Dark Forest Resident: Larchbee
Aliases / Nicknames: Closet case, Anger issues
Gender: male
Sexuality: bisexual (in denial)
Family: Newtrun, Mint (dads), 12 unnamed siblings,
Other Relations: unnamed mentor
Clan: Testclan
Rank: warrior
Characteristics: kills those he thinks are responsible for his parents’ separating, loyal, excellent fighter, angry at his family being torn apart, kind of stupid, pulls fur when upset
Number of Victims: 18+
Number of Murders: 4
Murder Method: mutilating
Known Victims: Ridgeclaw, Slatepelt, Newtrun, Morningleaf
Victim Profile: those who contributed to his family tearing apart
Cause of Death: stress, high blood pressure, heart failure
Cautionary Tale: ??
Story:
He barely noticed the warning signs at first. How his fathers never met each other’s eyes anymore, the snide comments, the fur raising on hackles.
But then he heard the rumors, and he felt like ripping his fur out with despair.
His father, Newtrun, had an affair. Well, had wasn’t the word. ‘Was having’ would be more accurate.
He went to Bumblestar to complain, but Bumblestar had merely shrugged and told him that it was, in no uncertain terms, “his problem.”
So Larchbee took things into his own paws.
Ridgeclaw was the first. The first to gossip, always teasing Larchbee about how his dads must’ve given him their good looks. He must’ve been hinting that he was responsible for the affair! Why else would he say such a thing?
He sought out Ridgeclaw and killed him in the worst way possible, leaving his corpse in a tree.
He hoped that would be the end of it, but his fathers seemed even more distant than before.
One day, Larchbee saw his father give Slatepelt a friendly headbutt, and he saw red.
It took him all night to rinse the pieces off his paws.
Finally, his fathers gathered all his siblings, and announced that they were no longer together.
Larchbee snapped.
He ambushed Newtrun while he was using the dirtplace. His father was frail compared to him, so it was easy to carry him off.
As he prepared to leave, Newtrun gasped out the name ‘Morningleaf’ and it all came together.
All the times the little golden tom ‘went on patrol’ with Newtrun.
The devastated families he had left before.
Which meant that Ridge and Slate-- two of his friends-- had been innocent.
He barely made it back to camp before he was invited on dawn patrol by his dad and Morningleaf.
The little tom never expected Larchbee to avenge his family. He ripped out Morningleaf’s throat with a badger’s ferocity, his heart pounding louder and faster in his chest until it gave out.
Additional Information:
--Submission by @ambitiousauthor
--He’s loyal not smart
--His victim count includes the emotional damage he left on his siblings