Dark Forest Residences: Whistletooth & Spikerose
Aliases / Nicknames: Best Bro, The Sane Littermate
Family: unnamed mother, unnamed father, Spikerose, Finchcry (sisters), Conehawk (older brother)
Other Relations: Hootspeckle (mentor)
Characteristics: manipulates his sisters into turning against one another so that he can be seen as the best
Number of Murders: 1 (indirectly)
Known Victims: Spikerose, Finchcry
Victim Profile: his stronger sisters
Cause of Death: neck snapped, killed by Spikerose
When it came to his family, Whistlekit got the intelligent side of the family. But when it came to strength, he was at a disadvantage.
He wasnât weak in any way, rather he was quite strong, but both of his parents and his sisters were stronger, and next to them, he might as well be weak in the eyes of all of their Clanmates.
Whistlekit knew that he was better than them, but no one would ever accept it. They would laugh at his attempts at proving himself when he caught beetles, scolded him when he used claws to win a fight against Spikekit, and punished him when he escaped camp during the night to prove that he could survive alone in the dark. That owl hardly caught him! He could have hid away easily even if his father didnât chase it off.
As an apprentice, he received some useful advice from his mentor--to focus on strengthening the skills he did have rather than on the ones he will never truly gain.Â
Hootspeckle only meant for him to use his intelligence in battle to outsmart his enemy, but Whistlepaw was smarter than to limit himself.
Spikepaw liked to throw her weight around. She was a bully, something Finchpaw could agree on. What better way to rid himself of his sisters than to have them take care of each other for him?
But in spite of their spats, Spikepaw and Finchpaw were still close. But Whistlepaw could work with that. He was smart, smarter than any of them.
He spent as much time with Finchpaw and Spikepaw as he could, which never roused suspicion, being their brother. With Finchpaw, he fueled resentment towards Spikepaw. He pointed out how Spikepaw thought that she was better than everyone, how she only ever wanted to hunt with them because she knew their lesser skills would make her look better.
With Spikepaw, he made comments about how he bet their parents didnât care about either of them, Finchpaw being their favourite and Whistlepaw and Spikepaw nothing but extras. Jealous that Finchpaw recieved their older brother, Conehawk, as a mentor, Spikepaw was quick to agree.
Arguments between the two sisters became more frequent and far more intense, more than once coming close to physical blows.Â
The sisters complained to their brother about each other, whoâs pleasure bubbled beneath the surface of his mask of concurrence.Â
Bitterness began to overflow in warriorhood. Finchpaw received the name Finchcry, which also happened to be the suffix of their grandfather. Whistletooth sneered alongside Spikerose, never letting on than he was the one to suggest the name.
Right after this clear display of favourtism, the sisters had to sit silent vigil. Unfortunately, tensions were too high, and not only did they make noise as they insulted one another, but they actually, finally fought. Whistletooth pretended to get them to stop, his efforts only becoming more obvious when the yowling woke the camp.
Finchcry and Spikerose werenât only punished, they were stripped from the warrior names they had just earned!
Whistletooth couldnât have possibly planned for a better outcome. Not only did he look incredibly better than the two foolish, hot-tempered she-cats, but they ruined each otherâs chances of being warriors--at least temporarily.
From there, it quickly got to the point where the sisters had to be separated for everything. They couldnât hunt together, nor patrol or even eat. Their parents were distraught, but any attempts to fix what had gone wrong only ended with more fighting.
Whistletooth might as well be the most model Clanmate as far as everyone knew, speaking to both his sisters, now warriors once again, âtrying to sympathise,â finishing duties that they couldnât whenever they stormed away from each other.Â
But he had to keep going. If he stopped, and Finchcry and Spikeroseâs relationship mended without him their to spin lies, he could lose all of the praise. Worse, they may realize what he was doing and turn instead on him.
So Whistletooth kept going. He no longer had to build resentment. It was already very much there now. In place of that, he began to suggest some....actions.Â
First, he said how she should knock her sister around, and that maybe then the other would realize that she--she being whichever one he was talking to--was the better. His ideas slowly became more violent, until finally he made a comment that maybe if she made her sister fear for her life, then they would stop trying to rile her up, too rightfully afraid.
It happened while he was sleeping. He was woken in the middle of the night to Spikerose standing over him, eyes wide in horror and her mouth dripping with blood.
She whispered so that no one else could hear her, saying how she needed his help, that she didnât mean to kill her.
Whistletooth promised to help her, getting her to relax. He shifted to lick her head, moving so that he was closer to the entrance. Then he let out a yowl.
Whistletooth wasted no time in telling them everything. Well, sort of everything. He told them how Spikerose had just confessed to killing Finchcry, and that she thought that he would help her hide the evidence of their own sisterâs death! As if he would ever help a murderer!
After a patrol was sent out to find Finchcryâs body, confirming the worse, Spikerose was exiled. Spikerose continued to plead with her brother, the one that was always there for her. In response, he sneered, spitting that she makes him sick.
In the moons afterward, Whistletooth gained more praise and a lot more sympathy. His Clanmates said how hard it must have been for him to chase his sister away after just losing another, risking his loss for the betterment of the Clan.
He really was better than all of them.
But as smart as he was, he failed to consider that someone who killed their own littermate could be willing to kill another, and Spikerose had not forgiven him for exposing her in front of all of their Clanmates and causing her exile. She had already been kicked out by all her friends and family, had murdered her sister and was disowned by her brother. Her ears were even blackened. There was nothing left for her to lose.
So when she spotted him patrolling near the border, she jumped.
Aliases / Nicknames: Hot-head, The Better sister, The Stronger Sister, The Pitiable Sister, The Uglier Sister
Family: unnamed mother, unnamed father, Finchcry (sister), Whistletooth, Conehawk (brothers)
Other Relations: unnamed mentor
Characteristics: she killed her sister after moons of being manipulated by her brother
Known Victims: Finchcry, Whistletooth
Victim Profile: her littermates
Cause of Death: frostbite
--He didnât directly plan for the death of his sister, possibly more just wanted them to get each other exiled, but he wasnât about to complain with this turn of events.
