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name ;; oceanberry
gender ;; shecat
rank ;; med. cat
personality ;; is quite the medicine cat. she is often shamed for her flirtatious attitude but is usually a sophisticated lady. she does an amazing job at being a medicine cat, knowing the use to every little herb. when she isn't in her den helping other cats, she will be out in the forest, rummaging for herbs or hunting. oceanberry loves the ocean and water, as well as nature in general. she knows a surprisingly large amount of things aside from medicine. she also understands the fundamentals of hunting, but truthfully isn't the best at it. the female is thirty moons old with a full black coat, except a small tuft of white on her chest. she has long whiskers and large yellow eyes. most others will say she is a fine looking cat, but she would rather have a speckled coat or something with multiple colors that she can adore herself. she was originally a kit, born into the clan with a mother, who was the medicine cat herself. instead of family time, her and her mother used the time to get up on medicines and her mother often allowed little oceankit to help out around the den. unfortunately, the eldest fighter did not like this and ended up getting her poor mother expelled from the clan and eventually killed from starvation. oceanpaw then stepped up to become the medicine cat apprentice. now the actual medicine cat was an inexperienced ex-loner. once again, the medicine cat got killed and oceanpaw finally became medicine cat. moons later, she now hold the title of oceanberry and is proud to be where she is. she has always shown a slight interest in crowpaw.
ocean means a skilled swimmer
berry means an exceptionally skilled medicine cat
this is my first warrior for
a roleplay and im expecting
a harsh review, lol
Ooh, first warrior characters! Those are always fun.
Name Type: Lyrical
Name Reasoning: I can make the assumption that she lives near the ocean, in which case, I
extra don't recommend her prefix. Ocean- falls under the Large Territory naming:
Naming a cat for an entire environment such as Marsh- or Mountain- is a bad idea, largely because there is a lot in every environment. Even deserts and tundras have a large variety of wildlife, and not all of them look the same. You're basically calling your cat Dog- or Cat-.
Essentially, the ocean is so filled with life that this name describes both everything and nothing.
-berry is, essentially, just an extent of -leaf, with -leaf being a more accurate name (in fact, most berries the cats consume make them sick).
I'll admit that the name has a charming ring to it, but we're practical namers over here, so it doesn't get a pass from me.
Alternate Name: Crowleaf/Shadowleaf. Both prefixes describe a black cat, and -leaf is for her prodigious healing skills.
Character Assessment: There's an interesting idea here with this cat - a vain healer with a flirtatious attitude. The main problem with the second part is that she shouldn't be flirting, period. She might be subtle about it, sure, but she would start getting in trouble a
lot, perhaps even kicked out of her position if she keeps at it.
The whole concept of medicine cats having kittens at all is something I can't get behind. Kittens are not exactly subtle creatures, and even if you managed to do as Squirrelflight and Leafpool did, and claim that the fall cat just couldn't produce milk, these are cats we're talking about. They will smell whether or not a cat is pregnant, or producing milk, and they could immediately tell what's going on, even if the medicine cat used some herbs to cover themselves.
That's not to mention the selfishness of potentially putting your Clan at risk by being too busy caring for kittens. What if you die of complications, like Silverstream? What if you have no apprentice to take on your job - or if your apprentice is just too young to know all the things they need to? And if you do manage to live through the kitting and your litter is robust and healthy, that still leaves you in a den for several weeks and no way of being able to leave your kittens, except to eat.
There's a reason it's against the rules, and I don't blame that warrior for calling for her exile. A medicine cat needs to give themselves wholly to their craft. They knew coming in that they could never have a mate or kits, and to break that law is a crime that could potentially harm the
entire Clan. I don't care if she fell in love or whatever, the Clan always comes first.
Character Suggestions: Remove the flirtatious attitude, or just lower it significantly. Work on her personality more - if she's vain enough to wish for a different color, does she collect shiny things and hoard them in her lair? Is she shallow enough to judge others on their appearance, or is it just herself that she worries about? How patient is she with kits or nervous mothers? Is she pretty mature, despite her vanity? What's her favorite weather to go out and look at, especially how it interacts with the nature she loves? What does she consider beautiful, and does that factor into the animals she likes?
