Sparrowclaw

Sparrowclaw is a brown tom with triangular like darker markings under his eyes. He has a noticeable tear in his right ear.

## Personality

Cowardly, manipulative, cruel, slippery, conniving, arrogant, foolish, cunning, self-centered, contemptuous, lacks any form of loyalty.

### Strengths

He can easily manipulate cats to believe he feels a certain way, though he only does it for pleasure or to save his own pelt.

### Weaknesses

His arrogance always gets him into trouble. He's quite power hungry and will stop at nothing to gain the higher ground, though this usually ends badly for him. He tends to easily anger cats with his condecending remarks and usually gets a good clawing for it.

## Backstory

### Since

#### Living

Sparrowclaw is first introduced to the roleplay by Scarletflame, who claims that a trecherous Burrowclan tom manipulated and abandoned her and her kitten. Resentfully she states that she wants all the clans to know what he'd done.

At the first Gathering, Sparrowclaw joins Voletooth in attacking Scorchpelt, despite the wishes of his sister Moonstar. He mistakenly calls Scorchpelt a "half-blood", even though his parents were both from Cloverclan and had not broken the warrior code. However Voletooth promptly turns on Sparrowclaw and injures him, causing him to flee.

Sparrowclaw is promptly banished from Burrowclan and finds himself at the Cloverclan border, where he is found by Voletooth. Moonstar shows up with a patrol, and Voletooth orders Sparrowclaw to kill the leader. Sparrowclaw obeys, taking one of Moonstar's lives without remourse. He is then attacked by Voletooth. Moonstar recovers in time to save Sparrowclaw's life and drive Voletooth off. Sparrowclaw is unimpressed. Despite their differences, Moonstar shows her brother some compassion and offers him safe harbor in Cloverclan. Sparrowclaw reluctantly agrees. Upon arriving in Cloverclan's camp Sparrowclaw is promptly challenged by Heronbreeze (Heronpaw at the time).

Sparrowclaw spends most of his time in Cloverclan insulting Moonstar on her leadership skills and avoiding responsibility as much as possible. When Scorchpelt, Scarletflame, Firetail, and Snakepaw seek refuge in Moonstar's camp, Sparrowclaw makes it a point to avoid them all as much as possible. He is relieved that Scarletflame is wounded, possibly dying, and wishes that she may not recover. Though he does his best to avoid his family, Snakepaw soon confronts him just outside the camp. He questions Sparrowclaw, demanding to know why he left Scarletflame. Sparrowclaw states that he never loved Scarletflame, and that Snakepaw is the biggest mistake of his life. He then retreats back to camp before Snakepaw can shred him.

Sparrowclaw is the first cat to warn Moonstar of a rogue and Rainclan invasion, led by Voletooth and his allies, Frozen Heart, and Sleekstar. Moonstar promptly prepares her clan for battle, while Sparrowclaw tries to get out of fighting. Moonstar leads a patrol to the border, coming upon the gorge. The Cloverclan leader promptly instructs no cat to go near it, as it is highly dangerous. The battle begins, and Sparrowclaw slips into some undergrowth, intending to get as far away from the fight as possible. Before he has made it very far Scarletflame emerges from the undergrowth, coldly stating that he is no different that usual. Sparrowclaw retorts, saying that she still means nothing to him. They argue for a little while before Scorchpelt interrupts. Snakepaw then emerges from the undergrowth and attacks his mentor. Scarletflame leaps to Scorchpelt's defense, stating that his mission was to kill Sparrowclaw, not to harm Scorchpelt. Sparrowclaw suddenly realizes the extent of Scarletflame's anger, and tries to flee. None of the three cats seem to notice him, already caught up in their own squabble. Blindly Sparrowclaw crashes through the undergrowth, fear pulsing through him. He barely sees Moonstar fighting Voletooth before colliding with the tom. The ground vanishes beneath them both, and Sparrowclaw realizes he has made a fatal mistake. The last thing he hears is Moonstar's scream as darkness crashes over him.

#### Dead

Sparrowclaw's ghost makes a first appearance in Moonstar's den. He is described as a dark transparent form, his green eyes standing out more than the rest of him. Moonstar quickly senses the new prescence, demanding to know what it wants. Sparrowclaw hisses that he wants freedom, which he will only get from killing her. He springs from the shadows, claws aimed for the leader's throat. To his surprise and frustration he passes right through her, unable to touch her living form. Moonstar suddenly realizes it's him and runs to embrace him, but has similar results. Sparrowclaw is furious, but apologizes to Moonstar. He claims that he was influenced and asks her for forgiveness. Moonstar does not seem surprised by this. Sparrowclaw explains that in order to gain passage to the Dark Forest he had been instructed to kill his own kin, but they had lied. He fears that Starclan will not accept him after what he tried to do. Moonstar tries to comfort him, saying that she forgives him. Sparrowclaw states that it's not enough, and begins to fade.

Sparrowclaw's ghost is seen padding along the border between Starclan and the Dark Forest. He comes across Smokestar, and screams at him for several seconds before fading away as before.