Post by stray on Jul 2, 2020 20:21:05 GMT
starlingleaf
gorseclan ∙ warrior ∙ molly ∙ 62 moons
Appearance
Description sentence:
A thin shorthaired white molly with amber eyes and torn ear.
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Gene String: Entirely Optional.
Appearance:
Starlingleaf is a tall, graceful molly whose upright posture radiates silent confidence. Her eyes are narrow and piercing, their color matching the dry terrain of her home. Her well-groomed white pelt is a stark contrast from the oranges and yellows of Gorseclan territory. She has long legs and an equally long, thin tail. Her body is sleek and angular, which can be seen more clearly in her sharp face. Her ears are pointy and triangular, and one ear has a tear in it from a minor injury she suffered as a young warrior. She has a near-permanent look of disdain and indifference.
Personality
Positive Traits: • Hard-working • Quick-thinking • Protective | Negative Traits: • Snappy • Sarcastic • Blunt |
Personality
Starlingleaf is, at her core, a kindhearted cat who cares deeply about her Clanmates. However, she gets snappy after her patience has been tested for far longer than it should have. She has a pragmatic way of speaking and cordons her emotions off. To other cats, she comes off as stonehearted and intolerant of any goofing off. She isn't particularly fond of kits, but she knows that humoring them is easier than completely ignoring them. She's a quick thinker and relies on her wits rather than her strength. Despite the fact that she isn't even really old, she is one of the older cats of the clans and remembers the most about the old territories.
She is an excellent mentor. Her teaching style relies on vigorous training and skill application - she is most certainly a paws-on type of cat. Now that she is a warrior once more, she pledged to herself that she would teach any apprentice sent her way basic herbal knowledge. They don't need to be able to replace the medicine cats in an emergency, but they should be able to treat simple wounds - just long enough for the medicine cats to rush onsite.
Due to her many moons as a medicine cat, Starlingleaf doesn't care much in adhering to the warrior code. She is used to being careless around borders. They mean nothing when a cat is sick or injured. Starlingleaf, unusually, also doesn't quite fear nor revere her warrior ancestors. She will take their guidance when they offer it, but while they may be otherworldly spirits, they are still just cats to her. She may have started off as a warrior only to return to being one, but her medicine cat instincts are going to be hard to break out of.
Skills & Combat
Strengths: • Herbal knowledge • Seasoned warrior • Mentoring | Weaknesses: • Stealth • Climbing trees • Hunting |
Character Background
History:
Born to Doefoot and Breezeclaw, Starlingkit lived a fairly normal life. She and her siblings, Batkit and Lizardkit, grew up happy and healthy with two loving parents. Six moons raced by and they were apprenticed; the trio was inseparable. They all excelled at their warrior training. With no major conflicts between the clans at the time, Starlingpaw's apprenticeship was sound. While they, as ValeClan cats, still honed their fighting skills and practiced militaristic drills, they had the time to learn other useful things--like identifying basic herbs. Starlingpaw in particular was a natural with them.
Soon enough, Starlingpaw was named Starlingleaf, and her life continued to be normal. She was an excellent mentor to her apprentice, Dunepaw, who was eventually named Dunerunner. Her siblings quickly found romance, and at one point she herself courted another tom named Foxpelt. For some moons, they were a happy couple, but things between them quickly soured as they disagreed over the rising tensions between the clans. Though they remained close friends, the two broke things off. Not that whatever they had between them would have been allowed to go anywhere--at thirty-three moons, both her and the current medicine cat, Tawnyheart, received a sign.
In a whirlwind of events, Starlingleaf found herself accepting the vows of a medicine cat and taking on apprentice tasks once more. She reluctantly fell into the role--the current kits hated the idea of being a medicine cat and Tawnyheart was only growing older, and with her being contacted by StarClan, it was obvious that she should train to be a healer. Her siblings eventually had their own kits, and she grew to dislike kits in general after having their health placed in her paws.
As time went on, she accepted her new role in the clan and healed from the lost of her sister. She bounced back from her grouchiness that she acquired when she became an apprentice for the second time. Tawnyheart proudly named her a full medicine cat, and as the old tom drew closer to his time, Starlingleaf took care of him and eased his passing. For moons after that, things were good.
Things were good enough that she eventually got a second apprentice. This one, however, was to be trained in the art of medicine: a tiny brindled molly named Mottledpaw. As much as Starlingleaf disliked kits now, she knew they were only as good as the cat that mentored them, so she put her all into teaching the timid molly to care for her clan. Mottledpaw showed exceptional skill in memorizing herbs and techniques, and it was with pride in her chest that Starlingleaf named her Mottledfeather.
Starlingleaf remembers the monsters and the toxic stench in the air. Her parents, already aging, died from the poisons permeating the territories. Batnose went missing shortly before the Journey. Mottledfeather barely started the journey before she was separated from the group. Starlingleaf in turn became more reserved and isolated, tired and easily angered--just like how she was so many moons before.
Once they arrived at their destination, she stepped down from her medicine cat duties, though promised Starclan that she'd help train the next line of medicine cats. How surprising to her that they were all former loners!
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Family:
Mother: Doefoot (deceased)
Father: Breezeclaw (deceased)
Siblings: Batnose (deceased), Lizardtwist
Mate: Foxpelt (formerly, deceased)
Kits: N/A
Clan Relations
Former apprentice(s): Dunerunner, Mottledfeather (deceased)
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