Otterstar

### Children

Cicadachirp, Glisteningstone, Nooncall, Northfrost (daughters), Sorrelblitz, Mulchsnap, Stormspots (sons)

## Appearance and Personality

### Appearance

Otterstar was described as a handsome, muscular tom who was just generally attractive by HillClan standards. He was tall, thin, and short-furred, and had a solid brown pelt. His eyes were bright blue.

### Personality

Not much is known about Otterstar, since he was the leader so long ago, and only a few elders remember anything about him. He was described as noble, bold, and loyal.

## Backstory/Life

### Kithood

Otterkit was born in WindClan, before the Omen of Division, alongside his brother Gorgekit to his parents, Marejump and Marbletide. Marejump and Marbletide were well-known in WindClan and were called the perfect couple most of the time. Otterkit was a pretty handsome kit, and had inherited his father's good looks, so unfortunately his parents played some favoritism and paid a bit more attention to Otterkit than to Gorgekit. Somehow, Otterkit didn't know that upset him and he tried to play with his brother all the time, but his brother always refused and preferred to spend his time alone.

Otterkit also made friends with another litter of kits in the nursery which were a product of a cheated relationship. The kits' mother, called Runningfox, was the cat their father Trenchtooth cheated on his original mate with, resulting in the kits' father being absent. They seemed just fine though without their father. The kits' names were Scarletkit, Frostkit and Sorrelkit. He got along with all of them, and was happy to find that his brother found some company with Scarletkit. He was very happy throughout his kithood and was a very obedient, well-rounded kit.

### Apprenticeship

Otterpaw was apprenticed to none other than his father. It was his father's turn to teach him now, rather than his mother, and he was very happy with his leader's choice and had a ton of fun with his father and training with him. He still remained friends with Scarletpaw, Sorrelpaw, and Frostpaw, but was confused to find Scarletpaw drifting away from their friend group and more towards Gorgepaw, which he was fine with considering his brother needed more friends, but was a little sad she was drifting away.

But, he still had Frostpaw and Sorrelpaw, and he started getting especially close with Frostpaw. He'd invite her where he was going often, like on patrol or training, and they'd often bring gifts to each other, relax with each other, nap in the same nest. It was like they were inseperable, like their souls were twined together, that they were *destined* to be with each other in a sense.

So yeah, they had a crush on each other.

Sorrelpaw encouraged his sister to date Otterpaw, because they were really good friends and he just seemed like a good cat in general. He made this very obvious, when he was near Frostpaw and Otterpaw, and often Sorrelpaw was Otterpaw's wingman for some of the things he did for Frostpaw. For example, he helped Otterpaw move a boulder that was in the way of a pretty cliffside which had an astounding view of the sunset, and he took Frostpaw there many times. Unfortunately, those times had stopped because the ledge had broken, but it was nice while it lasted.

Around ten moons of age, Otterpaw started to notice his brother Gorgepaw and his little sass squad consisting of just him and Scarletpaw were bullying younger apprentices and picking on them. Otterpaw notified his friends about it, and they tried to get Gorgepaw and Scarletpaw to stop, but they unfortunately didn't. This made the two groups enemies of sorts, which really upset Otterpaw's group because, well, it was their siblings. They loved their siblings, but their siblings didn't love them. And they were just being downright bad people. So.

Unfortunately, Otterpaw's mother died of a heart attack, and his father couldn't cope with her death, so he attempted to leave WindClan but was killed by a landslide on his way out. Frostpaw and Sorrelpaw comforted him throughout that.

When all of the apprentices were around ten moons old, they took their final assessments. He was a bit upset to find that Sorrelpaw failed his assessment the first time, due to not being good enough at hunting, but half a moon later he became a warrior, and they were all warriors. So that's nice!

### Warrior Life

All of the apprentices received their warrior names; Otterfall, Frostcry, Sorrelflare, Gorgespark and Scarletgrove. Otterfall and his friends were overjoyed to be warriors, and Sorrelflare told Otterfall that he could finally propose to Frostcry. So, Otterfall told him he would, and a few moons later when they were 17 moons old, Sorrelflare helped him set up a nice trail near a meadow, with flower petals scattered across it that led to a nice flower-filled clearing that Otterfall would be in, waiting for Frostcry.

Sorrelflare led Frostcry to the trail, and then let the magic happen. Frostcry walked across the trail to Otterfall, and they spent a nice, romantic evening together, where Otterfall finally asked Frostcry to be his mate. And she said yes! The couple were happy they could finally be together now that they were warriors, but Sorrelflare had to run and interrupt their date to tell them that Gorgespark and Scarletgrove had set fire to camp.

Obviously, Frostcry and Otterfall were bewildered, but Sorrelflare explained that since the air was so dry and it was so sunny, a grass fire had started, and the two cats had lit a branch on fire from that grass fire and set fire to the camp. At that news, the two were shocked and went back to the WindClan camp, where they evacuated the cats and so it was just Frostcry, Otterfall, Sorrelflare, Scarletgrove and Gorgespark.

Otterfall demanded his brother and his accomplice why they would do this, and Gorgespark replied that he just hated WindClan. He hated them for not realizing that nobody was giving him attention, and that only now he was getting attention because they were scared of him. They ended up fighting in the fire-lit camp, and Otterfall ended up victorious, having to kill his own brother to prevent him from destroying WindClan.

Otterfall was a hero. After the fire stopped miraculously (in reality, when they were staying at ThunderClan for shelter firefighters came and put the fire out) and they went back to camp, they all celebrated Otterfall's victory. But Otterfall didn't feel victorious. Sorrelflare had inhaled too much smoke while in the fire and had died from it, leaving Frostcry and Otterfall devastated. (After Gorgespark's demise, Scarletgrove went to live as a loner.)

Not only that, but he had killed his own brother. Even though he was in the wrong, he felt horrible about it. Frostcry was there for him through thick and thin though, and she gently told him that he wasn't at fault for his brother's actions. That made him feel a bit better about it, but he still missed Sorrelflare.

Eventually, about a week after the fire, the Dividing Omen happened, one of the burnt trees in WindClan camp falling over and shaking the camp to its core. Before he knew it, the Clans were divided, and he was one of the leaders chosen to lead the cats to find their new territory that they would reside in. A few moons later, they finally found it, and his Clan was renamed HillClan. He was proud to stand by his ancestors.

At around twenty-three moons of age, when HillClan was still trying to settle into their new territory and choose dens, the Clan picked out a few good candidates for the first leader of their camp. Keep in mind, it was the start of leaf-bare now.

The Clan prompted their ancestors to choose the best candidate out of four cats, and one of the trees in camp shed its first leaf, which dropped at Otterfall's paws. StarClan had spoken, and Otterfall was chosen to be the leader. Still being quite close to the Moonpool, he and the medicine cat went to get his lives and his new name. He came back later as Otterstar, first leader of HillClan. He was happy with his new rank, and assigned a tom as deputy whom he thought worthy of the deputy position; Brackenrush.

When he was twenty-four moons old, his mate Frostcry approached him and told him that she was expecting his kits. Otterstar was overjoyed and very happy with his mate, and she quickly moved into the nursery after breaking the news. She gave birth when Otterstar was twenty-six moons old two moons later, to seven kits; three boys and four girls. The she-kits were named Cicadakit, Glisteningkit, Noonkit, and Northkit, and the toms were named Sorrelkit (after Sorrelflare), Mulchkit, and Stormkit. Otterstar enjoyed spending time with his mate and kits.

When Otterstar was thirty-two moons old, his kits were made apprentices, and he mentored his daughter Noonpaw. Noonpaw was a quiet, obedient and smart apprentice and he was glad to have mentored her. Noonpaw would also inform her father of Clan gossip, so he was glad to hear that his son Sorrelpaw was in a relationship with a she-cat apprentice named Moorpaw, and so was his daughter Cicadapaw, with a tom named Shardpaw.

Eventually, when Otterstar and Frostcry were thirty-eight moons old, their kits were made warriors! He was very proud of his kits and their new names; Cicadachirp, Glisteningstone, Nooncall, Northfrost, Sorrelblitz, Mulchsnap, and Stormspots. He often kept in touch with them, mostly Nooncall.

When he was forty-two moons old, he was happy to hear that Cicadachirp and Shardfall were expecting kits. They had three daughters two moons later, when Otterstar was forty-four moons old, and around the same time Northfrost and Nooncall were expecting kits as well.

His family kept on growing and growing, and he had a very happy life filled with lots of family members and descendants. Unfortunately, Otterstar died at the age of eighty-one moons old due to heart complications, his mate Frostcry followed after a badger set collapsed on her three moons later, and his two daughters ended up dying a few moons after that; Northfrost first, while giving birth to her third litter of kits, and Cicadachirp second, who had died in her sleep due to an illness. He looks down on all his relatives from StarClan and usually gives leaders a life at ceremonies.

## Other

### Trivia

* Otterstar probably has a bigger family than Maroonlily if I went out of my way to figure it out.