Post by mikey on May 20, 2009 1:36:46 GMT -5
Name
Russetpaw
Rank
Apprentice
Age
Nine Moons
Gender
She-cat
Clan
Blazeclan
Kin/Mate/Mentor/Apprentice
Firewind --- Mother (May be played by whomever wants to.)
Blackfire --- Father, Deceased
Smokekit --- Brother, Deceased
MENTOR ---- Moltenfur
Pelt
Russetpaw is a tortoiseshell cat, blessed from birth with a black pelt with flecks of orange, ginger, and brown all across her pelt. Her face, where as some tortoiseshell cats merely have a black face, is mainly two different colors. One side is black, flecked with splotches of gray, ginger, and orange. The other side of her face however, is a pale ginger color with small flecks of orange and black across it. Perhaps this is a signal of her personality, the black side showing her respect and love for her clan, with flecks of resentment towards her clan showing through, and, the other side showing the longing she has for something more.
Her pelt reminds other of black ash, yet, somehow the fire within it is still burning.
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Eyes
At birth like most kits, Russetpaw was born with vibrant blue eyes which have since turned to a pale yellow, with dark orange shades around the edge of her eyes. Her eyes themselves are wide, often making others think she shows her emotions. This is not true however, for her wide eyed stare gives herself a "poke face", making her able to hide her emotions from her eyes.
Personality
Russetpaw is not an easy to get cat, she's complicated, like an onion, just when you thought you knew her you find out there's another layer to the wide-eyed she-cat. On the outside, the apprentice appears as a haughty, cruel spirited she-cat, who has a lot of respect and admiration for her clan. While part of this is true, most of it is not. True, Russetpaw acts like a mean-spirited cat, putting others down and raking her claws across those who upset her but, it is merely the personality she built up to try to cope with her brother's death. If you get past her cruel exterior, you find she's a lonely she-cat, longing for her dead brother and a life outside the cruel ways of her clan.
You'll also find she longs for some sort of adventure time to time, bored to death of the clan's day to day routine.
If you delve deep into the she-cat's mind, you'll also find something else that would be rather startling.
Russetpaw may have love and respect for her fellow apprentices and clan members but, she hates Blazeclan and their customs and blames the clan for the death of her brother. Blazeclan is the reason why her brother died, in her mind and, because of this she hates the clan and the Pelts of the Flaming Eternal with all her might.
From time to time she often wonders how easy it would be to escape her clan and join Timberclan or become a rogue but, she knows she would be killed before she could escape and even if she did escape, she worries if her clan would kill her mother out of spite.
History
Now, one thing you must know to understand Russetpaw's story is that her father, Blackfire, was an insanely jealous tom. Many toms who were competing for Firewind's love before the two became mates often vanished without a trace, Blackfire being the last cat seen with them.
Now, when his kits were born, Blackfire was ecstatic and instantly favored her little daughter over his son. Smokekit, however was his mother's favorite and as Russetkit and her brother grew, Blackfire began to notice how close the tom was to his sister and mother. Instantly assuming the she-cats favored the smaller tom over him, Blackfire became enraged. Angry the tom rushed into the nursery while the clan watched and, killed Smokekit and then turned to do the same to Firewind and Russetkit.
Luckily, Firewind was able to fight the tom off, killing him in the end.
The whole time, the rest of Blazeclan did nothing.
Poor Russetkit was traumatized and deemed ready to become an apprentice a moon later.
She finished the ignition ceremony, in honor of her brother more then anything, and became an apprentice.
She has been trying to live her life normally now but, a strong hatred towards her clan and the Pelts of the Flaming Eternal has been growing inside of her since then, a hatred she can't ignore.
Other
I'd love it if her warrior-name could be Russetsmoke.[/size]