Ashfur

Ashfur was a loyal warrior to ThunderClan and his kin, considered brave and trustworthy. Leafpool thought of him as strong-willed and a bit outspoken, but a loyal and respected warrior. When his foster brother, Cloudpaw, began stealing Twoleg food, Ashpaw did not tell anyone. When Fireheart told the apprentice that Cloudpaw was taken by Twolegs, Ashpaw got upset and demonstrated care for his friend by stating he would miss him. When Cloudpaw eventually returned, Ashpaw touched noses with him, happy to see his friend once more. After his mother, Brindleface, was killed by Tigerstar, Ashpaw was horrified and wished to avenge her, with both him and Fernpaw insisting to Fireheart that they wanted to help fight the dog pack to honor her memory. During the battle against BloodClan, Ashpaw's father, Whitestorm, was killed by the BloodClan deputy, Bone, and Ashpaw assisted in killing him to avenge Whitestorm, even yowling the cry to signify Bone's death. During Graystripe's time as acting leader of ThunderClan, Ashfur expressed his opinion that his former mentor Dustpelt, who recently became the mate of Ashfur's sister Ferncloud, should be made the acting deputy in place of Graystripe. However, when Dustpelt learned of this, he was flabbergasted as well as annoyed with Ashfur's comments. However, as Ashfur became a warrior, he developed a form of arrogance that often frustrated cats. After learning that Ashfur was wanting him as deputy in place of Graystripe, Dustpelt told Graystripe that Ashfur would always argue when he was an apprentice, and even remarked that Ashfur should learn that he can't always get his own way. During Graystripe's acting leadership of ThunderClan, Ashfur frequently objected to Graystripe's decisions and continually questioned if he planned on dealing with the return of BloodClan, remarking he wasn't sure Graystripe capable of leading them. It grew to the point where Graystripe would have liked to claw the sneering look Ashfur had, but remained calm. Following Squirrelflight's rejection, Tigerstar notes that Ashfur always looked "dark" and looked like he had something on his mind during Tigerstar's brief stay in ThunderClan as an apprentice. In attempt to convince Ashfur to not reveal his half-Clan heritage, Lionblaze insisted that shouldn't reveal the secret for the sake of ThunderClan, though Ashfur sneered to spare him the appeal of Clan loyalty. When Hollyleaf approached Ashfur, she told him that it was his decision to betray ThunderClan by revealing that she and her brothers were not Squirrelflight's kits. However, Ashfur replied that he wasn't betraying any cat, as it was Squirrelflight who had done that by lying. It is also later revealed that he conspired with Hawkfrost to try and kill Firestar, showing that Ashfur was willing to kill his Clan leader just to simply hurt Squirrelflight.During Ashfur's reign of ThunderClan while posing as Bramblestar, he did not care for any of the Clan's members, only using them for his own selfish goals and purposes. He got Dewnose's name wrong and snapped at him when Dewnose corrected him. Furthermore, he believed that Flipclaw, who he had just made a warrior not long before, was Dewnose's apprentice, and was still training under him. He stopped the care of the elders and made it so that he got first pick from the fresh-kill pile over the elders and queens. He continuously abused his status as ThunderClan's leader, demanding the unwavering loyalty of ThunderClan, emphasizing that the warrior code said to obey the Clan leader. However, this ended up backfiring on him as many cats grew tired of his actions, with several leaving ThunderClan outright and openly criticizing him. Some of the warriors eventually began to disregard his new rules, and later, outright ignored his commands. When a member of ThunderClan disobeyed or objected to him, Ashfur often exiled them as a punishment, including several cats.

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