Personality + Physicality

Physical Description

A gray spotted tabby tomcat with a white belly and blue eyes.

Currentstar is a senior gray spotted tabby with a white underside and clear blue eyes. His fur is short but thick, notably more so around his neck and tail. He was quite the handsome cat in his youth, and has aged gracefully for the most part. His head and shoulders are littered with scars, and he is blind in his left eye. He has a broad head, strong shoulders, and powerful limbs from a lifetime spent swimming in the river. While his thick coat makes it look as though he's carrying some extra weight, he is slender and healthy for his age.

Scars / Injuries

• blind in left eye
• missing left ear and scar running down his cheek
• cut across his brow over his blind eye
• scar across his throat
• scars across the bridge of his nose
• burn scars on the left side of his muzzle
• burn scars on his left shoulder and left foreleg
• burn scar across his shoulderblades

Backstory

[Currentkit] • [Currentpaw] • [Currentfang] • [Currentstar]

Early Life

Currentkit was born alongside his littermates Shellkit and Beetlekit to Morninggaze in CreekClan. Morninggaze was not a kind mother, and picked favorites amongst her kits - namely Currentkit, who was named for his father, Currenttail. Morninggaze died during one of the floods that plagued CreekClan, and he was taken under the wing of Firefang, and raised in part alongside her only kit, Sunkit, who became like another brother to him. When Beetlekit decided to walk the path of a healer, Currentkit was initially furious, feeling betrayed that his brother wouldn't be training alongside him, but his anger was short lived as he eventually forgave his brother and became his biggest supporter once he saw how happy Beetlepaw was in the healer's den.

Adolescence

Currentpaw is apprenticed to Cinderstar, and the leader became a father figure to him. Cinderstar confided in Currentpaw about his relationship to the NettleClanner Waspwing. Currentpaw was named Currentfang for his land-hunting abilities. Feeling isolated from his peers, Currentfang tried to reach out to Reedclaw to ask the other tom to teach him how to fight. During the first Daylight Gathering held between the clans, he went up against Reedclaw in the sparring category, but the other tom lost control during their match and nearly choked Currentfang to the point of unconsciousness, something that left its mark on him.

Young Adulthood

His sister, Shellstrike, decided to have a litter and gave birth to two kits, Goldenkit and Riverkit. Currentfang was given Brightpaw was his first apprentice, and quickly grew close with the younger molly. During the great fire, Currentfang watched as Shellstrike was crushed by burning debris, and jumped through the flames blocking the Nursery to save Goldenkit - his muzzle was badly burnt during the rescue, and his left eye was damaged by embers, weakening his vision. His foster mother, Firefang, succumbed to her injuries shortly after. Currentfang took it upon himself to raise the kittens Shellstrike left behind, and grew protective over the pair. During the Journey, he began forming a close friendship with Beestripe, and slowly began developing feelings for the other tom. Beestripe helped him through some tough times when he felt overwhelmed with all the tragedy, and began feeling the effects of the trauma Reedclaw had left him with. The damage done to his eye after the fire eventually claimed the vision in it as well, leaving him half-blind.

When the clans sought shelter at a twoleg city, Cinderstar fell ill after ingesting something poisonous that claimed his remaining lives. Sparrowheart, the current deputy and another warrior Currentfang had grown close to in his youth, named Currentfang his successor - only to step down immediately after, leaving Currentfang as the new leader of CreekClan at around three years of age. Currentfang, though worried he would not live up to the expectations, stepped up to the task and named Hollyfur his deputy, hoping the older warrior would be able to offer some much needed wisdom.

Adulthood

After serving as leader for nearly a whole cycle without earning his nine lives or full title, Currentfang was starting to doubt whether or not StarClan approved of him. Once the clans finally found their new territories, Currentfang made his way to Star Cavern, the new space where the clans would communicate with StarClan, and finally earned his nine lives and the name Currentstar. His mother, Morninggaze, notably gave him one of his lives; the life of pride. During the ceremony, he chose to let go of any lingereing resentment he had for her, and forgave her as he accepted it.

The first true struggle CreekClan faced in their new home was a famine as the river froze over, and Currentstar lost his first life at a Gathering when he fell from the leader's tree, weakened from starvation. Worried more of his clanmates would suffer the same fate, he asked Mantisstar, who had been good friends with his predecessor, to shelter his youngest and weakest and allow them to share in JaggedClan's hunting grounds until the river thawed. During this time they also became aware of a Barn just beyond their newly established borders, and a conflict of interest arose between CreekClan and its inhabitants, led by a molly named Cookie. Many cats began to question Currentstar's leadership at this time given his agreement with JaggedClan and his handling of the rogues, though they eventually found an uneasy peace.

WIP: Order of Eden Arc.

WIP: FogClan/Palestar Arc.

WIP: CreekNettle War/Tide Watcher Arc.

WIP: The Barn Rogues Arc.

WIP: Twoleg Capture Arc.

Relationships

Miscellaneous

Trivia

• part of the first litter born IC in CreekClan, making him almost 10 years old
• originally an adoptable; I've played him for roughly 7 years
• was promoted directly from warrior to leader at a young age
• socially awkward
• has had four deputies
• was taken by twolegs alongside Crowstar