Stoatthroat

Stoatthroat is currently an elder of FallClan.

Name- Stoatthroat

Gender- Tom

Clan- FallClan

Rank- Elder

Family- Tweak (brother), Wingbreak (mate), Bramblethorn, Stagheart, and Fogpaw (sons), Brokenslip and Rock (grandsons), Swallowfrost and Sun (granddaughters)

Friends- Duckfeather (formerly), Twistwhisker

Enemies- ????

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Stoatthroat is a skinny tabby tom. He has short, thin, dark brown fur that is flecked with black and mottles of paler grayish-brown. He has sharp, dark yellow eyes. His most prominent feature, however, is a long, jagged, pale scar winding down his left cheek, under his jaw, and across his throat to the right side of his neck.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

He was born a kittypet alongside his littermates. He ended up being adopted along with his brother. His name was Jack, and his brother’s name was Jumbles. Jack and Jumbles. Stupid names? You bet.

Anyways, when they were three moons old, Jack had the excellent idea to sneak out of their house and run around the neighborhood. Jumbles had the excellent idea to go along with it. So they did that. And - surprise!! They ended up getting lost. These brilliant children wandered all the way out of twolegplace.

Once they were out in the open plains and recognized nothing, Jack came to the conclusion that they just *might* be lost. Jumbles pointed out that their names were dumb and said they should change them. He changed his name to Tweak. Jack wanted to keep his name, and Tweak made fun of him, saying something like “lol ur such a stoat”. For some reason, Jack remembered that.

They spazzed around for a little while longer. They were four moons old now, and they found themselves on the edge of FallClan territory when they were suddenly attacked by a badger. Tweak got nae-naed. Jack got a nice giant slice down his face and throat. Way to go, Jack. So Tweak is dead and Jack is slowly bleeding to death, and it’s great. Then some FallClan cats show up and are like “oh look, a dying child. Let’s do something about that”. So they take Jack back to their camp and bury Tweak because they don’t know what else to do with him.

Jack wakes up and is pretty unhappy to learn that his brother died. He’s also unhappy to learn that he has a hideous permanent scar that will forever mar his appearance. Anyways, he tells everyone his name is Stoat because he feels guilty about the fact that Tweak is dead. Cool. They change his name to Stoatkit. Stoatkit stays in FallClan and is depressed for the next two months. Good for him.

#### Apprenticeship

Stoatpaw becomes an apprentice at six moons old just like anyone else. He sort of struggles with training at first, because he doesn’t really have any friends, he’s not yet over Tweak’s death, and... well, he’s just kind of bad at everything.

Then, when he’s seven moons old, he finds Twist. Twist is having a grand old time drowning in one of their rivers, so Stoatpaw yeets him out and is like “yo what’re ya doing”, and Twist explains that he had been attempting to fish because he needed food for himself and for his sister, Duck. Stoatpaw decides that’s cool and tells Twist a little bit about FallClan. Twist and Duck decide to join after a little while. Yay, friends!

Stoatpaw becomes friends with Twistpaw and Duckpaw right away. They pretty much do everything together. It’s rad. When Stoatpaw is eight moons old, he meets a young HorizonClan apprentice named Wingpaw at a gathering. It is her first one, and she’s somewhat nervous. They strike up a conversation. In this conversation, she hesitantly admits that her two sisters, Ricekit and Thicketkit, had died when she was still very young. Stoatpaw sympathizes with her and shares what had happened with Tweak. They establish something of a bond, and agree to remain friends at the end of the gathering.

The next moon, Wingpaw moves to FallClan. She tells Stoatpaw that she just hadn’t felt quite right in HorizonClan, and while she feels guilty for leaving her brother, Larchpaw, she doesn’t want to stay somewhere if she isn’t happy there. He reassures her that she’d made the right decision and becomes friends with her, inviting her into the little group he’d formed with Twistpaw and Duckpaw.

Two moons later - Stoatpaw is now eleven moons old - he is accompanying Twistpaw through MarshClan territory because Twistpaw wants Stoatpaw to meet his new sort-of girlfriend, Petalpaw. Disclaimer, guys, never do that. They’re attacked by a badger. Stoatpaw pretty much has a ptsd attack and freezes up, remembering what had happened with Tweak, and Twistpaw ends up saving him, but he gets his chest clawed pretty badly. Stoatpaw snaps out of it in time to lead the badger away and get help, and Twistpaw ends up being fine, but it was still a pretty stressful experience for both of them. On the bright side, though, Twistpaw got to stay in MarshClan with Petalpaw for a while as he recovered, and Stoatpaw got to spend more time with Wingpaw and fail at flirting with her. Good job, boys.

#### Warrior Life

The following moon, Stoatthroat earns his warrior name. He’s a little upset to have received the suffix -throat, as he knows it’s a reference to his scar, but during his vigil, Wingpaw sneaks out to talk to him. She tells him that he doesn’t have to speak since he isn’t allowed to, but she wants him to listen. She explains that what his name is doesn’t matter, because it’s what’s inside that’s important, and she thinks he’s wonderful inside, yatta yatta. Basically, Stoatthroat is listening to this, and he realizes, “oh no, she’s hot”.

Twistwhisker and Duckfeather become warriors the following moon. Yay for them! Stoatthroat is happy to have some of his friends back, although he’s anxious for Wingpaw to become a warrior because he desperately wants to know if she returns his feelings. Two moons after Duckfeather and Twistwhisker join Stoatthroat in the warriors’ den, Wingpaw receives her warrior name as well: Wingbreak. She moves in with her friends again, and Stoatthroat is the most delighted of them all.

Over the next several moons, Twistwhisker and Duckfeather both move to MarshClan. Twistwhisker leaves to be with Petalleaf, and Duckfeather moves to be mates with a tom named Flamefur. Stoatthroat becomes rather lonely, and misses their company a lot. He still has Wingbreak, though, and the two of them get to know each other better and strengthen their bonds. They eventually start unofficially “dating”, to the point where their Clanmates sometimes ask when they’ll become mates, flustering both of them greatly.

Finally, however, that does happen - one night, when Stoatthroat is twenty-three moons old and Wingbreak is twenty, he gathers up his courage and pulls her aside with him. He takes her across the territory to the prettiest, quietest island he could find, and asks her to be his mate. She says yes, of course. Stoatthroat is overjoyed. They’re both thrilled. It’s cute. Good for them. Yay.

Five moons later, Wingbreak comes up to him one day and is like “ayy, I think I’m pregnant”. Stoatthroat flips out. He spazzes. He’s half excited and half panicking, because hOlY hEcK, he’s going to have BaBiEs. Who would have tHoUgHt? He yeets a messenger off to tell Twistwhisker and Duckfeather immediately. They’re like, “cool. Congrats, dude. We were gonna wait, like, twenty more months before having kids, but you do you.” Stoatthroat doesn’t care. He just can’t wait to be a father. He’s very proud of Wingbreak, too.

When he’s thirty-one moons old, his kits are born. There are three toms, and all of them are healthy. He and Wingbreak name them Bramblekit, Stagkit, and Fogkit. They’re very happy about the whole shebang. Life is great. They love each other and they love their kids. Everything is swell.

Until Fogpaw dies, that is. Midway through their kits’ apprenticeships, Fogpaw consumes some water hemlock and dies. It’s unknown whether it was an accident or an intentional suicide, and quite frankly, Stoatthroat is afraid to think too hard about it. He and Wingbreak were shattered by the loss, and were brought closer together. They were as supportive as they could be of Bramblepaw and Stagpaw from that point forward.

Very soon after their kits became warriors, Stoatthroat encountered Reed being attacked by a fox on the outskirts of FallClan’s territory. He, along with Wingbreak and Bramblethorn, frightened the fox away and invited Reed to join FallClan. Reed agreed, and he ended up being apprenticed to Stagheart.

A few moons later, Stagheart returned to camp one day carrying tiny Brokenkit by the scruff. As it turns out, he’d been in a relationship with a loner named Ivory and she’d died giving birth to his kits. Brokenkit had been the only one to survive. Stoatthroat was rather startled to already be a grandfather, but he made sure to be there for his Stagheart and his grandson whenever he could.

Stoatthroat received his first apprentice at some point, Rosepaw. She was annoying, but he vibed with her. She had an obvious crush on Reedpaw and it was kind of cute. She became a warrior with the name of Rosefoot, but once Reedstalk died, she left the Clans. Stoatthroat was kind of sad about that, but oh well.

Everything was chill for a while. Bramblethorn became mates with Doecreek and had a daughter of his own, Swallowkit. Only a couple of moons after Swallowkit was born, however, Bramblethorn was killed by a fox while trying to catch a squirrel in OasisClan territory for Doecreek. Stoatthroat and Wingbreak were devastated, as they had hoped beyond hope that Fogpaw would be the only one of their kits not to outlive them, but they had been proven wrong again. Doecreek and Swallowkit moved to OrchidClan soon afterwards.

However, their grief was somewhat lessened upon learning that Twistwhisker’s daughter Fawnkit had become an apprentice and Duckfeather’s son Scorchpaw was now a warrior. Wingbreak and Stoatthroat were still two of FallClan’s boldest, most loyal warriors, even though they were beginning to climb up in moons.

Stagheart eventually died of a strange illness that not even the medicine cats could cure. Now with all three of their kits dead, and with no friends to spend time with, Stoatthroat and Wingbreak became rather inconsolable and desolate. Brokenpaw got into an accident and permanently messed up one of his forelegs shortly before becoming a warrior. They still cared greatly for Brokenslip, and were able to speak with Twistwhisker, Duckfeather, Swallowfrost, Fawnflower, and Scorchstripe at gatherings, but nothing was ever truly the same.

Oh, right. Duckfeather and Scorchstripe both died at certain points, too. I almost forgot to mention that. That bummed out Stoatthroat pretty badly. He became even more of a depresso man. Everyone started being like “bruh, chill”. He eventually decided to do as they were all suggesting.

#### Retirement

Stoatthroat retired somewhat early, at only sixty-two moons. He was simply tired, and didn’t think he could continue serving his Clan in the state he was in. Wingbreak joined him only two moons later. As the only elders in the elders’ den, it was somewhat lonesome and uncomfortable for them at first, but they soon found that they derived great pleasure from entertaining kits with their stories and letting apprentices take care of them.

Then the plague happened. Cats started dying all over the place. Twistwhisker got sick but survived. All of the borders were closed off, preventing them from seeing Swallowfrost or their friends anyways. That sucked. Stoatthroat was a wee bit concerned, although no one he particularly cared about was dying. That was fine by him.

A younger she-cat named Poppystem moved into the elders' den after being crippled in an incident with a badger, and a few moons later, Blazetuft also retired. Stoatthroat was glad for the company, but he sort of missed the days when it had been only him and Wingbreak in the den.

Currently, Stoatthroat hasn’t done much, but he stays in the elders’ den, always hoping for some entertainment. Please give him entertainment. Help him.

## Other

#### Trivia

* Please give him entertainment. Help him.
* As pointed out by Warrior, he sort of did the same thing as Emberglow - he named himself in honor of his brother’s death. I didn’t even realize that when I wrote his backstory, but that’s cool.

#### Quotes

*"I'm Stoatpaw. I'm an apprentice of FallClan. I used to be a loner like you, but I joined three moons ago and I’m yet to regret it."*

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**Twist:** *"Are there a lot of you?"*

**Stoatpaw:** *"A decent amount, yeah. Why are you tumbling into our rivers, anyway?"*

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*"Oh. Well, in that case, just hold on a moment. You’re not going to catch anything in this water. But I was just fishing myself, so I have a few catches on the opposite bank. I’ll give you two of them."*

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**Stoatthroat:** *"You seem bored. Anything I can do to provide you with entertainment?"*

**Wingbreak:** *"You can do that just by being yourself. You're a total goof."*

**Stoatthroat:** *"I'll choose to take that as a compliment."*

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*"Kits, I got you a little something to share with your mother."*