Piketail

Art by CaptainMorwen

## Appearance

Piketail is a blue-gray and cream tabby she-cat with green eyes. She has strong muscles, a lithe figure, arched brows, pointed cheekbones, a mohawk, a thin, wispy tail, thin legs, symmetrical markings, wavy fur, and wide-open ears that have tufts at the end.

## Personality

Piketail is bold and cunning. She is intense and never afraid to speak her mind, unless she thinks it might get her killed. She also notices everything - she sees how Wolfthorn looks at Dawnfrost during Moonlight Gatherings; she knows Iceclaw is murdering cats on purpose, and she knows that Frozenpool pulled the strings to get Rainfall into a leadership position. She has theories and keeps track of events. Though she is frustrated at Swiftmask's refusal to help her get rid of Rainfall, she loves him and their brother, Minnowgill, nevertheless. She takes little notice of her mother's snobbish comments, encouraging Minnowgill when they get to him.

## Biography

### Pre-Series

Piketail loved hanging out with Wolfthorn and her brothers, Swiftmask and Minnowgill, as new-claws, but her brothers grew apart after becoming rangers and Wolfthorn leaves the Colony a lot, so eventually they stopped hanging out.

### Synopsis

In the first episode of Shifting Roots, Piketail is seen sitting with none of the cats in her Colony, sitting beside Shrewpelt. Piketail has no prominent role or speaking lines, and she follows the crowd in their reactions to the Colony Captains' announcements.

## Relationships

### Swiftmask

Piketail loves her stupid brother Swiftmask, even if he is daft pretty much all the time. Piketail's distrust of Rainfall leaves her frustrated at Swiftmask's stubborn faith and trust, as he tells her to wait due to his faith that good will come. She believes the Colony will listen to him, love him, and follow him, and encourages him to act on Rainfall, though he refuses to do so.

### Minnowgill

Piketail loves her stupid brother Minnowgill, even if he is daft pretty much all the time. When Rapidsnap's snobbish comments get to Minnowgill, Piketail helps to encourage him.

### Silverblaze

Silverblaze is Piketail's best friend and she likes to help her train Ivy because it's an excuse to get her mind off of conspiracy theories and spend time with her friend and her niece.

### Wolfthorn

As new-claws, Pike and Wolf hung out with the rest of Pike's litter, Minnow and Swift. However, Wolfthorn kept leaving River Colony and Piketail's brothers grew apart, so they stopped hanging out. Piketail was enthusiastic at Wolfthorn's return, hoping he could help her kick some sense into Swiftmask. Wolfthorn is similarly distrustful of Rainfall and wants to gather allies to fight her. Piketail is aware of Wolfthorn's crush on Dawnfrost, though it is unknown as to how the two feel about that.

### Ivy

Ivy is Piketail's niece through Minnowgill, but she loves her like her own daughter. Piketail likes to help Ivy's mentor, Silverblaze, train Ivy because it's an excuse to get her mind off of conspiracy theories and spend time with her friend and niece.

### Rapidsnap

Piketail takes little notice of her mother's snobbish comments.

### Rainfall

Piketail is extremely distrustful of Rainfall and wants to find a way to get rid of her. She keeps track of the missing and dead cats of River Colony, making numerous conspiracy theories as to what actually happened, though she knows that Iceclaw, Rainfall's accomplice, is murdering cats on purpose. Piketail tries to grab allies to overthrow the River Colony Captain.

## Trivia

* On Piketail's character page, she lists several quotes:
	+ "Toms are so sensitive."
	+ "Toms are so stupidly trusting!"
	+ "How could she possibly think Rainfall is good for River Colony?! Pondripple was last seen arguing with Rainfall about the elders situation. Streamleap? Lilypond? Floodrush? Blazeheart is still missing and no one seems to care! Beachnose never came back after patrol... it's all too coincidental."
	+ "Come on, Swiftmask! The Colony will listen to you, they love you, they follow you. Do something! I will uncover this! And when I do, you will have no choice but to act!"
	+ "What ACTUALLY happened to Brightscale? That was the first coincidence. Cherryrill could be an ally... maybe...?"
	+ "Wolfthorn is back, maybe he can help me kick some sense into my dumb brother!"
* Piketail is one of TennelleFlowers' favorite River Colony non-main characters. He even said that "Piketail rocks."