Brightscale

Art from Clouded Moon's trailer

## Appearance

Brightscale has not yet been given an official design, but he appeared to greatly resemble his sons: he was a pale gray tabby with long, spiky fur, symmetrical stripes, and angular joints. He had pale yellow eyes and tufted ear-tips. His limbs were long and his frame was lean.

In a newer design featured in Clouded Moon's trailer, Brightscale was shown to still greatly resemble his sons. His gray tabby stripes appeared to be darker and resembled Wolfthorn's patterns, and his eyes weren’t visible in the shot he was present in. He had thick brows the same color as his stripes, strong, broad muscles, a wide frame, thick forelegs, and thick, scruffy fur that mimicked Wolfthorn's fur shape. He had a diamond-shaped spot on his right forepaw, and it is unknown if that spot was reflected on his left forepaw.

## Personality

Brightscale was ambitious and had a healthy drive to take charge and be respected.

## Relationships

### Ashencreek

Ashencreek was Brightscale’s mate. Little details are known of their relationship, but they seemingly loved each other and got on well, as they ended up having two litters of kittens: the first consisting of Gillstripe alone and the second containing only Wolfthorn. Ashencreek was said to be grief-stricken and depressed when Brightscale died.

### Wolfthorn

Wolfthorn is Brightscale’s younger son from his second litter with Ashencreek. He was said to be a good father to Wolf, and Wolf looked up to Brightscale and was excited for his father to become Second of River Colony. Wolf was unfortunate enough to witness his death at the claws of Rainfall.

### Gillstripe

Gillstripe is Brightscale’s older son from his first litter with Ashencreek. Not many details are known about their relationship, but Brightscale was seemingly less close with Gillstripe than he had been with Wolf, and Gillstripe was said to be jealous of the attention that Brightscale gave his brother.

### Rainfall

According to Avalon, Rainfall was formerly Brightscale’s friend. They were both ambitious in their own ways, but while Brightscale had a healthy drive to take charge and be respected, what Rainfall really wanted was control. The two became envoys together and steadily drifted apart as it became more clear that only one of them would become River Colony’s Second. They went from friends to rivals to downright enemies very quickly. To try and even out their relationship, Rainfall was given Wolf to mentor, but it did very little to mend the growing tension between them.

Ultimately, it became too much for Rainfall, and she decided that she valued power over any morality or past friendships. She caught Brightscale on his own one day and killed him, telling the Colony that there had been a terrible accident and she’d been unable to save him. Her ploy was successful, and she became Second at the cost of Brightscale’s life. He was likely the first cat she ever killed, but was far from the last.

## Trivia

* Brightscale's original name was Brightsoul.

## Gallery

Brightscale's murder, featuring an outdated design of Rainfall. Art by TennelleFlowers.A more recent depiction of Brightscale's death. Art from Clouded Moon's trailer.