Dewpaw

Not Feather

Dewpaw was a ShadowClan apprentice who served under Sageflower/star's and Hopestar's leadership from Sixteenth to Eighteenth Generations. He was born to Bumbleheart and Rainbelly alongside his siblings, Rainkit and Snowkit. He was mentored by Fireripple before he left the clans and became a loner.

# History

Dewkit was born alongside his siblings, Rainkit and Snowkit. He was named after his great-grandfather, former deputy of ShadowClan, Dewfeather, and his sister was named after his father who had recently passed, Rainbelly. He had two older sisters, Rippleshine and Webwing, who were both nervous wrecks, terrified of the world around them. But, lucky for him, he seemed to inherit his mother’s confidence. Still, though, he hated being named after his great-grandfather. The tom was long dead, and had never been anything more than a deputy, and everyone expected him just to be as great and bouncy as him. He had many expectations on him. Expected to hate BoneClan for killing his father, expected to be just as energetic as his mother and her mother before her and her father before her, expected to be a completely loyal ShadowClan warrior who followed every rule- which was pretty hard since ShadowClan was very broken after Hopestar’s disappearance, and Sagestar’s struggling rule.

Dewpaw was appointed to Fireripple, another semi-nervous she-cat in his life. He got along surprisingly well with his mentor, but it was one day when he found out she was mates with a BoneClan rogue, Blackpaw, and a spy for BoneClan. He confronted his mentor, who begged him to stay silent. He did, because he trusted his mentor to sort this out herself. But he was rather exasperated at all the drama and terror and idiocy surrounding the secrecy. It was when he discovered Clawwhisker was also a BoneClan spy- even more, a murderer of Squirreltuft, Rainbelly, and Fawnleap. Squirreltuft was Clawwhisker’s mate, and Rainbelly and Fawnleap had been her brothers. It was clear she showed no mercy. But what could he, a simple apprentice who tended to laze off most days, do? Protest against it, and get killed just like the others? Tell his leader? And have to deal with her basketcase of drama too?

So, Dewpaw made a decision that would later inspire his own mentor to do as well. He left the clans. No, he did not “run away”. Clan life was just not for him. He never enjoyed the strictness of borders, the flip-flopping of friendship and aggressiveness with the other clans, the apparently all-seeing, all-knowing “StarClan”, and the useless drama, new and old. He was much better as a loner, going where and when he want, from barn cat to alley cat to house cat, back to stray again. He made friends, but never stayed with them. If they ever inquired about his odd name, he would tell them of the clans, and tell them to stay away.

# Fun Facts

* His favorite color is red.
* His least favorite prey is birds, even though he thinks they taste the best.
* He was visited by Dewfeather once in his dreams, but since he doesn’t believe in StarClan, he dismissed it.
* He has loner blood through his grandfather, Victor, on his mother's side, and through his great-grandfather, Storm, on his father's side.
* He has kittypet blood through his great-great-great-grandfather, Deerflame, on his father's side.
* He has distant WindClan blood through his great-great-great-grandfather, Windclaw, on his mother's side, as well as on his father's side through his great-great-great-grandfather, Driftleap.
* He has distant SkyClan blood through his great-great-great-grandmother, Thistlesong, on his father's side.