Sparkcharge

Appearance
Sparkcharge is one of the largest warriors in Seaclan. He's a pretty big, spiky-furred tom with bright orange and yellow fur. His eyes are a pretty teal color and he has a slightly visible scar that goes from the bottom of his neck to his chest. He has large paws and a very big, spiky tail.

Personality
Sparkcharge is an outgoing, friendly, and fatherly tom who loves apprentices. He never really elaborates on why though. He's a glass half full kind of cat and always tries to stay positive. He is pretty sensitive about talking about himself and his past though, and doesn't like to dwell on things. He's pretty forgiving but doesn't like problems.

Kithood
Sparkkit was born to a younger than usual queen named Sunbeamface and a young tom named Flameflicker. Due to being a bit too young to be having kits, Sunbeamface passed away, and his siblings were stillborn. Flameflicker, also young and not experienced in coping with his problems, left Seaclan. He was left with no family, and was pretty much raised by everyone. He was a wholesome, kind and fun-loving kit and had a pretty good kithood despite his parents not being there for him.

Apprenticeship
Sparkpaw was apprenticed to a serious but lenient and kind tom named Fishscale. Fishscale had a brother named Smallstream, and he had an apprentice named Mercypaw, so there was a lot of joint training sessions. He started to bond with the young she-cat and they became best pals! Yay!

When Sparkpaw was about ten moons old, he found himself catching feelings for Mercypaw. They had spent a lot of time together and Mercypaw loved spending time with him, and was beginning to reciprocate his feelings. A few days after he realized that, he took her to a pretty meadow, and then confessed. He was happy to find that Mercypaw returned his feelings and they planned to become mates when they were older.

When both apprentices were nearing twelve moons in age, they took their final assessment and passed.

Warrior Life
Sparkpaw recieved the name Sparkcharge, and Mercypaw got Mercywhisker. Sparkcharge thought his name was awesome, and so did Mercywhisker. Overjoyed they could be together now, they quickly settled down and just vibed for a few moons. When Sparkcharge and Mercyfeather were twenty-one moons, they decided they wanted to start a family. They tried a few times for kits, and finally Mercywhisker was expecting kits. Two moons later, when the mates were twenty-three, they had one tom-kit and one she-kit. They were named Pelicankit and Stalkkit, and they were energetic and playful just like their father. They were a happy family, and the kits grew to be three moons old, until a sudden storm broke out.

The storm was fierce. A bolt of lightning struck a palm tree while Sparkcharge was helping his mate and kits escape, but it fell on Mercywhisker and his children, resulting in their death. He sunk into a harsh depression, battling the thoughts of things such as 'If I just went a little faster' or 'It should have been me'.

Two moons after, Sparkcharge realized he wasn't getting anywhere. He wanted to clean himself up. So he did, like the champ he is, and busied himself again, made use of himself and kicked butt out there.

He even scored himself an apprentice at twenty-seven moons old--young Turtlepaw, a feisty and clever apprentice who he loved as if she were his own daughter. She reminded him of his own kits.

One day he was chilling out with his apprentice in camp when an odd scent caught in his nostrils. He investigated further and found it was the scent of a dog. He told his apprentice to go get help, but when he saw she did, in fact, not do that and jump out the bushes in an attempt to attack, he pushed her out of the way back into the bushes.

Now he had caught the dogs' attention. Uh oh.

Sparkcharge fought the dogs off the best he could with his apprentices' help, but ended up getting a nearly fatal chest wound where the dogs mauled him. He didn't remember much after that, but was taken into the medicine den. His apprentice had suffered a leg injury. Once he was healed, he couldn't help but feel a bit frustrated at his apprentice. She had deliberately gone out of her way to disobey and prove her worth. When Turtlepaw came to check up on him, he was cold and instantly felt guilty after. Luckily, Turtlepaw's friend Cherrypaw had helped him mend his relationship with her, and they healed together.

When he was thirty moons old, his apprentice was old enough to take her final assessment, so they held a joint training session with Cherrypaw and his mentor. Everything went fine so far, they had passed the hunting section and it was time for sparring. The first round went well but both apprentices ended up sustaining injures during the second sparring match. Luckily Sparkcharge managed to stay calm during it, but inside he was freaking out. He would not lose these apprentices.

They healed fine, thankfully, and finished up the assessments. He was proud to have his apprentice and her friend earn their warrior names, Turtlespring and Cherrycheek. He was humored when they became mates, because he knew they were crushing on each other as apprentices and often teased his apprentice about it. Other than being amused, he was happy for them. He made a silent promise to protect them and their possible future children, and wouldn't let them end up like Mercywhisker, Stalkkit, and Pelicankit.

He just vibed for a bit after that. He was pretty saddened when Quietrunner died, but not too bad, and is managing to do just fine.

Other Info

 * Sparkcharge has some Maine Coon in him, which is why he's so big.
 * He also didn't really have a backstory at first, since he was just a mentor character to roleplay as, but I eventually became attached and couldn't help myself.

Quotes
"Oh, I'm sorry, do you want to tell our oldest elder Scarface that, who got half of his face torn off by a fox?"

- Sparkcharge to Turtlepaw

"Sh. I have a feeling you needed this. You've had a rough week."

- Sparkcharge, while giving Turtlepaw a hug

"That's it. You both passed with flying colors. Let's go back to camp. Sandstar will be pleased to hear she's getting new warriors soon."

- Sparkcharge to Cherrypaw and Turtlepaw

"I couldn't ask for a better apprentice. I'm so proud of you."

- Sparkcharge to Turtlespring