#fleckhorn

Aliases / Nicknames: Cardinalclan‘s Last Hope, Failure, The Hero of Cardinalclan

Gender: Molly

Sexuality: Asexual, aromantic

Family: Lavenderwail, Lacenight (mothers), unnamed biological father, Blurryfrost (mate), Melody (kit)

Other Relations: Wanderstar (mentor)

Clan: Cardinalclan

Rank: Warrior

Characteristics: loves Cardinalclan and everyone in it dearly, and refuses to see it fall at the claws of Yewstar. Blames herself for the Cardinalclan massacre.

Number of Victims: 1

Number of Murders: 1

Murder Method: Drowning, long falls

Known Victims: Yewstar, also believes herself responsible for the deaths of the majority of the cats in Cardinalclan, as she failed to save them.

Victim Profile: The tyrannical leader of Mistclan, responsible for wiping out nearly all of Cardinalclan. 

Cause of Death: died killing Yewstar, drowned alongside him.

Cautionary Tale: N/A, hailed as a hero in the new Cardinalclan

Story:

It was all her fault.

She could’ve saved Cardinalclan! She was one of the Clan‘s strongest warriors.

That strength seemed worthless now. Yewstar had held her down as her Clanmates were slaughtered by his followers. She was too weak to fight back against him, starved by moons of giving prey up to others in her Clan who she felt needed it more.

Everyone she loved was gone, save for the few that had fled at her insistence. Blurryfrost, her beloved mate, had found a twoleg to take care of both themself and their kit. Fleckhorn would join them once her final mission was accomplished.

She wouldn’t fail Cardinalclan ever again.

So, in the dead of night, she snuck towards what was once Cardinalclan‘s camp. Only Yewstar and his most loyal followers resided there, so there was no need to worry about any innocent Mistclan or Cardinalclan cats being hurt.

She crept past the guard, stationed where the forest met the valley.

On silent paws, she came closer and closer to her goal…until a hiss rang out behind her.

Yewstar.

With a yowl of fury, she launched herself at the massive tom, latching onto his neck with her teeth.

His fur was suffocating, but she held firm. She could not fail again.

Anchoring her paws on the ground, she begun tugging him forward towards the gorge that lay at the edge of Cardinalclan territory.  

Without too much of a struggle, though, Yewstar broke free of her grasp.

With a startled mew, Fleckhorn hurdled towards the gorge, Yewstar hot on her heels.

She skidded to a halt only fox-lengths from the edge.

She was the strongest, fastest Cardinalclan warrior. But she knew she couldn’t win this fight.

So, she goaded Yewstar towards the edge with insults and threats.

And then, once he was close enough, she steeled her nerves, and leapt, flinging them both into the deadly waters below.

She missed her mothers.

She missed Blurryfrost and her kit.

She knew she wouldn’t make it to Starclan. Not after allowing Cardinalclan to fall.

But at least she avenged them one final time.

And with that, she let the freezing waters swallow her whole.

Additional information:

--Submission by @vhs-warriors​ ! Hope you like it!

--They are part of @bookofstars

--Fleckhorn only went to the Dark Forest because she believed she belonged there. When she finally manages to heal and forgive herself, accepting that the fate of Cardinalclan was not her fault, she‘ll walk her path to the stars, where she truly belongs.

--Fleckhorn‘s kit, Melody, was very young when their mother died. Fleckhorn never got to name her, or even see her open her eyes.

--She is remembered as a hero among both former ancient Cardinalclan members and members of the new Cardinalclan.

--She dragged Yewstar to the Dark Forest with her.

--Blurryfrost, her mate, was devastated upon hearing the news of her death. They are responsible for spreading the story of Fleckhorn‘s sacrifice.

--She would’ve been Cardinalclan‘s next leader had Yewstar not wiped them out.

--She never hated MistClan, only its leader and his followers.