Brackenthorn's Links
"Frozenrunner is a damn fool. He's a bleeding heart, who thinks as highly of the other clans as ours-- he will regret it the day he dies, when he's skin and bones; and MeadowClan is fat with prey. It wouldn't a surprise if his ancestors were GroveClan rats, he's got their sickly arrogance all over him."
"Brackenthorn's distrust of other Clans and unwillingness to help them has always rubbed me the wrong way. He is an honourable warrior, and one I am proud to fight alongside, I just wish he didn't see in such black and white."
"Pah! Marblehop is naive. The other leaders are going to run him in circles, unless he wisens up fast. He's better than the 'leader' who came before him, but that's hardly difficult."
“Brackenthorn and I never really got along, even when I was young. I respect his loyalty to PeakClan and he’s no doubt a great warrior but..his attitude and the way he says things can be really, uh, grating. Yeah, that’s the world I’ll use.”
"He's a good healer, but a weakling like all medicine cats are. If he could at least shut up while doing his 'duties', maybe I wouldn't like to tear his muzzle up every time he blabbers nonsense."
"Ah. Well, Brackenthorn can be... difficult to get along with. He's hard-headed, and I believe he takes pride in that. Hm, I think he'd do well with more... friends to speak to. But I don't think I'm up to the task."
"Taking in your future killer? That's just funny, isn't it? I'm going to laugh the day this one snaps Lakestar's neck. It even looks like the fox that GroveClan had been having so much trouble with for moons... Hah! The day it runs out of control and steps paw on PeakClan's territory, I will slay it by my own claws."
"Eh, I don't think I know him..?"
"My first apprentice... You were a good kid, Cinderpaw. I- no, I won't say more. Don't poke your nose where it doesn't belong! Or I swear I'll make you lose it."
"... hm." (I don't see the point in speaking my opinion on others. Cats are how they are. I can't do anything about it, so why waste the effort?)
"Tch. I'm happy the old bastard is finally dead. He killed his own leader, and yet StarClan thought he was destined to be deputy? It- Ryestar had chosen me, and yet..."
"....All I can say is I'm glad I joined starclans ranks before the damn bastard tested my patience any further. "
"He was an imposing leader. I remember him from when I was young. He might've been good once, but we starved under his leadership. His biggest mistake was choosing Lunartuft, but thankfully he finally paved the way for someone better after him. Ryestar did everything he should had done moons ago."
" I didn't know him when very well when I was still among the living. I remember him as a mere kit before my time came. But I've seen and heard many...*interesting* things about him. He's not very likable, I must say. I'm just glad he was by Ryestars side when she seemed to need it most. "
"I'll admit it, she looks a striking amount like her grandfather. And even so, she's nowhere close his equal. We almost perished under her weak leadership! To be the cat that Ryestar chose, and be such a disappointment... Ryestar must be tearing her fur out up in StarClan."
" Brackenthorn? Well... I don't know him but I know Ryestar took a liking to him. I guess me and him can both relate when it comes to understanding my aunt on a different level- better than most cats of the clans ever will. If only he weren't so...hateful? "
"... all he had was his father's eyes, and yet, he was the closest to being like him. He flew too close to the sun. Bugfreckle did good in killing him. Still, I- he was the last I saw of Mountainbelly's eyes. I wish I could've- could've seen them for a little longer. Just a little longer."
"Ryestar was the greatest leader PeakClan has ever seen, probably will ever see. Eclipsestar may have been the first during my lifetime, but Ryestar was *my* leader. I'm sure she's still watching us up in the stars. ... I wonder if she ever truly trusted me again. Even if she didn't, I... I owe my life to her, in more ways than one."
“Out of a sea of cats, Brackenthorn will always be a face I look for first. Regardless of how I might’ve felt when he betrayed PeakClan- he was a good companion and an even better warrior.”
"Mountainbelly. I miss him, and hate I him, every single day. Whenever I think about you, I feel confused. I hate you! How could you leave me behind here?! How could you betray me?! I thought we wanted the same thing! You were... you were always, always by my side. How could you die, apart from me? I hope you rot in the place of no stars. I'm happy I will never see you again, and still I kept your nest under mine for seasons. I should be grateful that I'm stronger now, that you're not here-- but my damn body feels weak every time I think about your teeth, and your eyes. Shit, I must be losing my mind."
"You looked so much like your father. I can't understand why you did it, kid."
"Hah! If there are no arrogantly daft cats left in StarClan, Russetstar has died her final death. She could have done us all a service and crawled up in a hole to die, but instead she had to spew plague over all of us."
"Not only is it a fox that GroveClan took in, but I heard this one supposedly looked freaky. Glad I never got to see it."
"I heard she was there when Berrysight was killed. He may have been a traitor, but to spill PeakClan blood on our own territory? I look forward to the day I sink my teeth in her throat."
"One of the bob-cat kittens. She doesn't belong, she doesn't have clan cat blood running through her, much less PeakClan's! Only a fool would be saddened by her and the other white one's departure. I don't know what Ryestar saw in them... but I will respect her wishes. She was... only rarely wrong."
“I try my best to avoid talking with Brackenthorn, really, I do. He’s really uptight about those who aren’t born inside PeakClan- so you can imagine how he treats me. However, he is apart of PeakClan, and I will fight for him all the same.”
"One of Ryestar and Scorchgaze's kits. I don't understand Ryestar's choice in taking a GroveClan mate, or in bringing half-clan cats into the world. This one looks very much like her."
"Eveningbreeze, Lunartuft's mate. Sanctimonious, just like him. They were stupid to trust each other-- I'm sure they would have sacrificed the other for a chance at their illusiory 'peace'."
"A resptable warrior although my mate would believe otherwise. We never usually saw eye to eye, but every clan has their quarrels. In tough times Peakclan needs warriors like him."
"The one good cat Lunartuft and Eveningbreeze produced. Hah, his demotion to a warrior was the best thing that ever happened to him! Instead of another weakling, he's turned into a strong PeakClan warrior-- one who's willing to do what it takes when it comes down to it. Many cats don't these days."
"Some loner we picked up along the way. She's a waste of food, and a waste of nest space. She's an elder, for StarClan's sake! Not only are we picking up vermin like we're a charity, but apparently, they don't even have to respect our ways. 'Mae'. Pah! It'd serve us all if she'd run off to her grave sooner rather than later."
"Another damn loner, who doesn't belong on our mountain. To make it worse, this one smells like rotten prey! Marblehop could try sleeping in a den with him for a moon, and we'll see how keen he is on allowing him to stay. I'll gladly be the one to slash his hind into running, when the day comes."
"Got an inklin' that guy doesn't like me."
"Tch. They're a spindly little wreck, who wouldn't last a day as a warrior. At least he's able to work quietly, something it's colleagues seem to find completely impossible."
"The medicine cat apprentice that killed Moosebellow. He's a disgrace. I should've split his nose like I promised I would."
" I couldn't.. I couldn't help him! I'm sorry! I'm sorry.. "
"One of Mountainbelly's kits. He died exactly like his mother... I wonder what brought these kits to walk so closely in their parents' pawsteps. He was a good kid."