the tom that stands before the clan today was not the tom that his parents wished tto create and he couldn't be happier. his mother and father were some of the hardest cats of thhe clan, coming in as outsiders they were snippy and untrustworthy. keeping to theemselves, fighting against orders and putting others in harms way. they stuck out like weeds among flowers.
his mother would turn him away, pushing him out of the nest as though she didn't want them. the other queen in the nursery helped take care of him, they couldn't bare his cries for warmth. after a while his mother didn't come back to camp - no one ever saw her again.
grim's father was no better then his mother, the tom would take him far from camp to train him at much too young an age. barely a few moons old he was running battle scenerios with his father. getting bruised and beaten. yowled orders and demands he didn't even understand.
his surogate mother told the leader after she found the scrap tossed outside when he couldn't handle any more battle practice. his father was then exiled and banished from the island, though he didn't leave without a fight. taking on a few warriors as he ran from the camp, chased by the leader himself.
after resolving the wounds he was able too become a warrior. the previous leader giving him the suffix -storm due to his demeanor, weathering anything that was thrown his way. also his purrs were as deep as thunder but laurelstar would never admit to such a notion.
he was accepted as a great warrior, proving himself with any duty or challenge thrown at him, laurelstar passed on during this time. lochstar came to become leader, they had created a civil bond with him and had little knowledge of their partnership in the future.
his apprenticeship was a breeze for thhe most part, he fell in love with the beautiful cherrypaw though his hopes for a long relationship was dashed long before he could relay his feelings. hailsong became his mentor, a noble warrior molly who would lay her life down for the clan.
just before his completion test she was murdered in cold blood, left outside of the sancturary. her pelt reeked with the scent of his father, it gutted him. he ran to cherrypaw for help, unable to see him eveloped by grief she told him of a root that grew on the island that may assist him. she helped him resserect her and it didn't end well.
