Sampson

Description
Sampson is a fluffy, sturdily built dark reddish-brown tom with a white underbelly, a white dash on his chest and royal blue eyes. He has a torn ear.

Kit
Sampson was born as Clearkit, the only kit of Furlfur and Thicketpelt. As a kit, he was incredibly close to Clearkit and Mistlekit, the two kits being the only ones in the nursery except himself. Him and Thistlekit were especially close, the two always sneaking out of camp to see the forest and the patrols.

His mother being a former loner, he would constantly ask her about her former life of, but Furlfur was adamant to tell him her past, worried that he would try and leave the Clan. Saddened by his mother’s refusal, he took confident in Thistlekit, who told him they they’d both explore the territory as far as they could when they were apprentices.

Later on, three WillowClan cats decide to leave the Clan to become kittypets, Pepperpaw, Shybreeze and Hedgebracken. Enticed by their decision, Clearkit finds Thistlekit strangely upset. She mentions that her mother, Duskstone, was unsettled at Hedgebracken leaving, because Hedgebracken is her older sister.

A rogue group who were previously hunting down and killed Butter come across WillowClan, fully prepared for battle. Clearkit is alarmed and panicked in the battle, and watches as his mother switches from gentle and loving to cunning and defensive. He is scared by the sudden switch, and watches as she kills cats without a second thought.

Noticing her son’s horrified face, Furlfur admits that she didn’t want to tell him of her loner life, because of how horrible it was, having to ruthlessly kill cats, and the habit still remains. Terrified, Clearkit runs out the den for the comfort of his father, finding out that Thicketpelt was killed in battle. Disgusted at the bloodshed and death of his father, Clearkit vows to leave as soon as he is an apprentice.