~`| Cherry`Star |`~

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Cherry`Star is the leader of BloomClan, a formerly dead and previously established Clan brought back to life due to the (admittedly reckless in retrospect) dreams of Cherry`Star back when he was Cherry`Bloom, one of many warriors of CliffClan. Here's some context: When Cherry`Star of BloomClan was Cherry`Bloom of CliffClan, the former leader of the Clan (Veil`Star) passed away in battle, losing her last life. The deputy, Beetle`Thorn, took over and became Beetle`Star. However, Beetle`Star was even more tyrannical than CliffClan could imagine. While CliffClan had a past of unfortunate and violent leaders which often bred a culture of violence and superiority in CliffClan, Beetle`Star took those past ideals to the extreme. Making too young kits apprentices, pushing the boundaries of borders, fighting over land his Clan had no real claim to, encouraging brutal training that often led to deaths of apprentices, and even believing himself just enough to attempt to chase out the entirety of MistClan, Cherry`Bloom and his friend Maple`Blaze could only take so much. Cherry`Bloom, being the more reckless one, actively spoke out against Beetle`Star during the Clan meeting where he announced the raid on MistClan. Maple`Blaze did support him during this, feeling obligated to voice his concerns not only out of care for his friend and his safety but also as a follower of the Warrior Code, leading to their exile and their clanmates chasing them out with intent on killing the traitors. With their newfound, and rather bittersweet, freedom after shaking off their former clanmates, they venture into the Wilds to fulfill Cherry`Bloom's vision of a Clan built purely on peace, kindness, and negotiation. BloomClan, as Cherry`Star called it, was built in the abandoned camp of EverClan in the Evergreen Forests. Cherry`Star would not learn of EverClan's story until later interaction with it's founder, Sacred`Star, in his ceremony to become leader. EverClan was created as a result of an event called "The Migration." This event in the original five Clans, CliffClan, MeadowClan, MistClan, MarshClan, and FeatherClan, is considered legend by the younger generation but history to the elders of these Clans. The elders claim that a mass amount of cats from the Clans met in secret from the tyrannical leaders of the time to leave to the Wilds, unhappy with the leaders and unwilling to wait for their deaths. These cats disappeared one day, leaving behind "The Old" for "The New", supposedly lead by Evening`Shadow of MarshClan, Willow`Glow of MistClan, Sacred`Wish of FeatherClan, Dew`Petal of MeadowClan, and Blizzard`Winds of CliffClan. While dismissed as stories for kits to enjoy, this story of The Migration is true. Sacred`Wish became Sacred`Star, founder of EverClan. Willow`Glow became Willow`Star, founder of DuneClan. Dew`Petal became Dew`Star, founder of PrairieClan. Blizzard`Winds became Blizzard`Star, founder of StormClan. Evening`Shadow became Evening`Star, founder of ShoreClan. These Clans prospered for moons and moons, even after the founders passed, however, disaster struck these five Clans. A new disease spread, one unknown by any in the Clans. Many cats perished, spreading the disease and rapidly decreasing their numbers. Leaf-Bare was close at the time, causing even more issues. Clanmembers starved and succumbed to other diseases as well, and rogues took advantage of the weakened Clans to pick them off more and steal supplies. A cure was eventually found and administered, but it was too late at this point. Clan leadership collapsed, leading to the fall of these Clans. Many left in the aftermath to become rogues or kittypets, and the few who stayed hope more cats would come so that they could properly revive the Clans, most attempts at these times failed. However, moons came to pass and these groups either severly lost numbers or completely died out. EverClan and PrairieClan groups died off, leaving none of the original warriors when these clans were revived. Cherry`Bloom ended up reviving EverClan as BloomClan, and with the blessings of Sacred`Star's StarClan Spirit, lead the Clan anew to a brighter future... ~`|------------------------------------------------------------------|`~ Not the most serious of CC line art to use for the lore I just spat out at you guys, but uh, Cherry`Star can be a little ditzy so it fits lol. I gave a lot of backstory context, but let me give you some info on Cherry`Star himself outside of his motivations and backstory to creating a Clan! Name: Cherry`Star, formerly Cherry`Bloom Gender: Male Age: 29 moons Sexuality: Queer Rank: Leader Deputy: Maple`Blaze Mate: Tattered`Eyes (who is also male) Kin: All his kin are back in CliffClan, he prefers not to think about them to save the pain of them being at the mercy of Beetle`Star. In the future, however, he and Tattered`Eyes adopt two kits, a tom they name Petal`Kit and a she-cat they name Rat`Kit Personality: Peacemaking, Reasonable, Optimistic, Ditzy