Warrior Cat Names and Characters Reviewer [CLOSED]

[Arcaii]

Just as a question:

Would this cat be suitable for the Robin- prefix? On the Ailuronymy blog, they described the prerequisites of a Robin- cat to be a patched cat, typically with ginger, brown and white being the pelt colors, so I wanted to ensure whether or not that pic matched the requirements x3

I would say that if there was enough red patches in that brown and she had a light-or-white colored marking on her chest/stomach, then it should work perfectly! The marking doesn't have to be large, but it should be noticeable.

I've actually got a question too ^.^
I'm going to make a character who is a dilute tortoiseshell, but I honestly have no idea what prefix could suit her apart from "morning" xD

There's a tortoiseshell section on the site, in case you didn't see it, but I took a quick gander to see what I could find.
Morning-, Lichen-, Pochard-, Shell-, Sycamore-, and Wigeon- are all specifically dilute tortoiseshell names. If none of those fit your fancy, my next suggestion is to figure out exactly what she looks like. Is she majority grey, or light ginger, or light brown? She could go for a name alluding to whichever color she has the most of on her pelt. The only requirement on this is that she needs to be largely that color - I'll put 75% as an absolute minimum.

[horchata]

Image/Description: Fully black tom with green eyes.
Name: Shadowpelt
Gender: Male
Clan: Whatever clans are available on an RP :P Maybe MillClan soon enough xD
Rank: Warrior
Personality/Skills: Shadowpelt is a resilient but annoyingly persistent tom. He's happy-go-lucky and always tries his hardest in his Clan duties. He has strength in hunting due to the camouflage his pelt gives him, and he can sneak up on opponents or enemies with ease. Despite lacking in strength, he's a quick mover, with a lithe, sleek build, and can potentially outwit an enemy. He can scale trees with ease due to his thin build and, though water doesn't weigh him down, he tries to avoid it as he doesn't like the feeling of it seeping into his fur.
Important Notes: Nothing in particular.

[Arcaii]

Image/Description: Fully black tom with green eyes.
Name: Shadowpelt
Gender: Male
Clan: Whatever clans are available on an RP Maybe MillClan soon enough xD
Rank: Warrior
Personality/Skills: Shadowpelt is a resilient but annoyingly persistent tom. He's happy-go-lucky and always tries his hardest in his Clan duties. He has strength in hunting due to the camouflage his pelt gives him, and he can sneak up on opponents or enemies with ease. Despite lacking in strength, he's a quick mover, with a lithe, sleek build, and can potentially outwit an enemy. He can scale trees with ease due to his thin build and, though water doesn't weigh him down, he tries to avoid it as he doesn't like the feeling of it seeping into his fur.
Important Notes: Nothing in particular.

Name Rating: 9/10
Name Type: Traditional
Name Reasoning: Shadow- works just fine, but I think that he could go for a different suffix. He's skilled in hunting and agility, and the naming hierarchy is skills, personality, appearance, in order of highest to lowest. I'm more inclined to give him a name for his agility, since that seems more outstanding than his hunting.
Alternative Name: Shadowtail, for the reasons above.

Character Rating: 9/10
Character Reasoning: My only issue is the number of skills he has. I think that you could omit the hunting entirely, leaving the speed and climbing, and that would work just fine. Otherwise, he sounds like a good cat.

[emiiwwy]

Name: Lynxclaw
Description: A Tan cat with Black Patches.
Important Notes: N/A

Image/Description:A Tan cat with Black Patches.
Name: Lynxclaw
Gender: She-Cat
Clan: Valeclan; (Canon Equivalent would be ThunderClan)
Rank: Warrior
Personality: Ambitious and Quick-Tempered. She's known by her clanmates to easily get annoyed.
Skills; Is great at climbing
Important Notes:N/A


Name: Coldgaze
Description: A Black cat with Icy blue eyes
Important Notes:N/A

Image/Description:A Black cat With Icy Blue eyes
Name: Coldgaze
Gender: Tom
Clan: Shadowclan
Rank: Deputy
Personality: A kind and compassionate cat;His name makes him sound mean though.
Skills; Is very quiet when he walks.
Important Notes: N/A

Name: Lilypetal
Description: A cream she cat with white underbelly; Violet eyes
Important Notes: N/A

Image/Description:A cream she cat with white underbelly; Violet eyes
Name: Lilypetal
Gender: She-Cat
Clan: Riverclan
Rank: Medicine Cat
Personality; Compasionate but Straight to the Point
Skills; A memory for herbs and their uses
Important Notes: N/A

[Arcaii]

Name: Lynxclaw
Description: A Tan cat with Black Patches.
Important Notes: N/A

Image/Description:A Tan cat with Black Patches.
Name: Lynxclaw
Gender: She-Cat
Clan: Valeclan; (Canon Equivalent would be ThunderClan)
Rank: Warrior
Personality: Ambitious and Quick-Tempered. She's known by her clanmates to easily get annoyed.
Skills; Is great at climbing
Important Notes:N/A


Name: Coldgaze
Description: A Black cat with Icy blue eyes
Important Notes:N/A

Image/Description:A Black cat With Icy Blue eyes
Name: Coldgaze
Gender: Tom
Clan: Shadowclan
Rank: Deputy
Personality: A kind and compassionate cat;His name makes him sound mean though.
Skills; Is very quiet when he walks.
Important Notes: N/A

Name: Lilypetal
Description: A cream she cat with white underbelly; Violet eyes
Important Notes: N/A

Image/Description:A cream she cat with white underbelly; Violet eyes
Name: Lilypetal
Gender: She-Cat
Clan: Riverclan
Rank: Medicine Cat
Personality; Compasionate but Straight to the Point
Skills; A memory for herbs and their uses
Important Notes: N/A

You only need to send in one ref per character, jsyk! The Character review sheet covers both names and the character. Saves you and me a lot of work.
Also, I'm aware that these might sound rather harsh, and I hope you'll forgive me for that. I mean to be direct, not rude, but I'm not very good at keeping on either side of the line.


Lynxclaw
Name Rating: 4/10
Name Type: Canonical
Name Reasoning: The canon Clans (and thus, automatically, all fan-characters and Clans) take place in England, in the UK. The lynx lives in North America, and thus the Clans would not be interacting with any of its kind. Even if they did, a lynx is a grey, tabby-ish colored animal, not a tan and black one, so it wouldn't work.
While -claw is a traditional suffix, she doesn't seem to be a talented fighter, at least not good enough to be mentioned. She's a very good climber, though, which I think should be mentioned.
Also, her coat coloring is a little weirdly described, so I'm just going to assume that she's a tortoiseshell (who tend to have patches of brown, orange, and black).
Alternative Name: Cherrytail/Embertail. Cherry- and Ember- indicate a tortoiseshell, and -tail is for a cat who excels at climbing.

Character Rating: 7/10
Character Reasoning: What little you gave me doesn't really seem to conflict or contradict, so there is that. But you didn't give me very much to actually work with, so I'm just going to give a hesitant seven for now. I suggest creating a more thorough personality (in fact, there's a character generator on the traditional blog, which can give some great ideas - here it is if you're curious).
Cats, genetically, can't have a largely orange pelt with black patches. That's just not something that happens. However, if you were to retcon it and make it a tortoiseshell (here's some possible ideas), then I think it could work just fine.



Coldgaze
Name Rating: 1/10
Name Type: Lyrical
Name Reasoning: I know, I know, icy blue eyes are cold-looking, hence his name. Here's the thing, though. Naming someone for their eyes? Not a good idea! Cats don't open their eyes until they're three weeks old. No mother will wait that long to name their kit (the Clan will not allow her to even try, so there is that), and even then, all kittens have blue eyes. They change color as they get older, so that's double the risk to name them for blue eyes.
Okay, let's say you were to name them for the blue eyes they might possibly have, despite the fact that this is a black kitten and black cats don't get blue eyes. "Cold-" isn't exactly the best choice of name. The only reason that a kitten would be cold is if they're dead. I will allow you to come up with the implications yourself.
Plus, names aren't supposed to sound like anything. A name has no connotations, only denotations - so a name cannot sound like anything, because it has a concrete definition. Practicality of traditionalism is that you don't need to worry about how it sounds (thus a tom named Daisy- or a molly named Lion- wouldn't have a single issue with their names).
And -gaze? Well, it's clearly meant to go with Cold-. If Cold- goes, so does -gaze.
Alternative Name: Sloecloud/Blackcloud. Sloe- and Black- (duh) are for a black cat, and -cloud will be explained more thoroughly below.

Character Rating: 7/10
Character Reasoning: Like Lynxclaw, there isn't a lot to go on, but I will address personality stuff in a second. I want to note that black cats do not get blue eyes, and any images you see of one are Photoshopped - half of the colors they paint the eyes don't naturally occur on cats, anyway, so there's that off the mark. Does it make your character seem unique? Sure, about as unique as literally every third character in the fandom. Just go with yellow or green eyes.
Now for personality: I think that he has the makings of a -cloud cat. Cats who are -clouds tend to be kind, relaxed, composed, and gentle. They keep a clear mind in any situation, and while they have the opportunity to be lazy and apathetic, you will never catch one in an argument, unless they're quelling everyone's temper and ending the fight.
My point is that with some deeper personality, he could be a very good -cloud, but it would require some more traits than what you've given me (side note: being quiet when you walk only really matters if you're trying to hunt something, so he could be a good hunter or...whatever).


Lilypetal
Name Rating: 6/10
Name Type: Lyrical
Name Reasoning: Lily- is a traditional prefix, but it's for a white cat only, not a cream colored one. -petal seems like a replacement for -flower or -leaf, which doesn't really work, but whatever.
I think that she could be a very good medicine cat, so I will give her -leaf for now.
Alternative Name: Waxleaf/Cloverleaf. Wax- and Clover- indicate a light golden cat (creamy), and -leaf is for her skills.

Character Rating: 7/10
Character Reasoning: There seems to be a pattern here - odd color choices, and vague personalities. We know the drill by now, but here we go:
Purple eyes do not happen naturally on a cat, with the possible exception of albinos, but, really, that's a slim chance within a slim chance. Slimception? I'd stick with blue eyes or green eyes if you want a nice color. We all know blue looks good with gold, and it actually can happen on this type of coat!
And again, her personality is absolutely minimal. I suggest you use that generator I gave you up there and come up with some extra traits for everyone - just make sure they don't contradict each other.

[Greenleaf]

Just as a question:

Would this cat be suitable for the Robin- prefix? On the Ailuronymy blog, they described the prerequisites of a Robin- cat to be a patched cat, typically with ginger, brown and white being the pelt colors, so I wanted to ensure whether or not that pic matched the requirements x3

I would say that if there was enough red patches in that brown and she had a light-or-white colored marking on her chest/stomach, then it should work perfectly! The marking doesn't have to be large, but it should be noticeable.

-snippity snip-

Thanks for answering me! :3 I've decided to change the 'faceclaim' to this, so it could better represent the advice you gave me.
I have yet another question, if you don't mind.

This newly named Robinpaw is part of this roleplay, in which the cats in the Clans have powers that relate to their pelt color - gray cats control water, white cats control wind, ginger cats wield fire, etc.; you'll be able to read more on the topic I linked to. Robinpaw, being a mostly-brown kitty, is learning to control the element of earth, but I wanted her to have an exceptional ability in being able to grow small plants out of the ground using her power. Is the suffix -leaf able to represent her skill to grow plants? I know that traditionally, only medicine cats with amazing skills in healing are allowed to be given the suffix -leaf, but as this roleplay is a trifle different...
I just wanted your feedback. If this post is too confusing, then I could use a name form to make it easier for you. :'3

[Arcaii]

All questions are welcome! I think that pic works just fine.

Hm... Two ideas come to mind. The first is that, even if she doesn't really have a medicine cat role (if it's open, you could request it, or ask to be the replacement if it isn't), she still has a strangely innate connection to plants and seems to know them really well, working as a part-time assistant to help seek out plants. This could be a bonus meaning to her name - she understands plants and works well with them, and can grow them, giving her -leaf.
The second idea (which I assume is a little too late to work with, and I don't really recommend) is to change her name to imply something more connected to the earth, rather than an animal - Sorrel- and Cherry- come to mind. She could have a regular suffix (for a skill within her actual rank or appearance/personality), with the implications of her prefix connecting with her powers. Either of these could work, I think, but the second one takes a lot more effort and it may be too late to change her name, so there is that.

[emiiwwy]

Name: Lynxclaw
Description: A Tan cat with Black Patches.
Important Notes: N/A

Image/Description:A Tan cat with Black Patches.
Name: Lynxclaw
Gender: She-Cat
Clan: Valeclan; (Canon Equivalent would be ThunderClan)
Rank: Warrior
Personality: Ambitious and Quick-Tempered. She's known by her clanmates to easily get annoyed.
Skills; Is great at climbing
Important Notes:N/A


Name: Coldgaze
Description: A Black cat with Icy blue eyes
Important Notes:N/A

Image/Description:A Black cat With Icy Blue eyes
Name: Coldgaze
Gender: Tom
Clan: Shadowclan
Rank: Deputy
Personality: A kind and compassionate cat;His name makes him sound mean though.
Skills; Is very quiet when he walks.
Important Notes: N/A

Name: Lilypetal
Description: A cream she cat with white underbelly; Violet eyes
Important Notes: N/A

Image/Description:A cream she cat with white underbelly; Violet eyes
Name: Lilypetal
Gender: She-Cat
Clan: Riverclan
Rank: Medicine Cat
Personality; Compasionate but Straight to the Point
Skills; A memory for herbs and their uses
Important Notes: N/A

You only need to send in one ref per character, jsyk! The Character review sheet covers both names and the character. Saves you and me a lot of work.
Also, I'm aware that these might sound rather harsh, and I hope you'll forgive me for that. I mean to be direct, not rude, but I'm not very good at keeping on either side of the line.


Lynxclaw
Name Rating: 4/10
Name Type: Canonical
Name Reasoning: The canon Clans (and thus, automatically, all fan-characters and Clans) take place in England, in the UK. The lynx lives in North America, and thus the Clans would not be interacting with any of its kind. Even if they did, a lynx is a grey, tabby-ish colored animal, not a tan and black one, so it wouldn't work.
While -claw is a traditional suffix, she doesn't seem to be a talented fighter, at least not good enough to be mentioned. She's a very good climber, though, which I think should be mentioned.
Also, her coat coloring is a little weirdly described, so I'm just going to assume that she's a tortoiseshell (who tend to have patches of brown, orange, and black).
Alternative Name: Cherrytail/Embertail. Cherry- and Ember- indicate a tortoiseshell, and -tail is for a cat who excels at climbing.

Character Rating: 7/10
Character Reasoning: What little you gave me doesn't really seem to conflict or contradict, so there is that. But you didn't give me very much to actually work with, so I'm just going to give a hesitant seven for now. I suggest creating a more thorough personality (in fact, there's a character generator on the traditional blog, which can give some great ideas - here it is if you're curious).
Cats, genetically, can't have a largely orange pelt with black patches. That's just not something that happens. However, if you were to retcon it and make it a tortoiseshell (here's some possible ideas), then I think it could work just fine.



Coldgaze
Name Rating: 1/10
Name Type: Lyrical
Name Reasoning: I know, I know, icy blue eyes are cold-looking, hence his name. Here's the thing, though. Naming someone for their eyes? Not a good idea! Cats don't open their eyes until they're three weeks old. No mother will wait that long to name their kit (the Clan will not allow her to even try, so there is that), and even then, all kittens have blue eyes. They change color as they get older, so that's double the risk to name them for blue eyes.
Okay, let's say you were to name them for the blue eyes they might possibly have, despite the fact that this is a black kitten and black cats don't get blue eyes. "Cold-" isn't exactly the best choice of name. The only reason that a kitten would be cold is if they're dead. I will allow you to come up with the implications yourself.
Plus, names aren't supposed to sound like anything. A name has no connotations, only denotations - so a name cannot sound like anything, because it has a concrete definition. Practicality of traditionalism is that you don't need to worry about how it sounds (thus a tom named Daisy- or a molly named Lion- wouldn't have a single issue with their names).
And -gaze? Well, it's clearly meant to go with Cold-. If Cold- goes, so does -gaze.
Alternative Name: Sloecloud/Blackcloud. Sloe- and Black- (duh) are for a black cat, and -cloud will be explained more thoroughly below.

Character Rating: 7/10
Character Reasoning: Like Lynxclaw, there isn't a lot to go on, but I will address personality stuff in a second. I want to note that black cats do not get blue eyes, and any images you see of one are Photoshopped - half of the colors they paint the eyes don't naturally occur on cats, anyway, so there's that off the mark. Does it make your character seem unique? Sure, about as unique as literally every third character in the fandom. Just go with yellow or green eyes.
Now for personality: I think that he has the makings of a -cloud cat. Cats who are -clouds tend to be kind, relaxed, composed, and gentle. They keep a clear mind in any situation, and while they have the opportunity to be lazy and apathetic, you will never catch one in an argument, unless they're quelling everyone's temper and ending the fight.
My point is that with some deeper personality, he could be a very good -cloud, but it would require some more traits than what you've given me (side note: being quiet when you walk only really matters if you're trying to hunt something, so he could be a good hunter or...whatever).


Lilypetal
Name Rating: 6/10
Name Type: Lyrical
Name Reasoning: Lily- is a traditional prefix, but it's for a white cat only, not a cream colored one. -petal seems like a replacement for -flower or -leaf, which doesn't really work, but whatever.
I think that she could be a very good medicine cat, so I will give her -leaf for now.
Alternative Name: Waxleaf/Cloverleaf. Wax- and Clover- indicate a light golden cat (creamy), and -leaf is for her skills.

Character Rating: 7/10
Character Reasoning: There seems to be a pattern here - odd color choices, and vague personalities. We know the drill by now, but here we go:
Purple eyes do not happen naturally on a cat, with the possible exception of albinos, but, really, that's a slim chance within a slim chance. Slimception? I'd stick with blue eyes or green eyes if you want a nice color. We all know blue looks good with gold, and it actually can happen on this type of coat!
And again, her personality is absolutely minimal. I suggest you use that generator I gave you up there and come up with some extra traits for everyone - just make sure they don't contradict each other.

thank you U-U

[Pokechu12]

Quick question here, but in regards to Tideclan, could I make my own suffixes and prefixes [within reason of course] due to the territory? I don't think you find Robin near the sea. x3

[Arcaii]

Oh, yeah, definitely! There are also a few names within the traditional list that are exclusively for coastline cats, if that helps you.
It'll take a little research (well, a lot of research), but I think that you could easily find the prefixes you need.

My suggestion is to change -stream to something correlating to the ocean, though (in fact there was a whole post dedicated to possible suffixes based on the ocean somewhere around here), but the rest of the suffixes should be just fine.