Oakthorn

### Basic Physical Description

A big, fluffy, brown tabby tom with a cream underbelly and paws, and amber eyes.

## Relationships

### Kits

Hailkit (son), Sandkit (daughter), Aspenkit (daughter)

### Nieces/Nephews

Patchkit (nephew), Daisykit (niece), Ladybugkit (nephew)

### **Detailed Description**

An absolutely massive and extremely fluffy tomcat. His shoulders and face are both broad. He's got slightly narrowed amber eyes, and a dark brown tabby and cream pelt.

### **Personality**

He's very intelligent. Despite his appearance, he's quite gentle and soft-spoken. He has a dream of being leader and perhaps changing the Clans for the better. However, make him angry, and you're crow-food. He can be a monster on the battlefield, and can be very short-tempered and hot-headed.

### **History**

#### **Pre-Roleplay**

Oakkit was born alongside his brother Reedkit as normally-ranked RootClan kits. From a young age, Oakkit had a dream of being leader and being in a position of power. He grew up with his brother as his best friend. During apprenticehood, he proved to be a very talented hunter and fighter. He was given the warrior name Oakthorn, and his brother was named Reedsplash.

#### **In-Roleplay**

He hung out with his brother, Reedsplash, saving him from a ladybug - his littermate's worst fear. They joked around and just had fun being young toms.

Oakthorn went out into the forest, where he met the 2nd-circle warrior, Flypond, who had the power to glide from tall heights. Oakthorn instantly admired him, and was a bit jealous of his power. However, he did his best to act kind and charming, as he didn't need a high-ranking cat hating him. Flypond showed him how to climb trees, and they enjoyed a lovely view from the top together. They had a heartfelt conversation together as well. They climbed down, and discovered a deathberry bush. They worked together to block it off with brambles and stuff.

He had a short conversation with Duskfeather, the medicine cat, trying to suck up to the 1st circle she-cat.

He also went cloudgazing with Flypond, and they had another deep conversation. Oakthorn began to realize he was developing a crush on the warrior, but wasn't sure if he felt the same way. A few days later, they met up again, and practiced battle moves together. After a kind of somewhat romantic spar, Oakthorn took the chance to awkwardly ask Flypond if he wanted to be his mate. Flypond said that he wanted to, but it would be difficult, as they were different circles. Oakthorn grew frustrated, and vowed that he'd move up in the ranks, so that they could be mates without fear. For now, though, they became mates, although it was on a relative down-low.

Around this time, Reedsplash introduced Oakthorn to his new mate, Hareleap. However, Oakthorn blew up on his brother, as Hareleap was 5th circle. He berated him, asking how he could be so stupid; Hareleap would surely bring not only Reedsplash's reputation down, but Oakthorn's as well. He had a huge argument with Reedsplash, that ended in Oakthorn just coldly stalking away.

A few days later, he was eating when Hareleap approached him and forced him into conversation. He hated to admit it, but he didn't entirely hate the she-cat. She was charming and nice enough, and a good fit for his brother. However, he still acted cold towards her.

Another few days later, he had a conversation with a high-ranking she-cat named Fallingpetals, who Flypond had gotten to agree to surrogate a litter of kits for them. They got to know each other, and found out that they had a lot in common. Oakthorn (platonically) liked her a lot.

A while later, Oakthorn was hunting when he ran into Flypond. They talked and joked around a lot, until they came across a rabbit burrow. They worked together to hunt down a bunch of bunnies, and talked about how they felt now that the old leader, Tinystar, had died - losing all 9 of her lives after drowning in a river. Oakthorn confessed that it made him nervous, and Flypond comforted him. They instead talked about their kits. They were both very excited.

A moon or so later, the kits finally arrived. Fallingpetals had three: a tom, Hailkit, and two she-kits, Sandkit and Aspenkit. Oakthorn couldn't have been happier; he loved kits. Oakthorn was finally moved up to 2nd circle after moons of hard work.

As the kits grew, he played with Hailkit a little. The tom proclaimed himself as Hailstar of HailClan, with Oakthorn as the deputy. He also insisted on climbing on his back and riding him around camp.

Another moon passed. Oakthorn ran into Reedsplash, and he tried to gruffly ignore him as his brother tried talking to him. However, Reedsplash was persistant, and had a very emotional moment. After several moons, Oakthorn finally broke down and made up with his littermate. They talked for a while, catching each other up in their lives; this is where Oakthorn learned that Hareleap was expecting kits. The fluffy tabby found that he was genuinely happy and excited for his brother, and wanted their kits to become friends, despite previously insisting that he'd keep his kits away from Reedsplash's, if he ever had any.

Foxes began to become more frequent within RootClan's territory. As Oakthorn was going out to hunt, he spotted Hareleap hanging out just outside of camp. He scolded her for being reckless, as she was heavily pregnant by this time, and he didn't want his future nieces and nephews getting eaten by a fox. She told him that they weren't going to come so close to camp. However, only a few moments later, they heard a low growling. Oakthorn jumped into action and began to wrestle a fox as he screamed at her to run. She did so, and came back with Reedsplash just as Oakthorn had sent it running into the forest. Oakthorn just told Reedsplash to make sure that Hareleap didn't leave camp without someone else, as he didn't want his kits to die.

The deputy competition occurred; he and another 2nd-circle warrior, Cloudfur, competed for the title. He ended up losing, and he sulked as Cloudfur was named deputy.

### **Trivia**

* He is competing for the deputy position in the upcoming deputy tournament.
* He is one of, if not the, largest cat in RootClan, and he seems even larger because of his fluffy pelt.
* His unborn nephew, Patchkit, inherited his size, despite both Hareleap and Reedsplash being relatively small.