Thunderstar

## Appearance & Personality

Thunderstar is a small, dilute calico she-cat with short fur. As she is a calico, she has dark grey and light ginger patches decorating her body with her ginger patches having darker colourings. Thunderstar has bright amber eyes with a rather noticeable ombre effect; fading from dark to light. Thunderstar has a long tail with an extremely fluffy and tufted tip. She is much smaller than the average cat, but despite her short stature, she is quite a strong cat with hidden muscles. Thunderstar has small paws but very sharp claws. Her short fur is always well-kept in order to maintain a clean appearance. She holds herself with a prideful posture and keeps up an elegant appearance.

Thunderstar is definitely a leader-type with a strong will and resilience. She is a headstrong and fierce cat that holds herself up to a high standard. Thunderstar is a very independent cat who hates to rely on others too much, not to mention the fact that she refuses to let anyone walk over her and treat her poorly - regardless of who they are. Thunderstar can be extremely hostile to anyone she dislikes or deems untrustworthy. She is a strong warrior with fierce battle skills; refusing to back down from a fight. However, the small she-cat is kind and loving towards her friends and family as well as being fiercely protective of them. Thunderstar's loyalty to SkyClan, and her loved ones, is unwavering - this cat is not afraid to start a fight to defend those she cares for. Thunderstar is willing to give up her life in order to protect her Clan. She is a stubborn leader supported by her quick wittiness and a strong sense of morale.

## Brief History

Thunderstar was born as a Kittypet with a rough start to life, thanks to her neglectful and absent parents. Thunderstar and her siblings were always purposely put in danger by her father whilst her mother did nothing to stop it. She soon abandoned the life of a Kittypet after her youngest sibling died under the watch of her father. She lived as a rogue for a few moons before quickly stumbling across SkyClan.

She was accepted into the Clan under the name of Thunderpaw where the young she-cat trained hard to prove her worth as a member of the Clan. She had a harder time than most because of her Kittypet background. She played no huge role in the event with The Median. Thunderbird gained her warrior name after dedicating herself to training on the daily and proving her worth as a warrior of SkyClan.

She was picked by Perchstar as the deputy of SkyClan, and succeeded her after BloodClan took the leader's last remaining lives.

## Detailed History

#### Kithood

Thunderbird was born as a kit named Thunder to her Kittypet parents; her mother named Fox and her father named Eagle. Thunder had eight siblings, but the only important sibling in her life was the runt of the family, Ant. Thunder was one of the smallest in her family, but never let her short build stop her from doing anything. She had always been protective of all her siblings, especially Ant. Her father, Eagle, was a very neglectful and cruel father towards Thunder and her siblings. He'd always throw them into danger whenever he could to force them to grow 'stronger' and be 'tougher' as Kittypets. Two of Thunder's siblings were almost carried off by a fox under Eagle's watch but were thankfully saved by a group of rogues that were passing by. Their mother, Fox, did nothing to protect the kits and would turn a blind eye to everything and was mostly absent to the cruel behaviour of her mate.

Thunder was always the main protector of her siblings, forcing herself to excel in their father's 'training' in order to grow stronger so she could protect her siblings. She was quickly the favourite child of her father, as he showed the most 'promise' in his eyes when in-fact she was only training to protect her siblings. In every training session, Thunder would come out on top. She would beat her siblings in each fight, but never used her claws; which happened to anger her father. She didn't care, however, and would always save her siblings during training sessions. Eagle had, at one point, forced Thunder and her siblings onto a Thunderpath so they could learn to cross without any problems; this didn't go to plan, however. One of her siblings froze up right in the middle of crossing and Thunder, who had successfully crossed already, threw herself and her sibling to safety. She would also go on to save her youngest sibling, Ant, from drowning on multiple different occasions.

One by one, Thunder's siblings would be adopted into different households leaving only Thunder, Ant and her parents in their original home. Thunder wasn't upset to see the rest of her siblings go as it meant they'd be safer and away from the claws of their father. She was settling down to only living with her brother and parents until tragedy struck. Ant was killed during a training session, and her father watched and allowed it to happen. He showed no remorse and Thunder had to bury the body of her youngest sibling with the help of some other Kittypets. Enraged and feeling lonely after the death of Ant, Thunder finally abandoned the life of a Kittypet. She said harsh words to her father and mother before she left, blaming them for everything and calling them terrible parents. She escaped the Twoleg's nest at night, and much to her pleasure, her parents did nothing to stop her.

Thunder lived as a rogue for some time, using her father's training to defend herself and hunt. Sometimes, she'd stay with travelling rogues who would teach her more about living in the wild. Thunder had some difficulties living out in the wild, for starters she was alone and very young. She barely had any 'proper' survival training, the only knowledge of training was from her Kittypet father; which would only get her so far in the wild.

#### Roguehood

Thunder was around the age of eight moons when she was finally getting used to living alone and not in a warm nest where food was always given to her. She had made her den, unknowingly, near the border of SkyClan and RiverClan. Thunder had heard of the Clans but didn't know where they were located to, she had heard from gossip that they were just recently formed. She showed no interest in joining the Clans, believing them to be just as bad as her father. Thunder would defend her den from any danger or cats who tried to force her out; she was already a fierce and formidable cat at such a young age. However, young Thunder had soon met her match when a group of hostile rogues attacked her to try and take her den for their own. Thunder refuses to give up and retreat and continued to fight against them to keep her den. A SkyClan patrol happened to be nearby, patrolling their border and came to Thunder's aid. The patrol successfully drove off the group of rogues and took Thunder back to their camp to heal her.

Thunder was grateful to the patrol who had saved her life, and after some convincing and watching how the Clan functioned, accepted the invitation to join.

#### Early Apprenticeship

Thunder became an apprentice under the name of Thunderpaw to a senior warrior called Ryespark. Thunderpaw was older than some of the apprentices as she had only joined at nine moons old, but due to her late start at being an apprentice the other, younger, apprentices were already far more skilled than her. This didn't deter Thunderpaw or her mentor, and the two continued to train together. Thunderpaw was determined to be the best and prove her worth, she struggled at first against the other apprentices as they were far more experienced, but Thunderpaw was resilient. She trained almost daily, sometimes without her mentor, refusing to give up even when she was tired.

Thunderpaw wasn't exactly welcomed by her denmates, as some weren't happy with her Kittypet background. Thunderpaw befriended some of the Daylight Warriors apprentices, as they were understanding of her origin as a Kittypet. The young cat held her head high as she continued to persevere with her training and push herself forward to prove that she would be the best apprentice. Thunderpaw seemed to excel in fighting and catching birds, mainly because she enjoyed the thrill of a fight and catching something that could easily escape you.

Nightmares and home sickness would regularly plague the young cat. She missed her siblings and was haunted by the death of Ant. Thunderpaw once dreamed of Ant visiting her, in a place she didn't recognise, and telling her to continue with her life of an apprentice and prove herself. After this dream, Thunderpaw became even more determined to get revenge for her sibling and live a better life for him. She threw herself into training, once again, this time with much more confidence in order to make Ant proud.

#### Late Apprenticeship

Thunderpaw spent a bit more time as an apprentice than the average cat would, but she didn't mind as it was only because to her late start at Clan life. She did, however, get a little jealous when apprentices younger than her got their warrior names first. Thunderpaw was improving as an apprentice quickly much to her mentor's happiness. Thunderpaw was already as skilled as the older apprentices at this point, and she was quickly working her way and proving herself to be worthy of gaining her warrior name.

Thunderpaw had her assessment around the age of fourteen moons and was doing extremely well at it to begin with. Towards the end of her assessment, Thunderpaw was tasked with hunting a bird, any bird at all. Thunderpaw had successfully tracked down a small bird near the border with RiverClan and the small she-cat was nervous to be hunting a bird during her assessment. She was afraid to mess up and ruin her chance of becoming a warrior. Thunderpaw, unfortunately, ruined her landing pounce and missed the bird but thanks to her reaction time she was able to spin around just in time to catch it during it's take-off.

Ryespark was impressed by Thunderpaw catching the bird, and reported back to the leader that Thunderpaw's assessment had been successful. Much to Thunderpaw's pleasure, she was quickly made a warrior after her assessment.

#### Warriorhood

Thunderpaw was given the name Thunderbird, after the bird she had caught during her assessment. Thunderbird was overjoyed to get her name and believing she had made her brother proud. Thunderbird gave up her plans of revenge against her parents, citing it was no longer needed as she had already proved her worth and didn't need to show weakness to her father. Nothing was really important to note during her time as a warrior, it was about as average as you could get.

Thunderbird was surprised at the appearance of The Median, but took no huge role during the event and was mostly hidden in the crowd and absent. She was neutral during the whole thing, not really caring for The Median all that much. She accepted Perchstar as leader, seeing her as a good fit for the Clan and was pleased to have her leading SkyClan.

After the event was all over, Thunderbird began talking to a warrior by the name of Fanglily. The two she-cats became friends, and Thunderbird definitely enjoyed the other cat's company, seeing Fanglily as a joy to be around and a good warrior in the Clan. She also later encountered another new warrior by the name of Vapourtrail. Unfortunately, Thunderbird and Vapourtrail didn't exactly have a great start. The tom thought Thunderbird was an annoyance, and Thunderbird thought he was incredibly rude with no manners. She ended up following Vapourtrail out of camp to his training spot where she watched him attack a tree to practice fighting. She had a talk with the other warrior, citing a concern for his manners and the fact that she worried he would anger the wrong cats. She was concerned after the warrior told her he had gotten into a fight with someone from ShadowClan, but he just brushed her off saying she should've seen the other cat. Thunderbird didn't like his attitude and warned him to be careful in the future with other cats.

#### Deputyship

When Thunderbird was chosen as deputy, she was very surprised to say the least. She didn't exactly think she'd be chosen for deputy; as she believed there were multiple other options that could've been a better choice. Needless to say, Thunderbird was ecstatic and immediately got to work with her deputy chores. She was grateful that Perchstar had seen her as worthy for deputy and promised to not disappoint the cat. The new deputy was determined to prove herself worthy of deputy, and not let it get to her head; she had never even imagined that she, a former Kittypet, would be the deputy of the Clan that took her in.

On her second day as deputy, she was already representing the Clan at the Gathering. It was a bit of a fright for the new deputy, but she put her nerves aside and announced SkyClan's news with no problem. Thunderbird, mainly, ignored all the tension between the other representatives and didn't get herself involved. At the end of the Gathering, she lead SkyClan back home to camp, happy to have done a good job at the Gathering.

Thunderbird's first problem as deputy came rather quickly, too soon for her liking. Thunderbird was sat outside the warriors den, cleaning her fur, when Vapourtrail approached. Thunderbird was polite at first asking how his day had been and asking why it had been terrible as he had said. She was surprised to hear that she was the cause of his bad day. Vapourtrail didn't see Thunderbird as a good choice of deputy and openly told her his opinion on this. Thunderbird was calm at first, but then got a little more aggressive the deeper in the conversation they went; Thunderbird wasn't about to let Vapourtrail challenge her after all she had done to get this far. She reassured the tom that she was a great fit for deputy, and didn't need to prove herself to anyone because she had already done so by becoming deputy. She promised Vapourtrail that she would lead SkyClan with her head held high and wouldn't let anyone else challenge her or cause harm to SkyClan. Vapourtrail was assured by that, to which Thunderbird responded by asking the tom if he'd like to be friends. Vapourtrail didn't do friends, in his words, to which the two settled on just being friendly and on good terms.