Kestrelfall

## Appearance & Personality

Kestrelfall is a thin, mostly short-haired tom with long, tufted ears. The fur on his cheeks is long and droops down. His pelt is a light reddish brown, with darker brown markings around his back, legs, tail and face. He has a sandy underbelly, and that same color creating rings around his tail. His eyes are a fiery amber, but could also be interpreted as yellow.

He is rather cold and tense most of the time, and doesn't usually show much emotion, other than to those he is close to. Kestrelfall hardly ever joins in on other cats joking around, as he is much more of a 'work' cat than a 'play' cat. Along with his his coldness, he also has a tendency to be quite of a grump, and could possibly lose his temper - in some circumstances. He isn't one to fight his anger out, though, and usually lashes out through verbal responses than physical. Again, though, he hardly ever gets that angry. And usually before he *would* get that angry, he'll evade the situation, in order to avoid starting conflict. Kestrel is incredibly loyal to his Clan and Clanmates, and normally shows them nothing but respect, unless he considers them untrustworthy. Despite being sort of young, he acts very mature.

## Power

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## Brief History

Kestrel lived as a loner before he left his family behind, and stumbled upon the newly forming ThunderClan, deciding to join under Icestar's leadership. Here he mentored Wingsoar, and fell in love with Heatherlight amidst all the chaos with the Median. Whilst in WindClan, he died in a a tunnel cave-in along with his mate, and joined the Council of Nine in the afterlife.

## Detailed History

Long before Icestar had organized the Clans in the Valley, Kestrel was born near present-day ShadowClan territory, to Raven and Shallow Wind, along with his sister, Soot. At the age of three moons, his father Shallow Wind had gone out on a hunting trip, leaving his mother with him and his sister. Unfortunately, with only the protection of their mother, Kestrel and Soot were caught by a hawk whilst playing together near the den. Raven was quick enough to free Kestrel from the bird's talons, but the hawk managed to fly off with Soot. Kestrel had never known such grief, and when Shallow Wind returned far too late, his son he distanced himself in the den, listening as his parents cried over their lost daughter. For moons after that he began to grow bitter, often getting scolded by his father in his youth for snapping back or giving him the cold shoulder much more often than not. It wasn't until Raven died from an illness none of them were familiar with that he finally cleaned up his act; going from rude and hateful to just... quiet and stern. Kestrel stayed by his father's side until Shallow Wind succumbed to an illness not unlike his mother's.

Now he was alone. He ventured off towards the oak forest near home, stumbling upon Icestar and the Farlanders as they arrived. She had offered all surrounding rogues and loners a home in ThunderClan, where they'd be safe and taken care of. Kestrel accepted and joined, earning the name of Kestrelfall.

In order to get to know Icestar better, he approached her one day while she was basking on the Highrock, and, to his surprise, she invited him out for a hunt. It was out on this hunt that she told him about her lack of claws, and demonstrated how she was able to hunt without them. Kestrelfall was beyond fascinated, intrigued by her ability to still hunt and fight with no claws - she was already a very small cat, surely it was hard enough already. She had certainly earned his respect after that chat, and as they carried their catches home, he truly believed he'd find peace here in ThunderClan. The new warrior was soon given his very own apprentice to train: Wingpaw. She was excitable and energetic, and loved going out to train and hunt with him. While normally Kestrelfall would have become horribly drained and annoyed by her enthusiasm, he began to grow used to it, and in fact, found himself enjoying her company. The two of them practiced fighting moves together, and had even climbed a tree in hopes of snagging a robin. Luckily neither of them had been injured, and it was quite a thrilling experience for the both of them.

He had been looking to get Wingpaw out of camp again when Heatherlight approached him, where the two of them introduced themselves. They were cut short by young Pigeonkit dragging them to the nursery to check out Red, his favorite red beetle. Kestrelfall joined the other warrior and followed the kit, surprised to find that Red was... a bit stone-faced. For he was simply a small red stone - but to Pigeonkit he was of course the most beetly beetle in the world. Heatherlight and Kestrelfall did their best to play along, and Kestrelfall envied how easy the other warrior made it seem. And for a while he simply stood by and watched as Heatherlight played with the kit, a fuzzy feeling dawning in his heart. Before he could figure out what it was, Pigeonkit raced out to the leader's den to get Icestar, and show her Red as well. This left the two warriors alone, in which they briefly mentioned how interesting the little tom was, but fell to silence as the leader came into the den.

- leaving tc during median event

- confessing to heather

- . Icestars death

- death

- giving life of Fidelity to Rosestar

- joining council of nine