Harechase

Harechase is a tall, lithe brown tabby tom with dark markings and a lighter tan around his face, paws, belly and tail. He has dark forest-green eyes.
Harechase is a Gladeclan warrior known for his incredible speed, earning him his warrior name. He is serious and subdued, taking his role as a warrior very seriously. He can struggle to relax, often being seen as wound too tightly or boring. He is a hopeless romantic, and after many heartbreaks in recent moons, pours all of his love into his kit, Shellkit.
===History===
Harekit was born alongside his sister Sedgekit to Honeybriar and Flipstone. They were both raised well, and lived normal and healthy lives well up until they left the nursery.
As an apprentice, Harepaw became obsessed with his peer, Silverpaw. She was pretty and made him laugh, and had a sense of freedom about her that Harepaw sought himself. As warriors, Harechase and Silverflame became mates, and were utterly in love. Silverflame was flighty and thrill-seeking, and Harechase's more subdued, grounded nature balanced her perfectly. The two had a litter of kits: Mintkit, Bumblekit and Piperkit. 
Tragedy struck when the kits reached apprenticeship. Piperpaw and Bumblepaw were out on a hunting trip with Piperpaw's mentor, Olivecloud, when the trio was attacked by a red fox within Gladeclan's territory. The apprentices were slain, and only Olivecloud survived to race back to camp and screech that the siblings had been slaughtered. Harechase, Silverflame and Mintpaw were devastated beyond words, their family of five brought to just three as two lives were taken far too soon. 
Things only got worse as, moons later, Silverflame was taken suddenly ill with a sickness that spread rapidly through her after developing under the radar, unnoticed by Medics. In a matter of hours, Silverflame was diagnosed, then dead by the evening. To say Harechase was distraught would be a grievous understatement -- Silverflame's death tore him apart. He and his remaining daughter, Mintsplash, became much close in the moons following Silverflame's death, support each other through their grief.
Perhaps most tragically of all, Mintsplash was murdered at a full moon gathering. On a night when peace was supposed to triumph, she was senselessly and brutally killed by an anonymous murderer, the identity of which is still hotly debated. While the clans argued over the identity of the killer, it was all Harechase could do to grieve his last remaining kit, and bury her alongside her siblings and mother. 
Following Silverflame's death, Harechase had grown to know a beautiful kittypet by the name of Misty in the twolegplace. Over the course of moons, he had fallen in love with her, and believed she was his second chance at true love, a blessing from Silverflame, a promise of happiness. Misty, for her part, thought Harechase was an entertaining novelty. Recently, she gave birth to a single kitten, Shellkit. She was furious, and made it clear that she wanted nothing to do with either of them, and made Harechase take the kitten back to Gladeclan. He had no complaints, though he was deeply hurt by the sudden and brutal rejection.
Harechase dotes on Shellkit. Though Misty was not a second chance of love, Shellkit is a second chance at fatherhood, and he adores this kitten more than life itself. He intends to stay by their side forever, or as long as time will allow, and give him every ounce of love he was not able to give his other children. He also expresses pride for Sunbloom, who he mentored during her time as an apprentice.
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Category:Gladeclan
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