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Mintclaw
Mintkit was born in Stoneclan to Grayswift and Finchdapple, alongside his siblings, Dapplekit and Goldenkit. A few moons after his birth, Bloodrizzle's kit was born-The daughter of a formidable warrior, Darkstep, Foxkit. Unlike Foxkit, Minkit never felt true feelings for the new resident of Stoneclan until they were apprenticed. With his mentor being Bearclaw, deputy at the time, Mintpaw trained well and shaped into a fine warrior, carrying his former mentor's courage into every battle. Now Mintclaw, he began to show love towards Foxtail. Every night they would slip out of camp and gaze up at the stars of Silverpelt. One night a badger attacked them, but lucklily a patrol had been set out and killed the badger, saving the two cats from the brink of death. Not so many moons afterwards, Foxtail asked Mintclaw to be her mate. Without hesitation, Mintclaw accepted and a few days later he found himself fathering three kits, Lionkit, Fishkit and Lilykit. But his own littermates were falling slowly apart. Goldentsripe, Mintclaw's sister, died of infected scratches, which were recieved when falling from stalacite, and Spottedclaw was forced to leave the clan when Greencough struck, being the strongest survivior. The deadly illness also affected Forestclan, Stoneclan's enemies, but Bloodmoon, Forestclan's deputy, was forced to retreat and join forces with Owlstar ever since the death of the former Forestclan leader. During this alliance, Mintclaw met Aspensnow, a beautiful she-cat from the other clan. It was not a suprise when Aspensnow announced the arrival of her kit, Lightningkit. But this made Foxtail furious, eventually leading to her becoming a rogue alongside her own kits, Lionheart, Fishtail and Lilyclaw. Aspensnow was devastated that Mintclaw had lied to her, and refused to talk with her mate for a short time, while settling interest in a cat of her own clan, Otterheart. Mintclaw was not enraged when the news of Otterheart and Aspensnow's kit, Duckkit, arrived. And when his mate apologised, he forgave her, already noticing that Lightiningstorm, his own kit, and Duckbill were close friends. One day, on a patrol alone Mintclaw happened to pass by Foxtail. She attacked Mintclaw, but her time outside of the clans had weakened her, and Mintclaw accidentally killed her, with her kits and Aspensnow witnessing. Aspensnow vowed to never speak to her mate again, but when a terrible drought struck the forest, all the clans were forced to find a new water source. Mintclaw had been made deputy, but only for a short while before being crushed by rocks on the journey. After his death, Mintclaw was met in Starclan by Foxtail, who forgave him. However, he watched Aspensnow refuse to go to the newly-found water, and was forced to take the worst punishment of all-watching his long-lost mate suffer alone. Mintclaw finally had a chance to understand what he had put Foxtail through, and sat silently in the ranks of Starclan as the world which he could of saved, slowly tore apart around him.

Trivia

 * Mintclaw prefers Lightningstorm to Fishtail, Lionheart, and Lilyclaw
 * Mintclaw chooses Aspensow in StarClan
 * Mintclaw's brother, Spottedclaw, became a Kittypet, which was discovered when he was on a trip with his Twolegs and collided with a Stoneclan patrol
 * Mintclaw worried about Goldenstripe's wounds, even though they were just cuts, because he knew that they were going to get infected but chose not to tell her