Ok so people who have known me for a while will know who this is, but if you're unfamiliar, this is Wolfstar. However, this comes from an evil!AU of him, in which he takes a destructive path to get to leadership. I'll add the AU further down if you're interested.

Song referenced in title: The Devil Thinks I'm Sinking- Good Tiger

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Character: Wolfstar ( StephCanSketch )
Art: StephCanSketch

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Evil!Wolfstar AU
in summary

Wolfkit is born to Rainflower of GladeClan, whom dies during birth. His father is a cat from another Clan, ShellClan, so Wolfkit is left to be raised by the nursing queens.

Quailstar appoints his deputy, Littledrop, to be Wolfpaw's mentor when he reaches 6 moons of age. However, due to a self confidence complex, Littledrop unintentionally emotionally abuses Wolfpaw by belittling him for not being good enough to be a deputy's apprentice, and was constantly pressured to be better. It only got worse when Quailstar lost his ninth life very soon after, making Wolfpaw's mentor leader- Littlestar.

Wolfpaw's half brother, Featherfoot, is made her deputy.

He joins a cult within GladeClan, lead by his brother, Featherfoot, that works within the guidelines of keeping GladeClan safe from traitors and possible coups within the Clan

Wolfpaw first earns his place in the Clan by murdering his former mentor out of a mixture of vengeance, anger, and due to the fact that she was begging him for death due to her own mental illnesses

Featherfoot is initially horrified by these acts but realizes how much of an asset Wolfpaw would be and convinces the newest leader, Fawnstar, to make him a warrior early after chasing a fox out of the territory with a patrol a few days later. Wolfpaw is named Wolfcry.

Over a period of time, working for the cult gets to Wolfcry's head. When Featherfoot begins to spend more time with his mate, whom is also the medicine cat. Wolfcry is angered and tells him he isn't dedicated enough to the Clan. Wolfcry calls Featherfoot a traitor against everything they worked for, even though Featherfoot was still loyal to GladeClan itself, and kills him. Wolfcry justifies this as protecting the Warrior Code, and stages the murder to look like a bear attack.

As Featherfoot was the deputy, Wolfcry is named deputy in his place.

Next Wolfstar goes to Clearblaze, Featherfoot's former mate. He kills her in cold blood, unknowingly crucifying her unborn kits as well. Basilcreek's mentor takes her place as medicine cat.

There was a while where there is peace in GladeClan. The four Clans journey to new territories after a plague-like outbreak, and after Fawnstar loses her last life, StarClan sends Basilcreek a sign that places Timberstar as Fawnstar's successor. Wolfcry is furious, but doesn't dare argue the will of StarClan. Wisteriadream becomes Timberstar's deputy, which frustrates Wolfcry even more because he doesn't like the cat and that he lost his position he worked so hard for.

Wolfcry becomes mates with his lifelong friend, Fogpool, and the two plan on having kits. All is going beautifully, until one night. Wolfcry goes out on a solo hunt, where he comes across Timberstar and Wisteriadream speaking about the cult. Wolfcry is horrified that his group was ousted to the leader, and he springs to action, killing them both. He takes their bodies out of the territory, and with his luck, it rains as he dumps their bodies into the ocean in ShellClan territory. He cleans himself up and returns to GladeClan, telling the Clan that Timberstar and Wisteriadream were called upon a journey to StarClan, and that he happened to run into them as they were leaving.

The Clan is shocked, but soon Fogpool is appointed as GladeClan's leader. Wolfcry calls a meeting with the cult and proceeds to threaten them with the idea of death if they out the cult to Fogstar as they had Timberstar. He doesn't tell them that she's dead, but makes it clear he knows what had been done. He disbands the cult and goes on with his time.

Wolfcry is hurt that Rowanshade is appointed deputy over him, but is contented with raising their children in the nursery. However, he quickly begins to resent Fogstar for favoring Stormkit over the others and refusing to spend any time with them. Then, Fogstar and Wolfcry argue about the kits one night, and Fogstar takes Stormkit and leaves.

Wolfcry manages to track them down soon after they leave, and he tails them out of Clan territory. Wolfcry then attacks Fogstar, killing him and taking one of his lives. As Fogstar is dead before his next life, Wolfcry looks to Stormkit and gives him a chance to run away and live life as a rogue- he couldn't let Fogstar's favorite back in the nursery after he just witnessed Wolfcry committing this act, but didn't have the heart to kill his own son. Mortified and grief-stricken, Stormkit flees and is never seen again.

Wolfcry kills Fogstar 8 more times, teasing Fogstar about Stormkit's whereabouts while beating him for favoring their children, and soon Fogstar is dead. Wolfcry hides his body nearby and carefully arranges the search parties to avoid the area where he killed their leader. Fogstar's body is never found.

Rowanshade leaves GladeClan around the same time for his own reasons, and the Clan soon votes Wolfcry in as their new leader- he served after Featherfoot for countless moons, and he seemed to be the only worthy canidate, right?

And so Wolfstar is given his nine lives and name, though he leaves a bloodstained and merciless path in his wake...