Buckleap - MistClan Warrior

[Fireflake]

Up-to-date as of November 8, 2018.

Profile with more details here.

Name: Buckleap

Gender: Male

Age: About 42 moons

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Clan: MistClan

Rank: Warrior

Quote: "I'm sure I can manage." or "Life is short."

Appearance:

Buckleap is a mackerel tabby with a white belly, chest, chin, and paws. His fur is short with a muted brown colour and light patches that look ginger in a certain light. He's an average-sized cat with not much visible bulk. He has powerful legs, especially hind legs, and tough paw-pads. A few scratches here and there and some more noticeable scars but nothing huge or odd. His ears are long. He has yellow-tinted green eyes. His tail is thick with a rounded tip.

Personality:

Buckleap retains some of the friendliness he needed to get by as a loner, but has mostly settled back into snarky remarks. He doesn't think different clans really are all that different. He's just determined to stay in MistClan now he's there. Things don't usually get to him easily, so he finds it hard to understand why it's different for some other cats. He often sees cats that he thinks are over-emotional as annoying and less capable, and tries to avoid them. He has a dark sense of humor, and likes to make quips, but is rarely actually mean for no reason. If he accidentally crosses a line, he'll probably try to fix it. He can be sincere, serious, or fun in the right situations. He's an independent cat, and will try to deal with things himself until he really has to get help, or even past that point sometimes, since he has a bit of an issue with asking for help. Despite that, he thinks it's boring to be alone for long periods of time.

History:

He was born to a loner family that traveled and allowed the kits lots of freedom. They were encouraged to find their own paths at five moons old, and he ended up staying with some cats in a Twolegplace. He started to spend time in fields to get away from the crowding there, and eventually stopped going back. After a while of living on his own, he joined a clan at nine moons old and settled down. This clan disbanded when he was about 27 moons old, which came as a shock to him, and he traveled with Pebbleshade to this area. They hardly spoke while traveling together, and soon went their separate ways when they arrived. Buckleap wanted to join a clan, and spent a while trying to find out more about them. His first attempt at this was being led into MothClan territory by a small group of cats when he was 30 moons old. He was ordered out of the territory before he could ask to join. IvyClan was never really an option due to his desire for open spaces, but he tried to find out about  them anyway and ended up lost in the forest when he was 32 moons old. He eventually got used to the loner lifestyle again. At 34 moons old, after 7 moons of being a loner, he finally joined MistClan. He quickly settled in. He was 40 moons old when the sun briefly went out and the full moon turned red, warning of the war with the tribe that he helped to fight at the Gathering.

[KingHarry]

So, Buck wouldn't be allowed as a name because we already have a Buck. The only repeat names that are allowed are kits and apprentices in different clans because their names will eventually change. I think having a loner Buck and a kittypet Buck would be a bit too confusing, though.

Buckleap is an acceptable clan name, so if you're set on having his loner name be Buck and him join a clan, perhaps you could create him as a clan cat, but only just joined?

I can't speak for other clans, but MothClan is certainly open to loners joining providing that they can contribute a skill to the clan. They wouldn't take in a crippled rogue that would just be dead weight, but they'll allow in a good fighter, good hunter, etc etc. Even the less fearsome roles such as a good mother they would allow in because it's still a skill.

MothClan does not accept kittypets, though, and Mothstar won't accept cats that disrespect him.

If you want to start him as a loner, I'm afraid you'd need a different name to Buck. Then I'd say you want to interact with any MothClan warrior that's in good standing and get them to vouch for your character to Mothstar. That's a safer route that talking to Mothstar directly.

You can RP loners on any territory you want. The town is right next to MothClan territory (though you have to cross the train tracks to get there), but you're welcome to right on any territories too.

Hope that answers your questions!