Falconswipe

Falconswipe is a tall, lithe tom cat with a marbled Bengal coat pattern and bright green eyes. There are a multitude of scars littering his pelt, including a large gash on the side of his neck which had been the wound that had ultimately killed him.

## History

### *Overview*

Falconswipe was among one of the last generations of warriors that lived among the original clan cats before the clans were wiped out. Raised in Thunderclan, he was influenced by gang cats to gradually despise the clans and thus turn on them.

### *Kit-hood*

Falconkit was born to Hickoryleap of Thunderclan, a bright young she-cat with the world at her paws who fell in love with a Windclan tom, Cardinalspot. When Hickoryleap fell pregnant, Cardinalspot declined having further affiliation with her, her kits, or her clan. Falconkit was the last born of a litter of three, of which one of the kits was stillborn. Since before he'd opened his eyes, he was a strong cat who seemed to have a tendency to bully anything that came within his range of sight, including his brother who was smaller than he. Falconkit already showed to have the lithe build and speed of his father's Windclan heritage, but also the strength of a Thunderclan cat. This combination of natural skill made him a force to be reckoned with in the nursery, by mother and den mates alike.

### Apprenticeship

Viperstar, Thunderclan's leader at the time, made the decision to pair this rowdy kit with one of the notoriously strong and hard-willed warriors of the clan-- Squirrelclaw. Squirrelclaw, though one of the smaller toms, was exceptionally skilled in combat and all too eager to focus his apprentice's training on battling and urging him to resort quicker to violence whenever possible. With his confrontational side being nurtured and his tendency to slip out of discipline, it was no wonder that Falconpaw was drawn to the border of Thunderclan and twoleg place. There was where he met some peculiar cats who spoke ill of the clans and muttered amongst themselves about the idea of taking on some warrior patrols. The apprentice was at first angered by their words, but ended up hearing their explanation. The clans were said to be pointless. They hog all the rich territory to themselves and blame alley cats when skirmishes erupt when prey is scarce. They had little to no purpose other than giving the clan cats reason to not look after their own pelts-- relying on one another for every little thing in life. Falconpaw, touched by this logic, began to agree with most of their points. Resentment began growing in his heart for his clan and the others especially, though he maintained his typical bully-esque composure. He met frequently with these cats in secret, and was gradually introduced to a whole gathering of more twoleg place dwellers-- those who called themselves The Gang.

The Gang exploited Falconpaw's curiosity for their own benefit, having him act as a spy. Through this 'paw they learned many of the ways of Thunderclan cats-- their habits, their territory, strategies, and their weaknesses. In Falconpaw's late apprenticeship, he was unofficially assigned an alley-advisor: a mentor in The Gang.

Her name was Velvetta. A sarcastic, ill-tempered she-cat with years of experience over Falconpaw, and a brute of power. Lucky to have irregular duties in his clan, Falconpaw was able to train both in the forest and the city with Squirrelclaw and Velvetta. Because of his lack of discipline and growing suspicion of him amongst his clanmates, Falconpaw's training was dragged on longer than was typical, in which he learn the ways both of Thunderclan warriors and Gang cats.

### Warrior-hood

In the approximate year of training that Falconpaw received, the young tom resembled the build of a Windclan cat more and more through his maturing. However, always grew taller as well, and longer, a size advantage that his Thunderclan blood granted him above the moor cats. For his excelling skill in battle and protecting his clan, Falconpaw was deemed Falconswipe. Within the Gang he was known simply as Falcon. After this coming of age, Falconswipe was entrusted with more risky tasks to prove his loyalty to twoleg-place by sabotaging Thunderclan life from the inside. For quite a while he got away with these works, which included leading many warriors and apprentices into "accidental" harm, or even sabotaging the medicine supplies. However, as the incidents mounted up and began much more than coincidental, Falconswipe was one day caught attempting an attack on the Thunderclan deputy near the border of twoleg place. Taken prisoner in his own camp, Viperstar exiled him and he immediately retreated to resume a full-time place in the Gang.

### The Gang

Falconswipe was welcomed gracefully to a place in the growing Gang. He took a position of authority by his previous mentor-- a job of training younger gang cats to-be and supervising small divisions of cats in a certain area. He lived his life for a few years more doing these duties, until he was rearranged to take a more head-on approach to the conflict with the clan cats. Battle with the clan was imminent now, with threats on both sides escalating and tensions at a near peak. One night just after a full moon, Falconswipe was positioned at the lead of a large patrol. Their goal was to infiltrate the Thunderclan camp and maim all in their way. The first phase went through effortlessly with Falconswipe knowing the areas least patrolled as to sneak across the borders and upon the camp under the cover of darkness under the trees. The following battle was brutal. The Gang cats attacked every living creature not of their own ranks, regardless of age or ability. Falconswipe was one of the few cats pushing through to the camp's nursery. He murdered two queens with some assistance and crushed a kit to death in the process of the fighting, and was finally dragging out the rest to slaughter in the open. By this time Viperstar had done away with Falconswipe's accomplice, and took it upon herself to pin down the ex-warrior in the closed quarters and deliver a kill-bite, swiftly ending Falconswipe's life.

### Place of No Stars

After being killed, Falconswipe awoke once more in an unfamiliar dark forest shrouded in thick mist with damp grounds. With little time for confusion, he was greeted by another cat, a large she-cat by the name of Tawnybriar. Tawnybriar was an evil cat of legend in Thunderclan, told about through stories to scare kits into being good, though her reign had been all too real. In this place she was the self-proclaimed leader with no competition. None that survived, anyhow. Revealing plans of conquest of the future clans after they were to be inevitably rebuilt, the still all-too-eager Falconswipe was persuaded into following this new figure. Ever since then he's lived under her control with pleasure, eager for his next chances to wreak havoc on the clans-- especially upon his birth-clan.