Sunstripe

Description
Sunstripe is a orange tabby tom with green eyes, he is a Leafclan warrior and is very loyal, optimistic, and smart.

Affiliation
Current: Starclan

Past: Rogue, Leafclan

Cause of Death
Fell off a cliff

Names
Kit: Sunkit

Apprentice: Sunpaw

Warrior: Sunstripe

Rogue: Sunstripe

Starclan Resident: Sunstripe

Family
Mother: Spottedpelt

Father: Appleshadow

Sister: Leaffly

Mate: Brambleheart

Daughters: Frostfire, Northclaw, Squirrelstripe, Ashstorm, Frecklestripe, Cinderkit

Sons: Barkfur, Olivetail, Beetlenose, Birchkit

Adopted Daughter: Palestream

Education
Mentor: Brackenshade

Apprentices: Dawnfall, Mosspaw

Background
Sunstripe was born in Leafclan to Spottedpelt and Appleshadow along with his sister, Leaffly. When Sunstripe was a kit his father, Appleshadow, killed two Stormclan warriors in cold blood and was banished from the clan. After that some Leafclan cats feared that Sunstripe would end up just like his father and for a little bit Sunstripe thought he would too. For most of his kithood no one would talk to him or his sister except for another kit named Bramblekit [later Brambleheart], Brambleheart convinced her littermates to let Sunstripe and Leaffly hang out with them even though they were a moon older. When Sunstripe was an apprentice he always tried to impress Brambleheart and the two cats became close though Brambleheart's brother, Snaketail, never thought Sunstripe was worth his sister and always gave him a hard time but Sunstripe didn't let it get to him.

Sunstripe trusted Brambleheart more than any other cat and when she came to him saying that Redstar had tried to kill her he instantly believed her and together they uncovered the secret that Redstar had actually killed Brambleheart's mother, Lilyheart. One night Redstar took Sunstripe, Brambleheart, and Snaketail out on the moonhigh patrol, when the patrol split up and Redstar and Brambleheart went one way while Sunstripe and Snaketail went the other Sunstripe knew that Redstar was up to something and when Redstar and Brambleheart didn't meet them back at the clearing where they had agreed on meeting at he told Snaketail he would go find them. Sunstripe found Redstar and Brambleheart just in time to see Redstar trying to kill Brambleheart. Instinctively Sunstripe tackled the Leafclan leader and accidentally killed him.

Sunstripe was horrified at what he had done and was worried that this was his first step to becoming like his father but Brambleheart assured him that he didn't have a choice and that he had saved her life. Redstar still had one life left and to make sure he couldn't try to kill Brambleheart or any other cat Brambleheart took his last life while he was recovering and Redstar went to the Dark Forest. Since they had no proof of Redstar's actions, Sunstripe and Brambleheart knew that the clan would never believe them so they told them Redstar was killed by a Mountainclan patrol. Moons later Sunstripe and Brambleheart had a litter of kits, Cinderkit and Birchkit, sadly both kits were stillborn and didn't even take their first breath before joining Starclan.

Sunstripe was devastated by his kits' deaths but a few moons later he and Brambleheart had another litter, Barkkit [later Barkfur], Frostkit [later Frostfire], Northkit [later Northclaw], Squirrelkit [later Squirrelstripe], and Olivekit [later Olivetail]. When Sunstripe and Brambleheart's kits became apprentices Brambleheart told Sunstripe that Redstar had visited her in her dream and told her that if she didn't tell the clan that she had killed him he would hurt Sunstripe and Brambleheart's kits. Sunstripe didn't quite understand how Redstar could hurt their kits when he was dead even after Brambleheart explained the Dark Forest to him but he knew that Brambleheart would do anything to protect her kits and that there was no convincing her not to so he agreed that telling the clan what they did was the right thing to do. Two days later during Sparkpaw's [later Sparkbreeze] apprentice ceremony Brambleheart told Shrewstar and the rest of the clan that she had killed Redstar, after she told them Shrewstar banished Brambleheart from Leafclan and soon after Sunstripe followed along with Snaketail and Eagleclaw.

Two days later Shrewstar found them on their way to Twolegplace and told them about how Lilyheart had visited him in his dream and explained everything that happened with Redstar and let them back into Leafclan. Moons later Sunstripe and Brambleheart had another litter, Ashkit [later Ashstorm], Frecklekit [later Frecklestripe, and Beetlekit [later Beetlenose]. When Sunstripe and Brambleheart's kits were a moon old a patrol came back with a small light gray kit they had found in a bush, there was no sign of the kit's mother and Shrewstar asked Brambleheart to care for her, Brambleheart said yes and named the kit Palekit [later Palestream]. At first Sunstripe didn't think it was a good idea but he soon came to care about Palestream and loved her as if she were his own.

Many moons later Sunstripe and some of his clanmates along with Brambleheart were rescuing their other clanmates from towlegs, during the fight Brambleheart was killed defending her's and Sunstripe's son, Barkfur. Sunstripe was devastated at Brambleheart's death and was never the same, he served his clan loyally until he was killed by falling off a cliff.