Post by silverfang218 on Oct 27, 2017 3:11:05 GMT
Name: Shadowpaw
Gender: Male
Age: 7 Moons
Clan: IvyClan
Rank: Apprentice (Mentor was Owlstar)
Sexuality: Gay af
Quote: “Oof.”
Appearance: Shadowpaw is an interesting looking lil guy. His fur pattern is pretty normal; he has short, solid grey fur with a white underbelly and paws. It’s his eyes that are interesting, as they are a pretty violet color.
Since he was nearly starved for an entire moon, his growth is rather stunted. He’s only going to be the size of a smaller apprentice. He’ll be cute and kitten-like forever.
Personality: Shadowpaw is your typical young apprentice, an excitable little troublemaker that likes to pester everyone, avoid his duties in favor of play, and learn. He likes to chatter to anyone and anything that can stand to listen to him for more than ten seconds. On the other hand, he can be incredibly sneaky when he chooses to be, allowing him to cause chaos from the shadows. He loves to listen as well, picking up all kinds of information as he lurks in the shadows. He’s wicked smart too, so he occasionally comes up with something that can surprise even adult warriors. Only occasionally though, as he is very immature most of the time. He’s also the most dedicated cat ever to his friends, particularly to Wildpaw. He’d die for his best friend, and he’d more than happily get so deep in trouble for any of his other friends. So deep.
He did calm down quite a bit after he returned from being lost during the earthquake. Shadowpaw is subdued, almost fearful, and is constantly looking over his shoulder for danger. He feels independent though, having been forced to be his own leader for an entire moon. He’s almost afraid to be alone or isolated, as that makes him recall his near death experiences after being lost. He’s not against causing trouble, oh no, but it will likely be awhile before Shadowpaw goes full on derp like he used to.
Strengths:
Shadowpaw is wicked smart, able to learn easily by watching others or simply by figuring it out on his own with logic. He also can structure his thoughts into words rather well.
He is very sneaky and often blends into the background, allowing him to easily listen, watch, and learn from his clanmates without anyone thinking anything of it.
Weaknesses:
His size won’t be that big of a thing while he’s a young apprentice, but by the time he’s a warrior, Shadow will be tiny compared to his denmates. He will be quite a bit weaker, and ineffective at combat because of it.
History: Shadowpaw led a mostly normal life up until the fire. His queen and father didn’t really care about him and he had no blood related siblings. He became close friends with Wildpaw - Wildkit at the time, too close almost, and he came to see all the kits in the nursery as his siblings.
And then, everything was on fire. A warrior had carried him to safety only to later die; Wildkit and Wildkit’s mother survived along with a lot of kits… yet a lot of kits also died, including Wildkit’s brother Aspenkit. Those losses hurt Shadowpaw - Shadowkit at the time, more than he’s ever hurt before. In addition, just after the fire, Hungrybelly and Wildkit vanished while Shadowpaw was unconscious, causing him to believe that they had died. In case they weren’t dead, he stayed right where he last saw them, hiding from other cats in order to keep up his vigil. He stayed there until Wildkit returned for him, though Shadowkit had nearly starved himself to death by waiting. Afterwards, Wildkit’s family adopted him for realz. He has a family now.
And then the ground was shaking. The newly named apprentice had been not so patiently waiting for his mentor to return when the earthquake hit. It had tossed two kits into the raging river. Owlstar saved one but Sootkit, the other one, still needed help. Unlike during the fire, when Shadowkit had been frozen in fear, Shadowpaw immediately jumps into action. He leapt into the raging river after the tiny white kit only for the two of them to be washed away together. The incredibly intelligent Shadowpaw wasn’t killed however, and neither was Sootkit. They wandered around by themselves for an entire moon with Shadowpaw trying to protect them and provide for the both of them. They did finally make it back to the clans though, now already settled in their new territories.
((Shadowpaw is a returning character from CA and should have the rare eye color and swimming badge))