Post by »| Coppernose on Jun 14, 2013 0:38:23 GMT -5
COPPERNOSE
STONECLAN x ELDER
[GRUMPY] ● [JUDGEMENTAL] ● [SECRETIVE]
General Knowledge
AGE: Eighty-two moons
GENDER: Tom
BREED: DSH
SEXUALITY: Straight
REASON FOR NAME:prefix for the patches of orange fur on his body
suffix for his great tracking skills that aid'd in helping him be a wonderful hunter for his clan
Appearance
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Personality
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History
FAMILY:mother & father deceased
sister Emberear (deceased)
brother Ratfang (deceased)
mate Morningbird (deceased)
daughters Dawnfrost (deceased), Brasseyes, Smallbird
sons Steelkit (deceased), Brickstep (deceased), Metalfur
Two strong StoneClan warriors gave birth to a litter of three kits. They were older themselves and this would be the only litter they could have. The litter containted Copperkit, Emberkit and Ratkit. All three kits were strong and healthy. They were born the moon and year Marbleleaf cured Red Bite within StoneClan. It was a wonderful time to celebrate and to have kits was the best way to do so! All three kits grew up being very close together. It was odd to see them apart, even as apprentices. Once they became warriors the three were still very close and often shared tongues but lived their own lives. Ratfang had his own family while Emberear was on her way to doing so. Coppernose was happy being by himself. Tragedy struck the clan though when the drought it. Emberear's kits did not make it through the hot weather and Ratfang lost his only daughter in a mindless border skirmish.
Not long after this Coppernose fell for a beautiful she-cat name Morningbird. The two were moons apart (ten to be exact) and it a beautiful love story to be told. Coppernose loved his mate and she loved him. Morningbird had many things to say and Coppernose was quite content to just listen to her speak all day. The two planned to have kits and without any surprise Morningbird was pregnant. Coppernose was thrilled. But Morningbird struggled through the pregnancy. She was placed on nest rest for the entire time and that seemed to help make her through it. She struggled to have four kits but all came out healthy. Dawnkit and Brasskit were their daughters while Brickkit and Metalkit were their sons. Even though it was rough the two were happy with the kits they had. The medicine cat told them that it would be in their best interests to keep this their only litter. Morningbird was devastated. She went through a bit of depression because of it. She lacked milk to feed her kits and so the kits had to learn how to eat prey sooner than normal.
After the kits grew up Morningbird wanted more kits. Coppernose did as well. She seemed healthy and happy enough and Morningbird promised to stay in her nest as much as possible with this litter. So the two agreed to have one last litter. This time though Morningbird would not make it through. She struggled even more and the medicine cat was not impressed with the couple. When it was time to give birth, Morningbird bled out, leaving two kits behind with no mother. Thankfully the clan had another mother nursing at the time to take on the two kits. But within the first few days they lost the little tom kit who Coppernose named Steelkit. Only Smallkit seemed to be growing stronger with each passing day and to everyone's surprise she made it.
Coppernose went through the stages of grief but once he landed on anger, he never proceeded on. He grew grumpy and irritable. Coppernose was not the same loving tom he once was. Even to his kits he was often snappy. Though, his kits grew to understand why their father was so grumpy and soon just left him alone. He took a real hatred toward Smallbird though. He hated how she looked just like Morningbird and hated how she decided to take on her mother's suffix of her name. He wanted nothing to do with his youngest daughter and made that clear to her.
Eventually Coppernose's eye sight started to go and even his ability to track down his prey. He was retired to the elder's den at Seventy-five moons old. He did not choose to do so but was more or less forced to by the senior warriors and the leader. "It is in the best interest of the Clan. Your eye sight is going and you are having trouble catching prey. Let your clanmates catch prey for you now. You have served your clan for long enough." He was not impressed but for once since he became a grumpy old flea-bag he didn't resist the command.
After joining the ranks of the elders he lost his son, Brickstep, to green cough during a horrible leaf-bare. The tom had pushed himself too hard and wouldn't let himself rest. This resulting in him joining StarClan.
Currently Coppernose has Brasseyes, Smallbird and Metalfur as his only living family. Coppernose and Brasseyes are closest while Metalfur refuses to talk to him until he stops blaming Smallbird for Morningbird's death.
Aira
Opalcloud, Littlewire, Kalekit
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note; going to make greywhisker a bit later, when I'm ready.