Scorchpelt's Confrontation

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## General Information

### Outcome:

Neither victory nor defeat* Scorchpelt's disappearance?
* Scarletflame's slight paranoia, a result of Scorchpelt's assumed disappearance

## Combatants

On The Offense:* FernClan

Neither:

* Rogues

## Involved Roleplayers

### Present:

* Scorch
* Moonee
* Snow

## Summary

### Premise

Upon receiving news of Rosepaw's untimely murder, the cats of FernClan right away jump to try and find the culprit. This is very quickly revealed to be Briar by a key witness, that being Snakefang, who had been wracked with feelings of guilt and numbness after the whole situation unraveled before him. Scorchpelt and Scarletflame pair together, along with a few others in the search party, to track down and bring the apprentice's murderer to justice. Instead of finding an escaping she-cat, however, they stumble upon her freshly killed body. Scarletflame's initial reaction was one of horror, as Briar had been her sister, no matter how horrible she had been. Scorchpelt took notice to this, and grew concerned that his mate would might as well be driven into hysteria, noting how stressed she had been dealing with Snakefang. After the two hold a private vigil for the murderous she-cat, they return to the camp, only to have an unidentified she-cat pad up to Scorchpelt. In a hushed tone, she reports that Briar's scent wasn't alone, revealing that there were two others. Scorchpelt asks her if her party found where the scents led, to which she responds that they had, and, with much disgust, reveals that both of them led back to Frozen Heart's land. With this information, Scorchpelt quickly jumps to the assumption that the two rogues had been accomplices, and he turns thoughtfully to Rosepaw's body before turning back to the informer with icy eyes, informing her of his new intent. One of retaliation, and of revenge.

## Description

### Before The Battle

With this new yearning in mind, Scorchpelt slips up the *leader's branch*, disregarding the call to gather, as FernClan had already been congregating around Rosepaw's body. Scorchpelt, in a fit of this sort of calm rage, declares war on The Rogues, informing them that at the break of dawn, when the vigil had ended, that they would pounce on Frozen Heart and his "loyalists" - though he's in a moment of fury, Scorchpelt still thinks clearly enough to send cats to gather reinforcements for their anti-rogue campaign from the other Clans. However, it is never confirmed nor denied whether the other leaders had agreed to this, though it is very likely that they refused the call to action, due to the absence of these characters during the actual event. However, there is a very real possibility that this confrontation is somehow linked to how Moonstar was able to access Mittens, and form an alliance with her. That aside,

## Characters That Took Part in The Battle

**FernClan**

⠀⠀Scorchpelt

⠀⠀Scarletflame

⠀⠀*Unidentified Members Of FernClan*

**The Rogues**

⠀⠀Mittens

⠀⠀*Unidentified Members Of The Rogues*

## Quotes

"*Frozen Heart's rogues usually didn't bother them unless at Gatherings, but now there was evidence of several murderers in their territory. This was enough to create high tensions for all the cats in the Clan if word got out.*"

- Narrator on The Rogues

"*Scorchpelt knew well what this could cause by way of Clan tensions, but perhaps a little tension, a little anger, was good for them after this incident. Giving the warrior he’d been speaking to a last nod, Scorchpelt trotted towards highrock and leaped upon it, gazing down at the scene below him for a moment before he spoke. The cats were crowded around Rosepaw’s body, and another flash of anger and grief for their fallen Clanmate raged through Scorchpelt’s chest, giving him the courage to yowl. There was no need for the common call to gather- they were all already here.*"

- Narrator on Scorchpelt's inner thoughs

*"*I *am* *the leader. Not Frozen Heart. Whatever you have to settle with him is none of my concern. So if you'd please get off of my land, and go look for him elsewhere, it'd be greatly appreciated."*

- Mittens to the Scarletflame

## Trivia

* This is the first in-roleplay skirmish that FernClan actually initiated.