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Post by Leonard on May 15, 2024 11:36:51 GMT -5
Cover under this spoiler:
Blurb under this spoiler:
Last year, we announced the upcoming ninth series of Warriors, and at the beginning of this year, we teased the importance of an old friend from the first series in the new arc. Today, we are excited to announce that the upcoming ninth series of Warriors official has a series title - Changing Skies!
We are also excited to announce the title of the first book in Changing Skies, The Elder's Quest, and to reveal the beautiful cover art below, featuring Leafstar on the bottom and Tawnypelt and Crowfeather above her.
The launch of a brand-new arc in Erin Hunter’s #1 bestselling Warriors series find the Clans navigating an ominous prophecy that foreshadows the destruction of the Moonpool, and the end of the Cats' connection to StarClan.
As Leafbare approaches, a new danger threatens the Clans. Twoleg construction has encroached on Clan territory, poisoning the stream and making prey especially scarce for SkyClan. Meanwhile, their leader, Leafstar is struggling with a loss of vision while trying maintain authority over a Clan that increasingly doubts her ability to lead.
In ShadowClan, Tawnypelt senses peril as the Twoleg construction threatens the Moonpool, but she can’t get anycat, especially her son, Tigerstar, to listen. Frustrated with the younger cats who don't respect her, she decides to take matters into her own paws.
In the midst of the chaos, Moonpaw, an apprentice struggling to understand the mysterious voice in her head, thinks that she might be having visions. But the voice becomes increasingly sinister, and Moonpaw wonders if’s a sign of darkness on the horizon. |
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Post by beefur 👻🦇🎃 on May 15, 2024 11:38:24 GMT -5
WTFFFF edit: cooool! leafstar has to die/ get demoted no way she wont |
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Post by stormshade1 on May 15, 2024 11:46:58 GMT -5
"We can't name Bluestar Moonstar because Moon is too SpEcIaL, but let's give her mother and the new series protag that prefix!"
Is Bluestar just not special enough?
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Post by کیوان on May 15, 2024 11:47:37 GMT -5
Let's see what we can gather from this: Leafstar and Tigerstar survive Star and don't get demoted
Tawnypelt is the TPB focus, and Crowfeather survives Star
The Moon prefix strikes back |
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Post by wygolvillage on May 15, 2024 11:49:10 GMT -5
OH MY GOD THIS IS SO COOL I'm excited to learn more about Moonpaw especially since "tormented by visions" is my favorite character archetype lol. And Crowfeather on the cover? Maybe we really will get a WindClan POV after all! Tawnypelt as a main character is welcome, since I think she could benefit from more of a spotlight compared to the other tigerkin. Also, with regards to the cover, I've noticed that this artist can draw some really pretty backgrounds, I feel like being forced to draw awkward closeups of cats is holding him back a little :P |
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Post by Hollyfall on May 15, 2024 11:51:41 GMT -5
Moonpaw is a unique name. Interested in seeing where this goes. Hoping she's from WindClan since they're supposed to be closest to their ancestors and all that. Almost certainly intentional that her name has the same prefix as the Moonpool.
Gives me Ashfur-manipulating-Shadowsight vibes here.
Assuming this is literal, Leafstar has gone blind by this point in the timeline? She is rather old, but still, poor girl. So that confirms the SkyClan involvement...I presume Leafstar's kicking the bucket pretty soon. Based on the blurb, her leadership is being called into question because of her increasing age. Also cool, it's Tawnypelt! I'm assuming she retires to the elder's den in or after Star. Poor girl needs a break. On another note, interesting that Crowfeather is on the cover too.
Looks like this arc might be something of a farewell to the older generation of characters?
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Post by 𝙵𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙 on May 15, 2024 11:51:41 GMT -5
Can’t say I’m the biggest fan of the name Moonpaw, especially if the moonpool is going to be a point of interest for the arc. Lowkey gives off some fanfic-y vibes lol |
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Post by کیوان on May 15, 2024 11:56:11 GMT -5
Wait, guys! Someone suggested this over in a Discord server: What if Moonpaw has to do with Ivypool's SE? |
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Post by tumblepaw on May 15, 2024 12:06:24 GMT -5
Looks like there will be a bit of timeskip after all. There aren’t any kits named Moonkit, is there? So either she’s adopted into whichever clan she belongs to or she isn’t born yet. If Moonpaw is in Windclan, this will be the first arc without a Thunderclan pov!
Otherwise it’s what I suspected: the arc will be a way to say goodbye to some of the oldest characters.
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She could now see that destiny alone could not save RiverClan. - Frostpaw, Wind
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Post by Featherstar on May 15, 2024 12:13:14 GMT -5
Well then. TNP repeat incoming…
As Leafbare approaches, a new danger threatens the Clans. Twoleg construction has encroached on Clan territory, poisoning the stream and making prey especially scarce for SkyClan. Meanwhile, their leader, Leafstar is struggling with a loss of vision while trying maintain authority over a Clan that increasingly doubts her ability to lead.
In ShadowClan, Tawnypelt senses peril as the Twoleg construction threatens the Moonpool, but she can’t get anycat, especially her son, Tigerstar, to listen. Frustrated with the younger cats who don't respect her, she decides to take matters into her own paws.
In the midst of the chaos, Moonpaw, an apprentice struggling to understand the mysterious voice in her head, thinks that she might be having visions. But the voice becomes increasingly sinister, and Moonpaw wonders if’s a sign of darkness on the horizon.
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She could now see that destiny alone could not save RiverClan. - Frostpaw, Wind
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Post by Featherstar on May 15, 2024 12:15:13 GMT -5
Well then. TNP repeat incoming… As Leafbare approaches, a new danger threatens the Clans. Twoleg construction has encroached on Clan territory, poisoning the stream and making prey especially scarce for SkyClan. Meanwhile, their leader, Leafstar is struggling with a loss of vision while trying maintain authority over a Clan that increasingly doubts her ability to lead. In ShadowClan, Tawnypelt senses peril as the Twoleg construction threatens the Moonpool, but she can’t get anycat, especially her son, Tigerstar, to listen. Frustrated with the younger cats who don't respect her, she decides to take matters into her own paws. In the midst of the chaos, Moonpaw, an apprentice struggling to understand the mysterious voice in her head, thinks that she might be having visions. But the voice becomes increasingly sinister, and Moonpaw wonders if’s a sign of darkness on the horizon. Also, not SkyClan again |
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She could now see that destiny alone could not save RiverClan. - Frostpaw, Wind
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Post by Featherstar on May 15, 2024 12:17:50 GMT -5
So our protagonists are Leafstar, Tawnypelt and this mysterious Moonpaw? Hmm
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Post by wygolvillage on May 15, 2024 12:19:02 GMT -5
I kind of hope we might see them move territory again. I'm honestly a bit sick of the lake territories, it just has less of a sense of "place" compared to the original forest. A new setting would be a nice refresher.
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Post by Hollyfall on May 15, 2024 12:19:51 GMT -5
Maybe I'm reaching, but "Moonpaw" makes me think she might be a daughter of Nightheart and Sunbeam, seeing how there seems to be a decent enough timeskip. It would fill the obligatory ThunderClan point of view and be related to Firestar, which is a must for any ThunderClan main character within an arc.
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Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on May 15, 2024 12:22:53 GMT -5
Oh, nice! Yeah, Leafstar's definitely gonna die... Or at the very least, retire. SkyClan just can't catch a break, can they? But hey, Tawnypelt might finally be getting a PoV in a main arc, but wow, look at that TNP rehash! As for Moonpaw, I'm just hoping she's a WindClan cat. And looks like this'll be the first all-female arc too, at least for the first book. |
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Post by moongloweevee on May 15, 2024 12:23:58 GMT -5
I'm so very overjoyed over this. I am extremely pleased that they decided to go with Tawnypelt in the end and it makes me wonder if this will be our first book without a Thunderclan pov. It also makes me curious if this is going to be the end of the series or maybe have them move territories again. Either way, I don't see Leafstar living long in the arc if the blurb is anything to go off of. |
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She could now see that destiny alone could not save RiverClan. - Frostpaw, Wind
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Post by Featherstar on May 15, 2024 12:27:27 GMT -5
Even the cover seems to be paying homage to Owen’s TNP covers!
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Post by stupidflower on May 15, 2024 12:34:09 GMT -5
LEAFSTAR LEAFSTAR LEAFSTARRRRR
Moonpaw better be from WindClan. There’s no pregnant cats currently so it’s fair game. Or maybe a cat from outside the clans who joined WindClan? also wondering if there’s gonna be some protagonist switching going on, given that Leafstar and Tawnypelt are pretty old.
Construction? Are they going to move territories again?
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Post by 🍄🎶✨Brambleheart✨🎶🍄 on May 15, 2024 12:38:31 GMT -5
I think it would be cool to see all the POVs have disabilities. Leafstar's blindness, Moonpaw possibly being deaf (she could be a white cat with blue eyes), and Tawnypelt having age related issues like Leafstar.
I'm liking TNP 2.0 vibes, it was my first arc so it means a lot. Not to mention this arc releases on the 20th anniversary of TNP. |
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Post by iceheart on May 15, 2024 12:39:47 GMT -5
Great, this looks terrible already. The cover's bad, and reading the blurb gives us 3 things:
-Replication of TNP
-Replication of AVOS
-Replication of TBC
There's change on the territories, the elders don't respect Tawnypelt, a beloved leader is getting sick/someone's having a sinister voice... this series needs to end, and it's clear that these editors can't write strong characters without getting the characters from the old team to prop the books up. Ugh. |
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Post by maggotpaw on May 15, 2024 12:40:26 GMT -5
If Moonpaw is another plain gray cat with blue eyes, I’ll cry.
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Post by ❅Maplefrost❅ on May 15, 2024 12:52:28 GMT -5
Oh jeez, I don't know about this one, it sounds like a rehash all over again.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2024 12:53:28 GMT -5
Oooh, very interesting! I've been eagerly awaiting for the blurb to come for about a month now, so I'm glad my curiosity can finally be satisfied lol. A prophecy forshadowing the destruction of the moonpool is interesting. Between that, twoleg activity making the prey scarce and the streams being poisoned, I wonder if the Clans will move territories again. I don't really see how they can survive any of this otherwise.
So it looks like we're getting a Leafstar PoV. I honestly feel pretty bad for her. She's already led SkyClan through so much and now she has to deal with all of this while having lost her vision (maybe due to cataracts?). I've been expecting her to die for a while now, but I guess she's not going to? Or maybe she'll die sometime in the arc and her PoV will be replaced by Hawkstar.
Looks like the old friend from TPB turned out to be Tawnypelt. I don't really have much to say about her section other then I'm getting pretty tired of Tigerheartstar being the writers go-to guy to cause conflict. And that's coming from somebody who actually likes him.
Moonpaw sounds like someone's OC lol. But with 2 old characters as protagonists, I'm glad we're getting some fresh blood. Her Clan isn't mentioned, but I think she'll be a ThunderClan cat since we get one every arc. I also think she'll be Nightheart and Sunbeam's daughter. I wonder who's the mysterious cat that's talking to her in her head.
As for the cover... I'm gonna be honest, I don't really like it. |
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Post by Hollyfall on May 15, 2024 12:58:36 GMT -5
Oh jeez, I don't know about this one, it sounds like a rehash all over again. Ultimately I think we'll have to wait for the book itself to be released and go from there, but yeah there's definitely some strong TNP and TBC vibes. They haven't rehashed any plots before and ideally I'd not like them to start now. Some of the blurbs have been notoriously vague or even just blatantly wrong, so maybe that's the case here? |
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Post by ❅Maplefrost❅ on May 15, 2024 13:01:14 GMT -5
Oh jeez, I don't know about this one, it sounds like a rehash all over again. Ultimately I think we'll have to wait for the book itself to be released and go from there, but yeah there's definitely some strong TNP and TBC vibes. Some of the blurbs have been notoriously vague or even just blatantly wrong, so maybe that's the case here? They haven't rehashed any plots before and ideally I'd not like them to start now. I hope so, from the blurb alone, there's so many rehash plots, which is crazy. I don't think I want to deal with that again at all. I was excited at first, hoping it would at least be WindClan based, and I don't even like WindClan, but it's obvious they've been out of the spotlight far too long, and now they're getting the RiverClan treatment. |
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Post by Hollyfall on May 15, 2024 13:08:12 GMT -5
Ultimately I think we'll have to wait for the book itself to be released and go from there, but yeah there's definitely some strong TNP and TBC vibes. Some of the blurbs have been notoriously vague or even just blatantly wrong, so maybe that's the case here? They haven't rehashed any plots before and ideally I'd not like them to start now. I hope so, from the blurb alone, there's so many rehash plots, which is crazy. I don't think I want to deal with that again at all. I was excited at first, hoping it would at least be WindClan based, and I don't even like WindClan, but it's obvious they've been out of the spotlight far too long, and now they're getting the RiverClan treatment. I could just be playing hardcore devil's advocate but the potential loss of the Moonpool doesn't necessarily mean they change territories too. I'm hoping Moonpaw will be WindClan...but anything's possible at this point. Unless Leafstar or Tawnypelt kick the bucket early and we get a new pov in the second book or something. If anything I hope they'll take it in a different direction so it's not a copy+paste of previous plotlines so it's at least different, but yeah, agreed. |
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Post by wickedbroccoli on May 15, 2024 13:10:50 GMT -5
I’m actually pretty excited for this, especially if we’re getting a Tawnypelt POV!
Her and Crowfeather on the cover make sense considering this is echoing the second arc, but Squirrelstar and Brambleclaw were key focuses in that arc too. Wonder why they aren’t being represented?
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Post by 𓆩♡𓆪Moonshine𓆩♡𓆪 on May 15, 2024 13:31:40 GMT -5
Sooo Leafstar's got health problems, Tawnypelt has Tigerheartstar problems, Crowfeather is...there, and Moonpaw has an evil voice in her head.
Tawnypelt's section feels like a rehash of Graystripe's Vow and Moonpaw is taking the role of Shadowsight 2.0 :/
Meanwhile Ivypool is presumably on her own quest, but if this is a time skip, maybe Ivypool's SE will bridge ASC and CS?
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