Hailstar

""Fitting you were named Silver, huh..? Since you were always second best.""

- Hailstar to Silver during their battle

Appearance & Personality
Hailstar is a lithe silver bengal she-cat with a pale pink nose.

She comes off as a friendly, charismatic she-cat with a love for puns. She's very extroverted. However, she's also very intelligent, to the point where her clever mind is her most notable trait. While she doesn't necessarily try to hide this, it's a bit hard to see from the get-go. However, because of her intelligence, she's developed a bit of an ego, and can be quite stubborn and petty. She's a huge mama bear for her clanmates and prefers to assume a leader role instead of a follower role.

Brief History
After joining ShadowClan with her sister, Silver, Hailfall was picked as the second deputy of ShadowClan by Graystar. She's noted to be friends with Brighteyes and Rowanwolf.

Early Life
Hail and Silver were born to Brook and Mire before the Clans were created.

Education
Hail, as she reached the age of an apprentice, was regarded as a prodigy very quickly. She was a fast learner because of her intelligence. This led to her developing a bit of an ego. However, despite that she was a better learner, she wasn't inherently better at these activities, at least not by much. By the time she was fully grown, she was only notably above average.

Warrior Age
As she reached the age of a warrior, her popularity petered out. This frustrated her, but she didn't go out of her way to fix it. Once the clans were created, she joined ShadowClan with her sister. They became Hailfall and Silverclaw.

Deputyship
After Cougarmask stepped down, ShadowClan was left without a deputy. As The Median introduced herself, Graystar decided to choose a deputy for stability within the clan. He settled on Hailfall as a deputy.

Soon after she became ShadowClan's deputy, she decided to go on a hunting trip with her sister, Silverclaw, and her Clanmate, Beartooth. They took a trip to a nearby waterfall and Silverclaw tried to drown her. However, Beartooth fought her off. This ended with Silverclaw being exiled. As Beartooth and Hailfall spent time in the medicine den together, they became mates.

The Median
Under The Median's rule of the forest, deputies were abolished. Hailfall was demoted to a warrior. She gave birth to four kits during this time: Gazellekit, Harekit, Moonkit, and Moosekit.

Regaining Control
After The Median became Bravetail, Hailfall was reelected to her position as ShadowClan's deputy. After a few moons of mostly peace, Graystar was killed during a fox's attack on camp. A cat named Nightwing, who insisted she was Graystar's daughter and that he had appointed her deputy in his dying breath, challenged Hailfall for leadership. Nightwing was allowed to stay, but Hailfall advised the clan to make sure she was following clan customs.

When Hailfall left to receive her nine lives, Nightwing intervened. This quickly escalated into a physical fight, which Hailfall ended up being on the losing side of. She turned to address her clan, reasoning that Nightwing had no proof she was ShadowClan's true leader, and formed a band of rebels to overthrow the molly.

After a raid on the rebel camp, tensions were high. One of the rebels, Stormwatcher, was killed at the hand of Raptorpaw. An apprentice, Blazepaw, disgusted with his clanmate's actions, left to join Hailfall's group of rebels, and was soon followed by Thrushpaw. However, Smokepaw launched an attack on Nightwing's camp by himself, and was attacked as a result.

Hearing of another raid, Hailfall moved to strike the enemy camp first, and officially won. Nightwing surrendered, leaving Hailfall as the sole leader of ShadowClan. She gave Smokepaw a warrior name, Smokeclaw, and set out to finally claim her nine lives. Nightwing was held prisoner in the ShadowClan camp.

Leadership
The first notable event to happen under Hailstar's rule was an assassination attempt. Nightwing snuck into her den at night and attempted to kill her, but was intercepted by Icefall, Stormwatcher's mate. Furious at her mate's murder, Icefall killed Nightwing herself.

After a small window of peace, Hailstar named one of her former rebels, Metaleyes, her deputy. She trusted the tom with the deputy position after all that had transpired with Nightwing.

Hailstar was soon attacked once again by her sister, Silverclaw, now Silver. Silver claimed Hailstar's first life, unaware of the fact that she had become leader and had eight more. Hailstar had used this to her advantage, playing dead for a few minutes to let herself rest. She soon forced herself up and attacked Silver in return. The struggle eventually resulted in Silver's death, but Hailstar was still badly wounded. Hope had arrived when Metaleyes came to help her back to camp, the battle rendering her unable to walk.

Lives
Life 1: Killed in a struggle with her sister, Silver. Lost on July 14th, 2020.

Life 2: Killed by Glitch. Lost on July 18th, 2020.

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