Foxstrike

Lilypaw (sister; status unknown)

Walleyestalker (brother)

Cloudkit (son)

Icekit (daughter)

Hobby

> *"You didn't save me from a real fight. You 'saved' me from a skirmish with my littermate. And even if you did truly save me, I refuse to be blackmailed by the likes of you."*
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**Foxstrike to Jayclaw after the latter reveals her powers.**

## Description

Foxstrike is an orange-and-white tom with green eyes.

## Biography

Foxkit was born to Moonbeam and Ghostgaze of RiverClan, along with his brother Walleyekit and sister Lilykit. Though Foxkit and Lilykit had a fairly decent relationship, the brothers despised one another growing up. Despite Moonbeam's best efforts, the two have yet to even tangentially hint that they would make up. Foxkit eventually would become Foxpaw, being trained by Thawstar (then Thawspring) while Walleyepaw was trained by Newtstar, and Lilypaw by Quakefeather. From his kithood to this day, the orange-and-white tom would spend almost every day training relentlessly, often with Hopepaw, another apprentice. This would eventually make him one of RiverClan's strongest warriors. When the time came for the brothers to be warriors (Lilypaw never achieved the rank for reasons unknown), Newtstar made only Walleyepaw into a warrior, Walleyestalker. Not until after Newtstar's death was Foxpaw officially granted his warrior name, Foxstrike.

Several moons later, after Thawstar had implemented a rule where you had to choose between land and water (not both), Foxstrike chose the land, but secretly defied the rule to also train in water. However, he has told nobody. During this time, he and Walleyestalker got into a fight in the middle of RiverClan's camp (with most of the Clan watching) and Walleyestalker nearly won by placing Foxstrike underwater. Though Walleyestalker likely would not have killed Foxstrike due to honor, Jayclaw didn't understand this and set eagles after the two with her bird channeling powers.

Foxstrike and Walleyestalker managed to (for the first time ever) find some common ground in their annoyance with Jayclaw, with both boys threatening to tell everyone about her powers (mostly Foxstrike) and stubbornly refusing to back down. After a very long attempt at "negotiation", Jayclaw relented and let the boys go. However, Foxstrike has likely not told anyone, refusing to let this encounter with Jayclaw wear him down.

Later on, he and Quakefeather could be heard when several WindClan warriors attempt to tunnel close to RiverClan. The two RiverClan warriors catch on and dig down toward the tunnels, but two of the WindClan warriors collapse the tunnel before they get there, sealing it.

Foxstrike blamed Quakefeather for what happened to Lilypaw, but after some talking with Jayclaw, Foxstrike has since mellowed out toward the white warrior, though he still unfairly holds a grudge against his sister's former mentor. During this time, Foxstrike and Hopeheart had two kits, Cloudkit and Icekit. The former is named in honor of the name Lilypaw would've had, Lilycloud. In addition, Foxstrike changed his rank from Shellpaw (a land cat) to Webpaw (a water cat).

## Personality

Foxstrike is a very, very strong fighter. However, him spending his kithood and apprenticeship training relentlessly has had an effect on his socialization capabilities, as shown when he interacted with a warrior named Daisyrain and couldn't even remember her name. He also is generally rude, especially to Walleyestalker. While by no means a narcissist, Foxstrike is not inclined to accept defeat in combat, and even when he is defeated, usually refuses to acknowledge it. He is also very eager to fight, far more so than Quakefeather. Sometimes he will even be the one to instigate the fight, occasionally even for stupid reasons.

However, Foxstrike is not without honor. He will not do something that he knows would put his entire Clan in danger and he would throw himself in harm's way for his family; even Walleyestalker, if it came down to it.

## Trivia

* Foxstrike was initially set to be named Foxfrost.
* His pelt (pattern-wise) looks exactly like that if his mother, Moonbeam, only Foxstrike has orange fur where Moonbeam has black. Their eyes are also the same shade of green.
* Foxstrike's maternal grandmother is Curlswoop, who grew disillusioned with her birth Clan, SkyClan, when she was an apprentice. She joined RiverClan, where she became a warrior and eventually gave birth to Moonbeam. Because of this, Foxstrike has SkyClan blood.

## Gallery

Foxstrike in "fight mode" as drawn by Python918.