Colony of Bone Rising

Long ago there was a vicious colony led by Taiga that ruled the streets of Foxcroft. When the tornado ravaged the village in Year 1 many of the cats were lost and confused now that the humans they had depended on were gone. This is where Taiga made a decision that would change his life forever. He preyed on the weak, the lost, the broken, in efforts to expand his leadership to rule over the village completely. His mission was to thrive where the humans had failed.

His efforts paid off and his colony grew over the next few years. Until Beorn and Delilah, among others, took on the colony and won their freedom. Working from the inside out to bring the colony down these two had gathered support from the outlying remnants of alley and pet cats as well as those in the wilderness to fight to triumph over the evil that had plagued the village.

Once Taiga was killed, the colony was taken down and those still alive dispersed and fled the scene. Those survivors of the original colony sought refuge in the Village's underground sewer and tunnel system away from those who remembered their crimes. Only a few cats remained who felt strongly still for Taiga and their colony, while others either saw the error of their ways or had been recruited by force to take part in the colony's activities and thus did not share the same views. Rathe, mate to Taiga, bore two of his children towards the end of year 4, a daughter and a son.

Ashamed of her past and fearful of her connection to the late colony leader, Rathe kept Taiga's true identity from her kittens. The old ways were hardly spoken of as the survivors carried on hidden underneath the streets of Foxcroft. As Bonechewer grew he never knew who his father really was until he ran across an old and tattered female who seemed to be on her last leg. In a raspy voice she divulged the secrets kept from the son of Taiga all these years. He confronted his mother with this old cat's claims and she reluctantly agreed that what the elder spoke was the truth.

Outraged, Bonechewer killed his mother and soon took leadership over the remaining survivors and their kin. In honor of his father, nicknamed Bone for his scrawny appearance, Bonechewer dubbed the group Colony of Bone.