NerdyGirl3000 wrote:Image/Description: tortilshell with striking green eyes
Name: Mossfur
Gender: Female
Clan: Thunderclan
Rank: warrior
Personality/Skills: Mossfur is a short tempered, anouing at. Her fluffy fur start to shake if you have made her mad. In anger, she could probably take down the forest. She had kits once, but it was in leafbare. That was the coldest the clan had seen. The kits, along with many others, died. She was spiteful ever since she was a kit. Her sister, Silverspots, was always the timid one and she was the bossy, angry, stubborn, and hot headed one. Her mother, Goldenclaw, was of clan heritage and her father, Russetbramble, was clan born as well. But Mossfur had a deep secret to carry. Her mother, Goldenclaw, is the medicine cat. Her father already has legal kits. He doesn't know he has more. Mossfur has often come to times where she had almost told someone, but Silverspots was there to remind her to absolutely NOT to tell anyone. Her anger has helped her well in battle. Although short-tempered, she likes to help a lot in what she believes in. And that is saving her clan. She is great at fighting because she has a temper and sharp claws. And to the other clan, that doesn't mix well.
Important Notes: Mother: Goldenclaw (medicine cat), Father: Russetbramble (warrior), Sister: Silverspots (warrior) also note that I made all these cats up. PLEASE do not take them, their history, or their names. Thank you. If you see someone doing one of the above other than me, please let me know. Again, thank you.
One quick thing: Names tend to get used a lot by everyone. There's probably at least 5 Mosspelt cats on this site alone, and who knows how many called Goldenclaw on other sites. No one owns these particular names; that'd be like getting angry every time you meet someone with your name. Possessiveness over traits and names ends well for absolutely no one.
Name Rating: 6/10
Name Type: Canonical
Name Reasoning: Moss, generally, tends to be a rich green color. The only sort of moss that's brown is dead moss, and it's not recommended to name your cat after a dead plant. (One could argue that Cinder- and Ash- focus on dead things, but to a cat, they're an entirely different matter that actually helps plants grow, so there is that.)
While -pelt is useable, this cat has a great fighting ability, and I think that should be mentioned in her name. -pelt's more for a cat who doesn't swing in any particular direction skill-wise.
Alternative Name: Kestrelclaw/Leechclaw. Both prefixes are for a tortoiseshell cat, and -claw references her talents in fighting.
Character Rating: 7/10
Character Reasoning: A short-tempered cat who's good at fighting is just fine (fun fact: tortoiseshells tend to be more aggressive as a whole, at least in my experience), but having sharp claws and a temper does not a good fighter make. I've addressed this somewhere around here, but basically it would be like having a very powerful rifle but having no idea how to shoot it. Who cares if your gun can pierce through steel? If you can't aim the darn thing, much less handle the recoil, how can you possibly be effective? If she focused her temper into fighting and worked hard to become the best she can, then yes, she would be a great fighter, but just having sharp claws isn't enough.
There's also the fact that she sounds like a difficult cat to have in the Clan, but I think if you kick down her spitefulness a notch, she could work well enough. Plus, she doesn't seem like someone who would have kits - she's impatient, rude and angry. That's not exactly mother material.
