#cherrythorn

[artoutoftheblue]

I think these two deserve some art

Cats trained in the Dark Forest my beloved

@shattered-sparks

Bonus version with just Robinfeather

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

Dark Forest Resident: Cherrythorn 

Aliases / Nicknames: Cherry, Thornbush, Cherrystar 

Gender: genderfluid 

Sexuality: bisexual, aromantic

Family: Morningberry (mother), Nightleaf (father), Twigwhisker (littermate), Yellowkit (younger sister), Whiteleaf (younger brother), two unnamed siblings

Other Relations: Russetfur (mentor), Mistcloud (apprentice) 

Clan: Shadowclan 

Rank: Warrior 

Characteristics: proving they're better and smarter than everyone else, asserting dominance. 

Number of Victims: 7 

Number of Murders: 4 

Murder Method: surprise kill, with poison or claws. 

Known Victims: Mistcloud, Nightleaf, Rowankit, Tigerstar II, Dovewing, two unnamed rogues 

Victim Profile: their Clanmates, rogues, and anyone who got in their way. 

Cause of Death: public execution. 

Cautionary Tale: remember to never let power get to your head, treat your Clanmates how you'd want to be treated. 

Story: 

As a kit, they was just the same as their littermate, Twigkit. Their opinion started gradually changing after their father took them out of the nursery and started talking about prophecies and Clan history. They got along with their Clanmates quite decently as an apprentice and a warrior, however they did have problems with relating to them. They tried their best to always agree with their Clanmates, the larger group anyways, all for his ambitions. 

The only cat's presence they ever enjoyed was their younger sister, Yellowkit's. They spent a lot of time together, that was until Yellowkit passed away due to greencough. From that moment on. Cherrythorn became more irritable and aggressive than before.  

They had thought that they would get to be deputy, after Crowfrost died, but Rowanstar made his own son, Tigerheart, the deputy, and ruined the chances of their Clan being respected now. 

Sometime after their Clan was taken over, they got into an argument with their former apprentice, Mistcloud, and eventually, they killed her. They was incredibly angry when the remaining of their family left to become loners. They were glad after they got to their senses and returned, but Cherrythorn took an even larger blow when Tigerstar II made Cloverfoot his deputy. 

They didn't bring in much during Brashstar's reign, but they did keep Nightleaf from calling for help when the time came, who was slowly bleeding out.

Cherrythorn was never called out for it though, everyone believed Nightleaf's injuries were just too severe, and he simply wasn't able to call for help himself. Months later, they finally saw their chance. When the code was undergoing changes, they allied with Berryheart, poisoned Rowankit when he was away from his mother, and announced themselves as leader.

Their reign didn't last long, eventually being thrown over, and executed in front of everyone. 

Additional Information: 

-Submission by @brokentranstar​

- Actually limping on her injured hind leg, often tries to pretend it's actually not so bad.

[artoutoftheblue]

@shattered-sparks heres that Bloodmoon cat that is training Robinfeather <3

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

Here they are, here is Cherrythorn!

oh those guts look amazing!