Iceclaw

Art by CaptainMorwen

## Appearance

Iceclaw is a big white tom with light purple-blue eyes. He is broad and muscular, with chaotic fur that has no set model and scars on the left side of his face as well as on his left shoulder. He has pale gray-tipped ears, pale gray eyebrows, pale gray spots beneath his eyes, and a pale gray cross on his chest in the shape of an X. His muzzle and chin are large, and he has sharp lower canine teeth.

## Personality

Iceclaw does Rainfall's dirty work, taking pleasure in being as violent as possible, and Rainfall, his sister and Captain, gives him plenty of opportunities to exercise his strength against other cats. When Rainfall doesn't give him enough to do, Iceclaw often sneaks off to human homes to find housecats or small dogs to kill. No one questions Rainfall's orders, especially not in front of Iceclaw. Strength and power are everything to Iceclaw, but how much of his brutal nature he got from Frozenpool is up for debate.

## Biography

### Pre-Series

Ice and his sisters, Rain and Blue, were born to Iceshimmer and Frozenpool in River Colony. Frozenpool watched the three kittens with a strict eye, and although he chose to mold Rain into the Colony's next Captain, Frozenpool decided that Ice could be the brute of the two. He took Ice out for private lessons to do the dirty work for Rain, making him strong and powerful as well as shaping his brutal nature. In the beginning, Ice’s other sister, Blue, tried to protect him and Rain from Frozenpool — but her efforts were quickly shut down, and Ice bullied her just as much as their father and Rain did.

Moons went by, and Frozenpool’s training got more intense. Ice became vicious and lost all sense of empathy, dedicating ever fiber of his being to serving Frozenpool and Rain and helping them succeed. When Rainfall finally became Captain of River Colony, she made Iceclaw into her Second, just as their father wanted, and the two of them ruled their Colony with iron claws — Rainfall maintained order through manipulation, and Iceclaw kept the smarter cats in check with threats and fear. They lowered the age of when kittens were taught to swim, and they forced the keepers out of the nursery, turning it into a second den for Rainfall. They also worked together with Frozenpool to arrange Blueriver’s relationship with Pineclaw. When Iceclaw became bored and restless, he would slip off to twolegplace so that he could kill housecats, unbounds, or even small dogs in order to sharpen up his skills.

After about a year had gone by, Iceclaw became mates with Sandtail, a tough and aggressive molly who could match his temper. The two had a single daughter, Frozen, but at some point during Frozen’s kittenhood, Sandtail left River Colony to become an unbound renegade. As soon as Frozen was old enough, Iceclaw began sneaking her out of the Colony’s base for private lessons on strength, much like Frozenpool had done for him and Rainfall.

As a side note, it has been heavily implied that Iceclaw has been subtly killing off cats that he seems to be threats to Rainfall’s leadership; Blazeheart, Lilypond, and Floodrush, to name a few. Most of his Colonymates have a good idea of what happened to the missing cats, but they remain silent out of sheer terror. The only cats who are still openly vocal about their suspicions are Wolfthorn and Piketail, though both do so in a way that doesn't get them killed

### Synopsis

Despite having no prominent role or spoken lines, Iceclaw made his official debut in Shifting Roots: Chapter 1. He is seen sitting beneath the Great Oak with the other Seconds, looking hostile and resentful, and he scowls at Redleaf when he is announced as Oak Colony’s new Second.

## Relationships

### Frozenpool

Frozenpool is Iceclaw's father. When Ice was still young, Frozenpool took him out for private lessons on how to do dirty work for Rain, turning him into the vicious and cruel cat he is today. Frozenpool has a tight grip on Iceclaw, and trained his son to fear nothing but him. The two toms and Rainfall work together to spread Frozenpool's legacy through their bloodline. It is unclear how much of their relationship is made of love and how much is based solely on political ambition, however. Iceclaw's daughter, Frozen, is likely named after Frozenpool.

### Rainfall

Rainfall is Iceclaw's sister as well as Captain of River Colony. Rainfall gives Iceclaw plenty of opportunities to exercise his strength against other cats. The two have led River Colony for about two years with a tight grip, and Frozenpool's grip on them is even tighter. The two work to satisfy their father and keep him proud, making sure that they dominate the other Colonies into submission. How much they genuinely care for each other is uncertain, as both seem to view relationships through an exclusively political lens. They would each like to forget that they share blood with Blueriver.

### Blueriver

Blueriver is Iceclaw's other sister, although Iceclaw disdains her and wants to forget that they are somehow related. When they were kittens, Blue cared for Ice and wanted to defend him from Frozenpool’s training, but Iceclaw has either forgotten about that or simply doesn’t care. Blueriver does not take part in their authoritative conquest, and is submissive and beaten-down, causing the rest of her family to view her as a disappointment. To continue Frozenpool's legacy and to give her *some* purpose, however, Iceclaw helped to arrange Blueriver's relationship with her mate, Pineclaw, a former renegade.

### Sandtail

Iceclaw is mates with Sandtail, and were most likely drawn together by their similar personalities. They have a daughter named Frozen. Sandtail is now an unbound cat, implying that something happened between them. It may have something to do with the fact that Iceclaw most likely killed Sandtail’s mother, Beachnose.

### Frozen

Frozen is Iceclaw and Sandtail's daughter. No details about their relationship have been given, but it is known that Iceclaw takes Frozen out for private lessons, much like how Frozenpool did for him and Rainfall. He won't have a "weak-hearted" daughter, especially since he, Rainfall, and Frozenpool have so many plans for her future. He probably named her after Frozenpool.

## Trivia

* Iceclaw is a serial killer, and has been confirmed to have killed more than three cats.
* Iceclaw is the only Second in the current Alliance without the term "leaf" in his name.
* Iceclaw shares his voice actor, Kindledflame, with Oak Colony’s Second, Redleaf.
* He was likely named after his mother, Iceshimmer. His family seems to have a tradition of naming kittens after other family members, as also seen with Frozen and Pine.

## Gallery

Rainfall and Iceclaw; schemer and brute. Art by TennelleFlowers.
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Revealed in StarClan-Battles Allegiances