| “ | ...and you can call me Icetoes again. They've taken my lives. I'll take my rightful name back. | ” |
–Icestar speaking to Duskmind on their journey to the valley | ||
Appearance & Personality
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Icetoes is a very short, well-muscled, ginger-and-black calico she-cat with star-struck blue eyes. She has a silver-tinged muzzle from old age. Her paws are a faded blue color. Several scars adorn the old she-cat, the most ancient of which being a massive wound running from her scruff between her shoulder blades. She also has a tuft of fur missing from the spot where her shoulder meets her chest, and she only has half of a tail.
Throughout her whole life, Icestar was bossy and overly noble. Some flocked to her personality type, while others despised it, leaving her with fine boundaries between friends and enemies. She preferred talk over battle, but would only go so far to prevent a fight. When talking to strangers, she projects that noble front, but was quite motherly towards her apprentices, all of whom she eagerly trained. Even in the dampest of situations, Icestar is an optimist, and keeps her chin held high. She's a cat with good intentions.
Powers
In the Farlands, Icestar was gifted with a power from StarClan. Her clawless paws could numb the limb of any cat she touched. This ability went away after she became RiverClan's leader, as she'd achieved great power without them.
Now, as a member of the Council of Nine, her numbing power manifests itself differently. Her power -when fully onset- is recognizable by the gold coloration of her coat, replacing the typical ginger and black calico coloration she has. A blue mist ebbs from her paws and trails from her eyes. The missing half of her tail also takes this mist, though it has a much stronger shape and moves like an extention of her tail rather than as smoke. If a cat is in the presence of the mist they experience numbing on the limbs touched, as well as if they breathe it in their lungs may become numb, not unusable simply unfeelable. If you're bitten by her in this state your entire body will be numb and unusable for a long period of time.
Brief History
Icestar hails from the Farlands. She had a rough life, but was a respected warrior, always ready to defend her Clan and those she cared about. During the nuclear accident in the Farlands, Icetoes was pregnant, and gave birth to several kits, most of which died from their mutations. Shortly after this, she was granted a power from StarClan, and could use her blue paws to numb any limb of any creature. These powers benefited her in battle, to heal allies while also stunting her enemies. She lost these powers around the same time that she left her original Clan for good.
She left her home Clan for RiverClan, where she became the leader, after struggling through her deputyship. While a good leader for RiverClan, she often felt at unease there, and would often take long walks to escape for periods of time. One of these fateful walks resulted in her capture. She was in the labs for over a year, being examined by twolegs who were curious about the effects of the nuclear accident on the forest cats. Icestar escaped with the aid of the ghost Duskmind, and the two traveled, until a prophecy brought them to the groups of cats that would someday become the Clans.
Icestar, together with Softweb's assistance, reformed the groups of cats and appointed the first five leaders; Beestar of RiverClan, Graystar of ShadowClan, Rainbowstar of WindClan, Darkstar of SkyClan, and herself, the leader of ThunderClan. When The Median declared ThunderClan to be a band of trespassers who betrayed the warrior code, Icestar struggled to lead her Clan, her old age and illness catching up with her at last. She lost her final life saving Rosestar from a fatal blow by a fox, leaving the Clans without their founder. She now serves the Council of Nine.
Icestar was the first modern leader of ThunderClan. The only other remembered leaders are Willowstar (who Icestar succeeds), Lavenderstar, Spottedstar (NPC), and then Houndstar (NPC). Any leaders before Houndstar are lost to time.
Detailed History
Kithood
Icetoes was born as a kit named Adika to a ThunderClan warrior named Emberfang, and her mother, a kittypet by the name of Kalea. Kalea's twolegs were taking her mother to the pound, and Adika was trapped in a crate with sister, Malila. Adika was small enough to be passed through the spaces in the gate, and so Emberfang took her, leaving Malila and Kalea behind forever. Emberfang brought her far away from her kittypet heritage, acclimating her to Clan life, where she became known as Icekit. To this day, Icestar does not remember her kittypet beginning.
Apprenticeship, Part 1
She was apprenticed to Minnowfall, a ThunderClan tom, but was rarely taken out to be trained by him. To compensate for the lack of experience, Icepaw blatantly left camp all the time. The first significant encounter occurred when she and another apprentice snuck out of camp to tackle a fox Icepaw had scented while out on patrol. Together, the two apprentices chased it down a cave, and managed to fight off one of the foxes. The two apprentices hadn't anticipated two foxes, however, and when the second arrived, it ripped them apart, though they managed to chase it off after some time. After this encounter, Icepaw was grounded to camp for some time, where she befriended an important cat named Littlepaw.
With nothing to do during the daytime and being kept out of her first gathering for her foolishness, Icepaw was distraught, laying around all day. However, she still had a way to keep herself on her toes. In her sleep, she began meeting with a dead cat named Duskmind. He was kind to her, and she began meeting with him every night, Icepaw eventually convincing him to allow her to battle train, learning ancient defensive moves. This was the fire that first fueled Icepaw's ambitions, and she became especially skilled at dodging. She was very quickly learning the benefits of learning from the dead, and applied the skills she learned from the dead in the waking world, allowing for her rapid ascent up the ladder of reputation.
Poor unfortunate Icepaw saw her first death at a young age. She didn't know the queen in question, but a WindClan she-cat had died kitting on the border. The dead queen's spirit appeared, and she instructed Icepaw to bring the three infant kits back to ThunderClan, and gave them their names - a small brown tabby tom, a black-and-white tuxedo tom (named Swiftkit), and a small black-and-white spotted she-kit. She obeyed, bringing the kits home. Icepaw was distraught but was not punished, and a ThunderClan queen agreed to foster the three kits. The white kit died of greencough, and the tabby kit later also fell victim to greencough. Icepaw became terrified of losing Swiftkit, and as a result began spending a lot of time in the nursery. The time she spent in the nursery resulted in Icepaw befriending a second kit, Sunkit. He told her that he was visited by a ghost who told him that his family wanted to kill him, and Icepaw began spending a lot of time with Sunkit, sleeping beside him in the nursery to protect him from his family. Soon, Icepaw began to grow suspicious of this cat who Sunkit was meeting. He described the cat as a see-through cat with no stars. Icepaw realized with a pang of terror that the cat was a Dark Forest cat, and Sunkit shut down, refusing to tell Icepaw anything more about the ghost.
Icepaw was growing restless, having learned so much, and having had so few chances to prove herself, she grew confident and determined. Icepaw vowed to involve herself in everything related to Clan life, and to finally put her learning to use.
Apprenticeship, Part 2
ThunderClan began planning an attack on RiverClan to claim the Sunningrocks. Icepaw and Littlepaw approached the battlegrounds together, ready to attack. Icepaw chased a RiverClan warrior, but when attacked by another apprentice, failed and retreated. The ThunderClan leader lost two lives in that battle, and Icepaw realized with guilt that his deaths meant she was a few steps closer to her ambition of becoming deputy. Grounded at camp to recover, Icepaw and Littlepaw grew to be better friends, and discussed their ambitions. The Disease began to spread, and two of her denmates perished. Icepaw was eager to get out of the medicine den, to avoid being sick, and both she and Littlepaw were released at around the same time. Littlepaw was bent on getting revenge on the cat who had attacked him at the battle, named Shiningheart. She had been made a warrior directly before the battle. Icepaw and him snuck out of camp one night, to the Sunningrocks, where Shiningheart awaited. Littlepaw escalated things, and soon there was an all-out battle. Shiningheart launched Icepaw into the river, where Icepaw damaged her paws beyond repair. A friendly RiverClan apprentice dove in after Icepaw, bringing her back to the ThunderClan shore, and Shiningheart raced back towards RiverClan. Littlepaw helped Icepaw back to camp, where the two would lay for a few days, simply talking together. This was the point at which Littlepaw and Icepaw realized their feelings for one another. After the battle with Shiningheart at Sunningrocks, Icepaw was virtually a warrior. Her paws were damaged, and she was now unable to feel them at all. She simply had to wait and see if they would recover.
However, waiting has never been one of the she-cat's strong suits. A ThunderClan warrior was murdered inside of ThunderClan territory, and tensions were high within the Clan - because the murderer was also a ThunderClan cat. Icepaw noticed that a she-cat nicked Dripthorn had been acting suspicious ever since the murder. Dripthorn began to edge Icepaw on, admitting that she had murdered the warrior. Icepaw kept a close eye on the she-cat, knowing she was guilty, but unable to act on her suspicions - that was, until Dripthorn attacked ThunderClan, having created an alliance with a powerful rogue group. With the rest of the Clan fighting off the rogues, Dripthorn made a beeline for the nursery and grabbed Swiftkit, intending to steal him to raise with the rogues. Icepaw, with Littlepaw's help and the skills Duskmind had taught her, battled with Dripthorn, completely losing her claws in the battle, but emerging victor as the rogues were chased away for good.
Appalled by their bravery, the pair of apprentices were given the names Icetoes and Littlewhisker. Sunkit was made an apprentice, and given Icetoes as his mentor immediately. That same day, her leader lost his final life, and the race for deputy was on.
Warriorhood, Part 1
The newly named Icetoes and her apprentice, Sunpaw, did not get along very well to begin with. Sunpaw's visions had only gotten more intense, and he acted bratty towards Icetoes, who acted bossy in return. The pair's relationship quickly dwindled into nothingness, only increasingly so when Icetoes took on Swiftpaw as her second apprentice at the same time as Sunpaw. The two apprentices fostered an intense rivalry, relentlessly arguing as Icetoes attempted to train them. When out on patrol, one apprentice went too far. Icetoes snapped, lunging at Sunpaw, determined to teach him a lesson in respect. He shattered one of his canine teeth, and proceeded to only grow more infatuated with his visions and the Dark Forest. The day came when Sunpaw decided to leave the Clan, shortly before he would have become a warrior. Icetoes had to lead the Clan to the gathering that night, and told Sunpaw to either leave them immediately, or not at all. And for as bossy and noble that she acted around him, she genuinely did care about her first apprentice, and apparently the feeling was mutual, because Sunpaw offered her a leadership position. The Dark Forest had finally claimed him, and he was creating a rogue group all of his own, and wanted his mentor to join him. Icetoes refused, obsessed with becoming deputy. She did not say farewell to Sunpaw, who became known as Son before he disappeared forever.
While heartbroken for her failure as a mentor, she focused on the fact that Swiftpaw was still around, and fixated on her ambition. Icetoes was doing absolutely everything she could to be seen as a valuable deputy. She would train Swiftpaw for hours on end, and even convinced Flamingstar - the former deputy - to give her another apprentice; Cloverpaw. The huge apprentice took a liking to Icetoes, and the two worked fantastically as a team. Swiftpaw didn't interact with Cloverpaw too much, due to Swiftpaw being much older and far more advanced than him. This worked rather well for Icetoes, however, as Swiftpaw could help Cloverpaw with some training exercises.
Her peaceful spell was short-lived, as a new situation was arising in camp. Swiftpaw told her that another apprentice in his den had been attacked by a ThunderClan warrior. Icetoes wasn't motivated by morals or by the safety of her Clan to investigate - she was motivated by the idea of being picked as the next deputy. After talking with the attacked apprentice and investigating the site of the attack, Icetoes was able to narrow it down to her denmate, Foxpelt, a rogue who had recently joined the Clan. Wanting to prove herself a promising deputy, Icetoes took her findings to Flamingstar, who first began by talking with Foxpelt. Icetoes began to feel hopeful: if the two had similar leadership styles, Icetoes was a prime suspect for Clan deputy!
These hopes were shattered when Flamingstar enforced an eye-for-an-eye policy, and attacked Foxpelt. Icetoes threw herself between the fighting cats, attempting to convince Flamingstar that she was in the wrong. Flamingstar stopped her attack, exiling Foxpelt, but warned Icetoes not to lose confidence in her as a leader. Obviously, Icetoes did lose confidence in her aggressive, hot-headed leader. Flamingstar chose an ancient tom named Berrytrot as her deputy, and Icetoes, passed over for deputy, grew even more ambitious and began to train with Duskmind more often, with a vengeful kick to prove she deserves the best.
Warriorhood, Part 2
Icetoes, still a very young warrior, was furious that an old tom had been picked over her, a promising young she-cat. She did not grow aggressive with the old tom, ignorant as he could be, knowing that she had to earn his trust to become his deputy someday. Deciding to prove her worth, Icetoes focused harder on training than ever. Swiftpaw was becoming a warrior as soon as Icetoes brought him on a trip to the moonstone. However, this was no ordinary apprentice-warrior moonstone trip. That night, Icetoes was visited by StarClan, where she was granted a power. Icetoes could numb any cat with the simple touch of a paw, and sincerely believed that she'd earned this power as retribution for her hard work for the Clan. She returned to her Clan with a clear head, and watched with pride as her apprentice received his warrior name of Swiftgale.
In addition to upping her training game and taking on another apprentice, Toepaw, Icetoes began representing the Clan at gatherings, as both Flamingstar and Berrytrot rarely chose to attend. During these gatherings, she would often argue with Shiningheart, but she delivered ThunderClan's news and brought messages back to the Clan with enough grace for the Clan to forgive their constant bickering. This was around the time that most warriors began to know Icetoes by name.
This clear-minded state of hers was unfortunately short-lived. Having discovered her new power was quite distressing for Icetoes. She spent a lot of time outside of camp now, especially along the RiverClan border, where she had a budding ally, a cat by the name of Frothflame, the cat who had saved her back when she fought Shiningheart. She frequently met with the RiverClan cat on Sunningrocks, and the pair talked often. Frothflame expressed concern about her choice in mate and expressed her fear of raising her new litter of kits, and one day, Icetoes offered her a place in ThunderClan. Frothflame and Icetoes met the next day, as Icetoes was waiting to hear Frothflame's response to her offer. However, just before Frothflame could speak, a RiverClan apprentice attacked Icetoes. The apprentice just happened to be Frothflame's daughter, Flinchpaw.
Icetoes wasn't knocked over by the apprentice, who was still the size of a kit. However, due to her inability to control her numbing power, she accidentally rendered Flinchpaw motionless, causing the brand new apprentice to drown in the water. She never saw Frothflame again.
Warriorhood, Part 3
Icetoes began to lose her sense of who she was. Not only had she murdered her friend's child, but Littlewhisker went missing. The two had been mates for a few moons, but the longer Littlewhisker was gone, the more certain Icetoes became that she had never truly loved him. Feeling as though she was losing her place as a warrior, Icetoes began staying behind after gatherings, gazing up at the sky in an effort to feel whole again. However, this resulted in her battles with Shiningheart extending past the time of the gathering, into the early hours of the morning when no cat would catch them fighting. Shiningheart, a much bigger and stronger she-cat than Icetoes, had won all of their previous battles. But one night after a gathering, Icetoes finally won, pinning Shiningheart to the ground. Icetoes' victory was a turning point in their relationship. Soon, the two became friendly rivals, often teasing one another, until slowly it turned into a closeness.
Shiningheart and Icetoes stayed after a gathering one night to speak together, as they typically did. Just as the hollow cleared, a catastrophic event occurred. Wild dogs had invaded ThunderClan territory, and followed the overwhelming cat scent to the gathering hollow. Hopelessly overpowered, Icetoes lost half of her tail, and Shiningheart was concussed. Shiningheart managed to carry Icetoes to the RiverClan camp, and the two she-cats were treated for their dog wounds there. Evidently, Frothflame had never told the Clan about Flinchpaw's actual cause of death, because Icetoes was very well respected during her stay. Icetoes befriended a cat named Sparkpaw who also had a power, and when Shiningheart was asleep, she'd sneak out to watch how he handled his power, and learn for herself how to use her own. Additionally, Icetoes learned to swim from both Shiningheart and Sparkpaw.
Because they were residing in RiverClan for the time being, both warriors missed the emergency gathering that had been called by Flamingstar and Berrytrot to discuss the dogs with the other Clans. This turned out to be a horrible mistake, as it led the dogs straight to the hollow. Tens of warriors fell victim to the dogs. Icetoes' former apprentice, Swiftgale, was killed. Her current apprentice, Toepaw, also perished. Out of terror and grief, Icetoes left the Clan as fast as she could, hastily saying goodbye to Shiningheart and rushing back to ThunderClan. Sparkpaw attempted to stop her, but she insisted. She had to get back to her broken Clan.
Icetoes re-entered camp as soon as Cloverpaw's warrior ceremony ended. She went to rush over to congratulate him, and apologize for having missed it due to her injuries, but froze when she realized that the cat atop the highrock was Berrytrot. Flamingstar had abandoned the Clan, and Berrystar was now in charge.
Warriorhood, Part 4
The Clan was very welcoming of Icetoes when she returned, Sparkpaw having explained to the Clan that she'd been injured by the dogs. She was fussed over and given time to grieve for the loss of Swiftgale and Toepaw. A few days passed, allowing Icetoes to recover - that is, until the dogs found ThunderClan camp. Icetoes acted much like a deputy during this battle, ordering warriors around and trying to remain organized, despite her halved tail. Berrystar made absolutely no effort to calm his Clan down. She battled the alpha male of the dog pack, but neither won nor lost. The dogs all left after howling atop the highledge, and ThunderClan was left with a ruined camp. Icetoes cracked down on repairs immediately after, wanting to paint herself in an ideal light to become the next deputy. She gained the attention of several Clan cats during this time, one of which being a tom named Cedartail, and another being a tom named Emberfang. She was given two more apprentices, a she-cat named Snowpaw, whose mentor had died to the dogs, and a young tom named Beepaw that they'd rescued from the dogs. He had been a loner before, but was eager to join Clan life, and she was happy to have him.
She focused very hard on training her two apprentices, spending most of the day outside of camp with them. In her free time, she would be out on her own, either speaking to Shiningheart, or simply exploring. Excursions like these helped her escape from Cedartail, who began trying to spend lots of time with her. On one of these excursions, Icetoes met a tom on the ShadowClan border. His name was Flintfang, and he acted just like Littlewhisker did, her former mate. Icetoes, young and confused, ended up meeting Flintfang more often than Shiningheart. The two would go on border walks together, but eventually Icetoes called it off, beginning to feel incredibly guilty. She'd been cheating on Shiningheart. The next time she met Shiningheart on the border, Icetoes told her everything. Shiningheart was heartbroken, lashing out at Icetoes, who fully accepted the consequences of what she'd done. The two she-cats didn't meet at the border again, and Icetoes began to feel ill.
She went to her medicine cat to inquire about her illness, discovering that she was pregnant. When asked who the father was, she blurted out Cedartail's name. Her life was falling apart again, but she tried to keep her head up. She didn't tell a soul about the pregnancy - only Cedartail. He agreed to pretend to be mates, not out of understanding, but because he saw it as a game. This hurt her, because Icetoes still deeply loved Shiningheart. Icetoes knew Cedartail was bad news, from the comments he made about his Clanmates, to how vicious he got during battles, and she was afraid for her kits' safety.
On the outside, she was the perfect young warrior, spending lots of time with her apprentices, and finding herself a new mate in Cedartail. Snowpaw became a warrior and gained the name of Snowstorm. She seemed like the most capable warrior around, skilled in battle, good with apprentices, and even having a power - and was ignored as a deputy candidate by the old leader. Instead, he chose an aloof warrior named Sunshinedrop as his deputy. Icetoes grew vengeful and arrogant, passed over again.
Warriorhood, Part 5
Icetoes couldn't stand to be in camp with Berrystar and Sunshinedrop around. She spent all of her time out training, despite her pregnancy. She'd come to the RiverClan border to ask Sparkpaw - now Sparkheart - about RiverClan, and about Shiningheart. Icetoes gave birth to her kits on the ShadowClan border by their father, Flintfang, but it went terribly wrong. She had five kits - Cocoonkits, two kits who were fused together; Couragekit, who had two faces; Thripkit, who had four ears; and Thunderkit, who had an extra dewclaw. Duskmind spoke to Icetoes, and advised her to give the healthiest kit to Flintfang so he could be raised in ShadowClan. If the other kits died in ThunderClan camp, she would have a better chance of becoming deputy. Heartbroken, Icetoes agreed. She gave Thunderkit to Flintfang, believing that he would be the sole survivor. Heartbroken, her ambition was all she had left - if she brought home only the mutated kits, they might die, and she could become deputy sooner. After Flintfang departed with her son, Icetoes stumbled back to camp. Cocoonkits died in the middle of camp. She settled into the nursery with Thripkit and Couragekit. Emberfang, the older tom who had helped her rebuild, frequently checked in on her. Icetoes didn't understand why, but she was grateful for his company regardless. In actuality, Emberfang was visiting so often to prevent Cedartail from trying to meet the kits. Cedartail, her alleged mate, had been having visions ever since the kits were born.
Cedartail had been confined to the prisoner's den after attempting to fight Berrystar, his visions growing worse and worse. He was tormented with visions of his future, and in one such vision, he saw Icetoes kill him. He escaped before a gathering, killing Emberfang, who revealed himself to be Icetoes' father. Cedartail emerged at the gathering, interrupting Sunshinedrop's announcement. He then revealed the truth about Icetoes' kits' heritage, and rushed off towards camp. Icetoes gave chase and encountered the spirit of Emberfang, who told her that Cedartail had kidnapped Thripkit and taken him to Sunningrocks. She didn't waste time, flying over to Sunningrocks and engaging in battle. The battle ended with Cedartail's head bashed on a rock, where he bled into the river, turning the water red. Icetoes secretly hoped that Shiningheart would see her dead "mate", still caring deeply about the RiverClan she-cat.
In the days that passed by, Icetoes worked on repairing the relationship between her and her Clan. Beepaw grew ill, and though Icetoes was still technically his mentor, she was unable to take him out to be trained. However, Icetoes found herself an ally in a cat named Ivytail, once a warrior of RiverClan, who had also recently had kits. She finally had a reason to stick around camp, spending a lot of time talking with the older warrior. Things were looking up for a while - Icetoes took on two new apprentices, sisters named Bluepaw, and watched her own kits become apprentices. However, Couragepaw dropped dead at his apprentice ceremony, leaving Icetoes hollow and worried about Thrippaw, her last ThunderClan son.
Heading a patrol some moons later, Icetoes ran into a WindClan patrol, where they were attempting to move the border into ThunderClan territory. A skirmish broke out after diplomacy failed, and Icetoes engaged in combat with the WindClan deputy. She and the she-cat fought for most of the battle, until Icetoes was able to break loose, aiming at the WindClan leader instead. She knew that taking down the WindClan leader would end the battle. Icetoes threw him down a steep slope, taking one of his lives. Icetoes, too, fell down this slope after the deputy tackled her. Ivytail saved Icetoes' life, carrying her up from the slope. The battle came to an abrupt stop after the WindClan leader came back to life, and ThunderClan had successfully defended their territory. Icetoes was immensely respected for her actions, and certainly earned a large status within the Clans. Both of her apprentices earned their warrior names after their efforts in the battle.
Berrystar abandoned the Clans. Sunshinestar was now the leader, but she wasted absolutely no time selecting her deputy. After all of her hard work putting the Clan back together again, Icetoes was passed over for a twelve-moon old warrior who had been Sunshinestar's apprentice. A familiar face had returned to voice support - Littlewhisker - who had left the Clans fifteen moons before. His support, however, soon turned to mockery, and he attacked Icetoes, furious with her for not loving him anymore. Littlewhisker turned Thrippaw against his mother, and he vowed to destroy Icetoes someday. Neither Sunshinestar nor the new deputy attempted to intervene as he attacked the heartbroken mother.
Icetoes left the Clan immediately after chasing Littlewhisker out. This Farland ThunderClan was no longer her home.
Roguehood, Part 1
Now a rogue, Icetoes ran to the RiverClan border, searching desperately for Sparkheart. Instead, she was met with Shiningheart. Shiningheart was originally aggressive, but Icetoes broke down, explaining her situation and how sorry she was for having hurt her. Coincidentally, Shiningheart was fed up with RiverClan, and was a rogue. Her former leader had recently died, and her Clan was in shambles. Icetoes broke down, and Shiningheart revealed that she still loved Icetoes. The two she-cats were rogues together, on the run, settling at the end of the river that separated ThunderClan from RiverClan.
Unknown to the she-cats, ThunderClan was very unruly now that Icetoes had left. There was no calm. Snowstorm left the Clan, disappointed by the lack of leadership shown. Beepaw wanted to leave, but was prevented, as was Cloverpath, another former apprentice. Additionally, RiverClan had a new leader. Tigerstar had heard from Sparkheart that Icetoes was living as a rogue with Shiningheart, and decided to find them. Littlewhisker found them first, on a mission to kill Icetoes. He and Shiningheart fought. Shiningheart killed Littlewhisker.
Hunting on her own for fish, Icetoes encountered Tigerstar. The two she-cats got along well. Icetoes recognized Tigerstar from gatherings, as she typically represented RiverClan, and Icetoes was known by all cats at this point. They'd talk often. Tigerstar knew Shiningheart was living with Icetoes, but said nothing, choosing not to invite the cats back quite yet.
The turning point in her roguehood occurred when Icetoes met a cat named Malila. Malila was a full-grown cat, having previously been a kittypet who had left her twolegs behind in favor of the wild, and having only recently joined RiverClan. Icetoes and Malila were the exact same age. Additionally, Malila was a diluted calico ragdoll cat - certainly a rare cat, and she was one of the first calicos Icetoes had met that wasn't her kit. While they were speaking, Icetoes and Malila both had a very sudden vision of Emberfang. The vision showed Icetoes being passed through the kittypet carrier as a kit, while Malila was stuck inside with her mother. The two were sisters.
Icetoes then ran into Tigerstar, when the RiverClan leader offered she and Shiningheart a place in the Clan. Shiningheart was completely against the idea, but obliged eventually, seeing as Icetoes wouldn't ever adjust to being a rogue, constantly seeking conversation with Clan cats. Icetoes became a RiverClan warrior.
Warriorhood, Part 6
Beepaw followed her to RiverClan as soon as it came out at the gathering that Icetoes was now a RiverClan warrior. Icetoes actually attended the gathering, and was welcomed by her allies. However, a certain few ThunderClan cats were not so pleased with her quick ascension. Thrippaw, now Thripclaw, was still furious with his mother for leaving him, and vocally disapproved of her joining RiverClan. Thunderfrost was at the gathering, but did not attack his mother - he argued with Thripclaw instead. Icetoes was liked by most RiverClan cats, and she liked many of them. She made sure to contribute as much as possible, swimming and hunting, and making sure to train Beepaw as a RiverClan warrior, not a ThunderClan one. She spent a lot of time with Malila, and Shellswirl, the medicine cat of RiverClan. Overall, she had made quick friends.
Tigerstar especially got along well with Icetoes. She took the ThunderClan warrior along with Skypaw - Malila's apprentice name - up to the Moonstone to receive her lives. Talking with Skypaw, she expressed that she would much rather train as a medicine cat, as Shellswirl's apprentice had recently passed away. Icetoes was very close with both she-cats, spending a lot of time with them and Shiningheart whenever she wasn't training Beepaw. Quickly, Icetoes realized that Tigerstar trusted her way more than she'd originally expressed. The RiverClan leader told her that she was in a relationship with Sunshinestar. When Icetoes pointed out what a bad idea that was, Tigerstar laughed, and decided to make her RiverClan's deputy, celebrating her bravery.
Deputyship, Part 1
Icetoes' position was met with backlash, and she herself was stunned when Tigerstar announced it to the Clan. Moons and moons of trying her best at ThunderClan had gotten her nothing, yet when introduced to RiverClan, she earned her position effortlessly. Many cats were displeased with her new status - especially Shiningheart, who had never wanted to settle in RiverClan again - but Icetoes soon proved herself when issues with BloodClan began to pop up. BloodClan shared a border with RiverClan in the Farlands, and was usually quite peaceful, despite the name. However, issues arose when BloodClan's new leader began changing his Clan's laws. Runaway BloodClan cats began running to RiverClan for shelter, some staying for good. Icetoes made several into RiverClan apprentices so they could learn the ways of the Warrior Code, and many became invaluable RiverClan warriors. Icetoes chose not to take any herself, wanting to focus on getting Beepaw caught up to the ways of a warrior, and wishing to spend more time with Shiningheart, instead of training constantly.
Tigerstar could not stand the BloodClan leader, and though Icetoes would've preferred talking more, war broke out. BloodClan and RiverClan had many battles, and Icetoes found a new rival in the BloodClan deputy, a she-cat named Marigold. The two would go head-to-head in every battle, and Icetoes often got too involved in their brawls, forgetting about the bigger picture of the battle. RiverClan eventually emerged victorious over BloodClan, having wounded the leader badly in the final battle, though Tigerstar was upset with Icetoes, who had nearly gotten herself killed in the battle with Marigold.
Stuck in the medicine den for several days, Skypaw was one of Icetoes' most frequent visitors, alongside Shiningheart. Some days, she would be half-conscious, listening in to Skypaw and Shellswirl's conversations. Skypaw had expressed her disdain for battle at the moonstone when Icetoes had first joined the Clan, and the battle had left her stunned. She wanted to help Icetoes recover, and so Shellswirl took her on as his apprentice. Icetoes was RiverClan's deputy, and Skypaw was RiverClan's medicine cat apprentice. Additionally, Icetoes had befriended some more RiverClan cats, notably Shellswirl and a warrior her age named Waterwish. Icetoes found herself extremely excited about the future, picturing a world in which she was leading the Clan, her sister and friends at her side.
Skypaw got her full medicine cat name only a few days after, as Shellswirl thought that being referred to as a 'paw' for moons as an adult was enough to get the point across. Skypaw became Skyfall, and Icetoes was very proud of her sister, completely oblivious to the struggles she was going through. While Icetoes was off doing deputy things with Tigerstar, Skyfall was digging herself into a hole. She had fallen in love with Tigerstar, but Tigerstar was already in a relationship with Sunshinestar. She chose to distract herself and secretly became mates with a different RiverClan warrior, but soon discovered that she was expecting kits. She quickly cut the tom off and did her best to hide the kits, but she only could for so long. Shellswirl and Icetoes both discovered that Skyfall had given birth to three kits - Icetoes' kin. Skyfall confessed everything to Tigerstar, who adopted the kits in place of Skyfall. Skyfall named them Fallenkit, Mothkit, and Tigerkit.
Icetoes was extremely on edge with this drama in the Clans. Not only was her leader battling a love triangle and raising kits, but their medicine cat apprentice was having kits and fighting with Sunshinestar instead of completing her medicine cat duties. Icetoes was left with little choice but to practically act as leader for these moons, her only comfort coming in the form of Shiningheart, who supported her through everything. She snapped at Tigerstar and Skyfall one day, causing Skyfall to leave camp, when she took one of Sunshinestar's lives. Tigerstar was initially furious with Icetoes for criticizing her choices, but later came to her senses, and stopped seeing Sunshinestar. Just as things were looking up, tragedy struck. A fierce storm had been building for a few days, and when it arrived, it brought thunder and lightning to their home. Skyfall had been trying to secure the fresh-kill-pile when she was struck by lightning, killed instantly.
Deputyship, Part 2
The whole Clan grieved for the loss of Skyfall. She had been a joy to everyone, always kind, despite her code-breaking and love triangle nonsense. Icetoes in particular was heartbroken, turning to Shiningheart for advice and comfort after Thripclaw berated her at a gathering, suggesting that his aunt had deserved to die for siding with his mother. Icetoes couldn't understand how her sons had grown to hate her so much, and was crushed, but Shiningheart fixed her again, urging her to focus on her apprentices. On the day the storm finally left RiverClan behind, Icetoes held a warrior ceremony, finally giving her apprentice his warrior name - Beetoes. She took on two apprentices immediately afterwards; Tigerpaw and Fallenpaw, her niece and nephew. Mothpaw was Tigerstar's apprentice, but the poor cat fell ill a few days after becoming an apprentice, and passed away, given the name of Mothburr as she passed. Her apprentices grieved for their lost sibling, but were interrupted, alongside the rest of the Clan, for a new cat had come to power.
A RiverClan warrior had amassed a massive following out of absolutely nowhere. He had gone from typical warrior to worshiped figure overnight, and Icetoes and Tigerstar had no idea of what to do about it. He claimed that he was the rightful leader of RiverClan, promised by StarClan, and had convinced the majority of the Clan that he should be their leader. Tigerstar and Icetoes were hopeless to chase him out, as he had turned their own Clan against them, and so Whitestar became the leader of RiverClan. He was obsessed with divinity, and decided that he should be responsible for no dirty work. He gave Tinypaw, his own apprentice, to Icetoes, who was now encumbered with three apprentices. Icetoes remained his deputy, and when he attempted to make Tigerstar his deputy, she lashed out. He imprisoned Tigerstar, and Icetoes was forced to comply, needing to keep her Clan together somehow. Icetoes was ordered to leave camp, Whitestar claiming that she needed to find a new site for RiverClan's camp, as disaster would soon fall upon their territories. He was not wrong, as the nuclear accident would soon occur, but no cats knew that. When Icetoes returned, RiverClan had been transformed into a cult. Whitestar had taken over WindClan, rendering their leader useless, and trapping each cat in their camp.
Icetoes could not stand by and watch her Clan suffer at the paws of this new leader. She went against him, running to WindClan camp, and freeing WindClan's leader, as well as Tigerstar, who had both been trapped in a pit to die in. WindClan, Tigerstar and Icetoes reached that night's gathering and battle broke out. Whitestar's followers fought against their former Clanmates, while ShadowClan and ThunderClan fought alongside RiverClan. Ivytail and Icetoes fought side by side with Shiningheart and Waterwish, paying no attention to Whitestar's ongoing demise. Fallenpaw was fatally struck as Whitestar's forces were ordered to retreat, and as he lay dying in the middle of the battle, Icetoes gave him his warrior name of Fallenlight. She turned to Tigerpaw, giving her the name of Tigertide in the middle of the fight. Whitestar had been killed by Tigerstar, but was resurrected by a Dark Forest cat, who had managed to mesh into Whitestar, like a reincarnation of sorts. And, though he was alive, he had lost, and RiverClan had been reclaimed. He left the forest with his surviving followers, travelling to the new camp site Icetoes had discovered for him.
Tinypaw died at camp, having been far too young to ever go into such a battle. Icetoes grieved for her, despite having barely known her newest apprentice. Tigerstar later lost her final life at camp, dying from complications she got from the gathering war. Icetoes became Icestar, leader of RiverClan.
Leadership, Part 1
Through the tyranny of Whitestar, now Whitefrost, Icestar hadn't had any time to rest. She had no apprentices and no deputy. Icestar took a lot of walks to comprehend her current situation, running into Thunderfrost, who had long since gotten over his intense hatred for Icetoes, and actually accepted her as his mother now. Thunderfrost had observed that the forest had been slowly dying ever since the storm, and Icestar added that fish was scarce, and goop was often found in the rivers. She and her son wondered what was happening to the Clans, but Icestar was genuinely glad to talk to her son again. They left on good terms, and for a few moons, Icestar was hopeful that maybe, just maybe, Thripclaw would forgive her the way Thunderfrost had. She was heartbroken to hear at the next gathering that Thunderfrost had gone missing, leaving behind his kits; Mosskit, Solarkit, and Graykit. She wanted badly to care for her grandchildren, but ShadowClan refused, as Thunderfrost's Clanmate, Chamomilepelt, was able to raise them. The only cat there to support her through her grief was Shiningheart, and Icestar spent many days recovering at her side, watching over the Clan with her. During this time, Shiningheart revealed that she had been one of Whitefrost's first supporters, long before he turned against them. That was the true reason why she had been reluctant to ever return to RiverClan, and Icestar could tell that her mate felt indebted to Whitefrost, despite his lies and murders. All she could do was support Shiningheart, the way Shiningheart had supported her through everything else, and soon, the two cats began a new family.
A family of kits had been washed up in some river goop, and adopted into RiverClan. One kit, Littlekit, began referring to Shiningheart as her mother, and soon Icestar and Shiningheart decided to adopt the whole bunch. Their new children were Littlekit, Hailkit, and Beetlekit. Within a few days, they were big and strong enough to be apprenticed, and Littlekit was rather close to Shellswirl. Icestar wondered if she may have become his apprentice, had disaster never struck.
The storm that had killed Skyfall had returned. The Clans were plagued with storms for what seemed like forever. Littlepaw, Hailpaw and Beetlepaw all seemed to have fallen ill. Shellswirl determined that it was from the river goop they'd been washed up in. Additionally, any cat who ate fish from the river got a similar sickness. The forest was slowly becoming poisonous, and not even Shiningheart could comfort Icestar now, plagued with nightmares of Whitefrost, and visiting their ill kits in the daytime. Beetlepaw died to the illness. Hailpaw died to lightning, just like his aunt. Shiningheart left RiverClan that night, explaining to Icestar that if she didn't face Whitefrost, she would never escape her nightmares. Icestar left Shellswirl in charge of camp, following Shiningheart to Whitefrost's camp. On the trail, she ran into her old friend Ivytail, who was also seeking Whitefrost. Whitefrost was Ivytail's brother, and her son had been plagued with the same dreams as Shiningheart. Together, the two she-cats approached Whitefrost's camp, and what they saw could never be unseen.
Whitefrost had killed his followers. He had killed Shiningheart. When Icestar confronted him, grief-stricken, he claimed that they would serve him from the afterlife. Ivytail leapt first, furiously attacking Whitefrost for having killed her son, and Icestar kicked into gear moments afterwards. He had killed the cat she had loved most. Icestar soon stopped attacking the former leader, deciding that Ivytail should be the one to kill him. Though he had killed her Shiningheart... he was Ivytail's brother. This was not her duty. Icestar buried the fallen cats while Ivytail finished him off, and the two returned to their Clans, face-to-face with disaster.
Leadership, Part 2
For moons, there has been a disaster building up. Everything from the illness, to the river goop, to Skyfall's twolegs disappearing suddenly, to Icestar's mutated kits. There had been an accident at the nuclear plant when Icestar was just a kit, and over the moons, it had slowly gotten worse and worse. The twolegs had to evacuate, resulting in Skyfall being abandoned. The cooling liquid plagued the river, making RiverClan cats ill. And finally, the day had come where the meltdown had begun. Icestar returned to her Clan to be greeted by sirens, the loudest things she had ever heard. Every creature in the forest was panicking. Prey was streaming through their camp, fleeing in fear, running from the noise. Icestar gathered Shellswirl and Littlepaw, and after confirming that her daughter was well enough to travel, gathered the rest of the Clan and fled from the sirens.
StarClan led the way. Soon, all of the Clans were running together as one unit, rushing away from the sirens as the noise got louder and louder. They ran for a day and a night. Some Clans left cats behind if they couldn't keep up. Thripclaw, Icestar's son, had vanished from the group completely, never to be seen again, just like Thunderfrost. Icestar didn't grieve - she accepted the life choices of her sons, and pushed forward, her duty to save the Clans. They soon reached the edge of the land, and could barely hear the sirens over the crashing of the ocean. And, as if like magic, the tide pulled back, creating a landbridge that led to an island just out of earshot. Crossing the bridge, the Farlanders found themselves in new territories. They had survived.
The new territory of Farland RiverClan was much more luscious than the territory before. They now had access to the ocean, and cats would bring home massive ocean fish from hunting patrols. Each patrol would hunt along their territory line, making RiverClan's scent markers the strongest of all the Clans. Some of their rival Clans, like ThunderClan, were struggling in the new land. Sunshinestar had fallen in a hole in their new territory and died immediately, leaving the new ThunderClan leader to claim his place. Icestar was barely surprised when he picked a twelve-moon old she-cat as his deputy, and gave up on her birth Clan for good, instead choosing to focus on RiverClan. They no longer shared a border with BloodClan, their only enemy, so Icestar was free to focus solely on RiverClan. Her new den was cold and empty without Shiningheart, but she didn't focus on that, instead debating who to pick as her deputy. Beetoes came to mind, as she knew the tom better than anyone else, but she decided against it, determining that he wasn't quite ready yet. Instead, she chose an old friend; she-cat around the same age as her; Waterwish. Icestar was happy with her choice, knowing that she had picked wisely. Her deputy was wise and kind, supporting the Clan sympathetically while Icestar held a much firmer grip on the Clan. She picked up a new apprentice, finding herself with nothing to do quite often. Dawnpaw was her apprentice for only a few moons, before Waterwish took over after Icestar's disappearance.
When she wasn't training or speaking to her Clanmates, Icestar was out on walks in the new territory. She often felt at peace out there, secluded beneath the tree cover, all on her own. On one fateful walk, the RiverClan leader was captured by twolegs, and brought far, far away from the Farlands.
Roguehood, Part 2
Icestar was the subject of testing by twolegs for moons and moons. The twolegs had been deeply shocked by the nuclear accident, and planned to examine the population of forest cats to see how their biology had changed. They started with just Icestar, a middle-aged queen whom they could perform several tests on. She was alone in that lab for moons, and had no idea that other Farlanders had joined her in the latter moons. As far as she knew, she had been completely abandoned by StarClan, and so she cast the star out of her name, opting to go by Ice instead. That was, until Duskmind reappeared.
She hadn't seen the tom since she was a ThunderClan Farlander. Somehow, Duskmind had managed to run from StarClan, hunting for his old friend. He had decided he'd rather be with Ice than alone in StarClan, and took on the physical form of a ghost. He was able to open Ice's cage and distract the twolegs long enough for both cats to escape from the lab together, out into the desert. This new land was very different to the Farlands, and both Ice and Duskmind were absolutely perplexed by the new biome. They traveled down to the twolegplace and hopped on a train, hoping for the best. During this train trip, Ice was stripped of her eight leader's lives, left only with her very first. After waking up, she and Duskmind spoke, and Duskmind revealed that he had received a prophecy.
"One shall stride, unknowingly, across a path woven with stars, They shall defy the odds set after coming from afar. From water to storm, 8 more to receive, Let the cold aide you when it comes and success you shall achieve."[1]
Neither of the cats understood the meaning of the prophecy until Duskmind was able to contact the Council of Nine. They explained the state of ThunderClan, the long lost twin to her former Clan, and learned about the rogue groups that surrounded it, claiming that they'd sent for Ice and Duskmind to reform the Clans. Together, Ice and Duskmind traveled according to the Council of Nine's direction, finally arriving at what became the Gathering place. Once there, Ice met Softweb, the last remaining medicine cat of ThunderClan, and met several cats from the rogue groups that surrounded the Clan. Duskmind took his proper place in the Council of Nine, and together, Ice and Softweb reformed the Clans.
They spoke to the rogues and began to pick out cats who were ideal for leading and healing. It was a struggle, as many rogues were completely closed off to the idea of doing anything other than what they had done their entire life. The arrival of the Farlanders completely changed that. Icetoes was reunited with Thunderfrost, her son, and Graytoes, her grandson, as well as Beetoes and Tigertide, her old apprentices. Mellowbug had also been part of the captured cats, and she quickly bonded with Softweb. There were now two medicine cats. Ice climbed the gathering rock and announced the code to the groups of cats, explaining the way of the Clans and how they functioned. Through this process, she met Dark and Rainbow, two she-cats who led the two biggest groups.
The Clans were formed that night, under the watch of the Council of Nine. Dark became Darkstar, the leader of SkyClan. Rainbow became Rainbowstar, the leader of WindClan. Ice selected Graytoes to lead ShadowClan, and Beetoes to lead RiverClan. She became ThunderClan's leader at last, and reclaimed her name of Icestar.
Leadership, Part 3
Icestar received her nine lives from the Council of Nine, the first cat in history to have ever been granted lives twice. Her Clan came together very quickly, and Icestar was grateful to have a Clan packed full of so many strong warriors. Ivytail had joined ThunderClan, another Farlander who had made the journey, and Icestar befriended Rosebeam, Tawnyclaw, and Kestrelfall rapidly, seeing the three cats as her strongest warriors. She found it very difficult to argue with or betray other Clans at first, as she had personally assembled them, but her tensions slowly began to build as the other Clans began to trespass on ThunderClan territory. She became cold towards them, shutting her motherly side away from anyone who wasn't her apprentices, Minnowpaw and Poolpaw, whom she trained eagerly. She remained cool-headed despite the arrogance and building forces of the opposing Clans, who were selecting deputies already.
One night, Icestar woke up in a dark forest. It was nothing like the Dark Forest of the Farlands, much softer and grassier than the brittle forest had been before. She remained cautious, however, especially when she was met with the scent of another cat. Recognizing the scent, she raced towards the cat, crashing into Shiningheart. Icestar and her mate had a tearful reunion, but it was cut short as a golden tom leapt from the shadows, pinning Icestar and taking a life from her before she could even process it. Icestar awoke to a bloodstained nest and with a paralyzing fear for her mate and Clan. This cat could murder anyone in their sleep. She went straight to Softweb's den, accompanied by Rosebeam and Tawnyclaw, where the four cats discussed the situation. Icestar came to the conclusion that the tom was Sulfurstar, a cat who had killed SkyClan cats back in the Farlands, but couldn't understand his motive for coming to this forest. The cats decided to keep this to themselves for now, and were on the lookout for any threats to the Clan. In an effort to make ThunderClan as strong as possible, she appointed Rosebeam as the first deputy of ThunderClan. Rosebeam was just like Icestar in her warrior days, and for that reason, she wanted her to be the deputy, and set her on a different path to the path she'd once been on.
The danger to the forest didn't exactly show itself right away. It came not in the form of Dark Forest cats, but in the form of falling trees, one of which claimed Poolpaw's life, and almost claimed Rosebeam's apprentice's, before Icestar threw her out of the way, losing a life of her own to the tree. Trees weren't the only dangers to her Clan - according to Rosebeam, a fox had begun to roam around their territory. Despite her deputy's attempt at organizing a patrol, the fox persisted, and tore up some of the younger apprentices of the Clan, one of whom was Sunnypaw. Sunnypaw had been bitter enemies with Icestar's late apprentice Poolpaw, and had come to Icestar several times for comfort and advice after their bickering. Soon, Sunnypaw became less sunny, as did Leopardpaw. The two apprentices took one of Rainbowstar's lives, claiming to have killed her in self defense, but when Icestar went to the WindClan leader, it became apparent that this was a lie. Sunnypaw had injured herself to make it appear as though she'd been attacked. Icestar decided this must be the result of some Dark Forest troubles, related to when she'd lost her first life - and she was not wrong. She lost a second life to Sulfurstar, who forced the deceased Shiningheart to join his Aspguard. Icestar remained hopeful that her dead mate wouldn't betray her, and could help her understand why her Clan was falling apart.
As if the Dark Forest was not enough, soon The Median arrived. She announced that Icestar was a tyrant, forcing her culture upon cats who had lived peacefully before. Icestar knew she was right, but didn't understand, as StarClan themselves had told her to form the Clans. Icestar didn't understand why at all The Median targeted her, and she, Rosebeam and Darkstar were the only cats to oppose the stranger. Darkstar and Icestar formed an alliance, which was short-lived, as The Median declared that ThunderClan was the home of traitors and sinners. Both Icestar and Softweb were condemned there, and every ThunderClan cat had the opportunity to leave their Clan behind and join one of the other four to be redeemed. Icestar returned to her camp with a tiny group of cats, having lost her closest allies to the other Clans.
Overseers had been planted around ThunderClan's camp, one of which being Thunderfrost, Icestar's own son. They were assigned there to keep ThunderClan from leaving, forcing Icestar to remain in camp, along with the other ThunderClanners, who had since been dubbed 'trespassers.' She made as many apprentices into warriors as she could, giving full names to Sunnygrove, Cinderlion, Wingsoar, Galerunner, and Minnowfall. After giving Minnowfall his name, Icestar decided that she would take no more apprentices. She had trained fifteen cats throughout her life, and it was time she focused on saving her Clan.
Leadership, Part 4
As The Median continued to lay rules upon the ways of the Clans, ThunderClan became even more restricted. They were told that should any cat escape, they would all be slaughtered. Tigertide and Rivuletroar both joined her Clan, disgusted with the rules The Median had created. They joined her trespasser ranks, and Icestar was happy for the first time in moons - her niece was here with her. This happiness was short-lived, because a cat had escaped. When Softweb disappeared, Icestar was sent into a panic. She was convinced that her Clan was going to be slaughtered by all of the others, and that she would be to blame. Here began the downfall of Icestar. She worked day and night, promoting all the remaining apprentices to warriors and kits to apprentices, in the name of strengthening her Clan. She was working constantly, and with the outbreak of pollen in the territory, it began to take a toll on her. She lost two lives quietly, in her den - once choking to death, and the second time tripping and becoming too winded to regain her breath. Without Softweb there to help her, Icestar was doomed to keep dying, but she persisted in the name of keeping her Clan alive.
On the night of what would become the final Gathering of The Median, Icestar was keeping watch on the Highrock, and had positioned her warriors strategically around camp. When she saw Graystar and Brighteyes leading a patrol of cats, she rushed towards them, fully expecting a battle, but instead faced with the news that The Median had surrendered and admitted that she'd lied to the Clans. . Icestar returned home to camp after sending Rosebeam and Sunnygrove to find Softweb, who had arrived in RiverClan to help uncover The Median's true goals. Tigertide and Rivuletroar traveled home at this time.
Despite the threat of death being over for her Clan and having her medicine cats back in camp, Icestar continued to struggle. The pollen had cleared up, but she found that she was subject to dizzy spells, nausea, and general weakness. It was an invisible illness - she was dying of radiation sickness she had acquired so many moons ago, around the time she had her kits. She lost two more lives in a single day, and was kept in the medicine den for surveillance, though she was quickly losing hope. Icestar found comfort in Ivytail, who was still suffering heavily from the effects of the pollen, and kept her company in the medicine den. Just as she was feeling well enough, Bramblesnap and Sunnygrove came to the leader to report sightings of foxes. At least three dens had appeared around their territory, and as Icestar made her way up the Highrock to explain her plan to her Clan, she tripped, falling off the very top of the rock. She landed on Sunnygrove, whose nose began bleeding, and Rosebeam twisted her forepaw in a failed attempt to catch her. Icestar was not let out of the medicine den again, and her mind was racing - would her Clanmates be slaughtered by the foxes while she was kept down here?
The foxes came sooner than any cat had hoped. The next day, they crashed through ThunderClan's camp, and deep deep down, Icestar knew this was her end. She was not bitter at all about rushing to the aid of her Clanmates, despite Softweb's pleading for her to stay - if she were to die this day, it would be defending her Clan. Just as Rosebeam began to be thrown around by a fox, Icestar launched herself at it, clinging to the fox's face to blind it. She successfully saved Rosebeam, and was flung aside, unharmed. However, Icestar was not done. Her eyes burned with the light of battle as she charged at the fox once more, to be met with its teeth snapping her neck. The leader was paralyzed instantly, and the fox spooked away by her warriors, but Icestar knew this was her end. Unable to move, Rosebeam carried her to the medicine den, though every warrior knew her fate now. She was placed in a nest beside Ivytail, who asked Icestar if she was alright. Icestar was unable to move at all to answer her, but her eyes shifted to meet her oldest friend's gaze once more, before she finally died with her Farlander friend, in front of her deputy and all of her warriors. She had the hero's death she'd always dreamed of. Icestar died happily.
Afterlife
Icestar was asked by the Council of Nine to give Rosebeam a message right away. The leader was still grieving with the rest of the Clan by hers and Ivytail's bodies, and though Icestar disagreed with what they asked, she abided, wanting to give Rosebeam a proper goodbye before giving her a life, and sending her off to take her place as ThunderClan's leader. She told Rosebeam to forgive those who sought the safety of the stars. Rosebeam, though confused as to if Icestar truly agreed with this message, agreed to do so, and Icestar faded from the real world, to take her place in the Council of Nine for eternity.
The first moons of her afterlife were quite calm. She gave lives to Rosestar, Fadingstar, and Hailstar, and led Softweb and Rainbowstar home to StarClan once they were killed. She was overjoyed to be able to speak with the two she-cats again, having underestimated the power of loneliness as a spirit, even when you led the strongest band of StarClan cats. However, there was one hole in her heart that had been open for moons and moons. Shiningheart was still trapped in the Aspguard, and Icestar could only imagine what horrific things were happening to her after she'd betrayed Sulfurstar. Luckily, Icestar didn't have to wonder for long. Shiningheart had managed to escape to StarClan, with the Aspguard hot on her heels. Stormbreeze, her Councilmate, intercepted the cats, giving Shiningheart enough time to run to Icestar. The two she-cats cried together for days, together again at last. The Council mourned the fading of Stormbreeze, who'd been killed by the Aspguard, but would tell the story of her sacrifice for moons to come. Shiningheart took her place on the Council, and she works with Icestar to better the lives of the Clans.
Icestar knew Ivytail had been reincarnated when Ivykit was born into RiverClan at the same time she disappeared from StarClan. While she tried to be overjoyed for her best friend, Ivykit's sibling concerned her deeply. The tom's name was Whitekit. Icestar's fears were confirmed when she visited Whitekit in his dreams, as the first thing the kit told her was that she was not Whitefrost. She talked with Whitekit for a while, earning the kit's trust, when the man himself showed up. Whitefrost and Icestar had a heated debate in front of the kit, peaking when Whitekit, scared out of his mind, summoned searing blue flames around the pair. Icestar was furious, accusing Whitefrost of teaching a kit how to use powers in his dreams. Whitefrost shot back, accusing Icestar of trapping him in the mind of a kit who could use fire to defeat him time and time again. Of course neither cat was correct, and Icestar stormed out. As she left, however, Whitekit asked her to visit him again. And though Whitefrost sneered behind her, Icestar agreed to visit again, for the sake of the kit. And though she hated every bit of Whitefrost, she was glad to have someone to root for again.
She went for several moons without seeing Whitefrost or Whitekit again, finding herself frankly worried for the kitten. Her days had been peaceful, until the Clans began to rapidly shift, and Icestar ended up giving lives to Metalstar and Pinestar, two days in a row.
Lives
RiverClan Leader (Farlands)
01) The Life of Wisdom, given by Minnowfall, her mentor
02) The Life of Attentivity, given by Grayfawn, her medicine cat
03) The Life of Acceptance, given by Skyfall, her sister and a medicine cat
04) The Life of Energy, given by Duskmind, her best friend
05) The Life of Understanding, given by Dovefeather, a StarClan legend
06) The Life of Nurturing, given by Swiftgale, her apprentice
07) The Life of Tenacity, given by Shiningheart, her mate
08) The Life of Appreciating Health, given by Tigerstar, her leader
09) The Life of Divinity, given by Whitefrost, her enemy
- Life 1: Icestar refused a life from Whitefrost during her lives ceremony.
- Life 2: Taken from Icestar when she left the Farlands.
- Life 3: Taken from Icestar when she left the Farlands.
- Life 4: Taken from Icestar when she left the Farlands.
- Life 5: Taken from Icestar when she left the Farlands.
- Life 6: Taken from Icestar when she left the Farlands.
- Life 7: Taken from Icestar when she left the Farlands.
- Life 8: Taken from Icestar when she left the Farlands.
ThunderClan Leader
09) Life 9 was renewed by Magnoliakit - a Council of Nine cat - and dubbed the Life of Renewal
10) The Life of Justice, given by Littleoat, a Council of Nine cat
11) The Life of Patience, given by Wiltedfur, a Council of Nine cat
12) The Life of Courage, given by Stormbreeze, a Council of Nine cat and former deputy
13) The Life of Decisions, given by Dovefeather, a Council of Nine cat and Farlander, who'd given her a life before
14) The Life of Hope, given by Lavenderstar, a Council of Nine cat and former ThunderClan leader
15) The Life of Humor, given by Doeeyes, a Council of Nine cat and Farlander
16) The Life of Pride, given by Willowstar, a Council of Nine cat, and the previous leader of ThunderClan
17) The Life of Loyalty, given by Duskmind, a Council of Nine cat, and her best friend, who'd given her a life before
- Life 9: The only life Icestar was left with when she came to the Clans. Lost it to Sulfurstar.
- Life 10: Lost when saving Rosebeam's apprentice from a falling tree.
- Life 11: Lost to Sulfurstar in his successful attempt to force Shiningheart into the Aspguard.
- Life 12: Lost during early Greenleaf due to an allergic reaction to the flowering native plants of The Valley.
- Life 13: Lost due to a breathing complication left over from her allergic reaction.
- Life 14: Lost from another breathing complication, this time related to her radiation sickness from the Farlands.
- Life 15: Lost from tripping and falling, having lost her sense of balance due to old age.
- Life 16: Lost when falling off of the highrock during a dizzy spell.
- Life 17: Sacrificed to save Rosestar from a fox.
Lives Given to Others
- Gave Rosestar the life of Endurance
- Gave Fadingstar the Life of Ambition
- Gave Hailstar the Life of Justice
- Gave Metalstar the Life of Certainty
- Gave Pinestar the Life of Grace
- Gave Woolystar the Life of Loyalty
- Gave Sunnystar the Life of Valiance
Family Tree
- ↑ Prophecy written by _nettles