Weepingstar

Weepingstar, leader of FallClan, girlboss. Mate of the late Milkweedstar, Weepingstar has been running FallClan since before her nine lives.

## Appearance & Personality

### Appearance

   Weepingstar has short gray fur. It dries quickly, a blessing for a FallClan cat. Her eyes are a piercingly deep blue, captivating like the waters of the territory she loves so much. Her coat is marked with pale tabby stripes, but her most distinctive feature is the patches of black scattered across her pelt. A big one around her right eye makes Weepingstar stand out in a crowd, but there are also plenty of patches on her back and on her tail tip. She has a band of black on each leg.

### Personality

Weepingstar has the weight of the world on her shoulders. She is hesitant to rely on anyone, having needed to be the responsible and competent one for so long. She is certainly bold - you'd have to be to do what she did during her mate's reign as leader. Weepingstar is a natural born leader, never being the one to wait for others to tell her what to do.

## Background

### Kithood

Weepingkit was born in FallClan's nursery to a young molly named Sweetstorm. As both an only kit and Sweetstorm's first litter, Weepingkit was very sheltered. Sweetstorm was overprotective of her, rarely letting her out of sight. Her father, Gooseflake, was dead before Weepingkit was born, but Sweetstorm's brother Cragbark and his mate Strawshore occasionally visited from OasisClan to help out.

Weepingkit had a few companions in the nursery. Brokenkit was a moon older than her, though he mostly kept to himself. Skykit and Flowerkit were more friendly, playing with her occasionally. Two moons older than her were Milkweedkit, Ebonykit, and Slatekit. Weepingkit found them fascinating, particularly Milkweedkit. His markingless white coat was odd to her, but she never had much of a chance to hang out with the older kits due to Sweetstorm's protective nature.

When she was two moons old, she finally befriended Ebonykit & Slatekit and was at least nice to Milkweedkit. She climbed a tree to hang out with them. Sweetstorm didn't like that. Sweetstorm was terrified that something bad would happen to her. When the other kits' mother Wreathwillow berated Sweetstorm for her overbearing protectiveness, Weepingkit snuck out of the nursery and back up the tree.

She had only barely gotten back into the nursery when Wreathwillow's mate Elkflurry arrived. Weepingkit, too curious for her own good, wanted to check him out. Upon seeing Elkflurry's dismissive treatment of Milkweedkit, Weepingkit yelled at him that he had another son. When Elkflurry started complaining that Milkweedkit's albinism would "ruin his image", Wreathwillow attacked him. Weepingkit hadn't meant for anyone to get hurt over her outburst and she felt kind of bad about it.

The rest of her kithood mostly proceeded without incident. When she was four moons old, her friends all became apprentices. Ebonypaw and Slatepaw moved to other Clans while Milkweedpaw stayed in FallClan. Weepingkit was glad to have *someone* stick around but she was a little sad that of the three it was Milkweedpaw. Still, he let her hang out with him and didn't treat her like a kit usually. Not in the stifling way her mother did, at least.

When she was five moons old, Skypaw and Flowerpaw moved to OasisClan after receiving their new names. Weepingkit missed them too, though not as much as Ebonypaw and Slatepaw. Still, the sisters had been good playmates and Weepingkit was sad to see them go.

### Apprenticeship

Weepingpaw was apprenticed at the proper time to a FallClan warrior named Brookfeather. She was very happy to be out of the nursery and, more importantly, less under Sweetstorm's thumb. She loved her mother, of course, but Weepingpaw wanted to see and do so much more than kithood had allowed her.

She met up on the border with Slatepaw and Ebonypaw whenever she could, sometimes dragging Milkweedpaw along with her. She missed having her friends in FallClan, but they seemed to be happy in OasisClan and OrchidClan respectively.

Weepingpaw did well in her training. When she actually showed up, that is, because she loved skipping training to hang out with Ebonypaw and Slatepaw. More Slatepaw, though, as she had a bit of a crush on him. Milkweedpaw was less fun to hang out with, growing more narcissistic as he aged. That was unpleasant to be around for long, so Weepingpaw put a bit of distance between them. She missed who had had been when they were kits, before he'd decided that he was the best thing around.

She was ten moons old when he became a warrior, Milkweedcall. Weepingpaw was eager to share it with his siblings (and maybe to see Slatepaw again) but Milkweedcall showed no interest in visiting them. So Weepingpaw went alone, meeting in the usual place with the newly named Ebonydawn. Ebonydawn teased her a bit about her crush on Slatesnap, who arrived a little late to the get-together. Weepingpaw expressed concern about Milkweedcall's increasingly self-centered actions and attitudes. After rejecting Slatesnap's suggestion to just hit him over the head ("All it took was for my father to leave was a whack on the head from mom"), Weepingpaw devised a plan to draw Milkweedcall's attention away from himself.

### Warrior Life

Weepingpaw was named Weepingbrook in honor of her mentor Brookfeather. Weepingbrook liked her new name, thinking it was very elegant, and of course she couldn't wait to share it with Ebonydawn and Slatesnap.

Ebonydawn was in the usual spot and Weepingbrook had actually gotten Milkweedcall to go with her for once, but Slatesnap was notably absent. When Weepingbrook asked why, Ebonydawn said that his mate's kits were coming a bit early. Weepingbrook, who you may recall had a pretty big crush on the guy, took that news very badly. She left to go cry about it and feel generally sorry for herself.

Unfortunately, her moping was interrupted by an aggressive loner named Jayhawk trying to drown another loner, Laurel, who had tried to steal her prey. Weepingbrook tried to fight off Jayhawk, distracting her long enough that Laurel could get away. Unfortunately, this meant that Weepingbrook had a whole Maine Coon very angry at her and very willing to use violence. Weepingbrook called Milkweedcall's name, desperately hoping that he would hear and not be too self-absorbed to help her. Luckily for her, both Milkweedcall and Ebonydawn heard her and came to help.

They fought Jayhawk together for a bit, then Jayhawk tried to drown Ebonydawn. Weepingbrook managed to save her, but Jayhawk insisted on a "fair fight", just her and Weepingbrook. For fear of her friends getting more injured, Weepingbrook begged them to leave. Ebonydawn did, which is fair, but so did Milkweedcall. Clearly he missed the day about "keeping aggressive rogues off your territory" in his apprenticeship. Weepingbrook ended up forfeiting the fight, preferring to live rather than try to win. Jayhawk introduced herself and finally left.

The wounds from that fight took awhile to heal, but heal they did. Weepingbrook kept hanging out with Milkweedcall, though she stopped contacting Slatesnap and Ebonydawn as much. She had made a plan to help Milkweedcall remember that other cats existed, but in it's first version it was "fake date Slatesnap until Milkweedcall gets jealous; Slatesnap actually falls for me; boom I'm married to the man of my dreams." That obviously wasn't going to work, so the modified plan was created: "fake flirt with Milkweedcall until he falls in love with me, boom he acknowledged cats outside of himself." Weepingbrook was not fond of the modified plan, but if there was a chance at getting her friend back, she was willing to take it.

Milkweedcall was easy to flirt with. A couple compliments here and there, he ate it up. It just fueled his ego, which Weepingbrook probably should have anticipated but didn't. He had apparently stopped talking to his siblings all together, which Weepingbrook was sad about. He was pretty far gone and, since she'd been in the medicine den for so long, he was her only real chance at news from them.

She did get news though. Bad news, when she was fifteen moons old, that Sweetstorm had been found dead on the outer border. Weepingbrook went with the messenger who had found her to return her mother's body to camp. To this day, Weepingstar doesn't know how her mother died. Her body was uninjured and she showed no signs of poison or anything. Likely it was some kind of cardiac problem but shh they're cats, they don't know about that stuff.

The next morning, Weepingbrook had given up. She'd never made proper amends with her mother, she was never going to be with Slatesnap, her friends didn't talk to her much anymore... in hopes of finding some kind of happiness, she asked Milkweedcall to be her mate. He said and I quote, "Sure."

Weepingbrook decided to go visit Ebonydawn to deliver the news. She forgot that Ebony lived in OrchidClan, so she went to OasisClan. Which is where Slatesnap lived. Oops. She saw his mate and kits before heading off to OrchidClan and getting horribly lost. Lucky for her (or maybe not so lucky), Slatesnap was nearby and offered to show her to OrchidClan. Hooray! They had a very awkward conversation where Weepingbrook told him that she and Milkweedcall were mates, Slatesnap was like "neat", and Weepingbrook internally cried because he didn't react at all. L moment Weepingbrook. In OrchidClan, she found Ebonydawn, told her the news, and received the news in return that Ebonydawn might be pregnant. Weepingbrook was very happy for her friend.

Not much changed for Weepingbrook for the next several moons. Being mates with someone because "I can change him" is a bad idea and there were several times when Weepingbrook seriously considered breaking up with Milkweedcall.

At 24 moons old, while on an otherwise normal patrol with Sorrelseed, Weepingbrook caught an unfamiliar scent just outside FallClan's borders. To her surprise, it belonged to a loner kit, curled up beside her dead brother. Weepingbrook and Sorrelseed buried the dead kit and took his sister back to FallClan, where she was named Emberkit.

She was 26 moons old when a loner named Permafrost showed up on Clan land. She asked to join FallClan and was allowed to join. She kept her loner name, which was enough to intrigue Weepingbrook. The two became close friends very quickly, with Weepingbrook helping her acclimate to Clan life.

In addition to Permafrost joining the Clan, Weepingbrook got her first apprentice, Valorpaw. The pair got along well and, ignoring some early bumps, Weepingbrook found that she was a pretty okay mentor. Valorpaw learned quickly and she was very proud of him.

When Weepingbrook was 29 moons old, Milkweedcall became Milkweedstar. Weepingbrook privately thought that this was a bad idea, but she supported her mate regardless. She was a little bit shocked when he chose her to be his deputy. She accepted with grace, vowing to herself that she would keep him out of trouble.

Being deputy kept Weepingbrook busy, but she was well suited to the job. Milkweedstar's leadership was distinctly lacking, but Weepingbrook kept the day to day life of the Clan running smoothly. She enjoyed her work and built relationships both within her own Clan and with cats in other Clans.

All that changed a bit when, at 31 moons, she found that she was expecting kits. Weepingbrook was very excited until Milkweedstar, vain and unaware as always, insisted that she simply had to move into the nursery as soon as possible. Weepingbrook still thought she could do her duties, but allowed Milkweedstar to convince her and appoint a temporary deputy in her stead. He chose Permafrost, which Weepingbrook approved of but worried for. Permafrost was still very new to FallClan, after all. She earned her Clanmates respect, though, and Weepingbrook was always there to guide her if she needed it.

The pregnancy was smooth for the most part, even getting Milkweedstar to expand his self-centeredness to her and the kits' well-being. He mellowed out a bit, which was a relief for Weepingbrook. For the first time since she was a new apprentice, she felt like she had some of her old friend back.

She was 32 moons old when her apprentice Valorpaw became Valorstorm. Weepingbrook had stayed as active as she could during his final moon of training, but what she couldn't handle she made sure someone else covered. She asked Sorrelseed to take care of him and she did, which Weepingbrook was very grateful for.

Everything was fine until the kits were born. It was a litter of three, two mollies and a tom. Weepingbrook and Milkweedstar were heartbroken to find that both she-kits were born dead. One, Frostkit, was pure white and the other, Glorykit, had Weepingbrook's gray markings. Milkweedstar named both of them while Weepingbrook named the survivor Torrentkit. It was a sobering experience for both of them and Milkweedstar promised to be better for Weepingbrook and Torrentkit.

Torrentkit was the absolute light of Weepingbrook's life. He wrought a change in Milkweedstar that Weepingbrook appreciated, but mostly he was just a happy playful kit. Weepingbrook was grateful to Permafrost for her help in keeping the Clan running while she enjoyed time with her son. She did mostly return to her duties when Torrentkit was about three moons old.

Of course, when it was time for Torrentkit to be an apprentice, Weepingbrook only had one cat in mind. She strongly suggested to Milkweedstar that he appoint Permafrost to be their son's mentor, which he did. Permafrost and Torrentpaw worked well together and Weepingbrook was pleased to see her friend doing so well.

Tragedy struck when she was 40 moons old however - a plague that had started in MarshClan had spread to the other Clans. Milkweedstar, already at risk as an albino, lost all nine of his lives in rapid succession over the course of a long and painful moon. Weepingbrook was devastated by the loss of her mate. Once Milkweedstar's vigil ended, Weepingbrook made her way to the Moon Falls to receive her nine lives.

### Leadership

Weepingbrook became Weepingstar at 40 moons old. She named Stormclaw her deputy despite his somewhat rocky history, and FallClan breathed a sigh of relief that someone competent was in charge.

The plague continued to pick off more of her Clanmates, but thankfully her friends and what remained of her family stayed safe. It was a bad time to become leader, but Weepingstar did her best and FallClan didn't lose too many cats.

When she was 45 moons old, a cure for the plague was discovered. A strange loner group called the Travelers revealed the cure to MarshClan, who shared it with the other Clans. Weepingstar was very grateful that, after six moons of plague, there was finally an end in sight.

She also got to make her son a warrior in the same moon. Torrentcall's name was chosen in honor of his father, something that he and Weepingstar had discussed when he was younger. Torrentcall had nothing but fond memories of his father and Weepingstar was more than happy to honor her mate's legacy in her son's name.

Weepingstar was 47 when the first all-Clan event since the plague, a HorizonClan hike, happened. She ended up going with Sorrelseed, Permafrost, and Torrentcall. It was very fun, the weather was nice, and Torrentcall stayed pretty close and not doing stupid crap to give her a heart attack.

Weepingstar was pulled aside one day a bit after the hike by Stormclaw, who had news. He said that he had been approached by a loner on the border who had warned him of dangers to come for the Clans. She had told him that a rogue from twolegplace was gathering an army to destroy the Clans, which was... a lot for Weepingstar to process. She was skeptical of the loner's trustworthiness, which is valid, but Stormclaw vouched for her. Weepingstar trusted him and decided that he could be in charge of preparations. She also decided to announce the danger at the Gathering a few days later.

The night of the Gathering arrived with only two other cats finding out about Hazel's warning: Stormclaw told Sorrelseed and Weepingstar had confided in Permafrost. Unfortunately, things started going wrong before it even reached Weepingstar's turn. Songstar and Aspenstar had had nothing to announce besides a HorizonClan couple, Thornstep and Wrensong, expecting kits, but Leafstar had plenty to say. Or, rather, Leafstar's medic, Swallowfrost, had plenty to say.

She spoke of an omen she had received several days prior, right around when Stormclaw had told Weepingstar about Hazel. The omen linked back to an old prophecy that foretold the destruction of the Clans. So that was fun to witness.

## Other

### Trivia

* In the WeepingMilkweed backstory RP, Sweetstorm once observed that it was "a shame [Weepingkit] didn't get her father's stripes". This is kind of funny to me because her original bio does in fact list her as a tabby.
* In that same RP, I both said that Weepingstar was Sweetstorm's only kit and that Sweetstorm had two dead kits, Splashpaw and Cloudedpaw. Whoops. We're going with only kit because it fits her better.
* The traits named in Weepingstar's warrior ceremony were courage and determination
* Weepingstar fell asleep in her warrior vigil, though she did make certain that she stayed awake the whole night for her mother's.
* Weepingstar actually likes land prey better than fish. Initially she only stayed in FallClan because her mother wouldn't let her leave, then because she was mates with Milkweedstar, and now because she's their leader. She doesn't mind fish, but any day she can get a mouse or squirrel is a good day for her.
* Weepingstar was named after weeping willows because her mom wasn't *that* depressed, unlike *some* cats I could name \*hard side-eye directed at Hazel\*
* Weepingstar's favorite flowers are waterlilies. It's not a flower, but she's also fond of her namesake, weeping willows. She thinks they're very elegant.
* Weepingstar has the same birthday as Warrior

### Playlist

* Snap | Rosa Linn | *snapping one, two, where are you? you're still in my heart* | After Milkweed's death
* Kings of the Past | Hans Zimmer | *Lion King Score* | It just has her vibes, don't question it

### Quotes

*"You're weak if you don't know when to ask for help when you need it."* | *"Weepingbrook. Can't say I'm pleased to meet you because I hate lying."* | *"I thought you liked the sun?"* | *"It's your duty to make sure the Clan doesn't fall apart without me."*

**New RP**

* *"Will things ever go back to how they once were? Or will it be one thing after the other until we die?"* - to Stormclaw (1/29/23)
* *"The Clans will survive. I just don't know how much more we can lose."* - to Stormclaw (1/30/23)
* *"Thank you, Stormclaw. I'm glad I have you by my side for this. I've always thought you'd be a good deputy. I'm glad you've proven me right."* - to Stormclaw (1/30/23)