nimbusclan
A Clangen blog! Follow siblings Moonstar and Fogfreckle on their adventures :3c
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Moon 1-1
[Flintpaw says something vulnerable to Foalkit]
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One day I will draw Flintpaw happy again,, or at least not actively Going Through It.
Figuring out page layout/comic style and trying to find my footing (or,,, paw-ing?) with the aesthetic, so it'll probably change around a bit over the course of the next few pages! But I'm having fun with it so no one can stop me!
Flintpaw - 8 moons Foalkit - 2 moons
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And with this, the end of my old backlog! kinda, this is the last drawing I made in 2023 before I moved to IbisPaint and gave up with the web version of clangen, lol! and omg I finally post this in the scheluded day; yay!!
More yapping under cut.
I suffered a relationship breakup, as long with other things that weighed my mental health i'll be taking a long time doing both Cyclone and Lunar clan! I won't abandon them since I found a really good community here and I appreciate you guys a lot! but i'm a bit burned out. :')
nearing sunset.
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Might be a bit quiet around here for a while - I'm moving! I thought I'd have a bit more time for the comic in between packing and cleaning and whatnot, but I've been busier than I expected.
Regular activity here may not pick back up 'til late May, once I've gotten settled in, but we'll see! I'll make an effort to be present in moments of downtime. :)
Howdy friend how’s it going, hope you’re having a good week 🧡
🎨 Favorite Hobbies? For both moon and fog please!
🎆What do omens/messages from StarClan look like to your cats? I’d love to just expand this to how do Starclan or the dark forest interact with the physical
🪵 What natural resources does your clan collect for tools, rituals, decoration, etc?
🌀Out of context spoilers/WIP?
🌍 What are some of your irl inspirations for the lore/worldbuilding of your comic?
Hello my friend!! My week has been fantastic, actually, I hope yours has been just as good!
🎨 Favorite Hobbies? - Answered here!
🎆 What do omens/messages from StarClan look like to your cats? - Omens can be interpreted by medicine cats (or others, if they assume what they're interpreting is an omen) and can be just about anything! Clouds rolling quickly across the sky, discarded bug parts found in an uncommon area, a gathering of birds in the branches of a barren tree - it can really be anything! The expanded version of the question was answered here!
🪵 What natural resources does your clan collect for tools, rituals, decoration, etc.? -This question was answered here!
🌀 Out of context spoilers/WIP? -Here's an upcoming snippet from the next arc!
“Alpinepaw, what are you talking about? You’re being scary.” “It’s called the Chasm. That’s where bad cats go when they die. They say it goes so far down, not even the lights of Silverpelt reach. Their evil souls are thrown into the Chasm by StarClan, and become Chasm-Cursed.” “That’s not true! You’re making this up!” Alpinepaw shrugs, trying not to let his smile show. “That’s what Fogfreckle told me.”
🌍 What are some of your irl inspirations for the lore/worldbuilding of your comic? -I'm an avid fan of hiking, so my biggest inspiration is probably just the landscape of the northeast! I'm a huge outdoorsy nerd and I love to explore, so writing a story about a big journey just made sense! Also, Moonstar and Fogfreckle being siblings is directly inspired by two cats that I catsit for - Hans and Dominic! They're brothers, and I'm fully obsessed with the pair of them. I decided to make a siblings-focused ClanGen run because of them!
Pt. 2 of @ranchclan's ask!
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Moon 0: Unshackled
It's started. I'm officially committed to drawing these silly kitties. Love that for me :)
There's still a second part to moon 0 (got some more guys to introduce) and then we'll get to like actual plot. I prommy.
Next: Apr 19th
Previous: Moon 37
some of yall forgot they explode when they die huh,, thought i'd remind you
I have a discord where I will also be posting pages (With optional ping so you can be notified right away!), future page previews, and Q&As Join here: DISCORD LINK
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The chasm akumatizes animals..
THIS IS SO FUNNY I'M LOSING MY MIND
Pt. 1 of @ranchclan's ask!
It's been a while since we've seen these kitties. Those who have been keeping up with the comic may recognize them 👀
I love these two and ur blog sO much, can't wait to see more especially now the plots rolling >:)c
🪲What do they value the most?
I'm very curious for this one mostly cos I want to see what they prioritize.. is it each other, is it legacy or Nimbusclan, is it something else? :3c
(sent from Astray-clangen)
This question was also answered here and here!
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✨ What is their relationship with StarClan like? For Fogfreckle! <3
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Questions are from this ask game!
For Fogfreckle - things have been rough with him getting hurt! 🏠 Would he ever consider becoming a kittypet? -gutterclan
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Moon 0-6 (Prologue-FIN)
Flintpaw, just because you already did a murder doesn't mean you can do a kitnapping too !
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WOOO !!! We did it! We did the prologue!! Thank you everyone for all of the support, it has genuinely meant the world to me <3 I started this a month ago and the kindness and interaction from the community has been SO sweet! Going to work on a clangen fanart post next to give back to the community! Oh, and if anyone has any asks for the characters, please send them in!
![[ This Tag On The Latest Moon Totally Killed Me In The Good Way 🤣]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/fddf9088a1bf8fe7bdbe0af23045dc13/68892bb68290f8b6-91/s500x750/d926ecfc517afcd5ab3018f8a9f1778abd7a6f4d.png)
![[ This Tag On The Latest Moon Totally Killed Me In The Good Way 🤣]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/9acab0a4668a6fcd28e90507d26f18f2/68892bb68290f8b6-ad/s500x750/79ebf042cc8dca8b4eee6bbb3b6cf38b2cc569e8.png)
[ This Tag on the latest moon totally killed me in the good way 🤣]
[ Poor guy, he really does thinks that abandoning Freckle on the spot would be better for her in the long run then her sticking with him. Even just trying to train Freckle reminded him of his own training and the idea of having to train like that again freaked him out, not wanting things to repeat. Not with her. ]
for moon: 🌙🪲
for fog: ✨🪲
for the world: 🏵🪵
for you: ⏩✏️
my deep and fervent desire for fog to be ALIVE during the next moon....... i hope he pulls through !!
-boughclan-clangen
Answered Moon's asks here, and Fog's asks here! 🏵 Areas that are considered cursed or sacred? Your clan’s equivalent to Moonstone/Moonpool? - In their old territory that they left behind, the cats lived close to the base of the mountain, overlooking a meadow of lupines. At the center of the meadow, one would sit in a ring of flowers and gaze unblinkingly at the stars to commune with StarClan. If the night was dark and no stars were visible, StarClan did not wish to be communed with. - In the territory they're making their way to, there will be a place called Star's Reach, which I won't reveal too much about just yet. :) - Not necessarily a sacred area, but when conditions are foggy, cats believe that the clouds being down on Earth means that StarClan can visit/commune with living cats who aren't leaders or med cats. - Only known to StarClan cats, Cloud Nine is where important figures such as (but not limited to) past leaders and medicine cats meet with each other to discuss prophecies or survey the clan. On Cloud Nine, StarClan cats can look down into a swirling mass of churning clouds much like looking into a crystal ball to observe living cats. - The Chasm. Not discussed much yet in the comic, but the Chasm is NimbusClan's Dark Forest. It's a cursed area where the souls of cats who don't make it into StarClan end up. The cats who belong to the Chasm can be referred to as Cats of the Chasm, or Chasm-Cursed. Living cats can also be considered Chasm-Cursed, which will be explained later in the story. The Chasm is also referred to as the Way Down, and less often as the Place of No Stars.
🪵 What natural resources does your clan collect for tools, rituals, decoration, etc.? -NimbusClan is quite similar to canon Warrior Cats in their intelligence, so anything they may use for supplies is going to be the same as in the books. Moss, bark, flowers, various herbs, fur, feathers, etc. If it's naturally occurring in their territory, they probably use it for something.
⏩ How far ahead do you play in clangen? How far ahead do you draw/write? - In-game, I am currently on Moon 105! I meant to stop a lot earlier, but... I was having too much fun and couldn't stop myself. >w< I have an outline completed up to Moon 69 (hehe), the actual story drafted up to Moon 30, and comic pages come out as soon as I finish them! Drawing takes the longest for me, and the support of those that read and enjoy the comic helps me stay motivated, so it works best for me to upload as soon as I finish an update instead of building up a backlog.
✏️ Who’s your favorite character to draw/write? - Moonstar and Fogfreckle are equally fun to write, I'd say, but answering asks and things from Fogfreckle's perspective I probably have sliiiightly more fun with. Because the comic is from Moonstar's POV, it's extra fun to talk from his POV for a bit! Moonstar is my favorite to draw. Her round shape is super fun for me to do, and something about Fogfreckle's face I just CANNOT GET RIGHT CONSISTENTLY. I do have fun drawing his cloud rosettes, but Moonstar is just so easy to color that she's definitely my favorite to draw.
Sorry for letting this ask sit so long... Fogfreckle is INDEED ALIVE!
Pt.2 of @boughclan-clangen's ask!
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HEY IF NIMBUSCLAN WAS A MUSEUM WHAT WOULD BE IN THE GIFT SHOP 🧡🧡✨
hi friend
HIIII RANCH!! 🧡
What would be in NimbusClan's gift shop...
Suncatchers, for sure!
^These things. Also, definitely plushie versions of both Moonstar and Fogfreckle! There'd also be stuff for viewing the sky, like those kiddo binoculars that hang on a string around your neck, cloud formation charts, and star charts.
Answering pt. 1 of @boughclan-clangen's ask!
Asks are from this ask game!
Before I get around to Moon 9 I'm gonna try and take some time to answer the asks that've been sitting in my inbox! I've been so hyperfixated on drawing comic pages, but I think now's a good time to start working on getting a few of those asks out. :)
>mundanity / stress
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Moon 8
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Halfway around the world lies the one thing that you want
Buried in the ground, hundreds of miles down
Fogfreckle hasn’t stopped shuffling around since sundown. Moonstar may not have her eyes open, nose tucked firmly into her tail, but she can tell that he hasn’t stopped moving because the constant shff shff sound of him shifting around in his nest is driving her to madness.
Willing sleep to come just a little bit faster, Moonstar flattens her ears as close to her head as she can get them and fluffs her tail up against her face.
Shff, shff.
Fed up, Moonstar uncurls her tail from her face and sits bolt upright, mouth open to shout at her brother to just lay still already, but Fogfreckle cuts her off by springing quite suddenly to his paws. Having not seen him do much more than curl in a ball for two entire moons, the sight shocks Moonstar into stillness.
“I can’t,” he meows into the darkness. “I can’t do it. I’m not going to suffocate in this– this– cave for another heartbeat. I’m going hunting.”
Moonstar’s annoyance flees from her immediately, like a mouse slipping from her claws. “Wait–” She scrambles to her paws, panic overtaking her as Fogfreckle reaches around to grab the edge of his cobweb wrappings in his teeth. “Wait, don’t! You can’t– what if your wounds open back up–”
With a wild tug, Fogfreckle rips at his cobwebs, pulling the sticky strands away from his fur. He keeps going, yanking at them, agitation and annoyance etched in the sharp lines of his thin limbs. Moonstar reaches for him, attempts to get him to stop, and Fogfreckle spins around with his hackles fluffed out and swipes at her. Narrowly dodging the reach of his claws, Moonstar gasps, retreating.
For a heartbeat, both cats stare at each other, tension thick in the air between them.
“Stop treating me like I’m a helpless kit,” Fogfreckle spits, torn cobwebs hanging from his jaws. They lay tattered against his white fur in shredded strands. “I’m fine! I don’t need you to– to play medicine cat at me! Don’t tell me what I can and can’t do!”
His words sweep against Moonstar like a cliffside gust, the hurt they bring almost physically pushing her back. “I… I…” Several emotions cycle through her in the space of a single heartbeat, until it finally settles into a pulsing anger that crackles over her pelt like lightning. “I’m only trying to help! I’m looking out for you– we only have each other, in case you’ve forgotten,” she snaps, voice nasty, horrible satisfaction welling within her as the words strike her brother and he recoils. “We left the rest of our family behind, buried under a landslide!”
“As if I could forget!” Fogfreckle explodes. His reflective eyes are almost as sharp as the claws he’s sinking into the earth. “I can’t– I was useless to help them, and I’ve been useless for moons to help you, letting you go out on your own every day, when I’m the only one left who can keep you safe!”
All of the anger rushes out of Moonstar, fast as a roaring river, as she stares at her brother, heart shattering.
“I’m just–” he continues, yowls bouncing off of the boulders around them. “Sitting around in this dark hole, doing nothing from sunrise to sunset, wasting time we could be using to find a new camp and you– if something happened– I could lose you, too– Moonstar, I wouldn’t even know–” Fogfreckle breaks off on a hiccuping sob, voice losing its volume as it takes on a shaky quality and he ducks his head, hiding his pained expression from his sister.
Moonstar stares at her brother’s shaking shoulders. Guilt claws at her insides for the words she spat at her brother, the memory of her lost Clanmates sitting like a stone in her throat.
“Fogfreckle… I can handle myself,” Moonstar mews quietly. “I can handle both of us! Look at me,” she says, gesturing to herself with a sweep of her tail. “I’m here, aren’t I? I’m fine! I’ve been hunting for us for moons and I’m fine. You’re the one that’s hurting, and I’m– you need to let me take care of you sometimes, too.”
After a heartbeat of silence, Fogfreckle mews with a wet, broken voice, “you’re an awful excuse for a hunter. But,” he adds, flicking his eyes towards her, “you’re a pretty good sister.”
A bubble of incredulous laughter escapes Moonstar before she can stop it. She can’t even be mad about the hunting bit – he’s right. She hopes he’s right about the sister part, too. She butts her head against her brother’s with a purr.
“I’m supposed to protect you,” Fogfreckle whispers.
“Where did you get that from? We protect each other. I’m sorry for fussing over you so much, just–” Moonstar releases a huff of breath and sits back heavily on her haunches. Her tail swishes the ground. She waits until Fogfreckle sits across from her with a shaky sigh. “I worry about you, too. It doesn’t make you any less brave to need help. I worry about you because I care about you– not because I think you can’t deal with it on your own. Not because I think you’re weak.” Fogfreckle’s mouth twists into a grimace as he casts his eyes to the side, avoiding Moonstar’s gaze. A weak smile lifts the corner of her muzzle. She’ll never get her brother to admit out loud how much stress he puts on himself trying to stay responsible for the both of them, but she knows now. She knows.
She pushes herself to her paws and gestures at Fogfreckle with her tail. “Well, we’re not getting any sleep now. You’re seriously up for hunting?”
Clearly relieved at being rescued from having to talk about his feelings in any further detail, Fogfreckle twists around to pull the remaining shreds of cobwebbing from his back. He licks his fur into place, carefully covering the freshly healed pink marks of where the eagle had sunk its talons into him. “I can hunt. It doesn’t even look that bad anymore, see?”
Moonstar smiles. Thank StarClan she doesn’t have to do a botch job wrapping him with fresh cobwebs anymore; she’s really not cut out for it.
With a stretch, she pads from under the boulders, pleased beyond relief that they won’t have to spend another night under these suffocating press of rocks. “Let’s go hunting, then.”
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Don't ever forget, We haven't lost it all, yet.
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Moon 8
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Halfway around the world lies the one thing that you want
Buried in the ground, hundreds of miles down
Fogfreckle hasn’t stopped shuffling around since sundown. Moonstar may not have her eyes open, nose tucked firmly into her tail, but she can tell that he hasn’t stopped moving because the constant shff shff sound of him shifting around in his nest is driving her to madness.
Willing sleep to come just a little bit faster, Moonstar flattens her ears as close to her head as she can get them and fluffs her tail up against her face.
Shff, shff.
Fed up, Moonstar uncurls her tail from her face and sits bolt upright, mouth open to shout at her brother to just lay still already, but Fogfreckle cuts her off by springing quite suddenly to his paws. Having not seen him do much more than curl in a ball for two entire moons, the sight shocks Moonstar into stillness.
“I can’t,” he meows into the darkness. “I can’t do it. I’m not going to suffocate in this– this– cave for another heartbeat. I’m going hunting.”
Moonstar’s annoyance flees from her immediately, like a mouse slipping from her claws. “Wait–” She scrambles to her paws, panic overtaking her as Fogfreckle reaches around to grab the edge of his cobweb wrappings in his teeth. “Wait, don’t! You can’t– what if your wounds open back up–”
With a wild tug, Fogfreckle rips at his cobwebs, pulling the sticky strands away from his fur. He keeps going, yanking at them, agitation and annoyance etched in the sharp lines of his thin limbs. Moonstar reaches for him, attempts to get him to stop, and Fogfreckle spins around with his hackles fluffed out and swipes at her. Narrowly dodging the reach of his claws, Moonstar gasps, retreating.
For a heartbeat, both cats stare at each other, tension thick in the air between them.
“Stop treating me like I’m a helpless kit,” Fogfreckle spits, torn cobwebs hanging from his jaws. They lay tattered against his white fur in shredded strands. “I’m fine! I don’t need you to– to play medicine cat at me! Don’t tell me what I can and can’t do!”
His words sweep against Moonstar like a cliffside gust, the hurt they bring almost physically pushing her back. “I… I…” Several emotions cycle through her in the space of a single heartbeat, until it finally settles into a pulsing anger that crackles over her pelt like lightning. “I’m only trying to help! I’m looking out for you– we only have each other, in case you’ve forgotten,” she snaps, voice nasty, horrible satisfaction welling within her as the words strike her brother and he recoils. “We left the rest of our family behind, buried under a landslide!”
“As if I could forget!” Fogfreckle explodes. His reflective eyes are almost as sharp as the claws he’s sinking into the earth. “I can’t– I was useless to help them, and I’ve been useless for moons to help you, letting you go out on your own every day, when I’m the only one left who can keep you safe!”
All of the anger rushes out of Moonstar, fast as a roaring river, as she stares at her brother, heart shattering.
“I’m just–” he continues, yowls bouncing off of the boulders around them. “Sitting around in this dark hole, doing nothing from sunrise to sunset, wasting time we could be using to find a new camp and you– if something happened– I could lose you, too– Moonstar, I wouldn’t even know–” Fogfreckle breaks off on a hiccuping sob, voice losing its volume as it takes on a shaky quality and he ducks his head, hiding his pained expression from his sister.
Moonstar stares at her brother’s shaking shoulders. Guilt claws at her insides for the words she spat at her brother, the memory of her lost Clanmates sitting like a stone in her throat.
“Fogfreckle… I can handle myself,” Moonstar mews quietly. “I can handle both of us! Look at me,” she says, gesturing to herself with a sweep of her tail. “I’m here, aren’t I? I’m fine! I’ve been hunting for us for moons and I’m fine. You’re the one that’s hurting, and I’m– you need to let me take care of you sometimes, too.”
After a heartbeat of silence, Fogfreckle mews with a wet, broken voice, “you’re an awful excuse for a hunter. But,” he adds, flicking his eyes towards her, “you’re a pretty good sister.”
A bubble of incredulous laughter escapes Moonstar before she can stop it. She can’t even be mad about the hunting bit – he’s right. She hopes he’s right about the sister part, too. She butts her head against her brother’s with a purr.
“I’m supposed to protect you,” Fogfreckle whispers.
“Where did you get that from? We protect each other. I’m sorry for fussing over you so much, just–” Moonstar releases a huff of breath and sits back heavily on her haunches. Her tail swishes the ground. She waits until Fogfreckle sits across from her with a shaky sigh. “I worry about you, too. It doesn’t make you any less brave to need help. I worry about you because I care about you– not because I think you can’t deal with it on your own. Not because I think you’re weak.” Fogfreckle’s mouth twists into a grimace as he casts his eyes to the side, avoiding Moonstar’s gaze. A weak smile lifts the corner of her muzzle. She’ll never get her brother to admit out loud how much stress he puts on himself trying to stay responsible for the both of them, but she knows now. She knows.
She pushes herself to her paws and gestures at Fogfreckle with her tail. “Well, we’re not getting any sleep now. You’re seriously up for hunting?”
Clearly relieved at being rescued from having to talk about his feelings in any further detail, Fogfreckle twists around to pull the remaining shreds of cobwebbing from his back. He licks his fur into place, carefully covering the freshly healed pink marks of where the eagle had sunk its talons into him. “I can hunt. It doesn’t even look that bad anymore, see?”
Moonstar smiles. Thank StarClan she doesn’t have to do a botch job wrapping him with fresh cobwebs anymore; she’s really not cut out for it.
With a stretch, she pads from under the boulders, pleased beyond relief that they won’t have to spend another night under these suffocating press of rocks. “Let’s go hunting, then.”
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Don't ever forget, We haven't lost it all, yet.
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I HAD TO POST THIS YESTERDAY I'M SO SORRY
This is my absolute favorite drawing of him, actually, so eepy, so sleeper
YELLING AND JUMPING EVERYONE LOOK AT MY BOY!!!
Wooo! taken a bit of time due to personal life getting in the way. ^^; FrostSwirl -> @hillclan-ruins She better get to live a long life! I absolutely adore her! SilkNewt -> @mourningclan
Omg her design is just! -chef's kiss-
HawkthornTail -> @dogwoodclangen
We love a supportive king <33
Fogfreckle -> @nimbusclan
Talk to your sister! she's trying her best.
Redpaw -> @spikeclan
Let them be a happy dork!
Tigertoe -> @circus-clangen
Gosh! I WISH i could do that smooth and curly hair some justice!
THIS IS THE COOLEST FANART EVER!!!!!!! 🤩 FOGFRECKLE EXISTS IN THE PHYSICAL REALM!!!!
a smattering of other ppl's clangen kitties :3
Olive from @forestclan-clangen Baykit from @aspenclann Gingerfall from @direclan Fogfreckle from @nimbusclan (only wrote his prefix down. for some reason) Sootsight from @boughclan-clangen Wheatburn from @ranchclan
Sooooooo I'm reworking the comic. 🫠🙃
I hope nobody's too disappointed with the direction I've decided to go in, but I've been stewing on this for a while and I've decided to just go for it. It'll take me a bit to iron out the story as I adapt my ClanGen notes to work for the new setting, so I decided I'd share this concept art with you all in the meantime.
I absolutely love Moon and Fog, so they're not going anywhere, but we're gonna be changing the story up a bit.
The biggest change - they're getting gijinka-fied! And, to match with their new humanish appearances, the setting is changing a little, too - they're still traveling in search of a new home, but I'm plopping them in a medieval fantasy setting!
I'll be changing the title of the blog, too. It'll be called April Fools. :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAAAAAY @tidalclan!!
enjoy this sandcake
Moon 2.10
Better read on ComicFury!
the in game events that led to all this: Icestar confuses Troutpelt in a conversation. Fawnblink says something hateful to Troutpelt. Magpiespot has a weird feeling about something Fawnblink said the other day.