Rushfire

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**Rushfire** is a pale brown tabby tom with amber eyes.

**Rushfire** was a RiverClan warrior. He was born to Tawnycloud with his siblings, Minnowkit and Ravenkit. **Rushpaw** became apprenticed to Squirreltail, and later he got his warrior name, **Rushfire.** He became mates with Grayripple, but after Grayripple passed away, he fell in love with Driftheart, and had two kits with her, Amberkit and Ryekit. He joined Mistsong's rebellion against Dapplestar and imprisoned Shimmerwing and his own sister, Minnowflight, to stop them from confronting Mistsong. Eventually, he and the rest of the cats in the rebellion were subdued and subsequently executed by Dapplestar herself. Rushfire was grieved by his family.

## History

Rushkit is born to Tawnycloud and Goldenheart with his siblings, Minnowkit and Ravenkit. Goldenheart had died early on in Tawnycloud's pregnancy, leaving her kits to not know their father. Rushkit is eventually apprenticed as Rushpaw to Squirreltail, and trained with his sisters often.
He becomes a warrior with the name of Rushfire, and bonds closely with the warrior Grayripple. They eventually became mates, and Grayripple fell pregnant. She gave birth, but the kits were sickly and passed away quickly after birth. Grayripple and Rushfire are both devastated, and drifted apart in their grief. When Grayripple was killed in a battle against ShadowClan, Rushfire mourns for her immensely, but finds love again with Driftheart. They had two kits, Amberkit and Ryekit.
Rushfire started to feel dissent with Dapplestar's rule, angry with the battles she caused that resulted in the death of cats he loved. He is approached by Mistsong, who explains her goals to him, how she wants Dapplestar deposed so they can have a new leader that puts peace before fighting. Rushfire agrees and when Mistsong starts her rebellion, he is tasked with guarding the island with Thistleflame. He sees Shimmerwing coming in the island with Quickbreeze, and Rushfire asks her what is going on. Shimmerwing replies that Quickbreeze is a traitor, and Rushfire says he thinks Shimmerwing is the traitor, and imprisons the tawny she-cat. Minnowflight tries to save her, but Rushfire knocks his own sister unconscious, feeling guilty but knowing that his Clan is more important than his sister.
Quickbreeze orders Rushfire to bring Shimmerwing and Minnowflight back to camp. Thistleflame imprisons Shimmerwing while Rushfire brings Minnowflight to the medicine den. Rushfire joins the attack on Shellfall, Moonshade, and Icepaw, but they are quickly defeated and are cornered by the RiverClan warriors. Rowanshade interferes and says he will enact punishment, but they are interrupted by the living Dapplestar, who admonishes the rebellion and orders the warriors guilty to be killed.
Rushfire is hurried into line by Dapplestar and is the first cat about to be executed. He stares Dapplestar straight in the eye and chastises her, but Dapplestar orders him to be silent and quickly ends his life.
## Quotes

**Thistleflame**: "*Dapplestar is no more.*"

**Shimmerwing**: "*What?*"

**Rushfire**: "*She's dead. Runningflame and Rippleheart are imprisoned. They are traitors to RiverClan, and so are you, Shimmerwing.*"

**Shimmerwing**: "*She has nine lives.*"
**Rushfire**: "*Not anymore. All the lives were taken from her by a brave warrior.*"

—Rushfire and Thistleflame to Shimmerwing

"*Whatever it takes to get rid of Dapplestar. Perhaps the world will vilify us now, but I am absolutely convinced we did the right thing. Dapplestar is not only the archenemy of RiverClan, but all the Clans. If, in a few hours’ time, I go before the gods to account for what I have done and left undone, I know I will be able to justify what I did in the struggle against Dapplestar. None of us can bewail his own death – those who consented to join our circle have already bitten into the deathberry. A cat’s moral integrity begins when he is prepared to sacrifice his life for his convictions.*"
—Rushfire

"*It is because we are loyal to our Clan that we do this. I don’t want to see RiverClan go up in flames. I want a leader who will do what is best for RiverClan! With peace and compassion. Not drive us into every war possible. How many cats have to die for the land to be united?*"
—Rushfire

## Family

**Mother:**

Tawnycloud: Deceased
**Father:**

Goldenheart: Deceased
**Mate:**

Grayripple (formerly): Deceased
Driftheart: Deceased
**Daughters:**

Amberfrost: Deceased
Ryefern: Living
**Sisters:**

Minnowflight: Living
Ravenwing: Deceased
**Granddaughters:**

Dawnheart: Living
Echowind: Living
**Grandson:**

Lightsong: Living