Heronstar

=== Description ===
Heronstar is a very large grey tabby she-cat with piercing green eyes and long, drooping fur. She has scratching scars on her shoulder, flank and throat.
Heronstar is the current leader of Mireclan. She was apprenticed to Rainstar and was made his deputy shortly after her warrior ceremony. She saw him much like a father figure, and rose to leadership shortly after his mysterious demise. She is strong and stoic, if often disturbingly bloodthirsty and prone to aggressive outbursts. She is bull-headed and more than willing to throw her weight around to achieve a goal. 
=== History ===
Heronstar was born as Heronkit to Murkypool and Willowfrost alongside her sisters, Larkkit and Swankit. Her mother, Willowfrost, passed away shortly after her birth due to greencough alongside Swankit, leaving Murkypool alone to take acre of his daughters. It had never been Murkypool's idea to have children, and he resented the kittens that had stolen his mate from him.
While Larkpaw grew close to Drizzlepaw, Heronpaw found herself bitterly alone and craving her father's attention. While her attempts to please him fell flat, she was noticed by the leader, Rainstar. Rainstar took her as an apprentice, and took great pride in teaching her to be a strong and gracious warrior. She learnt to balance strength with compassion, and adored the attention and love she received from her mentor. 
When Wrenpaw joined the clan, the two of them trained under Rainstar together. Her first true friend, she and Wrenpaw were inseparable as apprentices, far closer than Heronpaw had been even to Larkpaw. Before long, they were both given their warrior names: Heronflight and Wrenfang.
When Rainstar's deputy, Nightbloom, passed away during complications with her kitting, Rainstar wasted no time in naming Heronflight as his new deputy. She was one of the youngest deputies for moons, and even Murkypool could not deny that his daughter had completed an impressive feat. He congratulated her, and Heronflight felt the first signs of a connection she had been craving since kithood.
A few short moons later, Murkypool drowned after getting tangled in riverweeds in the bayou. Rainstar had made the order to call off a rescue party, fearing the nearby gators too much to risk his warrior's lives. Murkypool drowned and his body washed up on the shore later that day. Heronflight grew bitter and furious, convinced that Rainstar had known about Murkypool's new connection with her and sought to sabotage it, intending to keep Heronflight to himself. 
After being warned by Springbluff to be wary of the lies her heart tells her, Heronflight isolates herself further, even from an increasingly concerned Wrenfang. One night, she decides to take action, and tails Rainstar on one of his evening walks. She pounced once he reached the water's edge, and after a brief struggle, managed to drown him three times to take his final three lives. She had never intended to kill him, just scare him, but once she was pushing him under, she found she couldn't let him go. Rainstar died, and Heronflight allowed the gators to take the evidence. 
She raced back to camp and lied about a gator attack, still numb and shell-shocked from the murder. She was believed, for the most part, and even more so when Starclan accepted her as the next leader and granted her nine lives without question. She grew far more distant from Wrenfang, unable to meet its eyes due to her own guilt and shame.
Heronstar had an on-again-off-again relationship with her deputy, Nettlestream. Nettlestream could never quite break through the walls Heronstar had built around herself, and it frustrated her. Nettlestream died to a supposed gator attack, and ever since Heronstar appointed her brother, Gatorfang, as deputy, her ruling has changed from "strict but fair" to bordering on "merciless and sadistic". It seems, while Nettlestream brought out the best in her, Gatorfang appears to bring out the worst.
=== Nine lives ===
* Willowfrost, a life of empathy
* Drizzleskip, a life of knowledge
* Nightbloom, a life of justice
* Swankit, a life of strength
* Fernshade, a life of respect
* Murkypool, a life of ferocity
* Ripplepaw, a life of camaraderie
* Splashthorn, a life of protection
* Rainstar, a life of forgiveness
Category:Characters
Category:Mireclan
Category:High Ranks
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