Post by egretclaw. on Sept 7, 2014 14:39:04 GMT -5
name egretclaw
age twenty moons
gender she-cat
clan vertigoclan
rank warrior
reason for name lanky and solid white, the very loud kitten reminded the queen of the egrets that hunted the rivers and named the little she-kit as such. while opinionated and not the most articulate with her words, her leader could not fail to notice her acceptional skill in fighting, her enthusiasm and loyalty puncuating her abilities. she was given th name Egretclaw, honoring the dedication and strong fiighting spirit she put into honing her skills for her clan.
appearance descriptionegretclaw isn't exactly what you would immediately picture when you say "beautiful". she is not ugly by any means, but certainly not conventionally lovely by most toms' standards. a better word to describe her would be striking. an entirely white she-cat, her pelt stands out like a sore thumb in the warmer months, and she often has to focus twice as much to bring prey home. thankfully her fur is short and sleek, barely holding moisture and never snagging on branches. Grooming for her is minimal but for keeping it clean - it never really mats or tangles unless she's rubbed herself on something particularly unsavory. shorter and less bulky than most vertigoclan cats, she can be found pressed up against her longer-furred clanmates if she isn't constantly moving to keep herself warm. she's lithe and slender, her body moving almost like a fish when she's ducking and weaving in the underbrush. her face is well structured and strong, though any and all of her scars stand out like a red flower in the winter. her eyes are a deep green, large and intelligent and often glinting with something akin to mischief.
quirksi. loves vertigoclan more than anything.
ii. she isn't exactly afraid of romance, but firmly believes she'll never find it and isn't meant for it.
iii. she acts a lot more clueless than she actually is.
iv. she has strong leadership qualities and used to aspire to being leader one day. she is insecure about ever being able to be a good leader if she were ever a good enough warrior to be chosen as deputy, so she keeps her ambitions to herself.
v. has no idea that she's a halfblood.
personalityif you were to ask someone what Egretclaw was like, they might politely say she is spirited if not a bit abrhesive. most will refer to her fondly and comment that while she may be rough around the edges, her heart is true and her loyalty is unmatched. she is quick-witted and courageous, and is known as a straightforward she-cat that doesn't quite understand how to be tactful with her words, preferring to let her claws and fangs do the talking in an altercation. even in a friendly conversation with clanmates, she can come off as a bit rude and not exactly charming. if she feels something isn't right, she'll make sure you know it. if she's sick of working herself to the bone and feels she deserved a dip in the river, she'll let you know and drag you along with her. she's dedicated and driven, but she doesn't see the point in life if you don't so something fun and stupid once and while.
egretclaw is passionate and led by a strong sense of right and wrong, everything she does being in the best interest of her clanmates. she would break the code and disobay starclan if she believed it was the right thing to do for her and her clanmates. she most certainly have been given the suffix -heart if she hadn't shown such an affinity for combat. egret has always viewed the code as more of a set of guidelines rather than rules, and starclan is something distant to prey to now and then. she doesn't truly believe they have a hand in the way the world works, rather that they are simply her ancestors there to offer their wisdom. while fiercely loyal to her clan, following the code is something she does because she believes most of the code is sensible, but she isn't afraid to deviate from it. she doesn't voice her feelings on this openly, knowing that some may view her as reckless and dangerous with views like that; maybe she is reckless and dangerous.
now in spite of her strong fighting spirit, it is led by a calm mind. she is open and passionate and rough, but she is not particularly zealous or energetic. egretclaw doesn't do things too quickly and is fairly patient, much to the surprise of her clanmates. while she can get a little rough in training ("lick the blood out of that scrape and try again!"), she is very patient with aprentices and is excited to be able to mold her own apprentice into a tough young warrior one day. other apprentices have come to her questions and she has assisted in training apprentices that weren't hers, though she made sure to check with their mentors before taking them out. she acts as though she may be selfish and lazy even, but she is very responsible and respectable - most of the time.
this she-cat would do anything for her clan. anything. in her whole life, she has never loved anything more than vertigoclan, and never will love anything more. an attack on any clanmate, whether she gets along with them or not, is catamount to a direct attack on her. she is fiercely loyal and would never betray her clan for anything. if she had to break the code to keep her clan safe, she'd do it in a heartbeat. she is driven to serve her clan until the day she dies, and would only consider serving as an elder if she felt she would be more useful as someone's senior to share advice and counsel. her heart beats for vertigoclan with it's cliffs and crags and rivers and forests and every burly cat that seem to be bigger than her. she will stay up at all hours of the night to help take care of her home and her family, unfortunately making her friends stay up with her if they're willing. most of the time they'll roll their eyes with a sleepy grumble but help out anyways. egretclaw is known for her presistence.
egret hates to lower her head for anyone. while she has much respect for others, she will only give it where it's due. she is a captive to her own pride. she hates to be seen as lower than someone else and if she doesn't achieve something she will never stop trying until it's done. even as a kit, she always had high ambitions, with her sights set on becoming leader one day. while she has grown and changed as a she-cat, that goal hasn't changed. she has zero tolerance for slacking and anything that will harm her clan, and behaves as such. she is 200% dedicated and rarely rests, not until her paws ache and she can barely move - then it's time for a swim or a sunbath or a sleepy nap in the warrior's den. if something isn't done right, you do it again and again until you do get it right. no questions asked and don't worry that you did it wrong the first time. brush it off and keep trying with as much of a smile as you can muster. she displays herself as strong, a she-cat that can take anything that comes her way. she refuses to admit weakness and sometimes drives herself too far when she tries to prove something to herself.
when it comes to friends, you couldn't ask for a better one than her - but tread lightly. she is quick to anger and slow to forgive, and perfectly capable of holding a grudge. she loves and protects all of her friends passionately, and perhaps trusts too easily. betrayal is something she doesn't ever assume would come from anyone, thinking the best of people if she gets a good feeling about them. she follows her gut when befriending clanmates and has a good instinct on good and bad cats. as far as romance goes, egretclaw doesn't have much to offer. she tries not to think about love very much and avoids the topic of conversation with anyone ("no i haven't found myself a mate yet, can i go now?"). she doesn't pick up on flirting at all really, and is nearly immune to charm. she isn't a typical, fawning she-cat that cries when her tom has to go to battle. she believes that because of her burly personality (despite her delicate appearance) is off-putting to toms and not at all what they want - especially because she is acutely aware that she doesn't look like a traditional vertigoclan she-cat.
familyswanclaw - father - tempestclan - unknown - white with small patches of black on his head, tom with gree eyes (can be adopted, if not he is npc)juniperfoothalftail - vertigoclan - forty-eight moons - blue-grey she-cat with yellow eyes, lost half her tail in her first battle with tempestclan and was renamed in honor of her bravery in finishing the battle (can be adopted, if not she is npc)
shriketail - vertigoclan - twenty moons - white and grey she-cat with yellow eyes (can be adopted, if not she is npc)
experiencelike every life, hers began with her parents. halftail was a fiesty little thing, named juniperfoot at the time. short and blue grey and as burly as the toms, the stout she-cat was the quickest fighter, runner, and jumper in the cliffs. fierce and eager, she had finished her apprenticeship training quickly and at the next gather, she got to wear her warrior name like a badge of armor and flaunt it to her rival in tempestclan, swanpaw. he was an infuriating tom. he was handsome of course, very large for his age and regal looking, but his personality, uhg! he was arrogant and snobby and looked at vertigoclan - at her - like a bunch of barbarians hiding in caves in the stone, bashing their heads together like mountain goats. well tempestclan was full of a bunch of mud eating swamp lovers ("so there!"). she was excited to show that she was a warrior to him, ready to take him down whole-heartedly when they met in battle. her balloon was popped quickly when his name was announced just after hers, bearing the indimidating name of swanclaw. surely with the name -claw he would be a formidable foe. she could only hope that her speed would one day outmatch his strength.
it didn't take long for them to run into each other at the border now that they were allowed out on their own. niether was doing anything wrong, so nothing could be done to tear that mud-eater to shreds much to juniperfoot's disdain. at first, it was nasty words and challenges exchanged, and when they ran out of zeal for that, they simply watched each other. each was too stubborn to leave, occationally spitting insults and jabs at each other. eventually, after hours of this, swanclaw finally spoke a peaceful question. "why do we have to fight so much?" juniperfoot was about to issue a biting reply, but thought about it. she didn't know. they began to chat, starting to move closer to the border and to each other until they were laughing together. they agreed to meet again, at the twin pines. their meetings became more frequent and more playful, teaching each other and eventually... loving each other.
the mates secretly met as often as they could and were happy as could be.. until a she-cat that had her eye on him followed swanclaw. juniperfoot was furious as was the other she-cat, thinking swanclaw brought his clanmate to tell her that he was leaving her for this she-cat in his clan. heartbroken and furious, she left and never spoke to him again and never knew anything about him again, not until a border skirmish came up nearly a moon later. they avoided each other in battle, both still in love and niether having the heart to hurt the other one. the she-cat from tempestclan had no qualms though, and niether did juniperfoot. the she-cats were both incredible fighters, and juniperfoot lost half her tail. that didn't stop her though, fighting tooth and nail until tempestclan called for a retreat. after she healed back at camp, the medicine cat informed her that she was pregnant. the newly named halftail was horrified and excited, knowing very well whose kits they were. she managed to keep it hidden until she was showing too much and had to retire to the nursery. everyone assumed that firefur was the father, and she let them think so. firefur had known about her relationship with swanclaw, so he kept the secret as well. halftail never spoke of swanclaw again, not even to her kits...
(will be fleshed out more through roleplay)
- born a halfblood
- halftail never spoke of the father of egretclaw or shriketail
- clan assumed that halftail's best friend firefur was the father
- halftail is a fiery, hotheaded, and sassy she-cat, always raised her kits to be strong.
- shrike has always been more feminine and "prissy" than egret. they were thick as thieves and best friends for a long time, but as they grew older shrike began to ignore egret, becoming more snooty and looking down her nose as egret's rough-and-tumble personality. they still love each other but are now more like strangers. (shriketail's "girlness" has never made her weak - she is a force to be reckoned with, but knows how to do it with style~)
- egretclaw is content not knowing her father, shriketail has become obsessed with figuring it out
- egretclaw has started to become resentful towards halftail for never telling at least shriketail who their father is. egret could care less, but she is angry that halftail won't pute shrike out of her misery and just tell her.
