Post by **Burn** on Dec 27, 2010 23:21:27 GMT -5
Cloudypelt
Very pale gray tom with blue eyes
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Age: 23 Moons
Gender: Tom
Rank: Warrior
Clan: ReedClan
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Appearance: Not the biggest cat in the clan but not the smallest, Cloudypelt is average in height and weight. His fur is medium to long, having a slightly feathery appearance and soft texture. His frame is rather narrow, his face handsomely sculpted and his tail rather plumy. In color, Cloudypelt is the embodiment of his name. His pelt is the very palest shade of gray, right when white becomes gray. The coloration darkens around his face, ears, paws and tail tip to true gray. Mistygaze often tells Cloudypelt that if someone else hadn't helped her name her kits, he would have been named Softkit because his fur is so soft. It never fails to make Cloudypelt shudder and thank StarClan that someone helped his mother name her kits. Agile and swift, Cloudypelt is one of the faster runners in the clan and often choses rabbits as his pray. Unlike most ReedClan cats however, he dislikes water because his fur is so long and takes forever to dry once it's wet.
Personality: Pretty quiet by nature, Cloudypelt isn't much of a troublemaker. He acts mostly as a mediator between his siblings since Rippleheart and Nimblefoot sometimes get a little rough with one another. Slightly soft-spoken, Cloudypelt always has a thoughtful air about him, as if he's deeply contemplating every move he makes. Deeply respectful, Cloudypelt obeys the clan's laws to the letter and regards StarClan with the deepest respect. He adores his family and is very much oriented around them, often in their company sharingtongues, hunting or even rough-housing around camp. Quite open minded, Cloudypelt will try anything once and is open to trying new things because he was raised by an unconventional mother. Mistygaze never held much stock in clan law or in there being only one solution to things, so naturally none of her kits do either. Cloudypelt knows how to negotiate and compromise, making him an asset at gatherings. He aspires to someday become the clan deputy, but has yet to make the leap into such a position. He wants only what is best for his clan and at times, is uncertain if the rules made by StarClan are what is best. In the end however, he often choses not to question it, and simply lets things go. This is a cat that doesn't know to hold a grudge, something Nimblefoot and Rippleheart often tease him about, but he figures if he held grudges, he'd never talk to his siblings considering all the trouble they make for him.
History: The story of how Cloudypelt came to be is actually a quite interesting one. It begins long before his birth at the Gatheringplace. Cloudypelt's mother, a blind ReedClan she-cat named Mistygaze was hunting near the sacred land. She chased a rabbit and accidentally tripped and fell down an embankment into one of the small ponds near the gatheringplace. Frightened and unable to tell up from down, the ReedClan she-cat would have drowned if a NightClan tom hadn't dove in to save her. The tom's name was Sootstorm. He dragged Mistygaze out of the water and helped her get back on her feet. At first, Mistygaze was outraged that she was saved by another clan's warrior but, after yelling at the tom and storming off, she felt bad. She went back and the two struck up a friendship. Soon their friendship grew. Mistygaze later gave birth to three kits, two boys and a girl. The boys were named Streakedkit and Thrushkit while the she-kit was named Featherkit, These kits, when they were two moons old, Mistygaze gave to Sootstorm, telling him to take them to NightClan because she feared her clan would reject Thrushkit and Featherkit because both of them were blind like her. Mistygaze told her clan that the kits had wandered off and she lost their scent at a creek not far from camp. The clan mourned her kits, as did Mistygaze. Several moons later, Mistygaze was again pregnant. This time she had four kits, all of them perfectly healthy. Two toms and two she-kits. The kits were named Cloudykit, Ripplekit, Nimblekit and Moonkit. These kits, Mistygaze kept and here is where Cloudypelt's story begins.
Raised by just his mother, Cloudypelt was mostly a normal kit. He loved his mother and adored his siblings. He always got mad when the clan mumbled about Mistygaze's lack of vision and always got sad when he heard the elders whispering about the litter his mother lost. Yes, he grew up knowing about Streakedkit, Thrushkit and Featherkit, though he didn't know much about him. He mourned his siblings but lived out his kithood without giving them much thought. When he was six moons old, Cloudykit became Cloudypaw. His mentor was an older ReedClan warrior named Currentstripe whom, four moons into Cloudypaw's apprenticeship had to retire to the elders den due to failing eyesight. Cloudypaw was then given a new apprentice, a newly named warrior named Sorrelwing. He got along well with her and his apprenticeship continued on as normal.
When he was about twelve moons old, Cloudypaw went hunting along the border between NightClan and ReedClan territories. There he discovered the body of an apprentice, bit by a snake and dying from the poison. A pair of NightClan apprentices attacked him, believing Cloudpyaw had done harm to the other apprentice. He told them he had found her and that she needed help. The male apprentice, a grey and white tom, spat at him to go away and began to take the sick apprentice back to camp. Cloudypaw watched them go before returning to camp. There he related the encounter to his mother, whom was the first cat he came across. She became distraught and went to find Sorrelwing. At the next gathering, Cloudypaw found out that what he had thought was an apprentice was actually a very small warrior named Blueheart, and that she had died. He also found out she had been blind, unable to see the snake when it struck her. He met the grey and white tom again, a NightClan warrior named Splashfur whom was with his brother, a similarly colored tom with cloudy blue eyes named Fogeyes. Cloudypaw gave them his condolences and apologized for not finding Blueheart sooner. Three moons later he was named Cloudypelt and never gave the NightClan cats another thought. In the same ceremony Ripplepaw, Nimblepaw and Palepaw became Rippleheart, Nimblefoot and Moonflower.
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Other: I'm planning on adopting out Fogeyes, Splashfur, Rippleheart, Nimblefoot and Moonflower, possibly even Mistygaze and Sootstorm if anyone's interested in them. I think some interesting plots could be woven around this little half-clan love affair.
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