Hello everyone! The moment you've all been waiting for is finally here! As the title of this thread clearly states, it is time for Dawnstar and Slytiger to have kits! With the use of Baby Boomer combined with Bundle of Babies, Dawnstar will be having a grand total of 13 kits. While it's a large number, these will not be first come first serve. Taker and I are looking for people who put thought into their characters and will remain active with them (or end their story in a meaningful way—don't just have them disappear!).
Your applications should be creative and not just a basic form! There is no need to go out, but show us that you care about the character you're applying! Here are some things you need to know before applying a character:
Genetics Since these kits will be biologically related to Dawnstar and Slytiger, Taker and I want their appearances to be realistic. Below are the possible genetics for their kits! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to me!
Kits can be shorthaired or longhaired
Kits can be chocolate or cinnamon
Kits can be solid, mackerel tabby, or braided tabby
Kits can have no white or low white
Kits can have any realistic eye-color (no blue)
Kits are likely to be larger than average
Names Dawn and Tiger love their children and wouldn't name them anything silly! Below is a list of their preferred names, and names they absolutely wouldn't use. You don't have to stick to their preferred names or themes, but don't try to name your character something they hate!
Dawn's Liked Names: tribute names after deceased kin (special cases, must resemble the deceased), predator names, strong names
Dawn's Hated Names: twilight, blood, bone, rot, crush, crescent, gloom, slime, happy, kiss, blush, soft, dead, weak or uncommon names, strange names without a reason
Tiger's Liked Names: names relating to shadowclan and its territory, morning, birds of prey, needle, yew
Tiger's Hated Names: names based on personalities, flower, pink, dance, thunder, wind, river, demeaning names
Those are the main specifications to keep in mind! Feel free to add anything else in your application like plot ideas or detailed personalities, but it is not required. So we know that you read the information, make sure to put your favorite ice cream flavor somewhere in the application. There is no set choosing date yet, and we might pick overtime as applications come in! Because of that, I'll list the slots below so everyone can keep track. Remember, if an application gets picked that was submitted after yours, it doesn't mean you're out of the running! Taker and I also reserve the right to offer slots personally to others should we wish. With all that out of the way, Taker and I look forward to seeing your amazing applications!!
Vixenkit. Prince of the shadows, 13th kit of Dawnstar and Slytiger [if possible, can be changed], The Frozen flame.
BASICS
Vixenkit is the youngest out of Dawnstar and Slytiger's 13 kit litter. Being the youngest isn't always the easiest, especially if you have 12 older siblings. Vixenkit is AMAB, planned to be trans in the future once he reaches apprenticeship. Vixenkit is a very quiet and observant kit, normally sitting back and watching the story play out. He is a fairly large dark dark chocolate tom with a lighter chest coat, his fur being very long [particularly his tail fur], and has deep amber eyes.
ABOUT HIM
Respectful: Vixenkit gives his respect to cats who have earned it, like his mother and father. If a cat is idiotic or just gets on his bad side, he will not give any respect to them. He thinks cats need to earn everything, respect being high on the list.
Observant: Most of the time, Vixenkit prefers to stay quiet and watch from afar. Most of the time he prefers not to make his presence known, and watches the story unfold. He also keeps an eye out on anything that can jeopardize ShadowClan in any way, shape or form. Mint Ice Cream Forev. This also allows him to pick up on things quickly, such as specific battle techniques.
TBA
Who Lives
As the youngest of 13, Vixenkit often does not get the spotlight from his parents, and catches on quickly about the harshness of the world. He prefers spending time alone or with his mother. He thinks highly of his parents, and strives to be a leader like his mother. He is often very formal around everyone, and is also very harsh. If someone were to say anything even slightly negative regarding his family or bloodline, he will go running to report them and asking for punishment. He often refuses to partake in any sort of games unless he is forced by his parents or has some sort of learning aspect to them
x ghostie is haunting this signature
Bean's favorite staff member Lillian was here
lio sneezed here (achoo)
you see crude graffiti... it spells "velli wuz here"
Rose caught the sickness (oh dear)
fenrir stares at rose with a spray bottle of water in hand
My Soul is in @/Ian's basement with some ice cream
The visage of this aspect of mean comes in the form of a chocolate mackerel tabby with amber eyes. Unfortunately some limitations were made and this kit was stuck with over sized paws and ears. It is an unfortunate mockery fate gave them but they will grow into their paws and ears
Personality
This kit wants to be the warrior that other clan cats dread the name of. A looming shadow that all shall fear, for they will not be afraid to spill blood and make cats lose an eye or two. Their fickle tastes make them only enjoy frogs and mint chocolate. They will try their best to gain the approval of their parents and will try their best to not just live in their shadows. They will be doing too much of that in this shadowy clan. The personality can be tentative as I love to make these characters grow to the situations that they are put into! EX. his mentor thinks his attitude to harm other clan cats in cruel means is bad and does all their power to turn them around, there a chance they will only harm as much as is need to make their opponent to flee.
Plot idea/Hopeful thinking
Wanting to live up to the great shadows their parents cast, Cottonkit would try their hardest to become a enforcer and, with hope a head enforcer. This is a natural desire for this kit to strive for and to try and show how I want to be dedicate to this cat if chosen. Despite wanting a spot in higher social ranks, Cottonkit would never amuse the idea of becoming a deputy or leader knowing what that would mean for their parents, to the point refusing to play leaderkit games... And being a very wet blanket about it.
Grimkit
The Dream Eater
TW: Murder, cannibalism, manipulation, general trauma
Overview
Grimkit would take to the background fairly quickly within the upcoming DawnTiger Litter. Having a more quiet and subdued personality in a litter of 12 other kits with much more interesting personas would do that to someone and at first... Grimkit didn't really mind. After all as a tiny little thing, ideas such as favoritism and potentially being swept completely to the side were foreign and all that mattered was your family and what games you would play the next day. Never speaking a word, and never feeling a need to, Grimkit learned quietly that there was no reason to feed into the chaos that hurt their ears so often. But as a result... no one looked their way. They seemed to fade away. And at this point it was so far gone that.... Grimkit wasn't even sure how to gain some attention again, and they didn't want to be greedy. They were taken care of... but it felt like something was missing.
Though sooner rather than later, something, for at this point could it even be considered a cat? Was lurking at the corners of this little kit's mind. Something poking and prodding at their nightly sleeps, but not yet making a motion towards them. But it was a feeling that left the little kit at unease when awaking. Why it was the only times they had full attention, waking while too small to understand anything but crying at discomfort. But eventually, this presence was felt so often that anything that the kit could've clocked as 'wrong' about it could be swept away and no longer felt different. Sure the kit acted kind of nervous and at times paranoid for some strange reason. Mentioning at times when someone was there to listen to them that something was watching them. It was when they were 2 moons old that it was the first time the creature approached the kit during a night of rest.
Grimkit slept soundly among their siblings. Only to wake to the sound of something calling out to her.
Darkness Growing I.
Grimkit had grown close. With the creature that pretends to be a friend, a parent. The kit had grown enough to realize that it wasn't really a replacement. But at the same time... her relationship with her parents has only remained the same as it was. Grimkit never having the courage to do more to grasp at attention from her parents. Perhaps their absence was more noticable because of the creature. Perhaps the creature should scare the kit more than it did. Afterall things pretending to be parents are not usually things to be trusted, but... It was filling a void. One of parental love. Slytiger and Dawnstar. They were good parents. But they weren't always there to wipe her tears after a tumble, not always there to sing her lullabies on quiet nights and during stormy skies. They were not there to tell stories while the kit ate and felt lonely. They were not always there to play games with little Grimkit. The outcast and the lost.
To the Blind, Is Day not the Same as Night II.
Grimkit has learned something new, under the guidance of her friend, she has learned how to enter other cats dreams as they rest during the night. It was something that her friend knew how to do well and its how they communicate with her frequently. ( Dreamwalker use ), though it was later.. when she was a paw that things began to change with her friend. Soon they were telling Grimpaw that they needed her help to feel better, that they were sick, and that they were hungry... starving even! And her friend has done so much to take care of her while growing up it would be cruel and wrong of Grimpaw to turn down helping her friend... even if she wasn't sure about this... this plan. But she would do it. Her directions were easy enough at first, she only needed to meet some Windclan cats at the next gathering, that sounded simple enough... she never did stop to think about why.
The First III.
Her friend was hungry, they said that this would be nothing more than hunting prey... it was just a different kind of prey, the only prey that they could eat. And Grimpaw loved her friend! They meant the world to her so she nodded and promised that she would help take care of her friend like her friend took care of her. She dream walked, and dream walked... until she found them, the windclan cat that she met during the gathering. They fell into their dream. It was odd, she had never done this with a windclan cat before. She hasn't much experience with the other clans outside of the gathering she attended for the first time not too long ago. Though they walked and found the cat in a field. Was this what Windclan's territory looked like? Was this what her friend's home from before looked like? She wasn't sure and padded forward and caught the windclan cat's attention. They were confused, but not alarmed, after all this was a dream. What harm would be brought to them in a dream. They probably didn't even think that Grimpaw was the real Grimpaw... just something their brain made up after meeting her at the gathering. She smiled, she smiled and told the windclan cat that she was happy to meet them again. She felt her friend enter the space, the other cat though, remained distracted.
An End, or Perhaps a Beginning IV.
Her friend had closed in on the Windclan cat swiftly, the cat was now silent and... dead, in front of Grimpaw's paws. It was a strange feeling looking down at the cat that she had just been conversing with, the cat that she smiled at even though they weren't friends it was still strange to see a cat like this. She could hardly even recognize him anymore. Her friend had been hungry after all. Her friend praised her. And perhaps it was at that moment that Grimkit realized that whatever her friend was.. it wasn't something that she should consider her friend, but she couldn't be alone. She was alone as a kit, she can't handle being alone despite sitting in crowds. She couldn't leave her friend, not after everything that they've done for her because they cared about Grimpaw, right? They cared about her and that's why they are friends. This was a small price to pay for that right? She convinces herself that yes, this was a price she was willing to pay for her one and only friend.
*It is undecided the exact path that will be taken for the actual manipulation of Grimkit and is incredibly subject to change to better fit the dark forest cat in question! This is mostly me winging a general idea for this plot but the main concepts will remain the same! The friend in question will be @/dino.'s Bogtumble! Which is why the pair of Grim and her friend target Windclan though I am sure that some of the other clans will fall victim as well. Me and dino. are still discussing the specifics about Bogtumble and how exactly this will play out so this is probably out of character for bog but it gets the point across! If anything is absolutely horrendously wrong with the general portrayal of this plot then please vm me and I'll fix it immediately!
Personality
Grimkit growing up would be pretty much a background character, never finding the will in herself to speak up or do anything special and as her feelings of neglect and abandonment grow over time her motivation to really try to do anything falls as well. She is anxious and prone to paranoia and depending on how the plot plays out she can also be distrusting and scared and other super healthy things :thumbsup: Though she also doesn't tend to try in fear of taking the attention off of her siblings, she doesn't want to selfishly take away from the things that they do and that usually results in her huddling in the nursery away from everyone and often keeping to herself. These behaviors I imagine would also make way for easy manipulation. Honestly a lot of the abandonment issues that Grimkit faces are pretty self inflicted from self isolation, not that she would know that lol.
As she grows up, especially after her friend's murders start happening, I think that she will ultimately start becoming more distrustful of others and cold and apathetic towards them. Having spent so much effort dehumanizing the prey of her friend that it rubs off in her daily life within her clan. She makes an effort to remain polite but she she often finds it impossible to care about anyone and anything that doesn't relate to her or her friend, not the way that it used to. I also think that she would start to be more generally hostile towards the other clans. Especially Windclan after her friend's ire at them. She wouldn't ever explain, nor would she care to explain her anger at the other clans if ever asked.
After those generalizations I have no idea and am planning to round her out personality wise in roleplay <33
Appearance
Relations
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Extra Details Not in File
(cause I can’t edit it atm)
RELATIONSHIP WITH PARENTS Dawnstar - Obviously, any kit would look up to a parent, but having a leader for a parent is a whole other thing, in Spiderkit’s eyes. Due to her personality, she will probably just watch Dawnstar mostly, and subconsciously mimic her body language. Slytiger - If you ask her, she’ll probably be like; “He’s cool… just not… mama cool, I guess.” She may imitate some of his body language, just not as much as Dawnstar. She does look up to him too, just, a little less? She might find him weird, who knows
DEVELOPMENT PLANS Kithood - Not much will be going on in kithood unless something happens with the clan, she’ll stay quiet and staring at cats as mentioned in the file. Apprenticeship - Will stare less, but still analyze other cats as if she needs to know everything about them. She’ll strive more for approval at this age, though she’ll try to avoid showing it. Warriorhood - Won’t stare nearly as much, and may become… angrier? She’s always been a bit selfish, even if it was never obvious, and she’ll end up more selfish, unless it comes to her family, she won’t really care much. Though, she’ll strive to be an Enforcer, at least, throughout her whole life.
Another thing in general, is that she may have jealous thoughts, even if it isn’t outwardly shown, if anyone gets more approval from her parents than her.
THEMESONG
JISHU - Roce
(This song is more accurate to her warrior personality than my description)
Also her voiceclaim
Thick-furred chocolate tom with dark ginger splotches and amber eyes
Overview
Hunting is a very exciting activity, isn’t it? In a whirling thicket of sensation, every tiny sound, every miniscule shift in the earth’s equilibrium, could be prey. Or even a predator, if one happened to be unlucky enough--but that was just what made the whole experience so very entertaining. Just standing there, staring at the world as if to ask, What do you want to give me today? Blessing or curse? And that wasn’t even to mention the chase, followed by the thrilling sight of prey beneath one’s claws. When one really got down to it, they all followed the same base instinct to Survive, but even each piece of prey differed from the next somehow within these confines. Some may claw, squirm, or even play dead, yet each response managed to be unique and fascinating in subtle yet valuable ways. And if no one else happens to be willing, as long as Foxkit (or whichever name he happens to be taking in the moment) is around, there will always be at least one cat willing to hold his claw down for as long as it takes to get a satisfyingly interesting reaction.
Being the son of a leader would certainly be a fascinating position to hold, one must imagine. Just how would the Clan respond to such a cat in their presence? Would they respond with reverie, hoping to find themselves in the good graces of more powerful cats? Or with disgust, frustrated by that son’s position and supposed inflated sense of self-importance? Perhaps, on the outside, none of it truly matters; Fox will likely respond to all with the same vaguely interested (if only mildly infuriating) expression, or perhaps a backhanded comment if he deems it necessary--all for the sake of making things more interesting, naturally. Internally, though, he seems to have an infinite capacity for observation and reflection. Watching others in action often proves enriching enough on its own, but speculating on the thoughts of others? It was a perfect art and could truly be done infinitely! Even though Fox knows that--not unlike prey--many cats exist with similar thoughts constantly pounding in their mind, like a heartbeat. You know, Accept me! and, Help me! and, of course, Survive, and the like. But that never stops Fox from humoring himself with the fantasy that, perhaps on the inside, some cats really are just as complicated as they seem on first blush.
And, well, there was something else to like with regards to both prey and cats under pressure: neither can see your flaws. Neither can see your weaknesses. They know only of their pulsating hearts and the scent of their own fear.
Development
At first, Foxkit likely won’t be terribly distinct from most cats his age. He’ll play games with the other kits, fantasize about becoming a warrior or even leader some day, the whole nine yards. But somewhere down the line, he will find himself dissatisfied with his current life. Maybe he had made a few friends by that point and would hopefully be quite close to his family, but he would ultimately just feel alone, as though he is unable to connect with or truly relate to his peers on an emotional level for some odd reason. It will be at this time that he will begin to shift his attitude towards his Clanmates; instead of potential friends or playmates, they will turn to interesting beings whose main purpose is, in Foxkit’s eyes, to be as entertaining as possible.
After this, Foxkit will become Foxpaw. His changing attitude will likely continue to develop and only further isolate him and sabotage any chance at an actual connection with a Clanmate. During this period, Foxpaw will remain very fixated on the actions of others, though not so much on his training and other apprentice responsibilities. More than likely, he’ll be doing just about the bare minimum to become a warrior in a timely manner; though he may be a bit interested in seeing how those warriors react to a bit of slacking off, the several moons it may well cost him might actually deter him enough to continue sludging along. That alone won’t keep him from pushing his luck in smaller ways, though.
Finally, Fox (haven’t thought of a warrior name yet but uhhh it’ll be cool I promise) will continue down his path of distancing himself from his Clanmates. After all, they’ve made no major changes in his mind at this point, and he would likely have continued to fail to forge meaningful connections with his Clanmates. But he most certainly isn’t bitter about that--no, not in the least! He’ll still be able to find infinite happiness in simply observing the behaviors of his Clanmates, after all. It’s what he’d been doing since kithood--so surely he could continue forever, right? Loneliness simply isn’t in this cat’s vocabulary, naturally!
Also, of course, this is just a rough outline of what I expect will happen to him, and I probably won’t be sticking rigidly to it if other things happen. Yay, variability! Something I’m sure Fox himself would appreciate.
Extra/Trivia
★ Fox would never let anyone know this (willingly), but he fears despises reptiles of any kind. Sit him down with even the most docile of garter snakes, and he’ll probably be on the verge of passing out or making a run for it pretty fast.
★ Perhaps this is just to be expected of a ShadowClan cat, but Fox thrives in conditions of high humidity and low light. Similarly, he becomes rather uncomfortable quite quickly in any environment that doesn’t meet such standards.
★ Fox has a slightly longer-than-average tail. When relaxed, he tends to position it in a vertical coil that rests on his torso. He is also known to hit other cats with it on occasion. Does he do it intentionally? That’s for him to know and you to find out, of course!
Okay that’s it I think! Let me know if there’s something wrong (that is, a weird name or unrealistic appearance) that needs fixing. I don’t want to get disqualified over something simple like that (if that’s the only issue, that is). ^^ also umm i guess i like eggnog ice cream? i guess i’m kinda weird tho but idk i just love eggnog lol
YEWKIT
A Chocolate Tabby With Black BraIded Stripes And Yellow Eyes.
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GentalWith A Bit Of A God Complex Later In Life, But For Now This Little Baby Will Be Kind, Shy, And Timid In Her First Moons, Then Will Become Braver And Fast Pased. Shell Follow In Her Mothers Footsteps, Striving To Be A Great And Feared Cat Within The Clans, One To Be Reconed With And Name Spoken With A Shudder. She Wont Like Other Kits Much, And In Her 'Growing Up' Moons Shell Strive To Be Known Through The Clan. A Firey, Energetic Cat Will Fire Up Within The Shell Of The Kit, And Will Burn Her Place Into Shadowclan.
.(Caremel All The Way)
.Possible WIP?
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