Post by stray on May 12, 2020 6:09:02 GMT
Redskink
meadowclan ∙ warrior ∙ tom ∙ 23 moons
Appearance
Description sentence:
A lithe, dark cinnamon mackerel tabby tom.
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Gene String: XoY Ll b1b1 Dd Aa'Mcmc Ccs ii Wsw
Appearance:
Redskink's fur is reddish-brown with darker stripes running horizontally across his body. He has white markings on his belly, tail, face, and two of his front paws; the other two are the same dark red as his tabby markings. He has a white, diamond-shaped patch on his back. He is average in size; his legs are slightly longer than most. Redskink's eyes are greenish-yellow. His ears are sharp and triangular, and his pelt, though clean and scar-free, is often spiked up in random places. His paw pads are a pale pink-grey, as with his nose. Red's tail is long, thin, and whip-like in shape.
Personality
Positive Traits: • Studious • Laid-back • Trustworthy | Negative Traits: • Ill-mannered • Undisciplined • Forgetful |
Personality:
Redskink is used to being alone and has always enjoyed being alone. He likes being able to do his own thing without being judged. It's strange to him to now live with so many cats in the same area at once, but he's enjoying it. Lately, he's been particularly fond of sitting with other warriors during sunhigh and listening to them gossip about the other clans.
He goes out of his way to be extra-friendly to his clanmates, like offering them his catch or volunteering to take on tasks that someone else doesn't particularly want to do. It'll take work to gain their trust, after all. He can still sense an air of distrust around some of them despite living with them for almost two seasons now; it can get him down, but he reminds himself of all that has happened since they arrived. His relaxed and easy-going disposition has made it a bit easier to integrate.
Redskink is trusting and eager to learn from the clan cats - their ways of life intrigued him with their routine and especially the promise of safety in numbers and a warm place to sleep. He has done his best to meet their expectations, but it can be quite difficult. Mostly, he isn't sure how to speak to other clan cats. He can come off as ill-mannered. Even now, as a graduated warrior, he still has to catch himself from falling back to his old loner habits--like forgetting about borders, waking up early to go on the dawn patrol, refraining from eating until the elders and queens have eaten...
Skills & Combat
Strengths: • Hunting • Tracking • Speed | Weaknesses: • Combat • Relies on instinct • Climbing |
Character Background
History:
Redskink was born as a loner known simply as Red. He lived in Meadowclan territory with his family, before it was known as such. Once he became older, he moved on and settled along the border of Meadowclan and Gorseclan territory, close enough that he could still visit his family's den every quarter moon or so and yet far enough that he was entirely independent.
He had a normal kithood, raised alongside his sisters Poppy and Minnow by his mother, Thorn, and his father, Hawk. Thorn, contrary to her name, was gentle and loving, wanting only for her kits to be able to survive on their own. Hawk taught him and his sisters to hunt while Thorn taught them how to find shelter and water. He was the rowdy one of the bunch, but when he went to live on his own he mellowed out and became comfortable in silence, listening only to the river instead of the well-meaning banter of his family at night.
When the clan cats came, he was shocked to find that he was no longer alone. Despite their strange scent, their names, their manner of speaking, their... everything, he figured he would at least make sure they knew they were in friendly territory. They looked tired and thin. Whenever he ran into them, he offered to share part of his catch and show them the best places for moss.
As time went on, he found the clan cats more and more intriguing. In fact, their rigorous routine impressed him greatly, and... to be honest, right now, Red was sort of just... drifting. He didn't have any place he needed to go. Didn't have anything he needed to do. It was the same thing every day. Perhaps a change in lifestyle was right for him, and so he asked the meadow cats if he could stay with them for a bit and learn their ways. A bit of structure could change him greatly.
It was only supposed to be a temporary thing - he could pick up some knowledge and be on his way. But some of the cats were so friendly, and the warrior life seemed so much more than he originally thought. Starclan, for example, was a weird concept to learn about, but he eventually leaned into it. Then he fell, working hard until one day he realized that he'd love for this to be his life all the time. With Rowanstar's permission, Red was given a new name: Redskink, for his quickness and striped markings. Now, Redskink trains every day to live up to the expectations of his new clanmates.
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Family:
Mother: Thorn (NPC)
Father: Hawk (NPC)
Siblings:
Poppy (sister, NPC)
Minnow (sister, NPC)
Other:
Family are all up for grabs (: