Lavenderstar

## Appearance & Personality

Lavenderstar is a calico she-cat with a soft green gaze. She has a fairly long tail and is quite long legged. She has a dark pink nose and paw pads.

Lavenderstar has always been the type to be obsessed with the cats she likes romantically. This can be very dicey, and has always caused her problems. Though this is a downfall, it makes her loyalty unquestionable to others. She is dedicated to keeping everyone safe and treating the right cats with their respective punishments or rewards. Due to familial troubles in her early life, she has a soft spots for cats who care for their family.

## Brief History

Lavenderstar is one of the former leaders of ThunderClan, preceding Houndstar and then Spottedstar, and she herself preceded by Willowstar. Her early kithood was rough, and plagued with distrust and misunderstanding. Her and her siblings powered through this together and thrived as a great warriors and for her, leader. Her life was filled with many ups and downs, through having multiple deputies to having relations with cats outside of ThunderClan. She has kept many secrets from cats she cared about, but believed it was the better of her Clan. Due to her unique perspective on leadership, she was selected for the Council of 9, to provide a broader expanse of knowledge to prevent any cat from putting their former Clan above all.

## Detailed History

### Kithood

Lavenderkit was born to Acornbreeze and Feathergaze during the reign of Houndstar in ThunderClan. Houndstar was not fond of Acornbreeze nor her kits because of personal history that Lavenderstar never found out about. Therefore in the midst of the night, Houndstar stole Acornbreeze's kits, Tallkit, Hawkkit, Dustkit and Lavenderkit, racing them to the border where he hoped they would die. However, a rogue named Bright, and a younger cat named Fern, found these kits, and rushed them to their leader. The rogue leader was discontented with the ideas of more mouths to feed, but decided to house them until they became old enough to survive alone. While watching over the kits, the leader noticed that Lavender had a rather strong build, a trait typically found in ThunderClan cats. He confronted the kits, which the kits had no idea what he was talking about, all they knew was their rogue life. Later, the rogue leader guided the kits to a secluded area in the forest, convincing them that they where going training early, however he showed them their real mother and father. While the kits were asleep, their leader led a patrol towards the ThunderClan border, talking to a patrol about subsequently missing kits. They nodded, confirming that ThunderClan kits had been missing for about five moons, the age of Lavender, Tall, Hawk and Dust. The rogue leader mentioned that four cats had joined his Clan five moons earlier, out of the blue- discovered by one of his warriors. The patrol believed his stories, therefore sending Acornbreeze and Feathergaze into the rogue forest to meet their 'lost kits'.

Luckily, Houndstar had died a moon earlier from greencough, leaving a she-cat named Spottedfur as the leader. When Lavender, Tall, Hawk and Dust noticed the pair of unknown warriors they were hesitant to approach them. In their minds, Bright - the cat who'd saved them - was their mother. Acornbreeze, talking smoothly and calmly explained to the kits their situation, which still the kits do not remember clearly about. The kits were returned to ThunderClan with open paws. Lavenderkit, Tallkit, Hawkkit and Dustkit were not made apprentices once they reached 6 moons. Rather, they had to wait an extra 2 moons due to an uneasiness in the Clan. They didn't fully trust that the kits would stay loyal to ThunderClan, after seeing and learning the ways of the rogue cats. Their mother tried her best to persuade Spottedstar and Leafdusk, the deputy at the time, into settling the Clan's fur. Spottedstar finally caved, with Leafdusk's disapproval, saying that it wasn't just to ignore the next generation. They were made apprentices on the spot.

### Apprenticeship

Lavenderpaw got Aspenwillow, a senior warrior, as her mentor, Tallpaw got Sageheart, Hawkpaw got Spottedstar and Dustpaw, Briarwish.

On Lavenderpaw's first day of training, she met Wasppaw. A rambunctious, skilled tom, who was only 2 moons older than her. She didn't quite understand her feelings for him, but knew that her attraction was more than just being friends. It was known that if Lavenderpaw wasn't training, she was talking with Wasppaw, or training with Wasppaw, or doing anything to be with him. She was obsessed. It wasn't until her first gathering, which wasn't until her 2nd moon into apprenticeship, that she realized, he didn't like her back. She was so excited to go to a gathering, that she didn't realize he was with her. He was walking with another she-cat, Cloverpaw. The daughter to Leafdusk and Tatteredflight. *Of course*, she thought, *He is only after the glory of the Clan.* She was disgusted and vowed to never get obsessed with another tom for the rest of her life. Sadly, that backfired. (That will be covered in her warriorship.)

Lavenderpaw trained like mad from then on. Day in, day out. She was convinced that Aspenwillow thought she was crazy. Lav didn't realize that her anger and her drive were coming from her deep hatred for Cloverpaw. Oh how she wanted to kill the deputies daughter. But, she couldn't tell anyone. She had no close connections, except for a newly named apprentice, Poppypaw of RiverClan. They had met at Poppypaw's first gathering and Lavenderpaw's last. She liked the apprentice, she was spunky, good-natured, and stood her ground. But, they couldn't be friends. Only acquaintances, unless a battle ensued. She dropped the friendship as soon as it began, leaving Poppypaw distraught.

Now it was time for Lavenderpaw's test to be a warrior. Aspenwillow, took Lavenderpaw, along with her siblings and their respective mentors, to the back end of ThunderClan territory... near their old rogue territory. Lavenderpaw was taken aback, was Aspenwillow going to kick them out? She didn't have the authority to do that. No, instead Aspenwillow was there to test their loyalty. She knew the apprentices were loyal, but to settle the fur of their Clanmates,

### Warriorship

Lavenderpaw passed her apprentice ceremony with flying colors and became Lavenderheart. She remained a strong, outstanding warrior, which inevitably led to her being picked as ThunderClan's deputy by Spottedstar.

### Deputyship

Leafdusk had died of a disease that was sweeping the Clan. Lavenderheart found that she didn't miss the old tom much, and was elated to be on the path to becoming ThunderClan's next leader. Spottedstar died peacefully many moons later, and Lavenderstar she became.

### Leadership

Lavenderstar chose a she-cat named Stormbreeze as her deputy. The pair worked incredibly well together, but all of this was brought to a grinding halt when Stormbreeze was murdered. Distraught, Lavenderstar took her time picking the next deputy, deciding on Willowtuft, a newcomer to the valley. Lavenderstar died protecting her Clan.

### Council of Nine

In the afterlife, Lavenderstar worked in the Council of Nine, summoning Icestar to the valley with the other council members, and giving lives to the first five leaders: Icestar, Graystar, Darkstar, Rainbowstar, and Beestar. She worked for many moons after that, until one day, she simply retired, living her days as a normal StarClan cat.