Ryn stepped into camp. The young tom had recently taken over as leader of the Silhouette gang, a rogue group in twolegplace that had long pledged it's loyalty to the SunClan High Priestesses. He himself had been sent to the clan as a kit, raised by Foxbane, and then slowly taken over duties outside of it. SunClan knew of the group. They were extremely useful in gaining information outside of the clan and it's rules, though thanks to Ryn, they'd been convinced to follow the Sun God in their own way.

They were a powerful group, at least as far as non-clans went. And though the apprentices and kits would have no clue who they were, the warriors would. They weren't allowed to speak openly of the group, but they would all know the weight of his words.

Sariyah stepped in behind his son, the ex-leader of the Silhouettes an imposing black tom with vibrant yellow eyes.

Ryn's voice rose above the crowd, the black tom with amber eyes standing strong and proud, echoing a similar authority to Foxbane. After all, she had raised him, in a large part. "I and mine stand behind Bloodyrondo! Littlestar and Foxbane betrayed SunClan when they betrayed the Sun God, and that is that." He shouted, easily walking through the crowd and up the path to stand a pace behind and to Bloodyrondo's left.

Sorrowfularia, of course, noted Ruinedportrait's attitude, and a small laugh escaped them as they saw what she was doing and copied. Yet another pebble went sailing. It barely made it, but it did bonk Ryn right on the head, as evidenced by the sudden annoyed look and scanning of the crowd that made Sorrowfularia snicker.

Silverfringe rolled her eyes, turning to Sorrowfularia "Your brother really is a mouse brain if he thinks he is going to lay a claw on my mother" she pressed up against the Janus, letting their pelts brush. Even though her words sounded confident, she was starting to become more and more uncertain as things began to unfold and these new cats appeared "He is such a hypocrite... Talking about traitors, but now bringing in outsiders to enforce his claims. It is ridiculous" the young she-cat still had a few scrapes and scratches from the raid, but for the most part she seemed ok just tired. She had come along to carry kits, and had stayed out of the fighting until her sister had gotten hurt. Honeystorm

Ryn, naturally, caught onto Ruinedportrait's expression, and immediately assumed it was her pebble that struck him. In another instance, it would have been amusing, but the tom clearly held no thoughts of mercy today. If this worked, well, ruthlessness was second nature to him by now.

Sorrowfularia still wore a slight smile, but they twined their tail with Silverfringe, leaning in close to speak with her in a barely audible whisper. "I understand. Though if things keep going this way, it may be safer to keep quiet than get you and the kits hurt, or worse. Bloodyrondo's unhinged, who knows what he'd do to you, especially as he doesn't like me or your mother. And right now, he seems to have enough support to do it, so it may be better to help from inside, than whatever the other option is." If she stood up, they'd support her, that much was clear. But, they also wanted the best outcome. "If all else fails, I'll defend Littlestar, and you go to DayClan." They knew their mate could defend herself, that was easy enough to see. But knowing she might end up imprisoned, or dead, it was far more wise for her to leave than to be captured, if she refused to be quiet.

Summersolstice watched this all go down with wide eyes. She was stunned by this. Stunned by the revelation that Bloodyrondo had gone so far to steal kits and declare in a blanketstatement that clearly he would do it again.

This was not the place she wanted to be. Honestly she was tempted to just walk out with Foxbane, if this was the way things were going down it was better to leave...

But she had kits.

Kits that were very entrenched in SunClan's culture. She worriedly cast a glance towards Vibrantpaw and Dancingpaw to try and discern their reactions to everything that was going down. Flurryofstars 1bitterchild

Radiantpaw though was sitting back and watching the chaos unfold. She looked at her mother and then at her siblings.

Summersolstice grit her teeth, still she had held her tongue for too long and she would not sit by and let injustice go by without doing anything ever again. "This is wrong." She said firmly lifting her chin and straightening up. "The Sun God you speak of is no more Bloodyrondo, found to be in need of restoration. You can not declare Foxbane has committed treason when that Sun God is no more. And it is not your place to speak for the Sun God, you are not the Leader of this clan. In this time of rebirth we should be coming together not tearing ourselves apart!"

Flawedperspective couldn’t believe her ears. She’d been in the nursery, helping out there when everyone had left for the battle against SwiftClan. Embrassed and ashamed, the she-cat hadn’t been able to believe the chaos that was erupting in the clan. The gathering was a nightmare. Their god gone, their leader in a coma, and now this. She needed to leave. Her own mother, Foxbane, was being exiled and of the town safety, Flawedperspective needed to leave. She wasn’t a strong warrior, had little value in that aspect but she had kits and she couldn’t leave them. Moving through the crowd she searched for her two kits. Dawningpaw and Truepaw had to be here somewhere and if she could convince them they’d be leaving the first chance she got. To where, she ha don idea but they would be. And gods help them, she prayed they’d be safe when they left. That the promised would dismiss them as to weak to keep. It was her one praying graced that as a weak warrior she’d be overlooked and she could only hope that her kits would be given the same treatment. They were descendants of Foxbane, and thus already out of favor in the clan.

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Goldengrace went over to Jetfire and sat down beside her sister. She'd already basically betrayed her mother she was realizing now. She'd gone with Bloodyrondo on his raid of SwiftClan, simply to try and escape her distress she was feeling, the crushing pain from Satinlight's death and the Sun God's death... She'd needed an out, and taking it out on SwiftClan seemed fine.

She hadn't stopped to question it.

"What do we do sister?" She whispered to her, a note of despair in her tone. She could see the writing on the wall of trouble coming.

Dancingpaw gaped at her mother, shocked by her words. How could she not be on Bloodyrhondo’s side? After what Littlestar had done, he was the only one who should act as leader. “Mother,” she hissed at Summersolstice. “Littlestar lost the right to be leader when she killed our God. Her actions are what tore us apart!” She tried to keep her volume down so only the cats closest to them could hear, and she glanced at her sisters to back her up.

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"I'm a fool to exile Foxbane? This has been a long time coming! There is not a single cat in this Clan who has not suffered due to her tyranny. Her even being here now reflects poorly on Littlestar's judgement. Look where it got us. If she had enforced the code them perhaps we would have a living God with us now." Bloodyrondo fired right back at Vibrantpaw, he looked especially fearsome what with the blood adorning his fur, he was really living up to his name, "You're down there... just look at her eyes. Tell me that you see a true, honest cat, who means no harm to her Clan, and is sorry for what she has done."

Foxbane moved swiftly, her claws pricking against Discordantmelody's chin in the moments before all hell broke loose. "Don't call me mother." She said simply as the poison seeped into the she-cat's bloodstream, wearing a serene smile as she took a step back to address Bloodyrondo, Sariyah and others already closing in, leaving only a path to the exit open.

Her head was held high, and she gave a last look at SunClan, the smile on her face darkening, though there was not an ounce of fear in it. "Mark my words Bloodyrondo. If you lay a single claw on Littlestar, I will kill you, and every cat in this clan knows that I don't make idle threats. You're too stupid to be scared of that, but that's okay. I will give you this single warning now. You will fail. And at the end of it all, you won't have anything but dust and ash to reign over, if you are even able to see that from a prison cell."

She turned to head towards the entrance to the camp of her own accord, picking out those who might care for her. Her voice was strong, as strong as any and it didn't need a perch to carry to the crowd. "Bloodyrondo will lead you to ruin, just as I so nearly did. However, he isn't smart enough to know when to turn back, because he's blind enough to think he's right. I won't ask, or even recommend you follow me. I've earned no loyalty. But any cat who doesn't stand for Littlestar is my enemy, forever and always. She acted to protect you all, and instead of trusting her judgement, instead of thinking that if both your Priestess, and you Soothsayer, and many, more, had the right idea. You choose to decide the tom with the attitude problem is on the correct path. At the point where all those who've ever had a shred of sense are against you, you are not on the right side of the battle."

Foxbane laughed again. "If there's one thing I've done too well, it is making you all weak willed and incapable of critical thought. Perfect for the likes of Bloodyrondo and I, but it never lasts long. I'd wish you luck, but know that Bloodyrondo's leadership will only make your lives miserable."

Her next words were filled with disturbing glee as she ran into the tunnels, her voice echoing out behind her with eerie delight. "GOOD LUCK BLOODYRONDO! I WON'T COME TO SAVE YOU WHEN IT ALL FALLS APART! ROT IN THE SHADOWS!"

And then she was gone.