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Post by Hollyfall on Apr 3, 2020 16:30:24 GMT -5
I've also managed to calculate the age of Tree. Pebbleshine gave birth (and died) in greenleaf. The same greenleaf that appears in The Apprentice's Quest and Hawkwing's Journey. At this time, Tree is about fifteen moons old. (almost seven moons when he meets Root, and it had been eight moons since his death in the start of chapter nine of Tree's Roots) when he meets the pregnant Pebbleshine. Subtracting fifteen moons from the timeline at this time (TAQ/HJ) puts the birth of Tree, Ice, and Sunrise in the greenleaf of Bramblestar's Storm, making Tree the same age as Fernsong, Hollytuft, and Sorrelstripe. So he's around four years old at the time of the current plot.
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Post by Mau Furlong on Apr 3, 2020 16:30:35 GMT -5
What about Mud? is he mentioned at all? it was said he was a tom in the discord?
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Post by Hollyfall on Apr 3, 2020 16:37:16 GMT -5
What about Mud? is he mentioned at all? it was said he was a tom in the discord?
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Post by Mau Furlong on Apr 3, 2020 16:45:06 GMT -5
i guess they just needed a name for a cat that already left??
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Post by *Faith* on Apr 3, 2020 19:29:01 GMT -5
More info regarding Tree's dad and family. Sorry for such spastic information across multiple posts. My friend went over Tree's Roots again, and found out that the loner named Root? He's Tree's father. He's a yellow tom with green eyes, and has a sixth toe like Tree does. Root stayed with the Sisters for a bit, and Moonlight got pregnant with his kits. Then, Moonlight dropped that toms aren't allowed to travel with them, and left him behind, and he resents her for that. Root is also mad that the Sisters kicked Tree out, and says Tree (still Earth at this time) is far too young to take care of himself (Tree is almost seven moons old). So Root says he'll teach Tree how to survive because the Sisters essentially booted him. Root is later killed by a fox, and Tree feels horrible since he just lost his father and the one cat who promised to teach him how to survive. Later on, Tree sees Root as a ghost in the forest, and Root says that dying to protect Tree from a fox was the best thing he had ever done. Just prior, Tree had met with a heavily pregnant Pebbleshine and helped save her from a fox. Tree has another sister. It's Ice. So Tree, Sunrise, and Ice are littermates. Hawk is the mother of Chestnut and Snail. Looks like Tree named Rootspring after his grandfather. Kind of sweet. Oh, so that's who his father is. Nice to see another polydactyl cat in the series. That makes four. I wish one of his kits was one. Ice, huh? She was the sickly she-cat Tree was thinking of when talking with Pebbleshine, I think. I wonder if she died by the time of SqH.
So we have a mother for Snail, but not Mud? Chestnut wasn't even in the allegiances. At least I don't remember him being there.
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Post by *Faith* on Apr 3, 2020 19:32:59 GMT -5
What about Mud? is he mentioned at all? it was said he was a tom in the discord? Oof. Why is Mud even in the allegiances if he already left? It should have been Chestnut instead. Also, a tom named Spider. And these two left before they ever saw spirits.
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Post by Mistybreeze on Apr 4, 2020 0:41:30 GMT -5
What about Mud? is he mentioned at all? it was said he was a tom in the discord? Hm, could this be the same Spider we saw in TRS? We don't know how far the Sisters wonder. It's entirely possible that they stick to a known area.
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Post by Mau Furlong on Apr 4, 2020 9:06:12 GMT -5
Hm, could this be the same Spider we saw in TRS? We don't know how far the Sisters wonder. It's entirely possible that they stick to a known area. Thats what i thought!! IT could be the same tom!!
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Post by Mistybreeze on Apr 5, 2020 16:30:08 GMT -5
Hollyfall What's the deal with Sparrow and Flurry? They appeared to be young littermates in SH. Are they not or is this just a mistake?
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Post by Hollyfall on Apr 5, 2020 18:57:44 GMT -5
Hollyfall What's the deal with Sparrow and Flurry? They appeared to be young littermates in SH. Are they not or is this just a mistake? Honestly I feel this is just the editors being the editors and making more timeline/age inconsistencies. Sparrow and Flurry have the exact same description and are introduced together as sisters, it seems very evident that they're littermates. I think the editors just...forgot that and cut Flurry, but kept in Sparrow. Most novellas usually get something inconsistent so I'm not entirely surprised.
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