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[⊙Emberstorm]

Emberstorm

Pineclan x Medicine cat app

[Strongheaded] œ [Blunt] œ [Stoic]

General Knowledge

AGE: 48 moons
GENDER: She-cat
BREED: Domestic Shorthair mix
SEXUALITY: Heterosexual
REASON FOR NAME:

prefix She was called Ember for her red pelt, that looked like dying embers in the darkness. Also her mother insisted on keeping the name despite most thinking it was a bad omen.
suffix She was named storm for her harsh and unforgivable nature

Appearance

Emberstorm is a Torties with black and red sploges littered around her body, a deep white underbelly and chest. Her Torties coat pattern gives her a camouflage that is hard to find a soild outline of her body in the shadows, giving her a perfect advantage when she doesn't want to be found. Her lean body holds little fat nor muscles since she doesn't really look after her body as well as she should, for her mind is normally of other things other than her looks. This leaves her coat uncombed and unloved by her, getting matted easily, making her have no other choice but to cut most of it off, this gives her the short haired look.

At a young age, Emberstorm was burned by the fire that killed her parents, giving her permanent hair loss in some places. Although most of her hair grew back and covered the places it didn't, sometimes the burns are very noticeable. Scars from the fire litter her body, giving her a look of harshness and roughness. But a long tail helps her keep her balance and her pads are wide so on a thin surface, she can spread her light weight.

Emberstorm has a round face and pointed ears with white tufts coming out of the center, long whispers that grew back after a while from being burned off. From a distance, her eye's look green, but if you close in they seem to have gold-orange threads weaving in and out of her green ones. The she-cat's favorite thing about herself is the black patches covering both eye's and some of her short snout, like the fur was a mask covering up her identity. She had long spindly legs and narrow shoulders that help her squeeze though tights spots.

Personality

Blunt: Emberstorm is very much to the point, she doesn't like when cats rumble on about nothing when they could just say it in one easy word. If she has something to say about another cat, she will say it, no hesitation. This can sometimes be said in a funny way, but she does saids it in a plain, flat voice, giving away no emotions. This personality really shone out after the deaths of so many Pine cats when the illness came. This gives her a harsh and direct look that makes cats avoid her a lot.

Strong headed and Determined: If Emberstorm feels she's right, she's right and if anyone saids other wise will have her to answer with. If she has to argue to get what she wants, she will with no hesitation. Having a determined nature means she won't back down, not even if she's lossing. This is why when her mentor died before her eye's just as she was trying to save him, she felt defeated and lost, she had disappointed him in her eye's, failed him. Being determined is a good thing for a medicine cat, for she won't back down on a illness that has killed so many of her friends. Being of loner blood and not Pine clan, she feels that she needs to work harder than everyone else, or else everyone would look down on her as worthless. So when she does make a mistake, she feels she has let everyone down and will often go off on her own, sulking.

Stoic: Emberstorm feels she has to hide away her emotions, knowing she shouldn't get attached to her patients incase they too die before her eye's. She also does it to stop toms from feeling attracted to her, knowing she will never get to have a mate or kits lf her own, stopping herself and others getting hurt. Emberstorm doesn't want to be hurt again after the death of her mentor, so she can shut other cats off sometimes.

Odd occasions: Emberstorm isn't the well behaving cat like everyone thinks, whenever everyone turns their back on her, she can be the funny, caring cat that she doesn't want to be. When on long trips alone, she will sometimes venture into other clan territory just to get a small adrenaline kick.

History

FAMILY:

Mother- Cedarclaw- Died
Father- Tod- Died
Brother- Stripe- Unknown
Mentor- Redleaf- Died

Cedarclaw was a respected warrior of Pineclan, fully trusted and loyal to her clan and Starclan. But everything changed for her when one night she met a dashing handsome tom called Tod. His silky grey pelt and smooth deep voice took her at a moment, making her let down her guard and slowly he was leading her away from her clan over the weeks they were together. Until it went too far and Cedarclaw started to show signs of pregnancy and the clan had noticed too. In a moment of panic, she went in search for her new mate. When she found Tod and told him that she was having his kits, he took her away fearing that the clan would take his unborn kits and Cedarclaw away from him. Cedarclaw followed her mate despite all the warnings that were flashing in her face, all she now wanted to believe was that she could stay with Tod forever.

The two fled to the lower border of Pineclan when Cedarclaw gave birth to two healthy kits and one stillborn. One was a ginger she-cat and the other a grey tom, both were perfectly healthy and both parents were delighted. After some arguing, Tod won when naming the two kits. Cedarclaw still felt as if she was in her clan and wanted to name the kits with real clan names, but Tod reminded her they weren't in a clan and the two were named Ginger for the girl and Stripe for the tom. At a moon old the two kits had their eyes fluttering open and their wobbly legs being tested out on gravity, when that night a thunder storm struck in the area, sending sparks flying and fire spreading though the forest. The fire went slowly and constantly, consuming most of Pine clan and outside the territory.

That small kit, Ginger was her name then has no recall of what happened, for her young mind never processed the terrible experience. The fire spread to where the small family was living and consumed their small den. Tod quickly grabbed Stripe in the chaos and ran for his life, only for a burning tree to fall upon him and set his pelt alight. Ginger was grabbed by her mother and she was carried to a small pound, both soaking their pelts with water to fend off the jumping sparks. Both Ginger and Cedarclaw sustained burns but Ginger was protected from the flames when her mother shielded her body infrount of the kit. The mother had already accepted after a while that her mate and son were not going to come back through the smoke, so when Cedarclaw saw a gap in the flames, she ran for it with her only daughter in her teeth.

The two came to a stone den and buried themselves deep within it, where the flames could not reach them. Once the flames had died down to ashes and embers, Cedarclaw wondered back to Pineclan, mateless and defeated. The clan did not take kindly towards her and showed her no respect, but despite this they treated for her wounds and her kit, after all she had been a well respected warrior who would never endanger her clan. However their efforts were in vain, for she died from infection, her burns had been too deep. However before she died, the she-cat called for her kit by the name Emberkit, the name she would of called her if Tod hadn't insisted on a loner name. The terrified kit was now motherless and on the edge with the clan, but their medicine cat, Redleaf, insisted on looking after the kit.

For six moons the little kit was peacefully oblivious of the abuse that many of the traditional cats wished to show to her, many were uneasy around her for they were a close minded clan that believed in the old traditional ways. But Redleaf would always be their to back up the defenceless kit, telling the others that she was simple a kit and could bring no harm to such a strong clan, and she did have the blood of Pineclan running in her veins. Emberkit became very close with the old medicine cat and enjoyed being around such a skilled cat and noble speaker. Redleaf had reason in protecting the kit for he saw something in her for being a medicine cat. Emberpaw was now her name and still the clan didn't see her as their equal, but they did not exile her, for they had full trust in their medicine cat. But Redleaf was breaking traditional rules of having two apprentices, for his first apprentice, Birchbark, who had just got his warrior name, but still he was Redleaf apprentice.

In her training, Emberpaw was determined to get the trust of the clan and prove to them that she could be useful and that they had not made a mistake on letting her in their close knitted clan. She was supervised and teached by Redleaf, he kept her training hard for he didn't want to be seen as being soft towards his pupil. He told her of Starclan and of the different priority of plants and herbs, especially all the different poisonous ones. The kits social life was very limited, for none of the other kits really wanted to play with the odd one out. But as her training continued, the clan harsh remarks and disgusted looks they gave her were slowly lossing their grip on her.

But Emberpaw had help, a small apprentice called Sparrowpaw soon became quick friends with the medicine cat apprentice. The small apprentice would stick up for her friends whenever the other apprentice would call her names for being half-clan, and Sparrowpaw would help her study herbs for she too had a interest in being a medicine cat apprentice. But Redleaf had already two apprentice which was one too many and there was no room for the poor little Sparrowpaw who had to continue her warrior training. The two became great friends and Sparrowpaw even introduced her to her best friend Brownpaw, but he had little interest in herbs. Soon Emberpaw saw that Sparrowpaw was jealous of her for having what she wanted, to be medicine cat apprentice. This made Emberpaw feel unworthy of having this gift of being chosen by Redleaf just because he 'saw something in her'

At the age of 16 moons, Redleaf felt that his apprentice was ready, learnt all her could pass down onto her. But it was held back another 3 moons for the clan saw Medicine cats as luxurys, not something you give to any cat who can use plants. After a struggle, Redleaf won and named Emberstorm before Starclan, for she believes in them full heartedly. After being given her Warrior name and Redleaf letting go of her reins a little, Emberstorm would travel a lot, leaving her clan for long periods of time. Only to come back with many different new herbs and plants, some poisonous and some healing. But of cause she knew she would never be next in line for Medicine cat since Birchbark had been named before her and knew so much more, she just hoped that when the day came and he became Medicine cat, he wouldn't throw her out.

At 23 moons, Emberstorm was becoming more confident around all the other cats, finally finding something to do with her time. But just as she was settling in, An extremely wet Newleaf causes an influx of mosquitoes that carry a strange illness. Many of the cats in Pine clan suffer, coming in with bites all over their body and then fall mysteriously ill. Kits and elders fell easily to this new illness, not even putting up a fight
when the mosquitoes came. For those who lay near rivers and pounds, would wake up with bites all over their body, then illness would come for them. The young cat would of been lost if her mentor was not still their, each night when Emberstorm needed rest, but could not sleep due to the fact she had just seen the life drain out of another cats eye's scared her. Redleaf would cover for her whenever her paws would shake. But then things got even worst despite the illness being culled after 5 moons of hardship and death.

After working day and night to look after those sick with the illness, the clan now still didn't look up to her with the same respect them did to Redleaf. But Redleaf fell mysteriously ill, he had been holding it back, not wanting to leave his young apprentice alone with this new sickness. But now that the illness was culled, he seemed to relax and that's when Emberstorm saw his body shake out of control. The young cat felt defended but still tried everything to heal her mentor, but it was too little and the old tom died infrount of her eye's. After his death, his first apprentice, Birchbark, became the new Medicine cat. She knew he would likely throw her out, for still the clan had no respect for her and he too must not like her, but still he kept her as his apprentice.

Emberstorm is still hanging on in their but she feels that each death she sees tears another piece of her away, then throwing it to the dogs. She knows she's going to stay Medic cat apprentice until Birchbark either dies or retires, but with their close age, when he did die and she became medicine cat, she doubted she would have a long rein. and feels she has disappointed the clan since they still don't have trust in her and refuse to see her as their equal.

Rurik
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I am going to apologize for the length now. I tend to get wordy when I explain things. So I hope that doesn't overwhelm you. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

As a heads up, Loners don't follow the same naming traditions the Clans do. That's the Clan way of naming cats. So it is a little confusing. I actually had to reread it a few times to realize that both her parents were Loners. At first I thought her mother was a PineClan cat and the Father was a StoneClan cat. Then I didn't know what or who they were. So you might want to change that entirely. Non-Clan cats typically have names like what people who name a cat or any word really. But they aren't, generally, in the same structure as the two part Clan names. So a Non-Clan cat would be named something like Hector, George, Ripper, Moon, Osiris, Loki, Heather, Lily, Oak, etc.

That being said, her mother probably would have named her Ember not Emberkit. But Ember- is typically a prefix meant for Calicos and Torties because its the red on the black that look like embers of a dying flame. Flame, Flare, or Fire might be a better prefix for this cat but its not required. However it should be noted that the Clan would likely have not simply accepted her name as Emberkit, they would have named her something else in making her part of the Clan. So if her mother named her Lola they then would have named her Emberkit. If her mother had named her Ember, the Clan would have taken that name as a bad omen after she survived a fire and named her something non-fire related. Or they could have been spiteful about it. Either way its something to be considered.

My largest issue in this is that PineClan is a close minded group of Cats that strictly follow tradition. They also hold their Medicine Cats as something uniquely special because they have so many interesting and exotic plant life. Most of which is highly poisonous. So that being said, there would be no way that the Clan would so easily accept a loner kit who doesn't believe in StarClan become a Medicine Cat. The Leader may allow Redleaf to train her as such, but she would most likely NEVER gain the official title of Medicine Cat Apprentice and would likely NEVER become a Medicine Cat. At least not without being in training for dozens of moons and really earning the respect of a Clan which would likely hate her and think of her as baggage for the wounds she sustained as a kit. It would be a more likely occurance that she would be made an Elder soon after being a kit. This is because you state how her paws hurt and the other damage she has taken. If they didn't accept her as a Medicine Cat and her wounds make her unable to be a Warrior, then the only possible solution for PineClan would have her retire.

The fire that she experienced at 1 moon old is also a large problem. At a moon old their eyes are open and they can see what is going on and they can also just barely stand up. There really is no walking going on yet. Burns sustained at this time, if they are severe enough to cause scarring that is painful even now, would have killed the kit through shock. On top of that, the large amount of smoke inhalation would have suffocated the kit. It would have died before anyone found the kit. Considering that the clan cats left the fire alone for a moon, meaning the kit would have been left by itself for an entire moon. There would have been no surviving then.

Another, albeit smaller problem, is the fact that she doesn't believe in StarClan. That is rather silly. StarClan does indeed TALK to Medicine Cats. Its actually a large part in becoming a Medicine Cat. Going to the Many Moons and receiving a vision. Its not just about applying herbs to wounds, they also have to have the gift of sight toward the visions. With PineClan being so traditional, it would be unlikely she was taught not to believe in StarClan. In fact as a kit, she'd likely have been taught rather heavily ABOUT StarClan.

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[BRONZEBREEZE✖]

Okay since we are creating a fairly intertwined relationship here there needs to be 2 things.

1. She should understand that she cannot be Medicine Cat, not because they don't trust her but because there is only 1 Medicine Cat and the Medicine Cat Apprentice stays an apprentice until their Mentor dies. Redleaf went against tradition to take on a second apprentice, so it is only fair in tradition she stay apprentice until Birchbark dies.

2. It should be stated somewhere in her younger history that Birchbark was there and that Redleaf went against tradition to take Emberpaw on as the unofficial second apprentice.

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ACCEPTED!

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Go take care of things.

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