Pineclaw

I see you've found this disaster of a cat. Hopefully he'll get better with Jayhawk's help, but he'll always be the same old 'hospitable' Pineclaw.

Name - Pineclaw

Gender - Tom

Clan - HorizonClan (formerly), None

Rank - Exile

Family - Flamethorn (ex-mate), Kitefeather (daughter), Swiftstrike (daughter), Frondnose (daughter), Ferndapple (daughter), Frogwhisker (son), Ambershine (daughter), Typhoon (son), Scarlet (daughter), Poppy (daughter), Flick (son), Magpiefur (son), Starlingtuft (daughter), Asterfall (daughter), Riddleheart (son), Lilacfern (daughter), Redwillow (mother), Jayhawk (mate)

Friends - Jayhawk

Enemies - Flamethorn, Clovestrike , Soldatino, Permafrost, most other cats

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Pineclaw is a dark ginger tom with emerald green eyes. He has several scars on his muzzle and side, most of them from Soldatino or Flamethorn. His fur is very soft and silky.

#### Personality

He kind of wants to die. He's trying to reform, but losing Jayhawk took a lot of the life out of him.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Pinekit was born to Redwillow of HorizonClan. Shortly after his birth, his father left HorizonClan and got a new mate. Most of Pinekit's siblings died young and Pinekit was one of Redwillow's few kits who survived to apprenticeship. He and his littermate, Mosskit, were very close due to being the only two that lived.

#### Apprenticeship

Pinepaw was apprenticed to Spiderslip. Spiderslip was a harsh warrior who didn't allow any shenanigans in his training sessions, so Pinepaw's only freedom was at night. He often snuck out of camp with his best friend, Flamepaw, to train and hunt. Over time, Pinepaw developed feelings for the young she-cat and was determined to make her like him back. Flamepaw, on the other hand, found his attempts irritating rather than charming. Redwillow's sickness got steadily worse and Pinepaw found himself skipping training to be with her more and more. At the age of nine moons, Mosspaw died to a case of greencough and Pinepaw started turning to Flamepaw for comfort. The two became closer friends and Pinepaw restarted his efforts to get her to fall for him.

#### Warrior Life

Pinepaw became a warrior under the name Pineclaw. When the old HorizonClan messenger died, Pineclaw stepped up to take the role. Mistpaw also helped and the two messengers could not have been more different. While Pineclaw was friendly, eager, and willing to help, albeit a little flirtatious, Mistpaw was sullen and preferred to be alone most of the time. He learned early on not to flirt with her, as she almost always had her claws out. Flamepaw, who soon became Flamethorn, was fair game though. She eventually decided to give him a chance and they became mates. Redwillow died shortly after.

Pineclaw changed after his mother's death. The newly named Mistrunner started taking more messages and Pineclaw started becoming distant from his Clan and Flamethorn. This understandably upset Flamethorn, but she wasn't sure what to do about it. Pineclaw met OasisClan's new mediator, Clovestrike, and fell in love with her. Pineclaw "failed" to let her know that he already had a mate and the two ended up having kits. Pineclaw was close with both Kitekit and Swiftkit, Flamethorn's kits, and Frogkit, Fernkit, and Frondkit, Clovestrike's. He was safe until Mistrunner found out. She went to Flamethorn immediately and let her know that Pineclaw was going behind her back with an OasisClan cat. Flamethorn was furious and got Aspenstar to exile him.

Pineclaw ran into the mountains to hide, occasionally sneaking down to MarshClan to steal rabbits. Unfortunately for him, a loner named Soldatino he'd had a short fling with was living in the area and she remembered him. Vividly. She tracked him down and completely shredded him in the most epic battle there has ever been. So yeah. He moved again to avoid the loner finding him again.

Sol was not the only angry queen that managed to track him down. Flamethorn eventually found him and also shredded him, but less so. More like thinly sliced than pureed, if that makes any sense.

Neither attack was enough to change him and three more cats fell for his ploy. All three ended up joining HorizonClan to provide a better life for their kits. Pineclaw grew more cautious as time went on, wanting to avoid a repeat of his fight with Flamethorn.

Pineclaw just chilled for awhile until he met Jayhawk. Because he's predictable, he immediately started flirting with her. She rejected all his advances though and after a bit of time, they were what we call friends for lack of a better term. They just kind of lived together, but Pineclaw gave up on his usual routine because Jayhawk is much bigger than him and would obliterate him if he tried anything.

   Kitefeather and Swiftstrike found him one time, so he got to catch up with them briefly. They didn't exactly promise to keep his location a secret from Flamethorn, so he and Jayhawk had to move.

So he and Jayhawk moved further up the mountain. He didn't do much for several moons because he was kind of scared of her. They went exploring a couple times.

Finally, one day, he got the courage to ask her to be his mate. For some reason, she said yes, despite making it clear that she really didn't trust him. She died later that night. He buried her and promised himself that every promise he had made to her, he would keep.

Shockingly, he's more loyal to his dead mate than he was to the one that's still alive.

Also, he has the plague. That's fun.

Pineclaw died of the plague at 50 moons old.

## Other

#### Trivia

* Pineclaw was once a regular character with very little personality. Then I listened to Burn (from Hamilton) one too many times.
* "Hospitality"
* He loves rabbits
* His theme song would probably be Outrunning Karma by Alec Benjamin

#### Quotes

*"Thank you, but was it necessary to throw it at me?"*

Pineclaw: *"Frondkit, Fernkit, and Frogkit... wait, were those Flamethorn's?"*

Jayhawk: *"So you've had more than one mate?"*

Pineclaw: *"...Maybe."*

*"You're handling it very wel... I'm dead."*

*"Well, that's... special... do you want to hear about my parents?"*

*"Did I lie to her? Yes. Several times. And Flamethorn told her the truth. So she sought me out and tried to kill me. Did I lie to you? No. I haven't."*

*"I think we should try to avoid dangerous things."*