Catha'vi
*See MCL's YWOT Wiki page here.
MothCultLeader, also known as MCL, Catha'Vi, or Ter8 is an OWoT user who joined early 2024.
They are known mainly for their discord server which they call "Moth Cult", and their OC "Catha'Vi" They have recently closed the "Moth Cult" that they based their name around.
When they first joined OWOT, they formed their entire personality around their OC and their "moth cult" discord server. This understandably annoyed many people, however MCL began to ragebait and annoy people more frequently in response to this. This behavior spread to the OWOT discord server, but recently their habit of ragebaiting people has died down significantly.
They have expressed that they genuinely want to become/live as their OC Catha'Vi, or at least something similar to it. This has spawned long debates with many users, such as d9eoead.
As of 2025, the "moth cult" has been shut down. This is due to a variety of factors, including Catha'Vi becoming more of MCL's OC, and MCL not wishing to have the responsibilities of managing a community.
History
YWOT
Moth Cult
Scripts
Movie Night
OWOT-YWOT Bridge
*See also: OWOT-YWOT_Bridge.
In August of 2024, Catha'vi(then Moth Cult Leader) launched a script that synced edits between YWOT and OWOT within a small portal. They later created another bridge that allowed YWOT users to interact with OWOT's Global Chat.
Unlike the Warpserver and Fastclient, which were used to spam YWOT without the community's knowledge, Catha'vi's OWOT-YWOT bridge was able to create an open, two-way interaction between the two text canvases. Reception to the portals were generally positive on both websites, though there was some backlash from the YWOT community over the insertion of OWOT chat into YWOT.
The creation of the OWOT-YWOT Bridge was commemorated by Lemuria in the September 7th Issue of Our World of News. FP also complimented Catha'vi for their creation, citing it as an improvement over their previous script: the roomba. Mr.Guy commented on the bridge and compared it to the New York-Dublin Portal.
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The first bridge(sped up 20x) -
The second bridge(real time)
Catha'vi
On April 5th, 2024, Moth Cult Leader realized that their Discord server needed a deity to worship. To this end, they created the Moth God Catha'vi by photoshopping a deer's skull onto a moth's body.
MCL then created a detailed render of the moth deity with orange fur and four arms. This design has since been used in multiple animations and was the subject of many pieces of fan art by the Moth Cult Discord.
Moth Cult Leader shows great pride in their OC and frequently advertises it on the Our World of Text Discord server.
Note: The Skull 3d model is taken from https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/deer-skull-7c0b25f9067f4503b704fc88b304137d. A new skull model is being developed.
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Initial Catha'vi Design by Moth Cult Leader(April 5th, 2024) -
Moth costumed used to make the original Catha'vi -
Catha'vi Render by Moth Cult Leader(April 20th, 2024) -
WIP Render -
Catha'vi Rig -
Catha'vi Mesh -
Doctrines of Catha'vi -
Catha'vi Fanart by KVTKUN(April 30th, 2024) -
ASCII Catha'vi by Moth Cult Leader -
Moth News(October 5th, 2024) -
Catha'vi Walk Cycle(October 13th, 2024) -
Improved walk cycle based off of reference footage -
Animation by Jamel -
By Jamel(March 31st, 2025) -
By Rscr(October 23rd, 2024) -
By Rscr(March 26th, 2025) -
By Rscr(April 12th, 2025) -
"Hexathavi"(April 15th, 2025) -
April 16th, 2025 -
April 16th, 2025 -
Catha'vi fanon lore by Rscr(April 16th, 2025) -
By Jamel(May 9th, 2025) -
By Jamel(May 7th, 2025) -
By Jamel(May 9th, 2025) -
Robot Catha'vi WIP(May 4th, 2025) -
May 4th, 2025 -
Finished Model(May 4th, 2025) -
Robot Catha'vi Walk Animation(May 6th, 2025) -
May 7th, 2025 -
Bazinga! -
June 8th, 2025 -
Catha'Vi skull model made from scratch (WIP) -
Catha'vi?(June 14th, 2025) -
Slightly brightened -
June 24th, 2025 -
June 24th, 2025
Catha'vi Suit
In July 2024, MCL revealed that they have been working on an IRL costume of Catha'vi.
As of October progress has only been made on the moth god's skull, which was modeled on Blender and printed out piece by piece using a local 3D printer.
The rest of Catha'vi's body will be made entirely from brown fabric, though MCL once humored the idea of a functioning mechanical tail.
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WIP of a real-life Catha'Vi costume(July 19th, 2024) -
Updated Catha'Vi Mask(September 16th, 2024) -
Full model of Catha'vi's deer skull. Parts that have already been printed are highlighted in orange(September 20th, 2024) -
Catha'vi skull with completed horns(October 9th, 2024)
Catha'vi Game
As of October 12th, 2024, Moth Cult Leader has been working on a game named Super Catha'vi World.
Reputation Within the Community
Much of the community was innitially unnerved by Catha'vi's moth obsession and would frequently :wastebasket: react their messages. Likewise, Catha'vi's deployment of roombas into OWOT was met with just as much backlash as it did in YWOT, with FP himself calling the script out for being annoying.
But in introducing a series of more beneficial scripts, and by improving their art, Catha'vi was able to gradually gain the approval of the userbase.
As of 2025 they have become a respected member of the community, and multiple users even supported their bid for admin.
However some users are still distrustful of their moth-related antics.