Moonstar

**Moonstar** was a black tom with tufted fur.

## Description

### Physical

The tom was tall, but might be considered somewhat average for a MoonClan cat. He towered over outsiders with long, semi-muscular limbs meant for navigating the quarry that he called home. Moonstar wore a coat of pure black that was long in length and occasionally ragged, infamous for its tufted appearance due to the tom's rugged lifestyle. Moonstar was lacerated in several scars earned from countless fights from moons past.

### Personality

The feline was shrouded in mystery, but to be frank, he was far from being the kindest cat around. He was territorial and protective of his clan and typically came with a shamelessly conceited attitude. He never hesitated to shame outsiders of kittypet ancestry, and his short-tempered attitude meant that he quickly resorted to violence in order to get the message across. Indeed, the proud tom cared much for the clan that he formed, but he also valued his life almost more than anything else. What he made was great, but his attitude and morals...it made several cats doubt his legacy. More than anything else, Moonstar wanted to be remembered for all of eternity. He feared fading.

## History

### Background

#### "First Life"

**NOTE: This tale is secret- no cats know of the truth**

Long before twoleg settlements had come to be permanently established in the present-day clan setting, Novilunii and his family had come to settle as a powerful group in the territories. When Novilunii was a kitten, his family (strays) had been driven out of the dense twoleg city by snobby kittypets. The group, after losing several of their members, had grown to have a deep resentment towards the spoiled furballs. They struck out in the distant wild landscape to avoid their kind and start anew, to enjoy a life of honor. They would reject kittypets and their lifestyle. In the unlikely chance that they came across kittypets in the wild lands...they would be killed. No exceptions.

Novilunii and his family had several friends join them in the new land, but it was a dangerous life. The group, which they named "Ambitus", had lost several members to predators and other threats stemming from the life of distant isolation. When Novilunii became an adult, he and his brothers squabbled over the right of leading Ambitus. The group had heard tales of the ancient clans, and therefore developed a fate in StarClan and the Dark Forest. Novilunii decided that he would call upon the power of his ancestors to win his right as leader of Ambitus.

At dusk, the moon was gone and only a single bright star was visible. While his family and friends panicked, Novilunii set off on a journey to follow the single star and change his fate for the better. Underneath the star's ominous glow sat a great rock in which the tom deemed "The Altar". It gave off a magnificent power that could be felt within the air, but Novilunii did not know as to how he could call upon its power.

He did not share his discovery- no reasonable guy would. When he returned home, he had only two brothers left to challenge for leadership. But as their fights went on, so did time. Novilunii was the oldest, for his two brothers had come from much later litters. They had youth on their side.

Novilunii decided to confide in his wise brother. He escorted the tom to The Altar to let him study it, to find meaning in the rock and explain how its power could be harvested. However, his brother instead warned Novilunii against the boulder and deemed it cursed with Dark Forest magic. Enraged that his younger brother would not help, Novilunii murdered his brother on the rock.

Suddenly, his brother had wasted away, and power coursed through Novilunii's body as he absorbed the life, youth, and power of his brother. He found himself becoming young again. He raced back to challenge and murder his other brother and therefore take over Ambitus. Although the group had no rivals at the time, Novilunii swore that they would seek out and kill any kittypet filth that neared their borders.

Overtime, his ambitions broadened: Novilunii wanted to return home to the city, and extinguish whatever pitiful lives remained of the kittypets there. However, moons had passed and he had aged and weakened once more. He needed to regain his power from The Altar.

However, twolegs had come to settle and harvest the mountainous land. The Ambitus woke to a terrifying explosion that made the ground quake, a noise so loud that they felt deaf for several hours. Panicked, Novilunii ran to investigate, only to find the land in which The Altar had been discovered to be nothing more than a rocky divot, filled with water and swarming with twolegs that hurriedly harvested rocks. Their monsters made the air wreak, and The Altar...it had been stolen. Stolen by twoleg filth.

#### Moonstar

The fate of the mad leader is widely disputed and long since forgotten. However, it was Ambitus that formed into "MoonClan" several generations later. Little did the followers know, Novilunii never really died. As other cats began to move in, he took a back seat and built up the forces of MoonClan by unifying the most powerful rogues. They say that Novilunii's lineage is to represent the strongest and most honorable warriors of MoonClan, cats fit for leadership. Moonstar was rumored to be one of those descendants, except...he was truthfully Novilunii himself.

A few moons after the clan's official formation, kittypets began to move into the territories and funnel into the laughing stock of the clans: LakeClan. Moonstar was furious, and wanted nothing more to destroy the kittypets. Yet, MoonClan had grown small and weakened over the moons due to cats mysteriously...er, "disappearing".

Unbeknownst to the clan, he eventually had a litter with a local rogue. All but one of the kits died, and he named the survivor Tacitus. Moonstar wished for his lineage to live on, in the event that he could not finish his task of destroying the inferior kittypet population. However, he was too busy to raise a kit, and ordered the rogue to remain away and keep their son's identity a secret until the time was right.

About six moons later, he took up an apprentice by the name of Wolfstar, for the hardened apprentice seemed worthy of also carrying on the clan. However, Wolfstar seemed to exhibit a chummy morality that Moonstar could never understand. In hopes of strengthening his apprentice, he killed the tom's father in secret. The effect was nothing more than sadness spread across the clan, and the loss of a good warrior. Shame.

When his son Tacitus was around twelve moons of age, he returned to MoonClan to hopefully be influenced by his father. The tom entertained the idea of leadership, and it would appear that his father's ambition rubbed off on him. However, Tacitus was sidetracked by a lovely warrior that he had fallen for. After Moonstar beat some literal sense into Tacitus, the tom had forgotten the concept of love and instead focused on attempting to murder his sire.

Moonstar was (somehow) shocked that his son decided to turn on him rather than work by his side to destroy kittypet kind together. Once the leader caught word of Tacitus aiming to overthrow him, he murdered his son in secrecy. In the end, MoonClan thought that Tacitus fled like a cowardly traitor. In reality, Moonstar had ended his own bloodline...or so they thought.

His former apprentice, Wolfstorm, was an ideal candidate for deputy. He was aloof towards outsiders and seemed to generally dislike kittypets, albeit sickeningly passionate for the wellbeing of his clanmates as well. Moonstar announced his plan to launch a raid on the twoleg place and LakeClan to destroy the kittypet population for good, while also sending a warning to any kittypets that might dare to venture near the clans.

Wolfstorm, fearing for the safety of his clan, successfully attacked and drove off Moonstar. He is thought to be dead, but no-cat knows the truth.

## Lineage

**Son:**

Tacitus: Deceased, residence unknown
## Relationships

### Love Interests

**Ravensong (formerly):**

WIP