Perchstar

## Appearance & Personality

Perchstar has a thick-furred flamepoint pelt with blue eyes. She's lithe and fast on her feet, and because of this she lacks the muscle an average warrior has.

Perchstar is a silent presence, preferring to observe before stepping in and making decisions. She's very skeptical, and questions everything that she's told. Due to the way in which she became ThunderClan's leader, she feels very unsure about her ability to do so. She's typically peaceful, but will fight tooth and claw for ThunderClan's sake if need be.

## Brief History

Perch's mother died when she was very young, leaving her with her father, Thistle. They lived as rogues for a time before Thistle came across ThunderClan, who offered them a place with them. Thistle agreed, being named Thistlefire, and Perch was named Perchkit. Her father, Thistlefire, trained her as a kit, and then as her mentor when she was apprenticed. Thistlefire was cruel and unforgiving, however, and Darkstar soon stepped in as Perchpaw's new mentor. Perchpaw was later given the warrior name Perchlily. Soon after, her friend Mellowbug, the medicine cat, and Darkstar were both killed. Widowstar was appointed the new leader, but her leadership was cruel, so Perchlily took WindClan and took the leadership from her. Being Darkstar's rightful heir, Perchstar was made the next leader.

## Detailed History

### Kithood

Perch was born as a rogue to her mother, Rose, and her father, Thistle. Rose died of sickness shortly after Perch was born, leaving her with her father. The two of them survived by themselves for awhile, before Thistle came across a ThunderClan patrol. They offered the two cats a place in their Clans. Thistle accepted, and the two of them were given new names- Thistlefire and Perchkit.

Thistlefire trained Perchkit from the start, believing that both of them needed to pull their weight, or they'd be kicked out of the Clan. Due to this, Perchkit never really had the time to play with other kits, so she remained mostly friendless.

### Apprenticeship

At Thistlefire's request, Perchpaw was made his apprentice. The training went on, and became crueler and crueler as Perchpaw got older. One day, Darkstar noticed and stepped in, offering to become Perchpaw's new mentor. At first, Perchpaw said she'd think about it, then accepted when asked a second time.

Perchpaw had a pretty good apprenticeship under Darkstar. She improved greatly now that she wasn't under such pressure, and she began to make a few friends, one of which was SkyClan's medicine cat, Mellowbug. She also befriended Fangpaw.

Perchpaw was eventually given the warrior name Perchlily.

### Warriorship

Perchlily had a good few moons as a warrior, mostly spending it enjoying her more relaxed life. However, The Median arrived, and began to stir up trouble in the Clans. At first, Perchlily stayed mostly neutral, not wanting to take a side. This caused her to argue with Darkstar, who did not trust The Median.

When the deputy Lightlily was killed, Darkstar mourned the loss of her sister heavily, and refused to name another deputy. Perchlily did not approve of this decision, but said nothing.

Shortly after, Darkstar and Mellowbug were killed, leaving SkyClan without a leader, and Perchlily crestfallen. A cat named Widowstar was declared the new leader by The Median. At first, Perchlily was pleased her Clan would not go without a leader. However, soon enough, it became apparent that Widowstar did not have ThunderClan's best interests in mind. She cut ThunderClan off from the other Clans, and enforced rules that made it impossible to go against her.

Perchlily, feeling dejected and lost, wandered to the Glade one day, where she met Rainbowstar, WindClan's leader. She informed her of Darkstar's passing, and to her shock, Rainbowstar told her that she was the next leader of WindClan. Perchlily didn't accept responsibility for leadership right away, but told Rainbowstar she'd be willing to collaborate with her on a way to get rid of Widowstar.

Things slowly got worse in ThunderClan. When Foxpaw attempted to speak against her, Widowstar called him up to the highledge, declared him a warrior under the name Foxcatcher, and then killed him in front of everyone.

After burying Foxcatcher with Roxiepaw, Perchlily told the apprentice she was going to WindClan to gain their assistance in overthrowing Widowstar. She asked Roxiepaw to inform warriors of ThunderClan that she trusted, and then left. In WindClan, Rainbowstar immediately agreed to help, and they set off the next day. There was a brief battle in ThunderClan's camp, but it soon ended when Widowstar surrendered. However, after doing so, she stole a life from Rainbowstar, but the WindClan leader took Widowstar's only extra life, which had been given by Sulfurstar. Widow was sent to become a WindClan prisoner, and Perchlily was declared the heir to ThunderClan's leadership. She received her nine lives peacefully.

### Leadership

Perchstar's leadership was off to a good start, she made Thunderbird her deputy and remained peaceful until BloodClan attacked them some moons later. Combined with the heat, this left the Clan weak, and when ThunderClan discovered BloodClan at their water supply after the Gathering, Perchstar was initially aggressive. She didn't order ThunderClan to attack however, and after a short discussion with Shadow, leader of BloodClan, the two she-cats settled on an alliance. ThunderClan would allow them to drink from their lake, and in return BloodClan had to raid Clans on Perchstar's behalf and give ThunderClan half the resources. This went on for some moons, with BloodClan successfully leading raids on both WindClan and RiverClan with neither Clan knowing why. Though ThunderClan was growing stronger, Perchstar had began to overwork herself, and lost multiple lives due to exhaustion from the heat.

Their alliance was working, but it couldn't be kept a secret forever. At a Gathering, BloodClan showed up unannounced, and Shadow proceeded to climb up with the leaders and make their deal public to all. Pinestar and Woolystar made their frustration with Perchstar's choices clear, and she called off the alliance right then and there. Shadow was outraged by this and vowed revenge as BloodClan returned to their camp.

Not long after, BloodClan did attack, getting revenge for their wasted efforts. Their goal was to take back all the herbs and prey they'd stolen for ThunderClan, but they also killed their medicine cat, Ashdust, in the process. Perchstar fell during this battle as well, losing her last few lives while defending her Clan against Shadow.