Talonstar

|| BASIC INFORMATION ||

Name:
Talonkit | Talonpaw | Talonwing | Talonstar
_{Name Meanings:}
Talon- After the sharpness of her personality.
-star The traditional suffix for a Leader.

Previous Clan: Highclan | Previous Rank: Leader
DOB: December 21st, 2011 | AC: May 20th, 2012 | WC: September 20th, 2012 | LC: January 27th, 2013 | Death: August 23rd, 2015
Age at Death: 45 moons old.
|| Mentored by: Eaglestar || Has Mentored: Snowtail, Fallendreams, Hookfrost ||

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|| PERSONALITY ||

 Protective :: Caring :: Well-meaning :: Rational 
 Confident :: Proud :: Intellegent :: Intimidating 
 Paranoid :: Short-tempered :: Suspicious :: Private 

December 21st, 2011 :: Born || Talonkit

- Born as an only Kit to Rookwing and Silvertail, leaving her mother weak from an earlier illness of Greencough that it was thought had compromised her ability to have Kits.
- Her cousins Shadowcliff and Snowtail are born.
- Silvertail dies after several moons fighting her illness.
- Talonkit befriends Mosskit and Kestrelkit

May 20th, 2012 :: Apprentice Ceremony || Talonpaw

- Becomes Talonpaw and becomes Eaglestar's Apprentice.
- Meets Hemlockpaw at a Gathering for the first time, the two of them end up fighting and have to be separated by Rookwing.
- Starts meeting with Hemlockpaw for fighting lessons, as Eaglestar refuses to teach her anything beyond basic defense.
- Meets Jay on the border and persuades Eaglestar to accept him as Jaywing a member of Highclan.
- Grows heavily critical of Eaglestar's regime, believing her father will make a much better Leader.

September 20th, 2012 :: Warrior Ceremony || Talonwing

- Earns her Warrior name at ten moons old.
- Begins to develop feelings for Jaywing, even after he arrives back to camp with a Kit in his jaws that he introduces as his daughter Rabbitkit.
- Stops meeting with Hemlockheart by the border.
- Her father dies in a border skirmish when she is thirteen moons old, and she is named the new Deputy of Highclan as Eaglestar wants somebody young to take his place.
- Eaglestar later looses his last life from Greencough.

January 27th, 2013 :: Leader || Talonstar

- Following Eaglestar's death, Talonstar names Jaywing her Deputy, not long after, he and his daughter Rabbitpaw are found dead by the Nightclan Border.
- Kestrelheart becomes her new Deputy in Jaywing's place.
- Highclan is accused by Hemlockstar of stealing Nightclan's prey, resulting in a border feud between the two Clans.
- Blackstep arrives in the Clan, and later reveals himself to be Jaywing's brother. Talonstar finds herself slowly starting to fall in love with him.
- It is revealed by Starclan that Blackstep was the one who killed Jaywing and Rabbitpaw, while Talonstar understands his reasoning for killing his brother, he can't get over that he'd kill an Apprentice, and has him banished from the Clan.
- She is forced to move her Clan to higher ground following a flood that covers the whole of the lower part of the mountains.
- Growing increasingly suspicious that Nightclan is planning on attacking them, Talonstar launches a small patrol into Nightclan's territory to find the Camp, however she meets with Voltagedrizzle and looses one of her lives fighting the Nightclan Deputy.
- Her fears over Nightclan grow worse when Hollowgaze reveals in a Prophecy that they will be attacked by a Sharptooth in a few moons.
- Kestrelheart is found dead, and Talonstar names Fawnheart her new Deputy.
- Launches an attack on Nightclan, it is called to a close when she makes a deal with Hemlockstar and gives him part of their territory in return for helping them when the Sharptooth attacks.
- When Seaclan suffer severe damage to their Camp in a storm, Talonstar offers them shelter in Highclan.
- Hemlockstar keeps his promise and brings Nightclan to help them defend the Camp against The Sharptooth, while there he and Talonstar argue, then confess attraction to one another, long story short, Talonstar falls pregnant with his Kits.
- After The Sharptooth is killed, Talonstar gives birth to six Kits, but has to give three of them up to Hemlockstar to prevent their secret from being found out.
- Suspicions grow between Stoneclan and Highclan over missing prey, and Talonstar leads another War, this time against Stoneclan, where she ends up having to give up more of Highclan's territory in order to reclaim their kidnapped Medicine Cat Apprentice.
- Fawnheart dies in the battle and Deepwater is made the new Highclan Deputy.
- Starclan stops talking to Highclan as they believe Highclan has become unfaithful to their ways, Talonstar becomes convinced they are trying to remove her Leadership by driving her to the brink and putting her lives on the line.
- Adopted a Nightclan Kit and named her Snowkit.
- She gives birth to her second litter of Firkit, Hollykit, Mistletoekit and Coalkit.
- Took on training her first Apprentice in a while, Hookpaw.
- Rosepaw reveals that she knows who her father is and threatens her mother with the power that she can ruin her if she wants to.
- Her adoptive daughter Snowkit died.
- Her youngest daughter Pitchspirit died giving birth to her Kits.
- Made up with her daughter Roseberry after her daughter confessed to being pregnant, insisting her daughter stayed with her in her Den.
- Roseberry's Kits were born.
- Discovered Tornheart was the father of the Kits and vowed to keep him away from her daughter and grandkits.
- Her Kits became Apprentices.
- Went to war with Lightningclan over border and prey disputes.
- Lost her fifth life trying to rescue Skypaw who slipped and fell on the mountain path.
- Wiltedkit tripped and fell in camp. 
- Lost a life to Heat Sickness, only Fleetingpaw and Ringshadow know about this.
- Discovered she was pregnant again with Kits.
- Hopekit, Charitykit, Daringkit, Faithkit and Mercykit are born.
- Her mate Hemlockstar, as well as two of her older Kits, Jetblaze and Yewpatch join Highclan.
- Fell off one of the Highclan Cliffs, losing her remaining lives on impact.

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|| LIVES LOST ||

First Life: Lost in a fight with Voltagedrizzle when she found Talonstar in Nightclan's territory. Talonstar has become particularly committed to taking them to war following this.
Second Life: Fell and hit her head on a rock in a fight with Adderstar between Highclan and Stoneclan over territory.
Third Life: Killed by Fallendreams when he attempted to take over the Camp.
Fourth Life: Died of a bad case of Greencough, although she recovered after her life was taken she may not be able to have Kits anymore, at least not without risk to her life.
Fifth Life: Taken while trying to rescue an Apprentice who had slipped on the cliffs. She was unable to save the Apprentice, but was rescued herself after losing a life.
Sixth Life: Lost to heat sickness (Secret)
Seventh Life: Lost in the fall.
Eighth Life: Lost in the fall.
Ninth Life: Lost in the fall.

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||RELATIONSHIPS||

Mates:
Mate: Hemlockstar

Kits: 
First Litter: Rookfeather, Roseberry, Lostshadow, Jetblaze, Pitchspirit, Yewpatch
Second Litter: Firpaw, Mistletoepaw, Coalpaw, Hollypaw
Third Litter: Mercykit, Faithkit, Daringkit, Hopekit, Charitykit
Adopted: Snowkit

Grandkits:
Pitchspirit's Kits: Melodykit, Harmonykit, Crashkit
Roseberry's Kits: Wiltedkit, Wakekit, Sleepingkit, Deathkit

Parents:
Birth Mother: Silvertail
Birth Father: Rookwing

Grandparents:
Grandmothers: Morningfrost, Gentleclaw
Grandfathers: Skyclaw, Falconcliff

Other:
Uncles: Blackstone
Aunts: Blizzardfern
1st Cousins: Snowtail, Shadowcliff

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Talonstar Trivia:

* Talonstar was mostly raised by her father when she was younger and thought the absolute world of him.
* She has been in love three times, but only once in the way she loves Hemlockstar.
* Her originally intended mate was a cat called Blackstep, however he ran away to join Nightclan and fell in love with another she-cat only a moon later, leaving a much younger Talonstar heartbroken.
* I think I'll always miss having Talonstar as a character, she was so much fun and I put some much into her to make her the character she was up until this point. Letting her go is a painful thing indeed.

Art by Brin-and-Tonic