Post by Sparrowstar ♥ on Mar 23, 2011 16:38:39 GMT -6
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SPARROWSTAR
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NAMES: Sparrowkit, Sparrowpaw, Sparrowsong, Sparrowstar
AGE: 24 moons (2 years old)
GENDER: tom
CLAN: WindClan
RANK: leader
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DESCRIPTION:
Sparrowstar is a small, short-haired tabby tom with striking ice-blue eyes. His tail is short and bobbed due to a badger attack in his apprenticeship, so he looks more like a manx cat rather than a regular old orange tabby. His claws are long and razor sharp, along with his teeth. Although he is small, he is surprisingly broad, with a wide-spread chest, powerful shoulders, and large bones. He is very good at jumping, making him a better hunter than a fighter. His fur is a mixture between golds, oranges, reds, beiges, and yellows. Sparrowstar was given his name because when he was born, he was so brown and small that he looked like a sparrow. But soon his coat lighten up over the years into the fine color it is now. Behind his ears are ratty tufts of fur, and he has especially long fur at the base of where his tail used to be.
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PERSONALITY:
Sparrowstar is a tough tom cat, due to what happened in his past. He doesn't forgive easily, and therefore may hold a grudge for a very long time. Also, because of his tail wound in his past, he is frightened at the sight of blood, but usually doesn't show it. Sparrowstar also freaks out when he sees wounds, but he is trying to learn to control this to take a better lead at his Clan. Besides everything above, he is a gentle young cat, and is kind-hearted. He would help anything in pain if it hasn't hurt his Clan, but if it did, he would be angry toward it. He isn't a very mean cat once you get to know him, but some cats from other Clans may find him either frightening, mysterious, or just pure hate him. He isn't shy, or afraid to speak his own mind. So if he hates you, he'll probably tell you. Sparrowstar also isn't a very shy cat, due to those qualities. He is also a better hunter than a fighter.
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HISTORY:
Sparrowkit was born in WindClan, purebred and the best of the best. He had two sisters and a brother named Willowkit, Goldenkit, and Birchkit. His mother and father loved them all dearly. His mother was called Dappledface, his father Stormcloud. Sparrowkit was always the more adventurous of the four kits, wandering around the camp while his littermates stayed sleeping in the nursery. He had always admired the leader and deputy, and looked up to them throughout his life. Like all kits, he wished to be the best warrior ever, and hoped to become leader some day. He knew that he would choose one of his littermates as his deputy, since he was a kind brother. Although he was the smallest - even smaller than his sisters - he was sometimes bigger and wiser than all them.
When his apprenticeship rolled by, he was named Sparrowpaw. Even though all warrior cats were given the last name 'paw sometime in their life, he couldn't have been more proud of it. His mentor was Blackpool, a fierce black tom with stunning green eyes. Although Sparrowpaw wasn't intimidated by the hostile young warrior. Birchpaw got Owltalon as a mentor; Willowpaw had Leafstorm; and Goldenpaw had Lionfur. He had a good life, and always caught more prey than his siblings. The young apprentice could tell that they were jealous, though. Whenever they were talking near they apprentice den and Sparrowpaw came over, they sudden stopped chatted and went to bed. It made Sparrowpaw frustrated, but also sad.
Later on in his apprenticeship, around eleven moons old, close to his warrior ceremony, a badger attacked him and his littermates while they were out hunting. Luckily, their parents were hunting in the moorland nearby. Stormcloud and Dappledface stood bravely in front of their daughters and son, telling themselves that they would rather die than them to. But Birchpaw didn't seem to get the point, and without warning, he leaped at the badger, sinking his sharp fangs into its shoulder. The badger just blinked, and clawed at Birchpaw. Dappledface jumped onto the badger, but it was too late. Birchpaw fell to the ground, dead. With a terrified squeak, Goldenpaw turned and fled. Forgetting the angry mother on it's back, it thundered after her, slashing it's extremely large claws at her. They caught her side, and immediately killed her. Meanwhile, Dappledface still clung to the angry badger. It shook her off and jumped onto her, crushing her spine. It killed her as well. Staring in horror, his father yowled, "Run!"
Sparrowpaw ran. And ran. And ran. He never looked back, but he could feel the thundering paw steps of the badger behind him. The apprentice took a peek back and saw it. But that was when he tripped over a pebble, and his pace slackened. The badger was upon him, mouth dripping with saliva. It picked him up by his tail and flung him back onto the ground. With a tearing sound, his tail was ripped clean from his body. He lay, startled and shocked, on the ground. But he had to run. He struggled to his paws and saw Stormcloud spitting venom at the badger, his claws scoring over it's nose. "Run Sparrowpaw!" he ordered. Without thinking, Sparrowpaw ran. The badger wasn't following him, so he raced back to camp. He told the leader what had happened after he got his stump-tail treated to. The leader called a meeting, and told the grave news of the family that went to join StarClan that afternoon. Stormcloud and Willowpaw never returned that night, so Sparrowpaw and the Clan knew that they were dead. Just to be sure, they scouted the hills the next day, but no bodies were found. Cats kept looking at Sparrowpaw with sympathy in their eyes, and some told Sparrowpaw that they were sorry. Now he was all alone. He felt guilty. He realized that he should have done something to save his parents and littermates, but all he did was be scared and run. He would never forgive himself.
About a half moon later, his warrior ceremony came. The WindClan leader named him Sparrowsong, but the young warrior would have been happier to be named Sparrowface or Sparrowcloud after his mother or father. But he was faintly surprised that the leader didn't name him something after his stubby tail, like Sparrowstump or Sparrowtail. But the leader was probably trying to do something to take his mind off of his dead family. But that would never happen. He would always be sad. About a moon later, he was named deputy after the old one died of greencough. He was very shocked, as he didn't even have an apprentice yet. But the leader told him that he deserved to be deputy, after what happened to him in his past. But about another moon later, he had an apprentice of his own, Cloudpaw. By then, Sparrowsong was a grand total of fourteen moons. Around sixteen moons old, he was leader after the other died of a sickness. When he was twenty moons old, he named his apprentice Cloudstorm, after his father, Stormcloud. He was a good leader, and still leads his Clan well. He is always reminded of his past, and is still sad about it, but he knows that he can never have Stormcloud, Dappledface, Willowpaw, Goldenpaw, and Birchpaw back.
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CHARACTERS: Sparrowstar