Sandstar

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**Sandstar** is a 153-moon-old, light brown and white tom, with pale green eyes and a scar across his left eye, and a scar on his tail. He has the Wise personality and is a great teacher.

## History

Sandstar was GalaxyClan's first leader, chosen because the others respected his wise judgments and trusted he would lead them well. Though, instead of receiving 9 lives like leaders usually do, he only gained one extra life, as the only StarClan cat at that time, was Frogdapple. Throughout his life, he had always seen the clan as a big family, one he had been grateful to be apart of.

In Year 1, he defended his Clan against a dog, earning his eye scar and losing his extra life. He was the oldest cat in the clan, at the time of this year. He was proud of his small group of warriors, and hopes for someone to have kits soon, as there hadn't been any since the original four. (Cinderkit, Ravenkit, Aspenkit, and Squirrelkit) He was seen as "The wise grandpa that everybody likes."

In Year 2, He had officially reached elder age this year, and despite his age, he was still a respected leader. Despite the tragedies of both Kendra's and Yellowbush's deaths this year, he was quite proud of how his clan was doing, however, being very nervous at the dog wandering around (it being the cause of the two cats deaths). He could not have been happier this year for the growth of the clan, as the clan had gained 5 kits this year; Aspenrunner's litter of two, and Burdockfoot's litter of 3, and was excited to see the clan thrive. He also comforted Whiskerheart, his chosen deputy, who was severely doubting her abilities, due to rumors about her going around the clan. He told her that "She was doing fine, and if she'd really want to step down, he'd allow it, but he wanted it to be on her own decision, and not the clan's."

In Year 3, Both the death of Duskcloud, and the rising tension between cats in the clan this year had deeply troubled Sandstar. As well as with more hostility of their two neighboring clans, mainly CreekClan, he was well convinced one of their warriors had killed the tom. The tension between the two had gotten so bad that Sandstar had made a brash decision to go to battle with them. Whiskerheart had also stepped down this year and he chose the vengeful Burdockfoot to take her place. He was very tired and his age had been getting to his decisions a little bit, pointing out the war decision.

In Year 4, the battle with CreekClan had commenced, Sandstar, at the start, staring at Kestralstar (The leader of Creekclan), with a challenging glare, waiting and hoping that she would admit the truth about Duskcloud's death. As she only defiantly stared back, waiting, he calls his clan to battle, and everyone rushed to attack. Apart from the battle, this year had been pretty hard on him, feeling guilty for the unnecessary death of the warrior Cricketflower. He had to scold both Shrewpatch, and his own deputy Burdockfoot, due to a border skirmish that they had started with Creekclan, over Cricketflower's death. He had told her that if they started another skirmish, that she would lose her position. Cats in the clan thought that his mind seemed to be wandering more, as he hadn't made the best decisions with mentor/apprentice pairs this year. The biggest thing he did this year, besides the battle, is with the help of Whiskerheart, Laketree, and Twigclaw, he had found out that Duskcloud's killer was actually Stoneleaf. He exposed him in a clan meeting later that year, and ordered that "Stoneleaf was not to be exiled or hurt, and instead to be kept prisoner in the camp." and that "StarClan would decide his fate." Sandstar was more tired and lost overall, much more-so than last year.

In Year 5, Sandstar sadly died this year, from a sickness nicknamed "Stonecough." He had always saw the clan has a big family he had to take care of, and the one time he called to battle, he deeply regretted it. He wished the next leader, turning out to be Burdockstar, good luck, and hopes they make the right choices in tough times. Before his death, he ran into another dog, that had injured his tail this time. Him being the last cat to die during this sickness, that had killed Aspenrunner, Twigclaw, Hazelrunner, and Tawnysun, seemed to re-enforce the thought that Stoneleaf had brought it upon them, as it "seemingly stopped after he got his revenge on the leader that never seemed to see him."

He gave the new leader, Burdockstar, her 9th life, for Wisdom, and hails her to be his successor, as the new leader of GalaxyClan.

In Year 8, Sandstar made a brief appearance in Stoneleaf's Redemption Animatic, where he is one of the cats, along with Duskcloud, that help him come into Starclan. He told Stoneleaf that; "He did not realize Stoneleaf had felt betrayed at the lack of an apprentice, and apologized for ever making him feel like he was less of an important clanmate." and "While his actions were horrible, and things he could not take back, Standstar could see his growth, and was happy to see how he still protected his clan after his death."

## Trivia

* Before Sandstar became leader of GalaxyClan, his warrior name was Sandskip.
* Despite being the first leader, Standstar only appears in two bonus pictures (that are accessible through GalaxyClan videos)

## Gallery

Sandskip's reference sheetSandstar's Founding PictureStandstar fights a dog, and gains a giant scar over his eye. (Year 1)Sandstar with his first apprentice, Ravenspot (Year 1)Sandstar Year 1Sandstar Year 2Sandstar Year 3Sandstar Year 4Sandstar dies of sickness. (Year 5)Sandstar Year 5/StarClanSandstar at Burdockstar's Leader CeremonySandstar giving Burdockstar her 9th Life