SKYCLAN HISTORY - 7.16.2023

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BLAZESTAR

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  JULY 2022 ; Those left in the pine forest were still mourning the recent loss of their leader Rain; the cat who had brought them all together, and they felt lost without his guidance. After all was said and done, Blaise led the newly-named SkyClan back to their camp. The Clan was not impressed with his kittypet roots, the sudden ascending to power, or that he had seemingly pushed Rain's own sons aside to assume leadership.
  
  SkyClan was also not initially impressed with Blaise's old kittypet friend, Valentine, showing up to camp and immediately criticizing their way of life. His presence in the Clan is questioned until he receives a dream telling him to take Blaise to the Moonstone. There, Valentine is renamed Dawnglare, medicine cat of SkyClan, and Blaise is granted nine lives along with the name Blazestar
  
  + Blazestar encounters a young she-kit named Gaia on his way back, later to be named Butterflypaw under Blazestar’s mentorship
  
  Honeybee, a former member of the pine group and now a member of Skyclan begins to dream similarly. They see the river, overseen by the beady eyes of a cicada. His rest remains fitful, and at last, he answers the call to the moonstone, running into Riverclan’s newly declared leader, Cicada. As the two of them both dream beneath the moonstone, the true nature of it all becomes clear. Honeybee is to be Riverclan’s medicine cat, now named Beesong.
  
  Beesong, always content within the pine forest, is less than enthused by this news; but, heeding their starry ancestors, Beesong decides to take the mantle. He returns to Skyclan’s camp one last time to say his goodbyes. Of course, they are met with confusion, but hardly knowing themself, Beesong only sighs, accepting of his fate.
  
  AUGUST 2022 ; Despite being accepted by StarClan, Blazestar still felt incapable of leading his Clan. In an effort to appease those who doubted his leading abilities, Blazestar names Daisy Flight the first deputy of SkyClan, though she was close to kitting and not anticipating the announcement.
  
  Rain's older sons, Squall and Haze, were angry and feeling passed-over yet again at the paws of a kittypet. In their frustration, the two toms fled to Fourtrees to where their father lay dead and burried. However, the brothers end up accidentally trespassing on WindClan’s newly claimed territory and come face to face with newly-named Sootstar. In a blind rage, Haze attacks her and Sootstar kills him in retaliation. Upon Squall’s return, the Clan is appalled that Sootstar would simply kill a warrior.
  
  Striken with grief, Blazestar’s calls a meeting, announcing his and Dawnglare’s newfound ranks, along with the news of Haze’s death. As somber as this is, it also serves as a milestone, where Skyclan’s first warriors recieved their full warrior names.
  
  ♥ Daisyflight gives birth to her four kits.
  + A young cat known as Twin joins Skyclan and is later renamed Quillpaw
  
  After Haze is honored by his Clan, Blazestar takes a small patrol into WindClan territory to confront Soostar. Without fear, she confirmes that she has killed Haze, and her warriors then threatened SkyClan while in her territory. Here marks the start of the bad blood between SkyClan and Windclan.
  
  SEPTEMBER 2022 ; Torn between looking weak in the eyes of both his clan and WindClan, as well as wanting to avoid further bloodshed, Blazestar retreats to his den until Dawnglare receives a prophecy showing a tree with massive roots sprawling within Twolegplace. Blazestar interpretted this thinking it would be an answer to the problem with Windclan. While Daisyflight is left to guard camp, Blazestar, Dawnglare, and a patrol of warriors and their apprentices leave for the Twolegplace the following day. The patrol did not find a solution to their feud with WindClan, but SkyClan found its roots where Rain had originally started his colony. New members followed the patrol home, though they did not make it before Blazestar lost his first life to a monster.
  
  While Blazestar was away, a refugee from WindClan named Leopardcloud appeared on their territory along with two young kits, who she explains are her young siblings. Daisyflight accepts her into the Clan so she and her small companions would be safe. Shortly after,Daisyflight and those remaining in camp began to encounter signs of strange predators in their territory. Over time, it became increasingly clear that an unwanted creature was within their midsts; and with part of the Clan's warriors away, Daisyflight and those left behind fight off attacking chihuahuas and successfully drove them away from their home.
  
  Upon Blazestar's return, he promotes Deersong and Redstorm as lead warriors and announced that his ThunderClan mate, Little Wolf, is pregnant. Clan life resumed, until one day a former SkyClan cat turned rogue, Vermillionsun hunts on SkyClan territory with his rogue companions. He was asked to leave without incident.
  
  OCTOBER 2022 ;
  🕱 A warrior, Gardenia, is killed by an owl.
  ♥ Blazestar's mate, Little Wolf gives birth to five kits.
  
  A lurking fox attacks Blazestar's apprentice, Butterflypaw, and his second life was lost in an attempt to save her.
  
  NOVEMBER 2022 ; The departing of a Skyclan apprentice, Centipedepaw, from camp does not go noticed at first. Neither does the eerie presence trailing behind him. Centipedepaw is murdered by a rogue, his body dragged off the territory, never to be found again. The culprit is by now, unknown, though the scent indicated a cat outside of any of the five Clans. Blazestar, recalling their only recent run-in with a rogue, becomes suspicious of Vermilionsun, and calls his highest ranked to discuss a plot to question the rogue on the murder.
  
  Around this time, Daisyflight sought Blazestar and admitted she is unable to lead in his place. Acknowledging this, Blazestar promotes Deersong as deputy as Daisyflight steps down to lead warrior in her stead; along with his intention to hunt down Vermilionsun.
  
  Shortly after this meeting, the WindClan refugee, Leopardcloud, passes away; she reveals that she was Coyotepaw and Squirrelpaw's mother rather than their sister.
  
  Following up on Centipedepaw’s murder, Blazestar leads a patrol of his strongest warriors into Twolegplaceto interrogate Vermilionsun about the death of Centipedepaw. Vermilionsun, hurt by the accusation, vehemently denies any involvement and a fight ends up breaking out. Following a struggle, Blazestar orders him to be captured and brought to SkyClan’s camp.
  
  Upon hearing of Leopardcloud's death, Sootstar and a patrol of WindClan cats arrive at SkyClan's border demanding Coyotepaw and Squirrelpaw's return. Not wanting to inflict violence upon his adopted Clan, Coyotepaw elected to go with Sootstar and his biological father, whilst his sister Squirrelpaw remains.
  
  DECEMBER 2022 ;
  ♥ Deersong gives birth to three kits.
  
  With prey becoming scarcer due to leafbare, a border skirmish breaks out between ThunderClan and SkyClan. One of Blazestar's half-Clan kits, Morningpaw, attempts to intervene in a fight between apprentices, and is gravely injured by Snowpaw in the process, jumping in between only to be met with a slash to the neck. Dawnglare is unable to save her, and she dies within Skyclan’s camp.
  
  Emberstar, ThunderClan's leader, comes to offer her condolences and inquire about next steps, and Blazestar tells her he would not retaliate or react. At the following Gathering, Emberstar proposes a warrior code along with it’s first law: "While you may have friendships with cats from other clans, your loyalty must remain to your clan. At the end of the day, you must be prepared to defend you clan with your life, and you must be prepared to meet another clan in battle." Despite the turmoil surrounding all five leaders and budding tensions, all five Clan leaders agree to this law.
  
  With the introduction of this new law, Blazestar’s remaining four kits are left to pick and choose which clans they will remain in. The family, now to be split, says their goodbyes to eachother. In the end, two kits end up remaining in ThunderClan, while the other two go to SkyClan.
  
  With the cold season comes sickness. More specifically, whitecough which has proved to become a particular nuisance to Windclan, spreading throughout their ranks like wildfire. This is no concern of Skyclan, aside from their medicine cat, Dawnglare. And even then, only because he finds that his mate, Mallowlark, has fallen sick with it. Desperate and fearful of sickness, Dawnglare goes out of his way to bring him a cure.
  
  Blazestar, in a pit of depression, calls his Clan for a meeting to promote Thistleback to lead warrior and to announce the new warrior code, all the while ignorant of the medicine cat's own indiscretions.
  
  Following this announcement, Blazestar is dealt another blow: Deersong steps down from her position as deputy to mother her young kits. Weary and betrayed, Blazestar calls an impromptu meeting to promote his third deputy, Orangeblossom, as well as Sheepcurl as lead warrior.
  
  ⬇ Redstorm, a Skyclan lead warrior steps down.
  
  With details of the murderous rogue having been revealed at the gathering, Redstorm employes Blazestar to release Vermillionsun– a far cry from the description given– from Skyclan’s clutches.
  
  WindClan’s medicine cat, Dandelionwish, learns of Skyclan’s possession of catmint; and, hopeful, travels to the moonstone to request some of SkyClan’s bounty. Harboring disdain for WindClan (as well as most others not directly in his favor), Dawnglare loudly refuses, leaving the medicine cat to trudge back home empty-pawed, and with no signs of things looking up.
  
  JANUARY 2023 ; One of Blazestar’s kits remaining in skyclan, Fireflypaw, falls sick and is rushed to the medicine den. Dawnglare, suddenly fearful of losing yet another kit of his close friend, is striken with an idea in his panic, and decides there and then that Fireflypaw would be his apprentice.
  
  Not long after Orangeblossom's promotion, a WindClan patrol led by their newly named deputy Badgermoon arrives at SkyClan's border. Blazestar and many other warriors square off, listening to their demands: catmint to heal their sickened Clanmates. Blazestar's answer was a firm no due to the bad blood between SkyClan and WindClan, and a battle resulted. Blazestar ends up losing a life to the WindClan warrior Spiderbloom in the skirmish.
  
  Meanwhile, former SkyClan apprentice Coyotepaw led a second WindClan patrol to the pine-dweller's camp. Sunstride, a WindClan lead warrior, then instructed the patrol to conduct a raid of SkyClan's catmint. The camp ended up being left vulnerable with the bulk of the warriors at the border– a distraction purposesly orchestrated by WindClan.
  
  In the midst of it all, a SkyClan apprentice named Greenpaw runs to RiverClan for help. Cicadastar then agrees to send two patrols to assist SkyClan, and WindClan is successfully chased off. Following the battle, Blazestar and Cicadastar seak in private to construct an alliance between SkyClan and RiverClan.
  
  Skyclan reconvines with Riverclan following the battle. While many of them were badly battered, thankfully there were no other casualities aside from Blazestar himself. In the end, WindClan managed to get away with two doses of cat mint, and a few of other herbs, haphazardly snagged in the chaos.
  
  Though his mind has been made up since before the battle, it is not until all is said and done and Fireflypaw has recovered, that Dawnglare announces Fireflypaw as Skyclan’s first medicine cat apprentice.
  
  Later, Coyotepaw returns to SkyClan. Although met with hostility from former clanmates feeling betrayed, the apprentice presses on, detailing the motive behind his leaving and subsequent experience in WindClan. He stands before SkyClan now, requesting readmittance to the clan he had grown attached to. Conflicted, Blazestar declares that he will stay within SkyClan's camp over watch until he makes a decision.
  
  Blazestar speaks with his council, and in the end, Coyotepaw is allowed to rejoin SkyClan under strict watch and guidelines.
  
  ☠ Two warriors, Tidespin and Ravencall are found dead in the snow.
  
  FEBRUARY 2023 ; WindClan's Medicine Cat, Dandelionwish, appears battered at SkyClan's border with a kit. Met with hostility, they request help, and it is revealed that the Medicine Cat escaped after being put under lockdown by Sootstar, the leader furious with his traitorous words. Though conflicted, Blazestar takes the two in to be cared for.
  
  + A kittypet named Sootsprite joins SkyClan and is later renamed Sootspritespark.
  + A kittypet named Shrimpy Boy joins SkyClan.
  ⬆ Silversmoke is made a Lead Warrior of SkyClan
  
  MARCH 2023 ;
  
  + Johnny, a kittypet introduced by Thistleback, joins SkyClan as a Daylight Warrior.
  
  Fireflypaw meets Haku, a fallen Pine Warrior within his dreams. The StarClanner brings a prophecy: " You must not waver when boughs are plucked from the pine. " Frantic, Fireflypaw wakes his clanmates. Unsettled by this message, Blazestar again summons his council to discuss the meaning of the cryptic words. While different theories are thrown around, it seems evident that something bad would be coming to SkyClan soon.
  
  Shortly after– perhaps in a related turn of events– Blazestar's daughter Howlpaw goes missing. Immediately, several search patrols are sent out to look for her. One such search party finds that her scent trails towards Twolegplace, and then ends abruptly. SkyClan ponders why she might have any reason to go there.
  
  Soon after, a strange cat appears at SkyClan's border requesting to join. He claims that he would benefit SkyClan, and with horror, it becomes clear that this cat does not think highly of Clan life, and even boasts of his kills. Sensing this cat as a threat, Blazestar orders that he is brought into camp as a prisoner.
  
  The stranger is brought before SkyClan and asked to detail what he's done. Without missing a beat, the rogue– Kuiper– reveals that he had murdered Pitchstar, ShadowClan's former leader, a WindClan warrior and kit, a RiverClan warrior and apprentice, as well as Centipedepaw, the apprentice lost to SkyClan moons ago. The Clan reacts with horror, and terrified, Blazestar asks if he has done anything to Howlpaw. The rogue responds with a resounding yes.
  
  Thistleback, enraged, is no longer willing to listen to what any of the rogue has to say. The tom thunders toward him, and delivers him a horrific death. Though the rogue's death was undeniably deserved, the suddenness and brutality of Thistleback's attack leaves all of the clan shaken. Blazestar is no exception, he returns to his den without much further word, the situation taken care of, more or less.
  
  Later, a RiverClan apprentice appears, out of breath at SkyClan's border, informing them that they are under attack and in need of help. It's revealed that the conflict between Sunningrocks has come to a head, and ThunderClan has chosen to claim them.
  
  Blazestar is appalled by the news that it was in fact ThunderClan their allies were conflicting with, and in the end, he did not have it in himself to send warriors into this battle. Haunted by the death of Morningpaw and loss of Howlpaw, he could not be asked to willingly battle his half-clan children.
  
  Much of the Clan, feeling that they owe RiverClan for their previous help, were outraged by this choice. Most notably a then-trusted warrior Sharpeye, who attempts to order Blazestar to send warriors to RiverClan's aid. Blazestar refuses, and Sharpeye declares that will go to help RiverClan himself. Blazestar makes it clear that if he does this, he will not be allowed to be a SkyClanner again. Sharpeye is secure in his choice however, and returns to the battlefront with the RiverClan apprentice.
  
  Sharpeye is later seen again, being chased by two ThunderClan warriors toward SkyClan's border. Strangely, Bluejay, a SkyClan warrior, launches herself at the ThunderClanners, meanwhile Redstorm is more concerned with the now - rogue careening for SkyClan's border. Thistleclaw lunges to scruff Bluejay, the feline trying to involve themselves in a battle that was not theirs.
  
  The ThunderClanners are confused about SkyClan within their battles midst at all, and the situation is explained to them. Their job is complete though, with Sharpeye off their territory, and they soon leave. Blazestar is summoned as well only to tell Sharpeye to do the same.
  
  A few days later, another SkyClanner, Ashenclaw, goes missing.
  
  + Sparrow, a scared young loner is taken into SkyClan.
  
  A WindClan warrior appears at SkyClan's border. Met with suspicion, he introduces himself as Mallowlark, and reveals that Dawnglare has encouraged him to join. The revelation is met with varying degrees of confusion, Blazestar himself not believing the WindClanner's tale. A rare glimmer of cold fury in his voice, Blazestar demands that his warriors chase him out.
  
  Dawnglare himself appears and is in Blazestar's face in an instant. Dawnglare claims the WindClanner to be innocent, and in the way the Medicine Cat speaks to him, Blazestar can tell that the two of them are mates.
  
  Struck by his own past relationship and the despair it brought, Blazestar is driven into a frenzy. SkyClan stands distressingly by as the two screech at each other. In the end, Dawnglare is offered an ultimatum, that Mallowlark may be accepted into SkyClan, or Dawnglare remains loyal to his leader and his clan. Distress written on his face, Dawnglare chooses the former, causing the falling out of a seasons-long friendship.
  
  APRIL 2023 ; Two new SkyClan warriors, Twitchbolt and Quillstrike are captured by Twolegs, and it begins to become clear what the cause of the disappearances may be. Following this, Blazestar calls an impromptu meeting to discuss. Though Slate and Silversmoke suggest that the practice of Daylight Warriors should be quelled to prevent leading Twolegs to their camp, Blazestar argues that their Daylight Warriors' knowledge of Twolegplace would be especially valuable at this time. He declares that for the time being, no SkyClan cat may go out of camp on their lonesome. Alongside this, Coyotepaw is allowed fully into SkyClan no longer as a prisoner, but as an apprentice.
  
  + A loner named Pebble joins SkyClan, and is later renamed Drizzlepaw.
  
  Slate, a SkyClan warrior is trapped by twolegs. In a moment of clarity, Slate makes a declaration: The Shelter– that that must be where their captured clanmates have been taken, and that SkyClan should seek it out. In the end, SkyClan must leave him to the twolegs, but they return with a revelation, to find the shelter. Within the shelter itself, Clan cats and others alike yearn for their departure.
  
  Not long after, Daisyflight is captured, along with her children Butterflytuft and Snowpaw. Alongside certain promotions in the clans, Blazestar takes action, calling upon Tallulahwing to gather other daylight warriors and venture out to find the shelter. Meanwhile within the shelter, Clan cats converse with other shelter cats, and some hope is given that they will be saved.
  
  Later that night, Tallulahwing's patrol makes way, and manages to discover the shelter that their clanmates are being kept in. Through an opening in the wall, they manage to speak with them, and can happily report that their cats are alive. The reunion is cut short though, as a twoleg spots them. Most of the patrol manages to get away, but not before the twoleg captures their warrior Grizzlyridge. The patrol later returns with news to report.
  
  Suddenly, A group of rogues would appear in SkyClan's territory. Their own members have apparently been disappearing, and they falsely blame it on SkyClan. Fireflypaw, in the wrong place at the wrong time, ends up blinded by their claws.
  
  MAY 2023 ; Now knowing where their clanmates are being held, Blazestar announces a rescue patrol.
  
  But in some aspects, the patrol is too late. Daisyflight has been restless within the shelter, and she is ripped from her chamber by twoleg hands. She is surrounded by things she does not understand– taken into a room where no other cats could enter. She fights and she fights, but icy death spreads across her with the prick of a needle. Her world falls out from underneath her, and she meets her death by euthanasia.
  
  The rescue patrol arrives days later. Clanmates as and new faces alike are freed. To their rescuers' dismay, it's revealed that Daisyflight is gone. The patrol returns with a slew of new cats in tow. Families are reunited, and the clan mourns the loss of Daisyflight, as well as the lies of Kuiper as Howlpaw is found alive.
  
  But not all is back to normal as Sheepcurl too, is taken. She would not be found within the shelter like the others, but rather, returned to the twolegs she had once left.
  
  + Yukio, a pregnant loner is found on SkyClan's territory with a friend.
  ☠ A vigil is later held for Daisyflight, all the clan mourning her loss.
  ♥ Orangeblossom gives birth to five kits.
  
  Over the next moon, SkyClan's high positions would host classes to teach the escaped shelter cats about clan life. For their bravery throughout SkyClan's tumultuous situation, Slate and Johnny are made Lead Warriors of SkyClan, the latter being renamed Johnnyflame.
  
  JUNE 2023 ;
  ♥ Bobbie gives birth to three kits.
  
  Tragedy strikes admist the windstorm that suddenly strikes the clans. Escalating over the course of a few days, the wind becomes strong enough to topple an old tree, crushing the nursery and taking the life of Snowpaw in the process, who had sacrificed himself to save his sister within.
  
  So soon after the last, Thistleback too, goes missing the Lead Warrior disappearing without much of a trace.
  
  Disaster strikes once again as a loose dog bursts into SkyClan territory, attacking Duskpool the warrior. His apprentice, Drizzlepaw runs to camp for help. And thanks to this, all is not lost to the dog. In defending his clanmates lives, Blazestar loses a life to the dog before they can drive it away. Though Duspool blacks out upon their return, no lives are lost besides Blazestar's
  
  ☠ Yukio gives birth to his kits, and all are stillborn.
  + Sheepcurl returns to SkyClan.
  x Bananasplash goes missing.
  
  Vermilionsun returns again, kits in tow, requesting an audience with Blazestar. Blazestar complies, and questions the kits that sit behind him. The loner requests that Blazestar takes them in, fearing for how their lives may be, growing up within the sewers. Blazestar complies, as SkyClan was once Vermilionsun's home. Blazestar returns with the kits, and brings them to Yukio for him to nurse.
  
  Two warriors appear at SkyClan's border, out of breath and with a message. The ThunderClan warriors reveal that Sootstar is coming with a battle party, and Blazestar mobilizes at once.
  
  Blazestar would meet Sootstar where they border ThunderClan in a surprise attack, wherein battle would then ensue. In the end, Sootstar would take one of Blazestar's lives, and retreat delcaring victory. The patrol later returns, battered and bruised but alive.
  
  JULY 2023 ; Following the battle, for their bravery shown, Howlpaw and Drizzlepaw are made warriors– Howlfire and Drizzlepelt– and Twitchbolt is made a Lead Warrior.
  
  OVERVIEW AS OF 7.14.2023 ;
  ► Allied with Cicadastar and Riverclan (?)
  ✦ Serves alongside deputy Orangeblossom
  ✦ Serves alongside medicine cat Dawnglare
  ✦ Serves alongside medicine cat apprentice Fireflypaw
  ✦ Serves alongside lead warriors Silversmoke, Slate, Johnnyflame and Twitchbolt
  ✦ Served alongside deputies Daisyflight and Deersong
  ✦ Served alongside lead warriors Daisyflight, Sheepcurl, and Thistleback​

SKYCLAN HISTORY - written by Marq & Floppie; edited & formatted by Floppie​