Hawkheart

Hawkheart was a massive, thick-furred black and brown tabby tom with a white underbelly and piercing yellow eyes. He had huge paws, torn ears, long, muscular legs, and long, hooked, thorn-sharp claws. His pelt was crisscrossed with battlescars, and he had a scar over his left eye.

## Biographical Information

### Cause(s) of Death

Killed by Hornetstar and Brightmoon (physical)

## Relationships

### Apprentice(s)

Blackheart, Antscar, Rippleflame (Dark forest)

### Killed Victim(s)

Farley, Page, Rainfur, Rushfoot, Darkmoon, Hornetstar (1st life). Runningfoot, Woollypelt, Acornfall, Crowflight, Wolftooth, Paletuft, Misthaze, Petalstar (last life), Rosethorn, Smallnose,

## **History**

### **Backstory**

Hawkheart was an ancient ShadowClan warrior who served under Thistlestar's and then Hornetstar's leaderships in a time of rising tensions between the five Clans. He was born as *Hawkkit* to the senior warrior Rushfoot and her mate Darkmoon, who was then ShadowClan's deputy. The junior warrior Brightmoon was his older sister. As a kit, Hawkheart was constantly wandering out of camp due to his immense curiosity, leading to Thistlestar wanting to delay his apprenticeship until he became compliant to teach him a lesson; however, Darkmoon persuaded him not to, since he himself was once like that when he was a kit. Later on, Hawkkit became more obedient to his elders' commands after his mother punished him for wandering off by having him care for Spikeclaw, the Clan's only elder, for a whole day. He was later apprentice with the name of Hawkpaw and Hornetstar, then Hornetflight, as a mentor. Even though Hornetflight was considerably young and aggressive, he was very strict, but also very patient with his apprentice. As Hawkpaw grew older, however, he became more arrogant, reckless, ambitious, and rebellious. He started to enjoy picking fights with other Clan warriors, which would get him into trouble sometimes. Nonetheless, he was an excellent hunter and fighter. He was very sorrowful when Thistlestar died since he greatly respected him. After Hornetflight became leader, the first thing he did after his leadership ceremony was give Hawkpaw his warrior name, Hawkheart.

As time passed, Hawkheart became very popular among ShadowClan's warriors as well as a few from the other Clans due to his exceptional abilities; he began overestimating them as a result, believing he'd become leader someday. He came to love fighting, especially when blood was shed, and even began cannibalizing other cats when his Clanmates had their backs turned just to taste their blood. After a skirmish between ShadowClan and a large clowder of trespassing kittypets, two of which Hawkheart killed, Whitescar, ShadowClan's medicine cat apprentice, received a prophecy from StarClan: "Beware the flying hawk, or he will swoop in and snatch away all that the Clans have fought for". This prophecy was in fact referring to Hawkheart due to his growing popularity and thirst for violence and bloodshed. The novice warrior later found out about the prophecy when he overheard Whitescar telling Rainfur (ShadowClan's medicine cat) and Hornetstar.

*More coming soon.*

## ***Blackheart's Tale***

### **Chapter 20**

Hawkheart first appears among several other Dark Forest Warriors to Blackheart and the other trainees. Blackheart notices him staring at Ravenpaw, a ThunderClan apprentice, causing him to shudder and look away. During their training session, Blackheart spars with Mudpelt, a junior RiverClan warrior, and she sees Hawkheart watching her with interest. After the session ends, Hawkheart belittles Ravenpaw and congratulates the other trainees. He tells them to meet him tomorrow night for more training before dismissing the cats back to their respective Clans in the real world.