Dark Forest Resident: Redbloom
Aliases / Nicknames: Redshriek, Anger Issues, Yelling warrior, Heartless Foxheart
Gender: she-cat
Sexuality: hetero-demisexual, demiromantic
Family: unnamed mother, Birchstar (father), several unnamed younger littermates
Other Relations: unnamed mentor, Wrenpaw (apprentice)
Clan: Shadowclan
Rank: deputy, warrior, rogue
Characteristics: threatens the deputy into doing her bidding using his daughter
Number of Victims: 4
Number of Murders: 2
Murder Method: neglect, influencing battle
Known Victims: Wrenpaw, Owlstar, two unnamed warriors
Cause of Death: killed by Owlstar
Cautionary Tale: ??
Story:
Redbloom had always been a troublesome, anger-fueled cat. Often, she got in trouble with her mother for hurting her siblings-- which wouldn’t have happened if they played the games she wanted to! In addition, she got in trouble for causing fights at a gathering as a young apprentice.
But her apprenticeship was never delayed, and she even got the honour of becoming the deputy. Some claimed it was because her father was the leader and played favourites, but they were just jealous.
Redbloom took pride in her position. Maybe she took a little too much fun in making the warriors she didn’t particularly like wake up extra early or go out extra late, but that was all just, well, in good fun!
Besides, with Birchstar being such a push-over, her more aggressive energy was a good balance for the Clan representatives. The other leaders were less likely to threaten them, at least the cowardly ones were.
But then Birchstar retired, but not before demoting Redbloom and replacing her with Sweetbranch.
Redbloom gave her father the cold shoulder. How could he do such a thing? He didn’t even give a reason! The last bit of hope she had of Sweetstar making her the deputy was drained away when she chose Owlflower.
Owlfower over her!
The weak-minded pipsqueak, who was an even bigger pushover than Birchstar!
But..
That was the good thing about such a cat, wasn’t it? Pushovers are meant to be pushed-over.
Redbloom was at a lost for an idea on how exactly she could do it without being seriously punished. Then sweet, sweet, Sweetstar appointed Wrenpaw as her apprentice. Owlflower’s daughter!
Owlflower was shocked, of course, to hear a fellow Clanmate threaten their apprentice, but he agreed. It was basic stuff. Every time he had to make an important decision, he would come to privately ask her, and if he didn’t, or if he didn’t follow her advice, Wrenpaw would have a poor accident.
When he got brave, she would push a little more. Let Wrenpaw get scraped up, at least a little bit, to get him to quiet down. He didn’t do it much, basically only when some useless Riverclan warrior died in a battle Redbloom influenced.
But then Wrenpaw actually had an accident. Redbloom didn’t mean for it to happen! She just.... sent the inexperienced less than half-trained cat out to hunt on her own.
Owlflower snapped. He shouted louder than Redbloom ever had, stating that their arrangement was over, that he never should have listened to her, that she’s a heartless foxheart, and yaddayaddayadda.
He was still too much of a coward to explain the situation to Sweetstar-- which would mean to explain he, the deputy, let a simple warrior manipulate him, threatening the good of the Clan, so he and Redbloom remained Clanmates for many more moons.
Those moons consisted mostly of Owlflower forcing her to go out on early patrols and late hunting parties. Fleapelt!
She shouted at him many times, and in many others tried to threaten him with the knowledge that he followed her every word, but neither got the grieving father to back down.
Finally, Owlflower became Owlstar, and the first thing he did was reveal Redbloom’s deeds to the Clan before exiling her from Shadowclan territory. She fought, of course, holding one random warrior down and threatening to kill him, but Owlstar shoved her away before she could slash her claws across the tom’s throat.
For the next several years, Redbloom seathed with rage. She passed her time getting insulted by rogues, followed by shouting at and clawing them into shrieking cry-babies.
Then one familiar cat padded up to her. It was non other than Owlstar, apparently Owlflower once again, who, like Birchstar, had retired after entering a late age. He said something about living a full life, having nothing to lose, inability to move past Wrenpaw’s death, and other boring stuff.
He put up a good fight, Redbloom had to give him that. But he collapsed to the ground before the blood finished flying.
Satisifed, Redbloom began to pad away. Stars, she was so tired. Owlflower really did put up a good fight, huh?
She collapsed not one tail-length away from his body.
Additional Information:
--Birchstar was likely told by someone, either the medicine cat or possibly his mate, that he needed to demote Redbloom because she would make a terrible leader.
--Redbloom has massive anger issues. She can seem like a very calm and collected individual, but will scream bloody murder at a drop of a hat.
--I imagine Starclan told Owlstar at his warrior ceremony to, quote, “get that bitch out of your Clan already.”
--Very fluffy in a spiky-floof way.
