Quillsmoke

**Quillsmoke** is a long short furred dark ginger-smoke black tom with large ears, a long muzzle, a red cape, and grey eyes.

## Allegiances

### Past:

WindClan
Wanderer

## Book Appearances

### Living:

Paws of Stars

**Quillsmoke** is the first and current medicine cat of DriftClan under Driftstar's Leadership in the Valley Territories. He was born as **Quilkit** in WindClan to Larksplash and Cloudrunner, along with his sister Fallenstreak. As an apprentice, **Quillpaw** chose the path of a medicine cat and was mentored by Barkface. He became **Quillsmoke** and later agreed to join DriftClan as it's first medicine cat.

## **History**

### **Paws of Stars**

#### **Rising Sun**

Driftleap plans to be more united but decides to go on a solo search for new members, finding in the marshes Lobsterpaw and Quillsmoke agree while the latter agrees to take the role of a medicine cat. At night, as hail hits the island, Quillsmoke wakes to a curious Splashkit looking at the herbs, asking him all about what type of herb each herb was. Quillsmoke's eyes shine, realizing he may have just found himself an apprentice as he begins telling young Splashkit about each herb.

In the morning, Quillsmoke brings the idea up to Driftstar, who says the idea is fine as long as Quillsmoke asks Salmonheart and Lavenderswoop, which he quickly does, and they accept. Quillsmoke goes to Splashkit privately, asking him if he wants to be his apprentice, Splashkit readily agrees as he has been dreading being a warrior. Wanting this gathering to happen, Eaglestar starts speaking about as the only two Clans in the valley, peace must be maintained, until Driftleap, Antlertail, Salmonheart, Maplepelt, Quillsmoke, and Buzzardcry appear from the bushes and Driftstar proudly says there aren't two Clans.

Before they can continue with the questions, Fallenstreak drags her kits away, calling out Quillsmoke, who is shocked by greets his sister amicably as he is introduced to Lightnngpaw and Foxpaw, who are surprised to meet their uncle finally. Still, Quillsmoke is way more surprised to find out their father is the large Brambleheart, and picturing him and his sister having kits is weird.

## **Gallery**

Quillsmoke reuniting with DriftleapQuillsmoke and Driftleap arrive at the MoonfallQuillsmoke and SplashkitQuillsmoke telling Splashkit about herbsQuillsmoke talking to Driftstar about SplashkitQuillsmoke talking to Salmonheart and Lavenderswoop about SplashkitQuillsmoke asking Splashkit if he wants to be a medicine catQuillsmoke reuniting with Fallenstreak
## **Ceremonies**

**Quillpaw's Medicine Cat apprentice Ceremony**

**Quillsmoke's Medicine Cat Ceremony**

## **Personality and Relationships**

### **Personality**

Quillsmoke is more of a mellow medicine cat. Quillsmoke had a particularly boring and standard kithood with none of the rambunctious stunts most kits do. However, Quillkit's silence, unlike his sister, was due to shyness, and he was worried about fitting in being a fighter or a hunter, so decided to be a medicine cat and, with a caring mentor like Barkface, felt at peace and accepted in his role. This peace was short-lived, as Quillpaw had been born during a time of war, and his Clan WindClan was at the center of battles almost every day; this did make Quillsmoke better at treating battle wounds than any other medicine cat. Even with the battles, he felt safe with his parents, his sister, and his mentor, but it, too, wouldn't last. During his sister's warrior ceremony, the four other Clans broke into the camp, and the fighting was vicious; he saw his mentor gain massive wounds trying to defend Quillsmoke and the herb stores. Quillsmoke was left shattered, unable to save his father, his mother forced to retire from wounds, the uprooting of their clan's leadership, his inconsolable sister, and his mentor who made him a full medicine cat before dying from his hidden injuries as he was more focused on the Clan. Quillsmoke detached himself from others, focusing on his work and sparing some time for small talk; he believed some of the rules of the Clans weren't fair but kept it to himself. He wants to leave DriftClan with a medicine cat, especially with all their battles; he doesn't necessarily care if the apprentice is close to StarClan but that they can heal and plans to take the first kit he can as an apprentice. Quillsmoke likes to add Gannet feathers to his nest collection.

### **Fallenstreak**

Fallenstreak is Quillsmoke's sister; in their youth, Fallenstreak and Quillsmoke used to be close to each other to the point where they knew what the other was thinking, and Fallenstreak believed her brother would join her as a warrior. However, by the end of their kithood, Quillsmoke realized the life of a warrior wasn't for him. While Fallenpaw felt a little hurt due to the amount battles WindClan was getting in, they both saw each other for long periods and would joke that Fallenpaw would spend more time in the medicine den than Quillpaw. This happiness was shattered when the other four Clans broke into WindClan camp and attacked, this was traumatic for both siblings as it was supposed to be Fallenpaw's warrior ceremony, and Quillpaw witnessed the brutal mauling his mentor Barkface suffered. Then their father Cloudrunner died of his wounds, and their mother Larksplash retired from wounds and grief, Fallenpaw subconsciously blamed Quillpaw for not being able to save their father, not to mention he blamed himself. While Fallenstreak was left traumatized by the sudden change of her life and Quillsmoke was left alone by himself, they never reconnected their bond. They just saw each other as warriors and medicine, and later, they were in different Clans as enemy Clan members, especially due to SunClan and DriftClan's feud for Riverclaws.

### **Connection to StarClan**

Quillsmoke has a good connection to StarClan.

## **Appearances**

* Rising Sun(First Appearance)
* Shattered Code