( ✦ // warriors discussion ──── ! )

[wildsight]

ayeeee, welcome @Cats&Cucumbers !!

feel free and reserve whatever spots you'd like that are still open !!
if, you'd like a high rank we even have the medicine cat role still
open for the taking !! she's not finished yet, but firefly is open for
kin !! i also have an apprentice in the making and a warrior so a
parent for the apprentice or kin/offspring for the warrior would
also be welcomed !!

[Cats&Cucumbers]

@stormy awesome! (i'd be happy to do someone for breezefang too! i just read his backstory and its so sad :( but also hella good haha!)
i was between 2 for iris' sibling so i'll leave it up to you because i honestly can't choose haha! a) a brother with a fairly open, calm personality, very-level headed—sometimes to the point of being too chill haha (i can see them having lots of bonding time just chatting, he'd probably help her collect herbs every once and while) or b) a sister who's very battle-ready, high-strung and fiesty, but ultimately protective and loving of her sister (even though she wouldn't for the life of her understand why iris would want to be a medicine cat xD)

both characters will probably be made either way, so i'm just leaving it up to you which you think should be the sibling haha, hope that's alright ^^

@wild thanks!! and oo im tempted by all of them haha! rather than kin, would Firefly be open perhaps to a close friend, maybe they were born like a moon apart or something and they've grown up together? that could also work for your other warrior, if you'd prefer, although i thought it might be nice (since you mentioned her PTSD) if she had a friend to confide in and such ^^

[wildsight]

@Cats&Cucumbers ooo, a friend would be awesome !! i'd love that she'd definitely
would need someone to confide in at times so i'd love that !! so, i'm thinking for a
apprentice (personality i haven't decided upon yet...maybe skittish and cowardly?)
and my warrior which is probably going to be a older one (loyal, ambitious, highly
protective of his kits because their mother was an outsider) i think. those two may
change, but that's my idea currently !!

[stormythecloud]

@cats; i knowww Breezefang's story is quite sad ;( but it'll be okay for him in the end so it'll be alright
hmmm man i do like them both so this makes it hard haha. honestly i can't even pick they both would be good for Irispaw!
I love the calm chill brother but i also love the overbearing sister xD

[Cats&Cucumbers]

@wild awesome! i'll get started on him soon (im thinking a big, fluffy tomcat who seems intimidating to everyone else but has a soft spot for firefly haha!) and i might make a kit for your warrior as well, although i'll hold off until his form is up haha

@stormy haha alright! well if your sure you don't have any preference at all, i'll just make their forms and once they're done i'll see who fits better ^^ lemme know if you end up choosing for me though! im the least decisive person ever lmao

[stormythecloud]

Yeah honestly I can't choose.
I could see the other one being like Breezefang's kit though if not Irispaw's sibling like i feel they both work for both of them

[vaermina]

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[Cats&Cucumbers]

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[Cats&Cucumbers]

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Name: Flickergaze
Nickname: Flick
Gender: Male
Age: 19 Moons
Sexuality: Bisexual
Rank: Medicine Cat,
formerly ShadowClan
Basic Appearance:
Silver tabby, amber
eyes
Voice Claim: John
Mulaney


Traits: Wise, quiet,
selfless, intelligent,
passive, anxious
Skills: Memorization,
tracking, running


Sire: Open
Dam: Honey
Littermates: Open
Crush: Open
SO: Open (hesitantly)
Offspring: -
Friends: -
Enemies: Lionflame
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Appearance

xxxxxFlickergaze isn't very exceptional in any way, with his lean form and average height. His silver tabby pelt occasionally acquires an interesting sheen in certain lighting, and he has a fairly handsome face, in an innocent sort of way, but other than that, his looks are pretty average. Besides his eyes, that is. His eyes are quite something; a vivid shade of golden-amber with flecks of creamy honey shades and dark reds that are only visible at a close distance.


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Character

xxxxxFlickergaze has never been a fighter, but he’s always been a skeptic, and while he can barely hold a fight better than an apprentice, he can beat anyone in a battle of wits. Not that he would. It’s much more his style to slink off into the shadows and let someone believe they’ve won than risk confrontation. He often scoffs at the blind clan and family loyalty most cats seem to have, but then again, he’s never cared so deeply for anyone, so he often ponders what it would be like to be willing to lay everything down, even your pride, for the sake of another. He’s quite the philosopher, and greatly enjoys friendly debates, though, he rarely finds anyone willing to debate with him. At the moment, however, that is the least of his concerns. After spending his short lifetime building some semblance of respect for himself in ShadowClan and, only five moons ago, gaining his full medicine cat status, he’s become the sole medicine cat for one massive clan and has an apprentice. Frankly, the pre-disposed-to-anxiety tom has not stopped to consider anything beyond “gather herbs, sort herbs, apply herbs, repeat” in moons.


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Extra

xxxxxFlickergaze was born to a loner during the winter months and was the only one out of a four-kit litter to survive, each one taken by starvation, when his mother couldn’t hunt, or cold, when she left to do so. Finally, toward the end of winter, when he was the only one left and there was barely a scrap of flesh left on his mother’s pelt, she brought him to ThunderClan for help. In the past, the clan had been known to provide aid to cats in desperate need. They were not so lucky. A large golden warrior met them when they were barely across the border and chased them into neighboring land, not pausing to hear their stories. They soon found out he had herded them into ShadowClan, where they were met by a kind queen who offered to take him as her own. Honey came with them to camp, but passed away a few days after.


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[Cats&Cucumbers]

"I Wanna Get Better" - Bleachers
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Name: Lionstrike
Nickname: None
Gender: Male
Age: 35 moons
Sexuality: Straight
Rank: Warrior,
formerly ThunderClan
Basic Appearance:
Golden-ginger tabby,
amber eyes
Voice Claim: Paul
Wesley


Traits: Courageous,
selfless, hot-headed,
protective, stubborn,
adventurous
Skills: Fighting,
tracking, climbing

Sire: Stormfang
Dam: Open
Littermates: Open
Crush: Open
SO: Open
Offspring: -
Friends: Firefly
Duskheart
Enemies: -
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Appearance

xxxxxLarge, fluffy, and fierce, are three easy words to describe Lionstrike. Standing a good head taller than the average cat and a good bit broader as well (especially factoring in the fluff), Lionstrike is sure to crowd any den. He’s a very handsome tom, as well, with a strangely lucid, calming amber gaze, despite his disposition, and a regal, mane-like ruff on his neck and shoulders. He’s muscular and has a long plume of a tail, which lends itself to climbing (a skill that surprises some, as large cats like him tend to prefer the ground). The only mar to his physique is a collection of scars that litter his pelt—while often hidden by his thick pelt, the close observer will notice claw and tooth marks on his face, legs, and ears. One particularly long scar stretches across his belly, and is so thick that the absence of hair there can be noticed when he rolls on his back.

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Character

xxxxxLionstrike is an intimidating tom on all accounts, with his towering stature and broad frame, and he’s no gentle giant either. With a temper nearly as quick as his claws, he’ll take down anyone who dares speak against his clan (whether it still exists or not), or even worse, those close to him. He’s never been one to philosophize, but he has his principles, and when someone crosses one of his lines, he rarely lets it slide. That being said, as he’s matured, he’s definitely learned to keep himself in check, and while frustration flares easily in his gaze, he’s no longer the volatile apprentice he once was (although he’s still prone to wander off in search of excitement when camp life gets too dull). Indeed, he’s in his prime, and was one of the few cats who was actually able to strike some fear into the hearts of the two-legs. In fact, he’s relatively well-known for the stunt he pulled last leaf-bare, when a two-leg tried to pick up one of the apprentices, he charged it off the territory. All this being said, at his core, he has a warm heart and is trying to do his best by those he cares about.

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Extra

xxxxxWhile now a respectable, powerful, and fair-minded warrior, Lionstrike has not always been the role model he tries to be now. From birth, it seemed he was on a path to darkness. His father was a well-respected warrior in ThunderClan—a powerful cat who, if not for his untimely death, many expected to become deputy quite soon—but he had a terrible temper. And his mother, while as kind and loving to him as any other queen, wilted like a flower in the shadow of Stormfang's influence. When he called, Goldenflight would come—she was entirely devoted to him, and when he insisted on taking his kits out for training when he was only four moons old, she offered little resistance. While the training sessions were fun at first (they felt empowered, starting their training earlier than everyone else), they soon became a time to be dreaded. Once they were apprentices, any lenience Stormfang might have had dissipated into thin air —from then on, claws were never sheathed, and the fight only ended once someone could not bear to continue. Lionstrike won nearly every time. While he didn't enjoy causing his siblings pain, he felt empowered by the strength he possessed over others through his sheer physical prowess. Maybe a more introspective cat would hypothesize it gave him a sense of control in a life where he had very little. His father saw this as potential. Lionstrike's pride—and ego—grew exponentially, with these fights, and he soon became every warrior's dream and curse: a powerful ally by your side in a fight, but an insufferable bully everywhere else. While his siblings eventually refused to attend the training sessions, he stayed.
xxxxxHe could not have stopped the cycle on his own. His first apprentice, a gentle she-cat named Duskpaw, followed him out into the woods on one of his training nights after spending a few moons observing his absences from camp. She was horrified by what she witnessed, and confronted him afterward. While he resisted her interference at first, slowly, she began to show him, through a combination of kindness, moral clarity, and persistence, the cruelty in his ways. Slowly, he separated himself from his father, spending increasingly more time with his mother in the nursery (she had become a permanent queen). He dedicated himself from then on to being better cat, both for his mother and for Duskpaw, who had become one of his closest friends after becoming a warrior. He lost Duskheart, though in the last season of two leg invasions— she had been captured on a patrol. His father died not long after.


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