Mudspots

**Mudspots** is a bipolar mud-brown tom with darker spots, a dark ringed tail, a white patch on the left side of his face, white paws, chest, underbelly, and light blue eyes.

## Allegiances

### Past:

ShadowClan
Grotto Camp

## Book Appearances

### Living:

Paws of Stars

**Mudspots** is a current SunClan warrior under Sunstar's leadership in the Valley Territories. He was born as **Mudkit** in ShadowClan to Mossfang and Marigoldstrike along with his littermates Pinepath and Timberfang. As an apprentice, **Mudpaw** was mentored by Maplepelt. He Became **Mudspots** after he decided to stay in SunClan during the Severance later mentoring Lightningpaw and became mates with Wolfshard.

## **History**

### **Paws of Stars**

#### **Rising Sun**

Mudpaw joins the grotto camp in the pine forest. Eagleswoop hisses at and scares Mudpaw when he accidentally bumps into him. While awating to hunt, Mudpaw hears rustling in the bushes carefully stalking to find a rogue on their territory, charging and claw the wrong till he fled. Mudpaw stands tall, a new conviction in his eyes to be the greatest warrior ever known, a dream though lost at the fall of the old Clans back again, and raises his tall smugly as Sunstar names him Mudspots in honor of his strength and courage.

A patrol of Brambleheart, Elmflight, Pinepath, Mudspots, and Wolfpaw is surprised to find "rogues" at Riverclaws and are beaten back with no major injuries, not understanding why they saw Salmonheart there or why they some two former apprentices there. Larchweb wanted to explore around the Crossroads till he was slammed to the ground and saw an angry Mudspots hissing, telling him to stay away from Pinepath; Larchweb ran and yowled that Mudspots couldn't control him. After the meeting, Mudspots takes to Larchweb and apologizes for attacking him at the gathering and Larchweb reluctantly forgives but keeps his distance.

Shortly after the apprentice ceremonies, SunClan split into patrols and shared tongues. Lightningpaw and Foxpaw argue about where to go on their first apprenticeship day as their mentors look on until a battle cry is heard. EagleClan scent fills the air as Owlswoop enters, charging and rolling over Mudspots as more warriors, Ibiswing, Cresspelt, Valkyriecatcher, Stormdusk, and young Winterpaw with Frostheart and Eaglestar himself there as well. Fallenstreak orders a patrol of warriors to check the border and ensure EagleClan leaves while sending her kits and their mentors to Riverclaws and then asking Snowspeck to patrol the twin trees solo.

After arriving at the River Claws and marking the border, Mudspots decides after the camp invasion that day to focus solely on battle training and is proud to see how natural of a fighter Lightningpaw is. Mudspots and Pinepath have Lightningpaw and Foxpaw do a mock battle, and Lightningpaw brags when he wins as his sister throws snow in his face, Mudspots bragging gleefully to an annoyed Pinepath.

After talking to Maplepelt, Mudspots sneaks from the gathering, meeting up with Wolfshard, whom he had promised to meet up with. He expressed his remorse she had to stay in camp and didn't get to meet Maplepelt but Wolfshard says it's fine. As both look up at the sky, Wolflshard says she wonders what StarClan has in store for the Clans with the SunClan and EagleClan conflict and Sunstar's family, Mudspots says he doesn't know, but whatever he wants to face with her as she blushes both nuzzles into each other happily.

Once the leaders finish speaking, the Cats of the Clans move around to speak with each other, eager to talk to new cats, reunite with family, and catch up with friends. Quickly, the children of Mossfang and Marigoldspirit reunite with Timberfang and Pinepath showing off their scars to each other as they tease their brother for not having any, after he walks off to talk to other cats.

Mudspots yowls Maplepelt's name and happily greets his old apprentice, happy to see how he has grown, and both share a laugh about how Maplepelt finally had kits and a mate whom Maplepelt already told about Mudspots. Mudspots then yowls for Ligthtningpaw, who rushes over, and Mudspots proudly introduces his former mentor to his apprentice. Maplepelt is proud of Lightningpaw, who is awe-struck, but Maplepelt is shocked when he learns Lightningpaw is Brambleheart and Fallenstreak's kit.

## **Gallery**

Eagleswoop scares MudpawMudpaw defeating the rogueMudspot's Warrior CeremonyMudspots fighting Lobstersplash at The First BattleMudspots threatening LarchwebMudspots apologizing to LarchwebMudspots touching noses with LightningpawMudspots mauling OwlswoopMudspots battle training with LightningpawMudspots reuniting with MaplepeltMudspots and Wolfshard
## **Ceremonies**

**Mudpaw's Apprentice Ceremony**

**Mudspot's Warrior Ceremony**

## **Personality and Relationships**

### **Personality**

Mudspots is a flurry of feelings, wants, and thoughts. Mudspots feels like the failure of his family, as his sister Pinepaw is very skilled, and Timberpaw is a unique-looking cat. This makes him very volatile and angry, but Maplepelt teaches him to channel that rage into battle. Being bipolar, one moment, he might be angry and sad but also playful, willing to goof around and be the light-hearted one in a bad situation. While not the best skill of any good clan cat, he is a fine hunter and does understand sometimes he is just as good as any cat.

### **Pinepath**

Mudspots is Pinepath's brother; Mudpaw always felt like the least important of his family as Pinepaw was the most skilled and Timberpaw the most unique. Pinepaw cares for her brother a lot, refuses to let him keep his spirits down, and is always willing to talk to him when he feels like he is failing or not doing well enough to prove his mentor's strength Pinepaw is always there to make her brother smile.

### **Timberfang**

Timberfang is Mudspot's sister; while both feel a strong connection to Pinepath, they feel she is in her shadow, with Timberfang being called a freak for her eyes and Mudspots for his outburst. While Pinepath always supports them, they only truly understand the pain they suffer. While they can argue occasionally, they always reach a compromise and remember how much they value one another, even if they don't live in the same Clan anymore, their bond is still strong, and they talk at almost every gathering.

### **Wolfshard**

Wolfshard is Mudspot's mate; Wolfshard at first was annoyed that Mudspots and Pinepath had been made warriors as they were only two moons apart, but she had no skill in anything at the time. This grudge ends at the first battle, where Mudspots helps her when she isn't injured, is going through shock, and helps her recover her pride and erase her feeling of failure from losing the battle. At the same time, she tells him that he also matters and helps him with his fits of rage, and while they can argue and be hotheaded, they are pretty compatible. Due to this, it didn't take long for them to develop feelings for each other, which were acted upon after the EagleClan invasion; Wolfshard's injuries prevented them from going to her first gathering as a warrior, and Mudspots told her to sneak out and confess to her happiness. These two cats may be a destructive couple but are caring ones.

### **Lightningpaw**

Mudspots is Lightningpaw's mentor; Lightningpaw hadn't put much thought into his mentor except he knew it couldn't be one of his parents, while Mudspots didn't think he would get an apprentice anytime soon. To Mudspots's surprise, he was given Lightningpaw and quickly warmed to his apprentice. He liked Lightningpaw's pranks, especially when his mate Wolfshard was involved. They also like competing against Pinepath and Foxpaw, apprentices and mentors, and the respective littermates of Mudspots and Lightningpaw. Other than fun, Mudspots genuinely saw his apprentices' potential and, not wanting to fail, made sure to mold Lightningpaw to be smart while also letting him grow into his boldness and fearlessness so he wouldn't lose his sense of freedom, which Mudspots had learned this from his mentor Maplepelt.

## **Appearances**

* Rising Sun(First Appearance)
* Shattered Code