The Lights

The Thorns is a group of cats that was at war with The Darks. The leaders are King Augustus and Queen Hesia. They won when Lunis killed Ares. They are a matriarchal kingdom, meaning women have the most power.

## History

#### **The Era of Queen Rose**

The Thorns were officially created by Rose after disbanding from Strike’s tribe. She was elected leader as an early teen after her mother Lillia passed away from heart failure.

The Thorns seemed to admire Rose for her calm and calculated ruling method. She made her citizens feel safe and welcome. Originally, the Thorns didn't even have a label for themselves.

After hearing that King Romulus' kingdom was rapidly growing, Rose officially created the name for The Thorns and began taking the conflict more seriously, even getting information from spies. After Rose and Lydia form an alliance, they attempt to overthrow King Maxwell and rule together. This backfires, resulting in Lydia's death and the creation of the Curse.

After Queen Rose is cursed she is unable to lead the Light's clearly, resulting in her best friend Queen Felicity to take temporary charge and reorganize. Felicity offers to obtain Rose's curse, and even give it to her unborn daughter to create a royal pipeline, considering Rose has no kits of her own. Rose agrees, and begins to master her curse, as does Felicity and Queen Hesia.

**The Era of Queen Felicity**

Queen Rose is murdered by Ares in an attempt to seize power, but Felicity steps up to prevent this. Not much is known about Queen Felicity or her ruling style.

**The Era of Queen Hesia**

Hesia was a calm and collected queen in her early days, but suffered from severe stress while leader. It is known she met her mate, King Augustus, during soldier training, and the two parented Lunis and Apollo shortly after Hesia became queen. Unfortunately, the royal children were stolen, which shook up the Kingdom greatly. This caused extreme paranoia to flourish within, considering the identity of the kit thief was unknown. The Queen fell into a deep depression because of this.

Time passes, and the royal kittens return, once again bringing stability to The Thorns. The citizens greatly admire Princess Lunis and Prince Apollo for their personalities.

**The Era of Queen Dusk**

After Owen sets the Light Castle on fire, Hesia has a mental break, forcing General Dusk to step forward and take charge, considering everyone else was underqualified. At first, the citizens questioned Dusk's intentions, but after her motivational speech, she received overwhelming support. She unified the kingdom better than ever, trained all of the citizens, and made sure they were prepared for anything, which in turn, helped them win the war against The Darks.

**The Era of Queen Lunis**

After the final battle, Dusk finishes Lunis' training, stepping down as Queen. Lunis becomes the new Queen of the Thorns, shortly after she becomes mates with Jackson, and he is elected King, bringing Rose's bloodline back to The Thorns.

## Terrain

The Thorns territory is very hilly, grassy, and has very few trees. Some areas have thicker forests, but the majority of it is valley. The trainee bases are located in the side of a cliffhang.

The castle is well kept and greatly decorated until Owen's arson incident, which then destroyed the entire castle.

## Personality of The Light Citizens

The Light's are known to be warm and accepting, frequently allowing former Dark soldiers to join their ranks. Even if they seem soft, they are skilled in combat, but very weak on the defensive end.

## Reason for Warring Against The Darks

The Thorns believe Ares is a tyrannical dictator, and believe that Felicity, Hesia, and Lunis are more worthy of leading than he is. They know he murdered Rose unfairly, and are afraid of him taking over and abusing his power.

They are fighting to defend their kingdom.

## Current/Former Rulers

* Rose
* Queen Felicity
* Queen Hesia
* King Augustus
* General Dusk (Temporarily)
* Lunis
* Jackson