Scourge

Appearance: Scourge is a small black tom with one white paw, ice-blue eyes, glossy fur, and a torn left ear. He has a purple collar studded with teeth from dogs and cats, and claws reinforced with dogs' teeth.

Personality: As a kit, Scourge is extremely resentful of his size as it is the source of his siblings' torment and roughhousing.[1] However, despite Ruby and Socks' teasing, he maintains a curious and courageous attitude to exploring, willingly venturing out into the forest without his mother or siblings. His inquisitive attitude, in turn, is easily put down by his family.[2] After a fair amount of torment from his siblings, they eventually scare him enough to make him run away from their home. His gullibility makes itself evident through in his automatic trust in their words.[3] Upon leaving home for his own safety, he is met with nothing but harshness and cruelty.[4] After being attacked and almost killed, it is only by the mercy of one warrior that he escapes. His first encounter with Clan cats has a lasting effect on Scourge's mentality.[5] As he grows, Tiny sheds a lot of his former personality upon learning that life is harsh. He sees it fit to lie to other cats in order to survive.[6] However, his actions have consequences as the alley cats begin to see him as a solution to their problems, such as dogs and other rogues.[7] As these occurrences take place, he gains their respect, and renames himself from Tiny to Scourge in order to completely remake himself.[8] Scourge secures his place as a leader amongst the alley cats after he kills a rogue. His experiences cause a shift in his attitudes as he becomes less naive. He becomes colder and unnervingly at peace with his actions.[9] Despite his outwardly cold demeanour,[8] Scourge shows some mercy to his estranged kin, such as feeding them once, and thinking of them on occasion.[10] As time passes, Scourge becomes absorbed with his desire for revenge to be satisfied. He puts aside his grudge with Tigerstar to follow along with the other tom's proposition for BloodClan gaining territory in the forest. Scourge knows that if he wants to exact his revenge he must time it well,[11] and he evidently does.[12] However, by getting his revenge, Scourge starts the path that would become his own downfall. He becomes cocky and sure of himself against the other Clans, and more importantly, Firestar. His lack of moral code[13] would ultimately end his reign of terror.[14]

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