#leenile

Nope!

I'd say it's likely that Piercetree went first, then Eagle, then Leenile (though Leenile could easily come before Eagle just as well).

Leenile, Piercetree, Eaglebloom, and Grousemane lived during Alderstar's and Myrtlewing's reign (they were serial killers and hid many bodies). Because of them, many cats from the Clans went missing, and these four were chosen to go find them (Grouse from ShadowClan, Leenile [Creekfire] from WindClan, Eagle from ThunderClan, and Piercetree from SkyClan).

Piercetree:

On the journey, Grousemane and Leenile died by accidents. But Piercetree's leader found it suspicious that no one went missing while they were gone, but two cats happened to die while out with Piercetree. He was a very strong cat, huge and muscular, and he could easily have killed many. So, he was executed just to be safe.

In StarClan, he was furious, and when he confronted his leader (when that leader came to StarClan), he didn't even receive a sincere apology, just a 'whoops my bad' kinda thing and excuses. In a fit of rage, he attacked and killed him, and was chased into the Dark Forest.

Leenile:

Leenile was very upset at all the innocent cats suffering in the Dark Forest, including kits.

He would loudly argue against it and get cats on his side. He was told multiple times to stop and never listened, and some other cats tried to physically fight him. He got the blame, word spreading that he was becoming 'violent' and he was exiled (yes it's bullshit).

Eaglebloom:

Similar to Leenile, Eaglebloom was upset at the injustice. He would take prey and herbs and sneak them over to the Dark Forest. He got caught and was told to stop, but like Leenile, he didn't listen and kept doing it.

He was exiled for 'aiding dangerous cats.'

(It's possible this began after hearing Leenile's speeches).

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They feel more like brothers to me!

Aliases / Nicknames: Thief

Gender: tom

Sexuality: asexual, aromantic

Family: unnamed mother, unnamed father, unnamed sister

Other Relations: unnamed mentor

Clan: Thunderclan, Starclan (formerly)

Rank: warrior

Characteristics: gives Starclan prey to the Dark Forest

Motive to Harm: does not want those who only committed crimes because they had to to suffer more than they already are, does not want kits to suffer more than they already are

Number of Victims: unspecified (0)

Number of Murders: unspecified (0)

Murder Method: N/A

Method of Harm: “throwing away” food and herbs

Known Victims: unspecified (0)

Victim Profile: Starclan cats

Cause of Death: liver disease

Cautionary Tale: ??

Story:

He went on the mission to search for the missing cats. Though he wished to find his Clanmates, he was lucky that none of them were terribly close to him, and all of his family was safe in camp.

He was also lucky because he was one of two to return to the Clans alive. Grousemane had been hit through the throat by a long Twoleg object, and Creekfire had died after a speeding monster flung a rock at his head.

Lucky, lucky, lucky. He was so lucky.

What about the others? What about those that weren’t so lucky?

What about those that had to starve, had to just deal with terrible death wounds and infection just because of mistakes they made in life? 

Some deserved it, yes, Myrtlewing and Alderstar especially. But they didn’t represent everyone. Mothers were condemned for protecting their kits. Apprentices were condemned for protecting themselves from bad mentors.

Eaglebloom couldn’t protect his Clanmates, picked off one by one. 

He couldn’t protect the companions he had made on that mission, or when they returned and Piercetree was executed simply because his leader thought that it was suspicious two cats had died while out with him.

He couldn’t prevent Creekfire from being exiled into the Dark Forest--the final straw on his back.

Eaglebloom was tired of always being the one able to get away, he was tired of being lucky while others suffered when he could do something.

So, he did something.

It wasn’t as if it was anything big. He would simply sneak prey and the occasional herbs to the border for them to be used by anyone to grab them.

The problem, perhaps, came when Eaglebloom was found out and told to stop.

Then told again, and again, and again.

Finally, it was no longer tolerated. He was kicked out of Starclan. 

Furious, he left, but not before taking a final mouthful of mice and berries.

Additional Information:

--Eaglebloom was exiled very shortly after Creekfire (Leenile). Piercetree is also exiled around the same time, about two moons or so later. His story is next!

--This was, of course, before the Dark Forest-Starclan negotiations.

Leenile! His markings are partly representative of that of a knight, which he is based on. Very noble and loyal.

I started to wonder when he would have met Lee and Nile, either loners or kittypets, which he would have had to be friends with long enough to want to name himself after them.

Then I thought that maybe he was sent on a mission to find the missing cats, whom Alderstar definitely didn’t know the location of.

THEN I was thinking that maybe Grouse went with him, and that was why Grouse was gone when Myrtle and Alder were revealed.

Maybe Leenile died on the mission, too? Or perhaps he comes back in Rainstar’s Burden?

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Aliases / Nicknames: Creekfire, Traitor

Gender: tom

Sexuality: bisexual

Family: unnamed mother, unnamed father

Other Relations: unnamed mentor, two unnamed apprentices

Clan: Shadowclan, Starclan (formerly)

Rank: warrior

Characteristics: incredibly loyal, the cat version of a noble knight

Motive to Harm: no intention to harm, wishes for things to be fair

Number of Victims: 0

Number of Murders: 0

Murder Method: N/A

Method of Harm: ‘disrupting the peace’

Known Victims: none

Victim Profile: none

Cause of Death: blunt force trauma, hit in head by rock

Cautionary Tale: ??

Story:

He had lived seasons ago, had been friends with Myrtlewing and Alderstar and learned after he had died--when a rock shot out from the paw of a monster to hit his head--what they were. 

He had been incredibly shocked and watched, enraged and sorrowful, as they continued to kill for moons more. He was sorry to watch his friend, Grousemane, give up his place in Starclan for them. But that was decades ago. 

But he was still not at peace.

Because he had to listen as more cats who barley twitched a whisker were sent to the Dark Forest, where kits were condemned to spend the rest of eternity suffering. Starclan called that justice. More and more, he wasn’t sure if he wanted to be Starclan.

They would try to say that he was staging a coup, he was sure of it. Really, he spoke to cats who agreed that it was outrageous, and the word of his words spread. More joined in, more spoke up and out. 

When some cats wanted him to quiet down, he got angry. Were they afraid he was right? Were they afraid of the little bad kits that could bite their toes if they’re not sent to the Place of No Stars? 

His small complaints with a friend turned into full-out shouting matches with other Starclan warriors who disagreed, and two physical fights (which the other started).

A different word began to spread, stating that he was becoming violent. That was the final mouse in the cat’s belly. They sent him away through the tunnel and into the Dark Forest.

At least, it seemed, they cared for kits there.

It would be strange getting to know his old former friends again.

But there was one last thing. His name, Creekfire, had been given him before Starclan, his prefix named by a mother who fought his views and a suffix bestowed on him as the unseen eyes of his heartless ancestors had watched. He didn’t want to have that kind of connection.

So he changed it. Leenile, or Lee-Nile, after two of his long-gone friends he had met on a patrol.

Additional Information:

--Started thinking about what MyrtleAlder were originally loosely based on (BBC Merlin). There’s more characters, so how about Leenile? Aka Leon!

--He was either a Clanmate (born after Gorsedaisy’s Nightmare, was an older apprentice when Alder was born), or a cat from another Clan that they grew close to somehow.