Dappleshadow and Eelpaw started out on good terms, the older warrior being thrilled at a chance to mentor one of the three promising kits in Oceanclan. Eelpaw had the makings of a fast, nimble warrior, as his other siblings began making great improvements in their skills. As time passed though, Dappleshadow began to notice a lack of effort in Eelpaw's part to learn. They noticed him constantly playing hooky and would find him lounging on the riverbank, or catching bugs close to the Marshclan border.

Any efforts by Dappleshadow to steer Eelpaw back on the right path were met with an apathetic, uncaring attitude becoming of any adolescent cat. Dappleshadow began to tire of training an uninterested apprentice before long, and though they tried to be patient, they began to get on Eelpaw for little things, only irritating the young apprentice more.

After a disastrous border patrol duty that ended with Eelpaw abandoning Dappleshadow during an attack by a rogue, Dappleshadow had enough. In the middle of camp and in full view of every Oceanclan cat Dappleshadow scolded and berated Eelpaw heavily for abandoning them during a surprise attack while Eelpaw bitterly took the verbal lashing. Dappleshadow, frustrated and fed up training a warrior who wouldn't pull his weight, dropped the mentorship there and then.

The more time passed, the more Spidertongue was sure that the runt of his litter, Silverwish, would survive. This brought bittersweet feelings to the cat━though he was relieved one of the kits would pull through, he felt a sense of resentment growing in his heart that Icestar had left him for good, and his own kit was the cause. He pushed those thoughts aside, but in time the feelings deepened, and Spidertongue grew to harbor resentment towards Silverkit, believing her as the cause behind his mate's suffering.

Spidertongue began spending less and less time with Silverkit as she grew up, preferring to leave her in the hands of the clan while he went hunting or swimming to be alone. The times she was in his presence, he tried his best, but acted more like a distant mentor than a true father. It was clear that Silverkit thought the world of Spidertongue, but this only deepened his ego troubles, and led to him withdrawing more to hopefully find her a better mentor.

In time, Silverpaw realized her father never truly desired to be close to her. After a tumoultous moon or two of Silverpaw sulking, she let it go, and made her peace with it. She had plenty of other cats in Oceanclan watching her back, even if they found her annoying at times, and was okay remaining a friend to her father.

Iceflash and Spidertongue were incredibly close, with the two going out of their way to do patrol or even hunt together as warriors. After Icestar received her nine lives as the newest-and youngest-leader of Oceanclan, she began to worry about her future, and told Spidertongue she wanted kids. Spidertongue, hesitant at first, warmed up to the idea knowing he'd have Icestar by his side, and felt confident enough to agree.

During Icestar's pregnancy, the queen began to experience horrible visions in her sleep, and often in the daytime while awake. Chalking it up to nightmares at first, Icestar became too rattled to sleep, greatly alarming Spidertongue, though she would not disclose anything about them. She became irritable from lack of sleep, and would often overwork herself, not wanting to rest or fall asleep again.

The stress and sleep deprivation pushed her to give birth early to four premature kits, three of whom did not survive the hour. As Icestar lay exhausted and in pain, Spidertongue came up to her to comfort her. As Tallwaters, who had been watching over Icestar during her birth, ran to get herbs she believed would help Icestar's pain, Spidertongue took his chance. He licked Icestar on her head, his final goodbye, before suffocating his mate by crushing her windpipe and putting Icestar out of her misery.