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Part 7
Character Name: Nightshade (formerly Softraven)
Appearance(BlossomClan are in the autumn kind of colors, Ash Tribe darker colors, and so on): Black-and-silver smoky vixen with dark, misty blue eyes
Tribe(or list the Frostbite Skulk if they’re in there): Loner, formerly Ash Tribe
Fox picture that looks similar to their appreance? https://i0.wp.com/800010.xyz/files/funotic/animals/black_foxes_rare_01.jpg?w=618&ssl=1
Family, optional:
Backstory, also optional: Softpup loved the idea of being a queen, having pups of her own and naming them. So when the medicine fox mysteriously decided she was to be his apprentice, she was heartbroken. She wanted to step down, but her Clanmates thought it was spoiled to throw away such a chance. As an apprentice, she watched her mentor accidentally feed her best friend Adderpaw poison instead of juniper berries. She pretended to be fine, but stored much, much grief and bitterness. She started to study poison, in special a berry called nightshade, that she thought was pretty and poisonous. Then she poisoned her mentor and became full medicine cat. She contineud to poison cats, always using nightshade, and threw the Ash Tribe into chaos. Softraven was discovered when trying to poison the deputy (after killing the leader) so they didn’t get their nine lives. She was exiled and made a plan of vengeance. Mysteriously, nightshade patches have started growing around the Ash Tribe’s camp, and some may claim they see a silloete of a cat behind them…
Anything else? If Ambi agrees, she manipulates Emberstep after he gets exiled. He eventually finds out she’s evil and..Does whatever Emberstep does. Also, she changed her name to Nightshade, pretty and poisonous, and is planning to overthrow the Tribes…
Thanks!
Ooohh, that’s interesting! She’s like, evil Emberstep… I can’t see him getting manipulated, but, DEFINITELY Redpaw and possibly Rubymist. I was planning RubyXEmber drama as well, so I have a feeling that Nightshade could play a role in that. Here:
So, Rubymist, Emberstep and Redpaw are travelling together when they come across the mysterious Nightshade. Emberstep is intrigued by her as she claims to be studying poison for the same reasons as Emberstep.
They share their stories and Nightshade and Emberstep discuss how they could use poison to their advantage. Emberstep is thinking of curing Mistypaw but Nightshade says she was thinking of something else.
Suddenly, Redpaw starts having dark thoughts, saying about how she wishes Beespring is dead, and that the Tribe would be better off without him.
Meanwhile, Rubymist and Emberstep are falling for each other. Emberstep tries to fight away the feelings until Rubymist confesses that she loves Emberstep and wants to be his mate. (Nightshade is jealous.) Emberstep declines, saying that he’s a medicine fox and that his duties always come first. Rubymist is upset, saying that Emberstep isn’t a medicine fox anymore, but respects him, unlike Bumblestripe.
But soon, Nightshade finds out, and without Emberstep’s knowledge manipulates Rubymist, who’s always been fiery, to take revenge on Emberstep.
With both Rubymist and Redpaw plotting murder, Emberstep realises that he is no longer leading the cats. But with the evil Nightshade in charge, Emberstep has nowhere to turn too…
It definately doesn’t have to be like this! But, oh boy am I excited to start this project.
(Nightshade, huh? You all know who I’m thinking of…)
(Yeah. Nightshade. Totally a coincidence…)
This sounds really cool! I feel like Nightshade wouldn’t truly be in love with Emberstep, and would be more like trying to manipulate him to get revenge on the Ash Tribe, and probably wouldn’t share her WHOLE story. Also, I think her quote didn’t get modded (it doesn’t have to be added to the story, it’s just her personality)
“You’re so much like me”, she murmured.
Emberstep backed away. “We are nothing alike. You’re a rogue, I’m a medicine fox. You kill foxes. I heal them.”
She stalked forward. “Oh, Emberstep”, she purred silkily. “Naiveness’ a blessing.” Her eyes gleamed in the dark. “Has no one told you? Nightshade is not my birth name.” She slid out her claws and laughed grimly.
“Softraven is.”
What do you think? I tried to give them all different personalities, and to make them scary ;D Maybe not as scary as, say, POISON, but still scary…
I thought we needed villains, so I made all those! Also, Frozen is a silvery-white vixen with pale blue eyes. I’m actually pretty proud of the backstories, and tried to give them all a “reason” to hate a specific Tribe. Also, I specially made Nightshade as some sort of fuel for Emberstep, since their stories are similar, but their reactions to it were different, so to contrast that. She (and the nightshade growing) also refers to the title
Here are some quotes for them. You don’t have to use it, it’s more so that you know their personalities.
Sparrow/Glacier:
She let out a furious yowl. “How dare you?” She roared, leaping at [Blossom Tribe POV], pinning them down. “How dare you ask how could I? How could you?” Her eyes gleamed with anger and grief. “Your Tribe killed my brother!”
Shatter:
“You are probably wondering why am I doing this”, he said calmly. “Why do I want to hurt foxes so much? Why do I kill so many?” His piercing blue gaze flicked towards her. “Did you know, Drizzlepaw, that once a Rain Tribe fox killed my daughter?”
Frozen:
“I was there”, she whispered softly, teardrops glittering in the moonlight. “I watched her screech in pain, fall in the ground and bleed. I saw the light leave her eyes.” She slid out her claws, a menacing glare in her eyes now. “And I have never forgotten.”
Wow, Skye, these backstories and quotes are giving me chills! They fit perfectly with how the story should go, and with Emberstep’s story. They make amazing villains, I can’t wait to write about them!
Thanks!!
Frozen’s quote just hits different. these are all amazing
Thank you so much, Blazey ^^!
I’ve realised that Emberstep is kinda turning into a Mary Sue.
“No EmBErsTeP wOulD nOT Be maNIpUlAted bY NigHtShADe” -Ambi
But I do have plans for him! Emberstep is going to really struggle with his past. He tries tot forget about it. He’s too serious for his own good and he doesn’t allow himself to enjoy himself- focusing solely on the poison. He needs to try to lighten up a bit.
Good idea!
And yep that quote is now going at the end of every sentence when I’m talking about Mary Sues>:)
It’s so fun to say it though..
nO eMbErStEp wOuLd NoT bE mAnIpUlaTeD bY nIgHtShAdE
nO EMbeRstEP wOUld NoT be ManIPUlaTeD bY NigHTshaDE
It is though-
Here is the main Google docs for the story! I’m currently working on the allegiances, and I’ve put a writer thing in there. You can all put in allegiances fillers down below, and help decide what to name the ranks in Frostbite Skulk! If you want a different picture for your writer picture than you can mention that too:)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c93DbjGGQFKS9la3h6FKaqzq2SknRKM0OmYLNi-r-eI/edit?usp=sharing
https://imagesvc.meredithcorp.io/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.onecms.io%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F47%2F2020%2F07%2F20%2Forange-british-shorthair-1070960066.jpgM
Could you add this picture? The cat has green eyes :p
Duskstar: Black dog-fox with golden wings
Can Stagpounce be the deputy? She’s Mistypaw’s mento
Falconflower: Black and gold vixen with gold wings
Swiftnight: Black dog with red wings
Dustydash: Dark grey dog-fox with yellow wings
Thanks! (BTW, Winter’s an apprentice)
Idk about the names, some suggestions could be…Uhhh…
Deputy could be Icyheart or smt?
Warriors could be Frozenclaws, idk?
Maybe apps could be Snowypaws or -paws smt, or is that too much like the Tribes? I can’t really think of names for those!
Oh, sorry about that! I changed Winter’s position!
I’ll think about your names, Frozenclaws gave me the idea of Frosters, actually. Maybe I’ll do that:)
Also, can you tell me your purrsona? I’m adding you to the writers and there are four skypaws in the allegiances, so… 😛
I was the first one in this wave!
Lilac tabby she-cat with ocean-blue eyes and a plumy tail 🙂
I’m the mentorless oneThanks!
I think you forgot to add my oc, Crescent? Sorry if I sound pushy, but I think you might have forgotten her. 🙂 Her form is on page 3! 😀
Yeah, sorry:/ I’m still working on finding these characters lol:P
You don’t sound pushy at all! I’ll add Crescent now, sorry for being late.
Thanks so much Bree! 🙂
I’m good with the writer image!! Sorry I haven’t commented the past few days (read all the comments tho!) I’ve been very busy finishing up my fanfic, Gaining Height!!! Now that it’s done I’ll allot more time to this project!
(Also, since I’m writing for the Frostbite Skulk, is it okay if I have some creative freeway? Like if I want to change some previous lore when I get down to actually writing, is that okay?)
It’s okay, take your time! The more Gaining Height that I can chillax and read, the better:)
Of course you can change the lore as you’d like to! I want everyone to be involved in this, adding their own things, not just me seeming to control everything as power-hungry queen 😛
Anyone else that sees this, you can change the lore, just as long as you don’t change them into an entirely new tribe! 😀
I think you forgot to add my oc, Crescent? Sorry if I sound pushy, but I think you might have forgotten her. 🙂 Her form is on page 3! 😀
So with Nightshade, was she Emberstep’s mentor’s mentor? (Haildash) She’ll probably be kinda old.
Emberstep is a medicine cat who’s around 35 moons old, and Haildash was 42 moons when he died. Emberstep got his medicine cat name at 15 moons, so Haildash was 27 moons when he gave Emberstep his name. Would Nightshade be a cat in her 60s-70s? Did she even have an apprentice? Haildash could’ve been trained by Blossom Tribe and Rain Tribe medicine cats, but that would’ve made Nightshade older. She would still have been a medicine cat should she have stayed in Ash Tribe, but she probably would’ve been retiring in 20-30 moons.
She didn’t have an apprentice, and she murdered her mentor when she was young, so she became a medicine fox young, and was exiled as a young adult. Haildash was probably forced into the role or smt. Emberstep never met her, and she keeps it a very well kept secret. yes, nigthshade is old xD
Haildash loved every part of being a medicine cat. He probably wanted to be a warrior at first until Softraven was exiled/left (I forgot :p) and he volunteered to fill the role, and never regretted that.
That sounds so cool! (Exiled)
owwwwww mathhhh
Skye can figure that out 😛
I definitely didn’t get bored and impatient and write the first Emberstep chapter because I’m obsessed with him and he’s all I’ve been thinking of for the past fortnight… who said that?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10Wrd8epbYT6cDwRGjp6wlmakQBgX4CAEF5-iuDSkWak/edit
I love that!!
This is great so far! It’s just as I imagined it!
Just to let you know, you mentioned the wings thankfully, but I don’t think you mentioned “fox” once 😂
But anyways, I’m thinking of assigning all the writers an editor to go through the chapter. This can also help with them going faster and better because the writer doesn’t take too much time to edit, and they get helpful suggestions from editors:) It looks as a lot of people have lost the link or forgot, since Skye and you are mostly the ones hanging out on here. I’ll repost the link again, and then we’ll be doing a few more plot modifications and I’ll write the prologue. Yours will probably be Chapter One or Chapter Two, I haven’t decided on that yet.
Oh, did I not? I think I called Emberstep a medicine fox, if that counts!
I reread it and fixed all the times I said cat. A lot! Sorry
Hi Sandi!! I’m just here to let you know that I’m still hanging out, and reading all the comments! I’ve started on my chapter too!!
(Just one question: are you doing a male or female POV? I was thinking of doing male, but I can easily switch in around if you’re also writing a male, especially since it’s nice to have an even gender ratio!)
I’m thinking on probably doing a female POV!
Hi Dusklight! Is it ok to have my character, Crescent, be *friends* with your pov? Sorry if i’m bugging you! 😀
Sure Panthi!! And you’re not bugging me at all – I really appreciate as many characters with definable personalities in the skulks as possible!
Can I change Redpup’s warrior name to Redshine? It was previously Redleaf
Yep!
AJKLNFNHELFNJWF I’M SO SORRY I HAVEN’T BEEN ACTIVE HERE I COMPLETELY FORGOT!!! :((( If it’s okay, I’ll add some characters to this!! :DD
Name: Meadowflare
Appearance: Soft auburn vixen with striking green eyes and white speckles along her back
Tribe: Blossom Tribe
Fox picture similar to appearance: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRv-xvHIk82VAllW7_7gbrGDu6ZM8j8IBsLSf4biLXl6CYcwgUG-Wqp24MPZVDl2EzkKSg:https://i.natgeofe.com/k/6496b566-0510-4e92-84e8-7a0cf04aa505/red-fox-portrait_square.jpg&usqp=CAU
Family: Mate is Berryflare (member of Ash Tribe), expecting his children (would it be called kits??) Mother is Flowerstep, father is Rainwillow, brother is Mistflicker
Backstory: As an apprentice, excelled in all of her training, but was exceptionally aggressive. After a battle, she was scarred, both mentally and physically, and decided that she wouldn’t fight unless necessary anymore. But after a while, she fell in love with Berryflare, a warrior of the Ash Tribe.
Anything else? Nope! Overall, Meadowflare has a great family relationship and is welcoming and open to all. You can add some D R A M A if you want, it’s up to you! 😀
They are called pups :p
Thank you Flame! The more characters the better!
Hi! Can I join this? I can’t really write well, but I think I could supply warriors/apprentices/kits(Yes their called fox kits). If you’d have me here is a warrior already.
Name: Sageflight
Tribe: Ash Tribe
Purrsona: Dark gray tom(What is the name of a boy fox again?) with long gray wings, with strikingly beautiful sage green eyes, and a faint pink muzzle.
Do I have to do a fox that kinda looks like it?
Family: Petalbloom(From Rain Tribe), Mate, expecting his kits. Talontail, Brother, Rivermist, Sister, Mooncloud, Mother, and Sneakslash(Deseased), Father.
Backstory: Sagepup had a wonderful life in Rain Tribe(Before Nightshade was born), until his father died from wounds of a battle that got infected. Sagepup turned into an apprentice,(I don’t know the word for apprentice for foxes yet) and got a good mentor. Keeping busy helped him stay focused on the activity they were doing. He worked way harder than the other apprentices, and got more into fighting, and his mentor showed him ways of hunting he never knew about. After his moons of training, the leader gave Sage___ his warrior name, Sageflight. He met Petalbloom from a hunting patrol, going along the border, by himself, found himself staring into the gaze of Petalbloom, on a border patrol. Petalbloom asked to stay behind for a bit, and the other patrol members said okay. They met several times, then Sageflight expressed his love for her. She said “I love you too, Sage.” Then they met at the border multiple times, until she said she’s expecting his kits. Then he was overwhelmed with joy, the same amount as he was a kit, before his father died.
Anything else? Thank you Ambi for making this. Even if I can’t help, I’ll enjoy watching you make the story more intresting. He is a warrior of his Tribe, and he will fight for his right to be in his tribe. He is more of a backround character, but his “Forbidden” romance might make a cool plot.
Ambi? I didn’t make this, Sandbreeze did :p
oki sry I didn’t remember 😮
That’s okay! Btw we are calling the kits pups in this 🙂
Oki! Thx! Also am I accepted to make some other new characters if you need them? and is my character accepted in the story?
Sageflight will be in it, I don’t have to accept anything:P
And yes, you can make more characters! We need some more foxes to give a larger cast of characters:)
dhsjklafdh how did I miss 2 new pages djakfhdsajfdhlsakjfhdkasjfdsa
okay well……………………… do you need more backstory for Drizzlebreeze or is she good?
I think it’s good! I can’t wait to read her chapter, by the way!
Also, I’m looking at where your chapter should go next, and I think it’ll probably go in this order:
Prologue-Sandbreeze
Chapter One-Ambi?
Chapter Two-Sandbreeze
Chapter Three-Shadeleap
Chapter Four-Dusklight
I’m good with that!
OK! Tell me what I should draw after you’re ready!
Sounds good!
Hey sandi? just curious will you add me to the credits? prob not and thats 100% alr! just curious
Of course! The Writer’s Den is essential! :))
Hey, Sandi! I remember you needed names for twolegs, hear are some ideas:
Halfwalkers
Daftbrains
Barefurs
Uprights
Not many, but better than none.
Thanks! And wow, that seemed to be accusing our kind lol 😛
I think we’ll do Barefurs!
Hello y’all!
I’ll be needing some allegiance fillers(just names and purrsonas, don’t make the apperances too detailed please)and ideas for the prologue!
I didn’t know whether to…
-Make a prologue where it shows the backstory of the Frostbite Skulk leader(though that would probably be Dusklight’s job. I’m thinking of moving Glacier to Deputy, sorry Skye)
-Make some prophecy prologue
-Make a prologue that shows a kind of epilogue thing
-Or something else!