Brambleheart

Description
Brambleheart is a brown tabby she-cat with yellow eyes. She is the deputy of Leafclan and is very brave, strong, and loyal.

Affiliation
Current: Starclan

Past: Rogue, Leafclan

Cause of Death
Killed by twoleg

Names
Kit: Bramblekit

Apprentice: Bramblepaw

Warrior: Brambleheart

Queen: Brambleheart

Deputy: Brambleheart

Rogue: Brambleheart

Starclan resident: Brambleheart

Family
Mother: Lilyheart

Father: Spottedhawk

Brothers: Shrewstar, Snaketail

Sister: Eagleclaw

Mate: Sunstripe

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

Sons: Barkfur, Olivetail, Beetlenose, Birchkit

Adopted Daughter: Palestream

Education
Mentor: Smokepelt

Dark Forest Mentor: Brightsky

Apprentices: Snowface, Mousefoot, Snailstripe

Deputy Position
Preceded by: Pebbletoe

Succeeded by: Pebbletoe

Background
Brambleheart was born in Leafclan to Lilyheart but her father was a Stormclan warrior named Spottedhawk. When Brambleheart was a kit she and some of the other kits sneaked out of camp and went to the river, as Brambleheart was looking down at the fast flowing river she was pushed in by Redshadow [later Redstar]. Luckily she was saved by a Stormclan she-cat named Ashpelt. Later Brambleheart became an apprentice and was mentored by Smokepelt.

When Brambleheart was an apprentice she learned that her brother Snakepaw [later Snaketail] was training with dead cats in his dreams, she found out when he started waking up with scratches and scars that weren't there before. She tried to convince Snaketail to stop but he refused, saying that they were making him stronger and that she was just jealous. Brambleheart was worried about her brother then one night in her dreams a tom named Stormstar visited her in her sleep, he told Brambleheart that he could train her to be stronger than any warrior before her. Brambleheart knew he was lying but she saw an opportunity to keep her brother safe so she agreed and Stormstar apprenticed her to Brightsky, another Dark Forest she-cat.

Later when Brambleheart became a warrior she went to the Dark Forest, that night she was training with another Dark Forest cat named Sootfire, while fighting the tom Brambleheart saw Snaketail get pinned by Brightsky and was distracted. Sootfire was furious at Brambleheart because of this and attacked Snaketail, Brambleheart knew he was going to kill him so she attacked Sootfire and accidentally killed the tom in the struggle. Brambleheart was horrified at what she had done, after that she told Stormstar that she and Snaketail would not be coming to the Dark Forest anymore, Stormstar was furious at her for this and attacked Brambleheart telling her that the only way she could leave is if she left dead. Stormstar was going to kill Brambleheart until Snaketail tackled him, together the two cats defeated him and they never went back to the Dark Forest.

A few moons after that Brambleheart's sister, Eagleclaw, was taken by twolegs. Brambleheart, Snaketail, and Shrewtalon [later Shrewstar] went on a journey to find her. They went to Twolegplace where they met with a kittypet named Hefty, Brambleheart and Snaketail had saved him from a mad twoleg a few weeks before, he told Brambleheart and her brothers that his twoleg had taken Eagleclaw to a farm far away from the clans. Brambleheart, Shrewstar, and Snaketail went to find the farm, on the way they got caught in an avalanche and almost died. They made it to the farm and found Eagleclaw who was living with a group of loners who were living in a barn at the farm.

While there Brambleheart and her siblings helped the loners with another group of loners that was threatening them then Brambleheart, Snaketail, Eagleclaw, and Shrewstar headed home. On the way back home the Leafclan cats ran into a fox which attacked Snaketail and permanently blinded him in one eye. After bringing Eagleclaw home Brambleheart fought with her clanmates in a battle against Stormclan, during the battle she fought with a brown speckled tom named Spottedhawk. The tom wasn't fighting back and when Brambleheart asked why he told her that he was her father.

Shocked Brambleheart confronted her mother, Lilyheart, about it, Lilyheart told her it was true and that Spottedhawk was really her and her siblings' father. Brambleheart was furious at her mother for lying and when Lilyheart told Snaketail, Shrewstar, and Eagleclaw the truth they were just as mad. Days later Brambleheart and her siblings went on a moonhigh patrol with Lilyheart and Redstar, during the patrol they split up and Lilyheart was killed by a Cloudclan patrol and Redstar lost a life leaving him with two. Brambleheart was devastated at her mother's death but she felt guilty when she thought her mother had died thinking she and her siblings hated her.

About a moon after Lilyheart's death Brambleheart was walking through the forest when Redstar attacked her trying to kill her, Brambleheart managed to fight him off but didn't tell anyone about the fight because she knew no one would believe her. Eventually Brambleheart told Sunstripe, who believed her and the two cats uncovered the secret that Redstar had actually killed Lilyheart and they tried to think of a way to get him to admit it. A moon later Brambleheart and Sunstripe went on a moonhigh patrol with Redstar and Snaketail, Redstar and Brambleheart split away from Sunstripe and Snaketail and when they were alone Redstar tried to kill Brambleheart again, he would have succeeded if Sunstripe hadn't come and killed Redstar. After Sunstripe killed him Redstar had one life left and came back, while recovering Brambleheart took his final life and Redstar went to the Dark Forest.

Brambleheart and Sunstripe knew that no one would believe that Redstar was evil because they had no proof so they told the clan that he was killed by a Mountainclan patrol. Shrewstar became leader and Brambleheart became his deputy. Moons later Sunstripe and Brambleheart had their first litter, Cinderkit and Birchkit, sadly both kits were stillborn and didn't even take their first breath before joining Starclan. Brambleheart was devastated at her kits' deaths but a few moons later she and Sunstripe had another litter, Barkkit [later Barkfur], Frostkit [later Frostfire], Northkit [later Northclaw], Squirrelkit [later Squirrelstripe], and Olivekit [later Olivetail]. When Brambleheart and Sunstripe's kits became apprentices Redstar visited Brambleheart in her dream and told her that if she didn't tell the clan that she killed him he would hurt her kits.

To protect her kits Brambleheart told the clan the truth, that she had killed Redstar. When asked why she did it Brambleheart said they wouldn't believe her and Shrewstar banished her from the clan, Brambleheart left without any problem and soon after Sunstripe, Eagleclaw, and Snaketail followed because they thought that Brambleheart was banished unfairly. Two days after Brambleheart was banished Shrewstar still hadn't picked a new deputy, that night he was visited by his mother, Lilyheart, who told him the truth and what Redstar had done. After this Shrewstar let Brambleheart, Sunstripe, Eagleclaw, and Snaketail back into the clan but Brambleheart refused to be his deputy so Shrewstar made Pebbletoe deputy instead.

Moons after Brambleheart and Pebbletoe were leading a dog out of Leafclan territory when Pebbletoe ran out onto the Thunderpath and was hit by a monster and died. After Pebbletoe's death Shrewstar made Brambleheart deputy again. Many moons later Brambleheart and Sunstripe had another litter, Ashkit [later Ashstorm], Frecklekit [later Frecklestripe], and Beetlekit [later Beetlenose]. When Brambleheart and Sunstripe's kits were a few moons old a patrol brought back a small light gray she-kit they had found in a bush, there was no sign of the kit's mother and Shrewstar asked Brambleheart to take care of her, Brambleheart agreed and named the kit Palekit [later Palestream].

Moons later Brambleheart and Shrewstar were on their way back from the Moonstone when Ivystripe, a Leafclan warrior who had been training in the Dark Forest, attacked, killing Shrewstar and taking one of his lives and almost killing Brambleheart when Ashstorm and Lichenwind, Ivystripe's brother stopped Ivystripe and Ivystripe was banned from the clan. Brambleheart served her clan loyally for many more moons until she was killed by a twoleg while protecting her son, Barkfur.