Nightwing

*Nightwing was not a true leader of ShadowClan, as she did not receive nine lives. However, she did lead the Clan during the time of the ShadowClan Civil War.*

## Appearance & Personality

Nightwing is a dark gray she-cat with a brilliant, white moon shaped marking on her head, and dark purple eyes. She is almost exactly a reverse image of Coldstorm's appearance.

Nightwing was a very violent warrior. She was cunning, calculating, and cold, and known to be very prideful in her supposed heritage. In the brief amount of time she led ShadowClan, her cruelty grew, especially towards Thrushpaw, and later Smokeclaw, and was noted to be a very cold and violent leader.

## Brief History

Nightwing was a young warrior of ShadowClan who, after Graystar's death, started a power struggle between herself and Hailstar, Graystar's current deputy. She claimed she was Graystar's long lost daughter from the Farlands, and that with his dying breath, had proclaimed her as his actual successor. This split the clan, and a violent power struggle began. In the end, Nightwing was defeated by Hailstar and taken prisoner. She later attempted to assassinate Hailstar, but was stopped and killed by Icefall.

## Detailed History

### Early Life

Nightwing was (allegedly) born in the Farlands, to Graystar (then known as Grayscar) and his first mate, Coldstorm. As a young cat, she was found by Twolegs and brought to the Farlands, where she escaped and joined ShadowClan. She trained with her mother, Coldstorm during her apprentice years, and was named a warrior prior to Graystar's death.

In reality, this backstory was completely fabricated by both Nightwing and Coldstorm as a ploy to get revenge on Graystar and his family. Nightwing was instead, born to kittypets who left her behind when their Twolegs moved. She was visited in her dreams by the undead Coldstorm, who noticed Nightwing's extremely similar appearance to herself. Desiring revenge against Graystar for betraying her, Coldstorm started grooming the young she-cat to be the ultimate weapon. Nightwing joined ShadowClan not long after Graystar lost his 8th life as an apprentice, before earning her name just before Graystar died.

### ShadowClan Leader

After Graystar died, Nightwing declared herself as ShadowClan leader, claiming that Graystar had decided to name her as Leader instead of Hailfall. Hailfall put an end to that conversation, but a few days later, when Hailfall went to get her leader lives, Nightwing would not let her pass. Nightwing and Hailfall then fought, with Nightwing emerging as the victor. Hailfall took her followers with her, including most of Graystar's legitimate children. Nightwing was then formally declared as ShadowClan's leader. The rebels, led by Hailfall, lived and patrolled at the other edge of the territory, refusing to leave when Nightwing demanded they did. ShadowClan and the rebellion fought many battles, with both groups remaining absent at the Gatherings. The civil war was put to an end when Nightwing surrendered in a fight with Hailfall after the rebels struck ShadowClan's camp. Hailfall called a meeting, announcing the tyrant's defeat and urging all cats still loyal to Nightwing to make a choice, pledge full allegiance to ShadowClan and Hailfall or leave the Clan forever. She then left for the Moongarden to receive her 9 lives. Nightwing was made a prisoner of ShadowClan, unwilling to accept that she was not the righteous leader. Not long after, she made an attempt on Hailstar's life while the leader slept, but a warrior named Icefall intervened and killed her. Nightwing now resides in the Dark Forest.