Why did scourge in warriors go bad?

Answer 1

In Warriors, Scourge is described as a small black-and-white tom with icy cold blue eyes. He is one of the main villains and Firestar must fight him, but how did he really become evil? Well, I'll start from the beginning. Scourge was born as a kittypet. I don't THINK Scourge ever met his father. (he and Firestar shared a father, though~). Scourge's birth name was Tiny, due to his size. That's kind of like walking around with a sign reading 'make fun of me' and his siblings, Socks and Ruby, did. They made fun of him and bullied him. Tiny also suspected that his mother favored his siblings over himself, loving them unequally. One day, Ruby tells him a lie. 'The twelves want US, not YOU. And do you know what happens to unwanted kittens? They get thrown into the river!' [Not exact quote]

And so, Tiny runs away. He runs into the forest, where he meets Thistleclaw, Bluestar(BlueFUR at the time) and Tigerstar(TigerPAW at the time). Unforgivingly, Thistleclaw orders Tigerpaw to attack Tiny. Tiny would have died if Bluefur hadn't stepped in. And so, injured and scarred, Tiny stumbles into the two leg place. He finds a dog tooth and inserts it in his collar, hoping to free himself of it. It merely gets stuck.

The other rogues assume he tore it out of a dog mouth, and he is forced into fighting a HUGE dog. Tiny scared the dog away with his shadow. The rogues are amazed at this, and finally, one of them asked his name. He changes his name to Scourge.

Soon, Brokenstar and two of Brokenstar's friends whose names I don't know walk into Scourge's territory. They request to talk to the rogue leader, and when Scourge says he is the leader, they laugh.

Scourge is fed up with being put down and such, so he kills one of the rogues.

Later, Tigerstar approaches him and offers him some of the forest if Scourge helps him take it over. Scourge agrees, wanting the territory and revenge on Tigerstar for the injuries he gave him as a kit. The rest is history. (:

Answer 2

Scourge, in the Warriors series, went bad due to his traumatic past experiences that led him to seek power and control as a way to protect himself. His treatment by his littermates and his mother, as well as the bullying he endured, contributed to his desire for revenge and his transformation into a ruthless leader.