#sootsight

Aliases / Nicknames: Papa, Grandpa

Gender: tom

Sexuality: heterosexual, biromantic

Family: unnamed mother, unnamed father, unnamed mate, Yellowbird (daughter), Gingersight (granddaughter)

Other Relations: unnamed mentor, three unnamed apprentices

Clan: Windclan

Rank: elder

Characteristics: kills to protect his granddaughter

Number of Victims: 2

Number of Murders: 2

Murder Method: blunt force, slitting throat

Known Victims: Yellowbird, Yellowbird’s mate

Victim Profile: those who abused his granddaughter, his daughter, his daughter’s mate

Cause of Death: age-related complications

Cautionary Tale: ??

Story:

Sootsight missed his daughter dearly, but he respected her choice to explore the world. 

She was gone for a long time, unable to witness her mother’s passing or her father’s retirement. 

He had been an elder for many moons before she returned again with a mate and daughter the age of a half-trained apprentice. Sootsight was over the moon, nuzzling her and asking her how everything had been, and eager to get to know his granddaughter, Ginger.

But only the day after did the sweet reunion turn bitter. 

Ginger admitted to him that her parents had abused her throughout her life. She hadn’t known that it was anything strange to speak about at all, so used to the way in which she had lived. He had asked her about the large scar on her head, and she had been too truthful.

Sootsight didn’t hesitate one second. He confronted his daughter first, shouting at her, insulting her. 

When the father was on a solo patrol, Sootsight wasted no time in jumping, throwing his head against the ground until his nose flattened against his skull.

He didn’t plan on killing his daughter, only on demanding for her to leave, maybe smacking her a bit. But she had discovered him and the body of her mate and attacked, and anger overcame him at the ferocity of her protectiveness for the tom who hurt her daughter, the protectiveness she never once showed her own kit.

He didn’t try to hide it. He went instantly to the leader to speak privately, and admitted everything, already prepared for exile. The leader decided that, due to the circumstances, Sootsight would not be exiled, although he would be punished.

They also agreed not to make his crime known, if nothing else than to, at Sootsight’s request, protect Gingerpaw from curious eyes.

She cried at her parents’ deaths, and he held her close, promising to take care of her all his life. That, he did.

Additonal Information:

--It’s possible he could go to Starclan, but chose to go to the Dark Forest to make sure his daughter or her mate doesn’t hurt anyone else again.

--The leader decided to tell the Clan that it must’ve been a rogue attack.