Strike

''"I... uh, how do you join a Clan? Or make a Clan?" ''Strike to Wavestar

Personality
Strike is a wise, calm tom. He is definitely not quick to tears. He can be humorous and is caught up in his past a lot of the time. He doesn't care that much about what other cats think of him, and is not very emotional, and is rather stoic. He doesn't give up easily and is usually unaware of other's feelings, and can appear 'not very bright' to a cat who doesn't know him.

Appearance
Strike is a mottled grey, black, and brown tom with yellow eyes. He is on the smaller side, but he considers that as more of a strength than a weakness because he can use it to his own advantage.

Skills
He's great at hunting. He's an amazing fighter, but only when he has the element of surprise. Otherwise, he doesn't have many battle skills, but is outstandingly talented at sneaking up on things, and a good tracker. However, he isn't either fast, strong, or agile.

Kithood
Strike was born to Frost, a mottled silver, darker silver, and white she-cat with yellow eyes. His father was a large jet-black tom who left before he was born. Strike's original birth name was Mottle, a name that he hated. He went through a phase where he decided to only respond to "Strike", which enraged his mother. She told him firmly several times that he could rename himself when he was an older cat, but that wouldn't be for a while. However, Mottle didn't care. At first his siblings went along with it but they noticed that their mother did not like this at all and quickly stopped. Mottle was discouraged but refused to give up. He decided that he needed to prove that he deserved the name and showed his Frost and his siblings fighting skills, but got carried away and ended up accidentally half-blinding his mother. She was incredibly angry and Mottle got scared and sad. In his guilt he ran away, running in circles so no-one could find him and renamed himself Strike. A few days later he regretted it but he couldn't find his way back. The first weeks were rough, and he could barely hunt, since he was about 5 moons at the time. Slowly but surely, he found out his strengths and pulled himself from the jaws of death.

Adolescence
When he was 6 moons he met a GlacierClan apprentice named Tawnypaw. She told him about the Clan and warned him to stay away because they were very territorial, especially a cat named Shadowsoul and apprentice Jaggedpaw (Who also happened to be Tawnypaw's brother), who would mercilessly attack any trespassers, unlike the fair and honorable leader, Sunstar. Their friendship began to grow until they were best friends. Strike decided to trust her with the knowledge of his past. Trying to cheer him up, Tawnypaw nicknamed him Mottlestrike, Which upset Strike, and he ran away, but his anger didn't last long and the two cats made up. Tawnypaw gained her warrior name, Tawnyleaf, and Strike congratulated her. Tawnyleaf's brother, Jaggedpaw, became Jaggedwhisker.

Adulthood
Tawnyleaf kept him updated on Clan life, which was getting worse by the day. Shadowsoul was the reason, and the wicked tom had gotten Jaggedwhisker following his every footstep and enforcing his rules. Shadowsoul was attacked by a fox and renamed himself Scarredsoul, with Jaggedwhisker's support. The two toms overthrew Sunstar and his deputy, Scarredsoul becoming Scarredstar (he faked his nine lives to convince the Clan that StarClan approved) and making Jaggedwhisker his deputy to ensure that the Clan would be firmly under his control. GlacierClan was a wreck. Strike was horrified and sneak-attacked Scarredstar, killing the evil leader. No-one knew. Tawnyleaf killed Jaggedwhisker. But GlacierClan was in ruins, the Clan scattering. Tawnyleaf came to live with Strike and they became mates. But a brave loner named Snow decided to rebuild the fallen Clan. Tawnyleaf couldn't turn down the offer. She missed her birth Clan and all her friends and family, and to return to it was a dream. Still, the two cats were heartbroken to be seperated. Snow became Snowstar, and gained her nine lives. Soon Tawnyleaf came to him with the news that she was expecting his kits, and he was happy. They didn't see eachother until a few moons after the kits were born because Tawnyleaf was confined to camp, but they came up with names while they could still see eachother. The names were Mistkit, Lionkit, Leafkit, Patchkit, Wolfkit, Hawkkit, Featherkit, Wavekit, Flintkit, Nightkit, or Flamekit. When he saw her next she told him that the kits were Lionkit, a ginger tom with light blue-green eyes, and Mistkit, a gray she-cat. Sadly, Mistkit didn't survive, which made Strike very, very sad. Tawnyleaf brought Lionkit to the border, however, and Strike got bonding time with his son. Sadly, Lionkit was too young to remember that time. Tawnyleaf kept him updated on thier son's life, and soon Lionkit became an apprentice, to Mistheart. Because of Clan tradition, the kit's name was changed to Lionpaw. But about halfway through Lionpaw's apprenticeship, Tawnyleaf suddenly stopped visiting Strike. The reason, though, was that she was expecting two more kits and was confined to camp. After five moons Strike gave up on checking the border. Sadly, Tawnyleaf and Strike never got the chance to see eachother again. Tawnyleaf died when her last litter of Wavekit, Flintkit, and Nightkit, but Strike didn't know. Moons later he visited the Clan to be very incredibly shocked at all the news. Lionpaw had become Lionclaw. He had gotten a mate named Hollystorm and become the deputy of GlacierClan. He was also informed that he had five other kits that he didn't know about, his second litter of Hawkfeather (A grey tom with orange eyes) and Wolfscar (A black tom with white underbelly, chest, muzzle, and paws), and his third litter of Wavestar (A deaf grey she-cat with darker grey and white markings), Flintwhisper (A grey tom with darker grey patches), and Nightpaw (A jet-black she-cat who went missing in the tunnels). He was also devastated to realize that Tawnyleaf was gone. Wavestar, had started her own Clan, MountainClan. Strike was shocked. Later he met a cat named Tawny. He soon figured out that this was Tawnyleaf, reborn. He was surprised and happy. Soon he asked his daughter how to join or make a Clan, and she told him and he decided he wanted to join a Clan, instead of make one.