Post by amberblaze on Jul 14, 2013 4:47:50 GMT -5
AMBERBLAZE
PINECLAN x DEPUTY
[STERN] ● [MOTHERLY] ● [TRUSTING]
General Knowledge
AGE: thirty-nine moons
GENDER: she-cat
BREED: unknown
SEXUALITY: heterosexual
REASON FOR NAME:amber for her fur being a dark amber color
blaze for the dark tabby markings that streak her pelt
Appearance
even though amberblaze has the looks of a tabby-cat, dark amber stripes run all along her body. if spotted by a two-leg, they would see the elegant form of the egyptian cats they only see in books or on the tv. amberblaze is only what some could consider petite. of course she has muscle, but she is by no means bulky. she has the type of muscle to be able to hold her own in a fight, but not enough to be able to take down a full grown tom by herself.
as for color, amberblaze is 98% amber. the only places she isn't amber is just a little on and around her muzzle and the tip of her tail, both being white. even though amberblaze always seems to be still, she really isn't. most of her muscles are always twitching, her tail is always swaying back and forward behind her, and her amber eyes are always flicking about. it's almost as if she has add. anyways, about amberblaze being petite, she really is small. she only stands up at around eleven inches, and weighs around six pounds. not big at all. the only big thing about her are her ears. they're always erect and alert on top of her head. as for amberblaze's tail, it's very fluffy, and does a slight curve upward at the end.
Personality
despite being so young, amberblaze is actually very mature and well-developed. she's never been the type to ever get overexcited or very enthusiastic about much of anything, even as a kit. most would consider her very laid back, and while that may be true, she has a no-nonsense air about her, and she lets cats know it very quickly. even though she doesn't try to show prejudice, she has a soft spot for kits, always letting them get away with more than they really should. to say the least, she has a very motherly aura about her. of course she tries to be lenient with all of her clan mates, unless they really give her a reason not to.
amberblaze is a very trusting cat, and doesn't like to believe things about others unless she is either given very solid proof or has seen it with her own eyes. once somecat loses her trust, it's very hard to get it back, and you could say she's a lot harder on them than usual, not to mention more cold. some have even seen her change right before their eyes when somecat that's lost her trust has come around. of course amberblaze would never do something to deliberately get a fellow clan mate in trouble when she doesn't like them, she feels like she's above things like that.
as for the clan and religious aspect of amberblaze, well, she's about the same as any other pineclan cat. she knows that there's a starclan, and she worships them regularly. no, this isn't to say she goes off and just constantly prays to them, or tries to talk to them, no, even she finds that a little creepy. she just makes sure to thank them every time she catches food, before she eats, and other similar situation. also, amberblaze doesn't look down on a cat for not believing in starclan, although she will try to teach them in the ways of religion. if they don't learn fast enough, she'll brush them off as a lost cause and will go about her day. she feels that, her being so high up in the clan, she can't lower herself to judging a cat based on their beliefs. no matter what she feels about the situation.
History
FAMILY:fernclaw - mother deceased
unknown - father most likely deceased
hawkflight - brother alive
born in early leaf-fall, as soon as amberkit and her siblings were born, most were scared of losing them. even though it was so early in leaf-fall, the winds thrashed out wildly, and every cat that could smell a mouse a whisker length away from them knew that snow was on it's way. soon.
amberkit had two other siblings, one she-cat and one tom. to say the least, she felt like the oddball of the litter, being the runt and all, and not looking anything like her snowy white mother, brother, and sister. "you look like your father," her mother would always say. "an amber tabby that, even though so small, could take down a badger with one swipe of his paw!" of course the sentence was over exaggerated by a lot, but it made amberkit feel better about the situation, if only for a little while.
because the kits were born in early leaf-fall, they were a few moons old when leaf-bare finally came. it wasn't as bad as everybody thought it would be. yes, it snowed a lot, and yes, there wasn't much prey to go around the camp, but it seemed to be just like any other leaf-bare. except for when whitecough spread through the camp. it wasn't too bad, and the medicine cat at the time took care of all the sick cats, and nursed them back to health. there was just one kit who couldn't get better; spottedkit, amberkit's sister. within just a quarter-moon her illness got worse, and she was moved to the medicine cat den, diagnosed with greencough. within another quarter-moon, she passed.
fernclaw, amberkit's mother, tried to stay strong for her other two remaining kits. luckily, they hadn't caught the sickness, and just to be sure, the medicine cat gave them herbs just in case. fernclaw mourned her lost cat, but soon got over it, realizing that she had two other kits depending on her. she would be okay.
everybody was always put off with amberkit, considering she acted nothing like a normal kit should. the medicine cat even came to check her a few times, checking to see if anything was wrong with her hearing, seeing, or if she just wasn't quite right. of course they would never find anything, well, besides four tiny claw marks in their pelt. even though amberkit was small, she put up quite a fight, and some even considered her feisty. but, at the same time, she never would play with the other kits in the nursery or her siblings. she would always be off to the side, watching, listening in on conversations going on between the senior warriors. she was more interested in clan business then playing and enjoying herself.
not many warriors had faith in amberpaw when she first became an apprentice; they all figured she would be lazy breaking the warrior code, and not a very good listener. not many were willing to offer to be her mentor, so finally her leader picked a senior warrior that was on his last days, about to be moved into the elder's den in a few moons. looking back on it now, amberblaze knows that if she wouldn't of had deadeye as a mentor, she wouldn't be the warrior she is today. of course, even as an apprentice, amberpaw knew the warrior code by heart, and wouldn't even dare think about breaking it.
at first, deadeye was reluctant to bring amberpaw out and bring her training. like all the other warriors, he figured she was some troublemaker that wouldn't follow his orders and would do everything in their power to aggravate him. amberpaw didn't know why any of her clan mates were putting a label on her. she hadn't done anything wrong as a kit. she just didn't feel the need to play, she liked to listen to conversations and watch the other kit's moves, taking in their faults and what they did right as they went.
finally when deadeye decided that he though he could trust her enough to take her out of the camp, he decided he wanted to take her to the training hollow. he, or well, nobody really, had ever seen her fight. it wasn't that amberpaw was against violence, she just thought unnecessary violence was pointless. as they approached the hollow, deadeye spoke to amberpaw in a rough, almost raspy voice, "fighting and hunting are the things warriors need to know and be the best at. if you can't fight, then how will you protect your clan from challengers? if you can;t hunt how will you make sure your clan doesn't die from starvation?" amberpaw was silent, but the way she looked, deadeye knew she had taken everything of what he just said in and was processing it, really thinking it over. at that point, hew knew amberpaw could be a great warrior one day.
when they finally approached the training hollow, deadeye walked to the middle of it and turned, thrashing his tail as he looked at amberpaw. "attack me," he had told her, and when she just stood there, he thought she wasn't going to do it. he looked away for one second and was knocked over by the weight of another cat being thrown into him. almost as soon as that happened, deadeye regained his balance as all four of amberpaw's thrashed out, sheathed, aiming for his side. deadeye lunged and fell on top of her, pinning her. amberpaw reached up with her hind legs and started raking his belly with the soft pads of her paws. deadeye finally got up, purring. "good job" "they always say to never take your eyes off the enemy," amberpaw said, the first thing she had said all day.
as amberpaw's apprenticeship went on, deadeye found her strengths and weaknesses, and when he did, he would share them with her. because of her size, he said she would never be good in combat, but that she would have to use her speed to get to the other warrior, lay her mark, and then get away as fast as she could. but because she was so small, it was easier for her to hide downwind of her prey, and a lot easier to sneak up on them.
it took seven moons, but amberpaw finally became a warrior. she was given the warrior name amberblaze, and took her vigil very seriously, guarding her camp and not speaking a word. even though if one looked at her, they could tell she was excited by the way her tail was twitching, and the muscles all along her body never really looked relax. amberblaze took the warrior status seriously, never breaking the warrior code even if given the opportunity. she hunted for her clan, and fought with all her might, no matter how small she was.
after several moons of being a warrior, the leader of pineclan gave her her first apprentice. it was a small tom, and they were given to her before of their size. amberblaze saw potential in this young cat, and even though he was very shy and timid, they warmed up to each other fairly quickly. within moons, the tom had learned almost all of what amberblaze knew, and she knew he was ready to become a warrior. so, after six moons of training her first apprentice, he became a warrior.
several moons later, a tragedy happened in the clan: the pineclan deputy, cypressheart, passed from the strange virus that had been going around. it was a shock when the tom passed, but it was an even bigger shock when rushstar chose amberblaze as the new pineclan deputy. it's been less than a moon since amberblaze was chosen to be deputy, but she's trying her absolute best to be the best she can for her clan.
