Silverheart

Lineart by pkrockin\_ | Colored by Shan

Loner (Formerly)

## Appearance

Silverheart is a muscular, light gray tabby tom with light blue eyes. He has short, sleek fur and various scars all over his body.

## Personality

Silverheart is more often than not, a very gentle and compassionate cat. He cares deeply for his clan, and loyalty to them means everything to him. As such, he's willing to fight anything or anyone to protect them, but only as a last resort. He's a gifted fighter, but his biggest fear is regressing to his old ways in the midst of battle. He may be mellow now, but when he was leading BloodClan, he was cunning and a fearsome leader who would let nobody stand in the way of his ambitions, even if it meant killing them.

## Detailed History

### Early Life

Silverheart was born as Alistair, a loner. He lived with his family for a while until he and one of his brothers got separated from them in a forest fire. It wasn't until later that the two cats confirmed their deaths. Alistair and his brother lived on their own for a few months until his brother was killed by a fox, buying time for Alistair to escape. Living alone, Alistair had to fight for his life pretty much every day. It wasn't until about a month after his brother died that Alistair stumbled upon a group of rogues that welcomed him in. However, due to many factors, the group didn't last long and was fractured, leaving Alistair on his own again. It was a significant period in his life, though, as it made him realize how much he desired to live in a group.

Once again, Alistair was on his own for another few months, but instead of a small group of rogues, he stumbled upon BloodClan. At the time, though, they were being raided by a pack of dogs. Alistair leaped into the fray to help, but he was wounded and BloodClan was forced to retreat to SkyClan. Due to his injuries, Alistair had no choice but to stay with the routed BloodClan. It was with them that he learned about their principles, and he became obsessed with them. After recovering, Alistair helped BloodClan chase the dogs away from their camp, and proved himself worthy to join them.

### BloodClan Deputyhood

Almost as soon as Emperor named Alistair his deputy, his leader went missing and Lunarstar took over the whole forest and appointed a BloodClan warrior named Velocity as BloodClan's overseer. Although Alistair was furious, there was little he could do. He wanted to take back the clan that would soon be his, but he knew he wouldn't last long in a fight with Lunarstar. As such, he had no choice but to bide his time. During this time, his feelings that the other clans needed to be reminded to fear BloodClan intensified. Eventually, Emperor returned and defeated Lunarstar in a one-on-one duel, liberating BloodClan. After they were free of Lunarstar's reign, Velocity was killed as an example.

Following the forest's liberation from Lunarstar, the clans returned to relative peace, but Alistair was determined to have the other clans fear BloodClan again. No matter how hard he tried to convince Emperor to attack the other clans, he wouldn't, so Alistair decided he was going to kill him and become the leader of BloodClan. However, Emperor received visions that someone in his clan was going to betray him, so he became paranoid. As a result, Alistair had to be extremely cautious in how he proceeded, but he had to kill another BloodClan cat who discovered his plans too soon. When the time came, he ambushed Emperor while he was sleeping, taking one of his two lives and taking the other in a one-on-one duel. After killing Emperor, he addressed the clan and declared he would lead them to greatness.

### BloodClan Leadership

Almost immediately after becoming leader, Alistair started making BloodClan more involved with the rest of the clans again. Although he mainly did this to learn what was going on in the other clans to better plan his attacks. However, he had to put his plans on hold as a disease, introduced by Shroomstar, was sweeping through the forest, which required him to focus on that. He didn't remain idle, though. He spent a lot of time planning his conquest. He forged an alliance with some of the other clans, hoping to manipulate them into taking Shroomstar out for him, however, they decided to do nothing, which angered Alistair. In a move to put an end to the disease, he sent a message to Shroomstar, saying to meet him at the Gathering Tree alone with the cure in exchange for information regarding the alliance and their plans. Shroomstar agreed to meet but didn't bring the cure, and a fight between the two leaders broke out. In the end, Alistair ended up taking one of Shroomstar's lives, but before he bled out, the ThunderClan leader asked Alistair what he was really fighting for. This made Alistair begin to doubt himself and what he had become.

It was around this time that he got to know Steak, a BloodClan warrior who had the power to look into cats' minds, although Alistair wasn't aware of this. When she looked into his mind, Steak saw the seeds of doubt that were beginning to grow in Alistair's head. Because of this, she tried to befriend him and make him stray off his present course.

After a gathering, Eagleteller of the Tribe, who had been allied with BloodClan up to that point, confronted Alistair about his plans and the two got into a heated argument which led to a fight that Alistair ultimately won by taking one of Eagleteller's lives. Although he wasn't happy about it internally. The more cats he killed throughout his conquest, the more unsure of himself Alistair became. Such was the case when BloodClan warriors captured Lightstorm, the RiverClan deputy at the time. She was forced to fight in BloodClan's pit and was killed. Even though Alistair wasn't the one who did the deed, he still blamed himself for her death. In addition, BloodClan cats accused Steak of being a traitor to the clan and wanted her punished. By now, Alistair considered her his only friend, and couldn't bear to kill her, but he didn't want to appear weak to his clan so instead, he exiled her, which served two purposes: it "punished" Steak, preserving Alistair's image, without hurting her, and it got Steak away from BloodClan.

By now, the other clans were beginning to take note of Alistair's actions, and they looked as if they were going to do something about it. Because of this, Alistair decided to escalate his conquest and invade SkyClan. They fought a fierce battle at SkyClan's camp, and after taking one of Auburnstar's lives, BloodClan occupied SkyClan and continued their conquest, much to the dismay of Alistair's conscience. By the time he was leading his clan to attack the Tribe, he had reached a low point mentally and was hardly sure of anything. However, BloodClan was met at the border by a coalition of the Tribe, RiverClan, and ThunderClan, who had planned to attack as well to liberate SkyClan. A battle ensued that BloodClan had no chance of winning due to the sheer numbers they were up against. However, a thunderstorm started moving in, and just as Eagleteller was about to kill Alistair, lightning struck a nearby tree which allowed Alistair to get free. However, the tree then fell on the Tribe's leader, taking one of his lives. Alistair knew that all the lives Eagleteller had left would be gone if he remained under the tree, and he decided that he wouldn't let him die again, so he helped save Eagleteller before retreating.

When BloodClan returned to their camp after the defeat, Alistair, who had not been feeling well since he retreated, found his way into his den where he collapsed and fell into a deep sleep. During this slumber, Alistair was met by a StarClan cat, who showed Alistair his entire life up to that point from a different perspective. They told Alistair that it wasn't too late to change, and offered him a path forward. He had to fight the worst parts of himself, and after emerging victorious, he had awoken. The first thing he did was tear off the collar that served as a reminder of all the pain and suffering he had caused. He then took his clan to the gathering, where he publicly announced that he was leaving BloodClan to seek redemption in StarClan's eyes. He named Rift as his successor due to not having a deputy at the time, hoping that BloodClan would fall apart in the confusion, and left.

### Post-BloodClan Life

After leaving BloodClan, Alistair became a loner once again. Although he wasn't alone this time, as he frequently encountered Steak, who was also a loner. Alistair wasn't contempt living as just a loner, however. He was determined to be redeemed in the eyes of StarClan but to do that, Alistair knew he would need to join one of the clans. He decided to start by asking to join RiverClan since he felt he had done the most to them and wanted to make up for that. He was taken to their camp by a patrol and asked to speak with Newtstar to make his request. Newtstar refused, but he thought that Alistair might prove himself. He offered Alistair a place to stay near RiverClan's camp, where he lived with another loner named Mountainstorm. It was then that Alistair began his quest to prove himself to Newtstar and RiverClan.

Not long after living with Mountainstorm, twolegs started moving into the territories and destroying the forest, resulting in the destruction of Alistair and Mountainstorm's home. While fleeing from the twolegs and their monsters, they stumbled across Newtstar, who had just lost one of his lives, unconscious and about to be crushed by a monster. Alistair rushed in to save him, and with the help of Mountainstorm, took him back to RiverClan's camp. After he came to, Newtstar declared that RiverClan territory was unsafe to live in and took them to live with WindClan. Mountainstorm was offered to stay with RiverClan for the time being, however, Alistair was not, and had to live on his own again. He did stay nearby, though.

It soon became very apparent that the clans wouldn't be able to survive in the territories with the twolegs moving in. They began making preparations to leave, but Alistair knew he'd need to go with them. However, when he tried to convince Steak to go with him, she cited her own reasons for going her own way, and the two said their goodbyes. Alistair then asked Newtstar if he could go with RiverClan as they left the territories, and he agreed. During the move, Alistair helped prove himself further by fighting off some rats alongside RiverClan. After arriving in the new territories, Alistair went with several other RiverClan cats to help them find and confirm their new camp, and as the clan moved into their new camp, Newtstar finally offered Alistair a place in RiverClan, which he graciously accepted, taking the new name Silverheart as a RiverClan warrior.