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Though born in the feral cat clans, Bloodstar's Abyssinian ancestry shows clearly in his sizable body and long, lean limbs. His dense agouti fur is the traditional red of his father's breed, one that looks dramatically like dried blood. Though his body is lean, the muscles that stand out beneath his thick fur are heavy and powerful in a clear testament to his intensive training and the effort he makes to keep himself in top form. His underside is lined with deep claw-scars that slightly lessen the flexibility of torso. This combined with his great size (he is, in fact, the largest cat through the clans) makes stalking smaller and quicker prey species next to impossible for him.

Aggressive and froward are two words that are well suited to describe his personality of ThunderClan's ruddy-furred Leader. His war-forged negative opinion of the other clans has not softened as his age has grown. He is just as likely now as he was 25 moons ago to attempt to claw to shreds an intruder from beyond his clan prior to asking what they happens to be doing there. Even amongst his own clan he can come across as overly harsh and critical, though his lessons in politics and tact from Tigerdark serve him well when his temper is in check enough for such matters to cross his mind. While cats who still remember old Fiercestar are inclined to liken Bloodstar's personality to the notorious old tom, he never feels he's been able to live up to being half the leader his Grandsire was. Bloodstar works hard to be compassionate amongst his own clan, but has no patience for fear or doubt. Young cats and kits, creatures he's long associated with a lack of even sensible amounts of either fear or doubt, are amongst the cats he finds most intriguing. He has taken it as a sacred duty of his to ensure that these times of peace do not result in a loss of the animosity and distrust that should be born between members of different clans. He is in possession of an excellent memory that serves him both as a boon and a bane, for because of it medicine cats are never attacked so long as he as met them at least once at a gathering. It also, however, means that he will rarely forgets a slight or insult paid to him. Unfortunately, his warlike nature makes forgiveness something he rarely engages in, even to those cats who are within his clan.

During the birth of New-leaf, in it's coldest days, the daughter of ThunderClan's leader gave birth under the watchful eye of the Medicine Cat. Gingertail bore a Tom and a She-cat without naming the sire. This choice was made because the cat she loved was not a part of the clan. He was not even a loner or Rouge, but a Kittypet with a blue-blooded pedigree known by the name Socrates. The two kittens grew quickly, both with fur as dark as night, and were given the names Darkkit and Nightkit when they were welcomed into the Clan formally.

As Leaf-bare began that year, both young cats were apprenticed. Darkkit, who had shed his ebony kitten coat to unveil a rich ruddy coloration, was christened Redpaw when he was apprenticed to Gallantclaw by Fiercestar. Gallantclaw was not unfamiliar with the art of mentoring, but even his skills were challenged by the savage and headstrong tomcat born to his leader's daughter.

It was later that Leaf-bare, during its deepest cold, that Greencough took the final life of Fiercestar. Deputy Twilighttail (a black and white she-cat) was accepted by StarClan and became Twilightstar. The peace that this new leader led to was not something that sat well with young Redpaw, who elevated getting into trouble to an art. Despite this, after 14 long moons of life, 8 of which were spent in training, Twilightstar accepted the newly dubbed Redpelt into her circle of warriors.

It was the moon following his warrior ceremony that one of the most formative events in Redpelt's later life happened. He had, for reasons he now couldn't remember, talked back to the normally patient and forgiving Twilighttail. As punishment for this, he had been instructed to stay at the camp instead of attending the first Gathering after his warrior ceremony. He was left with 2 nursing queens who were busy caring for their kittens, and as the only warrior left behind, was responsible for the security of the camp. As the moon rose higher, all was peaceful, until a howl rent the air. It was mere minuets later that the black and tan beagle followed its nose through the gorse tunnel. With the arrogance of a kitten, Redpelt flew into combat with the dog while the two hissing queens stood over their kits. The battle between Redpelt and the dog raged violently, until the return of the party who had left for the gathering. They streamed through the tunnel to the sight of the Clans newest warrior streaming past them in pursuit of a yelping canine. Blood and fur covered the camp, like macabre decorations in the destruction the fight had caused.

On the eve of the epic battle, Twilightstar called the clan together. Her feelings on the battle were mixed, for the dog had been a danger, but her warrior had torn apart most of the camp. Her answer, was instead to rename the young warrior rather than punish him in a traditional manner, so that he would remember to choose the locations of his fights more carefully. That night, Bloodpelt joined his fellow warriors in their den as a hero.

Most of the rest of Bloodpelts' adventures were of the standard sort a clan cat has: border disputes, gatherings, and other moments of excitement. Things ran along in a way indicative of the raging war until Twilightstar decided that he should train an apprentice. She selected Flamekit for him to train. But then Twilightstar's deputy Beigestrider slipped during a battle at the gorge and plunged into the still raging river. She selected Bloodpelt, nearly named mentor and just over 2 years old, to step into the paws of Clan Deputy (something his grandsire had long ago asked Twilighstar to do if the opportunity arose).

He served that station with loyalty and intensity for half a year, before the tragedy of Twilightstar's death befell the clan. During a crossing of the Thunderpath on her way to Mothermouth to share tongues with StarClan about the newborn Markedkit, the aging she-cat was struck and killed by one of the monsters. It was the next evening that Bloodpelt made the journey in her place, and was welcomed to the station of Clan Leader by StarClan, whose cry of 'Bloodstar' still seem to ring in his ears a moon later.

His daughter, marked with the white star that made her the prophecized bringer of peace, still stood as the center of attention. She managed even to overshadow the tragedy of Twilightstar's death and the excitement of Bloodstar's ascension to Leadership. Despite this prophecy of peace, Bloodstar was involved in a battle at his first Gathering with Ashstar of RiverClan over where the Markedkit should be raised. Bloodstar managed to take one of the other leader's lives, while Tangleheart, the ThunderClan medicine cat, turned traitor and made an attempt on the Red Tom's life. With mercy, the Ex-Medicine Cat was renamed Stoneheart and thrown from the clan in front of the gathered cats of all clans. In the following moon lacking a Medicine Cat the healing known to the warriors of ThunderClan proved insufficient to halt the damage inflicted by Ashstar's claws. Bloodstar lost a life to infection.

During the Moon of First Green it came time to apprentice the rogue-born Intrepid who had come to live with ThunderClan. Bloodstar decided that the outsider's training must be precise, and in accordance he named the young cat Sablepaw and trained him personally. He watched his young apprentice mature into a fine member of his clan, and named him Intrepidnight when the time came.

A great many moons have past since, and been stressful in ways a warborn cat could not have imagined. First the deadly fisher stalking his warriors as they tried to hunt. Then, seemingly as soon as the beast was dead a new villain reared its ugly head. And the killingcough was not something he, or any other cat, could fight. The illness did not take as many ThunderClanners as other clans lost, but with his own sister amongst the fallen it was hard. The one beacons of light in this period was the change to grant his son an apprentice and then the deputy-ship of the clan.

Once the deadly cough burned itself out of the clan it seemed a new killer would have risen if not for StarClan. With a true peace ready to rise Bloodstar has taken another apprentice, Alderpaw, who was sent by StarClan to live with ThunderClan.

Ruddyback (A stubborn red and tan she-cat with yellow-green eyes)

 

• Plato (A young purebreed Abyssinian tom with gray fur and dark yellow eyes)
• Theophrastus (A fawn Abyssinian tom with golden-brown eyes)

Adoptive Daughters

• Rosestorm (A longhaired torbie she-cat with brilliant green eyes)
• Alderleaf (A brown mackerel torbie she-cat with pale yellow eyes)

Grandsire - Fiercestar (An orange tabby bi-color tom with a scarred nose and a dangerous disposition)

Granddame - Tigerdark (A svelte dilute torbie she-cat with only tiny patches of brown)

 

• Hopestorm (An amber-eyed ruddy-fawn she-cat with a pale underside and tattered ear)
• Fiercestar (A level-headed large blue-gray tom with amber eyes)
• Speckledfury (A blue-eyed caramel and brown she-cat with a pale underside and primal tabby markings)
• Sparrowsong (A gray she-cat with brownish cast, pale underside and primal tabby markings)
• Nightmoth (A blind caramel and brown patched she-cat with subtle tabby markings)

Lives left: 0

First Lost to infection following his fight with Ashstar at the Gathering in Jan 2006.

Second lost to a small monster (ATV) that he confronted head on at the Gathering in Apr 2006.

Third lost in a fight with Dawnstar

Fourth lost in a fight with Dawnstar

Fifth lost in a fight with Dawnstar

Sixth lost in a fight with Dawnstar

Seventh lost in a fight with Dawnstar

Eight lost in a fight with Dawnstar

Nineth lost in a fight with Dawnstar

Bloodstar has been compiled into the bans records based on his/her physical traits.
Bloodstar is a Male cat with Short Red Ticked Tabby fur.
He is of Very Large size and Semi-foreign build. He has Amber eyes and a Normal tail. He is half Abyssinian.

Bloodstar Is A Part Of The Character Genotype Project and has been Genotyped.
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