Graystar

""If you think this is a smart choice, then I will do what is asked of me.""

- Graytoes accepting Icestar's request for him to lead ShadowClan

Appearance & Personality
Graystar is a slim, small dark grey tom. He has dark grey and black markings on his legs, a dark grey muzzle, and a black tail and ears. He has multiple scars on his body, including a long jagged one on his right shoulder and a notch in his left ear. His left eye is completely missing, and his left cheek is mostly scarred flesh. His right eye is bright blue, and often looks stormy or conflicted. After going to StarClan, he lost all the scars on his pelt, and regained his second eye. He sports a pale indigo aura.

Graystar is often seen with a dark look at all times. He rarely looks genuinely happy or pleased. In his younger years, he was very angry and conflicted about many different things, and somewhat impulsive in his decisions. After his near-death experience and a few other character building events, he calmed down significantly; he's wiser, smarter, and more mature than he was in the Farlands. For all his darkness, Graystar does in fact have a more lighthearted and fun side that he, on occasion shows to others, but mostly around Chamomilepelt and his family.

Power
A fire always burned inside of Graystar, and so when he to StarClan, it became his power. He can telekinetically control and manipulate fire to his own means. His fire is usually indigo colored, but it sometimes reacts to his mood (ie. turning red when he is angry, yellow when he is showing happier emotions, and blue when he's calm). He can use his fire to either harm or help others, and generally prefers to use it to help others. He can also generate and manipulate small amounts of lightning, but it takes most of his effort to create so he rarely, if ever uses it.

Alongside his use of fire, Graystar can also manipulate smoke in a variety of ways. He can make himself appear invisible, his night vision becomes extremely potent, and form barriers to protect others. His most used manipulation of smoke is for the use of traveling. He often manifests his entire form into smoke to travel far distances, and even travel into dreams. He often leaves behind dark smoke particles wherever he goes.

Brief History
Graystar was born in the Farlands, the son of Thunderfrost, and grandson of Icestar. He was a ShadowClan warrior until his capture by the twolegs. Graystar is the first leader of ShadowClan. He is roughly 49 moons old (or, 4.083 years old). In the Farlands, he has lived under Greenstar of ShadowClan, and Ivystar of SkyClan.

Early Life
Graystar was born as Graykit in the Farlands to Blackclaw and Thunderfrost. He was the youngest of three, his older siblings being Solarkit and Mosskit, but he does not remember them much. Thunderfrost vanished before he was born, and Blackclaw died in childbirth. He was mostly cared for by his adopted mother Chamomilepelt, one of Blackclaw's friends, and one of the elders, Stalin, who was almost like Chamomilepelt's father. At two moons old, Graykit had somehow wandered out of the camp, and was attacked by a fox, who took his left eye. He would not be here today, if not for his grandmother Icetoes, who saved him from death by chasing the fox away, and returned him to ShadowClan. He spent a few moons in the medicine den, before being released and becoming an apprentice to Sorrelmist. Sorrelmist died during the nuclear winter, and Graypaw was handed off to Chamomilepelt. He fled with the rest of the Clans to the new territories, where he met a nice she-cat, Coldstorm.

The Island
Being in love with Coldstorm wasn't exactly sunshine and rainbows for him. She mistreated him and used him for her own plots; killing her mother Oatleap, and maybe her uncle Stonestrike as well. After gaining his warrior name of Grayscar (which he himself picked), Coldstorm attempted to murder Oatleap in the middle of WindClan camp, and was exiled for doing so. They met together, and went off to SkyClan together. A few more moons passed, before Coldstorm and Grayscar ambushed the siblings. While they started to win, the tide slowly turned in their favor, after Oatleap convinced Grayscar that Coldstorm was only using him. Coldstorm was killed during that fight after Stonestrike threw her into a ledge. After the fight, Grayscar fled the Clans, slightly humbled by this experience. He changed his name to Graytoes afterwards.

Running in Circles
Graytoes ran for what felt like forever, trying to get away from the Clans, Coldstorm, and his own inner demons. He was captured by twolegs a few moons later, sustaining a wound while in his metal cage. Though he fought to be free, he did managed to conquer some of his inner demons while contained. He was one of the first to escape, but soon collapsed from his wound, close to death. Luckily, he was near a she-cat named Mellowbug, who also came from the Farlands, who managed to nurse him back to health. While healing from his shoulder wound, he saw many hallucinations of Chamomilepelt and Coldstorm, taunting him and calling him to die.

ShadowClan Leader
After being healed by Mellowbug, Graytoes was found by Icestar. She'd reformed the Clans and made them better and stronger, before inviting him to be ShadowClan's leader. Graytoes reluctantly accepted, taking the name Graystar. He was reunited with his long thought dead father Thunderfrost, and his adopted mother Chamomilepelt, who was dealing heavily with arthritis. He named Cougarmask his deputy, and Chamomilepelt was the first elder under his rule, having retired due to her arthritis.

Some time later, Graystar was out on a walk when he started sinking into some sand. While he attempted to break free, he was ultimately unsuccessful and lost his first life. He was saved by his dad Thunderfrost. He lost his second life later to a snake. Cougarmask had stepped down, favoring solitude over her duties, so Graystar was looking for a new deputy. He had more important priorities, however, and asked Brighteyes to be his girlfriend (without actually saying it) and I guess they're dating now.

The Median
After the first gathering of The Median, Graystar was on edge, seeing how divided SkyClan and ThunderClan had become. He wanted his Clan as strong as possible, and so he selected Hailfall as his deputy, who became the second deputy of ShadowClan. Despite all of his reservations about her, Graystar decided he would not stand against her word, and later exiled Silverclaw for attacking her sister, Hailfall. Brighteyes also revealed to him she was expecting their first litter. Their four sons, Smokekit, Thrushkit, Ravenkit, and Lynxkit were born sometime later. He lost a few more lives in that time.

When the Median abolished ThunderClan, Graystar allowed any and all ThunderClan cats join ShadowClan for the time being. He was told of the new prophecy by Softweb, before being attacked by Shiningheart at the Gathering, and she took a life from him. He woke up again during the battle, and expressed his forgiveness of The Median afterwards, saying she would always be welcome in ShadowClan if she desired to live there.

After the Median
Graystar settled into being a normal old father for a while, quickly finding he vibed the most with his oldest, Smokekit. He ordered Thrushkit to remain in camp for a few moons after he was attacked and lost his left eye. He lost another of his lives to a river. At a very recent gathering, Graystar was shocked to learn of a group of rogues who wore collars who lived near ThunderClan, and revealed that there was a group just like it in the Farlands; BloodClan.

The End Game
While in a dream, Graystar was attacked by a Dark Forest cat with dark purple eyes, leading Graystar to believe his mate Coldstorm was trying to kill him from beyond the grave. As a result, he started to become very paranoid, seeing purple eyes in every shadow. While Smokepaw tried to convince him to see Rowanwolf, Graystar remained aloof, and refused to do so. Brighteyes later came to him and revealed they were expecting another litter of kits, much to Graystar's happiness (but he didn't really show it cause he's being a paranoid boi). His last two children, daughter Goldkit and son Gravelkit were born, but the happy mood was slightly marred by Graystar's ever increasing paranoia. blah blah blah more paranoia stuff blah blah blah. Hung out with his daughter Goldkit for a bit blah blah blah. Graystar saved his children from a fox who was driven to SC after Rosestar attempted to chase them off. He killed the fox, but unfortunately was also killed by it. With his dying breath, he named Thrushpaw an apprentice, and told Gravelkit and Goldkit to never give up, and never surrender. With that, he was dead. He lived to be 49 moons old (4.08 years old).

Afterlife
Graystar was named to the Council of 9. Soon after he arrived, Icestar formally welcomed him, and also showed him the crazy stuff going on in ShadowClan. He gave Hailstar her final life, and later gave Metalstar a life as well. He later welcomed his oldest son, Smokeclaw, to StarClan, after the tom died protecting his daughter.

Lives
Life 1-Suffocated to death via sand pit. (Day lost: 8 April 2020)

Life 2- Snake bite. (Day lost: 18 April 2020)

Life 3- Fell from a cliff and struck his head on a rock (Day lost: 29 April 2020)

Life 4- Struck by lightning (Day lost: 9 May 2020)

Life 5- Killed by a cougar (Day lost: 17 May 2020)

Life 6-Killed by Shiningheart (Day lost: 23 May 2020)

Life 7- Drowned in a river nearby (Day lost: 04 June 2020)

Life 8- Killed by an unknown Dark Forest cat (Day lost: 09 June 2020)

Life 9-Killed by a fox (Day lost: 22 June 2020)