Murderers in Riverclan V.3 [welcome back!]

[breezey]

Breezefire woke up after a bad nightmare of her dearest sister's death, right in front of her eyes. "Troutleaf... are you awake yet?" she asked her mentor. She blinked herself awake to the scent of death and blood. WIthout her mentor's approval, she padded to the warrior's den, trying not to wake anyone up. Boy, was she in for a sight. There was Blastclaws, lying not quite in his nest, a pool of fresh blood surrounding him. "OhmyStarclan,OhmyStarclanwhatisgoingon???" Breezefire's words slurred. She knew that it was a lost cause, but Breezefire checked his heartbeat. It had vanished. "AAAAHH!!" she screamed in frustration. Was Firefeather right? What happened? Why wasn't I able to protect my clan? her mind was going to burst anytime soon. "What did we do to deserve this?" she whispered to the ceiling of the den.

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(Votes?)

[flightoftheowl]

(Hey, I'm really sorry. Things turned super crazy this weekend. If you haven't closed this round by then, I'll get a post up by tomorrow afternoon. My vote is Venomstar.)

[SpiritKitty]

((Venomstar))

[flightoftheowl]

A moon. A whole moon without death. A whole moon without murders, without terror. Suspicion and caution had abounded, at first. What if they had been wrong again? Troutleaf especially was secretly terrified he'd be wrong. He'd sat up many nights, watching in camp for anyone sneaking about. But he'd never seen a thing. No one had died. Day after day had passed, and no one had died... and slowly, he began to believe that Firefeather had really been the murderer. Really and truly. The small tom began... to relax. And he could truly grieve, then. The weight of his losses was just a little bit easier every day, knowing that the murderer had been driven out, that they were finally safe.

Except they weren't.

Troutleaf heard an awful scream, all too similar to the ones he'd heard a month ago. He still had frequent nightmares of the death that had taken place, and so he jolted out of his nest. He, of course, still smelled nothing; he had not heard his apprentice earlier, as he had been in a deep sleep. He jumped to his feet, ignoring the protesting throb of his bad leg at such a sudden movement, and raced to where it issued from- the warrior's den. And before his horrified eyes was the body of Blastclaws; it was obvious he had lost a fight. Breezefire stood beside him, eyes glazed over with horror. "Starclan... no! No, no, no! RIVERCLAN! BLASTCLAWS IS DEAD!" he screeched, barely managing to keep his feet. We were wrong?! How could this be?! Why would the murderer wait so long to strike again?! Then he collapsed, the grief washing afresh through his heart. Then... We didn't avenge them, after all. The cat is still among us. We drove out Firefeather... wrongly.
Starclan... what do I do? Why are you punishing us this way? Why can't we just have peace?

(As a side note- since the murderer was wounded, wouldn't the clan notice that, and know right away? And... oof... I cannot think of a single justification for Troutleaf voting for his mother, unless he saw fresh wounds on her ;-;)

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Votes-

Venomstar - II

(2/5)

Votes are closed. Prepare for the exile

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Venomstar already knew what her clan felt.
Their pelts bristled with tension, and her calm
yet fiery eyes overlooked them. They wanted her
gone. However, she stood tall above her clanmates,
her paws carefully placed upon the highrock in
an event of an attack. A small grin soon formed,
and she lashed her short tail in aggravation. "If you're going to have me exiled,
you might as well do it already." Her harsh tone made it clear
that by exile, she mean't kill- she certainly was not going to
leave after everything she had done. "It seems you have all
fallen in the grips of the dark forest. It's a pity, really."
That caused angry snarls in the clan below her,
their eyes full of fury.
"You are the one who fell into their grip!"
Troutleaf screamed, his eyes filling with tears.
"I always knew you were detached from us.. but.. I never.."
Breezefire quickly comforted him, the pair resembling
a father and daughter relationship. Onyxheart stood
next to her best friend, Pigeonpounce, and the two growled
with apprehension.
Venomstar watched coldly, her claws slowly sliding out of her paws.
As she leaped down from the highrock, she aimed her glare
at Troutleaf and Breezefire.
A quick swipe towards Troutleaf made Breezefire jump to
protect him, Venomstar's claws slicing shallowly
through her flank. Troutleaf screamed as Breezefire tumbled to
the ground. In a fury of claws, the two warriors behind Venomstar
leaped and shoved her down to attempt to pin her. The leader
smiled before raking her hind claws across Pigeonpounce's stomach.
Onyxheart drove her teeth into Venomstar's neck, avoiding her claws.
As the leader began to crumble beneath them, the two warriors
moved away to compose themselves. Pigeonpounce was fine,
as the claws only scratched her, and she looked at Onyxheart with
gratitude.
Venomstar stood, blood staining her fur crimson red. The Riverclan
cats watched as she stumbled out of the camp, hissing.

As Venomstar crossed the Windclan border, a familiar voice rang in her
ears.
"Venomstar!"
The close shout spooked the injured she, and as she turned she felt claws slice
through her throat. The impact made her fall to the ground, and as she
attempted to get back up, paws held her down fiercely.
"You killed my son."
The voice was almost a whisper, but pain and wrath was clear in their tone.
As the beaten leader looked up, she met the gaze of Firefeather.
The tom's eyes held a look the leader had never seen before.
His eyes were the last ones she'd ever see.

You found the murderer Riverclan, congrats!

Leader --
↳Venomstar // she // derpiness

Deputy --
↳Mosswish // she // _Pockii
↳ Deepwater // tom // seed savecakes
↳ Firefeather // tom // 22tabby
↳ Blastclaws // tom // Tainted~Wings
↳ Onyxheart // she // Kitty_cat_meow_face

Medicine Cats --
↳ Troutleaf // tom // flightoftheowl
↳Breezefire // she // Breezecat


Warriors --
↳ Pigeonpounce // she // honeystorm.wishes



Apprentices --
n/a


Queens --
↳ Cloverheart // she // Midnightkitkat

Kits --
↳ none

Elders
↳ none

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round info: here
chatzy: here

toms: 01
she-cats: 04
total: 05

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families + relationships:
- Venomstar + ?
xx↳ Mosswish, Troutleaf and Cloverheart
- Cloverheart + Blastclaws
xx↳ Pigeonpounce
-Deepwater + ?
xx↳ Onyxheart, and Breezefire
- Firefeather
xx↳ Stormpaw (adopted)

[flightoftheowl]

(Woohoo!! That was super fun! I was hopeful, but I wasn't sure- great exile, napola! Now who's going to host? :0)

[SpiritKitty]

(That was great! Nice job Napola)

[Tainted~Wings]

Can I host???)