Dovefeather

## Appearance & Personality

He is an almost pure white cat with light grey on the tips of his ears, on his front and back toes, beneath his left eye, and two thick stripes on the tip of his tail. He has soft olive green eyes that are slightly slitted. He has long bushy fur that gets longer on his tail. He is a fairly lean cat with not much muscle. He has tall rounded ears.

He is a typically quiet cat as he often prefers to keep his thoughts to himself. He is a level headed cat who often doesn't get angered very easily. He has no problem speaking his mind in some situations but prefers to try and avoid situations like that as he doesn't really like to start conflict.

## Brief History

Dovefeather traveled from Farland StarClan to this StarClan and became a member of the Council of Nine, assisting Icestar and Softweb in creating the Clans from the sky. He served for many moons before eventually stepping down, allowing another cat to take his place.

## Detailed History

#### Kithood

Growing up Dovekit often stayed inside the nursery as he wasn’t as adventurous as his brother Oakkit had been. He was often found simply lounging around with his mother, not playing much with the other kits either. He often found his entertainment from whatever stories his father brought to him when he visited him, his brother, and mother in the nursery. He often liked to recite these stories to himself whenever his brother was playing with the other kits or whenever his mother was sleeping. This led to him becoming overly fascinated with his father’s over dramatic stories leading him to start striving to be able to do such things one day. With this growing itch for action he began to wander from his mother more and more as he reached 3 moons. He began to spend more time with his brother leading to them growing a stronger bond. Around 4 moons Dovekit met another kit in the nursery, Honeykit, who he slowly took a liking to and it didn’t take long for the two to become close friends. The two spent hours talking most days about what they wanted to do when they became full warriors and Dovekit often recited his favorite story from his father, telling others how he wanted to become the best of the best when he reached his warrior hood. Around 5 moons he began to become more prone to exploring and hardly spent anytime in the nursery if he didn’t have to. Him and Honeykit grew closer and closer each day and swore to stay best friends throughout all their lives. Finally Dovekit, Honeykit, and Oakkit hit 6 moons and with that moved onto their apprenticeship.

#### Apprenticeship (7-9 Moons)

As soon as Dovepaw hit his apprenticeship he quickly began to explore the territory with Honeypaw. They spent most of their time out of camp at first, exploring with their mentors and wasting the days away training when they could. Around 7 moons Honepyaw started to be a little more absent, leading Dovepaw to worry  but to avoid being annoying he didn’t try to bug her too much. He took to exploring with his brother again and for a while the two seemed very close and vibrant apprentices. With little care of things happening around them they became oblivious to the growing tensions between their parents. It wasn’t until Dovepaw was almost 8 moons when he witnessed firsthand his parents being hostile towards each other. Soon after what he had witnessed his mother ran away from the clan leaving her children behind for their father. Dovepaw didn’t quite understand what was happening at the time but he was aware of how shattered his father seemed by this sudden moment. After bringing the news to Oakpaw the two seemed to become a little more aware of what was going on around them. They began to waste less time outside of camp to comfort their father through the hardship. Dovepaw took seeing his father this way fairly hard as he told less and less of the stories he liked. His father turned fairly bitter but never took it out on his kids but they were fairly aware of this personality shift. Knowing there was nothing he could do Dovepaw simply watched his father from a distance most of the time. Around this time he decided to turn back to Honeypaw in hopes of some company but was heartbroken to find out that she had disappeared from the clan. Though he had caught rumor that she had fled the clan out of frustration towards her sister. He decided to try and shove this from his memory as he carried on with his life. As he neared 9 moons he began to make friends with the new medicine cat, Shatteredpaw, finding himself quickly taking a liking to his new friend. They began to hang out quite a bit as he was quite fascinated with the mangled cat who seemed to be fairly optimistic despite the state he was in.

#### Apprenticeship (9-11 Moons)

With the growing relationship with his new friend he began to drift away from his brother more and more. It didn’t take long for this to lead to a divide in their relationship as his brother was left to support their father on their own. Although this caused the two to have a bitter relationship Dovepaw hardly acknowledged his family for quite awhile. While out on a patrol his brother turned on him and began to argue with the other for being selfish. Without thinking he retaliated leading to the two having a long heated argument that quickly turned to a fight, Dovepaw being the first to attack. It ended with no major injuries but put a large gap between the two after that moment. After the large fight with his brother he turned to Shatteredpaw more and more starting to take comfort in the other. With this moment he began to focus on their relationship more and more, finding the other to be a very reliable companion in his life at the moment. By time he hit 10 moons he and Shatteredpaw grew very close and Dovepaw found himself starting to grow a romantic feeling towards the other but at the time wouldn’t admit it due to the other being a medicine cat apprentice. He began to train a little less near the end of his apprenticeship and began to spend more time hanging out by the medicine cat’s den. He found these moments to be the best ones yet as he rarely ran into any conflict at this time. Though this didn’t last long as Shatteredpaw became increasingly busy as tensions rose between ShadowClan and RiverClan. With these growing tensions he was forced to train more and more to prepare just in case a war broke out. A few days passed when it was announced, ShadowClan was ambushing. RiverClan rushed to the border and the intense battle began. Fearfully Dovepaw watched from the side for the most part and for once became aware of just how scary this kind of action was. His itch for stuff like this began to die down as not only had his father become more reclusive but the sight of that much bloodshed left him horribly scarred for the rest of his life. After the war came to end he returned to his usual training but still stopped by to talk quite a bit with Shatteredpaw. When he hit 11 moons he came to find out his father had passed away due to the injuries he had gotten from the war. This sparked a new argument between him and his brother as the other was enraged that he had not been there by his side in his last few moments. Dovepaw didn’t argue back much in his argument as he felt guilt weigh down on him for not being there more. With his father gone and his brother bitter towards him he grew a little lonely as he couldn’t find the energy to go and talk with Shatteredpaw as much. As his apprenticeship drew to an end he began to try and spend more time with Shatteredpaw again as it was his only friend at the time. Just before becoming a warrior he confessed how he truly felt to the other and came to find out he had shared the same feelings. Feeling a new sensation of hope he swore to keep their relationship a secret due to Shatteredpaw’s title at the time.  He was struggling to make many friends in these times and often just hung out near the medicine cat den or tried to seek out some sort of excitement beyond the camp.

#### Warrior life (12-14)

During this point in his life he grew a bit more open about his relationship with Shatteredheart, formerly Shatteredpaw, after seeing the support they had from Whitepelt and Widowstar, the leader at the time. Though his nerves were calm with this part of his life the worry about his relationship with his brother only increased as they had another large fight. It wasn't long after he stormed out of camp in frustration that he was ambushed by a rogue by the name of Akika. The rogue managed to get some good blows in on him before being ran off by a few warriors that were taking a walk nearby at the time. He was drug back to camp and his mate quickly tended to his wounds. He seemed to go a bit silent for a few days as he thought back to the fight with his brother. His confusion only increased after that attack as he was bounded to the medicine cat's den for a few moons. He didn't let many cats check on him as he often lied about how he was feeling most days. Once he was finally allowed to leave the medicine cat den he didn't waste any time getting back to his duties. It wasn't long after getting back into the swing of things he made his first really friend, Copperwhisker. The two seemed to hit it off really well and seemed to do a lot together for awhile. During these times he also began to befriend Whitepelt more along with a tom, Redheart, who often took a lot of interest in Whitepelt. As this small friend group grew he seemed to finally open up a bit more and feel more involved in the clan. He got more involved with Shatteredheart after being able to open up about their relationship and learned about the kit that Shatteredheart had adopted during the large war between ShadowClan and RiverClan. Though he never really met Doeeyes he often tried to hit up a few conversations with his step-daughter though it never got very far leaving him fairly uninvolved with the other. As time went on he noticed Copperwhisker beginning to act weird but seemed to brush it for awhile as he heard news of Doeeye's new kits. Though he never really met his grandkits until in the more distant future. He continued on with his warrior life with little going on. It wasn't until a few weeks after the kits were born that he got some news within his small friend group. Finding out that Redheart had tried confessing to Whitepelt and was turned down but continued to try and win the over it caused him and most the others to turn their backs on the tom and end up kicking him from the group and not seeing him much after. Things seem to go silent again as he lingered around camp itching for more excitement to come and never seeming to visit his mate all that much at times, let alone his step-daughter.

#### Warrior life (14-20)

Things seemed to get a bit more hectic in this part of his life as his son, Willowpaw finally became an apprentice and forcing his way into his life more. It made him nervous as the passing of his mate left him feeling too saddened to see the apprentice most days as he looked so much like his mother. He grew a little wary of his step-daughter's kits around this time, specifically Skypaw, as the kit seemed oddly mean at times but changed their attitude quickly that it often threw him off. As the days dragged on he finally began to take more notice of his friend's weird behavior. The two continued talking like usual but he could easily tell the other seemed more skittish and nervous as the days went on. He decided to not press about it yet as he didn't know if that was something he wanted to really get tangled into despite caring a lot for his friend he didn't know if that was the kind of action he wanted to be involved in. He began to turn to his small friend group more as Copperwhisker grew more and more terrifying with their odd behavior that seemed to almost come out of nowhere. He began talking with his mate more who seemed to be a little more down in the dumps as they got to choosing their apprentice. Once his mate chose Softpaw as his apprentice it didn't take long for them to get roped into the friend group that seemed to be going steady. Around this time Widowstar also chose Whitepelt as their deputy making their friend group including all the current high ranks at that time. Although this was exciting Dove began to pull away again as he was finally given his first apprentice to mentor, Quietfall. Around this time Skychaser and his siblings became warriors and the dark times of RiverClan finally came around. Deaths of cats in their clan began to start popping up without any evidence pointing to who it was. This caused panic to flare up in Dovefeather as he feared for his mate being a target. He began to be more on edge with these scary times which made his mentorship not as strong as it could have been leading to his apprentice supposedly never making it to warriorhood. Though he couldn't recall seeing his apprentice much after this time period. As time carried on more and more deaths were being reported causing the other to feel sick to his stomach as there was little to no evidence on who it was making him fear that his life could come to an early end. This was when his more selfish thoughts began to surface and show himself as he seemed to worry a lot about his story coming to an end to soon and not getting to experience enough cool stuff to be a memorable StarClan cat. Though these times were rough on all the cats it didn't stop Dove and Oak from breaking into another large argument that led to his brother storming out of camp this time. Dove seemed to sit on it for hours slowly realizing he was in the wrong during that fight he chased after to find his brother. While out walking he saw the other in the distant, about to go speak to the other when he noticed another cat close by. He felt his blood grow cold as he recognized the other cat as Skychaser. It seemed like everything moved at light speed as Skychaser leapt and killed his brother with a fatal blow. He could only watch in horror as the cat walked away to wash himself off. He felt regret swarm him as he realized he could have step in or even prevented it by not having that argument. Unable to think clearly in that moment he rushed to his brother's side and wasted no time dragging him back to camp. This would be the final death reported in RiverClan. Dovefeather gave word to Widowstar that he had info on who the killer in the clan was. When they were finally alone to chat he spilled what had happened to the leader and not long after a clan meeting was called. As Skychaser was put onto trial and inevitably exiled it came as a shock as his son, Willowcloud, stood up and followed the other. Declaring that he was in love with the killer, Dove became disgusted and terrified of his son as he watched the other leave with the cat. He was left feeling fairly lost for days after these horrible events. Finding it hard to cope with the loss of not only his brother but losing his son despite never really being involved in the other's life he still felt like it was a piece being taken from him. These events led to him taking comfort in his mate again, feeling like it was all a bad dream in these rough times. He hardly even seemed to notice the more violent behavior from Copperwhisker lately in these times.

#### Warrior life (20-25)

After finally starting to get over the loss of his son and brother he seemed to be getting back into the routine of his duties, once again lacking an apprentice after the disappearance of his first one. Though this peace didn't get to stay long as he was out on a patrol with Copperwhisker one day, trying to check up on the other when the other suddenly began to lash out angrily at him. He attempted to calm the other down but it was no use as the itch for some action kicked in he leapt at the other and it broke out into a brutal fight. In the end Copperwhisker ended up taking one of Dove's eyes leaving the other horribly scarred and angry at the other, which ended up destroying their friendship that day. As he was stuck in the medicine cat den yet again for quite a while he seemed to grow a bit more agitated as time went on. He grew more reclusive as he stuck to focusing mainly on his duties for awhile. Not talking to his mate all that much he seemed to go back to being a loner within the clan as the friend group he once had began to fall out due to most of them being high ranks with very important duties. As this happened he seemed to try and get out of camp a lot more in search of more things to do and was often left back were he started in which he'd finish his duties and just lay about camp talking with those around him from time to time. His mate often expressed his worries about the other putting himself in danger too much but never seemed to listen much as he continued to get out seeking for new ways to get back into the swing of being involved more but seemed to never make much process. As the clan seemed to fall quiet again with no real scary events happening he grew bitter towards the other clans as they seemed to gain more attention and events. Although he didn't want to run away or be in another clan he couldn't help but feel a hatred for the cats of other clans despite never taking time to get to know them. During one of his walks to clear his angry thoughts he was once again taken off guard by a rogue, Lavender, who took his other eye and left him badly injured in the woods near camp. His mate once again stumbled upon him after getting worried about the other not coming back and in a panic dragged the other back to camp again. He was yet again stuck in the medicine cat den though this time he seemed to stay completely quiet for days on in. He hardly talked or did much after losing his sight completely and seemed to just linger in the den with his mate for hours on in. Though the action didn't seem to finally stop there for him. Without warning their camp was stormed by another clan he was left panicking in the medicine cat den as he could only listen to all this go down. In this moment his grandkit, Skychaser, had managed to sneak in awhile after in as well and in the chaos attempted to go for him but with the protection of a few random warriors he was quickly saved from near death but was now left having to stay in the medicine cat den for months not seeming to recover like before. He seemed to be worn down badly now as he wasted away several weeks just laying about in the den.