Hickorystick

Hickorystick drawn by UnderscoreJay

## Description

Hickorystick is a large, long furred dark brown mottled tom from ThunderClan with large paws. He has white paws and a light brown mask. He also has a white chin and amber eyes. He has a scar above his left eye from Toadeyes, a ShadowClan apprentice who doesn't know how to sheath their claws.

## Kin

### Kits

Magpiepaw,

Puddlepaw

Lostpaw

Toepaw

Spikykit

## Personality

Hickorystick is an outgoing tom. He enjoys speaking with his Clan mates and is quite friendly with them, sometimes to a point where it annoys them. Hickorystick is a flirty tom with cats he likes, mostly toms since he is gay. Hickorystick does not usually like cats from other clans, especially rival clans. He is capable of warming up to them but prefers to attack and ask questions later. Cats from other Clans may think that he is rude, or bitter, but to the cats he knows, he is known as respectful and flirty, but can be serious and demanding if the time asks for it.

## Skills

Hickorystick enjoys hunting and is usually seen out on the territory hunting. He is formidable at hunting and will never return to camp without fresh-kill in his possession. Overall hunting: 8/10

Hickorystick, despite his large size, is not good at fighting. As an apprentice, he nearly failed his sparring portion and his mentor Finchstar had to take pity on him and make it easier for him to pass the spar portion. He is too slow to give quick, effective blows, but despite this, he doesn't give up in battle. Over time, he has gotten significantly better at fighting and his blows have gotten stronger, but there is still a long way to go. Overall fighting: 5/10

Hickorystick has a strong nose and sense of feeling. He can tell if a cat is lying because he can hear your breathing and heart rate increase. This is useful for tracking and hunting as he can smell a cat, or prey, from a large distance away. Overall tracking: 9/10

Hickorystick is an extremely charismatic tom. He can sweet-talk his way into making people like him, and usually he is very good with his words unless he's flustered. He chooses to be this way with his Clan mates or cats he likes, but with other Clan cats, he might seem rude. Overall charisma (with his Clan mates): 8/10

Hickorystick is a large tom. This makes agility hard for him. He is good at running, jumping, and climbing but he is not the most elegant cat you might meet. Most of the time, it is hard for him to sneak up on anycat, but if he tries hard enough, he can be as silent as a mouse. Overall agility/stealth: 6/10

## Interests

Hickorystick enjoys walking along the border to make sure that everything is right and proper. He enjoys going out to hunt, and talking to his Clan mates. His favourite prey is rabbit and he loves chasing after them, even if they can be hard to catch.

## Disinterests

Hickorystick does not like meeting new cats from other Clans unless it's someone he can easily intimidate. His least favourite prey is frog, and he is grateful to StarClan that ThunderClan territory does not have many frogs, other than the occasional few that stray over from ShadowClan.

## History

### Kit

Hickorystick was born to an unknown mother during Greenleaf somewhere in ThunderClan territory. He was brought to camp, and later was adopted by Finchstar, joining a large family. He loved playing moss ball with his Clan mates and forcing them to play with them, at one point even starting a giant circle of moss ball.

### Apprentice

Finchstar became Hickorystick's apprentice once the time came, but did not do most of the mentoring. Nevertheless, Hickorystick looked up to Finchstar and the other warriors that helped during his apprenticeship. He was quick to make friends with other apprentices. Finchstar invited Hickorystick to join a group of cats titled Appcla. These cats have become to be like Hickorystick's family. Once his mentor was named deputy after the untimely passing of both Rosestar and Shrikestar, Hickorystick felt pressured to be a cat worthy of being a deputy's apprentice.

### Warrior

Once Hickorystick became a warrior, he was quick to attempt to prove himself to the Clan by helping out as much he could and assisting in all of the skirmishes and raids he was able to. His past mentor, Finchstar became leader, and after some trouble, Hickorystick was involved in Finchstar's death, however he refuses to speak about it, so the details about Finchstar's death are unknown. Hickorystick was proud to get his first apprentice, Finchcall, but when Finchcall moved to WindClan, Hickorystick became angry and changed his feelings about his old apprentice.

## Relationships

### Finchstar

Finchstar was Hickorystick's adoptive father and mentor. The two were close, and Hickorystick is still haunted by the mysterious details of Finchstar's death.

### Boulderstar

Boulderstar and Hickorystick only met a few times, but in this short time, they do not hate each other.

### Bounceleap

Bounceleap and Hickorystick do not talk very often due to the medicine cat's busy nature, but Hickorystick developed a closeness with the tom that was inexplicable given the short amount of time. Hickorystick appreciates Bounceleap because he finds himself to be too stupid to be able to be a medicine cat.

### Finchcall

Finchcall was Hickorystick's first apprentice. They were close, and Hickorystick appreciated him, despite being bad at showing it. When his apprentice moved to WindClan, he felt hurt and took it too personally.