LUPINELARK

Lupinelark was born in a time of great tension. his clan, riftclan, was scrabbling to find a new medicine cat. he was too young himself to go into the cave of shadows. only 3 moons old, but he grew up alongside the members of his nursery with a quiet demeanor. he was envious of sunkit, taken to be a role he thought was his due to his blindness. he didnt want to become a warriors apprentice, but he did.

his clan was ambushed in the meadows when he was 8 moons old, a war his clan didnt deserve in his eyes. he knew tensions were high, but war was shaping him into a bitter and crasss tom. at 8 moons of age he had a lust to avnge his clan, to eradicate the threat from their lives. many of his clanmates died in the war, as the medicine cat had been missing for a moon. his leader took a life, the final life, from eaglestar, and Lupinepaw watched the whole thing like it was in slow motion.

his leader executes 3 cats, leaving 3 kittens without parents. Lupinepaw is distraught, but doesn't say anything. another cat dies after challenging the leader, leaving Lupinepaw extremely afraid of his leader. he continues the rest of his apprenticeship quietly, though aware of whispers of overthrowing throughout the clan. their leader must be stopped, he is a tyrant, but Lupinepaw is too cowardly to do anything. in the midst of the night, their leader is stripped of his lives and left for dead, three cats disappeared that night.

A new leader and deputy emerge. Shiverstar and Houndslash, much to Lupinepaw’s excitement. He believes both would be better than Slatestar was at leading the clan, and joins most of the clan in approval of the new leadership. Things are going good, until more blood is shed a moon later at the Verdant river. As an apprentice, due to the Verdant river being patrolled more by Riftclan, Lupinepaw is taught to make traps. He secretly enjoys this job, acting upon his need for revenge on the clan that had caused his own clan so much grief and death. The rest of his apprenticeship goes by, only a small spat at the border to be had. Lightningfrost’s mate, Troutleap dies birthing their singular kit, Bearkit. Lupinepaw grieves the mother-like figure for moons, but helps Lightningfrost raise Bearkit.

After being made a warrior in 4M, Lupinepaw, now Lupinelark, enjoys the peace until two moons later. A new apprentice emerges, Kitepaw, whose mentor is Vulturesight. An altercation happens during the vigil, leading to the cats responsible being escorted out of camp. In the same moon, a training session led by Shiverstar is ambushed by Ridgeclan. Two apprentices are killed, striking Lupinelark right in his tender heart. Still in 6M, 3 new apprentices emerge and two warriors disappear. A moon later Nightjarquill enters self-exile. More blood is shed at the springs, kits almost die, and Lupinelark is losing hope in his clan. During all of this he is still training, perfecting his attacks and defenses, hoping that he never has to use it, but training just in case. The future is bleak for the blind warrior.

After a night spent in tense words with Ridgeclan, Lupinelark begins to help his clan plan for the avalanche, doing his best to gather herbs and food when he finds it. The avalanche strikes, and Lupinelark almost loses his life. Thankfully his father figure, Lightningfrost helps him escape, the two cats narrowly escaping intact. Four cats die, two are injured, and Shiverstar loses a life, Bearkit becomes Bearpaw, alongside more apprentices.