MIREHOUND YIPPEEE At long last her mild redesign is FINALLY done oh thank god. This has been something that’s been long overdue honestly, but only recently have I actually gotten around to doing it lol Her original design is fine I think (seen on the second costume / image), however it is. SO needlessly complicated, and this is coming from the guy who had a 30+ chapter comic where the main character had like over 10 fur colors. With her newer design though I feel like it flows way better, is more coherent, and is just easier to draw. Yes it MIGHT still be very complicated but at least I can draw her casually without having to psych myself up I still feel like her design improved massively though, even when you don’t take into account the colors / markings! Mirehound has this sort of ‘lamb in wolf’s clothing’ symbolism going on in her lore, so I ended up incorporating that via her physical features, such as the fur on her legs, a more rounded smile, naturally shorter tail, etc. Speaking of lore though, perfect segway into the loredump for this project!!! Thankfully (sort of) Mire doesn’t have as detailed lore as Vine so hopefully this time around I don’t go into like. the next description box GRKFJSKSD (spoiler alert I did go into the next description box) So, Mirehound!! This is gonna be a little all over the place since there’s context about how the British Clans work in afc that I haven’t really gone over in a project before so just bear with me here. In short, she was originally the apprentice of Foxdawn (afc arc 1 main character) and was on-track to become the next Supreme (rank that can be best described as warrior cat president of all 4 clans). Upon the sudden and ‘mysterious’ passing of Foxdawn though, the clans blamed Mirepaw for causing her death, leading to her exile and no Supreme being in the clans. Also for anyone wondering Foxdawn sort of died naturally with no foul play or anything BUT due to her public image the clans saw it as mysterious since they were under the impression she was ‘perfectly healthy’ (she was NOT but story for another day) (also might be a good time to mention Mirepaw is like 8 moons old at the time of her exile). Mire wouldn’t be seen again for another 3(?) years, only reappearing in Summit’s Pack seeming to be ‘asking for shelter’. Also for clarification Summit’s Pack / the Pack is like the afc replacement for the Tribe Of Rushing Water (so basically they’re in the same territory as them + are completely separate from the clans but have a whole different system and lore from the Tribe) (ALSO a for clarification nobody like!! Knew it was her!!! She looked way different during her exile + the Pack isn’t super involved with the clans so they wouldn’t immediately know what she looks like) For the next few months(?? still ironing out the timeline) she’d spend her time in the Pack, slowly rising the ranks and beginning to get ‘close’ with the Head of the Summit / the leader, that being Kestrelhound! Their dynamic is SO funny to me and it’s a whole thing but all you have to know is that they both were trying to manipulate eachother for personal gain but Mire was absolutely winning (also they end up agreeing to be ‘mates’ but it’s entirely for PR and they both end up having their own actual partners). Also also Mire eventually finds out that Kestrelhound consistently takes cats off the census so she just. blackmails him with that info for the rest of time how fun!!!! They both are kind of horrible cats and are very complicated individuals but I won’t go into them too heavily because I once more will not get sidetracked Fast forward AGAIN, and Mire stages a coup to take over the clans, which is currently in disarray and has been since the death of Foxdawn. After this she names herself the new Supreme of the clans, and everything is kind of uneventful for the next few years! Her rivalry with Kestrelhound continues, she ends up getting a partner of her own / Larkbranch- oh and she has a dictatorial rule over the clans that too!!!!! All that relative regularity stops the moment she catches wind that somehow, somewhere, a long-dead cat is back and living off the territory. THATS RIGHT CHAT It is Cricketcry time welcome back my cat ever we missed you (although I am sure they do not miss me because of what they’re about to go through) [ CONTINUED IN N&C BECAUSE IT GOT TOO LONG. AGAIN. ]
[ CONTINUED FROM INSTRUCTIONS, READ THAT FIRST ] After some time of planning, Mire locates Cricketcry and launches an attack against the place they were staying with Bramblemask. In short, she captures Cricket, murks Bramblemask, and goes on to lie to Cricketcry about his status by saying he’s still alive in order to get them to work for her (namely by fighting for her and doing public speeches on her behalf, both of which being things they were VERY good at. Do not let their appearance fool you they are quite literally one of the best fighters in my warriors universe, with the main cats that on their level and able to reasonably take them being Mirehound and Kestrelhound (and vise versa can be said for those two as well)). Things eventually came to an end for her though during the arc arc 6 finale, where Cricketcry and Corvidhound (her pupil / apprentice) stage a coup of their own, with it being spearheaded by Corvid. Mire is killed and Corvidhound, now Corvidrise, takes over as Supreme in an aim to reform the clans and undo the damage caused by Mirehound’s leadership. Also Cricketcry sort of gets smited but beside the point!!! NOW. This is where things get a little more unplanned plot-wise. After her death, Mire doesn’t actually go to the afc afterlife, and instead gets reincarnated sometime down the line in like arc 8 or 9 due to the Pack’s beliefs around the afterlife. I won’t speak too much on her reincarnation since it’s sort of irrelevant but just know that she got reincarnated into an anxiety-ridden cat named Passerineveil who is kind of unimportant in the long run. He gets murked by Kestrelhound in arc 10 though (LONG STORY. OH MY GOD VERY VERY VERY LONG STORY.), which causes him to go to the afterlife seeing that he believed in it. HOWEVER. Despite being a relatively good cat, he’s sent to the Below, primarily due to his status as Mirehound’s reincarnation. Also not super sure how the afterlife situation is gonna be with Passerine and Mire but all you need to know is that Mirehound is in the Below as of arc 11 / afc’s final arc and is back in the narrative. Now, like I said, this part is VERYYY unplanned. I’m still ironing it out but the jist is that she learns about Cricketcry’s plan to get to the Above and does everything in her power to stop that from happening. A lot of her animosity toward them for this is due to her realizing that, unlike her, they actually have a *chance* of reuniting with the cat they love / Bramblemask, meanwhile for Mire, she doesn’t. Larkbranch never went to any afterlife, and therefore, Mire will never get to see her again. As we likely know though, Mire’s attempts to stop them fail and they do end up succeeding in reaching the Above so yay!!!! Also I forgot to mention but Mirehound had a toxic cat hell relationship with Witherscorch for a while until she (Mire) realized that she’s actually a REALLY not good cat and broke it off with her (which is a horrid sign for Witherscorch like you know you messed up if MIREHOUND is condemning you). Again, exceedingly long story on how THAT ended up happening (which I’ll probably talk about if I ever make a Witherscorch project) AAND THAT SHOULD BE ALL Once more I ended up going over the initial desc box limit oops!!! What can I say though Mirehound is a very fun and interesting character to me even if she has some tendencies to conduct a political takeover
