Rodeo

> "Do you damn clan cats ever stop comin into my barn..."
> *- Rodeo to Firestar*
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## Overview

**Rodeo** is a red, black and white tom with dull blue eyes.

**Rodeo** is the owner of the barn located between Lichenclan and Finclan. He is a certified gay cowboy.

## Personality

**Rodeo** is wise and observant, knowing the names of practically every rogue and loner. He is calm and always has a way with words, but he's also snarky at times and defiant.

He has a strong hatred for Fireclan, always letting a cat into his barn if they were exiled from Fireclan for disagreeing with Firestar's ways.

## Detailed description

**Rodeo** is a tall white tom with red and black splotches on his head and back. He has dull blue eyes.

He has a skinny frame and a large X-shaped scar on his back.

## History

Rodeo was born on a leafbare night to his parents, Rowdy and Snip. Snip didn't really want him, and tried to throw him out, but Rowdy convinced her to keep him. Although Snip didn't want to be labeled as Rodeo's mother, so Rowdy had to take care of him for the majority of his kithood.

When Rodeo was around 4 moons old, the Cinder Storms rogue group invaded the cabin they lived in, nearly killing Rodeo and injuring his parents. The leader of the group, Burr, stopped his goons from killing Rodeo, because for whatever reason he decided that leafbare was harsh and they should let a kit live to survive through it. Burr's own kit had just been born so he knew what it was like.

So now Rodeo had a massive scar down his back, and Rowdy was pissed. He tried to convince Snip that they had to move, but she wouldn't budge. It turned into an argument that led to a fight and Snip gave Rowdy a scar across his face. So they got a kitty divorce and Rowdy took Rodeo and left the cabin they lived in without looking back.

They moved to the barn, and fast forward a few moons, Rodeo is now 6 moons, and Rowdy gets sick. Rowdy is unable to hunt for himself, so Rodeo takes matters into his own paws and starts going out to hunt for his father. During one of his hunts, he runs into Burr and his daughter, Robin, who's 5 moons old.

Burr asks what Rodeo's doing all alone in late leafbare, and Rodeo explains that his father is sick and he needs to hunt for him. Although, while he's explaining, Robin gets bored and decides to practice her fighting skills on Rodeo.

So Robin attacks Rodeo without any warning whatsoever and gives him another scar near his back, so now he has an x-shaped scar on his back. Rodeo begs for help from Burr, but Burr is just watching, so Rodeo has to fight for himself. The thing is, his parents never bothered to teach him how to fight because they thought he would never need to, but they were wrong. Rodeo does some weak counter-attack and gives Robin a scar on her cheek. Then Burr stops them cause he doesn't want his baby gurl getting hurt what a gigachad.

So they let Rodeo go and he continues on his hunt, but is unable to find anything. He comes back empty-handed and Rowdy starts getting weaker.

Finally, leafbare ends and prey starts appearing more. Rowdy is cured of his sickness and fast forward cause nothing interesting happens, Rodeo is now 13 moons. Him and Rowdy decide to go for a walk to get out of the barn, and they end up getting chased by a twoleg's dog.

They climb up a tree, and Rodeo is able to stay on, but since Rowdy is old, his claws aren't strong enough to stay on the tree, so he falls from like 10 feet off the ground, breaks his spine, and dies. Rodeo is distraught, his father just died right before his eyes, but then he sees that the dog is about to eat Rowdy's body, so jumps down, attacks the dog, and is barely able to chase it away.

Rodeo is mourning his father, having a mental breakdown, and after he calms down he buries Rowdy behind the barn.

Once he goes back inside the barn, Rodeo realizes something, he's the only cat in the barn now that his father is dead..so he takes over the barn...

...Which brings him to now, 63 moons old, owner of a barn full of rogues and loners who were exiled from their clans.

## Family

**Mother:** Snip

**Father:** Rowdy

## Relationships

### Family

**Rowdy (Father, deceased)** - Rodeo and Rowdy were inseparable when Rowdy was alive. He was practically Rodeo's only parent, due to Snip abandoning them both when Rodeo was such a young age. Rodeo's calm and wise demeanor was influenced by his father.

**Snip (Mother, status unknown)** - Rodeo never knew what having two *loving* parents is like. The last time he saw Snip was when he was only 4 moons old, but the few memories he had with her were all bad. Snip never wanted kits, and didn't want to be claimed as Rodeo's mother.

### Friends

**Currant (Barn-watching buddy..?)** - Rodeo let Currant into the barn after he was exiled from Lichenclan, like a lot of cats. Rodeo kinda disagrees with Currant's ways, since he literally got exiled for trying to kill Crowchirp and always rambles about his plans to kill her, but they're friends(kinda) nonetheless.

**Whitestar (Ally...I think)** - Rodeo and Whitestar have more of a neutral relationship, but he likes her.

(more to come i'm lazy)

### Enemies

**Robin (Enemy since kithood)** - It all started when Rodeo was 6 moons old, and a 5-moon-old Robin decided to practice her fighting skills on him. 60+ moons later, they still get into tussles every time they run into each other.

**Firestar (Leader of enemy clan)** - They don't even know each other personally that well, but Rodeo hates Firestar and COMPLETELY disagrees with his ways and motives, welcoming cats into his barn with open arms if they were exiled from Fireclan.