The One in the Shadows of the Dawn-Sankai's Character Gallery (WIP)

|[glow=purple,2,300]Sankai's Characters[/glow]|

Hi all! Hope the poetic title isn't too purple prose-y. I've been around awhile now, but I'm always learning. Bear with me if my style and/or manner isn't up to snuff. I try to be courteous, polite, etc. Well, enough about me, on to characters!

Note: Until I can get a good artist or other method of getting unique pics, all character images will be from the avatar maker. Yay avatar maker!

2nd Note: Currently undergoing renovation. Trying to decide which characters will be advanced in my plot and which won't. Some may disappear, new ones may arrive...

[shadow=red,left][glow=Purple,2,300]CATS[/glow][/shadow]

Name: Cypressclaw
Alliance: RadiantClan
Age: 15 moons
Rank: Warrior
Gender: Male
Appearance: Dark brown tabby with sea green eyes. Has a scar on his right flank from a close call with a badger.
Personality: Cypressclaw is a rather quiet, reserved cat. Silence is his defense mechanism. That said, he is very observant and watchful, and is usually the first on the scene of trouble to help.
Bio: Cypressclaw became a warrior around the same time as his brother, Frostpelt. The two were an inseparable team for many moons. Over time, however, Frostpelt began to lose his mind. He claimed seeing prophetic visions of apocalypse to RadiantClan, and he would often wander around at night, looking for prey that wasn't there. Despite being not in his right mind, Frostpelt remained a charismatic speaker. One night, he convinced several apprentices to wander off into the wilderness with him. When Cypressclaw heard, he was shaken. He became a loner for awhile. After a long time of healing, Cypressclaw eventually began to return to clan life, though he felt a pull to retire from his warrior life and become a medicine cat.

Name:Frostpelt
Alliance: Rogue
Age: 15 moons
Rank: None
Gender: Male
Appearance: White furred cat with golden eyes. Somewhat shorter in body length than his brother, Cypressclaw (though you can't tell from the picture)
Personality: Has slowly gone insane. Rambling, somewhat paranoid. While they were not as pronounced, Frostpelt always had paranoid tendencies, preferring to work with as few other cats as possible and being very suspicious of cats from other clans
Bio: Frostpelt is Cypressclaw's brother. They trained under the same mentor, Dashingsoul, who later left for another clan. A few moons after their warrior initiation, Frostpelt began claiming to see visions of StarClan. At first, these were considered by various members of RadiantClan, but the visions gradually became more and more delusional, and eventually Frostpelt was ignored. He took this dismissal as a perceived threat and lashed out against his clan. He set himself up as a "prophet" of StarClan and convinced several apprentices to follow him into the wilderness. He has not been seen since.

Name: Dashingsoul
Alliance: RiverClan
Age: 20 moons
Rank: Warrior
Gender: Male
Personality: Dashingsoul is an energetic warrior with a very social nature. He goes about every task he is given with zeal and vigor. He is the first to volunteer for a duty and the last to leave when it is complete.
Bio: Dashingsoul was born and raised in RadiantClan. As time went by, he proved himself to be a formidable warrior. He remained at the top of his game and highly esteemed for many moons. When his second apprentice, Frostpelt, went insane he feared for his life. Frostpelt had gained a strange enmity towards his former master, and tried to kill Dashingsoul. Dashingsoul survived, by virtue of being far more experienced, but Frostpelt had gained allies, and Dashingsoul knew it would not be safe to remain in his clan. He left by night, with the blessing of his leader. He wandered for a long time until he was accepted into RiverClan. Though he occasionally missed his old home, he accepted his new allegiance with grace and has since trained a new apprentice, Emberspark, all the way to warrior level.

Name: SpireStar
Alliance: HighlandClan
Rank: Leader
Age: 27 moons
Gender: Male
Appearance: Dark grey-blue tom with striking violet eyes. Has a white muzzle, belly and back paws.
Personality: SpireStar is a wise and thoughtful cat. He speaks often enough, but also knows that silence is sometimes wiser than speech. He has a very kind, gentle demeanour, especially to those in pain. He always looks for a lesson that may be learned through whatever troubles come his way.
Bio:
SpireStar was trained rather later in his life than most apprentices (ten moons), due to losing a leg in a fox raid on his birth clan. Most of the cats believed he would be crippled for the rest of his life. One cat, however, took pity on him and began to come up with a set of techniques that could be used by a three legged cat. Spirepaw hung on every word of his mentor, Rowanfang. She taught him to hunt as well as the other cats, and enough fighting skills to keep himself safe.
Encouraged by his progress, the medicine cat of the clan built him a crude prosthetic. It couldn't replace his leg, but it afforded him better balance. All seemed well until the day of his warrior ceremony. Spirepaw's father, the clan leader, was ashamed of his disabled son and refused to make him a warrior. This enmity continued for awhile. Eventually, Spirepaw was exiled from the clan when he accidentally helped spread a brushfire (the twig that had caught fire hooked on to his prosthetic).
Spirepaw wandered for a long time, at last coming to HighlandClan. Seeing and hearing of his troubles, he was immediately made a warrior after a brief assessment. Spireear eventually became SpireStar, after the death of HighlandClan's former leader CliffStar, who died in battle. He has ruled the clan ever since.

Name: Rushingstream
Alliance: None
Rank: Deputy
Age: 25 moons
Appearance: Rushingstream is a slender, long legged tom. His fur is very dark grey, almost black, and his eyes are a piercing blue. His ears are long and end in sharp points. He has a short, trim tail.
Personality: Rushingstream likes to keep to himself. He is a loyal cat, but he struggles between following his Clan and following his own counsel. He is rather arrogant, and likes to be in control. Despite this, he tries very hard to be humble and wise. He has a few close friends, but not many. He enjoys time in solitude more than company. He is a fierce fighter, perhaps often a little too fierce, as many of his enemies do not leave the battle with treatable wounds.
Bio:
Rushingstream was born to a forbidden match between Yarrowtail, a young she-cat warrior and Cloudheart, a medicine cat. When the other cats discovered Cloudheart's breaking of the Code, he was exiled. At the age of 3 moons, Yarrowtail left Rushingkit to be with him. Rushingkit grew up a relatively hollow cat, keeping close to himself and not feeling very much of anything. This began to change when he was apprenticed to Rainsong, a she-cat warrior. Rainsong gradually began to draw him out of his shell. This was somewhat helped along by Cloudheart paying the occasional secret visit to his son. Cloudheart made Rushingpaw aware of how proud he was of him. Unfortunately, Rushingpaw did not have it easy. He was mocked mercilessly for being an illegitimate warrior, and in response to these mockings, Rushingpaw's emerging personality was replaced by a fierce desire to prove himself. He needed to show that he didn't need anyone, that he was good as the rest of them. He was made a warrior on strict probation after he killed another cat of his clan in a revenge duel. Over time, Rushingstream began to remember Rainsong's guidance and tried his best to show justice in what he did, even as a clanless cat

Name: Shadepool
Alliance: WindClan
Rank: Warrior
Age: 26 moons
Appearance: Shadepool is a muscular, strongly built tom. He has a very long, slightly bushy tail.
Personality: Shadepool is something of a rough cat, though not an unkind one at the best of times. He has a strong personality and generally speaks his mind in clear ways. He is the first to question a leader's decision but also the first to defend it if he considers it wise. He is loyal to his friends but is not all that easy to make friends with, and he will defend his honor at great cost. He carries himself with the air of a cat who has survived many battles, as indeed he has.
Bio: Shadepool was born and raised in WindClan.