Revamped theory yippee!! So, based on the context of the story, I do believe Loam is correct in believing they're a monster. The story consists of hunting excessively (which they do), selfishness (debatable but most cats perceive them as), loneliness (they have expressed these feelings many a time), and eating cats/destroying clans (???). That last piece is actually not to far off from what they are doing, or, more specifically, what the clan is doing to itself. The clan has pushed the responsibility of feeding the entire clan onto Loam who has frequently expressed frustration with it's laziness and how it refuses to tell him why they won't leave. My thought is that they are unalive and the only thing tethering their ghosts to irl is through the use of monsters. But Fadedstar did not see the consequences of using a monster for their limbo survival. You cannot keep one in the dark about what they are because they will eventually find out. But you also can't tell them in case they freak out. Why do I think they're unalive? Well, take a look at the names. Loampaw? They might not be unalive but instead from the Dark Forest and just unaware, or maybe they came from the death mud itself Fadedstar? She has expressed how stars fall from the sky likely alluding to the fact there is no longer a starclan to go to Clearpaw? Ghosts are often depicted as incorporeal/clear Fogshade? Shades are a form of ghost and have the same capacity as fog Glasspelt? I've mentioned ghosts. Also, he's been missing for a bit?? Whispercall: The words whisper and call remind me of something that is passing away as their vocal cords stop working Lostwind: The thing is, she's a queen with kits. Her name makes me think that maybe she was lost in a forest looking for her kits and passed on-ish Darkkit: Not much here, but they don't age... Hidekit: Further pushes the Lostwind losing her kits in the forest aspect Echobreath: Like Whispercall, its giving deathrattle THEY ARE ALL UNALIVE-!! *pulls up a posterboard* But who is Frankie? I didn't talk about her. Well, she's odd. She is named and acts like a Kittypet, but she mentioned meeting up with a bunch of cats to talk. So... either she is one and is friendly with strays/loners, or she is a Dark Forest cat that stumbled across one of her own when exploring limbo.
