Iceshine

**Iceshine** is a long-furred silver tabby she-cat with white flecks and blue eyes.

## History

Icekit and Meadowkit are born to Snowstorm and Gooseclaw. Their brother, Pearkit, is sickly and dies days after being born, but Icekit and Meadowkit prosper. They have fun running around in camp, to the point where they accidentally fall into the river and Dapplepaw and Shimmerpaw fish them out of the river. Icekit vows never to go into the water again, but Dapplepaw twitches her whiskers in amusement and tells her when she is older she will be able to swim. Shimmerpaw agrees, promising to teach Icekit herself.
When Icekit is apprenticed to Rippleheart as Icepaw, she reminds Dapplewing and Shimmerwing of their promise to her when she was a kit. The two warriors look at each other and teach Icepaw how to swim so she can surprise Rippleheart with her knowledge. This works, and when Icepaw swims for the first time in front of Rippleheart, he is taken aback, asking how she knows already. Icepaw explains that Dapplewing and Shimmerwing taught her how to. Rippleheart is amused and lets it be, training her alongside her sister Meadowpaw, who has Runningflame as a mentor. Rippleheart and Runningflame train their apprentices together often, so the sisters share their progress.
At their first Gathering, their names are announced. Icepaw sees her mother's eyes shining with pride, and her father looks proud as well, although she senses an emotion behind them. She is about to ask, but notices a ThunderClan warrior talking to Snowstorm, with her father intervening. She gets nervous when it turns aggressive, and Dapplewing breaks it up by fiercely ordering the ThunderClan warrior to go home. Icepaw asks Snowstorm about it at camp, but Snowstorm tells her that it was just a warrior from another Clan being hostile. Icepaw is reassured, and Gooseclaw tells her that they love her.
Icepaw and Meadowpaw are named Iceshine and Meadowdawn by Dapplestar. The two she-cats are excited to have completed their training. Dapplestar reflects back on when she and Shimmerwing taught Iceshine how to swim, and Rippleheart and Runningflame praise them.
Iceshine supports her leader during the war against ShadowClan, but starts to question her morals after Dapplestar rages fire to ShadowClan territory and kills Talonstar, and promptly afterwards razing WindClan's land. She notes that Shimmerwing is also reconsidering her loyalties, and Iceshine decides to follow Shimmerwing's decisions. When Iceshine tells Shimmerwing what happened on WindClan territory, Shimmerwing gazes at her and tells her to quickly prepare for battle, as there is nothing else to do but stop her. Shimmerwing adds that she has decided to stop chasing a cat she will never reach. These words chill Iceshine, but she gathers some of Shimmerwing's supporters. She joins the patrol Shimmerwing organized to confront Dapplestar where she had left to set fire to. Shimmerwing orders her warriors to fan out and stop any other warrior from defending her, while she confronts Dapplestar herself. Rain puts the fire out, and Iceshine is dismayed when there is no sign of Dapplestar, Shimmerwing, or Minnowflight.
Iceshine decides for the RiverClan patrol to return to camp. She notices it is strangely empty, with the loss of Shellfall's patrol. Feeling uneasy, she decides to leave with her cats and camp out in a remote part of RiverClan territory for the night. In the morning, Iceshine sees that Shimmerwing and Minnowflight had found them. Iceshine is horrified at Shimmerwing's injuries and asks what happened to her. Shimmerwing simply reports that Dapplestar is no more. Iceshine asks if she is leader, and Shimmerwing replies that she is not, as Shellfall is contesting for her leadership. She tells Iceshine that Shellfall had taken control of the camp and the cats who supported Shimmerwing had left. Shimmerwing arranges a patrol to find the departing cats.
They find them underneath a glade, and Shimmerwing invites them to stay with her. Iceshine looks around and tries to search for Meadowdawn and Snowstorm, but only finds Gooseclaw. Gooseclaw sadly tells Iceshine that Meadowdawn chose to stay with Shellfall out of her love for him, and Snowstorm decided to stay with her daughter. Iceshine is heartbroken and asks Shimmerwing if she can convince Meadowdawn. Shimmerwing tells her it is too dangerous to go into RiverClan's camp, as Shellfall holds full control of it now. Iceshine nods in agreement and the cats go to Shimmerwing's camp.
Shellfall visits Shimmerwing's camp without any hostility. Shimmerwing receives him politely, and the two cats retreat into a corner of the camp to share fresh-kill. Iceshine overhears Shellfall asking Shimmerwing why she did what she did, and Shimmerwing's reply that it was faith. She is frightened when Shellfall tells her that he still wants her to live. Shellfall is about to leave the camp, but Iceshine chases after him, feeling that there are unsaid words between them. Shellfall tells her that he does not need her to escort him out, but Iceshine still follows him regardless. He pauses and turns and asks her if she really is one of Shimmerwing's warriors. Iceshine replies that she is. He tells her to take care of herself, and walks away. Iceshine calls out for him to take care of himself too. Shellfall pauses at those words, and asks her to look after Shimmerwing for him. Iceshine realizes that means that they will never see each other again. She watches as he walks away and disappears from their side of the territory.
News spreads to Shimmerwing's camp that Shellfall has declared war against her and her supporters. When Iceshine reports this to Shimmerwing, Shimmerwing closes her eyes. Iceshine cannot help but think this was inevitable. Shimmerwing finally nods and tells them to prepare for battle. When the fateful day comes, in the pouring rain, Shimmerwing and Shellfall's armies clash together, each side pushing on. The battle is tough, as it is between the powerful RiverClan cats. Feeling utterly betrayed by Meadowdawn, Iceshine attacks her, demanding how she could choose love over loyalty to her Clan and family. Meadowdawn says nothing and finds herself attacking her sister. Icepaw from ShadowClan rescues Meadowdawn and brutally attacks Iceshine, who is rescued by Iceheart and Icefrost of WindClan and ThunderClan. Shellfall's forces have the upper hand, and drive Shimmerwing and her army back until they almost fall. Iceshine hears a battle cry from a cat not in their army, and looks up to see Swiftcloud charging down the hills with Nightstar, Scorchstar, Rootstar, and several warriors from their own Clan. The arrival of reinforcements sway the battle in Shimmerwing's favor, and they drive Shellfall's army away from the battlefield. Iceshine asks if they should pursue them, but Shimmerwing shakes her head, saying that they will capture RiverClan's camp in the morning.
Iceshine, Shimmerwing, and a few others look among their dead. Iceshine is heartbroken when she realizes that Gooseclaw is one of them. She blames herself, feeling as if she should've fought next to him rather than fighting her sister. Minnowflight tries to reassure her, but Iceshine is too lost in grief to listen to her. Shimmerwing tells her that Gooseclaw's sacrifice will never be forgotten.
The cats rest in their makeshift camp for the night, and once they wake up, they find the rest of Shellfall's army. There are little survivors, and Minnowflight is about to attack before Rippleheart explains that Shellfall has surrendered. Shimmerwing is suspicious, but Rippleheart delivers her a tuft of his bloodied fur as proof. Iceshine realizes that Snowstorm is not among the remainder of his cats, and mourns deeply for her. Shimmerwing reluctantly allows the remainder of his army into camp, but decides that they are not members of the Clan unless they prove their loyalty to the reborn RiverClan. She becomes leader of the Clan, taking the name Shimmerstar and appointing Minnowflight as deputy. Iceshine cheers for them, but is heartbroken by the loss of her adopted father and her mother.
She finally finds out the reason that Meadowdawn supported Shellfall so fiercely - other than her love for him - is that she had been expecting his kits. Horrified, Iceshine asks her how she could do such a thing. Meadowdawn defends Shellfall, saying that he was fighting for the warrior code and his dead leader. Iceshine looks up to see Shimmerstar, agreeing with Meadowdawn. Iceshine steps back and is unsure of what to do.
## Personality

Iceshine is cheerful, clever, loyal, but also ignorant to the Clan politics around her during the RiverClan-ShadowClan war, and naïve.
## Trivia

These are trivia facts about the character revealed by the roleplayer.

* She has a crush on Shellfall.

## Quotes

**Iceshine**: "*Wait, Shellfall!*"

**Shellfall**: "*I don't need you to see me off.*"

**Iceshine**: "*Please be careful on the path home, Shellfall.*"

**Shellfall**: "*Thank you for today. You brought delicious prey.*"
**Iceshine**: "*Thank you.*"
**Shellfall**: "*You... really are one of Shimmerwing's most devoted warriors, aren't you?*"
**Iceshine**: "*Yes. I've decided that Shimmerwing's path is my own, no matter what.*"
**Shellfall**: "*Take care, then.*"
**Narrator**: "*Take care...? The implication is that they will never meet again.*"
**Iceshine**: "*You too, Shellfall. Take care.*"
**Shellfall**: "*Take care of Shimmerwing for me, will you?*"

—Shellfall and Iceshine

"*If we stand together as one, none may defeat us.*"
—Iceshine