Post by Sunny on Jul 23, 2015 19:36:13 GMT -5
*Name: Talonstar
*Age: 89 moons
*Gender: She-cat
*Appearance: Talonstar is a Maine Coon, with a white underbelly and chest. She has a striped black-and-gray pelt with a large, fluffy tail with a black tip. She has tall, furry ears. Talonstar has a broad head structure, intense amber eyes, and long whiskers.
*Personality: Talonstar is a strong leader of ShadeClan, and tries to earn the trust and respect in each of her Clanmates. She is proud, brave, and is unafraid to challenge the warrior code when it comes to protecting her Clan. Talonstar is an excellent fighter, but is very bad at hunting. Whenever she is on a hunting patrol, usually she comes back to camp with empty paws. That is one downfall of her leadership, though she tries to hide her incapability by leading and joining only border patrols. Because Talonstar is excellent at fighting, she often leads her Clan into an unnecessary battle, which leads to blood unnecessarily spilt and battles unnecessarily won and lost. Due to all her positive traits, she thinks that she is very powerful, which can sometimes lead to ambition. If a battle is lost by her Clanmates, she is not afraid to fight again for revenge. Talonstar is not afraid to be challenged, and does not back down easily. Though Talonstar is caring to her Clanmates, she very much dislikes half-Clan cats, even if they're innocent.
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Strong
Proud
Brave
Excellent fighter
Cares for her Clanmates
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Terrible hunter
Leads her Clan into danger
Ambitious
Dislikes half-Clan cats
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Unafraid to challenge the warrior code
Unafraid to be challenged
*~ Talonstar is a very bad hunter, but happens to be an excellent fighter. However strong and powerful her legs are, she is a bad swimmer. As most ShadeClan cats, she is also bad at fishing. Her climbing skills come along well, though she doesn't live in good enough terrain to practice her skills enough.
Likes:
Fighting
Battles
Protecting her Clan
Mice
Squirrels
Dislikes:
Hunting
Losing her temper
Other Clans' terrain, prey, and enemies
Fears:
Losing battles
Letting her Clan down
Foxes
*History: When Talonstar was a very young kit, her mother, Ambergorse, was attacked by a fox pack. Talonkit and her siblings Molekit and Tanglekit wanted to rescue Ambergorse, so they crept out of camp and followed the scent of their mother. They followed the scent trail to the fight, where five foxes were battling the patrol. Ambergorse, Lakepaw, Honeyspring, and Raindapple made up the patrol. Ambergorse was fighting two of the foxes. The other foxes were grappling with the rest of the patrol. Talonkit and her littermates all realized their mother was outmatched, and they figured three kits would hold the strength of one warrior. Molekit created a plan: she would run at one fox and tackle it, while Talonkit attacked the other. Tanglekit would fight alongside Ambergorse.
With the plan in place, the three littermates launched themselves into the thick of the battle. As Tanglekit was fighting beside his mother, Ambergorse pushed her son out of the way. As her attention was diverted for that one heartbeat, the fox that Molekit was fighting rounded on the kit that was clinging to its back. The fox swiped a large paw at Talonkit's sister, killing her with one blow. With Molekit dead, the fox launched itself at Ambergorse. The warrior, caught off-guard, fell to the ground, stunned. The fox took advantage of Ambergorse's exposed belly and slashed sharp claws from her throat, down her belly, to her tail. As the fox was ripping her belly open, Tanglekit had been trying to protect his mother by slashing tiny claws across the fox's nose. But it was too late; Ambergorse was dead.
The fox that Talonkit was grappling with swatted at the kit slicing at its flank and hurried over to see Ambergorse's and Molekit's savaged bodies. Realizing their fight was almost won, the two foxes rounded on Talonkit and Tanglekit. The brother and sister fought bravely, landing well-aimed blows to the foxes' heads. But the foxes were too strong. The first fox leaped at Tanglekit and dug a claw viciously deep into the kit's neck. Blood spattered the floor of the pine forest. The loss of blood took Tanglekit's life away, but Talonkit survived. The fox fight was not won or lost yet, and Talonkit resolved to help her Clanmates, who were being driven farther into the forest, toward the camp where the rest of the Clan was sheltering.
Picking the choice that seemed most reasonable, Talonkit dashed back to camp. She told her Clan leader, Poppystar, what was happening, and the ShadeClan leader immediately sent out a fresh patrol of warriors. Talonkit led Poppystar, Shredmist, Wolfhawk, Birdmask, Toadflake, Willowbee, and Swiftstrike to where the battle was raging. By the time they got there, Lakepaw's body lay unmoving on the ground, with no sign of life. Poppystar did all she could, but nothing could revive a cat from its death.
Talonpaw had a very hard life going from kit-ship to apprenticeship. Her denmates often teased her because she had no family, and thought she was too weak to pass her assessment. Her mentor, Willowbee, helped defended her when she was being teased or rejected, but Talonpaw always felt the large emptiness that she still feels today. Though it was out of good intentions, Willowbee didn't help much when she defended her apprentice. It just made Talonpaw seem even more weak.
But finally Talonpaw had had enough. She worked harder than any other apprentice to earn her warrior name, Talonberry, before her other denmates, despite how young she was. She fought bravely, hunted skillfully, and was dignified through all her moons of working hard... until she was made deputy to Poppystar after Shredmist had died fighting another fox attack. When Talonberry was made deputy, Poppystar was on her last life. In a fight against rogue cats that had been living in ShadeClan territory, Poppystar lost her last life and went to StarClan, leaving Talonstar in charge.
Near the beginning of her leadership, Talonstar had to lead her Clan into a vicious battle against DappleClan, who had launched an attack on their camp. Many cats were injured, and Talonstar was afraid her Clanmates would blame her for their loss of the battle. But she had pulled through, and to this day she remained a strong ShadeClan leader.