Scalestrike

Scalestrike is a dark blue and grey tabby with amber eyes.

While he isn't very tall, the tom is firm and muscular. His pelt is medium length and somewhat rough in texture.

He tends to smell of kelp, cattails, and sand. He doesn't put that much effort into his appearance and often appears more unkept than most of his clanmates.

Like his siblings, Scalestrike is a Domestic shorthair mix, with a variety of underlying breeds like Turkish angora, Russian blue, Oriental, Korat, American curl, and Manx.

## Education

### Personality

+ Loyal | True to his principles & loyal to his clan

+ Mature | Behaves responsibly & sets an example for others to follow

+ Protective | Fiercely defends what is his

= Reserved | Tends to keep to himself

= Moralistic | Abides by a strict moral code

= Somber | A bit gloomy with a rather grave outlook

- Distrusting | Wary of others, especially those outside Riverclan

- Cold | Dismissive and blunt, he keeps himself guarded

- Intimidating | Prone to using fear as a means of keeping others inline

### History

**Kit**

Scalekit was born to Streamsong and Newtfoot. Scalekit was the youngest of the litter, with Finkit the oldest, and Guppykit between the two boys. As a kit, Scalekit appeared almost laid back. He wasn't all that interested in causing mischief and was often complimented for his good behavior.

His relationship with his brother Finkit dwindled due to the two just not interacting enough. Finkit found more important things to spend his time on, while Scalekit grew to care very little about his brother. In contrast, Scalekit grew quite close to Guppykit. The pair spent much of their time together, with their starkly different personalities almost complimenting one another. Guppykit was more prone to getting herself into bits of trouble and was always finding something to smile or laugh about.

Overtime, Scalekit grew to be quite protective over his sister.

Which may be why he grew to dislike his brother even further. While he himself had little interest in being playmates with Finkit, Guppykit often would go out of her way to try to become closer to him. It hurt watching her try only for their brother's attitude to push her away again.

**Apprentice**

Scalepaw and his littermates were made apprentices. Scalepaw's mentor was an energetic young warrior named Puddlecry. Puddlecry would, like Guppypaw, seem to always find something to smile about. It was almost eerie in an older cat. Still, Scalepaw did his best and learned a lot under them. They had a way of pushing Scalepaw to try new things and improve skills Scalepaw had grown complacent in.

So caught up and busy with his own new apprentice duties, Scalepaw started to find himself becoming distant towards Guppypaw. It seemed that she was more often than not, too busy for him too. So it was fair, Scalepaw had nothing to feel guilty over. Although... he wondered if Guppypaw's mentor Thorncrash was really a good mentor for his goofy and lovable sister.

Scalepaw started to branch out a bit more from his family and start making new friends of his own. While he didn't have any real close friends, he had been accepted into a small circle of friends around his age. He was more a silent contributor, but they always made him feel welcomed and accepted. Scalepaw loved it.

Over time, Scalepaw started to develop feelings for one of these friends, a charismatic tom named Nightpaw. As he came to terms over what he felt, Scalepaw did his best to gather the nerve to confess these feelings to Nightpaw someday.

That day came, Scalepaw and Nightpaw were alone and Scalepaw started off with a stutter but managed to get out a shaky confession.

Nightpaw looked stunned for a moment and then gave a small humorless laugh. Nightpaw explained clearly, as if explaining something difficult to a kit, that he did not feel the same way towards Scalepaw at all. The two parted ways awkwardly, Scalepaw doing his best not to tear up from the embarrassment.

Nightpaw must have later told the group about what happened or something because after that the circle of friends had taken to avoiding Scalepaw entirely.

Scalepaw spent most of his time after that focusing on training. The rejection stung, and it made him all the warier to open up like that to someone again. But training? Fighting? That was fine. A few scuffs and bruises, those would all heal. Combat practice became something Scalepaw really enjoyed.

**Warrior**

Scalestrike was given his name for his strength and combat ability, all his moons of practice and training seemed to have paid off quite well. He was confident he would serve his clan greatly in the moons to come.

His brother was named Finsplash, and while Scalestrike slowly became less hostile towards him, he still saw no reason to make friends with him. Finsplash was almost like any other clanmates in Scalestrike's eyes.

Their sister was named Guppybrook, and now that they were warriors, Scalestrike wondered if he should try to rekindle their bond. It had been a long time since the once-close siblings found much time for each other, and... though he wouldn't admit to such a thing, he missed her company.

Instead, however, Scalestrike continued to throw himself into clan work. Warrior duties were easy for him, and they didn't stress him out the way that his clanmates sometimes could. He loved his clan, but he had a very difficult time maintaining close relationships with them.

Finsplash was made deputy and Scalestrike... Well, Scalestrike wasn't really sure what to think. He was surprised for sure, but then he didn't even really know Finsplash at all. But he was... reluctantly and silently, very proud of his brother. He wondered to himself if Finsplash was happy. Having outgrown his hostility towards the other tom, Scalestrike came to wish the best for his brother.

### Relationships

* Thot 1 - Friend

* + they're my friend

* Thot 2 - Neutral

* + eh.

* Thot 3 - Rival

* + Grr angy

### Trivia

* Trivia 1

* Trivia 2

* Trivia 3

* Trivia 4