Rosestar

Rosestar, drawn by herself (@toadwish on twitter)

**Rosestar** is a lean, scarred, lilac tabby she-cat with blue eyes. She is known to have an *intense gaze* and a *stern, authoritative voice.* She was the first leader of ThunderClan in Generation Three.

Rosestar, along with her brother, **Bearclaw**, were originally born to **Milkstream** and **Sweetheart** of WindClan. The kits were born unbeknownst to Windclan, **they didnt even realize Sweetheart was pregnant because she is fat**. Milkstream made the decision to give the kits away, not wanting them to be alienated from their clan because of his crimes.

Milkstream brought **Rosekit** and **Bearkit** to the Thunderclan border with the hope of running into Rottenstar, but was instead found by the deputy at the time, **Skyfire**. Taking pity on the kits, Skyfire agreed to bring them in to be raised as Thunderclan warriors. Milkstream requested their heritage be kept a secret, which Skyfire agreed to as well.

**Rosepaw** and **Bearpaw** trained as normal in Thunderclan, having been introduced to the clan by Skyfire as lost, orphaned kits. Skyfire grew quite close with them as they grew into warriors, viewing them almost as kits of his own. **Boltnight**, stricken with grief after losing his own mate and kits, also played a hand in raising the orphaned kits, helping keep up with the nursery chores.

Shortly after receiving their warrior names, Skyfire decided to tell **Rosewood** and **Bearclaw** the truth about their parents. Rosewood was initially insecure about her Windclan heritage, but grew to accept and eventually embrace it. They met and introduced themselves to Sweetheart at a gathering, who was very excited to see her long-lost kits.

After **Rottenstar** died, **Skystar** appointed Rosewood as the new deputy of Thunderclan. And then after Skystar's glorious leadership came to an end, **Rosestar** became the new leader, choosing **Eyeseeker** as her deputy.

## Personality

**Rosestar** is a bit moody, prideful and independent. She is also quite stubborn, not always willing to immediately admit to her mistakes or to losing.

She generally doesn't care much for the other clans *as a whole*, but she is very empathetic and her heart softens easily for other cats. This also means she is fairly susceptible to manipulation, however. She can be very kind to other cats but she is quick to turn stern and isn't afraid to scold if need be.

Rosestar is loyal to the Warrior Code, although she thinks that it is deeply flawed in some areas and needs to change.

## History

After **Honeypaw** and Bearclaw met and started getting close to one another, Rosestar began having casual conversations with the Riverclan medicine cat and grew to respect him. He ended up convincing her to ally with Riverclan, though she never kept in close contact with **Dungstar** himself and instead kept in close contact with Honeypaw.

One of Rosestar's first challenges as leader was getting her apprentice, **Tigerpaw**, under control. The troubled apprentice would constantly get into fights with apprentices from other clans, even when disciplined.

Rosestar first heard of Tigerpaw's border skirmishes when a Windclan apprentice named Plumpaw approached her on Thunderclan territory and informed her of Tigerpaw's actions. Rosestar gave Tigerpaw a very harsh talking to and addressed all the apprentices in the process, telling them to fking behave. Tigerpaw's behavior steadily calmed down throughout her apprenticeship, although she still got in the occaisional scrap without Rosestar knowing.

About a half-moon after their initial meeting, Rosestar encountered Plumpaw again while on a late-night solo patrol. The young tom had come to ask to join Thunderclan in secrecy. Rosestar had grown a soft spot for him since their last encounter and allowed him to continue his training as a Thunderclan apprentice. Not long after joining, he earned his warrior name, around the same time **Tigercloud** earned hers as well.

When Rosestar's daughter, **Maplewish** had her first litter, Tigercloud attempted to steal one of her kits. This evoked a very angry response from the clan, and in retaliation Tigercloud killed one of the remaining kits. Furious, Rosestar exiled Tigercloud after attacking her. A couple of half-moons later, she exiled **Fernpaw** and **Featherpaw** for the murder of a fellow apprentice. All the recent betrayals from her clan shook her greatly and made it very difficult for her to believe most other cats.

The Riverclan medicine cat, Honeypaw, was attacked by **Lionstrike** unprovoked. When Dungstar let it go without punishment and simply a warning, it angered him. He approached Rosestar and convinced her to attack Shadowclan, using the Thunderclan leader's newfound paranoia and anger to his advantage. Thunderclan attacked Shadowclan's camp, and although no serious damage was dealt Rosestar warned Shadowclan not to dare try anything of the sort with her clan. Honeypaw attended the raid, although he stayed on the sidelines to watch.

Angered by the raid and at the loss of **Rookstar**'s life, Lionstrike tracked Rosestar down while she was on one of her walks and fought with her, resulting in Rosestar losing her first life.

At the gathering, Rosestar and Rookstar broke out into an argument over the war, only to be interrupted by shadowy figures speaking of an ill omen. The clans abruptly ended the gathering, leaving Rosestar confused and fearful that they had made Starclan angry. Rookstar and Rosestar later ended the war diplomatically, figuring it would be the best considering the recent threats and vague basis.

Rosestar reluctantly allowed an expecting Tigercloud back into Thunderclan in honor of the warrior code, under the condition Tigercloud prove herself before the kits grew too old for the nursery, or leave by then. She felt it would be unethical to let kits' lives be put in danger, but disliked tolerating Tigercloud.

When Tigercloud and her son Zephyrpaw were not accepted by the rest of the clan, Rosestar allowed them to leave freely. Tigercloud made an attempt on her life after this, and Rosestar killed her in self defense.

Bloodclan announced their arrival to the territories by interrupting a gathering. Despite still being injured from her fight with Tigercloud, Rosestar got into a fight with Taiyo and was gravely injured after greatly underestimating the small she-cat and her modified claws. She later lost a life to the infection.

After a fire swept through the territories, Rosestar was left weakened. She lost her last life in the following moons, dying in her sleep.

## Relationships

**Bearclaw-** Brother and best friend, the cat she considers the closest to her. She keeps him somewhat grounded while he is fiercely overprotective of her.

**Maplewish and Cherrypaw-** Her kits, whom she is very prideful about. She is a bit anxious about seeming weak or flawed in front of them and is constantly trying to do her best to seem cool in front of them. She mentored both of them personally.

**Eyeseeker-** Good friend since kithood, they were often seen accompanying each other and quietly talking among themselves. Eyeseeker was protective of Rosestar and often objected against her sparring apprentices in case she got hurt, volunteering to do their spars instead.

**Komaeda-** Rosestar values him as an ally and respects his relationship with Eyeseeker. However, after Eyeseeker's death she is wary and anxious that he will take his and Eyeseeker's kits away from Thunderclan.

**Honeypaw-** Trusts him because he's her brother's mate and Bearclaw trusts him deeply. She enjoys talking with him and finds him incredibly charming, and agrees with a lot of his ideals.

**Plumsong-** She feels sympathy for the young cat, and has a soft spot because he's Windclan by blood just like her. She finds his presence uplifting and somewhat calming.

## 9 Lives/Death

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5. Unknown
6. Killed fighting Lionstrike
7. Killed by severe wounds/infection (Indirectly killed by Taiyo)
8. Killed fighting Zephyr
9. Old age/Natural passing

## Facts and Trivia

* Rosestar is the first Thunderclan leader of **Generation 3**
* Rosestar's favorite thing to do to calm down and reflect is to take walks alone by the lakeside at night, breathing in the cool, fresh breeze.
* She is named after Silentrose, her grandmother.
* Her concept art was made months before Gen 3 started, because I was bored and decided to brainstorm what I would do if I got leader on SOTC.
* This cat was the main inspiration for Rosestar's coat.
* Rosestar gets her ill temper from her father, Milkstream, although it is mellowed down and she isn't nearly as impulsive or brash as him.
* The scar on her face is from when she got into a nasty argument with Bearclaw when they were apprentices. The two ended up throwing hands(paws?) over some stupid shit probably.
* The scar on her shoulder is from getting stuck in a chain-link fence and cutting herself up in an attempt to escape.
* She has a somewhat heart shaped scar on her chest from her fight with Taiyo. She is also the one who gave Taiyo the scar on her face.
* My headcanon voice for her is similar to Laura Bailey's voice for Jaina Proudmoore (sample). Probably a bit deeper though
* She has an alternate design, in which she has a fancy curly tuft of fur on her head. Either one is good to draw.
* Rosestar had a small crush on Rookstar, though she will never admit it. She was also quite fond of Irisheart and Shrikethroat in particular.
* I wrote this article on 60mg of adderall and i havent slept in 32 hours