Hollowclan

"Sleep, sleep for eternity, deep as night,
Cold as ice, as long as night, it is not a crime.
For even howling wolves must sleep,
Even the monsters in your closet with no feet.
Even out in the snow, where great beasts feast,
Everything must sleep."

The silken voice echoed through the nighttime, waking Emberchaser from slumber and pulling the aging warrior from his nest. There was a deep rooted need to follow the song, a compulsion that drove the tom silently from the warriors den, then from the camp itself. The crooning voice continued on, melody dancing through the branches of the forest and caressing the leaves, lyrics wrapping around Emberchaser in an embrace that he'd not felt since a kit cocooned with his mother. Safe. Loved.

So lost in the lullaby's trance the warrior failed to notice the encroaching fog, so thick one could not see a tree a tail length away. Inside lay a monster, teeth bared and eyes a hungry red. From it's dripping jowls the song continued, drawing the warrior to it as if the lyrics connected them like a spiders thread. Ever deeper into the fog Emberchaser walked, right into the monsters jaws.

What was left of the warrior was found in the dawn hours, and all of Hollowclan knew that Nightcrooner had taken another of them.

A Clan Under Siege

For nearly eight seasons Hollowclan has been plagued with mysterious deaths, and slowly their numbers have dwindled. It seems at least once a moon a clanmate vanishes from their nest, only to be found mangled deep in the forest. From a lucky few who'd been woken from the trance by a clanmate in time, they only know that a lullaby sung from deep in the fog calls them. It's a beautiful voice, they say, and one cannot ignore it. From then on the clan simply knows the monster as Nightcrooner.

The clan grows wearier by the day. Some cats wants to meet their nemesis head-on, while others think the best solution would be to uproot Hollowclan and move away from their ancestral homeland. Tensions are high, and thought nightly patrols are set around the perimeter to try and keep afflicted cats from wandering off, some cats continue to fear everything the nighttime holds. How long can a clan survive dreading the night, and what happens when Nightcrooner decides to amp up his attacks? 

Hollowclan

Leader
Silentstar _(Alcarie)
Deputy
Leafleap _(Stickbugy)
Medicine Cat
Silverstream _(Lucia)
Medicine Cat Apprentice
Brightpaw _(Darkheart)
Warriors
Leopardleaf _(Darkheart)
Tinyshadow _(Alcarie)
Scorchsight _{(katastrophic)}
Apprentices
Palepaw _(Alcarie)
Fishpaw _(Kibi)
Hazelpaw _{(Wishes~Glow)}
-Open-
Queens
-Open-
Kits
Larkkit _(Akela)
Dovekit _(Amanda)
-Open-
Elders
Deathhopper _(DarkHeart)
-Open-

☾ Want to know more about Nightcrooner? See the spoiler below! ☽
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Nightcrooner

  •No one is exactly sure where this creature came from, but it is definitely not of this world. A different dimension, the depths of the Dark Forest, the two-legs' Hell? Who knows?!
• It is a bit larger than the average wolf; though much of it's height comes from its janky legs. Don't be fooled by it's ungainly appearance though, Nightcrooner is abnormally fast.
• The night is its hunting grounds, and it cannot come out during the day.
• Fog is another weapon in its arsenal. Nightcrooner can summon a thick fog to hide its presence.
• His main weapon, however, is its voice. While it cannot speak, it can 'sing' beautifully. Anyone entranced by his song will be lured straight to it in a type of trance. He can only entrance one prey animal at a time, and that animal can be knocked out of the stupor if whacked hard enough.
• Typically it sings soft lullabies. (I'll make some for him to sing, but if you have one you'd like used feel free to request it)

When Nightcrooner appears I'll be playing him to keep things fair, because he can easily be godmodded, However, I don't consider him MY character, so if you want him to entrance/kill your character or do something else please let me know on the OOC thread or through a message if you want it to be a surprise!

General Rules
‣ Would like to keep this at least semi-literate, so 4+ sentences are required per post
‣ Please use proper grammar (punctuation, capitalization, etc.)
‣  This is 16+ and as the plot would suggest there is some violence, just don't go overboard please
      ‣ Per Wolvden rules, no killing kits
‣ No powerplaying or godmodding
‣ Realistic cats only. No powers or unnatural colors
‣ As many characters as you can handle
‣ This is LGBTQ friendly, so no harassing
‣ No 1x1, please give people time to respond
‣ Rules are subject to change

Misc. Information
‣ To join, all you need to do is create your character(s) on the Character Sheet thread. Once you're approved you're good to go!
‣ For higher ranks, post what you want on your character sheets and We'll either approve or not.
‣ This is a realistic world, so no magic or mythical creatures (yet?). Except Nightcrooner, of course~
‣ We're always open for plot ideas! If you've got an idea you'd like to see incorporated let us know on the OOC thread
‣  This is on-site only. No Discord here

Links
Character Sheets
OOC Thread

"I hear the lark; the lark hears me,
Singing a song with a melody.
Please let the lark that sings for me
Sing for the one I love."

RP is Open ! Feel Free to Post!

_{All images were created by me using Imagine AI. I do not, nor will I ever, make a profit off AI images.}