Thornstar

"'I am not a coward. I want to show StrikeClan that while I have breath in my body, I will fight for them. They are more than just my warriors. They are my friends. And I will fight for them until the day I die. It is different for you, see, you have no friends. No cat likes you. ' ~ Thornstar to Thistle-eyes"

Appearance
Thornstar is a slim-built russet she-cat with white stripes. She has large paws, and her eyes were a lighter green around the pupil and turn darker as it reaches the outer circle. After an encounter with Thistle-eyes were she accidentally blinded herself while in Lostpaw's body, three lines of scars take up the space.

Personality
Thornstar has a brave and forgiving personality, but it is not in her nature to back down from a fight, even if she knows she will loose. She is happy being leader of StrikeClan, but quite sensitive to the issue of Thistle-eyes and her former kin.

Skills and Weaknesses
Thornstar's past is a strong mental weakness for this great leader. She had temporarily been placed as a ghost and put into Lostpaw's body when Thistle-eyes highjacked her own. Since she had no eyes for her last three lives, she found this extremely difficult to live with. Her skills are hunting and gathering. Although not the strongest fighter, Thornstar would provide fresh-kill for her clan and made sure to be a great leader by putting everyone else first.

Kithood
Thornkit was born to Russetstalk and Auburnmask of StrikeClan along with Scorchkit. She never knew her father; he mysteriously disappeared right before she was born and never returned. Russetstalk kept her birth hidden from the clan, however, given the fact to her lost mate. She told everyone that her friend, Featherhaze, had kits with Auburnmask and resulted in Thornkit and Scorchkit. Thornkit knew who her real mother was, though, but was told by Russetstalk, who was mentally collapsing, to love Featherhaze. Featherhaze was a great foster mother, but Thornkit knew that Russetstalk was wishing she was never born. She once met Thistlestar, the new leader at the time, who was quite friendly to her. He had no idea his kit, Russetstalk, had given birth to Thornkit and Scorchkit, so he didn't know they were his grandkits. Thornkit didn't know either that Thistlestar was Russetstalk's father.

Apprenticeship
Thornkit was given the apprentice name Thornpaw, along with a new mentor, Frostfern. Scorchkit become Scorchpaw along with Briartoes as her mentor. Frostfern was nice to her and taught her all sorts of hunting and fighting skills. Thornpaw quickly developed a relationship with Frostfern, and was delighted when the mysterious death of the warrior Ravenslip sparked a mass riot that resulted in Thistlestar, who was stripped of his leader name and back to Thistle-eyes, death allowed Frostfern to be deputy of Thistle-eye's brother, Riverfall. Riverfall was granted the new name Riverstar, and on the same night of Thornpaw's warrior ceremony elected his mate, Frostfern to be deputy.

Warriorship
Thornpaw and Scorchpaw were granted the warrior names Thornfreckle and Scorchmask. She loved the name, and was even more delighted when right before her warrior ceremony, Russetstalk, who seemed to be healing from the trauma of her lost mate, came and congratulated her kit. Thornfreckle was very happy, and even allowed Russetstalk to groom down a tuft of fur on her head, before breaking away to go and see Frostfern. Frostfern and Thornfreckle knew all about each other, and spent even more time chatting after Thornpaw's warrior name was granted to her. Frostfern always allowed Thornfreckle to lead patrols, much to the put-out warriors of StrikeClan's annoyance. Riverstar didn't care what his mate did, as long as he made sure to flex with his new power of leadership every time a random warrior or apprentice or even kit walked by. Frostfern didn't care about this, only purring and joking to Thornfreckle that he was a 'peacock' of a tom. Thornfreckle agreed out loud with a laugh, but secretly felt a hate towards Riverstar for his attitude. Did he even care that his brother was dead? Thornfreckle continued with her warrior duties for a while, before a major surprise happened. Riverstar was found dead one morning by the river. Right were Ravenslip had died. No cat knew what had happened to him. Thornfreckle felt a surge of relief; and so did the other she-cats. They were sick of Riverstar's pretty-boy personality. Frostfern had been found with him, but she was still alive. Just shaken up and bruised; she had no idea what had happened. Her head had apparently slammed against a rock and she had forgotten everything that happened; how he died remained a mystery. Though, when Frostfern had recovered she had placed Thornfreckle in charge of camp while she was recovering. When she received her nine lives and become Froststar, she announced Thornfreckle as her permanent deputy. Less than two moons later, Froststar was found dead in her den, covered in scratches. Every cat became paranoid.

Leadership
Even the newly named Thornstar, when she received her nine lives from StarClan, was getting scared her next act of liberty would be to found dead by her warriors. Suddenly, as though like the shifting of the wind, nothing happened, and StrikeClan returned to peace. Then came the murders. First Lilypaw and Darkripple, then her beloved deputy, Adderscar, who had a very rough and tumble attitude that she get fond of over the moons of his deputyship. Sunflame, Charspots, Lilypatch and Snapspark. Thornstar then appointed Adderscar's daughter, Falconflight, as her deputy. Falconflight served her for a good many moons before dying at the paws of Thornstar's possessed body. Thistle-eyes had been watching, and waiting for the perfect moment to strike. He wanted StrikeClan to know the all the pain he had been through. And Thornstar was next. He came down from the Dark Forest and killed her; replacing her fourth life with himself. Thistle-eyes, posed as Thornstar, killed Falconflight, Silverstorm, Mothbright and Blazingsky. Lostpaw then came to the ghost Thornstar and they switched bodies. Thornstar, in Lostpaw's body, attacked the imposter and blinded him; little did she know that she had just blinded herself because he was in her body. When Honeypatch took the imposter leader's fifth life, Thornstar took back her body and re-entered her sixth life. Thistle-eyes ran back to the Dark Forest and Lostpaw went back to her own body. Thornstar, now blind, knew who she had to choose as her deputy. When she jumped onto Jagged Rock, she announced Honeypatch as her new deputy. The next few lives went like this; she went down to the river and a fox attacked her, and ended up taking her sixth life. Now on her seventh, she woke up and the fox attacked her again, but this time she started to run but she slipped and fell in the river and drowned. When she started her eight life, Hazelshine saved her from the fox and took her back to camp, where Lostpaw, the new medicine cat apprentice, went to get medicine for the pain. Instead, Lostpaw had brought her deathberries. Little did Thornstar know Thistle-eyes had formed his own DarkClan army of Dark Forest warriors, who were possessing her warriors. Lostpaw had been overtaken by Appletooth. She growled about the plan while Thornstar died. Now on her ninth and final life, she rounded her warriors to rescue the real Lostpaw from DarkClan. Thornstar and the others went into the Dark Forest, and Thornstar could see again in the afterworlds. Thornstar signalled the attack on the DarkClan VS StrikeClan and StarClan battle, and Thistle-eyes signalled his attack too. They fought for a while, before breaking apart and going to fight other warriors. Ravenslip then appeared, and Thistle-eyes, who hadn't seen his mate since she died, ran up to greet her. Thornstar then snarled to retreat his forces, and Thistle-eyes attacked her. He ripped her throat out. When she appeared as a StarClan warrior, covered in stars, she told Honeypatch he would make a great leader and she tore open Thistle-eye's neck. Thistle-eyes whispered his love to Ravenslip as he died and faded into the Forgotten Forest. Thornstar then gave Honeypatch his ninth life for forgiveness, saying that if only Thistle-eyes had learnt to forgive StrikeClan for what they did to him, then he would still be alive.

Relationships
KIN:

Russetstalk (Mother, she-cat)

Auburnmask (Father, tom)

Thistle-eyes (Grandfather, tom)

Ravenslip (Grandmother, she-cat)

Silverspark (Aunt, she-cat)

Shatteredsnout (Uncle, tom)

Goldendust (Aunt, she-cat)

Riverstar (Granduncle, tom)

Scorchmask (Sister, she-cat)

Thornkit (Niece, she-cat)

Brindlekit (Niece, she-cat)

Thistlekit (Nephew, tom)

FRIENDS:

Honeystar (Friend, tom)

Hazelshine (Friend, she-cat)

Voidstorm (Apprentice, she-cat)

Aspenlight (Friend, tom)

Lostpaw (Friend, she-cat)

Duskmoth (Friend/medicine cat, she-cat)

Quotes
"Your call Thistle-eyes! Retreat your cats, or die!" ~Thornstar to Thistle-eyes

"You stupid fox-heart! You took everything from me!" ~Thornstar to Thistle-eye

"Oh, Honeypatch. You have come so far. I have watched you grow from the timid young tom to the courageous warrior, ready to become leader of StrikeClan. With this life, I give you forgiveness. Know that all the sacrifices I made for StrikeClan was the fact that I could not live with myself if I let you cats down. Despite all the murders and heartbreak, forgiveness and bravery drove me too great heights. Even though Thistle-eyes walked a lonely street of dreams, I sure do hope you inherit not his desire for vengeance, but his need to prove yourself. Not wanting forgiveness is what made Thistle-eyes desire for vengeance even more powerful. And where do that take him? To death beyond death. From this moment, I heed you the new name Honeystar. Your old life is no more. You have proven yourself beyond a doubt that you earned your power. Honeystar! Honeystar! Honeystar!" ~ Thornstar to Honeypatch's nine lives ceremony

"W-why do you have to leave me? Give me everything them leave me to die in dust? Have Featherhaze take me away... you promised you would always be with me. You lied... you've lied to many cats. Russetstalk, face your destiny! Be brave. Like... my mother." ~ Thornstar to Russetstalk about giving her away to Featherhaze

"If I die, you die with me." ~ Thornstar to Thistle-eyes right before she dies in the final battle

"I am not a coward. I want to show StrikeClan that while I have breath in my body, I will fight for them. They are more than just my warriors. They are my friends. And I will fight for them until the day I die. It is different for you, see, you have no friends. No cat likes you. " ~ Thornstar to Thistle-eyes