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Ashkit and Snailkit were born to Darkfoot and their mate, making them Tallstar’s half-siblings. Tallstar was already leader at the time of their birth, and the kits admired him from the start, especially with how active he was as their brother in their early moons. Snailpaw, unlike his more ambitious sister, is silly and laid-back, constantly joking to lift the spirits of his more serious fellow apprentices. When no one else does, Snailpaw makes the effort to befriend Robinpaw, though she is rude and quick to anger. Snailpaw stepped in front of the fox which attacked Robinpaw with no hesitation, losing his ears in the process. When asked why he would help her, Snailpaw tells her he simply just wanted to help her. Snailpaw chooses to be named Tornear, and he and Robinwing end become mates. While his mate has fears, Tornear tells her he'd be delighted to take on duties as a queen whenever she wants. Tornear loves raising his kits more than anything.

Runningkit's mother was never well liked in Shadowclan, having her first kit young with an older senior warrior who died before Runningkit was born. Nineteen moons later, she returned with a kit she claimed was a found kit but Runningpaw knew better. After all, taking in outsider kits were common in Shadowclan in that day, but having kits with an outsider was considered a grave offense. Runningpaw had always been interested in wounds and illness and herbs and the power it gave him over his clanmates, so no one was surprised when he chose to train under Yellowfang. Yellowfang was originally a little bothered by her apprentice's concerning interests but was too busy with the intense drama of her own life to do much about it. About a moon after Rockkit was brought into the clan, his mother was bit by a snake, and went to her son Runningnose as Yellowfang was away. She did not survive, as Runningnose simply did not give her the right medical attention. That's not murder, right? Runningnose originally disregarded his brother Rockpaw but grew to see him as a useful piece in his plans. When Brokenkit was born without a mother, it was easy to believe Raggedpelt when he claimed the kit as his own, as they looked like twins minus the crooked tail. The clan didn't care as the kit of a deputy is important enough to not care where it came from, but no cat spent as much time with Yellowfang than her apprentice, and Runningnose knew instantly the identity of the missing mother. And Runningnose had a vision of his own, and immediately inserted himself in Brokenkit's life when Yellowfang could not. Brokenpaw was incredibly popular with his peers, and excused for many of his actions by his father. Brokentail saw Runningnose as someone to use and control in his ambitious plan, and Runningnose was aware of this, but was smart enough to play along. Thanks to his father, Brokentail grew in power, becoming deputy when he killed Raggedpelt. He let Runningnose watch. Brokentail was deputy only a few moons before Minkstar's... unexplainable death. Brokenstar and Runningnose were an extremely powerful duo, with Brokenstar's very powerful conservative vision and Runningnose's ability to solve certain... problems, they quickly had Shadowclan under their complete control. There was only one cat left who could possibly ruin things. Yellowfang. Luckily for them, Yellowfang's younger sibling Rowanberry just had kits, Mintkit and Marigoldkit. The two were apprenticed at five moons (Mintpaw wanted to be a healer but Brokenstar did not allow it). The two kits soon died, killed in a way only a healer could kill. Of course, no one would suspect Runningnose, so Yellowfang was forced out of her clan. When Brokenstar was thrown out, Runningnose was extremely smart, smart enough to stay in Shadowclan undetected. When Brokenstar died, Runnongnose was not sad to see his pawn go as he had run out his usefulness. Runningnose got his fill for a while through the Carrionplace Disease, but something much more interesting fell right into his lap. Tigerclaw. Tigerclaw was everything Brokentail had but much better. And Runningnose used him in the same way, he basically sold the idea of Tigerclaw to the clan himself, convincing them that The Stars had brought Tigerclaw to a struggling Shadowclan. Their savior. But while Tigerstar believed his plan foolproof and infallible, Runningnose knew better. Knew to stay as under the radar as he possibly could so that no one would know if things went bad. And of course, they did, when Scourge killed Tigerstar. Blackstar doesn't fully trust Runningnose, having been groomed by Brokenstar he knows how close they really were, but there isn't much he can do about it as Runningnose's position as a wise old healer protects him from anything Blackstar could do. Runningnose is now just ready to let his crimes stay buried and retire undetected. It's too far in the past to do anything about it now, right? Nobody needs to know.

Moth and Hawk were taken into Riverclan the moon after the Battle of Bloodclan. They were given to the clan when they were still kits, by their mother, who chose to leave after revealing a secret that the cats of Riverclan have decided to keep to themselves. Mudfur was looking for an apprentice at the time, so when he received an omen of a moth's wing (a specifically special sign for healers, although why that is is lost knowledge) Moth was chosen to become his apprentice. Mothpaw was a great fit for the role, and seemed to enjoy it.

Moth and Hawk were taken into Riverclan the moon after the Battle of Bloodclan. They were given to the clan when they were still kits, by their mother, who chose to leave after revealing a secret that the cats of Riverclan have decided to keep to themselves. Hawkpaw trained under Brightsky, one of the only Riverclan cats he can actually stand to be around, other than his sister. Hawkfrost hates hir clan, and hates what they think of zie and Mothpaw because of Tigerstar. He hates Leopardstar most of all, but thanks to a helpful omen, turning Mothpaw into a medicine cat might make his plans go a little smoother.

When Gorsekit's mother dies, so does his voice. He couldn't bring himself to speak at all afterwards, and learned he preferred it that way. He no longer had to force words out in a way that felt uncomfortable, he could just be... silent. His mentor Meadowslip could be a bit hard to work with, but Gorsepaw persisted. Gorsetail often looks after his sisters kits when she needs to go out.

Brightkit was born an only kit, although she had an older sister, also part of single kit litter. This was seen as bad luck, which was seemingly paid as their parents died a few moons after Brightkit's birth. Brightpaw became an apprentice (to Piketooth) the same moon Mudkit was born, but the two became close friends in spite of their age gap. Piketooth and Brightsky got on well together, since both were relaxed and humorous cats who'd rather entertain kits than train. A year and a half after Mudfur became a warrior, Brightsky asked him out and the two became mates. When in the nursery, Brightsky had a single kit litter, and lost her her sister to the sickness going around camp. While Brightsky supported her mate when he chose to train as a healer, but was saddened when her kit Leopardpaw harshly cut off her parents in an attempt to save her reputation from 'being a healer's kit' (even though Crookedstar pardoned her). Brightsky was excited to train her first apprentice, Hawkfrost.

Stormkit and Featherkit were born into Greystripe and Silverstream's half-clan relationship, where they lost their mother shortly after birth, they were raised by their father (moved to Riverclan) and their grandfather, Crookedstar, who they were very close with. Stormkit was actually named after Crookedstar's kit name. Stormpaw and his sister were imprisoned in Tigerclan along with Stonefur and Mistyfoot. When given the choice to kill the apprentices and live, Stonefur refused, and was killed by Blackfoot. The two helped take down Scourge's second in command, Greystripe returning to Thunderclan soon after. Stormpaw and Featherpaw are very close, even to the degree of Featherpaw somewhat isolating herself, while Stormpaw was more social. Stormbranch's fur name was also a reference to his grandfather. Stormbranch is a chill guy. He is 100% a people-person, very in tune with and intelligent about emotions, personalities, social stuff ect. He's also a bit of a silent code rebel, believing that some rules and traditions should be broken if it means you can be happy and yourself. He's chill with just... openly supporting his parent's relationship (and maybe romanticizes it somewhat). Which is a somewhat dangerous stance to have given Riverclan's recent Tigerclan thing... He openly will just... go over and chat with his Thunderclan dad, not caring about it at all.

Spiderpaw and Shrewpaw are Ferncloud and Dustpelt's first litter. Spiderpaw has always felt... somewhat isolated from the other apprentices. His mentor Mousefur is quite strict on him, his brother is closer with his friends, and the other apprentices would rather be elsewhere. Spiderpaw is naturally quiet, introverted and independent, which certainly isn't helping.