Houndheart

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"I am a murderer and a traitor. I don't pretend to hide it, so I hope you'll take what I say as the honest truth." — Flamesnout at her trial in The Dog Star, pages 97-98

Houndheart
Affiliations
Current:	SnowClan
Past:	Loner StarClan Place of No Stars
Biographical Information
Age:	Approx. 60 moons (5 years)
Gender:	Female
Sexuality:	Lesbian
Pronouns:	She/Her
Status
Cause of Death(s):	Hypothermia
Names
Kit:	Flamekit
Apprentice:	Flamepaw
Warrior:	Flamesnout Houndheart
StarClan Resident:	Flamesnout
Place of No Stars Resident:	Flamesnout
Loner:	Flame
Kin
Mother(s):	Quailfur
Father(s):	Sparkbelly
Mate(s):	Lichenstream
Former Mate(s):	Hayfrost
Education
Mentor(s):	Dawnmist Maplestorm (Unofficial)
Appearances
Living:	The Dog Star
Dead:	The Dog Star

Flamesnout, or Houndheart, is a dark ginger tabby she-cat with bright yellow eyes.

Flamesnout, also known as Houndheart, is a SnowClan warrior under Deerstar's leadership. She was born as Flamekit to Quailfur and Sparkbelly. As a warrior, she met a loner, Haystack, and fell in love with her. Owlstar welcomed her into SnowClan and renamed her Hayfrost, despite the Clan's hatred of her. The two eventually ended up becoming mates. One day, Flamesnout ended up snapping and killing Kestrelpad and Blackfern. Not long after, Hayfrost and Flamesnout had a falling out, and Hayfrost broke up with her, leaving SnowClan in the process. She later attacked Stoatscratch, but ended up running away during a snowstorm, dying of Hypothermia, and descending to the Place of No Stars.

After spending moons in the afterlife, she eventually had her trial, and was let her into StarClan with a warning. However, when it was time for Harestrike's reincarnation ceremony, she interrupted the ceremony and fell into the Abyss, finding herself in the living world, fully aware and alive.

She spend a few moons as loner by the name of Flame, and eventually made her way into SnowClan and got accepted as a member by Deerstar, finding that no one alive remembered her. She was trained by Maplestorm as an unofficial apprentice, and when it was time for her warrior ceremony, Applestar possessed Deerstar and forced him to rename her Houndheart, referring to the name of Houndstar, the leader of the Dark Forest.

History

The Dog Star

Flamesnout is making her way to Harestrike's reincarnation ceremony bitterly, but is interrupted by her friend, Shellspring, talking to her. They both make their way to the tree over the Abyss, and Flamesnout lays above the branch where Harestrike is sitting. Just as the ceremony begins, Flamesnout is overcome by rage and knocks them away from the pool. She quickly regrets it, though, but is clawed in the face by Harestrike. She flings them away, then jumps down from the branch and lands in the Abyss. Flamesnout finds herself in the living world, and panics as she realizes that she isn't supposed to know who she is. She crawls into a bush and sleeps. When she wakes up, she lives life as a loner, almost getting caught by a SnowClan patrol several times.

Eventually, she sleeps too close to the SnowClan camp, and a group of SnowClan cats find her, demanding to know why she's in their territory.

More Coming Soon

Trivia

Interesting facts

• Houndheart is a lesbian.
• Houndheart's favorite type of prey are quails.
• Although Houndheart's physical age is around 60 moons (5 years), in terms of when she was born, she is around 170 moons (14 years) old.

Author statements

• Razmerry has said that Houndheart is an exploration of her own problems with death.

Gallery

Chararts

Please do not edit this gallery without permission. Kit Version Apprentice Version Warrior Version Alternate Warrior Version Dark Forest Resident Version StarClan Version Flamesnout (TDS).loner.png Loner Version Flamesnout's Icon

Official art

Please do not edit this gallery without permission. Flamesnout's reference sheet Flamesnout on the cover of her official playlist Flamesnout on Razmerry's 1 year anniversary art Houndheart on the TDS 2021 preview art Flamesnout on the cover of Chapter 2 Houndheart on the cover of Chapter 3 Houndheart and Shellspring in Razmerry's pride month celebration art Houndheart's old design

Killed victims

This list shows the victims Houndheart has killed:

• Blackfern
• Kestrelpad
• Stoatscratch

Personality and Traits

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Relationships

Quailfur and Sparkbelly

Flamesnout never got on well with her parents. For the most part, past the nursery, she raised herself. Quailfur was always snappy and rude, while Sparkbelly was a plain, boring father.

Dawnmist

Flamesnout and her mentor could never seem to see eye to eye on anything. On patrols, on borders, on hunting and fighting techniques, on friends, on enemies. Flamepaw would often snap at Dawnmist that she’d rather live in RainClan, where Newtstar, the leader of RainClan that she’d heard so many stories about lived.

Shellspring

"...tall and gray......no, that's ridiculous. [Shellspring's] not - he would never go that far." [...] "...but I haven't seen him in days..."

—Houndheart's thoughts on Shellspring killing Deerstar ^{The Dog Star, pages 145-146}

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Hayfrost

"I loved someone, from outside the Clans, and she was more wonderful than anyone I'd ever met before. And the elders hated her. Just because Hayfrost was born from Seedstar, just because she looked like her, they hated her. AND I HATED THEM."

—Flamesnout about Hayfrost ^{The Dog Star, page 99}

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Lichenstream

Lichenstream: "There's something so... far away about you, Houndheart. Like you're being pulled into the distant mist. And during the battle today... Well, I'm observant enough to know there was some undertone I was missing. I promise you can trust me."

Houndheart: "Lichenstream, I - I really, really like you. I love you."

^{The Dog Star, page 231-232}

Coming Soon

Berrybranch

Berrybranch: "If you lay one claw on them, I will make you pay in more ways than you can imagine. Deerstar may be keeping you here out of willful ignorance, but I have no such qualms."

Houndheart: "Berrybranch, I would never-"

^{The Dog Star, page 144-145}

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Quotes

"It's a warm greenleaf night. I'm at the barn outside of SnowClan territory. Hayfrost snuck out with me, and Shellspring agreed to meet up with us. We're talking, laughing, and the night feels... infinite."

—Houndheart describing her favorite memory ^{QnA - Houndheart Pt. 2}

Houndheart: "Shellspring! What did you just do?"

Shellspring: "What did I do? You wanted cats to trust you more, so I helped you gain that trust. It worked, didn't it?"

^{The Dog Star, pages 84-86}

Ceremonies

Flamesnout's second warrior ceremony

Deerstar:	I call on my warrior ancestors to look down on this... em, apprentice? Rogue. Loner. This... ex-loner. She trained super hard to understand your very noble codes, and I give her to you as a warrior in her turn. Flame, do you promise to protect your Clan? And defend your Clan? Even at the cost of your life?
Flame:	I do.
Deerstar:	Then with the power of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. StarClan honors your... ingenuity? And I welcome you as a full warrior of SnowClan. Your name will be...
Applestar (as Deerstar):	Houndheart.
Everyone:	Houndheart, Houndheart, Houndheart...
Reference: The Dog Star, pages 32-37

Kin

Members

Mates:

File:Lichenstream (TDS).icon.png Lichenstream: Living (as of The Dog Star)

File:Hayfrost (TDS).icon.png Hayfrost (formerly): Deceased, residence unknown

Father:

File:Sparkbelly (TDS).icon.png Sparkbelly: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Mother:

File:Quailfur (TDS).icon.png Quailfur: Deceased, verified StarClan member

Tree

Sparkbelly

Quailfur

Houndheart

Hayfrost

    = Male

    = Female

    = Non-Binary

    = Gender Unknown

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