Hello again! This here is my first LightClan challenge (I chose Cat Summaries: Power of Three) and I got Kestrelpaw. So here's a 500ish word "documentary" on him.
Kestrelpaw doesn't appear much in the third series, but is an interesting character nonetheless. He's a mottled, brownish-gray tom with little white splotches like kestrel feathers. He has no known family, and his mentor was Barkface.
In The Sight, he comes down with whitecough, though he gets better quickly, and is sent to ThunderClan to see if they have catmint or any other herbs, to due greencough in WindClan. In Dark River, he is seen talking with Willowpaw, possibly not knowing they were shunning Jaypaw. He seems to be easily amazed, as he claimed that the Moonpool could hold every star in the sky when it was filled with melt-water.
In Outcast, it is shown that he can be blunt, for at the full moon Gathering, he asks Jaypaw what it's like to be blind. It annoys Jaypaw a little, but he tells him that he manages fine. But when Kestrelpaw sympathizes with him, Jaypaw's temper snaps. Later, in Eclipse, Barkface avoids bringing Kestrelpaw to the medicine cat half moon meeting, claiming he had stepped on a thorn, though it is suspected he stayed behind so he wouldn't give anything away if Leafpool interrogates him about WindClan's prey-stealing.
Finally, Kestrelpaw makes his biggest appearance in Long Shadows. Due to ThunderClan's greencough epidemic, Jaypaw invades Kestrelpaw's dream with the goal to find a supply of catmint. Kestrelpaw is completely oblivious to Jaypaw's intention, as if he believed it was "just a dream" and treats Jaypaw as if he were a guest. He proudly announces that WindClan territory holds many herbs even tough it seems arid. He continues, telling Jaypaw that they have plenty of catmint, and even goes to show him where it grows, still oblivious. When a rabbit appears, Kestrelpaw goes off to chase it, giving Jaypaw the perfect opportunity to get away. Thanks to Kestrelpaw, Jaypaw get's his new name next half moon meeting.
In Sunrise, he just makes a cameo, when he wait for Jayfeather to catch up to him and his mentor at the half moon meeting.
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Kestrelpaw blinked open his eyes, the sunlight warming his back, as he sighed and rolled over, not wanting to be a part of the hustle-and-bustle of the WindClan camp just yet.
"Ow!" he exclaimed when he shifted positions. His nest was torn and a large twig poked out, digging in his back. His claws, we're still unsheathed, and he sighed. How come you can never catch rabbits in dreams. . .
Suddenly he froze, and thought, What a weird dream. Why would Jaypaw want to know where the catmint was? ThunderClan seems healthy! Maybe I should see the medicine cat. Kestrelpaw got to his paws, and shook the remains of his nest off his pelt. But he paused as he almost stepped out of the medicine den, thinking, Oh wait. I am the medicine cat. He padded back to his nest, shifted the heather back in place, and lay down with his tail wrapped over his nose.
Besides, he assured himself. It was just a dream.