💧 : kestrelcry

Kestrelcry is a mysterious, solitary tom. Not much cats share a close relationship with them, as they're rather reserved, especially after his lovely mate's death. One of the things they love is adopting and caring for kits, often as a way to cope with the pain of losing Moonserenade. He dearly cares and loves all his little kittens, responsibly raising them.

Other than that, they're a miserable cat. The amount of losses he has to cope with at the same time has made him a sad tom. However, having little kits to care for has made him far happier than before. Lately, they've been a little more talkative to their peers.

This senior warrior seems to also have a part of their enjoyment in telling stories to kits and apprentices, even fellow warriors, in exchange for prey or trinkets.

When not doing any of these activities, Kestrelcry doesn't bond with any of his clanmates at all.

Kestrelcry was birthed by a beautiful damsel, whose mate was a tom named Crocodilefang. He didn’t have any littermates nor older siblings- Kestrelkit was the couple’s first kit ever, so Rattlespark tried her best to care for her kit. Kestrelkit didn’t live a difficult kithood at all, unless being spoiled rotten is synonymous with a rough kithood. However, he found difficulty in forming friendly relationships. He didn’t talk much to cats outside his family, he always was in his own business.

Kestrelkit eventually grew to turn into Kestrelpaw, named along a lovely molly by the name of Moonpaw, who didn’t have as much socializing trouble as the tom did. They grew to turn into good friends, passing time together, chatting a whole lot and whatnot, they turned inseparable friends. Unfortunately, the deepest part of swamp waters killed Kestrelpaw’s mentor Treebark, so he got a new mentor- Ivyvine. Ivyvine was far from being a nice and caring mentor as Treebark was, brutally teaching Kestrelpaw every single lesson. So, one night, the apprentice and his mentor fiercely fought, until the blood of the cat he called his mentor fully covered his paws. He was obviously punished, but he let out all the things that Ivyvine did to him. Two mentors down, Kestrelpaw eventually got a reputation of being a bad luck charm for warriors. Throwing it to luck, the leader at that time chose a random mentor, and the chosen cat was… Roseleaves! Without excitement, the warrior took the mentorless apprentice under her wing, teaching him all the lessons he would need later in life, with nothing happening to her, cleaning Kestrelpaw’s name yet again. He had his warrior assessment like every other apprentice, and performed very well, earning him the rank of a warrior.

Kestrelcry. A name the newly named warrior didn’t know- would turn into a respected one once he became older. He took Moonclaws as his mate at an early age, but kept from having kits until they felt like it. In the meantime, Kestrelcry worked hard for his clan, keeping it safe from dangers and overall doing his work as a warrior- and keeping his word of protecting the clan until his death. This and that, Moonclaws first kit came in: Waterkit. She was a sole kit, but nonetheless, brought happiness to the little family. And Kestrelcry also took Daisypaw, a molly with outsider roots, under his wing, caring for her like she was just another kit. However, his life turned downhill from there. He began to get weird dreams, and after a lot of time, Rattlespark gave birth to her second and final kit with Crocodilefang: Shiningkit, but she died during the birth. On the other hand, a good event happened: Waterkit was named Waterpaw. After Rattlespark’s death, followed Crocodilefang, who was extremely heartbroken with his recent loss. One night, he went out for a stroll, and wasn’t seen ever again. While his status is unknown for various OrchidClan cats, and they hope he’s still alive to this day, it should be more than clear, he has been already murdered by the ghosts, if not by a predator hiding in the swamp. Kestrelcry was in a constant sorrow state, but he absolutely wasn’t ready for the next, and his most recent loss. You’ve read this right, another loss. But why would I spoil it to you? There’s no fun in doing that, try and guess. Already got it? Well, if you didn’t, I’ll let you know now: Moonclaws. Only a few moons ago, she and Kestrelcry had yet another litter, again with a single kit. Unfortunately, she suffered from the same fate as Rattlespark: she passed away during the kitting, due to bloodloss. And this simply broke the warrior off. He turned far more quieter, reserved, and every other trait you could think of. He nearly spent his entire day stuck in the nursery, caring for Moonclaws’s last kit, looking over the little Namekit. His two daughters lately have been worried on how this situation may turn out- too many losses in a short timespan between each could do something to Kestrelcry’s psyche. But for now, he’s fine, I guess.