Trout

## Trout

* Current
* Pre-attack
* Young
* Kitten
* Newborn

## Biographical Information

### Aliases:

My Queen
The Queen
Queen Trout

## Leader Position

### Preceded By:

Thresher

**Trout** is one of the main characters in *What Lurks Beneath*. She debuts in the prologue alongside Thresher, Hake, and Sturgeon and is the current Queen of The Family, succeeding King Thresher. Her Lionhearts are Skua and Kelp, and her Advisors are Sturgeon and Hake.*[citation needed]*

She was born into The Family to Minke and Thresher alongside her brother, Hake. Minke died soon after birth, after which Kelp adopted her and Hake under Thresher's request. She soon started getting hunting lessons by Thresher as a kitten, and was soon after trained as heir alongside Hake.

After Thresher's death, she was chosen by The Tide as the new Queen of The Family. At her crowning ceremony, Petrel attempted to assassinate her, but Trout survived, gaining a scar on her neck. She later gained Skua as her Lionheart.

During her reign as Queen, under Sturgeon's influence, she opened up the Pools as a hunting ground for The Family, allowing The Family to eat sea life for the first time ever. She also allowed Daisys to join The Family, which resulted in certain family cats plotting against her. This would lead to Egret and Krill acting out a second assassination attempt on her, by Sturgeon's planning. She survived the attack with Wrasse and Skua's help, but was scarred as a result. After this, Hake promoted Kelp as her second Lionheart to make her feel safer.

## Physical Appearance

**Trout** is a short-haired, light gray molly, with a darker gray nose bridge and forelegs. She has dark gray stripes on her lower back and tail, which is bobbed. She has a black nose and paw pads, and green eyes. Her front right paw is white, as is a splotch marking on her chest. She has a scar on the back of her neck, her left ear is torn down the middle from the tip, and she a deep scar stretched across her left eye.
When she was younger, her dark gray points were lighter in color, though darkened with age.

## History

*Looking for a longer overview? Find one here!*

#### Chapter 2

**Trout** and Skua are out on the hunting grounds, hunting a chicken. Skua eventually catches it, and the two chat shortly before Skua proposes that they eat the chicken together. Trout admits that it wouldn't be fair, as it's too much food for just the two of them.
As they walk towards the beaches, Trout finds some mangoes by a palm tree, and picks one of them up as a gift for The Tide. The two enter the caves, and Trout asks Skua to bring the chicken to Sturgeon and Hake while she visits The Tide. She passes Fangtooth at the entrance, who confirms that Sturgeon had her guarding him.
She slips into his cave, and The Tide comes out from underneath some leaves. Trout gives him the mango she got for him, and he slowly begins eating from it. Trout makes an attempt at speaking to The Tide, asking if he got any gifts that day, if he was happy, and if he needed anything, but he doesn't respond. Trout accepts her defeat and notes that he looks very busy, and leaves the cave.
*More Coming Soon*
## Relationships

### Sturgeon

**Sturgeon**: "*You must follow [Thresher's] example and play the part. If you believe, so will the others. You can't tell anyone the truth. Not Skua. Not even Hake. If [The] Family were to find out... We'd lose them. Our ranks would be meaningless and the colony would collapse.*"

**Trout**: "*I understand. Ah... It's really all on me, huh? To make all of the decisions.. ...That's a lot of pressure...*"

**Sturgeon**: "*Well, that's why you have [Advisors]. Just come to me with all of your ideas, I'll be here to help you.*"

**Trout**: "*Thank you, Sturgeon.*"
**Sturgeon**: "*Don't mention it. ... To anyone.*"
**Trout**: "*Heh,*"
**Sturgeon**: "*Shall we inform [The] Family of our new hunting grounds?*"
**Trout**: "*Yeah!*"

—Sturgeon and Trout about her leadership *What Lurks Beneath*, page 132-133

Sturgeon is **Trout's** half-sister and Advisor.*[citation needed]*
*More Coming Soon*
### Krill

**Skua**: "*..Trout... ...I didn't know how to tell you this... And well.. I still don't... ...*"

**Trout**: "*... What is it?*"

**Skua**: "*... Your attacker... ..It wasn't a Daisy. ..It was Krill.*"

**Trout**: "*That's not funny.*"
**Skua**: "*Trout-*"
**Trout**: "*NO! WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT TO ME!?*"
**Skua**: "*I-*"
**Trout**: "*You'd* lie *right to my face!? Krill would **NEVER** do that to me-*"
**Skua**: "*I RIPPED HIS THROAT OUT WITH MY OWN TEETH!!*"
**Trout**: "*No [...] Krill- [...] No [...] **FUCK!***"

—**Trout's** reaction to Krill's betrayal *What Lurks Beneath*, page 497-499

**Trout** and Krill grew up together, and have known each other their whole lives. Although Krill was quick to hold grudges, even from way back in their kithood, the two still liked and cared for each other.
However, after Trout announced the inclusion of Daisys in The Family, her relationship with Krill became strained, and he began to harbor a grudge against her for her decision. Krill would also come to switch his loyalty to Sturgeon, and Trout would grow to become tired of Krill, even arguing with him after he yelled at Quail, and taking away his dinner temporarily.
In the end, Krill's grudge escalated, and developed into hatred so severe that he wanted Trout dead, unbeknownst to her. Under Sturgeon's manipulation, he got the chance to kill her under a hidden identity, and succeeded in scarring the right side of Trout's face and tearing the ear, but failing in the drowning her, getting killed by Skua for his actions.
After Trout learned that Krill was behind the assassination attempt, she denied it immediately and accused Skua of lying. However, when Skua told her he killed Krill himself, she realized the truth and was devastated, breaking down and developing severe trust issues for those around her.

## Trivia

### Interesting Facts

* **Trout** used to have two white toes on her left foreleg and a white hind leg, alongside her white forepaw.
* She was originally going to have small ear tufts and a ripped ear.
* Trout's original name was Minke, though it was later changed as Arual liked how the name Trout sounded better. The name was later reused for her mother.

## Kin

### Members

**Father:**

Thresher (*Deceased*)
**Mother:**

Minke (*Deceased*)
**Adopted Mother:**

Kelp (*Living*)
**Brother:**

Hake (*Living*)
**Half-Sister:**

Sturgeon (*Living*)
**Half-Siblings:**

Unknown half-siblings (*Status unknown*)
**Uncle:**

Auklet (*Status unknown*)
### Tree

    = **Male**

    = **Female**

    = **Non-Binary**

    = **Gender Unknown**

## Appearances

* *Chapter 1* (First appearance)
* *Chapter 2*
* *Chapter 3* (Mentioned only)
* *Chapter 4*
* *Chapter 5*
* *Chapter 6*
* *Chapter 7* (Mentioned only)
* *Chapter 8*
* *Chapter 9*
* *Chapter 10*
* *Chapter 11* (Mentioned only)
* *Chapter 12*
* *Chapter 13*
* *Chapter 14*
* *Chapter 15* (Mentioned only)
* *Chapter 16* (Mentioned only)
* *Chapter 17*
* *Chapter 18*
* *Chapter 19*
* *Chapter 20*
* *Chapter 21*
* *Chapter 22*
* *Chapter 23*
* *Chapter 24* (Mentioned only)
* *Chapter 25*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Revealed in chapter 2, page 18
2. ↑ Revealed in chapter 3, page 65
3. ↑ Revealed in chapter 12, page 293
4. ↑ Revealed in a message left by ArualMeow on their Discord server
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Revealed in the prologue, page 2
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Revealed in the prologue, page 3
7. ↑ Revealed on the cover
8. ↑ Revealed on chapter 2, page 25
9. ↑ Revealed on chapter 19, page 475
10. ↑ Revealed in chapter 2, page 11
11. ↑ Revealed in chapter 2 page 13
12. ↑ Revealed in chapter 2, page 12
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Revealed in chapter 18, page 453
14. ↑ Revealed in chapter 18, page 454
15. ↑ Revealed by ArualMeow in the DeviantArt caption for chapter 2's cover image
16. ↑ Revealed in chapter 16, page 388
17. ↑ Revealed in chapter 14, page 343
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Revealed in chapter 20, page 499
19. ↑ Revealed in chapter 10, page 215
20. ↑ Revealed in chapter 10, page 236
21. ↑ Revealed in chapter 10, page 237
22. ↑ Revealed in chapter 12, page 294
23. ↑ Revealed in chapter 14, page 344
24. ↑ Revealed in chapter 14, page 356
25. ↑ Revealed in chapter 14, page 339
26. ↑ Revealed in chapter 14, page 342
27. ↑ Revealed in chapter 16, page 387
28. ↑ Revealed in chapter 18, page 445
29. ↑ Revealed in chapter 19, page 484
30. ↑ Revealed in chapter 18, page 456
31. ↑ Revealed in chapter 20, page 500
32. ↑ Revealed on the old cover
33. ↑ Revealed by ArualMeow in a message left on their Discord server
34. ↑ Revealed in chapter 5, page 104
35. ↑ Revealed in chapter 5, page 106
36. ↑ Revealed in chapter 5, page 111
37. ↑ Revealed by ArualMeow in a reply left on ComicFury
38. ↑ Revealed in chapter 13, page 303