Snowmask (TC)

## Description

### Physical description

Snowmask is described as a tom with clear white fur, striking yellow eyes and fluffy fur with a muscular build

### Traits

Snowmask was a hardworking tom who defended his Clan with his life and worked hard to secure a place in Thorne's ranks. He was also described as charming and easy going, even though he could be a little childish. Snowmask acted mostly from duty, but sometimes, his heart took the lead.

## Life

### Kit

Snowmask was born as Snowkit to Yarrowtooth and Echodawn in TorrentClan. He had two sisters, Eclipsekit and Hollowkit, but he was never close to any of them. Snowkit was the clear leader and often had his sisters tag along on adventures to "toughen them up".

### Apprentice

Snowkit became an apprentice at the age of 6 moons and was assinged to the Warrior Sheeppounce. As an apprentice, Snowpaw became good friends with another apprentice, Nightpaw. Snowpaw was very ambitious and had big goals. He grew distnant of his sisters and parents, and Yarrowtooth and Echodawn saw this and decided to give Snowpaw the space he wanted. Nightpaw and Snowpaw made a great pair, even though Nightpaw was one moon younger, and Nightpaw helped to humble her friend.

### Warrior

Snowpaw finished his training one moon earlier than his sisters, and became a Warrior at the age of 11 moons, alongside Nightpaw. Snowpaw was named Snowmask and Nightpaw became Nightstalk. The two had their ceremony toghter and was crowed Warriors under Lynxstar's leadership.

Now that Snowmask was finally a Warrior, he had one goal: to become his Clan's next leader. Working endless days, training extra with senior Warriors and volunteering for every dawn-patrol. He slowly bur surely rose in the ranks in TorrentClan and soon, word spread from patrol to patrol and other Clans started hearing things about a new star on the way. Snowmask got his first apprentice named Alderpaw, at the age of 16 moons. This however, started the gosspi for real. Was he manipulating Lynxstar? Lynxstar's favorite Warrior? Mate?

But none of it was true. The deputy Brookfreckle, who would later appoint Snowmask as her own deputy, had gotten a sign.

Even with his apprentice, Snowmask countinued to participate in Warrior duties as much as possible. Nightstalk was still beside him, and she was all the support he needed. He taught Alderpaw everything he knew, and she turned into a great cat. Alderpaw became Alderhiss at the age of 12 moons. Alderhiss grew distnat from her old mentor, but still remained eternally loyal and admired Snowmask deeply. Soon after Alderhiss's ceremony, Lynxstar passed away due to sickness. Brookfreckle ascended, became Brookstar, and appointed Snowmask as her deputy.

### Deputy

From the moment Brookstar had uttered the word, naming Snowmask her deputy, TorrentClan was torn. Some were furious that a more exparinced Warrior did not get the role, while the other side supported Snowmask and respected Brookstar's word. But, Snowmask remianed deputy, and the haters were soon forced to accept the choice. But, when word got to the other Clans, hell broke loose. The first Gathering was chaos, and StarClan had to step in and cancel it. But, during Snowmask's second Gathering as deputy, he was mudered. The perpetraition was Sparrowsong from RapidClan, but she could not be busted and exposed for a while. When dead, Snowmask drifted somewhere in limbo, but was broguht back to life by who he (and everyone else) thought was StarClan. It turned out to be the work of Willowstone The Reincarnator.

After the ressurection, Snowmask was accepted and proved to be a great deputy.

### Rouge

When Snowmask was deputy of TorrentClan, a new threat arrived: Thorne. Thorne was a burtal and murderous loner who began to kill Warrior after Warrior in TorrentClan. Thorne and her group of misfits and bloodthirsty rouges terrorized the Clan on-and-off for almost 8 moons before a plan was made. Brookstar recived a visist from Willowstone where she was told of a prophecy: “A snowflake’s thaw will mend the thorn's edges.” Brookstar did not tell anyone the full prophecy, as she understood that it called for Snowmask's dowfall alongside Thorne's. The leader propsed the idea to Snowmask to fake his death, and send him under an alias to infiltraite Thorne's group, and he was more than happy too.

Snowmask, now under the name Sky, was captured by Thorne herslef and another rouge, Roan, whom grew to one of Snowmask's mortal enemies. Snowmask was accepted into the group and had his mind set on climbing the ranks. At first, Snowmask was assinged a rouge named Blade as a supervisor, but after killing Venus, Thorne felt that that was not needed anymore. Instead, Snowmask got assiged the young and sickly tom Nyle as an apprentice, but the ultimate goal was for Snowmask to kill him and make it look like an accident. He was dead weight, if you asked Thorne. Snowmask felt bad for Nyle, but did it anyway. It became one of the things he regreted most.

Snowmask met all sorts of cats in the group, and was killed more times than he could count. Some where acceental, but many where murder. Each time, Snowmask was brought back by Willowstone. Snowmask and Willowstone, who the tom had believed to be a myth, bonded and the mysterious she-cat prosmied to guide his every paw-step and witness every breath he took, which she did. She helped him by not only ressuerction him more than once, but also helepd him find the few cats there who would help him with his goal of brining Thorne down. But Snowmask also killed. Not only Nyle, as mentioned earlier, but also Venus and Sandywhisker, a traitor.

In the group, Snowmask met Salmon, a she-cat. He tried to deny it, but it was love at first sight. Salmon had Snowmask wrapped around her claw, and he was lucky that Salmon was one of the good ones. Snowmask and Salom became mates quickly, and she was the first cat Snowmask reveled his secret mission to, and she offered to help.

Snowmask grew closer and closer to Thorne and gained more and more trust. He becmae feared by his supposed immortality and brutal way of fighting. But, soon, Thorne saw his real motives and exiled him. Snowmask begged for cats to join him, and Salmon and Chip, the "medicine cat" who Snowmask had grown close to followed him to TorrentClan.

### Back as a Warrior

Snowmask was welcomed back into TorrentClan with open arms. Salmon and Chip, too. Immidialty, the Clan began plotting and they soon came to the realisation that TorrentClan was outnumbered on its own. During Snowmask's departure from TorrentClan, Brookstar and Nighstalk (who had taken his place for the time being) has formed an alliance with SplashClan against RapidClan. Snowmask and Nightstalk visisted all the Clans and explained everything, StreamClan and RapidClan cursed and turned the away, while SplashClan agreed to help, mostly due to Nightstalk's and Onestep's feelings for each other. Toghter, the two Clans agreed to fight beside each other against Thorne and her army.

### Death

Suddenly, Thorne attacked TorrentClan camp and chased the Clan cats out. They where unprepeared and had to flee. A few cats killed and/or captured. The Clan fled to SplashClan and shared camp when Thorne proposed the date for the final battle. Snowmask led TorrentClan and SplashClan to battle and met Thorne without fear. He knew of the prophecy, and he knew what he had to do: only he could kill Thorne, and he would die with her.

Snowmask succeded in killing Thorne, and died soon after, his body collapsing over Thorne's. The prophecy was fullfiled and Thorne was gone.

After Snowmask passing, he stood in limbo, awaiting StarClan, when a shimmery cat came to him. The StarClan told him that they could not accept him into their ranks due to all the killing and code-breaking he had done. Snowmask was hurt, since he had done all that to save TorrentClan. That's when Willowstone appeared, taking the crying tom into her embrace. Snowmask now walks the sky alongside her, unable to communitate with the cats below him, including his son. Yeah, Salmon was pregnant when she went into battle and birthed one tom after Snowmask's death. The kit was named Snowkit, in honor of his father. Snowmask watches from Silverpelt and is included in manmy nursery tales in TorrentClan.

## Family

Father: Yarrowtooth

Mother: Echodawn

Littermates: Hollowsand & Eclipsefur

Mate: Salmon(eye)

Son: Snowkit

## Ranks and Names

Kit - Snowkit

Apprentice - Snowpaw

Warrior - Snowmask

Deputy - Snowmask

Rouge - Sky

Ghost - Snowmask

## Trivia

* Snowmask's design was originally a grey tom with a white face-mask, hinting at his name.
* He had a third sister, Whitevoice, who was never mentioned but within the alliance's list.