My version of Silverhawk's Backstory *Spoilers for TPONS*

Formerly a ShadowClan warrior. Ever since he was a kit, Silverkit and his littermate Smokekit showed a strong hunger for battle, that was only encouraged by some warriors in the Clan. Homever, he always made fun of his littermate Swiftkit for being so weak and having no spine. When they became apprentices, Silverpaw was given his own father, Houndleap, as a mentor, meanwhile Smokepaw recived a cat named Logfur. Swiftpaw instead recived the medicine cat as his mentor, as he always wanted to be a medicine cat apprentice. Houndleap always trained his son roughly, with claws unsheathed, and always ordering him to not back down if he ever saw enemy cats crossing the border. Ever since his kithood, even if it was discouraged by his mother, Silverpaw always saw him as a father figure, and he eventually followed in his paws steps. Soon Houndleap showed him the dark forest- where he began training even more and more viciously, eventually learning how to kill and even slit one cat's throat. When he was an apprentice, in a border skirmish against WindClan, he killed one apprentice and side by side with his father, he killed a warrior. Soon, he was named a warrior called Silvermask, while his brother was named Smoketalon.



Shortly after he recived his warrior name, tensions began rising with WindClan. Silvermask was selected to go on a patrol to reclaim territory, along with Houndleap and another couple of warriors. The fighting was vicious, and he recived a torn, ragged ear. After the fighting, he saw how his brother Swiftpaw left for WindClan as he had just grown tired of healing battle after battle, after battle, unnecessarily when all the bloodshed could be saved, and due to ShadowClan's too agressive tendencies. Silvermask called him out and said he was a lizard-heart who was afraid to lift his claws. He told him that if he came back, he would kill him.



During this time period, Silvermask recived an apprentice called Spottedpaw. He saw just how much ambition the young cat had to offer, but it was not enough. The small brown tom with dark ginger flecks wanted to be more peaceful than agressive. This frustrated Silvermask who told him that if he wasn't agressive, he would die in battle. He began training the young tom viciously, but this only made him more and more reserved. During his time training Spottedpaw, he recived the deputy rank due to how outstanding his battle skills were, and how he exceeded in battle. His leader Marshstar was as agressive as he was, and he only wanted one cat to suceed him, and not a peaceful, noble cat. This is the same reason he was given Spottedpaw as an apprentice.



Soon, another battle emerged. And this time, it was against WindClan once again. Smoketalon, Houndleap, himself and Spottedpaw all participated. During the battle at some point, Houndleap and Spottedpaw both passed away. During the middle of the battle, Silvermask was able to be with Houndleap in his last moments. The black tom said he had fought as viciously as a hawk, and he was proud of him and his brother. Silvermask then renamed himself to Silverhawk to honor his father.



During the battle, his brother Swiftfoot ran in the middle of a fight, yowling that they needed to stop. He spits that endless killing would never solve anything. Silverhawk then yowls in frustration, calling him a pathetic warrior and that he was going to kill him. He lunges with claws unsheathed, but a WindClan warrior pushes him away, raking his side. He yowls in rage, only for the WindClan warrior to be nudged away, and soon the battle stops, Marshstar calling a retreat. Silverhawk then looks at Marshstar, asking what type of bad leader lets the Medicine cat get away with fleeing the Clan and stopping them from glory. This makes Silverhawk deem him as a weak leader and eventually, the next day after, Silverhawk gathers his brother Smoketalon, Logfur, and two more warriors in the Clan, eventually one day catching Marshstar going hunting alone. They killed him with a swift bite to the neck, and returned to camp with their body, saying that whoever turned against him would lose. Silverhawk promised to one of his followers, called Snowtuft, that he would have the deputy position if he followed him.



Homever, things didin't end as he wanted. Yellowpetal, one of the Clan's most noble warriors, turned against him, with atleast 6 cats following her lead. She said that she was tired of ShadowClan's dark reputation, and that she was going to put a stop to the unnecessarily agressive warriors inside her Clan. The two sides fought against eachother, creating a civil war inside of ShadowClan. Silverhawk and his team ended up losing, and he told his group that if they fled, they could atleast perserve their lives. Snowtuft asked him to leave too, so they could have their revenge. But Silverhawk choose to fight back once more, and he got killed by Yellowpetal when she quickly tore his throat out.



Silverhawk went to the dark forest, meeting with his father once again and planning revenge against the Clans when time came. Back in ShadowClan, Yellowstar became leader, appointing a more peaceful Segdetail as her deputy. Silverhawk's followers were driven out, and ShadowClan began a new peaceful era.



Three of his followers redeemed themselves in the end, meanwhile Smoketalon got killed in a skirmish against a ThunderClan hunting patrol, while Snowtuft died of starvation after roaming the territories for a long time.