{ kithood }

Gullkit was a very sheltered tom-kit, his mother only allowing him out of the nursery once the kit had turned 3 moons old, exploring all of his new surroundings with awe-filled eyes until he came upon the sight of his father, Shadowflare, dragging his mother's lifeless body back into camp, he claimed Bluejayserenade had been involved in a fox attack, yet the blood staining Shadowflare's claws stated another story. Gullkit became reserved, quiet, as he aimlessly looked for his mother's spirit in his dreams, he had been losing sleep due to constant nightmares, his eyes tired and wide, paranoid like a ghoul.

{ apprenticeship }

Gullkit soon found himself shadowing his father, he thought that if perhaps he pleased the old tom he would tell him the truth of his mother's death, and perhaps he could become respected like his old man. Yet Shadowflare simply loathed the poor kit, yelling "Ghoul" during his naming ceremony, and deeming him to be shamed by the rest of the Clan for being the kit of a half-Clan she, and of course, the name Ghoulpaw stuck. His apprenticeship was harsh, training under Shadowflare meant Ghoulpaw never escaped the violent tom; he had tried tirelessly to free himself from his father, yet there he lay, a bloody eye staining his fur and the grass below him, his father shouting words of shame.

{ adulthood }

His naming ceremony was nothing grand, none of his Clanmates would cheer for the son of a half blood, not now that Shadowflare glared at him with hatred in his eyes, not now that he was deemed a freak for his hallucinations and oddly colored eyes, he was an outcast. All he had was Falconseeker, the tom who had been by his side since he was in the nursery, yet it all disappeared once he met a strange she-cat.