Swiftstar | Tom | WindClan | Leader

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• NAME: Swiftstar/breeze.
  
  
• AGE: 31 Moons.
  
  
• GENDER: Tom.
  
  
• RANK: Leader.
  
  
• CLAN: Wind.
  
  
• FAMILY: Spottedbirch - Mother. Whitefoot - Father (deceased). Duskfur - Brother. Dawnfur - Sister.
  
  
• MENTOR: Rabbitleap.
  
  
• DESCRIPTION: Swiftstar is the leader of Windclan. What he lacks in size he makes up for in strength--of body, mind, and spirit. Swiftstar is an example to kits of every clan that the mettle of a true leader lies in what he makes of his clan and not what his clan might make of him. Even beside his deputy, ultimately, a leader stands alone.
  
  
• APPEARANCE: Swiftstar is a long, wiry cat built for WindClan speed with his lean frame and tightly packed musculature. At first glance, he appears slight but an enemy would be sorry to underestimate Swiftstar. He is strong and tough.
  
  His thick-furred pelt is creamy white, smudged at tail, ears and face with a striking dark brown. His nose is this same brown and his hooded eyes are a muted shade of pale aquamarine. Swiftstar's angular face is highly expressive and a cat usually knows what he is thinking before he utters a single mew.
  
  
• PERSONALITY: Swiftstar is the type of cat that other cats either love or hate. His personality is set and, as far as he cares, the cats of his clan and others can take him as he comes or be on their way.
  
  Swiftstar has a lot of opinions and is never shy about expressing them, regardless of how they may be received. This is not to say that Swiftstar lacks tact. Quite the opposite is true. He does not set out to blatantly oppose or insult any cat and he understands what it is to be courteous and polite, though never at the sake of his principles. He simply believes in honesty for honesty's sake and does not suffer any cat--of any clan--who engages in guile, manipulation, flattery, or dishonesty.
  
  His black-and-white nature has earned Swiftstar few friends and more enemies. Swiftstar is an unlikely leader, though--as both a friend and a clan leader--he inspires loyalty, trust, confidence, and a fearsome WindClan pride. Love him or hate him, Swiftstar has served WindClan well through some of it's most trying times. If you ask his enemies, however, they may tell you otherwise ....
  
  
• HISTORY: Swiftstar was the first-born kit of his litter, a full day and night ahead of his twin brother and sister, Duskfur and Dawnfur. For this reason, his father called him Swift. Though he was born well ahead of his littermates, Swiftkit was still the smallest of the three. He didn't let that stop him. His brother and sister included him in their games only when Spottedbirch, the kits' mother, insisted, but otherwise they tried to avoid their rough-and-tumble brother.
  
  Swiftkit was a terrible influence, always in trouble of one sort or another, always willing to talk any kit who would listen into breaking the rules, and generally got under every cats' paws, including his mother who exhausted herself trying to keep him contained. While many warriors thought of Swiftkit as a high nuisance sent by StarClan as a test of patience, his father, Whitefoot, formed a close bond with Swiftkit. Whitefoot was the only cat Swiftkit would sit still for--begging noble tales of a warriors life--and Whitefoot saw much of himself in his beloved kit. His father taught Swiftkit to always be himself no matter what other cats may think.
  
  When Whitefoot joined a patrol of WindClan warriors to chase a dog off the territory, he returned slung across the back of WindClan's bloody deputy, Rabbitleap, dead of a vicious bite to his throat. Little Swiftkit was devastated and the one-time nuisance of WindClan, a kit overflowing with life, retreated into himself.
  
  Swiftpaw was a different cat the day he was mentored to Rabbitleap. Swiftpaw knew it was an honor to have the clan deputy as a mentor and resented the jealousy of Duskpaw and Dawnpaw. Only, every time he looked at Rabbtleap he saw the image of his father, limp and torn, his tail dragging as Rabbitleap stumbled into camp. He couldn't seem to shake the terrible vision. Rabbitleap felt a heavy responsibility to not only train the young Swiftpaw as a warrior, but to remind him of the cat he had been. It was a long journey but, eventually, Swiftpaw began to enjoy his training and time spent with Rabbitleap. He learned more than just how to be a great hunter and fighter but how to be the great cat Whitefoot taught him to be.
  
  Swiftpaw grew into Swiftbreeze and, at 20 moons, replaced Rabbitleap as deputy when Rabbitleap joined the elders. Swiftbreeze was a controversial choice to be deputy due to his youth and blunt nature. Certain cats were not happy with the decision, though they kept their opinions amongst themselves, or so they thought. At 28 moons, Swiftbreeze accepted his 9 lives from StarClan and, with his new lives, the leadership of WindClan.
  
  Swiftstar knows there are some cats who would rather see him dead than leading WindClan. It's only a matter of time before he knows all of their names. Until that time comes however, Swiftstar is proud to lead WindClan. After all, no clan is greater.
  
  
  

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