i hadn't thought about this before but, the idea that "evil" cats who believe in neither starclan nor the dark forest are just banished to some..... weird realm where they have to watch their lives over and over for eternity is a pretty haunting prospect

honestly whoever thought of the headcanon that evil cats wounds don't heal was genius. That is such a good creepy idea.

Scourge to Tigerstar when he killed him, “You told me to remember you. I did, but you didn’t.”

Top three biggest controversies. 3. Gun control 2. Religion 1. Scourge’s collar color

“In the clans elders tell stories of a cat that tries to take what was theirs, however out here on the streets we a told of a legacy soaked with blood and it all started with a dog.”

This is so creepy! Many seem to interpret this as guilt, but to me, it has a strong feeling of ever growing dread. Like he doesn’t regret what happened, but he still has to watch himself seal his fate. And how he knows how each mistake leads closer to his death and the growing fear of the unknown as he watches himself approach his demise. It’s so eerie and this MAP always freaks me out lol

People: Warrior cats is for little girls. Me: *Shows all the gruesome scenes*

this map honestly has some pretty terrifying undertones to it. Take the scene where scourge was in the water. Dozens of faceless paws, pushing him deeper into the depths, more of their hollow bodies scraping along his skinny body and exposing his insides. The paws are faceless because scourge, in his life, never really cared about who he was killing. He probably never remembered any of their faces.

I...um....I have a secret. Never tell anyone... I feel bad for Scourge and Mapleshade and think they should be reborn to have better lives? Alright, I'll go, now....

For some weird reason I really like the idea that Scourge is just living in his own memory's, and watching as he kills over and over. Only to have to watch his own death again and again. *Wonders if my mental health is ok*

This map makes me think... Scourge didn’t believe in Starclan, so he wouldn’t be in the dark forest... Maybe the afterlife for cats who are evil and don’t believe in Starclan is to rewatch their life over and over again...

The true reason most of this map is in black in white: Scourges collar color ( woah I haven’t checked on this in a while it has a lot of likes ✨

* People who think Scourge’s collar is purple left the chat *

Got herE AS FAST AS I COULD- yessss it’s out!

The scene of excited Tiny running out into the forest, then the knowing ghost of Scourge standing dreadfully behind him is such a good detail. Tiny is entirely oblivious, however Scourge knows their fate out there.

So for people who haven't read the manga The Rise Of Scourge this is basically how it goes. So Scourage - or Tiny was a kittypet, bullied for being small from his littermates. Skip afew meaninglessness pages and Tiny escapes from his Twoleg nest. He found the forest and got cornered by Tigerpaw, Thistleclaw and Bluefur. Thistleclaw asks his apprentice-, Tigerpaw, what he should do about an intruder and he replies 'give him a lesson he' ll never forget-' and thats what he does. Tiny was about to be killed before Bluefur stopped him. He was badly injured but he found his way to the Twoleg place where loners and rouges live. An old she cat shares his prey with him and he was looking for her the next day - but he insted found a dog. The dog was old and he picked up a tooth that had fallen out of the dogs mouth to try and get his collar off cause the other cats were calling him a kittypet. Insted of the tooth getting the collar off it got stuck. He found sone cats sharing food and they asked where he got the tooth from. He made up a lie he had killed the dog and took its tooth as a trophy. The next day came and two cats - Bone and Brick asked if it was true he killed dogs. Tiny said yes and they led him to a place with a giant dog stealing the food from the other cats. The dog was scared of his shadow when he came down to fight and he was seen as a hero and was asked what his name was - he said Scourge not Tiny.He was seen as the leader of thkse cats and came to him about problems. Bones problem was a group of rouges ordering cats around. The leader of the rouges said 'I' ll talk to the leader of this bunch and nobody else' As leader Scourge said 'Then talk to me' The rouges didnt belive him and one tried to make him his servent so Scourge killed him. The rouges left. Afew moons passed and Tigerstar came to propose his plan to take over the Clans. He remembered Tigerstar as the cat who attacked him. He went to the forest and insted of fighting for Tigerstar Scourge killed Tigerstar by slashing his stomach open.

GOSH this map turned out amazing the parts flow so well together and the editing is great!! Thank you so much for letting me join even though my part is so old and ugly haha

I guess it would be dramatic if Tigerstar and Scourge met in the Dark Forest...

1:08 I love how this animator added such life into scourge here. It really looks like he’s saying, “wow I just did that”

*imagine some human walking by the scene of cats murdering eachother in the forest and is just like:* -InStAgRaM tImE-

poor baby, he regrets everything.. i feel so bad.

1:23 *Mr Stark I don't feel so good*

Okay I don't care if Scourge doesn't have a purple collar, this Map is amazing. This does provide a good headcanon/theory to what happens when an evil cat that doesn't believe in StarClan dies. Just seeing the horror on Scourge's face as he relives his life. And the regret he feels about his decisions as they claw at him like razors.

If you think about it, Pinestar is Crystal's friend, Crystal being Jake's mother. Pinestar had Tigerstar, and Jake had Scourge and Firestar. How nice.

I’m just... wow... This is so insanely dark but also insanely amazing... :0 The concept is the absolute best and goshhhh you can really feel the guilt driving Scourge insane. It seems that most of his life he was basically heartless, but maybe he just burrowed all the guilt deep inside. Again this is INSANE and the animators did such an amazing job. Just wow....

Beautiful map and artists! Love the idea of him tracking back down his life and seeing all the pain he caused as his own personal hell. Really interesting concept for an already cool character form warriors 👌

I liked Scourge as a villain because he hated what he had become.

Its so cool how it gradually fades to black and white Edit: 1:33 is so smoothly done 😍😍

I WAITED SINCE IT CAME OUT. *IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT.*

I ALMOST DROPPED EVERYTHING AHHH IM SO EXCITED

Scourge was a very big misfit in the books. It was his past that had twisted his behavior. He regretted being evil. But regretting what he had done when he was alive just made him feel way WAY worse about his past. The sad part is, is that he really was not payed attention to. But you people had the tension to listen to this poor boy! The song blends in with everything the animations show. This map left me in sudden tears, and I’m just speechless right now! Thank you everybody! I love this map. You all did so incredibly well.

i LOVE how you included the fact that quince didnt completely reject or hate scourge/tiny she still loved him and she was still crushed when she thought he was dead infact she PROTECTED him from his siblings i HATE how ppl paint her as a horrible mother when in reality she was trying her best and did a pretty good job

If this is accurate, I feel bad for Scourge... He had to watch of what he's become... his twisted memories... you'll always be in my heart, Scourge. Always. Edit:YEET. OVER A HUNDRED LIKES!?

This is absolutely amazing! The parts flow together so cohesively and all of the animations are awesome! So glad Y'all didnt give up on this! It was worth the wait :)

Scourge was my favorite from the moment he appeared in the book. So I am in love with all the Scourge animations at the moment. But this is one of my favorites, the music gives it an edgy but awesome vibe. Love it❤️

I can imagine him thinking "Where did I go wrong?" right before his death. And then he dies and this happens.

YES FINALLY! It was 100% worth the wait

MY GOOOOSH ITS FINALY DONE MY GOOOODNESS WOW

My conspiracy: Based off this map, I think Scourge is sent to this unknown place that even Star Clan doesn’t know about. Since Scourge killed numerous of innocent cats, he is sent to his place to teach him about what he has become. A monster. As he goes all throughout his life and his past memories, as he finishes all the way until his death, this unknown place makes him feel the pain he caused lots of cats to feel. I believe Scourge was an innocent cat too... or could have been. The whole cause of this to happen is his siblings. Yes, his siblings. As Ruby and Sox continues to tease and bully him, he feels like he is an outcast and runs away. As he becomes older, he keeps remembering all the past memories of Ruby and Sox bullying and teasing him, making him become angrier and angrier by the second. Since he knew he couldn’t do anything to defend himself, he had to sit through and take it, wishing he could fight back. Now that he is older and knows how to fight, for living outside and in the forest and other places, he learns along the way how to fight and become stronger. Once Ruby and Sox are abandoned by their owner, they come scrambling to Scourge for shelter. Of course, Scourge says no. This was his revenge (I think???). He wanted him to learn the same way he did when he had to fend for himself. Still remembering the bullying and teasing, even though he already got his revenge, he already had created a new clan, Blood Clan. To Scourge, it felt good to be in power. He couldn’t leave his clan now. The bullying and teasing kept haunting Scourge and wouldn’t stop. He knew there was no way to stop it. This is why he says “You expect the ice to melt, but it just gets colder and colder.” Scourge kept taking his anger out on other cats and that’s why he wouldn’t stop killing. Now in the unknown place, Scourge understands his wrongs and wants to make them right. But he could never find a way out no matter how hard he tried. He wanted another chance at life. His soul is trapped in this unknown place I would like to call, The Darkest of Cats. It makes total sense and let me tell you why. The darkest in the name, Darkest of Cats, resembles the black and white world it is. The whole meaning of the name, is for the cats who’s heart was black and grey. They could never escape to their natural color ever again. Natural color meaning the good in their heart. Black and white meaning their heart was a heart of stone or a huge block of ice. The cats who had this problem could never escape it. Everything just gets worse In my opinion, I think Scourge is an innocent cat. Well, that’s my conspiracy! Hope you understand and like how I thought!

The wait was getting CLOSER Hahaha my jokes suck :,)

YO THIS TURNED OUT SO COOL? I was stalking the map for like 3 1/2 weeks and when the title was replaced with "Editing" I literally jumped out my seat hhhhhh

Aaaaa it’s finally done !! I’ve been following this map closely and I loved how all the parts flowed naturally and I loved the concept , congrats on this one !! ;>

Twolegs: *looks at massive group of cats* The normal. Bloodclan: *stares at twolegs* Ok buddy. Me: *How the heck do they not call authorities* edit: tyvm for all the likes! Most I’ve gotten.

Scourge finally realised *he messed up bad*

Ahh yes!!! I'm so glad to finally see this finished

OWO (Omg after 2 years, this is finally done.... and this is amazing, congrats To all the animators ;w; i gonna die)

I absolutely love the idea of his spirit looking at his life and decisions

Me: *makes 3 other KZfaq accounts just to like this video* Also me: Well, I’m officially obsessed.

HOLY god this map is wonderful! Everyone did an amazing job portraying trauma in Scourge's life, most map's on Scourge have been about him being a villain and not the reason why he became so corrupted, I really appreciate how this map was about that. I have been waiting for this for so long and I couldn't be happier seeing it complete!

Absolutey genius and beautiful! The ambience of the song went to well to the events, I love the idea of Scourge watching his life after his death. I also like the color of the collar, good color, fits him well as it also isn’t the usual purple or red. Great idea, good transitions, good details to spice it up, everyone did so well with the topic of this M.A.P!

I feel so bad for Scourge, it wasn't his fault in the beginning, if Ruby never told him that "Unwanted kittens get thrown in the river" he would have never left and maybe would have found a home. (If i was in this book I would have) I just feel he needed more support and people who cared about him, I know his mother did, but he had 2 other voices telling him he was basically nothing. I can't blame Scourge for anything he did (my opinion) I feel bad about what happened to him. And once he had followers in the alley, he felt like he had power like he never had, and he just kept gaining followers. But once he had to fight Firestar, he did infact kill him first, but it didn't count because Firestar had 9 lives, (if I saw a cat come back from the dead, I would probably be in shock like Scourge) Scourge ended up in a shock do to Firestar being revived, which caused him to be off guard for a moment, then attack again. I personally felt bad for him, he never got to live a life without pain and hurtful words, and another thing that bugs me is that I don't know where he went after he died, but maybe he got to see and watch his past life. Sorry, this is a lot, but I had to get it off my chest. (There is most likely even more rant but I can't think of it now Edit: Holy I just realized how long this is)

Alright, time to talk about my opinion on another warrior cats villain even tho no gives a fuck Alright, we get it. Scourge is the definition of "villains aren't born, they're made." But do you ever think why he followed the blood soaked path he did? He didn't believe in starclan, but he realized something supernatural was happening when firestar came back, very much alive. My theory is that he followed the path he did because he loved the attention and basic worship he received. He knew the cats feared him instead of actually liking him, but he didn't care. He was an attention seeker, wanting the attention he was deprived of as a kitten. His life was affected by his siblings bullying and hatred, all because of his size. What I mean is, that one small genetical disorder caused a domino effect of horrible things. He was born small, because of what I assume is a kind of dwarfism but with cats. It lead to his siblings bullying. His siblings bullying lead to him running away. His running away made him clash with tiger paws attack. Tiger paws attack released an anger built up from his siblings mistreatment. The anger was released when he killed a shadowclan warrior to defend a she-cat, because brokenstars taunting was similar to that of his siblings. The anger inside him made him enjoy killing that cat. The enjoyment of killing led him to more killing. That killing led to firestar killing him. It's all a sick idea of the domino effect. I believe scourge wasn't truly crazy, but he was on the verge of going insane. The killing was a way to vent out the anger and resentment he felt towards tiger paw and his siblings. The only way to stop him from killing was to kill scourge himself. His emotional and physical trauma only made it worse. Everytime he saw himself in a puddle, i imagine he saw the scars, plus his small size in the reflection of the puddle, it reminded him of the horrific childhood he had. He took his anger out on every cat he killed brutally. Quite the disturbing effect of the domino effect, but it's the truth.

Me: *sees this* Me: "This should be fun to watch!" Me, after watching it: " *ITS SO GOOD I ALMOST CRIED HOW AMAZING THAT WAS OML IT TOOK 2 YEARS TO MAKE AND IT SHOOOOWS* "

Okay I can’t stop rewatching so here’s a free replay button 0:00

To be honest, I really really feel bad for scourge. He could’ve had a better life if someone just showed him. I feel like he deserves to be in scar man even though he doesn’t beleive it. This map almost made me cry. He’s my favorite character and I just feel so bad...

Scourge is my favorite character… he really didn’t deserve death, he was abused by his brother and sister, only if he became good… maybe he wouldn’t of died..

Fun fact: while scourge is often seen as a blood thirsty killing machine he only canonically killed 3 cats Tigerstar Firestar ( came back to life) The random bully rouge

0:22 i don't know why but seeing that heartbeat made me feel sad

He protecc He atacc But most importantly .... He wont get his life bacc

Me: oh so this is a quiet and creepy song... lemme turn up my volume 1:24: I’m about to ruin this man’s ears.

As a long-year Scourge fan (for 7 years now) I find this absolutely amazing and I feel so grateful for the fact that Scourge WASN'T depicted as truly evil in this video. It showed how he only started as an innocent kit who wanted to prove himself but became corrupt and prideful as his life progressed till its end. This is, I believe, the way people should depict Scourge. He wanted to rise up for himself but never was taught the right way to do it, instead he learned, through survival and dominance, that he had to claw his way up to the top, even if it meant being viewed as vicious and cold by his clan. And this neatly scripted video went on to show how he got to view his life and how it started as pitiful, to successful, to brutal and bloody till his eventual death. He was able to realize how corrupt he'd become and how regretful he felt when he didn't give himself the chance for a change. It shows that people aren't born evil and that if they do turn, they aren't always proud of their actions. Some of them act "evil" as a means of survival and probably don't even have a choice simply because they live and have lived in a harsh environment and never had the help they needed in their dire times. I can relate to some degree, I've been through many years of bullying and whenever I stood up for myself, I always got put back down again simply because I didn't defend myself the "right" way. No, I hardly ever resorted to violence but even then the authorities went against me. And when I found Scourge's manga, I felt like I could heavily relate to his point of view. To finally see that there are many talented animators sharing a Scourge animation the way he truly lived and wasn't completely antagonized in a single video fills me with appreciation. Great job both to the host and the animators!!! :'D

Scourge's greatest regret was probably either leaving his kittypet home or listening to Tigerstar. He could've had everything he wanted if he just stayed away from the forest cats like his mother warned him about so long ago.

I feel like that if scourge haven’t lived a hard rough life, he could’ve been a good guy, possibly also somehow being help to thunder clan.

Others: "They got the collar color wrong." Me: "Look he finally got his collar off!"

hhh i've been waiting for so long!!

Wow this is amazing! 0:13 is definitely my favourite, but they're all great!

SOOOO THIS IS WHERE MOST OF THE AMAZING SCOURGE ANAMATIONS EVER CAME FROMM

The Erins need to give him a second book

God this was the map that got me to start drawing cats. The absolute nostalgia I get from this is wild

This is absolutely beautiful. The way the scenes flow makes this one of the best maps Ive seen in a while

I’ve watched this 6 times now... *why is this song not on Spotify?!*

I think purple collar fits scourge so well

I just want to say why does every warrior cats map have such great music like without fail

My baby Scourge 😥 i love this so much! Best map in 2019 well too early to say this but it is!

This map turned out beautifully. I love how he goes back into his past and goes through the main parts of it. This map is so unique and well scripted

The end was just horribly sad... EDIT: And yes, my favorite cat is Scourge.

I.. I'm just speechless. This certainly was worth the wait! 0-0

Worth the wait! This is the best Scourge map ever!! AAA so satisfying to watch this after waiting for years!!!

Wow this is my new favorite map. Not only because all the animators are amazing. But also because this is the actual color I use for scourge's collar

I know It's all about Cats Warriors (?), but this video reminds me about Varjak Paw. It was one of my fav book serie when I was a kid. Design of the books are a masterpiece.

This has to be the best Scourge Map I've ever seen!! It nearly gave me chills in the end, it was so eerie! The colors in this map were well-chosen, too, really gives off that creepy feeling. It shows what a great character Scourge was (as in, he was an awesome villian)! I will watch this again and again now, because it's so well done! Good job to all the animators ^^

Incredible! Worth the wait!!!

Fun fact you watched this video more than 1 time

Scourge: at 0:20 Me: Awww! Look at the cute kitty! 🥰 Scourge: at 3:03 Me: OH GOD WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM-

This is a very unique color for scourges color and in my opinion I like it!

Omg yes! Its finally here!! Omg my favourite artist won the thumbnail competition :O

Me: Karma hit you with a bat, Scourge. Scourge: WhAtEvEr. * cries * I’m FiNe.

3000th comment ! Anyway, I’m still in love with this map. The use of psychological horror and regret is beautiful and I love the use of blacks and whites 🥰

Oh my Godddd this is absolutely one of my favourite maps to date. The whole idea of it is just brilliant and I love the spooky atmosphere, from the zombie like cats that he's killed to the music chosen for the credits! Excellent work to everyone involved!!

Yooo this turned out so gorgeous and emotional!!!!! Tysm for letting me take part in such a fantastic project!!!

I'm so glad this MAP didn't die! Thank you guys for sticking by it, it really is amazing!

Honestly, before the map community started, the first series were sort of not scary. But when the maps came, it made them seem like a horror movie, AND I LOVE IT .

this map is S P O O P Y And i like villians cuz some of them have twisted pasts. good job! i love the song you picked for this!

2:50+ Anyone else gotten watership down vibes?

this map has changed the way I feel about scourge it gets a like from me and I think everyone did great, the fact it took two years shows.

*Disney just called, they want all of their animators back*

I feel kinda bad for him he just had the lost memory and now when he looks at himself he sees what all cats see he wants to go back but now he loves in the shadows crying for another chance for forgiveness and thinking why did I leave

Omllll 2:52 - 3:01 is my fav part Honestly such a mood

I wanna give Scourge a hug after seeing this-

The ending music is so creepy and I just..... I JUST LOVE THIS DAMNED MAP SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH