Shrewstar

## Description

Shrewstar is a gray and white tom with green eyes, he is the leader of Leafclan and is very smart, thoughtful, and caring.

## Affiliation

Current: Starclan

Past: Leafclan

## Names

Kit: Shrewkit

Apprentice: Shrewpaw

Warrior: Shrewtalon

Deputy: Shrewtalon

Leader: Shrewstar

Starclan Resident: Shrewstar

## Family

Mother: Lilyheart

Father: Spottedhawk

Brother: Snaketail

Sisters: Brambleheart, Eagleclaw

Mate: Pouncetail

Daughters: Lilywhisker, Nightflower

Son: Volepaw

## Education

Mentor: Redstar

Apprentices: Fishtail, Beetlenose

## Deputy Position

Preceded by: Redstar

Succeeded by: Brambleheart

## Leader Position

Preceded by: Redstar

Succeeded by: No one

## Background

Shrewstar was born in Leafclan to Lilyheart but his father was a Stormclan warrior named Spottedhawk. From the time he was a kit he was very protective of his littermates and when his sister Bramblekit [later Brambleheart] fell into the river he tried to jump in after her but his brother, Snakekit [later Snaketail], and sister, Eaglekit [later Eagleclaw], stopped him. Later when Shrewstar became an apprentice he was eager to prove himself to his clanmates, while apprenticed he overheard his brother, Snaketail, and sister, Brambleheart, talking about Snaketail training with dead cats in his dreams, when he asked them about it Brambleheart told him the truth despite Snaketail telling her multiple times not to. After hearing about this so called Dark Forest Shrewstar tried to convince his brother to stop going but Snaketail refused so he and Brambleheart took turns staying awake to watch him so they could wake him up if he got hurt, soon after Brambleheart told Shrewstar that she had started going to the Dark Forest as well to keep Snaketail safe.

Shrewstar didn't think this was a very good idea but he agreed but never stopped worrying about them. One day when Brambleheart and Snaketail woke up covered in wounds and bleeding, Brambleheart didn't tell Shrewstar much about what happened all she told him was that her and Snaketail wouldn't be going to the Dark Forest anymore. Shrewstar was relieved then moons later his sister, Eagleclaw, was taken by twolegs. To get her back Shrewstar, Brambleheart, and Snaketail went to Twolegplace where they met with a kittypet named Hefty who told them that his towleg had taken Eagleclaw to a farm far away from the clans, following Hefty's directions Shrewstar, Brambleheart, and Snaketail journeyed to the farm.

On the way they were caught in an avalanche and almost died, they finally made it to the farm where they found Eagleclaw living with a group of loners. While there Shrewstar and his siblings helped the loners with another group of loners that was threatening them then headed home. On the way home the Leafclan cats ran into a fox which attacked Snaketail, permanently blinding him in one eye. After they made it back home Shrewstar noticed that Brambleheart was acting very distant, he didn't know why until his mother, Lilyheart, told him and his siblings the truth, that Spottedhawk, a Stormclan warrior, was their father.

Shrewstar and his siblings were furious at their mother for lying to them then a few days later Shrewstar, Brambleheart, Eagleclaw, and Snaketail went on a monhigh patrol with Redstar and Lilyheart. The group split up and Redstar and Lilyheart went one way while Shrewstar and his siblings went the other way. When Shrewstar and his siblings were done marking their half of the Cloudclan border they went back to the clearing where Redstar had told them to wait for him and Lilyheart. When Redstar and Lilyheart didn't show up at the clearing Shrewstar, Brambleheart, Snaketail, and Eagleclaw went to go find them. The group of siblings later found Redstar and Lilyheart both laying in a pool of their own blood.

Shrewstar was devastated at his mother's death but was shocked when Redstar, who still had two lives left after the attack, made him deputy. Shrewstar didn't think he was ready but he accepted the role. Some moons later Redstar was killed by a Mountainclan patrol and Shrewstar was made leader. In the early days of his leadership Shrewstar thought he was doing everything wrong and that he was going to lead his clan to ruin.

Luckily Shrewstar's clanmate, Pouncetail, helped him to see that he would be a great leader and helped him when he needed. Eventually the two cats fell in love and had a litter, Lilykit [later Lilywhisker] and Nightkit [later Nightflower]. Even with his leader duties Shrewstar tried his best to be a good father to his daughters and a good mate to Pouncetail. Moons after his daughters' birth Shrewstar was making a rogue named Bean [later Sparkbreeze] into a warrior when Brambleheart told him that Redstar was not killed by a Mountainclan patrol and it was actually her who killed the Leafclan leader moons ago.

When Shrewstar asked Brambleheart why she killed Redstar she told him that he wouldn't believe her. In response Shrewstar banished Brambleheart from Leafclan, later that night Sunstripe, Eagleclaw, and Snaketail left as well because they believed that Brambleheart had been banished unfairly. Shrewstar knew his sister and knew she wouldn't have killed Redstar without a good reason but he stood by his decision though he was so distracted by the loss of his siblings that he didn't name a new deputy to replace Brambleheart. Two days after Shrewstar banished Brambleheart from the clan Lilyheart visited him in a dream and explained to him what had really happened with Redstar.

When he learned the truth Shrewstar hated himself but Lilyheart assured him that it wasn't too late and Shrewstar went to find Brambleheart and the others and caught up to them on their way to Twolegplace. Shrewstar explained to Brambleheart and the others what Lilyheart had told him and kept telling them how sorry he was, Shrewstar was perfectly okay with letting Brambleheart be deputy again but Brambleheart refused, saying that she needed to gain the clan's trust again before she could be trusted as their deputy and so Shrewstar made Pebbletoe deputy. Moons later when Pebbletoe was hit by a monster on the Thunderpath and died Shrewstar made Brambleheart deputy again. Later Shrewstar and Pouncetail had another litter, this time it was just a single kit named Volekit [later Volepaw].

Unfortunately when Volepaw was apprenticed he was hit by a monster on the Thunderpath and died. Shrewstar and Pouncetail were devastated at their son's death but Shrewstar continued to serve his clan loyally until he was killed by an unknown Cloudclan warrior.