Spire! Another cat from Tigerheart's shadow. He belongs to the group of city cats that are introduced by Dovewing as the guardian cats, and are referred to as such by Tigerheart and Dovewing the whole book alone until Fierce calls the group such after establishing their right to territory the way Tigerheart taught her at the end. Spire is an old wise member of the group, not exactly a leader but clearly among the most knowledgeable and respected in the group. He has a skill in drawing pictures with his paws, and has a lot of daytime visions that make most cats think he's detached from reality especially if they've just met him. He saw Dovewing and Tigerheart coming to the city cats in a vision, and saw himself leaving with them in a vision. He both sees how he will die protecting a kit in a vision and the river in which they must cross where it will happen, but doesn't communicate that well to the group before it happens, so that when they cross a drawbridge that starts to raise for a boat to pass the cats are unprepared and Pouncekit starts to slip from the edge. Spire leaps into the gap and saves the kit, but is unable to save himself, falling to his death in the water below. Tigerheart is so moved by the sacrifice that he re-names Spire to Spiresight in an impromptu ceremony on their return journey.
Spiresight is connected to Shadowpaw in the next arc, appearing to him a few times as an earthly spirit. This is a little confusing because he had previously appeared to Tigerheart in Starclan to help convince him to gain his nine lives to lead Shadowclan, and so had successfully ascended before the broken code begins. This raises the question of how if starclan was cut off from the living cats this city cat was capable of reaching the living world, but maybe it has to do with the canonical multiple resting places for spirits in the warriors books? In the same way the Tribe of Endless hunting is separate from Starclan maybe there is a city guardian cat spirit residence that he visited for a back door to the living world IDK. Regardless, he is the cat that helps Shadowpaw stay alive when the impostor tries to kill him for knowing his secret, and then becomes part of the 'overshadowed' army that Ashfur controls in the Dark Forest. He returns to Starclan at the end of the arc.
i wish the erins had expored dustpelt and squirrelflights mentor-apprentice relationship more
This is the first time I make a gif! hopefully it doesn't look too scuffed...
"It's true, then? Only a rogue would use poison! Have you not learned anything after Darktail?" — Strikestone
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.
Sparklecat Squirrelflight?
popular demand!!
LEAFPOOL and SQUIRRELFLIGHT time!!! My girls!! I love these two, drawing them makes me so happy :). I like to imagine an alternate world where they both could warn away their respective shitty boyfriends....rip to the sisters with bad taste stuck in a patriarchal society ...
i'm not incredibly happy with how this looks but i'm tired of working on it so it's getting posted lol
leafpool and crowfeather unfortunately! i don't like crowfeather but i think leafpool's fling with him is a very important part of her character. mothwing was originally going to be on the shore staring longingly at them but like i said i got tired of working on it.