[u]main characters[/u] Cat's Name: Cinderstar (was formerly known as Cinderblaze before her leader ritual) Gender: Female Clan: MarshClan Rank: Leader (newly appointed, has all nine lives still) Appearance: A large and stocky she cat with a wide, wedge-shaped head and small ears. Cinderstar's fur is longer and a bit thicker than most MarshClan cats' is typically, but it is still just as sleek and able to shed water. Entirely black in colour apart from a few patches around her muzzle, underbelly and hindquarters that are faded to a dark brown, it can be hard to spot her coming in the dark. Couple her large size with her piercing amber gaze and Cinderstar is truly a cat with a menacing presence about her. Many cats say that just locking gazes with her sends a shiver down their spine. If only they knew the truth behind it being the corruption of the Dark Forest... Cat's Name: Darkshadow Gender: Male Clan: MarshClan Rank: Medicine cat Appearance: A very slender, but long-legged Tom, Darkshadow looks somewhat scrawny and weak in comparison to most of his Clanmates. Looking at Darkshadow and Cinderstar side by side, you would think it's impossible that they were littermates because they are complete opposites in build, but they are! Darkshadow is lean and tall, with large, green-blue coloured expressive eyes and long whiskers. His fur has a Base color of stormy blue-grey which is then patterned with black tabby stripes that wind in intricate semicircular marble patterns on his flanks and hindquarters but show as fine ticking and stripes on his legs, tail and head. He has the classic tabby 'M' marking on his forehead and a black oval shaped dot above each eyebrow. Cat's Name: Silvertears Gender: Female Clan: DawnClan Rank: Warrior Appearance: An average sized she-cat, Silvertears has semi-longhaired fur that is slate grey in color, with darker grey tabby stripes breaking up the Base coat. Her chest and front toes are white, as is the tip of her muzzle. Her brown eyes have hunts of green around the pupils and are very kind and inviting. She is the mother to Cricketpaw and Turtlepaw and the daughter of Swiftbrook, the new deputy, though she does not use this to put herself above other cats and behaves as any other warrior would. Cat's Name: Cricketpaw (will be Cricketleap as a warrior) Gender: Male Clan: DawnClan Rank: Apprentice Moons: 6 moons Appearance: A small and slender tom that takes after his grandmother, Swiftbrook. Cricketleap not only shares her long tail, agile and fleet-footed build and small size but also her black and white patched pelt. His eyes however are bright amber, set in a slender, triangular head that is topped with large, steadily tapering ears. This cat is built for speed and dodging nimbly away from his opponents, it's no surprise that his Clanmates hold high hopes that he will take the place of the best hunter in the Clan when he is old enough. He is the littermate of Turtlepaw. [u]side characters[/u] Cat's Name: Swiftbrook Gender: Female Clan: DawnClan Rank: Deputy Appearance: Small and low to the ground, but with good lean muscles beneath her black and white fur, which is very fine and short but still retains quite a fluffy appearance often sticking out at angles from her body especially on her forehead, tail and chest. Swiftbrook may be undersized for her age, but she more than makes up for it with her tenacity and her devotion to her Clanmates. She is an older warrior but has just as much energy as the newly named ones and she won't let you forget it! Her tail is another highly distinctive feature that allows cats to pick Swiftbrook out in the crowd as it makes up almost half the length of her body. Her build is almost Siamese-like, with a very angular head that holds large, round, hazel brown eyes and conical ears sitting at almost right angles to each other on top of her head. Cat's Name: Turtlepaw (will be Turtlesplash as a warrior) Gender: Female Clan: DawnClan Rank: Apprentice Moons: 6 moons Appearance: Turtlepaw's striking brindled pelt is shared with her father. Black, russet brown, and pale silver-grey all mingle together to create a pattern that makes many cats pause for a second look. The black is restricted to cover almost strictly one side of her body, creating a strange half split down her entire body. Small white markings on her front toes, the tip of her ears, a dash on her chest and another patch above her left eye break up the brindle. One eye is yellow-green and the other bright blue. Her fur is also short and fluffs out like Swiftbrook's. She is the littermate of Cricketpaw. Cat's Name: Icerain Gender: Male Clan: DawnClan, but will soon be StarClan Rank: Medicine Cat Appearance: An average sized tom with a pure white pelt, not broken up by any markings. A slender muzzle projects out of odd-coloured eyes where the left is green and the right is blue. He has little physical strength but Icerain needs little of it during his excursions to collect herbs, his wisdom and the ability to interpret signs from StarClan are far more useful to him. Lately, he has been receiving haunting omens of his own impending death, but has hidden them from his apprentice Dapplefern so as not to frighten her. Cat's Name: Frogshade Gender: Female Clan: MarshClan Rank: Warrior Appearance: A slender tortoiseshell she-cat with a black and tan brindled pelt, sprinkled here and there with white. All four of her legs are white as is her chest, and a large splash of white covers her nose and partially covers one eye. Both her eyes are a pale greenish brown colour.