Forestclash

## Personality

Forestclash is a reliable cat, being able to listen and keep your secrets unless they leave his moral compass. He's the type that will root for the underdog, and while he's alright opinions, he will talk to defend a cat he feels isn't being respected for what they feel is right.

## Kit-Hood

Forestclash is the son of Ryestar and Fallingsnow, and was born to a litter of nine if you included him. His kithood hadn't been the usual fun and games sort of life, like other clan kits; it had mostly been about listening to his littermates get into arguments over their beliefs, and watching his parents support specific children who believed in Starclan while starving his brothers, Oakkit and Lightkit, of attention.

## Apprenticeship

Due to the large amount of kits in the clan, the young cats of Fallingsnow and Ryestars litter were paired up with a single mentor. This meant that Oakpaw would be training alongside one of his siblings, who turned out to be Lightpaw. Their mentor, Perchedleap, was like any other mentor; serving the purpose to train a young cat and teach them the importance of Clan life. To Forestpaw, doing chores like looking after elders by taking off their ticks and changing their bedding didn't feel boring. He liked the idea that he was being useful. Things seemed to be going fine for him, besides the ocassional family fight over his brother, Oakpaw, and his beliefs.

However, things began going downhill when his brother Lightpaw was captured multiple times. His disappearence stressed Forestpaw, and it got worse when his mother passed away, despite barely ever getting attention from her, and when his brother, Ricepaw, was exiled from the clan. He felt that he was trying too hard to keep Oakpaw and Lightpaw happy, and decided it would be better if he left Hollowclan for good. Oakpaw actually agreed to come with him, but right when they were about to cross into Puddleclan territory, his brother decided to go back to the clan they had been born in. This left Forestpaw feeling devastated, but nevertheless, he continued on his own.

 He stayed in Puddleclan territory for the night, and when he woke up, he was greeted by Saltscar, who listened to his story and asked him if he'd like to stay with her and her clan if Stormstar allowed it. He agreed, and when Saltscar spoke with Stormstar, the leader gave her permission to let Forestpaw stay.

Unlike his brother, Ricepaw, who'd had their name changed to Ryepaw, he didn't enter the new clan with a different name. He remained as Forestpaw, and without a mentor, he was left to learn about life in Puddleclan on his own. Since he didn't talk with many cats, he was left to learn about them by going on border and hunting patrol. His warrior ceremony was delayed for him to learn to get used to Puddleclan's terrain, and eventually he got the hang of swimming and fishing while also keeping his tree-climbing skills he'd been raised to learn back in Hollowclan. During these couple of moons, Forestpaw did his best to avoid the Puddleclan and Hollowclan border. He didn't want to face his siblings after leaving them, feeling guilty for what he'd done.

Then, one day, he finally gained up the courage to go to the border alone and see if he could come across any of his siblings, hoping he'd see them and be able to catch up. To his surprise, he saw his brother, Oakpaw, now Oakclash, had been visiting the border the past couple of days to see his brother, and they finally got to reunite. Despite the river being between them, they tried their best to communicate, shouting at eachother as the raging river tried to deafen their voices. It was short, but only because that was the day when their siblings had their warrior ceremony, and Oakclash hadn't gone to his vigil to see Forestpaw. Still, when the quick conversation was over, he left feeling happy, hoping he'd see him and all of their siblings at the next gathering. However, he was hurt when he went to the next gathering and realized Oakclash wasn't there.

A moon or so later, Forestpaw had gone on a walk to the border, hoping to meet his brother. Instead, he came across a wounded Hollowclan apprentice, Bubblepaw. Worried for the young cat, he brought Bubblepaw to Puddleclan. There, he offered to help Duskpaw in the medicine cat's den. The gathering after, he was glad to hear Hollowclan's thanks for helping Bubblepaw, but was still disappointed that Oakclash hadn't come.