Talonblaze

"In this world, there are two types of cats: those who rise up to power, who claim the throne that awaits them, and those who bow to the rulers, who follow the path that is laid out for them. And I will forge my own destiny, carve my own path into the shining stars." -Talonstar to Wintertail
Talonblaze (formerly Talonstar) is the leader of PounceClan and leads it with an iron fist, constantly fighting opposing sides as she struggles to take over all the clans. She is set on ruling every cat and will do whatever she can to achieve her dream, so many cats fear her but others look up to her.
== Personality ==
Talonblaze is ruthless and harsh, and will do whatever she can to reach her ultimate goal: taking over all of the clans. Although intelligent and cunning, she has a tendency to be brash and strike back quickly, not always thinking the full consequences through. However, her battles are always carefully planned out so that her clan will always benefit, and she'll be closer to her goals. Talonblaze is never trusting of strangers or even her own cats, but she will often make deals with others to benefit her goals-even if she intends to betray them later.
When talking with others, she often puts on a confident and "playful" attitude, often taunting her victims or cats she knows don't like her. However, when negotiating, she tends to be cold and emotionless, rarely trusting deals at face value. She is close with very few cats, Bubbledrop and Goldenpaw among them.
== Appearance ==
Talonstar is a ginger calico cat with dark black stripes. She is lean and slender, and has tufts of fur on her ears. She has orange-red eyes. Her paws are dark gray, and most of her fur is a light cream color. Patches of red-ginger and dark gray cover her back, dark stripes shooting through them. She doesn't have very long fur, and all her features look sharp and slender.
== History ==
===During RP===
Talonstar has always been the leader of PounceClan throughout the entirety of The Wild Clans RP. Very early on, in August, she launched a raid against StoneClan to weaken them via destroying their supplies and killing their kits. On their way there, Voidpaw refused to fight and stormed away. Talonstar successfully led a patrol into StoneClan's camp, destroying their supplies and harming many of their kits. SnowClan arrived to help, but by then it was too late. Note that during this time, SnowClan and StoneClan were listed as subclans of IceClan, although the lore has changed that event to be farther back. Icestar's kit, Bluekit, was killed in this battle. Since there were very few characters at this point, no other deaths were specifically listed. Talonblaze lost one of her lives during this event, the first one she'd lost in the rp. 
When she got home after the raid, she punished Voidpaw severely, half-blinding them and giving him scars all over her body. Shortly after, when Koifur was caught sneaking her kits into StoneClan, Talonstar publicly executed her in front of her kits, Oakkit, Sweetkit, and Lightkit. She wanted everyone in her clan to know the consequences if they defied her. Later on, Voidpaw managed to flee with Oakkit, Sweetkit, and Lightkit into StoneClan, where they currently live. 
Sometime later, in September, she launched an attack on SunClan during the Gathering, although it was not as successful as the raid on SnowClan, since Ivorywing had enforcements at camp. Aquapaw (Simba check this one) was killed and some herbs were destroyed. 
Around this time, Tralista founded ANTS, or Anti-Talonstar. Talonstar was not aware of it at first, but it became known to her later. Talonstar had many loyal supporters and subjects who followed her out of fear, but as ANTS started to gain members, more cats started despising and rebelling against her and PounceClan. 
In late October/early November, Talonstar hatched a plan to take over SnowClan. She sent warriors to cause a border skirmish and lure Rainstar and Wintertail, the leader and deputy, away from the clan. This mission was successful, and Rainstar, Wintertail, and Goldpaw (Wintertail's apprentice) become hostages of PounceClan. When Talonstar learns of their success, she strolls into SnowClan camp and proclaims herself the new leader. Many SnowClan cats flee during this event, but most of them stay to serve Talonstar and PounceClan. Eventually, both Wintertail and Rainstar manage to escape, as well as Goldpaw, and they all flee to StoneClan. 
When the other clans hear of this news, many are horrified. StoneClan and SunClan join in an alliance, later to be joined by SpringClan and ANTS. After a skirmish with Darkout, Talonstar learns for sure what ANTS is and tells all cats who are part of it to leave. Many do, although several stay as spies in addition to all the cats loyal to Talonstar. At the next Gathering, Talonstar allies with SwampClan, manipulating their leader, Sandstar. Soon, she learns of PROTESTS, a group led by Blackmoon that supports her. 
A raid by Rainstar and her allies was launched on PounceClan, hoping to get SnowClan back to its former leaders. PounceClan and Rainstar's army fought for a while, but eventually Talonstar came to a truce with the former leader: PounceClan would give back SnowClan, but SnowClan would give away a portion of their southern territory to PounceClan and swear to remain neutral in the war, not aiding either side. Talonstar sends patrols of 2-3 warriors to SnowClan to check that they're keeping their vow. 
All the clans prepared to do a final battle, which was expected to end the war one way or another, a few weeks later. Talonstar prepared much of PounceClan to go. When they got to the volcano, where the fight was taking place, the battles were vicious and many cats were injured or killed. Talonstar was killed by Icestar and Rainstar, but took two of Rainstar's lives, one of which was her last. However, when Voidgaze attacked, she chased her away into the woods. They fought, but Talonstar ended up killing Voidgaze. Soon after, Darkout took one of her lives and kitnapping her. Striker offered to guard the former leader and Darkstar became the new leader of PounceClan. However, Striker is in favor of Talonstar, and after a few months Striker arranges for Talonstar to escape. Talonstar successfully makes it out. 
As she wanders the edges of the clan territory, she has trouble hunting due to only having one eye, which makes her depth perception off. She eventually adjusts to this and wanders near NightClan territory, on the edge of the jungle. She finds an injured harpy eagle who is also missing one eye and names him Terrorcry, nursing him back to health. Although he's weary of her at first, they become close and soon Talonstar is able to help him fly again with only one eye. 
One day, she met a cat named Thyme, who was in PROTESTS. Although she was weary at first, fearing Thyme might be an enemy spy, the two soon became great friends...even more. Though Talonstar had never had these feelings before, after many moons with the she-cat she realized she was in love--and Thyme felt the same. They declared their feelings for each other and became mates, although Talonstar was weary of the prospect. She also found an abandoned snow leopard cub named Crystal, and she and Thyme raised her as their own. However, Crystal fell in love with a SwampClan cat and grew distant from Talonstar, even leaving her for a full moon. When she came back from the clans, having heard of Talonstar's past monstrosities, she was less affectionate, though Talonstar wasn't completely sure why. 
They stayed on the edges of the clans for a long time, occasionally running into cats and even hurting and killing a few. She knew rumors were circulating about her in the clans, and intended to use that to the fullest. One night, she had a dream about StarClan, where she met her sister Brilliantstar. Talonstar was furious at her and their father; angrily, she spat in the face of the clans' ancestors and rejected her StarClan-given name, instead choosing to become Talonblaze. 
=== Pre-RP ===
Taken from WarriorZofFire's Burn The Stars animation meme. May contain spoilers for ArchyStrikerDraws's The Colourblind comic. 
Talonkit and her sister, Brilliantkit, were born to Lilystem, who was the mate of PounceClan's leader, Jaggedstar. They were loved dearly, and were sort of spoiled for being the leader's children. Talonkit and Brilliantkit were inseparable and did everything together. 
One day, SnowClan launched a raid on PounceClan, attacking their camp and the cats inside. They killed Lilystem, Talonkit's mom, and severely injured Talonkit. After the raid was over, the healer wasn't sure that Talonkit would survive and took her into the healing den. Talonstar slowly got better, but Jaggedstar wouldn't let Brilliantkit and Talonkit hang out together anymore, and was also starting to really favor Brilliantkit in anything, acting as though Talonkit was barely worth noticing. Talonkit grew bitter, and although Brilliantkit tried to help, she couldn't do much due to her lack of time with her sister. Talonkit grew close with a kit one moon younger than her, Bubbledrop, and they became friends. 
Brilliantkit managed to stall her apprentice time by a month so she and Talonkit could become apprentices together, along with Bubblekit. Brilliantpaw was assigned to Jaggedstar, and Talonpaw was given to Lightningclaw, the deputy of the clan.
Lightningclaw actually cared for Talonpaw and helped her figure out how to function despite her lack of strength at the time. They grew to love each other, and he was like the second father figure to fill the void that Jaggedstar had left behind. However, he really wanted to rule over PounceClan, no matter the cost, and taught Talonpaw his violent and cruel ways. Since she was young, she didn't know any better. She also grew even further apart from Brilliantpaw, who was getting all the attention from their father. Many months later, Bubblepaw, Talonpaw, and Brilliantpaw are made warriors, earning the names Bubbledrop, Talonstrike, and Brilliantlight.
Months go by, and the hatred and resentment only grows inside Talonstrike. Soon, she gets her first apprentice, Briarpaw. Briarpaw was the runt of the litter and was often neglected by her family, so Talonstrike tried to help however she could. Of course, Talonstrike was pretty manipulative and even though she loved her apprentice, she still could get her to do whatever she wanted.
One day, they were in a battle with SunClan. It was ferocious, and PounceClan was losing. Lightningclaw was pinned beneath a lion, and although Talonstrike tried to stop it, the lion killed Lightningclaw. Talonstrike knew that her father saw all this, but he chose to help Brilliantlight instead, who, in Talonstrike's opinion, was fine on her own and not in any mortal danger.
Brilliantlight, who was pretty young and still training her first apprentice, Darkpaw, was immediately made the new deputy by Jaggedstar. Talonstrike thought this was irresponsible and hated that they moved on so quickly. Early the next morning, while Jaggedstar is on a walk, Talonstrike follows him and kills him (he only had one life left), blaming it on a fox.
Brilliantstar, who becomes the leader shortly afterwards, is devastated. She promotes Talonstrike as her deputy, since she thinks she's the only one who can relate. Talonstrike didn't realize her sister still cared about her, but she still resents her. 
One day, Brilliantstar told Talonstrike to give Briarpaw her warrior assessment, and Talonstrike begrudgingly obeyed. However, they encounter a fox along the way, and although Talonstrike tries to stop it, it kills Briarpaw. She comes back to camp with the terrible news, but inside she blames Brilliantstar. She decides to kill her, both for vengeance and because she'd become leader.
The following day, Talonstrike takes Brilliantstar on a walk, pretending that she just wants to talk. She lures her far away from the clan, then kills her, taking all nine of her new lives then throwing her body in the river so that no one can investigate. 
She rushes back to camp to tell everyone the news (she says Brilliantstar drowned), then tells them she's the new leader. She receives her nine lives and earns the name Talonstar. She promotes her one friend, Bubbledrop, as deputy. And then her reign of terror begins.
== Trivia ==
* Talonblaze's ear(s) flick when she doesn't trust someone or is planning something
* Talonblaze has two lives left
* Talonblaze was the first character ever created in TWC
*She has entomophobia, or fear of insects; she especially has a fear of ants and swarming insects
*Alignment is neutral evil
*Theme song is basically every Imagine Dragons song lol
*Former names: Talonkit, Talonpaw, Talonstrike, Talonstar
== Links ==
* Talonblaze and Terrorcry’s ref: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/694211051/
* Talonblaze's ref: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/596770681/
* Talonstar's ref (old): https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/558685334/
* "Bye Bye" animation meme: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/574356870/
* "Burn the Stars" animation meme: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/632156067/
*Talonstar's Toyhouse page: https://toyhou.se/18947386.talonstar
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