Flamewing

**Flamewing** is a red-mackerel-tabby tom with a white chin, chest, underbelly, and hind paw. He has amber eyes.

## Kin

### Half-Sisters

Smallcloud, Graysky, Whisperkit, Bunnykit, Aspenkit, Ghostkit

## Appearances

### Chapters:

Shattered Stars,

**Flamewing** is a rogue that served under Hollowstar's leadership in the Great Valley territories. He was born as **Flamekit** to Thrushleap and Foxblaze of HollowClan alongside his siblings: Crowkit, Sandkit, and Palekit. He was later apprenticed as **Flamepaw** with his mother, Foxblaze, as his mentor. Having no kindness for kits, Foxblaze showed no compassion for her own son and trained him with little praise. Flamepaw fought more ferociously, hunted more prey, and strived to impress his mother and mentor. Foxblaze never showed any signs of approval much to his dismay and frustration. On the other hand, his siblings were showered with praise by their mentors and Flamepaw was insanely envious. Especially of his brother, Sandpaw, as the latter struggled to not run away from even a mouse. Mole and Priscilla were patient and comforted their apprentices which Flamepaw interpreted as taking pity on Palepaw and Sandpaw. Since his mother would not praise him, Flamepaw started complimenting himself and largely exaggerating his place in the clan. These lies he told himself to originally cheer himself up eventually made him become disillusioned with his ideals. Strength was the only thing that mattered. The weak would worthless. Thus, Flamepaw began to bully his youngest brother, Sandpaw, and leer at him. He drafted his other brother, Crowpaw, into his antics and the duo stirred up trouble in HollowClan. Due to his bravery in battles and his perseverance to never back down from any enemy, Flamepaw was made a warrior early and renamed **Flamewing**. By this point, he was convinced he was part of some untold prophecy and that his birth would benefit HollowClan. He decided he was the 'flame' that would purge HollowClan of all its impurities.

Knowing Hollowstar founded HollowClan by brutally subduing everything in his way, Flamewing admired his leader as a symbol of unbeatable strength. It was part of the reason he became interested in Pumpkinspice, the leader's eldest daughter. Following in her father's pawsteps for being a fearless fighter, Flamewing found her cold demeanor attractive. She seemed like an unwavering pillar cemented in her own ideals and would protect them with tooth and claw. Such a perfect candidate to pair with his own strength, Flamewing thought. Relying on his confidence, he worked his charm on her. She ignored his advances with little interest, but her face was usually unreadable. Swept up in his own goals, Flamewing failed to notice his brother's quiet infatuation with Pumpkinspice. Crowfrost kept silent about his feelings while Flamewing continued to court her. When Pumpkinspice finally accepted him, Flamewing felt satisfied with himself. Eliminating the weak and breeding new strength into HollowClan was his mission. He was confident their future kits would be warriors on par with Hollowstar himself.

Now that his bloodline was secured, Flamewing focused on his other goal: plucking withering weeds within the clan. He continued to torment his skittish brother, Sandpaw, by chasing him into adder-infested lands, slipping centipedes into his food, when he wasn't looking, and anything else he could to spark fear in the tom. Honestly, it proved very easy to keep Sandpaw fleeing back to the Apprentice's Den. Seeing his brother cower before him kept Flamewing feeling superior. Crowfrost sometimes aided Flamewing with his pranks. Something he would later regret. Hollowstar did nothing to curb the bullying because he didn't care. He led because he was the strongest and won every duel. He cared not if cats couldn't defend themselves and the clan continued to listen to him because no one dared to correct him except Thrushleap and Rosepatches. Flamewing did not understand how a cat with such overwhelming power like Hollowstar would accept advice from a coward like Thrushleap. Even if the latter was his father, Flamewing did not exempt the deputy from his judgement. Thrushleap was so adverse to using his claws, he would resort to begging Hollowstar to let it go and let him talk it out instead. Flamewing decided only cowards too pathetic to use their claws try to talk out conflicts with enemies. His loathing towards his own father grew with every abandoned fight and debate. At some point, Flamewing believed it would be best for HollowClan if Thrushleap stepped down and a genius warrior replaced him. A warrior of formidable will and inspiring skill. A warrior like Flamewing~ Flamewing tried to passively convince his father to retire early. Thrushleap refused and scolded his son for being so ambitious. Flamewing scoffed and decided it would be easier to convince Hollowstar to remove Thrushleap from his position. Showing off in battles by defeating the most enemies was a start. Another tactic was to offer his own advice to Hollowstar in private and boasting about Pumpkinspice's kits. He thought that by supporting Hollowstar's eagerness for battle and reminding his leader of his kinship to his daughter, Flamewing would increase his worth in the leader's eyes. All he had to do was make his own worth exceed his father's and the deputyship would be his.

When another moon passed without any change, Flamewing's frustration grew. Was he not good enough? No, he was the best there was. Or so he told himself. He even played with his kits and did his best to act as a loving mate to Pumpkinspice despite her fickle interest. He did so to reel in his more emotionally driven clanmates. Being the most fearless warrior, loyal mate, and dedicated father earned him a lot of favor in the clan. Unfortunately, it still didn't bring him the results he wanted.

...[w.i.p. section]...

Flamewing's frustration had reached a snapping point.