Swansong

Background

The medicine cat before Cinnamonswirl and Lightningstar's son. A reserved white-and-grey tom with wispy fur and seafoam eyes. He was a stern mentor, but like everybody else in the clan, he had a soft spot for her. They were very close and she was devastated when he died from being hit by a car. He knew about her and Charlie's plan, but without him there to help her give birth and care for their clanmates while she was nursing, everything felt like it was beginning to fall apart, culminating in Cinnamonswirl's death and Charlie's exile.

When Swansong found himself dead, unexpectedly struck by a charging monster on a routine trip gathering herbs, his heart filled with sorrow. Not for himself, for he knew instinctually that it was his time, but for his young apprentice Cinnamonswirl and her clandestine mate Charredbranch, who would have to fight an uphill battle without him. And then his muzzle turned involuntarily toward the far ridge on the horizon, silhouetted by a ring of light from the setting sun. The light blinked out in a final flash like a golden collar, and Swansong looked down at the sun-shaped charm hanging from his own neck. It was a sign: he would be the last spirit to reach StarClan.

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