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MA THERE'S A WEIRD FUKIN CAT OUTSIDE

Lore notes given below :

Name : Bloomkit / Bloompaw / Bloomscorch / Blooming Dawncaster

Pronouns : she/her

Allegiance(s) : Leader of the Tribe of the Setting Sun (thus her suffix)

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Build : Absolute beefcake stuffed under a thick pelt, with stocky legs that can pack a punch.

Defining feature : Bloom is what the tribe calls a 'Ghosteye'- an innate power that allows her to see her ancestors as if they walked amongst them. She is the only living cat to have this ability in decades, aside from Rosy Fire.

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Kin : Parents - Redfur and Petaldrop Uncle - Jackalwhisker (they are both unaware of this)

Relations :

Adopted daughter/Apprenticed - Rosy Fire

Close friends - Bluebird, Comet's Trail

Enemies - Basically everyone in Frondclan, Copperstar

Reputation : Although she was the most recent leader to come into power in her time, she had made a remarkable impression both outside and inside her territory. Unfortunately, this impression is less out of reverence, and more out of a 'this molly fucking scares me shitless' attitude.

Outside of her own bubble of followers, Bloom is considered to be savage and ruthless in her affairs. Although her main and only motive is out of a sense of justice, the way she goes about it often has her tribe split.

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Description

TL;DR : little kitty cat gets a little fascism. as a treat.

Before Blooming Dawncaster came into power, the Sun Tribe was once called Tansyclan.

But let's start from the beginning, first.

Tansyclan found her as a stray kitten in their tunnels, battered and scarred and clinging on to dear life. She had narrowly escaped a jackal attack, but her rogue parents weren't so lucky. Orphaned, alone and barely old enough to open her eyes, Tansyclan took her in as one of their own.

Although Bloomkit recovered in due time, her pelt was littered with scars and her tail was permanently kinked from the attack. Her apprenticeship was a rough journey, with many visits to the medicine den as she would overexert herself, reopening old wounds. Moonsoul, the medic, eventually requested she stayed permanently in the den. Bloompaw had no qualms with the change- her rogue background and aggressive demeanour had already isolated her from her peers by then. Bloompaw's and Moonsoul's relationship evolved from there into a kind of sibling dynamic.

Bloompaw eventually opened up to Moonsoul, saying that she could see 'invisible' clanmates that no one else seemed to acknowledge or even see. Moonsoul took Bloompaw to the elders' den, where she proved her ability by repeating the stories of a passed ancestor. She was told she was gifted with the power of a 'Ghosteye'- a long-spread myth in Tansyclan, former spiritual guides and holders of sacred knowledge. It had been years since a Ghosteye had lived among them.

Word spread like wildfire across camp, and Bloompaw became a kind of minor legend. Even with the voices of a few skeptics, the newfound attention both dumbfounded and fascinated her. She was ordered by Splinterstar to visit the Latefield, to further hear from Starclan about her gift.

And yet, alongside Moonsoul in that night-kissed flower bed, she neither dreamt nor heard a thing of them.

She came home by early sunrise feeling lost, and the initial hype of her power had long died down (her powers didn't seem to extend to recently deceased clanmates). She wondered if Starclan was showing some kind of disapproval, worrying that she was closer to a fraud than any sort of prodigy.

Yet someone new enters her den, with haunted eyes and a silvery coat. Something in her gut lurched, knew that something about this ghost was far more ancient than anyone she's ever set eyes on. He introduces himself simply- Bluebird.

Bluebird ends up being an anchor in her life from that point on, accompanying her and comforting her through hardship. She looked up to him greatly, and with him and Moonsoul she began to feel more at home in Tansyclan. As time slipped by he would tell her of Tansyclan's legacy, when they had once been a proud Tribe with cultures and traditions far different from modern day. Bloomscorch would regale these tales to anyone who would listen, managing to revive once-forgotten rituals, faceless heroes, and arcane secrets.

She was still a split controversy in Tansyclan, with the only handful of cats tolerating her for her power. Splinterstar saw beyond that, however- he could see a bright young cat with a sharp mind and tactical prowess. He encouraged her ability in order to bring back parts of Tansyclan's old culture. This also spurred more antagonism against her- their glorious leader, showing blatant favouritism against a hot-headed novice warrior? Nevertheless, Bloomscorch has always had a knack for getting the favour of just the right people- even when she lacked basic diplomatic and social skills. It was in her sheer fire and drive that her strange charisma seemed to stem from.

There was something missing, however. Why exactly did the Tribe remake itself into current-day Tansyclan? It seemed to be an obvious question, yet no ghost was old enough to remember what conspired, let alone the reason behind it. Even Bluebird's memory seemed clouded.

Bloomscorch spent years piecing things together, and when she finally realised the truth...

It turns out that Frondclan settlers forced their culture onto the old Sun Tribe, using manipulative and even violent measures to remodel the tribe into their vision. Years of her tribe's stories, names, families- ruined. And all for what?

She cursed Frondclan for their ancestors' savage ways. Cursed Starclan for letting it all happen. Cursed herself for taking so long to unbury this reality. Bloomscorch finally decided that retribution was long-due.

And nobody else was going to do it, she would.

Her twisted sense of justice, her growing appetite for power and her handful of followers brewed a deadly concoction for the future of her clan. Her climb to leadership was... not done through the most ethical means (Nobody could prove that Splinterstar's untimely death was related at all to his recent skirmish with Bloomscorch, or that his deputy gave up his title because he knew that she was the only cat fit for the job...). But she would swear it was all done in good faith. The end justified the means after all, right?

And the way she sees it, the best end would be Frondclan's forest burnt to the ground.

And that? That sets the stage for Blooming Dawncaster's legacy- and the gory rebirth of the Sun Tribe.

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