Codstar

*"We may lose cats... but if EagleClan is to pick a fight with the Clans... don't expect yourselves to survive."*
— **Codstar** to Estuarysting as he kills him in *Arc Three: The Codeless Clan*

## Codstar

* Charart
* Official art

## Arc Appearances

### Living

*Arc Two: Trouble Amid*
*Arc Three: The Codeless Clan*

**Codstar** is a dark gray tom with very dark gray, almost black, stripes, yellow eyes, one of which is blinded, and several scars covering his body.

**Codstar** is the current leader of NeedleClan. He was born as **Codkit** to Ivyshadow and Honeysmoke alongside his brother, Beetlekit, and an unnamed, stillborn sibling. His father had been exiled from NeedleClan alongside Cloudeyes after both had attempted to kill Snowstar, which traumatized Codkit within his early stages of life. He ran away, only to be returned to NeedleClan thanks to Carnation and Blue, due to his father's influence. A moon afterward, he was made an apprentice alongside his brother and Hailkit, Snowstar's kit, and was renamed **Codpaw**. He showed determination to prove himself worthy for his half-brother, Gulfpaw, who was killed by Fatekeeper's dogs shortly before. While Snowstar was captured by Twolegs, Codpaw had been left devastated. Without a figure to look up to due to his mother's past history of arson, he distanced himself from the Clan, which resulted in him and his kin distancing themselves, especially Beetlepaw. It was not until he witnessed the deaths of Birchfern and Tupelobill, the latter being an ex-friend, that he realized how much he needed to try to help.

Codpaw accidentally journeyed to the border between a rogue group and DeerClan, where he met three other apprentices, all of which from different Clans: Sockpaw, Aspenpaw, and Violetpaw. They had wandered all the way to Twolegplace and back to Starry Central, before being attacked by Sappaw. Codpaw was badly injured in the battle, causing him to leave and recover back at camp. After recovering, he tried to talk to Spruceroots, who only shooed him away. Shortly afterward, he met Fire, and quickly befriended him. He was there to greet Snowstar and Graykit when they returned from their disappearances and gained a warm hello in return. During the NeedleClan fire, Codpaw was one of the first to help evacuate his Clanmates, helping Snowstar assign who helped with who. However, they unfortunately did not get to everyone, resulting in the deaths of Hibiscussky, Jaysong, and Flowerpaw - NeedleClan's medicine cat, Snowstar's son, and Autumnbreeze's adopted kit, respectively. Shortly after, despite the feeling of shame, Codpaw moved on from his guilt, and was named a warrior, **Codstone**. Right away, Codstone shows extreme intelligence when it comes to managing the Clan, and Snowstar gives him credit for doing so. Codstone is also given Firepaw as a temporary apprentice, alongside Rookstalker as a fellow mentor.

While NeedleClan sheltered in SwiftClan's camp, Codstone met Emeraldclick, a young warrior just a few moons older than he was. Before the two could properly introduce, Emeraldclick is shooed away by his father, Glacierroar. A few days later, he encounters a BoulderClan she-cat named Bloomflood after wandering too far from NeedleClan's camp and comes back to SwiftClan moony-eyed. Monarchflutter and Emeraldclick confront him, and the latter is determined to make him see Bloomflood again in an attempt to get them together, despite very clearly liking Codstone himself. The plan is a success, as Bloomflood vows to meet both Codstone and Emeraldclick again. After NeedleClan goes home, Rainshade has Snowstar's third litter of kits, and one of them, Jaykit, appears to be very close with Codstone, always squealing in joy at his comments or Codstone himself. Codstone gets closer with Bloomflood and Emeraldclick, meeting them constantly and overall enjoying their company. Eventually, the three of them become mates.

Moons pass, and Codstone gets closer with his grandfather, Snowstar. The two are discussing over their fears when they are interrupted by Riversight and the spirit of Taintpath, who suddenly attack them both. To the worst of their luck, Reefkit appears, and is taken away by Taintpath. Snowstar convinces Codstone to find Taintpath and Reefkit while he handles Riversight, and with hesitance, Codstone agrees to do so. He meets Taintpath's sister, Lemonfrost, who had successfully killed Taintpath's spirit - but both turned up empty-pawed, without Reefkit in sight. Codstone returns to where he saw Snowstar only to find him on the floor, and he rushes to his grandfather's side, comforting him as Snowstar had succumbed to the lightning that struck him, his dying breaths naming Codstone as the new leader. He later received his nine lives and became **Codstar** with Firepaw by his side.

Codstar is woken by a vision, receiving a prophecy symbolizing the upcoming flood. Knowing his Clan is in danger, having concluded the harshness of the weather, he evacuates them back to SwiftClan territory, where he explains to Pepperstar that Snowstar is dead, and that he is the new leader of NeedleClan. Pepperstar takes his Clan in with gratitude, and when Jaypaw returns to explain that Kestrelpaw had been swept up by the flood, Codstar takes immediate action to find her, instead encountering Tupelobill and getting a life taken from him. Witnessing Tupelobill kill Gulfpaw once more, Codstar kills Tupelobill's spirit in response, despite the grief in his heart. He renames Gulfpaw, changing his name to Gulfspring, after an encounter with the False Entity. Softpounce and Ravenspots return to the Clan, and Ravenspots reveals that Polarpaw and Rainshade were swept away after Softpounce knocked them off of a branch. Because of this, she is exiled. However, Rainshade returns to the Clan despite her presumed disappearance, and Codstar quickly realizes she had lost her memory. Codstar goes to speak with Emeraldclick, who demands to know where he has been the whole time. Codstar tries to explain himself, but Emeraldclick concludes that he isn't devoting his time to him and runs away. As Codstar goes to calm himself, he encounters Jayfall, who rather bluntly tells him that he attacked, and nearly killed, Emeraldclick. Codstar, however, is unable to find him, and debates whether Jayfall should stay in NeedleClan or should go. Shortly after, Ravenspots requests to change his name to Ravenlight to start anew, and Codstar reluctantly agrees. Approximately a moon after, the Clan prepares to leave to return home. However, due to a shocking reveal that exposed Florettwist, Scorpionsting's daughter, as a mother to her two kits, Thrasherkit and Archkit, Codstar snaps at her, warning her to watch her tone and behave, let alone around her own kits. As Codstar is patrolling the tunnels with Jayfall, a sudden unnatural landslide occurs. Jayfall makes it out alive but turns back at Codstar is crushed beneath the debris. He later wakes up to Snakeheart and Leopardshade helping him out, and Jayfall watching helplessly in the back. Goldengaze, a surrogate for Codstar, later has his kits, and Codstar expresses concern and distress over her, for both her sake and the sake of his children. However, all four turn out strong and healthy, and he names them Silentkit and Claykit, while Goldengaze names the other two Silverkit and Horsekit. Codstar is unsettled by his youngest son's name, but he disregards it. He then catches the scent of a BoulderClan cat and two of his warriors and finds a BoulderClan warrior named Spiritbomb bringing home Bouldersong and Spruceroots. To express his gratitude, Codstar lets him in. It is until a fox strikes and kills Waterkit, Tumbleice, and Dirtbreeze, that Spiritbomb stays and suddenly mysteriously disappears.

Codstar, after returning his Clan home safely, meets the SwiftClan deputy, Skunktail, on the border, and the two discuss their worries. They encounter Laurelthorn, who seems to sass them but eventually leaves. He later makes his kits apprentices with pride. During their apprentice ceremonies, he assigns Horsepaw with Laurelthorn, and because of this his son grows more distant with him. After she receives her second apprentice, Raspberrypaw, however, she and Horsespirit get in a fight after Laurelthorn attacks her sister, Tumblemouse, and Codstar subsequently exiles the she-cat, feeling guilty for making his son deal with her for so long. During the mystery with the hanging prey, Codstar decides to send out a patrol consisting of Jayfall, himself, and Snakeheart. However, the trio confront Ivyshadow, who had been behind the whole ordeal, and Snakeheart sacrifices his life in order to kill his brother. Codstar is heartbroken and concerned, especially after Jayfall runs off, but takes Snakeheart's body back to NeedleClan to let them grieve. He quickly grows outraged when Jayfall and Snowpaw discover Florettwist's body, killed by Scorpionsting, and he commands a patrol brings her back to camp, no matter what. This patrol later consists of Jayfall, Firesong, Okapicrash, Blackberryjewel, Ravenlight, Orcapaw, and Hailfall. However, after an attack on Snowflurry and Rainshade, the latter reveals to Codstar that she had remembered the name Snowstar, unsettling Codstar as he realizes her mate may have been the very one to attack the young warrior. He dismisses the two to Seedbloom's den, rushing to catch up to the patrol and telling them to head home, realizing how much danger he almost put them through. Not long after he and the patrol return to camp, two DeerClan cats, Pancakebounce and her daughter, Frightpaw, enter camp, the apprentice severely wounded. She goes on to describe a scarred cream cat with green eyes that had attacked her, and Firesong and Codstar are both horrified by the depiction of the attacker as they realize it was Laurelthorn. He goes on to wonder why she would pose a threat to DeerClan, and considers speaking to the other leaders about the incident.

As Codstar makes Honeypuddle and Slatestem's kits apprentices, he assigns himself as the mentor to Drizzlepaw, hoping he could serve as a good mentor to him. He assigns Chanterellepaw to his son, Horsespirit, almost as an apology, and assigns Flowerpaw to Zebraprod, Ashpaw to Ravenlight, and Tinypaw to Panda. Shortly after the ceremony, Drizzlepaw gets attacked by an unknown cat, resulting in his death, and Codstar is stricken with grief, mortified by his broken promise, hiding away in his den. He falls asleep, later awoken by Blackberryjewel, Tumblemouse, and Seedbloom. The medicine cat tells Codstar that he had lost a life, although it is uncertain how. He goes to discover the commotion in the camp and finds a patrol consisting of Fawnpurr, Badgermask, Chanterellepaw, and Okapicrash, who had escorted Pepperstar, Nibblegnaw, Muddydapple, Daggerslash, and Enchantingscroll, alongside Muddydapple's recent litter consisting of Pepperkit, Ravenkit, Nibblekit, and Emeraldkit. Codstar is determined to help the kits out, letting them nurse alongside Tumblemouse's kits, Rattlekit, Ricekit, Meerkatkit, and Mousekit, although notices that Emeraldkit looks awfully familiar, passing it off as a convenience. Moons after this, a former BoulderClan warrior named Rainshadow joins NeedleClan, injured from a recent fight. He allows Badgermask and Rainshade to retire to the elders' den alongside Snakewhisker, knowing they've served their time in NeedleClan and respecting both of their wishes to retire. Codstar speaks with Tumblemouse on the recent disappearance of Horsespirit, beginning to grow concerned and worrying that he may be dead, but Tumblemouse only reassures him and tells him that she's sure he's alive somewhere. He begins to grow concerned about all the disappearances in NeedleClan, guaranteeing himself to be sure to address it to the other leaders soon. After Ashpaw returns to NeedleClan after having ran away due to Drizzlepaw's death, Codstar warmly welcomes him, breaking up a fight between Flowershade, Tremarctosflicker, and Peonygorse as Flowershade had attempted to attack Ashpaw. He accepts Ashpaw into NeedleClan, despite Flowershade and Tremarctosflicker seeming hesitant, as he gets glares from the young warriors as they leave. Later on, he is nervously pacing in the forest when he encounters Beetleflower, who announces that his mate will be having kits. Codstar congratulates him, giving his best advice although admitting it isn't the greatest as his son went missing. Beetleflower reassures him, telling him that he's sure he'll turn up eventually. He goes on to check in on Honeysmoke, who had gotten a bad cough but dismisses it to not worry her son. Codstar continues to fret, advising his mother to be careful and to stay alive, for all her kin's sakes.

Codstar greets Skunktail, Eveningsun, and Owlscar as they enter his camp, where Skunktail reveals that Pepperstar and Nibblegnaw had died and he is now Skunkstar, the new leader. Codstar pays his respects, asking why the three had come, and Skunkstar goes on by saying that he needed to call a Gathering for important reasons. Codstar dismisses him, wishing him luck, before grouping his warriors and going to the Gathering, silencing the crowded cats and letting Skunkstar speak. The new leader announces the disappearance of his warriors Emeraldflick, Dogstare, Daggerslash, and Covespring, which catches Codstar on edge, but he only announces the disappearances of his members as well, while warning the Clans to keep a lookout for their most recently exiled cats, Laurelthorn and Scorpionsting. Amberstar suggests the cats fight with the newly discovered EagleClan which results in an argument breaking out, causing Eveningsun's death after she is struck by lightning. Codstar becomes paranoid and attempts to speak to Amberstar not long after the Gathering, but the cat takes a life from him, and Codstar realizes that he may have to become BoulderClan's enemy if it means saving his own Clanmates from Amberstar. He goes on into a panicked state as EagleClan attacks his camp and kills Snakewhisker and Clumsyflame, as well as takes a life from him, and takes several cats prisoner. Although Codstar does attack his murderer, Estuarysting, and successfully kills him, Firesong and Lynxkit, Ravenlight's kit, go missing shortly after, then followed by Honeysmoke's death due to a cancer in her lungs, making Codstar fall into an unstable mindset.

*More coming soon...*

## Detailed description

Codstar is a moderately small, lanky, thin-furred dark gray tom with long legs, a long striped tail with a torn base and a fluffy tail tip, and large, shredded ears. He has very dark gray, almost black stripes along his back, tail, shoulders and head, and wide yellow eyes, one of which is blinded by a large scar running from his ear down to his muzzle. He has large scars on his two front legs and paws, the back of his neck, and his left shoulder.

### Scars gained

*The following contains a chronological list of scars and/or major injuries that Codstar has gained:*

* Shredded ear tips, blind eye, scarred face, legs, base of tail, and long scratches on neck and shoulder, from a rockslide caused by Emeraldclick

## Killed victims

* Tupelobill *(spiritually)*
* Estuarysting

## Leader info

**Leader Info**

## Personality and Relationships

*Main article: Codstar/PR*

Codstar is loyal and dedicated, willing to do anything to serve his Clan. He is normally gentle and caring but can grow ferocious and intimidating if necessary or if he loses his temper. As a kit and throughout most of his apprenticeship, Codstar was fearful, worrisome, and hesitant. He formed a very close bond with his grandfather, Snowstar, and grew close with Jayfall, his half-uncle, and Goldengaze, the she-cat who stepped in as surrogate for his youngest litter. For more of Codstar's personality and relationships, click here!

## Family

*Main article: Codstar/Family*

Codstar's parents are Honeysmoke and Ivyshadow. His former mates are Bloomflood and Emeraldclick, and Dahliastone, Horsespirit, Silvermist, Claytongue, and Silenthunt are his children. For more of Codstar's family, click here!

## Trivia

* Codstar's whole story had been planned out before he was even born, excluding his relationship with his former mates and Goldengaze.
* Codstar is one of Ellie's favorite OCs.
* Codstar is related to several leaders, including Loststar, Pebblestar, and more known, his grandfather, Snowstar.

## Quotes

"You just lost a life. I-I'm just worried you'll lose your last one anytime soon. I don't want to lose my grandfather. I don't want to lose *you.*"
Codstone to Snowstar, *Arc Three: The Codeless Clan*

"Riversight! Is this really worth it? If you kill a Clan leader, you'll be resented all the same. Why do you follow your father's footsteps, rather than your mother? She raised you, helped create your Clan. Do you not respect any of that?" [-] "You could be better than this. You have kits to protect, siblings to appreciate... why throw that all behind for your foolish accomplishments? You can't be like your father. You can't be a monster, too." [-] "It wasn't her fault. Snakeheart was the one who killed her. She got in the way because she didn't want Fawnspeckle to die." [-] "You're not strong, Riversight. It's not power that makes you strong. It's the respect, and true respect. Not false respect for strength."
Codstone to Riversight while she attacks Snowstar, *Arc Three: The Codeless Clan*

"He wanted you to know how much he loved you. He wants you to be strong. You and his other living kits. He loved you all so much... if only things were different."
Codstar to Honeysmoke about Snowstar's death, *Arc Three: The Codeless Clan*

"Hailfall. I have had my doubts in you in the past. I am positive that the past is behind me now, and it should be for the rest of NeedleClan. With every death comes a new dawn for NeedleClan, and that's who we stand to be. And, Hailfall, you shall remain to worship that fact, correct?" [-] "I say these words before StarClan, so that the spirits of our ancestors, and the spirit of Snowstar himself, may hear and approve my choice. Hailfall will be the new deputy of NeedleClan."
Codstar appointing Hailfall as his deputy, *Arc Three: The Codeless Clan*

**Emeraldclick**: "Why didn't you tell me you were leader? I thought you died or something. You should've told me!"

**Codstar**: "I'm sorry, I was busy. I became leader right before the storm, I didn't have the chance..."

**Emeraldclick**: "Why are you leader, anyways? You weren't Snowstar's deputy."

**Codstar**: "I know, but I—"
**Emeraldclick**: "If you were made leader, you could've just given it to Snakeheart or something. Right?"
**Codstar**: "I guess, but—"
**Emeraldclick**: "You're too inexperienced, I—"
**Codstar**: "*LET ME TALK!"* [-] "I'm sorry, but please, listen to me. I need to prove I'm worthy. Right now, this Clan thinks I'm some disobedient stupid kid. I need to prove I'm more than that. My parents are an arsonist and a murderer. Don't you get that?"
**Emeraldclick**: "You shouldn't look up to Snowstar. And you can always adjust time to be with me. You have Hailfall, he's your deputy. Right?"
**Codstar**: "Yes. But I'm too busy to make time. I promise, as soon as this is over—"
**Emeraldclick**: "Too busy? *Too busy?!* And, what? You promise you'd make time? I know you won't. You're NeedleClan's leader. You got to look after your grandfather's legacy! You know what?! I hate Snowstar!"
**Codstar**: "Emeraldclick, that's not—"
**Emeraldclick**: "*SHUT UP!* If you're 'too busy' for me, why don't you just *LEAVE?!*"
**Codstar**: "You know what? Fine. I will. You're not the Emeraldclick I used to know."

Codstar breaking up with Emeraldclick, *Arc Three: The Codeless Clan*

"And you're not hiding something from her?! She still doesn't know about Gulfspring, does she? They have a right to know. You're keeping a secret from her, why can't she keep one from you? And besides, your kits are only a few moons younger than me, and they still do not know! Covebranch died without knowing the truth! Softpounce is exiled! Don't you get any of that? This world does not revolve around you!"
Codstar scolding Scorpionsting for snarling at Florettwist during a meeting, *Arc Three: The Codeless Clan*

## Appearances

* *Arc Two: Trouble Amid*
* *Arc Three: The Codeless Clan*