Post by Cactusdog on Nov 26, 2017 18:26:39 GMT
Thrushstar and The Founding of Thrushclan
Pine was born to Lemonade, an ex-kittypet who joined the family during the journey, and Ashenface -- one of Moortail and Frostfeather’s kits. Ashenface and Lemonade only had one litter, consisting of Pine, and his brother Robin. The two kits were as close as brothers could be, but unfortunately, he was one of the only friends Pine had. The tom was predisposed to fits of violent anger, and always wore a scowl on his face. One day, he was playing with Robin and Minnow near a great gorge. Pine accused Minnow of cheating, and the young cats got into an argument. She got angry and hit him with claws unsheathed, knocking him back into the great hole. He hardly survived, but when they found him, he had lost vision in his left eye.
A bit later in life, he encountered a she-cat called Sherbert. She was a beautiful dilute calico, with eyes the color of the sky in Greenleaf. The loner was loving and kind -- the perfect cat to watch over kits and quietly coach new queens on how to care for their kits. She told him one day that she had a litter before, a long time ago. She had borne two kits -- one gorgeous tortoiseshell, and a pure white tom. Neither, she told him, lived past their second day. She had sworn to never have kits again, but whenever Pine asked her to be his mate, she knew that she was willing to break that promise.
They had been mates for six moons when Moortail and Frostfeather became too old to properly lead the family. They were too poorly to announce who would lead them next, and others began to argue. It almost always would lead to physical confrontations. An example of such was whenever Oak, in a fit of rage, had challenged the pair of brothers to a fight. He and his own brother fought with great ferocity, and Robin was left with a seven-clawed scar on his flank.
Mosstail died, and the fighting increased. After Minnow broke free and formed CreekClan, he rushed into her clan’s camp to demand what she thought she was doing. He accused her of stirring up trouble, and trying to destroy everything their group had stood for. Had it not been the clans who had driven out Mosstail and Frostfeather? Had it not been the clans who ruined everything for them?
He refused to join her, and left in a rage. Pine called a meeting of all the cats of their band. Even Frostfeather, despite being deathly ill, decided to listen. He explained what Creekstar had done -- how she had betrayed them. Some were just as enraged as he was. Others didn’t see the harm, and yet others wanted to join her. These murmurs just made him angrier, and it was when Sherbert spoke up that he calmed. She told him that she was expecting kits, and had been for nearly a moon. The queen explained to him that they needed to go somewhere to protect them.
A quarter moon later, he founded ThrushClan and became known as Thrushstar. He built his camp with Robin and four other cats -- Lemonade, his mother, Axel, a kittypet, Blu, his most trusted friend aside from his brother, and Snowy, one of his cousins. Sherbert had his kits that very day, and died after giving birth to four little kits.
Thrushstar named Robin, his trusted brother, as Treeleap -- the deputy of ThrushClan. He named Snowy as Snowheart, the medicine cat. Lemonade became Goldenfrond, Axel was Hawktail, and Blu was Tigerstrike.
In their first hunting season, Tigerstrike was the first to be killed. Snowheart was inconsolable that he couldn’t save her. Goldenfrond followed, and then he decided that something needed to be done about it.
Previous Leaders, Deputies, and Medicine Cats
Thrushstar - a black tom with dull yellow eyes. Blind in one eye. Founder of ThrushClan.
Final Death: 100 moons, of a hunter.
Apprentices: Embertail
Deputies: Treeleap
Medicine Cats: Snowheart, Dapplepaw
Treestar - a fiery ginger tom with bright green eyes and white ears. Notable for trying to have a code implemented that ‘defective’ kits must prove themselves.
Final Death: 89 moons, killed by a three-legged apprentice he underestimated
Apprentices: Frogheart, Twignose
Deputies: Redstreak, Palemoon
Medicine Cats: Dapplefall
Palestar - a pure white she-cat with wide green eyes. Notable for helping purge DogClan territory of rogues.
Final Death: 102 moons, of greencough
Apprentices: Cherrypaw, Cinderleap, Whitebird
Deputies: Lizardfoot
Medicine Cats: Dapplefall, Jaggedpaw
Lizardstar - a thick-furred dark grey she-cat with pale golden eyes. Missing her right hind leg. Notable for giving up two lives by using her body to shield an injured kit.
Final Death: 65 moons, of an unidentified sickness
Apprentices: Maplefur, Rockstorm, Hailpaw
Deputies: [current leader]
Medicine Cats: Jaggedfang, [current med]
A bit later in life, he encountered a she-cat called Sherbert. She was a beautiful dilute calico, with eyes the color of the sky in Greenleaf. The loner was loving and kind -- the perfect cat to watch over kits and quietly coach new queens on how to care for their kits. She told him one day that she had a litter before, a long time ago. She had borne two kits -- one gorgeous tortoiseshell, and a pure white tom. Neither, she told him, lived past their second day. She had sworn to never have kits again, but whenever Pine asked her to be his mate, she knew that she was willing to break that promise.
They had been mates for six moons when Moortail and Frostfeather became too old to properly lead the family. They were too poorly to announce who would lead them next, and others began to argue. It almost always would lead to physical confrontations. An example of such was whenever Oak, in a fit of rage, had challenged the pair of brothers to a fight. He and his own brother fought with great ferocity, and Robin was left with a seven-clawed scar on his flank.
Mosstail died, and the fighting increased. After Minnow broke free and formed CreekClan, he rushed into her clan’s camp to demand what she thought she was doing. He accused her of stirring up trouble, and trying to destroy everything their group had stood for. Had it not been the clans who had driven out Mosstail and Frostfeather? Had it not been the clans who ruined everything for them?
He refused to join her, and left in a rage. Pine called a meeting of all the cats of their band. Even Frostfeather, despite being deathly ill, decided to listen. He explained what Creekstar had done -- how she had betrayed them. Some were just as enraged as he was. Others didn’t see the harm, and yet others wanted to join her. These murmurs just made him angrier, and it was when Sherbert spoke up that he calmed. She told him that she was expecting kits, and had been for nearly a moon. The queen explained to him that they needed to go somewhere to protect them.
A quarter moon later, he founded ThrushClan and became known as Thrushstar. He built his camp with Robin and four other cats -- Lemonade, his mother, Axel, a kittypet, Blu, his most trusted friend aside from his brother, and Snowy, one of his cousins. Sherbert had his kits that very day, and died after giving birth to four little kits.
Thrushstar named Robin, his trusted brother, as Treeleap -- the deputy of ThrushClan. He named Snowy as Snowheart, the medicine cat. Lemonade became Goldenfrond, Axel was Hawktail, and Blu was Tigerstrike.
In their first hunting season, Tigerstrike was the first to be killed. Snowheart was inconsolable that he couldn’t save her. Goldenfrond followed, and then he decided that something needed to be done about it.
Previous Leaders, Deputies, and Medicine Cats
Thrushstar - a black tom with dull yellow eyes. Blind in one eye. Founder of ThrushClan.
Final Death: 100 moons, of a hunter.
Apprentices: Embertail
Deputies: Treeleap
Medicine Cats: Snowheart, Dapplepaw
Treestar - a fiery ginger tom with bright green eyes and white ears. Notable for trying to have a code implemented that ‘defective’ kits must prove themselves.
Final Death: 89 moons, killed by a three-legged apprentice he underestimated
Apprentices: Frogheart, Twignose
Deputies: Redstreak, Palemoon
Medicine Cats: Dapplefall
Palestar - a pure white she-cat with wide green eyes. Notable for helping purge DogClan territory of rogues.
Final Death: 102 moons, of greencough
Apprentices: Cherrypaw, Cinderleap, Whitebird
Deputies: Lizardfoot
Medicine Cats: Dapplefall, Jaggedpaw
Lizardstar - a thick-furred dark grey she-cat with pale golden eyes. Missing her right hind leg. Notable for giving up two lives by using her body to shield an injured kit.
Final Death: 65 moons, of an unidentified sickness
Apprentices: Maplefur, Rockstorm, Hailpaw
Deputies: [current leader]
Medicine Cats: Jaggedfang, [current med]