Lionspark

Lionspark in a respected OrchidClan warrior. After his first mate and second almost-mate died, he's almost given up on love. After all, he has Ravenflower and Flyspark, right? But grief is love persevering and Moonmist might be what he's been looking for this whole time

## Appearance and Personality

### Appearance

Lionspark is a tall tom with short, scruffy fur. His fur is mainly a light sandy color, pale tan. His ears bear a slightly darker tan, as do his paws. His tail and a bit of his back have the same darker color; in addition, there is a blaze of tan on his nose. His eyes are a soft amber color and his ears curl back slightly. His most recognizable marking is the splash of pale ginger on his chest.

### Personality

Lionspark has always been a mellow, chill dude, his quiet nature only accentuated by the losses of his loved ones that he has endured. He is a loyal warrior and friend, devoted to OrchidClan and its well-being. He does his best to be fair in everything he does, but sometimes his heart takes precedence over his head. He is a dedicated father to Ravenflower and Flyspark.

## Background

### Kithood

Chancekit was born in OrchidClan to a molly named Beechspring. His father was a tom named Blackberrytwirl. Blackberrytwirl and Beechspring had had a rocky relationship for several moons and decided to have kits in an attempt to fix things. I don't know if you know this, but that never works ever. Anyway, they got in a big fight shortly after Chancekit was born, which ended with Blackberrytwirl ending the relationship and leaving. Beechspring changed Chancekit's name to Lionkit, since her ex-mate had named him and he was only a few days old.

Lionkit had two companions in the nursery, Leafkit and Coniferkit. They didn't hang out with him, but he didn't mind too much. There were some apprentices just barely older than him who didn't mind his company too much, Wheatpaw and Firepaw. He thought they were super cool and, when he was feeling particularly nice, Firepaw would occasionally teach Lionkit things like the hunting crouch. Wheatpaw didn't do that, but Lionkit liked him anyway.

When he was three moons old, Leafkit and Coniferkit's mother Brightbark was killed by some rogues at the border. Beechspring took in the kits and did her best to take care of them. Leafkit seemed to resent Lionkit and Beechspring, which Lionkit did not appreciate. Beechspring didn't *have* to take care of her and her brother, so why was Leafkit being so rude about it? Luckily for him, she was a moon older than him and became an apprentice two moons later.

When he was four moons old, Beechspring got very sick. Lionkit was kept away from her for a bit to make sure that he didn't catch whatever she had, which he was not happy about. Lionkit loved his mother very much and the fact that he wasn't allowed to see her for a bit was quite distressing to him. She recovered within a week or so and was allowed back into the nursery. Lionkit was overjoyed to have his mom back.

His last moon in the nursery was very quiet. There were some younger kits, Moonkit and Thornkit, but they were three moons younger than Lionkit and he didn't spend much time with them.

### Apprenticeship

Lionpaw was apprenticed to a warrior named Shortcloud. Shortcloud was a stern mentor, but he excelled at teaching and Lionpaw learned quickly.

The first couple moons of his apprenticeship passed without incident. When he was eight, a young molly named Doepaw moved to OrchidClan. He knew her father, Starktunnel, but other than that Lionpaw didn't care too much. A new denmate was kind of fun though and Lionpaw made an effort to be welcoming to her.

He was nine moons old when a HorizonClan tom named Sootpaw moved to OrchidClan. This wasn't too big a deal, though Lionpaw made sure he was nice to him. No, the big event of the moon was Sootpaw's brother, Sunpaw, joining him a little bit later. Lionpaw didn't know it at the time, but Sunpaw would end up being his best friend. Cheers for friendship!

More exciting news for Lionpaw, Shortcloud's mate had kits! Lionpaw was happy for his mentor, even if it meant a small lapse in training. The kits were named Flamekit and Saffronkit. Lionpaw visited once to bring prey and congratulations to Eaglemoon. They were a pair of cute ginger kits and Lionpaw wondered if he'd be old enough to train them when they became apprentices. Probably not, but he decided he liked them anyway.

Well, good things unfortunately can't last. When Lionpaw was eleven moons old, a young warrior named Doveleaf interrupted a training session to tell Lionpaw he needed to come back to camp and that it was urgent. Lionpaw and Shortcloud both didn't really know what to do with that, but Doveleaf was insistent, so they went back with her.

Turned out that Beechspring was sick in the medicine den. It was early summer, so Lionpaw didn't understand why the medics couldn't just help her, but Ivyamble basically explained that she had been sick for a long time, but the symptoms were manageable until now. And, now that the herbs weren't helping any more, Ivyamble had basically no chance to help other than leaving the matter in StarClan's paws.

Lionpaw spent the next couple days in the medicine den with his mother, excused from training. Sunpaw stopped by a couple times to bring him prey and try to offer comfort, but Lionpaw didn't feel much better. I mean, his mom was dying. There's only so much a best friend can do about that.

### Warrior Life

* 17 moons - Cloverpaw’s mentor
* 20 moons - introduced irp, Cloverpaw’s death; meets Ravenpool
* 21 moons - asks Ravenpool to be his mate
* 23 moons - Ravenpool’s death
* 25 moons - starts hanging out with Cornflower
* ? moons - Cornflower’s kits are born, Ravenkit, Flykit, & Jagkit
* ? moons - likes bringing rabbits to the nursery for Cornflower & the kits
* ? moons - Cornflower & Jagkit die
* 42 moons - finds Aloe, Petrel, and Tern; brings them to OrchidClan

## Other

### Trivia

* His parents were a bad relationship, but their ship name is BlackBeech. I think it's a fun name.
* Lionspark is notably good at partner-hunting, specifically with Suncurrent
* Lionspark's headcanon voice is Okieriete Onaodowan as James Madison. This pairs with Suncurrent (Daveed Diggs as Thomas Jefferson) because Jefferson and Madison have a similar dynamic to Lionspark and Suncurrent. Also because I was way into Hamilton during the reboot so I was like "hey this works"
* He still owns the lavender that Ravenflower gave him when she was a kit. He cherishes it and keeps it in his nest.
* Had he kept his first name, Lionspark's warrior name would have been Chancestream.

### Playlist

Ghost of You | 5 Seconds of Summer | *so i drown it out like i always do, dancing through our house with the ghost of you* | He's going 0 for 2 with living wives so far. This is mostly Ravenpool's song, as she was his first love, but it also applies to Cornflower </3

### Quotes

*"Suncurrent, you are threatening her children. She's* trying *to scare you. Also, you live in the same Clan as Lavenderstar. How does this loner scare you?"* | **Lionspark:** *"I just... I thought I heard some voices."* **Suncurrent:** *"That doesn't sound too good, mate. Did you hit your head on something?"* **Lionspark:** *"You know what I mean, Suncurrent."* | *"My name's Lionspark and that idiot is Suncurrent. Don't let him fool you, he's not as stupid as he seems."*

**New RP**