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The Cats of ThunderClan: Maskpaw

Name: Maskpaw

Other Names: N/A

Meaning: Secretive

Age: 12 moons (Book 5 - Ch 5)

Identity: Demimolly - She/Her

Orientation: Bisexual - Polyflexible

Rank: Apprentice - Hunter

Former Rank(s): N/A

Maskpaw is a thick-furred cinnamon mackerel tabby molly with sharp orange eyes and a natural bend in her tail. Her muzzle is a bit rounder than needed and in combination with the bend, her tail looks naturally short. Maskpaw inherited her mother’s sturdy and muscular build with thick paws. Maskpaw is the only living child of Brokentail, produced between her mother and the cruel tom during her sweet-cycle though she was born a twin to her brother, Barkkit. Only a few hours after confirming that Barkkit was male, Brokentail stole the poor kit away and disposed of him - claiming he wanted no contest to his throne when he eventually retook ShadowClan.

Maskkit was told as soon as she was old enough to realize most cats had fathers but she had never seen or met her own. It was a difficult revelation for her but it did explain the cautious looks she received whenever cats spotted her bent tail. She got over it soon enough, determined to prove that she wasn’t her sire and to live well for her brother who didn’t get to live at all.

Maskpaw made quick friends with Snowpaw in the nursery and considers him her best friend in the whole clan. She learned pawspeak alongside him both to let them plot pranks in private and it make it easier for his brother to talk to him. She was worried for him when he confessed a dislike for violence and wasn’t interested in becoming a guard despite the pressure his mother was putting on him. Maskpaw admires Mistlefall for standing up for her brother but she hopes that one day, Snowpaw stops caring about what Speckletail wants for him and does what makes him happy.

Maskpaw has a bit of a crush on her best friend and is aware that he seems to hold interest in her as well. With everything happening, Makspaw is willing to take a chance and start courting but wants to be a bit more certain of Snowpaw’s interest in her before she made a move.

Mentor(s): Dovetail

Apprentice(s): N/A

Parents: Hound (mother), Brokentail (sire)

Sweetparent(s): N/A

Auncle(s): Brindlekit (aunt/deceased), Dapplekit (aunt/deceased), Runningbay (uncle), Tangleburr (aunt), Deerfoot (uncle)

Sibling(s): Barkkit (brother/deceased)

Nephling(s): N/A

Cousin(s): N/A

Mate(s): N/A

Crush(es): Snowpaw

OoC Friends: N/A

Kit(s): N/A

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The Cats of ThunderClan: Snowpaw

Name: Snowpaw

Other Names: N/A

Meaning: White Furred

Age: 14 moons (Book 5 - Ch. 5)

Identity: Cisgender Tom - He/Him

Orientation: Bisexual

Rank: Apprentice - Guard

Former Rank(s): N/A

A medium furred white tom with a double layered coat that keeps him warm in katamme. He’s very fond of his singularly folded left ear. Snowkit has pale translucent blue eyes and pale pads and ears. Snowkit was born severely deaf - something that became apparent very quickly and it was realized that he wasn’t responding to auditory stimulus which sent his mother into complete overprotectiveness mode. Speckletail spent a lot of time drilling him on battle stances and defensive poses, often waking him up early to shadow guards and get him to mimic the moves.

Snowkit doesn’t know what he wants to be but he certainly doesn’t like fighting and long since decided he doesn’t want to be a guard. He’s wary of disappointing his mother though so every time someone asks, he insists that he’s not ready yet. He enjoys being around Yiska who speaks shining pawspeak and has steadily begun to teach him as well. He put off his apprenticeship until Whitestar couldn’t delay it any longer by the will of the code and was apprenticed to Brackensight at 10 moons old. Snowpaw was still very nervous but Brackensight was a calmly, gentle and patient mentor who’d been learning pawspeak on the side so he and his mentor were able to communicate smoothly. 

Maskpaw is his best friend in the whole world and although she was a bit younger than him, she was fiercer than an alligator and he admires her a lot. She encourages him to train his skills and sits up at night, gossiping in the apprentice’s den about the rumors around camp. Lately she’s been helping him decide how he wants to handle his training and decide what he wants to do outside of being a guard.

Snowpaw is anxious about the fact that his mother and sister are fighting more and more (much to his guilt, they’re often fighting about him) and spends his time training or playing with his friend to avoid thinking about it.

Mentor(s): Brackensight

Apprentice(s): N/A

Parents: Speckledtail (mother), Smallear (sire)

Sweetparent(s): Whiteeye

Auncle(s): Whiteeye (aunt), Snowgaze (uncle/deceased)

Sibling(s): Mistlefall (sister)

Nephling(s): N/A

Cousin(s): Mousefur, Aspenwind (deceased), Frigidkit (deceased), Frostkit (deceased)

Mate(s): N/A

Crush(es): Maskpaw

OoC Friends: N/A

Kit(s): N/A

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The Cats of ThunderClan: Eveningpaw

Name: Eveningpaw

Other Names: Eveningkit

Meaning: Protective

Age: 8 moons (Book 5 - Ch. 5)

Identity: Cisgender Tom - He/Him

Orientation: Heterosexual

Rank: Cadet - Guard

Former Rank(s): N/A

A tiny deep red almost browned furred braided tabby tom with piercing amber eyes and a lighter underbelly. Many cats will mutter that he looks like a clone of his father albeit he has a rounder, softer build attributed to Goldenflower and seems to have inherited a shy, gentle temperament. His sister is his best friend and he feels somewhat uncomfortable with the way some of the cats in the nursery stare at him. He’s relieved that his nestmates don’t seem to mind him.

Eveningpaw never grew out of his rather timid, shy demeanor - something many cats attribute to him being born in such turbulent times. How is anyone meant to reassure a kit of his anxieties and fears when they were all valid concerns? Hawks swooping in the camp, factionmates being attacked and killed on the border, leaders ending up accidentally poisoned - there were many things for little Eveningpaw to fear and he internalized them. His fears grew even worse when his mother finally broke the truth to himself and his sister about their father the tiny kit horrified to have such a cruel cat directly related to him. He wasn’t sure he believed it - he didn’t want to doubt his mother, but surely a cat would never do the things Tigerslash was accused of. Surely no faction would then proceed to elect such a cat as leader.

Then Goldenflower was murdered, his father’s fur between her claws and his scent on her pelt. Then his father led a pack of murderous dogs straight to their camp. Eveningpaw doesn’t remember much about the day of the relay - he doesn’t even remember that Morningpaw had left him to participate. All he remembers is the loud beating of his heart in his chest, hurting his ears with every thud as his chest constricted. The words spoken by his mother and by his mentor about his father played through his mind on loop. He doesn’t remember much at all before he was waking up in Spottedleaf’s den, being made to take herbs.

Since that painful day, Eveningpaw has been unable to speak. Each time he tried, his voice got caught in his throat and trying to push them out was like swallowing a sparrow pierced with thorns and even making light noises sometimes made it feel like his throat was bleeding. His training was temporarily delayed as he was checked over by the healers and given some brush-up lessons on pawspeak. Eveningpaw is as terrified as the back-handed comments and whispers from his factionate that he will become as horrible and evil as his father was.

After all, Tigerslash had to start somewhere.

Mentor(s): Cardinalfire

Apprentice(s): N/A

Parents: Goldenflower (mother/deceased), Tigerslash (sire)

Sweetparent(s): Hound (sweetmother), Cardinalfire (sweet-father)

Auncle(s): Lionheart (uncle/deceased)

Sibling(s): Morningpaw (sister), Wolftalon (half-brother), Lynxcackle (half-sister), Hawkpaw (half-brother), Mothkit (half-sister), Tadpolekit (half-brother)

Nephling(s): N/A

Cousin(s): Warmsight, Singerustle, Cinderpaws, Brightruin

Mate(s): N/A

Crush(es): N/A

OoC Friends: N/A

Kit(s): N/A

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Cats of ThunderClan: Cinderpaw

Name: Cinderpaw

Other Names: N/A

Meaning: Gray Furred

Age: 18 moons (Book 5 - Ch. 5)

Identity: Cisgender Molly - She/Her

Orientation: Pansexual

Rank: Apprentice - Frozen

Former Rank(s): N/A

A dilute tortie molly with small ears and long legs. Cinderpaw is known to wiggle her ear when she’s excited. She’s the only one of her siblings to inherit the pink nose and pads of her mother and unlike Frostfur, is proud of them. She doesn’t care about her outsider blood.

Cinderpaw is rambunctious and excitable, creatures who know her are aware that she rarely moves at a speed slower than a full-blown sprint. She has a difficult time holding still, often shifting and shuffling even in her sleep. She’s easily distracted and quick to move on when a task bores her to another, exciting one. That said once something does snag her interests he’s very hardworking and goes deaf to the world around her while focused on it. Unfortunately, Cinderpaw’s career as a warrior was derailed when she was violently mauled by an enraged boar on the Deer Trail. Her wounds were so severe, that Cinderpaw fell into a coma for two moons. 

When she finally woke up, she wasn’t out of the woods yet. Cinderpaw’s hind leg was irreparably damaged, having lost all of its muscle mass and it had healed to be permanently somewhat splayed out. Cinderpaws spent several more moons rebuilding the muscle in her body, alternating between sleeping after basic actions and performing her stretches. Over-time she got stronger and stronger though her leg remained twisted. Cinderpaws very nearly asked about re-starting her training when tragedy struck. Her sister and Fireheart’s nephew were brutally mauled by a collection of dogs. The fear the filled her for Brightruin combined with the nightmares and fears she still felt led to her decision to stop her training as a Guard altogether. It was an emotional conversation she had with his Fireheart then with her siblings and finally, her mother but thankfully they were all supportive of what she wanted. Cinderpaws watched with sad pride as Fireheart received Bramblepaw as an apprentice.

After spending a while in the medic’s den, Cinderpaws found herself curious about herbs and treating others. She steadily found herself performing as Mistlefall and Spottedleaf’s assistant - learning to sort herbs and organize the herb den and fetching certain combinations when requested. Though not officially an apprentice quite yet, Cinderpaws is becoming more and more certain of what she wants to be now that being a guard is closed to her.

Mentor(s): Fireheart, Mistlefall

Apprentice(s): N/A

Parents: Frostfang (mother), Lionheart (father/deceased)

Sweetparent(s):

Auncle(s): Goldenflower (aunt/deceased)

Sibling(s): Brackensight (brother), Thornrustle (brother), Brightruin (sister)

Nephling(s):N/A

Cousin(s): Lynxcackle, Swifttalon, Bramblepaw, Tawnypaw

Mate(s): N/A

Crush(es): N/A

OoC Friends: N/A

Kit(s): N/A

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The Cats of ThunderClan: Elderpaw

Name: Elderpaw

Other Names: N/A

Meaning: Gray Furred

Age: 14 moons (Book 5 - Ch. 5)

Identity: Cisgender Tom - He/Him

Orientation: Pansexual

Rank: Apprentice - Craftcat

Former Rank(s): N/A

A short furred gray tom with pale blue eyes and darker toes. He has long feathery whiskers and small ears with a lighter underbelly. Elderkit gets on with his adoptive brother Cloudpaw like a forest fire and though he loves his other siblings, he considered Cloudpaw his best friend.

Elderpaw has always like building stuff and even as a kit, he tried to help patch the walls of the nursery with the official craftcats. He loves listening to all the lessons Fireheart gave his brother and is slowly learning to speak the kingdom’s tongue so that he could have a semi-secret language to plot mischief and pranks in. This slow learning of Asisahala has cultivated his interest in learning The Old Tongue and he’s trying to find a good way to ask Thicketdawn if he can learn the Old Tongue and who exactly would be responsible for teaching it.

Elderpaw was shaken by the actions of his brother and what could’ve happened to Brindleface but loyally stood by Cloudpaw all the same. As far as he was concerned, his adoptive brother was his brother regardless of the mistakes he’d made - especially when it was clear that Cloudpaw was genuinely sorry. He was further frustrated when his blood-brother (Ashpaw) refused to let the matter go long after Cloudpaw had been punished for his actions. He got into several scuffles with his brother, tearing each other’s ears and even now; he possesses a slightly knick in his left ear from Ashpaw in defending his brother. He feels terrible that they were making Fernpaw choose a side and so, he tried to at least be civil when his sister was involved.

Although Ashpaw and Elderpaw made up standing over Cloudywing’s broken body in his nest, Elderpaw believes that their relationship will never return to being as close as it used to be. There will always be a level of broken trust between the two boys and frankly, Elderpaw is fine with that. He was always closer to Cloudywing and he believes that he and Ashpaw can continue on as they are now, being good clanmates and brothers - just with a little more distance between the two of them. 

Elderpaw is determined to earn his warrior name - he’s so close he can taste it. The close-call with his mother and Tigerstar only made him double down. Elderpaw knows there’s a very long line of cats wanting to take a clawful of Tigerstar’s pelt but by the Souls, he’ll fight for his right to rip a patch from him too.

Mentor(s): Thicketdawn

Apprentice(s): N/A

Parents: Brindleface (mother), Whitestar (father)

Sweetparent(s):

Auncle(s): Volewhisker (uncle)

Sibling(s): Ashpaw (brother), Fernpaw (sister), Cloudywing (adoptive brother)

Nephling(s): N/A

Cousin(s): Graystripe, Sorrelkit, Sootkit, Rainkit, Daisykit (deceased), Vinekit (deceased)

Mate(s): N/A

Crush(es): N/A

OoC Friends:

Kit(s): N/A

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Cats of the Stormborn: Morningpaw

Name: Morningpaw

Other Names: Morningkit

Meaning: Legacy Named (Sunny)

Age: 8 moons (Book 5 - Ch. 5)

Identity: Demigirl - She/Her and They/Them

Orientation: Sapphic

Rank: Cadet - Hunter

Former Rank(s): N/A

A long furred torbie molly with bright yellow eyes and a mischievous grin. Her tail is thick and fluffy and like her father’s, Morningkit’s claws grow rapidly and need regular shortening or they begin to stick out of her paws even when she’s not using them. She’s learned to be extremely careful when playing because of this as she’s clipped her brother a few times unintentionally. She’s the leader between herself and her brother, always marching him on with a confident shove and eager eyes. Morningkit has inherited Tigerslash’s broad and powerful build which she displays whenever she’s playing as Brastilion Morningclaw, leader of Stormborn.

Morningpaw is utterly thrilled to have Chaffinchtail as a mentor - she’s heard of nothing but good things from the rest of the faction about Chaffinchtail. She’s already preparing to be one of the greatest legionaries Stormborn had ever seen with her as a mentor. That said, she’s uncomfortable with the whispers and stares she sometimes gets from older cats. 

When Morningpaw was told the true reason behind the suspicion from her factionmates, she’s torn between frustration and disbelief. She couldn’t believe that her father could possibly be a cat so awful and for a while, she contemplated sneaking out to meet him. Discovering that he was leader of Fennyield reaffirmed this opinion to her - surely no faction could possibly take a leader that had done the awful things her father was accused of.

Then Tigerslash murdered Goldenflower without a second thought. Morningpaw now hates her sire with a passion bordering on obsession and she wants nothing more to do with him. She hates her long claws that remind her of him, she hates that her brother looks like a spitting image of him and she hates that one day she’ll have to go to the Meadows and ask her mother why she ever agreed to mate to such a horrible cat. She’s determined to show her faction that they can trust her - and she wants to take one of her sire’s lives with her own claws.

Mentor(s): Chaffinchtail

Cadet(s): N/A

Parents: Goldenflower (mother/deceased), Tigerslash (sire)

Sweetparent(s): Hound (sweetmother), Cardinalfire (sweet-father)

Auncle(s): Lionheart (uncle/deceased)

Sibling(s): Eveningpaw (brother), Wolftalon (half-brother), Lynxcackle (half-sister), Hawkpaw (half-brother), Mothkit (half-sister), Tadpolekit (half-brother)

Nephling(s): N/A

Cousin(s): Warmsight, Singerustle, Cinderpaws, Brightruin

Mate(s): N/A

Crush(es): Kitesong (brief)

OoC Friends: N/A

Kit(s): N/A

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The Cats of ThunderClan: Ashpaw

Name: Ashpaw

Other Names: N/A

Meaning: Gray Furred

Age: 14 moons (Book 5 - Ch. 5)

Identity: Bisexual - Molly Leaning

Orientation: Cisgender Tom - He/Him

Rank: Apprentice - Guard

Former Rank(s): N/A

A short furred, thick coated mostly gray spotted tom with dark blue eyes and long crinkled whiskers. Ashpaw has a white tipped tail and deep gray paw pads. Ashpaw regularly complains that his coat is like a spider’s web because despite it being fairly short, if it’s not groomed every single day he’s prone to finding twigs and thorns tangled in his pelt ready to stab him if he lays down.

Ashpaw is a bit of a cocky apprentice proud to be the son of Whitestar and Brindleface. Though he loves his father, he’s a complete mama’s boy and will come sprinting back to camp to tell her all about his day and tries to be the first apprentice to bring her prey. The day Cloudkit told them about fleas and how they can make you sick, he insisted on checking his mother’s pelt for fleas and still takes turns alternating with Fernpaw who gets to clean them.

He was a little wary of his mentor to begin with - Wildheart was a bit stern and fierce about training but he swiftly came to the conclusion that they were a badass. He and Cloudpaw often took turns boasting about their respective mentors in the apprentice’s den, pestering the adults for stories about them for further ammunition. Their denmates all know to cover their ears when either of them begins with, “today Fireheart/Wildheart taught me-” because they know the two will be at it until they fall asleep.

Mama’s boy that he is, Ashpaw took the potential danger to Brindleface the hardest of all his siblings. He became incredibly hostile to the brother he once loved dearly and violent towards anyone who didn’t seem to feel the same - this resulted in many aggressive and bloody scraps with Elderpaw for what he saw as dismissing the danger their mother was in. Only Fernpaw was spared his wrath, Ashpaw could never dream of harming his gentle sister. Though Cloudpaw was thoroughly punished - being made to clear the prisoner’s camp, being forced to sleep outside of the apprentice’s den, going ignored by older warriors and being spat at by others - Ashpaw could never shake his feelings that Cloudpaw hadn’t been punished enough for what could’ve happened. He drifted away from his brothers and isolated himself from his sister as he wallowed in his misery and fussed over his mother.

The stubborn belief that Cloudpaw hadn’t faced enough consequences finally let up when he was standing over his brother’s body. Faced with his torn tail, deeply clawed face and ragged breathing; Ashpaw felt a combination of warring emotions. On one paw, he would never wish this on his brother but on the other, he felt like he finally had tangible evidence that Cloudpaw - now Cloudywing - was sorry. In the wake of this understanding, Ashpaw is now trying to rekindle the same bond he once shared with Elderpaw and Cloudywing and through Cloudywing is tentatively willing to hang out again; Elderpaw seems determined to keep the distance between them. He’s not going to give up though - they were brothers after all.

Mentor(s): Wildheart

Apprentice(s): N/A

Parents: Brindleface (mother), Whitestar (father)

Sweetparent(s):

Auncle(s): Volewhisker (uncle)

Sibling(s): Elderpaw (brother), Fernpaw (sister), Cloudywing (adoptive brother)

Nephling(s): N/A

Cousin(s): Graystripe, Sorrelkit, Sootkit, Rainkit, Daisykit (deceased), Vinekit (deceased)

Mate(s): N/A

Crush(es): N/A

OoC Friends: 

Kit(s): N/A

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Cats of ThunderClan: Fernpaw

Name: Fernpaw

Other Names: N/A

Meaning: Long furred

Age: 14 moons (Book 5 - Ch. 5)

Identity: Cisgender Molly - She/Her

Orientation: Bisexual

Rank: Apprentice - Sitter

Former Rank(s): N/A

A long furred dark gray spotted molly with pale blue eyes and a timid and disarming smile. Her paws are darker than the rest of her body and her pelt is extremely soft. She’s closest to her brother Ashpaw though she loves her other siblings dearly as well.

Fernpaw has never intended to go far from the nursery - she enjoys spending time around younger kits and prefers speculating names and assisting monarchs to hunting and patrolling. She’s done her best to memorize each of the prefixes and their meaning and became even more dead set on her pathway after witnessing and assisting with her mentor’s kitting. For a while, Fernpaw was passed between miscellaneous warriors while her mentor was looking after her very young kits and properly recovering from kitting. She received most of her general warrior training (hunting, border patrols, combat) from other warriors and returned to the nursery to learn the intricacies of rearing young kits. Fernpaw honestly thought this was a great compromise and it reassured her that she would be a very good Sitter.

It was a difficult time for her, standing between Ashpaw and Elderpaw while they quarreled with their adoptive brother as the source of the animosity. Even when the two brothers made up over the mangled body of Cloudywing, she still remembered stressing as she alternated between which brother she snuggled with and tried to comfort each night. The wounds Cloudywing received instilled a deep fear within her for open-combat and dogs though she tries to put on a brave face. She was further shaken by the murder of her mentor at the paws of Tigerstar - her own mate.

After surviving the relay incident and realizing how close of a cat her mother had, Fernpaw is struggling to re-ground herself in reality; taking Speckledtail’s more critical and sharp words without thinking.

Mentor(s): Goldenflower (deceased), Speckledtail

Apprentice(s): N/A

Parents: Brindleface (mother), Whitestar (father)

Sweetparent(s):

Auncle(s): Volewhisker (uncle)

Sibling(s): Ashpaw (brother), Elderpaw (brother), Cloudywing (adoptive brother)

Nephling(s): N/A

Cousin(s): Graystripe, Sorrelkit, Sootkit, Rainkit, Daisykit (deceased), Vinekit (deceased)

Mate(s): N/A

Crush(es): N/A

OoC Friends: Galepaw

Kit(s): N/A