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Sandynose later receives his third apprentice, Quailpaw. Finpaw then leaves Sk圜lan to follow Twigpaw to ThunderClan, stating his family can manage without him. Sandynose defends her choice to Leafstar, explaining that she would be no use as a Sk圜lan warrior with half her heart in ThunderClan. Twigpaw later chooses to return to ThunderClan at her warrior ceremony. He confronts Twigpaw about their relationship, saying that she was distracting him from his training. As Finpaw recovers, Sandynose disapproves of his close relationship with Twigpaw, due to his suspicions that she was still loyal to ThunderClan. When Finpaw injures his tail, Sandynose gives Puddleshine approval to amputate it. He is determined to train her as a Sk圜lan warrior despite being done with her training in ThunderClan. Upon Twigpaw’s decision to join Sk圜lan, Sandynose becomes her mentor. He has seemed to matured a lot since his Sk圜lan and the Stranger appearances. He seemed like a cat with a good head on his shoulders and I felt really bad when his kits wouldn’t accept him at first. I really loved Sandynose in Hawkwing’s Journey.
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After his kits become apprentices, he bonds with them more and they learn to appreciate him as their father. Hawkwing reassures Reedkit, Dewkit, and Finkit that Sandynose will be a good father, telling them that they just need to give him a chance. However, he is heartbroken when the kits prefer Hawkwing.
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He thanks Hawkwing for keeping his family safe and reunited with Plumwillow and their kits. Sandynose later reunites with Sk圜lan while they are journeying. Plumwillow has his kits while he is gone and Hawkwing steps up as their acting father. His father, Patchfoot, dies in the battle and the Clan assumes that Sandynose is dead after his disappearance. He later helps Hawkwing fight the rogues but later flees. He scolds Hawkwing for being suspicious of Darktail, accusing him of being prejudiced against non-Clanborn cats.
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He is also the mentor to Pebblepaw after Billystorm’s death. In Hawkwing’s Journey, Sandypaw now has his warrior name: Sandynose. Overall, Sandypaw comes off as a troublesome apprentice who often broke the rules, but did sometimes feel remorse for his actions and knew what he was doing was wrong. However, he feels guilty about it and wants to come clean. He then later sneaks out with Nettlesplash and Birdpaw to eat kittypet food. He and Nettlesplash are caught and punished for eating fresh-kill while still on patrol. His first scene is when he breaks the warrior code. Sandynose is first introduced when he was an apprentice in the Sk圜lan and the Stranger mangas. His grandkits are Kitescratch, Turtlecrawl, Beekit, and Beetlekit. He is mates with Plumwillow and the father to Finleap, Reedclaw, and Dewspring. His sisters are Birdwing and Honeytail and his half-siblings are Rockshade, Bouncefire, and Tinycloud. He is the son of Clovertail and Patchfoot. Sandynose is a light brown tabby tom with ginger legs and amber eyes. As requested by Stick, I will be starting off with a character study on Sandynose: a character I wish hadn’t been killed off.