Nostar

Nostar is a muscular, big, thick-furred, bluish gray tom with swampy green eyes and a missing/bobbed tail, he has large paws and a broad chest, often making him look deceivingly threatening, His muzzle is graying with age.
Nostar is a Blossomclan Leader, who was born under Gingerstar and served under Owlstar's leadership, as an apprentice named Barkpaw, he aided in the act of challenging residential dogs of the twoleg place, resulting in the loss of two of his clanmates and his tail, as punishment, he insisted his name be changed to Notail into warriorhood in an attempt to prove to starclan that he will never forget his mistake. He later became Nostar and took his place as the 4th leader of Blossomclan.
== Personality ==
Nostar is quite the committed Leader, having sworn himself over to his clan from the very moment he opened his eyes, the blueish gray tom is often seen as a symbol of pride for Blossomclan, and he's very happy so many look up to him for protection and guidance, despite not EVER goofing off or taking a break from his duties, Nostar manages to crack a good joke here and there in a conversation with his clanmates, even then, his version of being 'mischievous' or 'dastardly' would be to just barley utter that he ate a piece of prey twenty minutes after expiring, even messing with his own bedding as a prank... Nostar tends to hold his clan to an extremely high standard, boasting about the clan whereabouts or the amount of prey they've caught before leaf bare, even betting of his warrior's skills, which while flattering at times, could get him to overstep an argument into a much bigger piece of work. Nostar, unlike his deputy, Lilacdream, has the confidence to put his paw down and say enough is enough when it comes down to misbehavior, it's fair to say age probably came with that trait, as Nostar grows older he just learns to not beat around the bush so much when a wrongdoing is in his midst, Nostar, whilst having some advantages over his deputy when it comes to not being a pushover, he isn't able to be as sympathetic and understanding as Lilacdream, he's much more prone to saying the wrong things to a cat who requires much softer words. 
Nostar also doesn't like to apologize, while he can feel bad about accidentally hurting a cat's feelings, most times he can't physically bring himself to apologize and usually tries to make it up by giving the cat their favorite prey, making their nest, and giving them compliments to try and mend over the argument, however, this doesn't work if some cats at the end of the day would just like him to say sorry. He does however recognize his mistakes and greatly punishes himself for it, as seen with his own name even.
Another fault of the leader, are his personal relationships, while he holds those like his half-brother close to his heart, He never outright likes to show affection, with the only extent really being light compliments, when your "close" with Nostar, it tends to feel more professional than personal, which probably explains why since he has a decent amount of friends, he never has taken a mate, though that is mainly for his love of his own leader job.
while not being perfect, Nostar still is still praised by the stars for his wonderful duties and sacrifices for the good of his clan. he has an understanding for responsibility and how to remain strong even in quite depressing times. He is very swift and quick on his paws, but isn't near as fast as Nightdust, however he's more masculine and tougher in combat, working best in the strength department, making it easier to protect is clan, he holds a strong dislike for anything liquid, including water, which explains why he's not a swimmer in the slightest, The leader is much too largely built to possibly be quiet in more silence required situations which may explain why he seems to grow more uneased around the thought of sneaking up on a possible predator, Nostar also doesn't do fairly well at hunting because of this reason.
== History ==
=== Kithood ===
Nostar was born as Barkkit into Blossomclan's nursery under the leadership of Gingerstar, in under a moon, Archstone, his half-brother, was born alongside him, it is mentioned that their mothers were rivals for their father's attention, surprisingly failing to cause any resentment to Barkkit for Archkit, even pushing them closer as the moons went by. During his vague youth he also befriended Lilackit in the nursery, as an apprentice, he was mentored by his cousin, Coldclaw. 
=== Apprenticeship ===
During his apprenticeship, Barkpaw, took part with four other unnamed apprentices in teasing some twoleg dogs, leading to an unplanned accident involving the death of two clanmates and the loss of Barkpaw's tail during the attack, despite the casualty, it caused a great recollection within the tom, as not only was he punished by having his warrior ceremony withheld, Barkpaw stated that he would like his name to be Notail, as he didn't deserve an honorable name after his immature acts, alarmingly, he was allowed to go through with it despite Archstone's disagreement with his decision. 
=== Position as Deputy ===
None the less, Notail proved himself worthy as a warrior by serving Blossomclan for 60 moons (5.1 years), and mentoring two apprentices ( Brightroar and Claytip), before being named deputy by Owlstar, much to Blossomclan's relief, Nostar was much older and wiser than his leader, creating hope for Blossomclan's future to be calm and secure, as a Deputy, he became more of an active leader as Owlstar slowly and alarmingly began to withdraw himself from his duties, Notail took command by interacting with Brairvine, and planning patrols with Claytip and Brightroar, whom he trusted the most. even holding his own clan ceremonies. 
Notail began to aid Blossomclan more and more over the coming moons, supervising clan camp and even helping his clan avoid a flood as a result of the melting snow. 
He was needed most, however when the bodies of Snakebite and Specklebird has been found dead, it didn't take long to find Havenblossom's fur in their claws, it was swiftly determined that they were killed by one of their own clan-mates and while the proper motive wasn't figured yet, Notail started his desperate search to reach justice for their unwarranted killing, meanwhile locking down camp in suspicion that Havenblossom would come back to finish off more clan members, especially those in single patrols.
The clan deputy was grief stricken when his suspicions were unfortunately proven true, as Blossom has killed his two apprentices, Brightroar and claytip in a confrontation turned aggressive on the outskirts of the territory, none the less, the incident drove him further in his search to find her location. 
=== Responsibility stresses ===
Notail discover the deceased bodies of a family of cat's outside blossomclan territory, discovering only one surviving kit with a missing leg, Notail welcomes the kit into camp, in the nursery, his name is named Sunkit, for his golden coat, he is paired with Lunakit, another outsider kitten who was adopted into the clan as well. 
Following the next few moons, Notail hears of his old friend, currently nursing her second litter, and he briefly drops by to congratulate her, unfortunately unable to remain calm as Blossom returns to claim another life, this time, lightningstrike's, Notail is once again driven through cold motivation to find blossom before another life is lost. 
it comes to Notail's attention that Brairvine did not come back while she has left to gather herbs, his worries are only put to rest when he discovers that she had ascended to starclan, later, he names Lilacdream and Amberberry as a warrior and a medicine cat respectively, yet during this time he never appoints Nightpaw, Lightningstrike's apprentice, another mentor, and instead orders him to stay in camp for the following moons, this causes Nightpaw to become unbearably lonely, having no-one to spend any time with and he disappears from Blossomclan, much to Notail's shock. 
despite the difficult stress Blossom and the disappearances of his clan mates had brought him, he soon finds that Blossom's scent has disappeared altogether from Blossomclan's territory, he begins to hope that he had either left far away or had been taken by something out there, this news brings him a much-needed relaxation, as he lifts the strict safety rules brought upon the camp.
Nightpaw soon returns, and Notail welcomes him back into the clan when Nightpaw misses his old friend, however when the apprentice re-joins, Nostar continues to neglect him any duties or training, partially because he'd forgot about Nightpaw's new mentor with blossom on the loose, he'd also place harsh restrictions on him in fear of anything bad happening, as Notail was still paranoid that Blossom could be hiding anywhere.
He also announces himself an apprentice named Ashpaw, and he gets along with her fairly strongly, as he appreciates her kindness and strong will.
=== Becoming Leader in a time of need ===
Despite only a couple moons passing of peace since Blossom's apparent disappearance, Notail's clan is soon faced with another threat from the unknown, as starclan contacts Amberberry with a warning of a threat so strong, only the sun and moon combined could defeat it, Notail Panicks, believing that the threat is Blossom, who has returned for her revenge.
to Notail's surprise, Blossom never comes and instead a long-lost ghost named Snakeroot appears, determined to kill Notail and everyone he loves, it clicks that Sunpaw and Lunapaw are destined to take Snakeroot out and save their clan, though his hopes are swayed when Nightdust openly abandons Blossomclan, taking snakeroot's side as he'd fallen in love with him.
sensing that Nostar would need multiple lives to lead his clan through this, he's informed with Owlstar's passing and accepts his role as leader, taking a small patrol with him to the moonstone to gain his nine lives (including Archstone), each by his lost loved ones, apprentices, friends and clan-mates. 
Upon returned with a new enlightenment, Nostar announces Lilacdream as his new deputy and creates a plan of defense, taking in the idea of those involved with snakeroot and who wanted Blossomclan's new leader dead, he begins to grow a bond with his young deputy, and a barrier of trust grows more than any other cat in the clan. 
Nostar himself also falls for a she-cat whose stuck by his side named Rootnest, unfortunately, however, she chooses Thistletail over him, Nostar is saddened but happy for the two of them, and most of all for rootnest, yet as the bonds he builds with his clanmates grow stronger and his determination to stand up to snakeroot grows higher, a strange metallic scent slowly crowds the air. 
=== Saving Blossomclan from Snakeroot ===
Nostar soon notices large groups of killed prey flooding Blossomclan territory, spoiling the ground with wasted blood, along with the decrease of prey through excessive killing by Snakeroot and his group, The new leader knows that snakeroot is making a point to blossomclan through these actions, a warning to surrender or suffer the consequences.
Despite this, Nostar makes the decision to not back down, instead choosing that his clan stand their ground and hunt as much as they can, the leader deeply questions his decisions as he's unsure how to fight back against Snakeroot.
When a she-cat named Breezy comes to Blossomclan, it's revealed that she's the mother of Blazestorm's kits, the loner expresses her wishes to meet her kits in the clan, despite some speculation from Nostar, considering their predicament, he allows her to see her family and eventually join blossomclan, much to Blazestorm's joy and Nostar considered the possibility of recruiting new warriors in cause of the current conflict. 
Nostar hears of Lionpride's death from Fawnkit and Spottedkit near the border by an unknown tom and he speculates that it was Snakeroot's group that murdered the tom, knowing that he was a blossomclan warrior, not long after Nostar begins to grow weak along with the remainder of his clan due to the lack of prey in their territory. 
The leader is hit with an unexpected danger when Snakeroot decides to send his group in, with snakeroot giving the clan one last chance to surrender themselves, Nostar half-heartedly refuses, his heart soaring with worry on whether or not he made the correct decision, Snakeroot then leaps down and kills darksplash as a sudden response, initiating an aggressive battle, with most dying, as the members were far too weak for the enemy's claws. Nostar fight with any strength he has left, wondering if these will be the last moments with his clan he'll ever have, he knows one cat that serves Snakeroot is not as heartless as the others, he goes to find Nightdust, who is fighting some Blossomclan warriors, and pleads with him, his wordplay only makes Nightdust more set off, and Nightdust accuses Nostar of wanting to hurt him as an apprentice, before he dashes off, Nostar attempts to go after him, only to be pinned by Brairslip and killed. 
Nostar awakes once more, with the knowledge that he'd just lost a life, he sees Lunapaw and Sunpaw killing snakeroot, with Nightdust allowing them to do so, he calls out to the dark tom in a weakened voice, but Nightdust ignores him, running away from Blossomclan's camp as he suffers the loss of snakeroot. 
=== Healing Blossomclan ===
Nostar stays with Blossomclan to ensure his clanmates return to their healthy selves, taking the effort to hunt and build up their strength once more, he trusts his deputy to aid in blossomclan's recovery, which luckily, turned out pretty smooth, as they re-build camp, he spends extra time helping others in repairing their nests and burying the deceased, he soon thinks back to Nightdust and how he'd allowed snakeroot to be taken down, probably with the bitter knowledge that he was harmful, knowing this, Nostar decides to attempt to find him, after a good couple of tries, he manages to track on the outskirts of Blossomclan's territory, almost near the twoleg place and soon finds Nightdust's hiding spot.
Upon finding the tom, Nostar to warm and kind to Nightdust, which is only reciprocated by fear and dread on Nightdust's end, he is unhappy that the leader has found him and believes that the leader came to kill him, Nostar tries his best to soothe the offput Nightdust as he gives notice that Nightdust looks unhealthy, both mentally and a little physically, and offers him a place in blossomclan, Nightdust is fast to refuse as he knows Blossomclan wouldn't want him there. Nostar respects Nightdust's distrust yet promises to visit him regularly, Nightdust questions why he would care for someone who wanted to kill him, which Nostar does not give an answer to. 
Nostar returns to Blossomclan to manage more of their affairs, growing more at ease as the weeks go by, he doesn't tell them of his plan to bring Nightdust back but does indeed agree to take it up with his clanmates later. he is there when Sunpaw decides to leave Blossomclan and go to the twoleg place, as he carries no interest in becoming a medicine cat, Nostar allows him to leave, wishing him well on his journey. 
Nostar takes many of his hunted prey to Nightdust, as he is concerned on how the tom will hunt with leaf-bare well on it's way, and without anyone to back him up, Nightdust originally doesn't accept any of his offerings, but slowly grows more trusting of Nostar as time goes on, and they eventually grow a warm bond. Nostar gets pushier with the idea of Nightdust joining Blossomclan once more, but eventually his persistence is a success as he brings Nightdust back to camp, who only hides himself in shame beside the leader. 
Nostar allows Lilacdream to see Nightdust, and is joyous when the dark tom apologizes, resulting in the two becoming on better terms, since then Nightdust grows warmer to Nostar, whilst he still is untrusting of Blossomclan and even shows fear of being punished by Nostar like snakeroot had previously done, he helps more around the camp, building trust with clanmates once more and putting down the walls he had built to keep himself safe from anymore betrayal. 
following this Nostar makes Hazzybush a warrior and assigns Lilacdream her a new apprentice, being thunderpaw this time, Nostar almost saw it as a reward, since he'd believes she's done well in fighting against snakeroot and keeping everyone calm. he also appoints his own apprentice, Ashlight, as a warrior, much to his pride. 
A kittypet named Acorn soon dashes into camp, seeking help for her stolen kits, Nostar is immediate on the action and sends Lilacdream out with a patrol to help in returning them, when Nightdust requests to come along, Lilacdream and Nostar oblige, allowing the tom to accompany the deputy's patrol, upon hearing this Nightdust brushes against nostar with raw excitement. 
Nostar is there when the patrol returns and is grateful that such a feat was a success, he allows Acorn, who has changed her own name to Acornfur, to stay in camp temporarily with her kits, just until she feels safe. he sees her off shortly after, and acorn announces her eternal gratefulness to Blossomclan. 
=== A new threat arises ===
Nostar's peace doesn't last long, however, as he soon hears of Ashlight's long lost friend, Echo, hasn't been on good terms with Blossomclan, he thinks that she has been awfully quiet since she left the clan and begins to suspect something bad will occur, these suspicions are proven true when echo kidnaps Ashlight. the leader himself goes to save her from her from the vitious rouges, when he does, his former apprentice is warm to him following his actions, unfortunately, echo wages war on Blossomclan when she finds out about Ashlight, resulting in the death of Blazestorm after her rouges tunnel into Blossomclan, in the fit of battle the leader is forced to defend his clanmates and kill Monroe, one of echo's supporters, Nostar is unfortunately killed along With Blazestorm however, when echo ambushes him from behind. Lilacdream and Ashlight then work together to chase Echo away, with Ashlight drowning her as a result. Echo's group soon disbands after this.
Nostar takes part in comforting heatherblaze and shadowbreeze on the loss of their father, along with breezy's sorrow, the leader hopes that nothing with ever happen to Archstone the way it happened to blazestorm.
two new cats from snakeroot's old group made a return shortly after, Brairslip and littleflurry seemed a little more friendly now, despite their passive aggression towards Nightdust, Nostar was determined to give them a chance, however, when a small leak into the water from a dead monster nearby they had tried to frame the dark tom for it, causing nostar to almost drive them out, before that could happen, however, the two reconcile with nightdust, still deciding to leave on their own terms.
=== The Red fever Outbreak ===
After an easy Winter, new-leaf soon comes around and with it, unfortunately, a new illness appeared to have formed out of no-where, though there was no name for this new, deadly virus, Nostar and his clan-mates decided to call it, Red fever, on the account of its symptoms, making its victims fever as hot as the sun and blood draining from their coughs. unsure of what to do as his clanmates die left and right, he asks Amberberry to console Starclan, the ancestors then direct Nostar's attention to the far mountains, promising him a cure to the fever, which lies past the moonstone, the journey would be extremely long and potentially dangerous, however.
Nostar decides to create a large patrol, led by his deputy, while he stayed to care for his clanmates by amberberry's side, he also adds a group of apprentices to the patrol in hopes that keeping them away from camp would prevent the red fever. once it's done, he watches somberly as the patrol leaves, deeply wishing them safety on their journey and just hoping they don't come back empty pawed, driven with fear for his warriors as they journeyed, as appoints Nightdust along with a senior warrior named Beaverspots to watch over them, defending them from possible dangers and warning them of threats.
finally satisfied, Nostar stays and awaits their return, feeling like counting the seconds since they've left and hopelessly witnessing the clan's numbers dwindle, he can only hope that amberberry does her best in such an awful time.
it is in this time that word gets to Nostar that Goldenrod has died, with his granddaughter, Briggy, now taking his place as a leader to an apparent 'group' he'd started. the leader is shocked that not only had goldenrod passed on, but he had kits as well, in response, he takes a quick trip to meet with them. of course, he didn't know what he was expecting but Goldenrod's granddaughter was incredibly sour, especially for her age, making comments on how old nostar was to be leader, and comparing her own traditions towards them, she boldly explains that she'd drove goldenrod out to rise to the top and quite Unshameful for doing so. the leader leaves, only beign confused on just how much had happened with goldenrod's family in the moons that had passed. he does keep in contact with briggy, even asking for her help at times, even if she'd only answer with snappy or inappropriate remarks.
When the patrol returns, Nostar is beyond relieved that everyone was okay, and even more, that they had bought back the cure, he was only saddened to hear from Nightdust that Maplepaw had died during the journey due to unknown causes, most likely by the rouges that live in the mountains, as opposed to that everyone would be happy once more, with those of the patrol returning to their loved ones and the entire outbreak being immediately cured by this new herb, Blossomclan decided to call it red remedy after its immediate cure for the disturbing illness.
=== Fogo's Warnings ===
Awhile after the red fever, a mysterious yet seemingly friendly loner named Fogo welcomed himself into Blossomclan's territory, he was a strange cat, with seemingly a burned off face and singed tail, yet he was charming in his own way, causing Nostar to allow him to stay and learn the clan's ways, to be honest, the blue-ish gray tom liked the loner, he was just so interesting compared to everyone else in blossomclan at the time, which is why when the leader heard Nightdust complain to him about fogo giving disturbing predictions, it was disappointing. Nostar confronted Fogo soon after he was told that he was influencing the other cats with predictions that the sun would soon explode and everyone around would perish, the only way to be saved was to burn alive in a blessed fire, Nostar of course, didn't like this and exiled Fogo directly after, telling him that he wouldn't allow such nonsense in his clan, fogo vowed that they were all wrong before leaving, with Quailwhisker at his side.
Nostar was unfazed by his tellings and merely decided to prepare for leaf-bare once more, as the cold set in, throughout this he was informed by Lilacdream and Nightdust of Fogo and quailwhisker lingering in Blossomclan's territory, much to Nostar's displeasure, he decided to send out more patrols and promote extra surveillance on borders to make sure that they had completely stayed gone, despite this Nostar was pretty happy with how they'd stocked enough prey for the winter very Early on, so when winter hit sooner than expected, Blossomclan was ready. 
=== Dreaming into a Coma ===
unfortunately, the start of an early winter brought it's own issues as well. as the scent of dogs slowly drifted to Blossomclan's camp, the leader was off-put by this as according to the scent, the hounds were incredibly close. Nostar quickly gathered a patrol consisting of Archstone, him and Nightdust to go confront the dogs, as he set out, Nostar silently hoped their weren't as many dogs as suspected there were.
Much to Nostar's relief, there were only two dogs, they didn't even seem aggressive, only playful, in a rough way, he and his patrol hesitated, hatching a plan to drive them away, either through distraction or force. Nostar decides on force as a first option, when this doesn't work, it causes the dogs to become more aggressive than intended, Nostar decides to use Nightdust to lead them into the twoleg place, where they will hopefully get lost. Nightdust does his job and soon returns, unharmed much to Nostar's gratefulness, the patrol then returns home.
the dogs return mere days after this though and Nostar is once again forced to put together a patrol to go confront them, this time bringing frostfire and Archstone with him, he intends to drive the dogs away for good, when the patrol confronts the two dogs, the two are far more aggressive and insistence, resulting into a fight when the hounds don't cooperate, Nostar climbs atop Dog (1) and slashes his nose, resulting in Nostar being thrown back into some rocks, covered by the snow that littered the group, Nostar hits his head and knocks out cold, once archstone and frostfire drive away the two dogs, they carry the leader back to camp.
Nostar rests in the medicine den, unfortunately failing to wake, his body goes into a short coma and he has strange dreams as he dies, one of which included walking in a frosty forest aimlessly as he tries to find his clan camp, while he was out for two days, he felt as if he'd spent an eternity there. struggling in his own unconsciousness for hours, Lilacdream eventually has to take her place as a temporary leader while he is out. things only get worse as fogo infiltrates Nostar's clan while he is out, leaving the deputy to face him alone. at the end of his coma, Nostar dies in the medicine den, after being revived by starclan, using one of his nine lives, Nostar wakes only after Fogo has died, he is beyond relieved that his clanmates are all okay.
=== Reclaiming his role as leader ===
Nostar is extremely grateful to Lilacdream after his wake, upon proving herself to be a capable leader without him, he is confident that she will be a great successor to Blossomclan one day, he eats to gain back his weight after sleeping for two days in a row and soon gains the strength to walk out of the medicine den, only to be tackled by Nightdust, who is happy to see him.
the leader finds that he mas many meetings to hold upon his return and gets to work, he is informed of the cats that had followed Fogo into their own death and greatly mourns them, yet soon after, things return to normal, and everyone is relieved.
=== A Rouge group encroaches ===
Nostar is almost fully recovered when he meets Night, a feisty rouge she-cat who'd found her place in Blossomclan's territory, he is reluctant to accept her into the clan due to her unagreeable attitude, he eventually lets her in none the less, and begins to plan a mentor for her, originally thinking of someone strict to perhaps form her into a better cat and whip her into shape. He is approached by his deputy, who thinks Nightdust should have her. though the leader is stingy as he doesn't think the two would get along, he caves and decides to give it a try. much to his surprise, the two cats appear to genuinely enjoy each other's company and he is pleased with lilacdream's judgment. 
Nostar is enraged when he hears of fawnheart's murder, he and his clanmates are able to quickly pin down hawkcall and xenosflame as the culprits due to Nightpaw's previous injury which was stated to have been an attack from hawkcall, and further investigations leads into their exile, with a threat that if they ever came back to hurt blossomclan again, there would be dire consequences. 
Not long after the daunting murder, a new rouge group moved in, quite alarmingly close to Blossomclan's camp. Nostar is not liking the new company as much as any other cat. yet he is surprised at the group's friendliness and accepts the kind offer for them to show him around their camp. the leader brings a few friends and walks with them, there, he learns about their strange traditions. they appear to honor might and brutal strength overall. though they refuse to let him see their leader, it is the final straw when they make unfair comments towards Nostar having a she-cat deputy. he leaves early, displeased and offended at the group's manners. things only get worse when the group gets into disputes with the clan over prey and borders, considering the fact that they moved in so close to their camp. Nostar begins to get stressed over his own home because of these new neighbors. they are the least of his worries when he finds that xenosflame and hawkcall have recruited Duskclan, practically telling on Blossomclan's location, horrified, Nostar quickly scrambles together a battle to fight them off even recruiting Briggy's group to help with the battle. together, Nostat manages to kill xenosflame whilst fighting any duskclan warriors. at the end no duskclan warriors were left alive to tell the tale. 
just as the battle is about to be concluded however, Arvy's group comes in, desperate to take advantage of Blossomclan's after-battle state, chasing them off and taking the rich territory for themselves, therefore, Blossomclan and the rouge group lock into a fierce battle, Nostar kills Arvy and manages to chase the remaining group away, exhausted from fighting, he collapses on the group to rest, looking up to see palepelt morning the loss of Rushstem, his son. the leader comforts the tom. knowing how much the loss of his kit will impact both him and Archstone as well. 
later, when he returns to blossomclan, Palepelt speaks to him, wishing to retire to the elders, as the death of his son has taken his will to be a warrior. despite how opposed Nostar is too this, he eventually agrees. 
=== Losing his deputy and his medicine cat ===
Nostar was eventually faced with a confusing and heartbreaking notice when suddenly, his deputy and medicine cat are considered missing, along with quite a pawful of warriors. the leader prolongs time as days go by, that eventually ends in him having to choose a temporary replacement deputy. he chooses Nightdust, as he'd believed the tom had proven himself well, as much as the fact that he'd gotten along with practically everyone since snakeroot has left his life. the dark tom was one of the only reliable choices among the crowd. regardless of what he thought however, Nightdust refused, with the reasoning that he could never replace Lilacdream. though Nostar was disappointed, he respected his wishes and chose Frostfire, another cat he'd considered trustworthy with Blossomclan's safety. though this caused a bit of complication, as frostfire was mute and had a very difficult time communicating with his clanmates for patrols and orders. despite this, Nostar continues to have faith in him, as this happens, the leader consoles with featherwing, asking him to send a sign to starclan, and questions where their lost clanmates are. despite this, nostar learns that starclan gives no answer, leaving him empty.
with blossomclan weak enough from the loss of their major guiders and leaders, Littleripple and her son, blizzardclaw leave blossocmlan, along with the majority of cats, to create their own clan, which was named Littleclan, quite selfishly after littleripple. Panthershade and wrenwing also leave their kin to become Blizzardclaw's mates in that order. Blossomclan's only medicine cat also leaves to become a part of littleclan. Nostar remains strong and keeps his clanmates close, just wishing to starclan that no more harm came their way and that they could simply live in peace until their lost clanmates returned. he chooses a rouge named Loki to step in for the healer role temporarily.
Despite his wishes, littleclan didn't just form into its own individual clan, but it turned against Blossomclan, soon growing greedy for territory and even blind maliciousness towards his clan. in response to this, Nostar assigned Nightdust, Nightmoon and Shadowbreeze to be spies, disguising themselves as rouges and journeying into littleclan's camp to count how many cats had exactly joined dup in their ranks, nostar stayed in case anything happened, yet he worried ever night over his clanmates, wondering what would happen in this questionable time. luckily, they returned safely, with the information that littleclan was named Blizzardclan, and though they were sizably small compared to blossomclan, they had grown quite a bit. before any moves can be made, Blizzardclan soon finds that they've been spied and attacks Blossomclan, driving them from their home.
=== A clan crumbling ===
Nostar is in shock that blossomclan has been driven out as he camps on the outskirts of his clan, he overlooks all his clanmates, knowing that they are in need of shelter, he seeks Briggy's help, luckily, she agrees to house them in her camp, though it is not ideal in the twoleg place, with constant noise form the passing monsters in the night, blossomclan at least has a safe space form blizzardclan's eye and even keeps them out of the cold. Nostar is thankful and makes a plan to camp there, until blossomclan recovers, where they would attack blizzardclan by surprise, winning back their home. despite their newfound safety, most cats begin to grow with a sickening depression, the switch from the beautiful forest to the twoleg place didn't appear to do anyone good, and most found themselves ill, with the crushing despair of losing their deputy, medicine cat, clanmates, and now their home. Nostar tries his best to keep everyone's spirits bright, though he finds it difficult. despite loki's attempts, flipear and Hickorymask soon die off from this strange illness, much to the clan's grievances. Azureheart soon approaches him, telling him that they need to get back to Blossomclan's territory quickly if they wish to properly heal. though he respects her ideas, he does not want to face blizzardclan with blossocmlan being in such a weak state, it appears as if, Blossomclan is stuck. 
Nostar tries to format a plan in which blossomclan can heal in a better environment, yet for one of the actual few times in his leadership, he feels powerless, and even the loss the clan had been experiencing was beginning to bring him down as well. yet, hope turns around when the long gone, Lunapaw made a comeback, hearing of the clan's struggles and wishing to help in her own way. Nostar is overjoyed to see an old friend return. she begins to motivate them, not allowing blizzardclan to just kick them out and replace them, he gives her the warrior name of Lunacloud, and everyone welcomes her back. 
=== Rebuilding hope ===
Nostar is told by Lunacloud of a strange cat in Blossomclan's old territory, one who went by the name of heather, telling them that Blizzardclan had found out their resting spot and planned to drive them out once more, killing as many as they could on the way. this new horrified the leader yet he is unsure if he can trust a random she-cat's word, Lunacloud says that she believes Blossomclan will win this time before leaving, knowing that they will be safe now. Nostar wishes her goodbye, silently wishing her to stay safe for the remainder of her life. 
Heather's words came true, as Blizzardclan soon attacked, this time, with Blossomclan prepared and angered. Nostar is one of the leading cats in the battle, filled with motivation to get back to his home, the home he'd lived in up until now more than ever. he is attacked by Blizzardclaw who swiped a 'v' mark into his chest in a botched attempt to kill him, Nostar chases the leader all the way back to blossomclan camp, where he kills him. the remainder of his clan soon joins him, frolicking in their victory, they unfortunately have to clean up camp, as the Blizzardclan warriors had done up an awful job of keeping their camp clean. Nostar has the sickening task to clear the skulls and blood from his den, which was fancily done by Blizzardclaw. though most warriors driven out of Blizzardclan stayed gone, Wrenwing, Featherwing and blizzardclaw's daughters had returned to apologize and ask to re-join blossomclan, Nostar allows them but states that they will have to clean up after what they had done, with previously letting camp go into shambles. this victory appeared to have risen blossomclan's confidence, with many recovering warriors at bay and the return of at least one medicine cat. Nostar only now wishes for his old deputy and clanmates to return, silently hoping that they are not dead and are at least alive, fed and happy. 
=== Peace at last ===
Nostar is speaking with azureheart and organizing a patrol when a familiar scent catches his interest, he stops everything and wanders outside camp in search of the previously mentioned trail, with several warriors following behind him. he immediately identifies the scent first as Lilacdream then amberberry, before catching wind of owlshadow and thunderstorm as well. noting that there are some unfamiliar faces probably in there as well, he takes off, desperate to not lose it, his efforts are rewarded when he comes across a patrol of all the missing cats led by Lilacdream at the thunderpath by the twoleg place, journeying back to Blossomclan territory, with his heart in his throat, he and archstone call out to them, luckily catching their attention. and the two groups of cats find themselves mixing as they all safely cross the thunderpath to the old territory, nostar immediately questions them on where they've been, unable to stop himself from purring at the sight of all his lost friends. he is introduced to koda and chico and immediately invites them to come to the clan. 
Leading all the cats back, the Blossomclan cats run alongside their old clanmates, brushing pelts and laughing as if their old clanmates had never left, Nostar is joyful when they all flood back to the camp, and the bluish gray tom immediately sends out cats to gather those patrolling and bring them back to see their old friends. he witnesses as Nightdust comes back to camp, unaware of their return, when he sees Lilacdream, his drops his prey and trembles in shock, he is in disbelief as he quickly approaches her, feverishly brushing against her, he is the first to notice her newly gained scar and ask her what happened. Nostar turns his attention to wrenwing and ryepaw, whom are emotionally greeting their father and introducing his grandkits, the sight warms his pelt as he finally feels secure. knowing that the hardest period Blossomclan has faced has finally laid to rest. he looks forward to repositioning the lost clan members and welcoming the newcomers into the clan.
==Quotes==
== Cats Killed ==
* Blizzardclaw
* Xenosflame
* Arvy
*Monroe
== Trivia ==
* Nostar hates water
* Nostar probably doubts his worth to the clan at times and overcompensates it with over-the-top duties. 
*Nostar is part Russian blue, with the possibility that his father was a pure-breed blue.
== Sprite(s) ==
== Extra ==
=== Fanart ===
See Nostar/ Fanart Gallery
=== Relationships ===
See Nostar/ Relationships
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