Redcloud

**Redcloud** is a long-haired, messy-furred dark ginger-and-white she-cat with piercing yellow eyes and scars littering her throat.

## History

**Redcloud** was born in an ancient RiverClan back in the Forest Territories, her other two siblings being stillborn, and her mother and father swore to protect **Redkit**, however, both she and her father were murdered in an invasion by the WindClan almost days after Redkit had been weaned, causing her to grow up alone and bitter. She was not taught in The Place of No Stars but grew up being a fierce fighter, determined to both prove herself to her parents and avenge their deaths.

While she was an apprentice, **Redpaw** was approached multiple times by her friend Torrentpaw's mentor, Rushclaw, who expressed interest in her skills. Redpaw had no idea that Rushclaw had more than platonic interested in her until after she had become a warrior.

As a warrior, **Redcloud** was a notably talented and strong fighter, fighting in several skirmishes with WindClan at the time due to her desire to avenge her parent's deaths. Most of her clanmates either respected her heavily because of this.

Redcloud, being too trusting back then, took on Rushclaw as a mate as soon as he approached her, and she was expecting his kits only a moon later and gave birth to three, Alderkit, Stormkit, and Russetkit. Redcloud loved her kits dearly despite her slowly growing despisal of Rushclaw and tried desperately to keep them safe and away from harm.

Unfortunately, Stormkit and Russetkit were both killed in an attack by ShadowClan, and Rushclaw blamed Redcloud for it despite him breaking his promise to guard the nursery during the attack. Redcloud broke off their relationship in a fit of rage, determined to keep her last kit alive.

Alderkit died of greencough only a moon later, and the last straw within Redcloud broke, and all her restraint was let loose.

Redcloud, once out of the nursery, murdered any ShadowClan cat she got her claws on from that day forward and later on murdered the RiverClan medicine cat in cold blood, blaming them for the death of her kits. The medicine cat hadn't had an apprentice, either, and since it was the middle of leafbare RiverClan was nearly wiped out by sickness alone, and ShadowClan's population had a chunk ripped out of it because of Redcloud's actions.

Redcloud wasn't finished after that, and she tried going for deputy of RiverClan as well, not for her own sake to become leader, not desiring it but due to their suspicions over her. She killed the deputy, slitting their throat before drowning them, however, Rushclaw caught her, and before she could retaliate he ripped her throat out, leaving The Bloody Cloud that plagued RiverClan and ShadowClan to dissipate slowly.

Redcloud openly joined The Place of No Stars with glee and proceeded to haunt Rushclaw's dreams, blaming him for everything. Eventually, she summoned Rushclaw into the Dark Forest and murdered him slowly and brutally, letting him bleed out in his nest.

After that, Redcloud stayed in the shadows, not showing up as often until she spotted Spiderkit of RiverClan being bullied. Redcloud felt like she could relate to the kit, being an outsider of sorts, and she summoned the kit to the Dark Forest, and soon enough took in young Spiderkit as her own daughter, seeing her as such. She trained both Spiderpaw and Maplepaw alongside Nightshade when the two reached the proper age and continues to do so whenever the two wish for her too. Redcloud helped Spidereyes rise to her deputy position and is partially the reason Spidereyes acts the way she does today.

Redcloud, upon finding out she was still in The Dark Forest alive, murdered Timberwillow happily after she had threatened Barkpaw, suffocating her and slitting her throat.

During the plague, Redcloud would comfort Spidereyes over some of the harder choices or consequences she had to suffer through and found it frustrating that she couldn't contact Mapleleaf in ThunderClan due to the skulls Creekwhisper had placed.

Redcloud assisted Mapleleaf alongside Spidereyes in killing Larkclaw and Waspblaze and watched when Mapleleaf killed Daisyfawn, watching when Spidereyes and Mapleleaf killed Nighthaze as well.

Redcloud continues to haunt The Place of No Stars, giddily watching both her apprentices, proud of them and their feats, and continues to consider herself Ruler of the Dark Forest.

## Personality

Fierce, ferocious when angered, and a bit protective, understandably so, Redcloud is the definition of a mother bear. She's a ruthless, rough molly who isn't afraid to get her claws dirty, and the ordeal she went through with Rushclaw did truly warp her mind a little, twisting her morality in a skewed manner. She tends to respond emotionlessly to certain situations, and she's extremely selfish if it's not about her kits. Redcloud is silver and honey-tongued, a seductive, manipulative molly with a surprisingly large heart still despite it having been broken before.

Despite this, murder is not an issue to her, and if one does harm her or other's kits they suffer the risk of being under her claws upon their death or otherwise. Intelligent, sly, and loving, Redcloud focuses on being the best mother she can for her adopted kit, but is less trusting than she used to be regarding strangers, and has an aversion to some toms on default.

## Trivia

### Interesting Facts

* Redcloud is bisexual.
* Redcloud sounds like Blue Kid.
* Redcloud is the oldest cat in the Dark Forest.
* Redcloud was alive before SkyClan was driven out.
* Redcloud was buried next to her kits by Torrentstar.
* Redcloud, due to her being the oldest cat in the Dark Forest, is rumoured to have become one with the forest itself, being able to control it slightly.
* Redcloud moves along the Dark Forest similar to Eris from Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas.

## Killed Victims

* Several ShadowClan warriors *(Caused)*
* Unnamed RiverClan medicine cat *(Caused)*
* Several RiverClan cats *(Indirectly caused)*
* Rushclaw *(Caused)*
* Timberwillow *(Spirit)*
* Waspblaze *(Spirit, alongside Mapleleaf)*
* Frostbite *(Spirit, alongside Nightshade)*
* Spineheart *(Spirit, caused)*
* Rushclaw *(Spirit, caused)*

## Kin

### Members

**Mate:**

* Rushclaw (formerly): Deceased, no residence

**Daughters:**

* Russetkit: Deceased, verified StarClan member
* Alderkit: Deceased, verified StarClan member

**Son:**

* Stormkit: Deceased, verified StarClan member

**Foster Daughter:**

* Spidereyes: Living