Post by sardines on Feb 1, 2015 11:33:33 GMT
breezefang
PERSONALITY If Breezefang is one thing above all else, it is driven. Everything that she does - and everything that she has done, even as far back as her youth - has and has had a purpose, one singular motivation behind everything: to be better, and thus to better the Clan. Even from kithood, she has always been more grounded and down to earth than most cats, at least when it comes to her aspirations and her thoughts - and especially more so than her head-in-the-clouds brother. As such, she puts forth a lot of effort into her duties, and likely was the type to have held many a friendly rivalry as an apprentice, all in the name of bettering her skills. When coupled with the fact that she has quite the courageous streak, this meant she was also the kind of cat, at least in her apprentice days, to have entertained many various dares; while her bravery isn't exactly fearlessness, if Breezefang believes she can reasonably succeed in doing something, and that it will either improve or simply prove her skills, she will likely do it without hesitation. For this reason, she was the type of apprentice who would have jumped the gorge if she was dared to (provided she was dared to do so at a narrow enough portion) - and, depending on who you ask, might have been the apprentice who did. Either way, this daringness, along with her tendency towards friendly rivalries and her generally friendly nature, would have likely made her a very popular apprentice growing up, and perhaps still even a well-liked warrior - and she is well-aware of this. When she isn't trying to better herself or otherwise focused on the Clan, Breezefang can be a rather amiable cat, simply because she sees no good in not making friends among the Clan. After all, it is the Clan to which she has devoted her life - so why not make some friends along the way? Still, it seems as if Breezefang might hold these friends at paw's length, per se - while she makes friends easily, she does not truly create strong bonds easily at all. In short, though she is the type to make many friends and impress others, she is not the type to actually become close to anyone very easily. And considering how she does take her duties seriously, it's likely she wouldn't ever have the time, at least in her own eyes, to go about trying to create these close bonds. As far as Breezefang is concerned, she doesn't need them - the Clan's wellbeing, and her own skills, are more important than wishy-washy things like romance or close friendships. That said, when Breezefang does have someone she is close to, she is very protective over them, even if it's not always apparent. As of now, there is only one cat this applies to - her brother, who she has attempted to keep in line since kithood in spite of his odd and absent-minded nature. If any cat were to threaten a cat she loved, she would not hesitate to rush to their defense - perhaps with claws and teeth if necessary. She is not the kind of cat to sit idly by and watch her loved ones be hurt or harassed. Though it's possible that one might not believe she loved her brother, at first. She doesn't always show it - as she's not the type to show a lot of affection, at least not in that way. It can sometimes seem like she is annoyed by his presence, if one didn't know what they were looking at - after all, she is not at all averse to giving him a firm cuff around the ears when he strays out of line, or a stern talking to (were he to listen.) However, these actions are because she cares for him - truly, if Breezefang didn't care for him, she wouldn't bother with him at all. This is also how it is with anyone else - if she doesn't care for you at all, she is likely to simply ignore you. As it is, she does care, at least slightly, for all the cats in her Clan, even if she doesn't ever allow herself to become particularly close with them. If there were to be a cat she did not like, she would simply not interact with them at all - because why trifle with those who don't matter? When compared to more important things, it's only logical that she should simply push aside completely those who she tends to look at with disdain. She has much more significant things to worry about, after all. Breezefang is also, at her core, a proud and obstinate cat, one who is not willing to waver when it comes to things she firmly believes. A wound to her pride would also cause her to be quick to hold a grudge, though she is, as aforementioned, not the type to outwardly express this other than by ignoring someone. Her stubborn nature might also be why she is so patiently willing to deal with her brother - if she were to give up, she would be admitting defeat. And if there is one thing Breezefang is unwilling to accept - it's defeat. Though, in spite of this and her previously outlined bravery, she is not entirely without fear - and, though it may be grudging and with great pain, she knows when to back down when necessary, though she will usually try and push past any fear or trepidation she feels. As a general rule, when she is the only one at stake, she is too stubborn to ever back down - but when other cats hang in the balance, she is a lot more likely to realize when a situation cannot be won and admit defeat if it means their safety. There is one major thing which causes her great annoyance - and that is when other cats seem hung up over her appearance. On the whole, Breezefang is definitely an odd sight - whether others see her as beautiful or ugly, it doesn't matter - but she is loath to recognize this, not because she cares at all what others think of her, but because she doesn't. It isn't often that she does care about the opinions of others (though, like any cat, even she can be hurt by them from time to time) - but she can tend to get miffed when she notices - or thinks she notices, at the very least - cats spending any more time than what she deems necessary looking over her appearance. In her to-the-point mind, silly things such as 'ugliness' or 'beauty' shouldn't matter, and the fact that she was born with an appearance perhaps slightly more likely to turn heads, either for better or for worse, is a great pain to her. Breezefang's top priority is the Clan and her own duties - so the thought that any cat would spend more than a heartbeat on someone else's appearance, even just to note that it was 'odd', when they could be dedicating that time to furthering the Clan instead, makes her sick. HISTORY Breezekit was born to a larger litter in greenleaf, to two well-liked and loyal ThunderClan parents, Sootclaw and Pinepelt. But the labor was hard, and as a result, only she and a single littermate, her brother, survived. Breezekit was named in the hope that she might have an easier life - and she grew into this name fast, chasing her brother around and playing even more so than most kits, it seemed, much to the chagrin of their mother Pinepelt and the other queens. For Breezekit, playing was already the first step towards her near-obsession with bettering her warrior skills - with games that, in their own, innocent ways, already mirrored the things she and her brother would one day have to learn. Even in playing invasion and chasing each other around, Breezekit knew she was getting stronger and faster, and she relished in it. While her brother was the type to often ask strange and out-there questions, Breezekit was always to the point - even at her young age, she wanted to know what was important: what she would be doing as an apprentice, how long until she got her mentor, and the like. She already had decided what she was going to do as she got older - focus on the Clan and on becoming stronger and faster than she already was. It became a 'running theme' of sorts for the newly-named Breezepaw, and even bordered on obsession. As an apprentice, she wasn't quite the loner or outcast her brother was - instead, she made many a friendly rivalry among her fellow apprentices, and often played a part in the many dares and games they would play. But for Breezepaw, these were never without a purpose - and if a dare was proposed that she felt wouldn't help her in any way, she was not afraid at all to turn it down. Still, for the most part, she participated in their antics, whether whole-heartedly or not, and as a result of this and in her growing ability in combat, she was likely to have been seen by many as the 'cool' apprentice, and the one to whom you could take any dare or a challenge for a spar. But no matter how willing she was to entertain the antics of the other apprentices, one thing was still most important for her - her training, as without it she could not improve, nor could she one day serve her Clan as well as she needed to. Training wise, she was a promising young cat - but she never excelled in hunting so much as her brother had; he was a naturally excellent hunter, it seemed, especially compared to her, who seemed to only be able to hope to be simply average at it, no matter how much she tried to excel as he had. Still, she made up for an average hunting ability with her extremely agile and formidable fighting techniques, and she soon earned her warrior name because of this - Breezefang, with her brother being named after his own hunting prowess. Soon after the two were made warriors, Breezefang was given her first apprentice - and she saw this apprentice grow into a fine warrior. All seemed well and good for the two siblings - until some seasons later, when tragedy struck them at last. A border skirmish gone wrong resulted in three losses for ThunderClan - ThunderClan's current deputy was among them, as was Squirrelpaw, Breezefang's new apprentice and whom was still only six moons old - and Breezefang's own father, Sootclaw, had been killed as well. Breezefang was deeply saddened, but she tried to stay strong for her mother, who had retired to the elder's den in her grief - and for the Clan, as in the wake of the battle and the death of the deputy, she had been named the new deputy of ThunderClan. As such, it was not just her mother or her littermate that she had to support - she had the whole Clan to look after, and Breezefang was determined to do so as well as she possibly could. Their mother soon passed on. Again, they mourned; Breezefang's brother became altogether more distant, whereas Breezefang took this final loss as her cue to grab on even tighter to the world, and to her own pride as ThunderClan's deputy. Unlike other cats, she was, more than ever, the type who would be willing to argue against her leader's decisions or debate things she felt could be better resolved. The losses she had seen happen from the border skirmish - and the subsequent death of her mother through grief - had proved to her more than ever before that a leader's word could not be law. As Mousestar's deputy, she would trust and respect her - but never see her as some superior being. Her own pride, if nothing else, would never allow that. Even still, Breezefang's top priority had been and would always remain the Clan, and she would continue to do all that she could to serve it, and to better it and herself, no matter what it might take. APPEARANCE Breezefang is a bit of an odd creature - altogether longer, spindlier, and just plain odd compared to the typical cat. She isn't alone in this, of course - her appearance is, on the whole, much like her brother's, besides their differing pelts. However, there is one major difference between the two as far as build goes - while her brother's thin, long legs translate into a tall frame, her own frame is not quite so tall, instead a bit on the small side compared to the average warrior. Her long, thin build and her slightly smaller size, together, translate to a cat built almost entirely for stealth and speed - but contrary to how she may appear, Breezefang is a very agile fighter, too, perhaps in part because of this speed, but also because of the power she holds behind her strikes, inherited from her father. Her body, though long and lean, and even a little small, is well-muscled, and what she lacks in size or stockiness, she makes up for in agility. Her fur, short and sleek, is at its base the same inky black of her littermate's - but dappled with a pale, pale ginger, mottling her pelt in a distinct tortoiseshell pattern. Her eyes, though for the most part average sized, appear large on her small and angled head; their amber color is quite vivid, but nowhere near that of her brother's vibrant orange-amber color. Instead, Breezefang's are a more subtle golden-amber hue. But in spite of the differing eye shades, Breezefang, at the very least, shares one big thing with her brother - she has the same, lanky build as he does, though on a slightly smaller scale; her frame, small as it is, is almost all legs, with powerful muscles, and her whole body is long and thin, with a tail that tapers to a fine point. Even her ears are odd compared to other cats, coming to rest just a bit lower than one might expect them to. Overall, her odd appearance gives her an almost exotic look - and despite how out of place she can seem, she is not without her charms, with a sleek and shiny pelt and a face that some might still consider beautiful despite its quirks. This, coupled with her slender and graceful frame, might cause some cats to consider her as 'pretty' - something that would likely irk Breezefang to no end. |
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