-black tabby she-cat

Ashheart - pale gray she-cat

Frogtail - dark gray tom

Scorchwind - ginger tabby tom

Rowanberry - cream-and-brown she-cat with amber eyes

Nutwhisker - brown she-cat with amber eyes

Boulder - big gray tom with a torn ear
Apprentice: Wetpaw

Wolfstep - gray tabby tom with a white paw and tail-tip

Clawface - scrawny brown tom
Apprentice: Littlepaw

Nightpelt - lean black tom

Flintfang - gray tom
Apprentice: Badgerpaw

Fernshade - tortoiseshell she-cat

Deerfoot - mottled dark gray-and-brown tom with a white chest, chin, and yellow eyes

Barktail - brown tabby tom with a short tail
Apprentice: Brownpaw

Cinderfur - gray tom

 

Apprentices: Dawnpaw - pale ginger she-cat

Volepaw - light brown tom

Wetpaw - gray tabby tom

Littlepaw - small brown tabby tom with light blue eyes

Badgerpaw - tiny black-and-white tom with a face striped like a badger's

Brownpaw - brown tom with specks of orange

 

Queens: Brightflower - orange she-cat with flecks of grey around her muzzle

Tangleburr - gray-and-brown she-cat (mother to Nightpelt’s kits, Darkkit, black she-cat, Whitekit, black tom with a white chest and paws, and Foxkit, tortoiseshell she-cat)

Russetfur - dark ginger she-cat with green eyes (mother to Nutwhisker's kits, Applekit, mottled pale brown she-cat with green eyes, Tallkit, light brown tabby she-cat, and Oakkit, light brown tom)

 

Elders: Archeye - gray tabby tom with black stripes and thick stripe over eye

Hollyflower - dark gray-and-white she-cat

Featherstorm - dark brown tabby she-cat

Ashfur - thin gray tom with white paws and tail tip

Crowtail - black tabby she-cat with green eyes



THUNDERCLAN

Leader: Bluestar - large pale blue-gray she-cat with flecks of gray on her muzzle

 

Deputy: Redtail - small tortoiseshell tom with a distinctive ginger tail
Apprentice: Dustpaw

 

Medic: Spottedleaf - small, dark tortoiseshell she-cat with a dappled coat

 

Warriors: Robinwing - dusky brown she-cat with a ginger chest and amber eyes

Fuzzypelt - black tom with spiky fur and yellow eyes

Dappletail - dappled tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with a patchy pelt

Patchpelt - black-and-white tom with amber eyes

Rosetail - gray tabby she-cat with a bushy, pinkish-orange tail

Lionheart - big golden tabby tom with a bushy mane

Tigerclaw - big dark brown tabby tom with unusually long front claws
Apprentice: Ravenpaw

Whitestorm - big white tom
Apprentice: Sandpaw

Willowpelt - very pale gray she-cat with blue eyes

Mousefur - small dusky brown she-cat

Runningwind - light brown tabby tom

Mossflower - gray-and-white she-cat with amber eyes

Darkstripe - dark gray tabby tom with black stripes

Sweetwhisker - tortoiseshell she-cat with yellow eyes

Longtail - pale brown tabby tom with black stripes and a long tail

 

Apprentices: Dustpaw - dark brown tabby tom

Graypaw - long-haired, dark gray tom with a darker stripe on his back

Ravenpaw - small, skinny black tom with a tiny white dash on his chest, and white-tipped tail

Sandpaw - pale ginger she-cat with green eyes

 

Queens: Speckletail - pale golden tabby she-cat with amber eyes (mother to Smallear's kits, Mistlekit, a pale gray she-cat with dark stripes and white paws, and Snowkit, a white tom)

Goldenflower - sleek pale ginger she-cat with amber eyes (mother to Tigerclaw’s kits, Swiftkit, a black-and-white tom with amber eyes, and Lynxkit, a ginger tabby tom with black patches)

Frostfur - white she-cat with blue eyes (mother to Lionheart's kits, Brackenkit, a golden-brown tabby tom with amber eyes, Thornkit, a golden-brown tabby tom, Cinderkit, a smoky dark gray she-cat with blue eyes, and Brightkit, a white she-cat with ginger patches and tail)

Brindleface - pale gray tabby she-cat with darker flecks

 

Elders: Adderfang - dark brown mottled tabby tom with yellow eyes

Smallear - gray tom with small ears and amber eyes

Sparrowpelt - broad-shouldered dark brown tabby tom with part of his tail missing

Silverfang - pale gray she-cat with one eye missing; nearly blind and deaf



RIVERCLAN

Leader: Crookedstar - light-brown tabby tom with green eyes and a twisted jaw

 

Deputy: Oakheart - reddish-brown tom with amber eyes

 

Medic: Mudfur - long-haired mottled brown tom with a pale belly

 

Warriors: Rippleclaw - sleek silver tabby tom
Apprentice: Mallowpaw

Whitefang - huge white tom with a brown striped tail and paws

Owlfur - brown-and-white tom

Blackclaw - smoky black tom
Apprentice: Heavypaw

Skyheart - pale brown tabby she-cat

Lilystem - pale gray tabby she-cat

Ottersplash - sleek pale ginger-and-white she-cat

Leopardfur - dappled golden tabby she-cat with dark spots
Apprentice: Whitepaw

Sunfish - light brown she-cat with green eyes

Frogleap - light gray tom with a dark striped tail and green eyes

Beetlenose - broad-shouldered black tom with yellow eyes

Petaldust - tortoiseshell she-cat

Voleclaw - gray tom
Apprentice: Dawnpaw

Reedtail - pale gray tabby tom with a darker tail that is long and straight

Loudbelly - dark brown tom
Apprentice: Silverpaw

Stonefur - pale blue-gray tom with blue eyes and battle scarred ears
Apprentice: Shadepaw

Mistyfoot - pale blue-gray she-cat

Grasswhisker - brown tabby she-cat

Vixenleap - black she-cat with green eyes and a reddish tint on her tail

 

Apprentices: Dawnpaw - ginger-and-white she-cat

Mallowpaw - tortoiseshell tabby-and-white she-cat

Whitepaw - dark brown tom with white paws and amber eyes

Silverpaw - black-and-white she-cat with silver-gray eyes

Shadepaw - dark gray she-cat

Heavypaw - thickset light brown tabby tom

 

Queens: Graypool - dark gray she-cat

Sedgecreek - brown tabby she-cat (mother to Voleclaw’s kits, Mosskit, a tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat, and Emberkit, a dark ginger she-cat)

 

Elders: Mudthorn - brown tom with black ears

Timberfur - brown tom with graying fur

Brambleberry - white she-cat with black spots and blue eyes

Echomist - long-haired gray she-cat, fur tipped with white



WINDCLAN

Leader: Tallstar - a black-and-white tom with a very long tail

 

Deputy: Deadfoot - a black tom with a twisted paw

 

Medic: Barkface - a short-tailed brown tom

 

Warriors: Cloudrunner - pale gray tom

Larksplash - tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat
Apprentice: Stonepaw

Aspenfall - gray-and-white tom

Stagleap - dark brown tom with amber eyes

Doespring - light brown she-cat

Ryestalk - gray tabby she-cat
Apprentice: Robinpaw

Pigeonflight - dark gray tom with white patches

Mudclaw - dark brown tabby tom

Tornear - gray tabby tom
Apprentice: Runningpaw

Rushtail - light brown tom

Oatwhisker - creamy-brown tabby tom

Darkfoot - blue-gray tom
Apprentice: Thrushpaw

Wrenflight - brown she-cat

Rabbitear - pale brown she-cat with a fluffy white belly and yellow eyes

Flytail - snowy white tom

Bristlebark - black tom

Onewhisker - pale brown tabby tom with one thick whisker
Apprentice: Whitepaw

Ashfoot - gray she-cat

 

Apprentices: Thrushpaw - tortoiseshell she-cat

Stonepaw - gray tom with amber eyes

Whitepaw - white she-cat

Webpaw - dark gray tabby tom

Robinpaw - light brown she-cat with blue eyes

Runningpaw - light gray tabby she-cat

 

Queens: Plumclaw - dark gray she-cat (mother to Aspenfall’s kits, Crowkit, black tom, and Nightkit, black she-cat)

Morningflower - tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with amber eyes

 

Elders: Hawkheart - stone-gray tom with flecks of darker brown fur

Meadowslip - gray she-cat

Mistmouse - light brown tabby she-cat

Hareflight - light brown tom

Hickorynose - brown tom



CATS OUTSIDE THE CLAN

Rusty - flame-colored tom with green eyes

Princess - brown tabby she-cat with a white chest and paws

Smudge - black-and-white tom

Yellowfang - dark gray she-cat with a flat face

Notes:

you might notice some changes to names, stumpytail is now barktail and one-eye is now whitefang. halftail keeps his previous name, and mosskit is still alive as mossflower.

EDIT: i completely forgot there was already a whitefang in riverclan 😭 one-eye's new name is silverfang. also i added a new cat to thunderclan (like they don't have enough already)