Darkmask

Kithood

Darkmask was born in the reign of Gorsestar. He was born with a sister named Duskkit, and the two's parents were named Skywatcher and Heathertail. His parents were near the older generation, having their kittens late, so they took a huge brunt of Gorsestar's rules.

Darkkit and Duskkit were ignorant of this, and played as normal kittens do. They loved playing with each other and were very close- though they also enjoyed playing with the other kittens of the nursery and queens. Sometimes though, all the kits were ushered inside whenever they heard yelling, and they didn't exactly know what was going on. Both Darkkit and Duskkit tried to sneak around to see it, but they could never get past the queens.

Though one day Darkkit will always remember. It happened when he was 5 moons- and too far away from thr nursery for the queens to user him away. He and Duskkit were playing around the medicine cat when the current deputy, Flintflare, was questioning Gorsestar's decisions. It turned into a fighting match, with a few cats siding with the she-cat. Darkkit thought she had a few good points, and was absolutely shocked when Gorsestar demoted her. It stuck with him for the rest of his kithood and apprenticehood.

Finally the day had come, Darkkit and Duskkit were 6 moons and it was time for them to become apprentices.

Apprenticehood

Darkkit became Darkpaw and Duskkit became Duskpaw, and recieved the mentors Spotteddust and Leafflight respectively. THe two were excited as their mentors were siblings too, therefore Darkpaw and Duskpaw would be able to train with each other. It was a happy thought, and the siblings grew closer because of it.

Darkpaw and Duskpaw both excelled at different things, Darkpaw with his fighting and swimming, and Duskpaw with her hunting and stealth. They had fun training with each other though, and they provided excellent challenges to each other since they were such opposites. Darkpaw at this time began to look up to Gorsestar, seeing him as a strong leader.

During this time their parents retired to elders, and were enjoying the elder life for a while. Then Gorsestar started enforcing his rules again- where elders were not allowed to eat. Darkpaw and Duskpaw were worried for a bit, as they wanted to make sure their parents were getting food and being healthy. Skywatcher and Heathertail assured them they were fine though, with false smiles that the siblings could not see through

Then the day came when the siblings came to see their parents again. Skywatcher and Heathertail's bodies were still, and Darkpaw and Duskpaw thought that they were just sleeping. Both apprentices clambered over to their parents before Duskpaw sprung back with a cry and Darkpaw stared in shock. Their parent's bodies were still...shockingly still. And cold. Which only meant one thing...

They were told that their parents died from starvation, and in their sleep. Neither sibling dealt with this well, Darkpaw retreating into himself as he he threw on a mask, and Duskpaw throwing herself into training. Soon it became time for them to become warriors.

Warriorhood

Darkpaw became Darkmask and Duskpaw became Duskwhisper. Even though they were finally warriors, things only seemed to get worse in Ravenclan. Gorsestar was now starting to make the sick and starving go through warrior duties even though it was obvious they could not do it. More and More Ravenclan members were getting dissatified with Gorsestar's lead, and they were getting riled up by Flintflare. Darkmask didn't know what to do. His parents died because of Gorsestar's rules but not only did the tom still admire Gorsestar somewhat, Starclan had to see something to allow Gorsestar his nine lives and become leader of Ravenclan.

The tom sometimes wondered if it was real life anymore.

It wasn't long before his sister's mentor grew sick, and Gorsestar still made the warrior continue his duties. And it all came to an end when Leafflight was part of a patrol that fought with Lynxclan. Because the she-cat was so sick, she was weakened, and she fell in the battle. Duskwhisper fell into deep despair over the fact that her mentor fell. The it came to Flintflare's rebellion. Duskwhisper, and therefore her brother Darkmask, followed Flintflare in leaving Ravenclan and making a new clan, Snakeclan.

From that day on Darkmask served his clan as faithfully as he could. When the rouges attack, the tom kept a calm facade through the whole thing, helping with the searching and finally helping take down Watcher for good.

Goals

• To atone for his actions against rogues.
• To have a family and teach them to respect life.
• To join SnakeClan again.
• To fully train an apprentice.

Likes

• His sister.
• Border patrols.
• The night sky.
• Helping train apprentices.

Dislikes

• Decievers.
• Forcing elders to starve.
• Hunting.
• Thunderstorms.

Fears

• (Moderate) Necrophobia (Fear of death or dead things).
• (Minor) Hypochondria (Fear of illness).
• (Minor) Atychiphobia (Fear of failure).
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Regrets

• Regrets for ever admiring Gorsestar.
• Regrets not spending enough time with his parents.
• Regrets being part of the mutiny and killing those rogues.
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Strengths

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Weaknesses

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