Post by readlliea on Aug 26, 2022 21:30:08 GMT -8
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Name: Twistedpaw
Past names: Brownkit, Brownpaw,
Gender: tom
Age: 17 moons
Clan:bear
Rank: apprentice
Mentor:n/a
Current: ??
Weaselstrike. former; deceased
Short Description (for rank page, one sentence): A brown tom with a darker stripe runnning form his head all the way down his back and tail, green eyes, and their left front leg is twisted and mangled.
Appearance: A brown and unimpressive built tom, they sport a darker brown stripe from their head all the way to their tail and above his eyes are the same darker shade of brown as the stripe is.There's a couple of strands of black fur at the tip of his tail. His eyes are green and he sports some darker fur on the edge of his face in large tufts. As stated before, his left front leg is mangled and twisted. He can't fully straighten it and has trouble moving the paw attached to it. His claws on that paw are permanently stuck out.
Personality: (include both positive and negative traits)
Positive: gentle, reserved, well mannered.
Negative: self concious, nervous, bottles things up,
Twistedpaw is a very confused individual. He's lost and trying to understand things. He doesn't understand what life has in store for him or how things have gone for him. From a lack luster name from parents who were just expecting a max of four kits, to losing his mentor and feeling like the blame lies on him for that, and to the new name. It's all a lot to take in. He wants to break down and cry but feels like he can't do that. Some ways it feels like he's just missing something inside but a majority of the time it's him repressing how he feels as he's afraid. He's terrified. And in a clan where it feels like it's his fault for something he hadn't forseen, well....you can't really admit or show that your scared, can you?
Due to these mix of feelings, Twistedpaw is a shell of his former self. He's much more reserved now and tries to not show much emotion. His nervousness shines through the most but so does his kindness and manners. At least he was raised with good manners right? He's still the same cat as he was before the incident. He's willing to work and will listen to orders given from warriors and other adults. Originally he was skeptic of Starclan's influence in the lives of cats but due to Cloudstar's words, it has him a bit more superstitious and more afraid of Starclan cats; more so the chance that his mentor's spirit will try to take away the lives of other cats who get too close to him for revenge. Perhaps the young tom is becoming a tad paranoid?
History:
Born as Brownkit, Brownkit was just one of the kits in the same litter. He wasn't anything impressive, a little weak at first but he perked up thanks to Frostflower and Badgerscar's aid. Kithood was...uneventful. Something that nagged in the back of his mind was how his siblings had much..better names. From Hollykit, Hopekit, Harekit, and Hawkkit. It felt strange to be the only kit with...a color as a name. Heck, not even with the same starting letter as his siblings. In truth, his parents had only planned for a litter of two with a max hope of four. They had names picked out and everything. So...when it was revealed that they had five kits instead of the max they were expecting, it threw them for a loop. They didn't know what would work, sure there was Hay but they didn't like the sound of it nor was Brownkit well..a more golden color. In the end, they just went with Brownkit as a placeholder of sorts and...forgot to really think it through.
His parents were loving, a bit scatterbrained and easily distracted when something else showed up. Brownkit noticed it whenever one of his siblings would show up and interrupt a conversation he was having with one of his parents. It was always..weird. His parents would drop the conversation instantly. Almost like they were prioritizing his siblings over him.
Becoming an apprentice was suppose to be the best thing to happen to you. After all, it's the day every kit looks forward to. Becoming Brownpaw just furthered cemented how bland his name was going to be when compared to his siblings. His hopes for warriorhood weren't very high or strong honestly. It was still during his first moon of apprenticeship that his mentor and him went on patrol with a few others. The rocks suddenly shifted from above and with a loud boom, everything went dark. What had happened was a rockslide and Brownpaw hadn't moved out of the way fast enough as the patrol scattered to avoid the rocks from crashing down. Unconscious when he was dug out, the cats that got him out were shocked to see the state of his front left leg. It was mangled and battered, it was a pretty big injury for someone so young.
Still he was quickly taken back to camp where Frostflower and Badgerscar worked hard to keep him alive. Brownpaw awoke a few days later, granted weak and in quite a bit of pain. He was confused as to why it was so hard to move his left leg but was still too out of it to really question it and did as the medicine cats told him. At seven moons, he was still recovering and a visitor came to the medicine den. It was Cloudstar. They stared down at Brownpaw with a narrowed gaze and studied his leg before stating firmly that Brownpaw's mentor had died in the rockslide and that death could've been avoided. Confused and in shock, Brownpaw was even more stunned as Cloudstar announced that Brownpaw would no longer be known as such, that for surviving by the sacrifice of his mentor's life, Brownpaw would now be known as Twistedpaw. For his mangled leg but also the cruel and twisted paw of fate that Starclan took the life of his mentor to allow Brownpaw to live.
Stunned and confused, he just laid there as Cloudstar left the den. His name was no longer bland and boring but....now it just....was it really his fault that his mentor had died? A moon has passed since then, still getting used to his new name, Twistedpaw is...unsure of when or if he'll be allowed to resume warrior training.
In game history:
Twistedpaw found life harder now that he was stuck hobbling around. Despite BAdgerscar's work, the medicine cat couldn't heal such a mangled limb. Forced to remain in the medicine cat den, Twistedpaw grew a small bond towards Badgerscar. Course, Twistedpaw hadn't known that his original mentor, Weaselstrike had been Cloudstar's best friend and thus, some of the leader's harshness could be a part of that.
Currently at 17 moons, TWistedpaw has never been allowed to resume warrior training.
