Tiltshoulder

Name- Tiltshoulder

Gender- Tom

Clan- HorizonClan (formerly), OrchidClan

Rank- warrior, sort of; he can't really hunt or fight, so he kind of just helps out around camp

Family- Whisperfrost (mother), Singewhisker (father), Cliffwhisker (brother), Scorchface (sister)

Friends- Falconstorm, Currentstripe, a whole lot of the barn cats

Enemies- none, and hopefully it will stay that way.

## Appearance and Personality

##### Appearance

Tiltshoulder is white with gray patches and turquoise eyes. He has multiple scars from a rockslide, mostly on his shoulders and left foreleg. One of his shoulders sits higher than the other.

##### Personality

He is calm and gentle, and believes that every cat has good in them somewhere, and that there is a peaceful solution to every problem. He loves kits, and desperately wants kits of his own - and a mate who feels the same way.

## Story

##### Kithood

Whitekit was born to Whisperfrost and Singewhisker of HorizonClan, along with his littermates, Scorchkit and Cliffkit. They had a normal kithood. Yay. everyone in the family loved everyone else and it was just great.

##### Apprenticeship

Now called Whitepaw, he had a mentor. Who was it? I have zero clue. But he trained with them. Like an apprentice.

One day, Whitepaw was hunting with his dad up in the mountains. Fun, right? Well, Whitepaw was chasing a rabbit when a hawk swooped down and snatched it. It was flying low, though, so Whitepaw decided to chase after it. But then he ran right off a cliff. Oof. He badly broke his shoulder, and couldn't move. Then an avalanche started, and he was hit with a bunch o' heavy rocks. Singewhisker was caught on a falling rock, and so he took a leap of faith, catching both the hawk and the rabbit - and then falling to his death. Double oof.

Whitepaw woke up in the medicine den after being unconscious for three days, and was horrified to learn that his father had died, and that Scorchpaw had moved to OasisClan. He was confined to the medicine den, and really just felt like a burden to his Clan. So he snuck out in the middle of the night. He left the Clan behind, traveling east.

##### Rogue Life

Because of his injury, Whitepaw could not hunt. Instead he followed vultures and ravens to their meals. He decided that he wanted nothing to do with the Clans anymore, so he started calling himself Tilt.

One day, Tilt stumbled across an abandoned barn. He was found by a cat named Sparky and invited in. Much to Tilt's surprise, the barn was populated by a small group of cats.

The barn was run by Dusky and Rafter, Sparky's littermates, and there were some cats who lived there permanently, like Zeus, Rafter's mate, Sara, Dusky's mate, Zeus and Rafter's kits Falcon and Current, and Owler, Sara's brother. Cloudy and Lake, however, were not born in the barn, and had come in at another point. There were also some cats who had lived there for a while but were gone now, like Inkblot and Chameleon (and their kits, Talis and Sovelai), Kyle, and Lake's son Frostpaw. Plus, there was Oaktail, Clay and Willow, who had died. Oaktail had been Lake's mate, but had been murdered by a cat called Hiker, who had been kicked out. Willow died giving birth to her kit, and Clay, her mate (and the brother of Sara and Owler), died falling off the roof of the barn shortly after.

Then Tilt met Sky, Clay and Willow's daughter. Sky was a beautiful and sweet she-cat, and Tilt fell head over heels for her. (Which is weird, if you think about it, because your head *should* be over your heels. Otherwise, you're either doing a handstand, or I'm seriously worried that you have some anatomical issues going on there.)

Tilt and Sky began hanging out together under the willow tree outside the barn. They were quite young and so not really technically mates, but they were pretty much just in a serious cat-dating relationship. The other cats in the barn thought that was really cute, and they were both relentlessly teased about it, especially by Owler, Sparky and Cloudy.

Lake hated him though. Lake hates everyone. Including her sons, Frostwhisker and Lichenbolt.

One day, Tilt decided to pick a rose for Sky. He went back to the barn, only to find out that she was out hunting. Okay, sad. So he waited in the barn - until it caught fire. Oof. Sky got home at this time, and Tilt basically just bundled her out the door with all the other cats.

Or most of the other cats. As it turned out, Sara had been trapped in there. Zeus stayed in to save her, and Rafter went in after them after a few minutes. They didn't come out, and after the fire burned out, the rest of the cats went looking for them. Zeus and Sara had died, and Rafter was gravely injured.

After that, the barn cats sort of fell apart. Dusky couldn't take the loss of his mate, so he left. Sparky left in search of his old friend Kyle, Owler left to go back to the place he was raised, and Cloudy decided to leave as well, saying that he would probably come back some day. Lake just skedaddled.

Rafter could not travel. She talked with Tilt, and told him that he had to go back to the Clans - and take her kits with him. She said that they needed somewhere to go; the barn could technically support them, but she knew that she wouldn't live much longer, and she didn't want them to have to witness her death. Tilt reluctantly agreed.

Tilt asked Sky if she was coming, and she said that she had to stay with Rafter until she died, and then she was going to travel the world. She didn't want to go back to the Clans. Tilt considered just sending Falcon and Current, but deep down he knew that he as well wanted to go home. They bid a heartbreaking farewell to each other, promising that if they met again before they had mates of their own, they would become each other's mates.

So Tilt took Falcon and Current back to the Clans. Falcon bet that his name would be Tiltwing. Tilt said that his name would probably be Whiteshoulder.

##### Apprenticeship Continued

Tilt brought the kits back, and was named Tiltpaw. Currentpaw joined OasisClan. Then Tiltpaw decided that it would be best to move to a Clan with a flatter territory so that it would be easier for him to move around, so he left Falconpaw in HorizonClan and joined OrchidClan.

He finished his training under Lichenbolt without wither of them knowing that Tiltpaw had known Lake.

##### Warrior Life

Tiltpaw became Tiltshoulder. He kinda just hangs around in OrchidClan now. He wants to join the rebellion, but he doesn't think he could contribute very much with his injury. Anyway, he's starting to come to terms with the fact that he's not going to see Sky again. It's sad, but he's accepted it, and has begun to look for mates in the cats around him.

## Other

Trivia

* He gets sort of nostalgic at the smell and taste of crowfood, after his time as a loner. Other cats generally find this gross. He just tells them it's an acquired taste.
* I'll probably have him go revisit the barn someday.