Post by crooked on Jul 11, 2010 22:05:06 GMT -5
C r o o k e d w i n g
T H U N D E R C L A N
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Name: crookedwing
Age: sixteen moons
Gender: female
Clan: RiverClan
Rank: warrior
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Reason For Name: Crooky, like her father, has a folded over left ear. This doesn’t interfere with her hunting, however, but does give her a cute appearance. Her parents loved the name crooked so much they gave it to her. Sometimes cats mistaken this name for her personality, though not dark and depressing, seems to carry terrible mood swings.
Previous Names: crookedkit
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One Sentence Description: a beautiful long-haired ginger and white she-cat with amazingly distinct amber eyes.
Appearance: Well, it’s just stupid if cats don’t recognize her beauty for what it is. Oh, doesn’t she take after her father? ThunderClan cats are known for their ginger coats, but Crookedwing’s is just envious. Beautiful long white and ginger hairs run down her sleek, elegant form. To the touch, it is as soft as sheep’s wool. Her pelt shines in the sun, giving her a heavenly glow. She loves her pelt, and spends much time grooming and pampering it. Crookedwing feels as if her pelt reveals her emotions, as if each strand of glossy fur registers her inner turmoil’s and dreams. For this reason, it is always kept clean and beautiful. Her father, a stern but handsome tomcat with a crooked ear, has an effect on her appearance as well. He never played a huge impact on her life, and she feels she owes him her beauty because she was not the son he begged for.
In the whole, Crookedwing is a very fit cat. Her muscles are lean and tender, perfect for hunting and fighting. She doesn’t get tired easily, her favorite activity being hunting and all. This requires her to have stamina and strength. Crookedwing isn’t much of a fighter. She’s too small to do too much just yet. White paws make her a hard-to-see target in the snow, and it helps that leaf-bare is her favorite season. The one brilliant thing about Crookedwing is her eyes. Beautiful amber encircle a thin ring of gold, the envious jewels of all ThunderClan. Many wish they had eyes like her, so delicate and gentle, and exceedingly beautiful. They say Crookedpaw can make a cat moon over her just by smiling abd blinking those huge, owl eyes.
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Personality: She really is a sweet cat, especially once you get to know her. Her stead-fast loyalty to her Clan sets her apart from other cats within the large family. However, Crookedwing does follow her own values as well as the warrior code, creating controversy between her and StarClan.
Let’s get the positives out of the way. To start with, let’s discuss how gentle and caring Crookedwing is. She was raised by two very noble cats who believed being kind to everyone presented un-seen awards. They taught her kindness and tolerance, especially with her baby brother, about five moons younger. Crookedwing rarely becomes impatient and annoyed; she has quite a strong devotion to love. Her exceptional patience has lead her very far in realizing who she is and her job here in the forest. Never does Crookedwing raise her voice or seem flustered or worried. She’s quite a level headed cat and plans to stay that way. Her one love in life are kits, and she dreams of raising a family instead of being a true warrior or River Clan.
Loyalty is everything to Crookedwing. Not just to her Clan, but to herself. She believes strongly in helping others, and doesn’t understand why Clans must fight and be selfish. There are no issues with her admitting she needs help from other members of other Clans, and would hunt for them if things could just change. Crookedwing is a big believer in having friends from different Clans, and supports the belief of welcoming loners, Kittypets, and injured cats into the camp. This might frazzle other Clans, but the warrior code says nothing about deserting cats that need her help. Her true disgust lies in the fact that cats do not admit they need help, especially at the gatherings. Even when Clans are sick, Blustar never admits that his warriors need help… It makes Crooked angry that all the Clans seem to be hiding their need for assistance.
Finally, you may be wondering what Crookedwing’s weak spots are. Of course, like any cat, she isn’t always daisies and roses. When Crookedwing is upset, the world had better watch out. She internalizes most things, for fear that being sad is a sign of weakness or dismay. However, comforting cats who have the blues is a gift Crookedwing seems to give quite gratefully. However, her bi-polar attitude drives many insane, for when she’s extremely stressed Crookedwing can be a handful. It’s not a positive experience, believe you me. However, her adoration of the young soothes her in these terrible times of crisis.
Likes: kits, female cats, rivers, and mice.
Dislikes: rain, bully toms, mud, and feeling cold.
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History: well, like any good cat, Crookedwing grew up in a lovely home on the side of the RuverClan camp. Her mother, a beautiful she cat named Iceclaw, and her father Galestorm. They loved each other deeply, and were grateful; StarClan granted them with a litter of four kittens, Crookedkit, Icekit, Nettlekit, and Bearkit. Crookedkit looked the most like her father, a beautiful orange tabby-and-white she-cat with a bent over ear, but everyone else took the gray tabby pattern her mother bore. Crookedkit loved her eyes, and used to brag to her littermates. They were luscious and big, seeing that most cats eyes were gold’s or blues. She believed her eyes made her stand out from the rest of her clanmates, making her unique and special.
She never got along with her brothers. It seemed like no matter what she did, Bearkit and Icekit just didn’t want to give her the time of day. They took their father’s fierce loyalty and ambitiousness, yearning someday to lead the Clan against ShadowClan, who they believed stole kits, mice, and ate elders. Of course, who wouldn’t believe that? They were the closest of any Clan in the forest. Crookedkit grew to hate ShadowClan for one reason: she didn’t understand them. Most hate things they do not fully understand, and this was the case with Crookedkit.
Once she was promoted to apprentice, her relation with her siblings started to fade. Bearpaw and Icepaw now had lives of their own, and were even more distant towards their older sister. Bearpaw thought he was the life of the party, flirting with any she-cat within a tail-length. Icepaw withdrew inter herself, often chatting about nothing to her invisible friend, whom she called Fire. Crookedpaw, along with her friends, thought she was crazy. Unfortunately, she was. Icepaw was schizophrenic.
Icepaw died three moons after she was brought to the medicine cat’s den. She had a horrible fit with Fire, and started scraping her paws against very sharp stones, causing her pads to open up and bleed. Because she couldn’t tell what was real and what was imaginary, Icepaw ended up trying to rid herself of life, truly because she felt she was dreaming. The death broke the family apart. Bearpaw stopped speaking to his family, Crookedpaw’s mother ran off into the forest to try and find Ice paw’s “spirit,” and her father died in a border skirmish against ShadowClan.
Even with death encircling her, Crookedpaw managed to keep smiling. Her efforts proved her loyalty, and so Emberstar gave her the name Crookedwing, for what positive could come out of something so crooked to begin with? The other warriors let her have a break from her duties; her life was just falling apart at the seams. But Crookedwing promised herself never to doubt love and trust, and even in the worst of times to hold her head up high and thank StarClan she was alive.
IC Example: not needed
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