06/13/08

Emberpelt

Wow, everyone! I can't believe it, but today The Warrior's Den is celebrating its first birthday! One year ago today I put this site online, not realizing how huge a part of my life it would become. I never thought I would follow through with it - I expected my interest to fizzle out, as it had with many other ambitious projects. But, to my surprise, it never has! I may get to busy to keep up now and then, but TWD is always in the back of my mind. It's all the people I've gotten to talk to that makes it worthwhile. Scatteredpelt, Thistlecloud, and I all love doing this, knowing that people appreciate all the work we put into it. Thanks to all those people who've come to the site, once or multiple times. I know it seems like we've forgotten the site lately, and we have been busy with real life, but we've been working on something super-special to celebrate TWD's first birthday! So, enough with the overly-sentimental thank yous, on to the announcements! First, as I am sure you've noticed by now, we have a temporary new layout to celebrate! It will get filed away on the old layouts page next week, but for now we will leave it up for people to enjoy! Secondly, I have hidden ten little birthday images around the site, that look like this: This is for the first ever The Warrior's Den Scavenger Hunt! If you can find all ten, and copy-paste the urls of all ten hidden images and email them to thewarriorsden@yahoo.com, you could win a free custom graphic made by me! Only the first three people to submit the locations will get the image! If I don't have three valid entries by July 31, however, I am closing the contest, so get to it! ^.^ Next, yet another big announcement! Jay x Stick: A Stick Worth Loving, the Jay x Stick shrine that I have been working on since January, is finally open! You can get to it by clicking the button on the right sidebar, under the new section, Sub Site! Enjoy - I had a lot of fun making that. But that's not all! We pulled out all the stops to put up tons of new content to celebrate! We have a new section under 'fun stuff' called The Library, where we review our favorite - and least favorite - books and book series. There are only three up currently, one by each of us about our top favorites, but expect many more soon! We have a list twenty-five books long that we want to review! If you have any books you'd like us to read and review, email them into thewarriorsden@yahoo.com, and we'll see what we can do. Try to keep suggestions to cat-related, fantasy, or manga books as we are trying to stick to books that would interest Warriors fans. Next, we have two new graphics sections, made by Thistlecloud! One is banners, and the other is more graphics. Together, they have tons of great images for you to use and enjoy. They originally appeared on her DeviantART account, and now they're here for you to use! Finally, we have two smaller updates. There is a new poem up in the poem section, entitled 'Hatred', done by a good friend of mine, Thistlepelt, about the hatred between Firestar and Tigerstar. We also have a new poll up, finally, asking your opinion of Outcast. Thanks to everyone who voted in the last poll, Heatherpaw and Lionpaw are a definite cannon couple, 112 votes to 40! That's it for today, but there is a lot planned for this summer. My first priority is to catch up with affiliates and blurbs on the book info page and to get up to date on calendars. Those sections have been neglected lately. ^.^; Also, I intend to keep working on the library, and get through the list of books we still have to review. I have also had two new printables sections planned for some time now - bookmarks and doorhangers - that I'd like to get up and going this summer. I have many other overly-ambitious plans, but you'll have to keep watching this summer to see what we can do! Thanks again, everyone, for coming to our site and keeping it going! Enjoy the new content!!! ~Emberpelt

	4/27/08
Scatteredpelt	Wow, it's almost May and this is my first update all year vv;. Anyway, my laziness aside, I'm going to update more, I promise! And for my first act, I modified my theory, just as Emberpelt said I would. So there you go. Also, two updates in one day! w00t! Also, keep an eye out for song parodies ~^

04/27/08

Emberpelt

Grr! So busy! I still haven't even had time to pick up a copy of the new books! Sorry, everyone! I did, however, just get a neomail from Anali informing me of some errors in the descriptions on the Leafpool Mother Theory page. ^.^; Those descriptions were written before Dark River came out and were taken from the cover of The Sight. I changed the descriptions, but the body of the text will be changed as soon as Scatteredpelt gets around to it, because, after all, it's her work! So thanks a ton, Anali! ~Emberpelt

04/13/08

Emberpelt

I just got the latest Author Tracker, and among other news, there was a link to a preview of Outcast! I have only read the prologue and chapter one, but it's great so far, and has the first four chapters! After all of the information in the first chapter, I have updated the Character List, Family Tree (now without all of the couples from the Official Website that the Erins said weren't cannon), Name Parts list, and Cannon Couples page! I got a jump on updates before the book comes out! ~Emberpelt

04/13/08

Emberpelt

Wow! I've been meaning to update for awhile now, but I've been so busy! I got the newest calendar up, with a background from here, and I know it's a little late. ^.^; This summer I'll try to make them for the next year so I don't end up late like this all the time. Also, I added this a couple of weeks ago, but there's a new 50 by 50 avatar section for you to use! Some are animated and some are not. Enjoy! ~Emberpelt Remind me to stop saying 'Enjoy!'. ^.^ Oh, and we just got a new affiliate, Summerscent Graphics, so go check them out!

	03/28/08
Emberpelt	The cover of the upcoming Tigerstar and Sasha manga is found!: (Click for full view): I changed the title on the 'Upcoming Releases' page, too. Enjoy! ~Emberpelt

	03/28/08
Emberpelt	Thanks a ton to The Prey Pile, one of our affiliates, for the awesome Easter graphic!: Happy Easter everyone! ~Emberpelt

3/28/08

Thistlecloud

Hey guys! I just wanted to let you know that I have a Warriors club on deviantart.com called WarriorCatsFanClub, (creative name, huh?) and I'm looking for new members! The club is here. You have to have a DeviantART account to join, but it's really good! You can submit your Warriors artwork for people to see, and they can leave comments and other stuff. It's really neat. Have a look! ^^ ~Thistlecloud

	03/25/08
Emberpelt	I got two more signatures up on the top of page too, as well as a brand new animated signature section with ONE whole signature! ^.^; ~Emberpelt

	03/24/08
Emberpelt	Yet again, life is getting the better of me! Well, we have two super cool new affiliates, Warriors Whisper and Leafpool's Dream Diary, so go take a look! Edit: I just put up a new signature, too. It's of Brightheart, and it's on the top of page 2. I made it a few weeks ago and only got it up just now. ^.^; ~Emberpelt

	03/16/08
Emberpelt	Just popping in again quickly to announce that we have a new affiliate, RiverClan Secrets, so go check them out! ~Emberpelt

	03/15/08
Emberpelt	Hey! Sorry I've been SO busy lately, but I got the March calendar up! It has some of the new images from the video, too! Cool, huh? ^.^ ~Emberpelt

	02/27/08
Emberpelt	Congratulations to Warrior Cat Pics for winning the February Site of the Month award! Go check it out!! ~Emberpelt

	02/22/08
Emberpelt	With the first official Warriors Video, and the three new covers, I have a lot of new official art! So what did I do first? I made avatars! There are now 82 more crop-job avatars, bringing the total avatar count to 160, with 17 of those animated!! Enjoy!! ~Emberpelt

02/21/08

Emberpelt

Big news today! The latest author tracker is out, containing some big news! It first announces Dark River's number one status, and talks about the authors' status on upcoming books. It announces Power of Three Five to be called Long Shadows, and announces ANOTHER MANGA SERIES!! This one will be centered around everyone's (including Vicky's, apparently) favorite loner, Ravenpaw! It will go back to when the cats were still in the forest and follow Ravenpaw's adventures. I'm excited, but I was kind of hoping they would go back to Ravenpaw in a Super Special edition instead of through manga, but I'm not complaining! THe Author Tracker also said they made the first official Warriors video, but I can't seem to get it to load! I'll let you guys know if I manage to get it to load. Update: I got it to load! It's amazing, with a lot of new images, I'm assuming many are from Cats of the Clans. I'm going to go get some screenshots, so expect graphics with some of the images in the future!! If you want to see the video for yourself (I can't find a link to it from the website) here you go! ~Emberpelt

	02/20/08
Emberpelt	Whoot! Nothing new on the site today (so far...), but big news in the Warrior's community! Three new book covers have been found! (Click for full views): Outcast: Cats of the Clans (Colored and with the corrected symbols): The Rise of Scourge: Really cool, isn't it? I found them on Warrior's Wish, so thanks! ~Emberpelt

	2/17/08
Thistlecloud	We have three new updates today! A Tribute to Spottedleaf video and a drawing of Cloudpaw that I made, and another fanart from Thistlepelt! Emberpelt and I are trying to think of something less repetitive than 'Enjoy!', but we really can't think of anything...so enjoy!

	2/09/08
Thistlecloud	I added two new pieces of fanart! Word art for my name, and another word art for Emberpelt's name. It was Emberpelt's idea for me to draw these, and I really liked how they turned out! Enjoy, guys! ~Thistlecloud

2/08/08

Thistlecloud

Hey guys! I uploaded a bunch of fanart today! These include a new picture of Thistlecloud, Mouthclaw, Spottedstorm, Lightningstrike, and a StarClan Symbol from me, a picture of Brightheart and Cloudtail from Thistlepelt, (not to be confused with me, Thistlecloud), and a new picture of Tawnypelt from Fierceheart. Fierceheart will also be known as Bengalstrike from now on. Thanks for the fanart, Bengalstrike and Thistlepelt! If anybody else would like to submit some of their own art, just contact me at thistlecloud123@yahoo.com. We're always happy to get more fanart for the site! Also, expect some more fanart to be put up in the near future! But for now, just sit back, relax, and enjoy! ~Thistlecloud

	02/07/08
Emberpelt	Expect more updates here today, but for now, I got Thistlecloud's video up! Go check it out! ~Emberpelt

02/06/08

Emberpelt

Hello everyone! I got some stuff done today! I put up a video section, which links to the old Tigerclaw video and the all-new Bluestar's Final Moments video by me and a page where Thistlecloud's A Tribute to Warriors video will go soon. I also cleaned up the archives a little by giving the 2007 archive their own page, and I made six valentines you can print out and give to friends and family! I'm thinking I'll make a separate printables section soon for coloring pages, calendars, valentines, and the in progress bookmark section![Which should be out in the next couple weeks, at most.] Also, I'd like to announce three new affiliates!: The Prey Pile, Warrior Cat Pics, and StarClan Prophecies! Go check them out!! ~Emberpelt

	02/02/08
Emberpelt	Happy Groundhog's Day!! I added three more new animated avatars that Brambleclaw1 from DeviantART requested, and I moved animated avatars to their own avatar page. Enjoy! ~Emberpelt

02/01/08

Emberpelt

Happy February everybody! Winter's almost over!! Last night, I was talking to Thistlecloud about stuff I forgot to put on the to-do-list, and I realized I forgot A LOT, but here are the main things: -Put up Blurbs for Dark River and The Lost Warrior -Put up Allegiances for Midnight, Moonrise, Dawn, Starlight, and Twilight -Grr! I forgot again! Anyway, I got the February calendar up, so please check it out! Enjoy! I'm off to work on some animated avatars that were requested. UpdateI added the four new avatars, thanks Brambleclaw1 and fionapixie from DeviantART for the ideas! ~Emberpelt

01/31/08

Emberpelt

I proudly present the January Site of the Month award to: *drumroll* ThunderClan: The Second Generation! Big congrats to them, they're one of the newer sites, but they're growing fast and doing a great job! Just to let you guys know what's up, here's my to-do-list: Make February Calendar - This may be a little behind Put up a new video by me and a video by Thistlecloud Put up a piece of fanart sent in by Thistlecloud Put up another piece sent by Fierceheart Finish my JayxStick shrine - Almost done, I have a layout made and some content up More stuff I'm probably forgetting now! @.@ ~Emberpelt

	1/25/08
Thistlecloud	We have a new piece of fanart submitted from a fan! Our very first one! A cool picture of Bluestar from Fierceheart! Enjoy! ~Thistlecloud

	01/25/08
Emberpelt	Whoo! Ten new super-cool blinking avatars! Check 'em out! ~Emberpelt

	01/25/08
Emberpelt	Hello! Nothing real major, but a friend of mine wanted a pink affiliate button, so there's a new extra-large pink blinking button on the affiliate buttons page! Look for more graphics that blink soon! ~Emberpelt

01/06/08

Emberpelt

No real updates today, just a couple of announcements. First, you can now email Thistlecloud directly at thistlecloud123@yahoo.com! Whoo! Also, I will be reverting back to our pre-holiday banner in a minute! The next anouncement is, be forwarned, a Dark River spoiler.: I am starting up a Jay x Stick, or Woodenshipping, shrine! I think it's the funniest pairing ever, so I decided it needed a shrine. I am looking for contributions from anyone, and I will give credit. I've already got a couple things from people on Ww forums and DA, but more is better! Scatteredpelt drew an awesome pic for the banner, too. ~Emberpelt