Goshawksnow

**Goshawksnow** is the current deputy of RigidClan. He is a mostly level-headed tom who follows behind his leader closely.

## Appearance

Goshawksnow is a gray spotted tabby tom with a spotted belly.

## Personality

Goshawksnow is a level-headed tom who generally follows the orders of his leader. He doesn't raise much of a fuss and will keep his opinions to himself, even if they may aid Coarsestar. He's efficient and gets his work done as fast as possible, refusing to let anything remain incomplete. This has made him stay on Coarsestar's good side ever since he was made deputy, and even before then.

Goshawksnow cares deeply about his kin, as shown by his defensiveness over his mother's body, refusing to let any other cat besides himself touch her body, including Mossypaw.

## History

### Section Two: The First Leafbare

Goshawksnow sits beside Mossypaw as they grieve for Flintfall. He hisses that the healers could've done more to save her then goes silent, blinking tears out of his eyes. When Mossypaw begins to sob into Flintfall's, Goshawksnow goes to pull her back, demanding she not dirty up his mother's coat, but he stops. He leaves Flintfall's body alone until it's time to bury her.

After the apprentices cause the nursery to collapse, Goshawksnow steps forward and suggests that the queens and apprentices stay inside the elder's den until the blizzard passes.

### Section Three: The Thaw

Goshawksnow does a lap around the gathering group and confirms that everybody was there before they head back to camp.

### Section Four: The Crimson Coat

Goshawksnow is sharing a quail with Coarsestar when Coalflame bursts into camp, informing them that WealdClan had ambushed the border patrol. Goshawksnow is assigned to take his own patrol, which would wait in the shadows until Coarsestar's patrol needed assistance. Goshawksnow takes Ravineriver, Shadowsky, Marblebelly, Burrowcreek, Peatpaw, and Quarryclaw on his patrol.

After a shriek catches Goshawksnow's attention, he flicks his tail and leads his patrol into battle. They fan out then burst into the clearing. Goshawksnow is seen taking on WealdClan's deputy.

### Section Five: The Dead Sparrow

Goshawksnow climbs onto the Highledge and gathers those with minor or no injuries for that day's patrols. He dismisses that night's guards and replaces them with Coalflame and Pewtersnout He decides that he would be leading the border patrol that morning and he would send a hunting patrol once he returned. He takes Ravineriver, Quakepaw, Jackdawpaw and Elkflight along with him.

A crowd of cats gathers around the fresh-kill pile after Mossypaw discovers that only a rotten sparrow was inside the split stump. He tries to get through the abhorrent stench to find who had placed the sparrow there, but can't, declaring that there was no cat's scent on the bird. He is shoved out of the way by Hawkclaw so she could pick up the bird.

## Relationships

### Flintfall

Goshawksnow was incredibly close with his mother and always enjoyed her company. He was absolutely devastated when she died, struggling to perform his duties for the next week. Even as a warrior he'd still love to hear her stories of her apprenticeship and her young warrior days, which would always help him unwind after a stressful day as the Clan's deputy.

### Coarsestar

He respects his leader and will always perform his assigned duties without much of a fuss.