Sketch of Moonlight and Squirrelflight for size comparison!
Squirrelflight
Redo of my design from 2019
"I know what it's like to lose kits, Oakheart. I wouldn't wish that kind of grief on any cat." — Graypool
Design note- Graypool has the Riverclan built while her sister has the Windclan built
god put them in different series because he knew they would be too powerful as bffs
my half of a trade with @powderseas!! can't resist a opportunity to draw squilf
mspaint squirrelpaw in these trying times?
my #1 toxic trait is that i imagine 90% of wc characters as italian american
Dawnstripe and angsty Tallpaw on a stroll
I recently read Ballstar's Revenge and I can't get it out of my head
have you done sunfish yet?
was already in the queue and going to be posted april 16th.. but now you get her early!
Strikestone! He is Dawnpelt's and Crowfrost's second son, and brother to Juniperclaw and Sleekwhisker. He is among the influx of apprentices in the Vision of Shadows arc, but is a bit more compliant than his siblings, even though he is equally offended when his dad says the clan needs smarter apprentices, and agrees with his siblings feelings that the clan would be stronger with new blood and ideas. He stays in Shadowclan when they leave early with Needletail to join the kin, and works hard to hunt and gather while the clan suffers with Yellowcough. He is named Strikestone by Rowanstar, alongside Yarrowleaf. When the kin take over and things start to get rough, Dawnpelt convinces him to escape to Thunderclan with his brother, and they arrive safely because she sent them ahead while she tried to convince violetpaw, and are devastated when she disappears.
Strikestone has a close relationship with his brother Juniperclaw, and is very proud of him when he becomes Deputy. He is equally devastated to find out his brother tries to poison cats, and calls him a rogue. He has a good relationship with Tigerstar, and is desperate to see if Starclan can help his uncle when he returns from the City dead, and is among the cats to see him named leader and revived. He plays with his cousins Shadowkit, Pouncekit, and Lightkit, and overall values the ties he has with family, perhaps partly because of the family he loses along the way.
He is mentored by Wasptail, Mentors Blazefire, battles the Sisters and loses hearing in his damaged ear, and is killed in the battle against the impostor vs all the clans.
Juniperclaw! He is Dawnpelt's and Crowfrost's son, sibling to Sleekwhisker and Strikestone. He is part of the unruly apprentices in the Vision of Shadows arc, and leaves with Sleekpaw and Needlepaw to join the Kin early. He does a lot of stuff in the arc, but rejoins Shadowclan and then Skyclan, and notably becomes Tigerstar's Deputy when the leader returns and sepparates Shadowclan out again. Juniper is really excited to see Sleekwhisker when she returns with Yarrowleaf, and helps the two she cats when they are rejected by Leafstar by keeping them hidden in the old Shadowclan camp and hunting for them. He helps plan the attacks on Skyclan to try to drive them out and get revenge, and is later revealed to have poisoned the clan's fresh kill with death berry seeds nearly killing cats. He is removed from his position and put under guard, but escapes to find Shadowkit when he goes missing and the clan is distracted. he gives his life to save Shadowkit. He is characterized in my mind as an extremist with a heart of gold, and its no wonder the fandom likes him so much.
he later is part of the cats overshadowed by Ashfur, and once the imposter is defeated he tries to ascend to Starclan but is rejected. as a compromise he offers to guard the bridge between the afterlives, to prevent another cat from taking advantage of it in the same way again.
Tigerstar has high hopes for his kittens