Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 12:24:56 GMT
Personal Info
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Name: Bark, Barkkit, Barkpaw,
Age: 10 Moons
Gender: Male
Clan: RiverClan
Rank: Medicine Cat Apprentice
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Visual
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Formal Discription: Barkpaw is a small, wiry, slightly scraggly tom with dusty brown fur, a tan muzzle and underbelly, and muddy brown fur covering his eartips, three socks, a stripe down his back, and several rings on his tail. Most of his fur is messy and unkempt, sticking out in most places despite his attempts to groom himself. His eyes are a clear, intense shade of blue, lighter than the ocean but darker than a clear sky, and are almost always narrowed in irritation, paired with an ever-present scowl. Unlike a traditional Clan cat, Barkpaw sports a collar studded with various teeth and claws, some canine, some feline, a symbol of his BloodClan lineage.
Breed: Unknown feral
Summary Description: A scraggly brown tom with messy fur and blue eyes, wearing a BloodClan collar.
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Life
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Personality: Barkpaw can be easily overwhelmed by too much work, as his strength is in focusing all his effort on one task at a time. His temper is notoriously short and is well-known to be a shrewd tom. Due to his semi-high status as a medicine cat apprentice, he is not afraid to put in their place any cat he deems worthy of his savage tongue, be they young or old. He seems to have a special thorn in his side for the deputy, who like himself, doesn't seem to take no for an answer despite good intentions. Barkpaw matured quickly with the importance of his training, and relies on knowledge above almost everything else. He considers most warriors reckless and arrogant, and hates having to treat battle wounds, as he considers them unnecessary and a thoughtless waste of precious resources.
History: Barkpaw was born the only son of a former BloodClan rogue. His mother took to raising him herself, while his father essentially didn't exist, having been some nameless rogue. Due to a steadily dwindling supply of food and a rise in kits being slaughtered out of desperation and hunger, Barkpaw's mother took him away and traveled far and wide in search of food and a possible home to raise him until he was old enough to fend for himself.
Only a few moons passed before Barkpaw and his mother accidentally stumbled across Clan territory, and found themselves deep in RiverClan lands. Desperate for a decent meal and fearful that her caution would soon be the death of them both, Barkpaw's mother attempted to raid RiverClan's stores at night while most of the Clan slept. Naturally, however, she was caught by sentinels and killed in the struggle that followed. Barkpaw had been hidden away and didn't witness his mother's death himself, but after several days without her returning to him, he left his hideout in search of her, starved and shaking. When he was found by a passing patrol, it was quickly surmised that he had been the kit of the rogue they had killed, and a lingering sense of guilt led to Barkpaw being taken in by RiverClan, as he was not yet old enough to fend for himself, and the death of a defenseless kit was not a weight most of the Clan wanted on their shoulders, even if he was not Clanborn.
Barkpaw was quiet for most of his kithood, and did not take to socializing much, still clutched in the jaws of grief and hopelessness. He had been given his mother's collar, and the gesture warmed him up to his Clanmates, though only a little. He eventually became enamored with the life of a medicine cat, who, unlike all the others, did not deal in bloodshed, instead living in faithful dedication to healing, something he was entirely unfamiliar with, but found that he craved. He found that the scent of herbs calmed him considerably, giving him the confidence to pursue the path of a medicine cat. He still struggles with his lack of spirituality but stubbornly pursues contact with StarClan anyway. What he lacks in faith he somewhat makes up for in his keen sense of knowledge.
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Family
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Mother:
Father: Unknown
Siblings: None
Mentor: Creekwhisper
Mate: Forbidden
Kits: Forbidden
