Suncurrent

### Siblings

Riverburst (older brother, estranged), Raypaw (older brother, dead), Sootwhistle (brother/littermate, dead)

### Friends

Lionspark (best friend ever), Foxpounce, Willowwish (dead)

### Enemies

Palestep (Local Man Hates Accents, More at 10)

It's him! The cheesy accent man! If you hate him you're wrong.

## Appearance & Personality

### Appearance

   Suncurrent is a slender, sleek black tom. His ebony-toned fur is extremely short, not quite hairless but close enough. Thin golden stripes under each pale blue-violet eye give him a unique, almost exotic look, which is further accentuated by more gold stripes on his ears, neck, and paws. His tail tip is gold and has more gold stripes, as well as a small golden heart on his chest.

### Personality

Suncurrent is found annoying by a lot of cats. He's cheesy and hyper and generally regarded as a bad influence. He's very flirty but doesn't really mean any of it. He is a very genuine cat, wearing his heart on his sleeve so to speak. He's extremely loyal to those who show him kindness and hides a lifetime of sorrow under the widest smile and dumbest accent he can.

## Background

### Kithood

Sunkit was born in autumn in HorizonClan. He had a brother named Sootkit, as well as an older brother named Riverburst in OasisClan. Sunkit never actually met Riverburst - the older tom's name was only ever spoken by his parents in hushed whispers when they thought Sunkit and Sootkit were asleep. His mother's name was Hyacinthflutter, his father's was Claycloud, and all was well with them.

Sunkit was particularly close to his father. He loved his mother and Sootkit, but Claycloud was on a different level. Sunkit loved hanging out with his dad, pestering him for stories and badger rides whenever Claycloud had a spare moment.

Sunkit was a troublemaker from a very young age. He always had a strong personality, loud and unapologetic. Whether it was getting into the medicine den to steal honey or pouncing on apprentice's tails, Sunkit was always getting himself into sticky situations.

The first cat to really, openly dislike Sunkit was named Mistkit. She moved to HorizonClan from OasisClan shortly after Sunkit was born and she hated the whole ordeal. Sunkit, chipper young fellow he was, tried to talk to her when he was old enough, but she just didn't like him. It wasn't his fault, she was just unpleasant to everyone. She became an apprentice when he was three moons old and Sunkit continued trying to befriend her. It continued to fail.

All in all, though, Sunkit had a good kithood. Nothing went too badly and, despite his mischief, he was ready to be apprenticed when he was six moons old.

### Apprenticeship

Sunpaw was apprenticed to Littlebird, Mistpaw's adoptive mother. She was sweet and patient and not nearly strict enough for Sunpaw. He was glad to have her, but she didn't offer the discipline he needed. Sunpaw didn't mind in the slightest and used her leniency to get away with more mischief.

Mischief screeched to a halt when Claycloud died. It came out of nowhere, no illness or injury that Sunpaw knew of. It was a jolt of unwelcome reality in Sunpaw's life. Hyacinthflutter was devastated, cutting herself off from her kits to a certain degree and becoming an isolated mess. Sootpaw moved to OrchidClan.

Sunpaw went from a happy-go-lucky cat, still halfway a kit, to a very stoic, lonely tom. Having in effect lost his whole family in rapid succession, he was not in the best place. Despite his love of HorizonClan, Sunpaw followed Sootpaw to OrchidClan after half a moon.

OrchidClan was different from HorizonClan. The gloom that had seemed to permeate the stones of his beloved home couldn't follow Sunpaw to somewhere as bright and colorful as OrchidClan. Sootpaw was actually very happy to see him and Sunpaw, after receiving a new mentor, thought he could do quite nicely for himself here. He buried his grief under several layers of his usual goofiness and carried on with life.

He met a slightly older apprentice who would become his best friend: Lionpaw. Lionpaw was quieter than Sunpaw, a little more stoic, a little more logical. However, he had just enough of a playful streak to appreciate Sunpaw for what he was. They became an inseparable duo, sometimes with Sootpaw but often just the two of them. Lionpaw didn't seem to mind that he was quite a bit older than Sunpaw and was just happy to have a friend.

Sunpaw hadn't been in OrchidClan for very long before a kit became an apprentice and Palepaw was introduced into Sunpaw's life. Palepaw hated Sunpaw for seemingly no reason. Sunpaw didn't understand what Palepaw had against him, but he dismissed it and kept hanging out with Lionpaw and Sootpaw.

Sunpaw did get along with a few of the other apprentices in the den. And there were a lot of apprentices in the den. Besides Lionpaw, Palepaw, and Sootpaw, there were also Leafpaw and her brother Coniferpaw, a pair of siblings who were four moons older than him; Moonpaw and Thornpaw, another pair of siblings who were his age; and Palepaw's many, many littermates, all one moon younger than Sunpaw: his brothers Houndpaw, Finpaw, Preenpaw, & Weaselpaw, and his sisters, Crowpaw, Maroonpaw, & Quakepaw.

Lionpaw became a warrior when Sunpaw was nine moons old. His new name was Lionspark and Sunpaw thought it was the coolest name in the history of ever. They remained friends despite the den change, but Sunpaw spent a bit more time devoted to his studies. He was shaping up to be a pretty good warrior, despite struggling a bit with solo hunting.

### Warriorhood

Sunpaw earned the name Suncurrent, named for his laid-back and goofy personality, and Sootpaw became Sootwhistle. Suncurrent was more than thrilled to be a warrior and get to hang out with Lionspark more often again. Moonpaw and Thornpaw earned their names around the same time, becoming Moonmist and Thornstep.

Unfortunately, Suncurrent cannot catch a break and when he was 14 moons old, Sootwhistle accidentally ate a piece of rotted prey. The poisoning killed him pretty quickly and Suncurrent struggled to move on. Outwardly, he kept up his goofy persona, but inside the loss of his brother hit him hard.

When he was 17, a young molly named Ravenpool was visiting OrchidClan. She and Lionspark hit it off immediately, flirting and joking together while Lionspark showed her around. Suncurrent thought they were really cute together and even did some flirting with her himself. He didn't mean it, of course, but he and Ravenpool had become friends by the time Lionspark asked her to be his mate, a little over a moon later.

A little later that moon, Suncurrent became mentor to Dewpaw, Lavenderstar's son. He was a little nervous about this, but also excited. Training Dewpaw gave him something to do with his time, plus Lionspark was training Dewpaw's sister Cloverpaw. Everything seemed to be a little better with his best friend by his side.

Things went from bad to worse when, two moons later, Dewpaw and Cloverpaw both died. The circumstances of their deaths were never really clear and Suncurrent never found out what happened to his apprentice.

When Suncurrent was 20, things went from good to bad in the blink of an eye. Within a few days of Ravenpool's happy announcement that she was expecting kits, she died. Lionspark was completely heartbroken by the loss of his mate and their unborn kits and while Suncurrent continued trying to stay happy for Lionspark, he too was crushed by the loss of his friend.

Luckily, things started looking up when he met a young molly named Willowwish. I mean, they had been Clanmates for awhile, but he befriended her. It was good to get his mind off of the sorrow of Ravenpool and Dewpaw's loss. Willowwish was a very sweet cat and both she and her sister Wisteriacall were pretty cool. Suncurrent enjoyed their company and, much to his surprise, he started getting a bit of a crush on Willowwish. That was weird for him - he'd made it this far in life without ever really feeling that way about anyone. The startling realization that *oh, this is what other cats feel like* was a little wacky for him.

When Suncurrent was 24 moons old, he became Foxpaw's mentor. Foxpaw was an interesting cat and Suncurrent felt that they got along well. He was very glad to have a second chance as a mentor after losing Dewpaw. Suncurrent wasn't the best mentor, but he tried and he found Foxpaw easy enough to work with.

Not to say everything was perfect with Foxpaw. There was definitely something odd going on with him and Wheatnose's apprentice Myrtlepaw. However, Suncurrent misinterpreted this as romance and shrugged it off, because for how flirty he was he really didn't care about romance, particularly other cats'. That was not what was going on, unfortunately, but Suncurrent couldn't recognize the necessary warning signs.

When Suncurrent was 27 moons old, Lavenderstar announced that OrchidClan was closing its borders. Suncurrent, born and raised in HorizonClan on dark tales of Ebonystar, was not a fan of this development. His fears were generally ignored the few times he tried to express them, though Lionspark did listen and promised him that it was going to turn out okay.

Foxpaw earned his warrior name, Foxpounce, when Suncurrent was 30 moons old. Suncurrent was incredibly proud of him, but decided that he didn't want to take on another apprentice for a while.

Suncurrent was 31 when the plague hit. He was a little nervous about that, but it didn't affect him too much. Until it did, of course, because no one survived the plague unscathed. He was 33 moons old when Willowwish died to the disease. That was pretty crushing. The future he'd been starting to consider, one with Willowwish as his mate, the one that had seemed closer and closer to reality each time they spoke, crumbled with her death. He decided that romantic love was stupid and he wasn't going to bother any more.

He also received Ravenpaw as an apprentice when he was 33. Good for him. Ravenpaw was one of Lionspark's adoptive daughters and Suncurrent was happy to let him be involved in Ravenpaw's training. Anything to shake Lionspark out of the depression that had gripped him since the death of Ravenpaw's mother, Cornflower.

Ravenpaw was a good apprentice and Suncurrent had a lot of fun training her. He did joint sessions with her sister Flypaw and her mentor as often as he could and generally did an okay job teaching Ravenpaw what she needed to know. He still wasn't the best at hunting, but with Lionspark and Flypaw's mentor, Ravenpaw managed to pick it up.

He was 37 when the plague finally ended. A cure was given to MarshClan by a mysterious group of travelling cats. That was excellent and Suncurrent was very glad that the danger seemed to have passed. It took another moon or two for everything to get properly opened up, but just knowing there was a cure gave Suncurrent hope.

Ravenpaw earned her warrior name, Ravenflower, when Suncurrent was 39. He was incredibly proud of her, though glad to be done training. Apprentices were quite exhausting and he was happy to have some time to himself.

A little later that same moon, while on a walk with Lionspark, Suncurrent came across three badly injured young cats. The kits, named Petrel, Tern, and Aloe, bore an oddly familiar scent, which turned out to be Myrtlepelt's. Lionspark and Suncurrent took them back to camp, where Swallowfrost tended to their injuries, notably Aloe's injured eye.

Leafstar accepted the siblings into the Clan, naming them Petrelpaw and Ternpaw, who were apprenticed to Foxpounce and a molly named Lotusmoon respectively, and Aloekit, who was placed under Moonmist's care along with the other two kits, Minkkit and Badgerkit, that the queen was already taking care of. Suncurrent thought it was really cool that Foxpounce was training one of them and refers to Petrelpaw as his "grand-apprentice", the apprentice of his apprentice. He doesn't really say that to anyone, but he thinks it's neat.

Not long after that, it was time for the yearly HorizonClan hike. Suncurrent and Lionspark went together. They went with Ravenflower, which was fun. Everyone had a good time. Suncurrent got to be home and spent a bit of time with his mom and then he got to hike with his best friend and one of his former apprentices. It was a good day.

The next moon, Suncurrent did not attend the eventually infamous Gathering. He and Lionspark both stayed home and had a bit of a guy's night + Ravenflower. Flyspark went to the Gathering, so she wasn't with them, but the trio had a good time. Suncurrent was still fond of his former apprentice and was happy to hang out with her and his best friend.

## Other

### Trivia

* Riverburst was an OC I made and never used in ABW1. Because we have literally no information about him except his looks (no personality or anything) and that he was Suncurrent's brother, he's not gonna make a comeback, but I decided to include him in Suncurrent's backstory for fun (Update! He was claimed by Starling so let's see where that goes)
* Suncurrent is really good at accents and uses them at random. He can also mimic almost any accent he hears after only a sentence or two.
* Suncurrent is bad at hunting alone but he is really good at partner hunting with Lionspark
* Suncurrent's headcanon voice is Daveed Diggs, specifically as Jefferson in Hamilton
* Suncurrent's love of accents stems from his HorizonClan upbringing. He taught himself to mimic accents as an apprentice to better fit in with OrchidClan due to Palepaw/step picking on him for his HorizonClan accent.
* If Suncurrent were to have kits, he would name one of them Whistlekit
* Suncurrent is absolutely terrified of the idea of losing Lionspark. The only thing that could really permanently end his cheerful attitude would be Lionspark's death.
* When he can't sleep, Suncurrent likes going out, climbing a tree, and practicing his accents. He also talks to any birds or squirrels that are nearby. They don't like that too much but he doesn't mind
* He's actually suppressed his natural HorizonClan accent for so long that he has to actively try to use it. He likes rolling his r's for absolutely no reason, he just thinks it's fun. He can switch accents partway through a sentence if he wants to. Suncurrent is a special accent man.
* Early in his time in OrchidClan, Suncurrent has a crush on Lionspark. He had no idea and thought he just wanted to be friends, but after Willowwish he was like "oh that's what that was. Wacky." He never bothered telling Lionspark about this, as they were best friends by the time he realized and he wasn't interested like that anymore.
* Suncurrent's older brother, Raypaw, looked almost identical to him. The only really obvious difference is that Raypaw had the same hazel eyes as his littermate, Riverburst. None of the brothers look like Claycloud - he was mostly brown and gold. Sootwhistle was closest, as he had a mottled pattern similar to Claycloud's, but they all mostly took after Hyacinthflutter in coloring.

### Quotes

**New RP**