“Last night the river gave back a ripple shaped exactly like her. She is pretending not to be flattered.”
Last night the river gave back a ripple shaped exactly like
Rare · One of 150
Taji Dawnstalker
“In forty years the sun has never once failed to arrive, and Taji takes full credit, privately.”
A Duskwhisper cat of The Gilded Pride
3 known connections · an open question
The living story
The story so far
Taji’s job is the dawn patrol — he rises an hour before light and walks the eastern ridge, checking. In forty years the sun has never once failed to arrive, and Taji takes full credit, privately.
Happening now
Keeps the Middle Watch of the Vigil over the Purring Dark.
What may come
When the watch changes, the purrs fade and the next watch begins. Somewhere, always, a cat is purring.
Connected
Whispers about Taji Dawnstalker
“He keeps a tally of successful sunrises carved on a baobab. The count is 14,610.”
He keeps a tally of successful sunrises carved on a baobab.
Why someone keeps Taji Dawnstalker
- because someone has to check that the sun is coming, and he takes the job seriously
- because 14,610 successful sunrises is a record worth keeping near
- because his morning worry is the most endearing anxiety in the pride
The Gilded Pride
The big cats: tiger, lion, jaguar, snow leopard, cheetah, leopard, puma. Royalty by size and certainty — disputes are settled by arrival, never argument.
Keep this cat
$15 · One of 150
Not for sale yet — when this universe opens its gates, keepers will claim their cats here. No payment link exists yet; nothing here can be bought.
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At a glance — details & stats
- Element
- Duskwhisper
- Clowder
- The Gilded Pride — The Apex of the Sunlands
- Rarity
- Rare
- Personality
- Taji’s job is the dawn patrol — he rises an hour before light and walks the eastern ridge, checking.
- Edition
- One of 150
- Stats
- power 78 · speed 85 · charm 72