Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2014 22:55:06 GMT -5
Name: Mottletail [Mottlekit, Mottlepaw]
Clan/Status: Thunderclan/Warrior
Age: 27 moons
Gender: Female
Appearance: Mottletail is a lean, cream and white tabby she-cat with green eyes. Her slim build would have been well suited for running if it weren't for her legs, which are lower to the ground in comparison to most cats. Fortunately, this trait gives her a slight advantage in fighting as she adapted standard techniques to work with her lower vantage point.
Personality: Mottletail is quiet by nature and a strong believer in the idea that actions speak louder than words. More than not, she settles mild verbal disagreements and spats with a swift cuff to the offender's ear instead of hashing it out with more arguments. She reasons that squabbles are useless anyway and time could be saved by just being direct. Unfortunately, this philosophy of her has gotten her into trouble in situations where diplomacy and patience were key. While she was not exactly born for the battlefield, she was definitely not cut out to be the Clan's negotiator.
From an early age, she gravitated towards teaching others. Nothing delighted her more as a kit than showing her littermates something new she found and telling them about it. Later, as an apprentice, the first thing she would do after learning a new technique would be to rush off to her friends to teach them. As a warrior, she enjoys helping the others out with training their apprentices and has discovered that she has more patience for their hijinks than she does the gossip that engages most adult cats. She has a knack for explaining and demonstrating things well, which has helped many apprentices (and their frustrated mentors). Mottletail looks forwards to training an apprentice of her own.
History: Kithood – Sired by an unknown tom, Mottletail and her four siblings were born to Leafstep. Leafstep, a slightly reserved and older cat, preferred to leave her kits in the care of the other nursery queens while she continued with her warrior duties. As a result, Mottletail and her siblings were raised primarily through the collective efforts of the clan. Two of her siblings died when they were two moons old as a result of greencough which caused the remaining siblings to grow closer. Kestrelfrost and Squirrelfur (then Kestrelkit and Squirrelkit) were much more buoyant than Mottletail, who seemed withdrawn in comparison, and the nursery queens favored them slightly because of this. As a result, Mottletail tended to compete with her siblings, subconsciously trying to earn her caretakers' favor, but she got along with them well in general. After Mottletail and her siblings became apprentices, their mother retired to the elder's den.
Apprenticeship – Initially, Mottletail was thrilled when she was apprenticed to Moonfang, one of the Clan's senior warriors. But she quickly became much less enamored when she discovered that all he wanted her to do was run errands and do chores while he gossiped with his friends. After a moon of watching her siblings learn while having her own training neglected, she eventually mustered the courage and confronted her mentor about it. However, her petulant and angry manner only served to irritate him. For a few days, he forbid her from stepping outside of the camp and only relented with the counsel of his friends and the pressure of the rest of the Clan. After this incident, Moonfang began to train her, pushing her much harder than the other apprentices. She rapidly learned the skills she needed and, much to her relief, was given her warrior name at the same time as her siblings.
Relationships: Father – unknown. Mother – Leafstep [deceased]. Siblings – Kestrelfrost, Squirrelfur, Greykit [deceased], Alderkit [deceased]. Mentor – Moonfang