spoke first! (sorry i ain't translating allat)

he was the one who helped a lot with bringing ashstar (ashswag) down by earning his trust despite the guy being extremely paranoid. ashstar even wanted to make him his deputy despite shadowspeck not having trained a single apprentice yet

that's why when ashfur was exiled and the previous deputy minute (nightwing) left of his own volition spoke stayed a warrior and it was leowook (leopard star) who became the leader with jumperwho (harepounce) as his deputy, but shadowspeck was still respected by his clan. nobody even questioned it when he brought a loner kit to the camp claiming that his sister rose was killed by ashstar's followers

it was taking him a lot to keep the reputation he had when leopard star took it upon himself to make sure that there were no cats left who haven't faced punishment after commiting crimes under ashstar's rule