Riverstar

Kithood

Riverkit was born to Swallowthroat and Hawkswoop, alongside her littermates, Wolfkit and Mistkit. Her siblings didn’t last for more than two sunrises, which left Riverkit as the only surviving kit. Riverkit was quiet growing up. She knew her mother and father loved her, but they were quiet too, which often created strain with building a relationship with them. Despite this, Riverkit trusted her parents, and was obedient, which lead to a rather uneventful kithood.

Apprenticeship

Riverpaw was apprenticed to Eagletalon, a lean, tall brown tabby tom. She completed her apprenticeship smoothly, with minimal conflict. Riverpaw and her mentor both realized very quickly that Riverpaw’s advantages laid with stealth and speed, which set her on the path to become a hunter. That being said, she still was trained to be a deadly foe in battle, using speed and agility to turn bigger opponents around in training and battle. Two days before her warrior assessment, a tragic hunting accident happened in the territory. Swallowthroat had triggered a rockfall while chasing a hare, leading to her falling from the top of a cliff face. Hawkswoop, who had been guarding the bottom, was crushed by the rocks, and Swallowthroat was killed by the impact and tumbling of rocks. Riverpaw felt a heavy sense of grief, though her mentor noticed that she didn’t seem to emote much about it. When asked if she wanted to postpone her assessment, Riverpaw declined. She knew that her parents would want her to become a warrior and serve her Clan happily, and she believed she would be respecting her parents by completing her task. Eagletalon had been left with a rush of uneasy concern for his apprentice at the lack of emotion, though it was quickly assumed by the Clan that it was her way of grieving. Riverpaw’s assessment came and went smoothly. She had calculated a very specific route to the top of the mountain, one that many warriors had never thought of or seen traveled before. She returned to camp with her stone in jaws at sunset, and was given the name Riverspeckle. Her stone was painted with the juices of juniper berries, and was a symbol of three diagonal lines with a dot on each side. •///•

Warriorhood

Riverspeckle worked diligently as a warrior, quickly gaining a reputation as a reliable warrior and a skillful hunter. This gained her a lot of respect among the senior warriors, though some were uneasy by the fact that she continued to lack emotion after her parents’ deaths. Few cats took attention to her outside of her work ethic, as she seemed to be a cat with limited personality. Riverspeckle took no mind to this though, as she preferred to operate alone. During her second Moonlight Hunt, an apprentice had slipped on a wet stone, ending up under a falcon’s talons. Riverspeckle had lunged forward, as she was the closest, and positioned herself over the apprentice as the falcon attempted to grab at it. Its talons met Riverspeckle’s face before it was quickly taken down by the fighters and other hunter. She was welcomed home as a hero and her injuries were treated. They healed well, but left a few scars on her face and ears as a reminder of the injury. Then, after many seasons of uneventful peace, the plague hit. The tension in her Clan was high as more and more cats got sick. Riverspeckle continued to work as hard as she could, but nothing could save her Clanmates from the despair that it brought. She would often volunteer to help bury the dead, and that often left her quarantined from her Clanmates. This left Riverspeckle in sadness, but also determined to do the best she could to help her Clan survive this. Riverspeckle was horrified when Silverstar had their lives ripped from them, leaving Milkweedstar to take their place. She was even more surprised that she had been chosen as RidgeClan’s next deputy. Riverspeckle took her vow seriously, however, promising to do her best to protect RidgeClan and to help her new leader bring prosperity back to her home once more.

Leadership

Riverspeckle's deputyship was very short lived. She had only served under Milkweedstar for a moon before she found RidgeClan's leader's body mangled at the paws of a bobcat, who had taken Milkweedstar's body back to its den as a trophy. Horrified and grief-stricken, Riverspeckle returned to her Clan and announced the news to her Clanmates. She chose (blank) as her deputy, and visited the Moonlake to recieve her nine lives and leader name of Riverstar.