#foxstep

LEADER INFO

preceded by: dogstar (as leader), hazelfrost (as deputy)

deputies: amberhawk (at time of exile)

medicine cats: creekshade, redcloud (at time of exile)

nine lives (in no particular order)*: palestep (clanmate; mercy), icekit (denmate; compassion), dogstar (past leader; faith), flintpelt (past deputy; independence), nettleberry (clanmate; patience), featherpelt (ancient warrior; open-mindedness), copperlight (distant ancestor; honor), primrosefall (ancient medicine cat; healing), sagetooth (ancient warrior; fairness)

*note that her remaining nine lives were stripped by starclan after her exile.

DESIGN NOTES

literally all muscle, absolutely shredded

square muzzle and triangle nose

tail is fluffy like a fox’s but ends in a pointed tip

most cheek/fur fluff points downwards; all of it is pointy

ears are rounded, paws are big

foxkit was very much a “golden child,” perfect and brave and unable to do any wrong according to her parents. although very spoiled, it was hard to deny her genuine skill in hunting and fighting. she was eager to defend territory and had a fierce love for thunderclan, believing she deserved to be made deputy under the elderly dogstar. when she claimed her nine lives after dogstar passed peacefully in the night, there were whispers that his death hadn’t simply been due to old age. to her credit, in her earlier moons she was a good deputy and an even stronger leader.

however, several moons after she’d ascended to leadership, a great hunger swept through the forest due to the clans being overpopulated. it was one of the hardest winters thunderclan had ever seen, and foxstar was both devastated and furious when her mother, pinefall, succumbed to starvation, along with many of her clanmates. in her grief she picked an easy target for her fury: half-clan cats and their code-breaking parents.