#cloverfox

Aliases / Nicknames: hypocrite, hotty, self-centered fox

Gender: she-cat

Sexuality: heterosexual, biromantic and greyromantic (when it comes to the same gender)

Family: unnamed mother, unnamed father, Otterfreckle (mate), Scorchheart (mate), Flashspot, Prickleroot, Whitetail (sons), Reedpool (daughter)

Other relations: unnamed mentor, unnamed apprentice

Clan: Riverclan

Rank: warrior

Characteristics: kills to keep secrets safe, kills in anger

Number of Victims: 3

Number of Murders: 3

Murder Method: slitting throat

Known Victims: Otterfreckle, Scorchheart, Bouncestep

Cause of Death: killed in battle

Cautionary Tale: N/A

Story:

She was the mean girl of Riverclan, the popular apprentice that had a bundle of friends, rather followers, that did everything for her because they were afraid of being excluded or becoming the target of her bullying.

The adults didn’t put much effort into stopping her. They had better things to do than worry about what some silly young apprentices were doing, which luckily for Cloverpaw meant she could get away with saying a lot of, rather mean things.

Oddly enough, her sharp attitude is what made Otterpaw fall for her. Cloverpaw knew this and used it to make him do what she wanted: hunt prey for her (to eat or to pretend she caught it), give her the best moss, do all the chores. 

As warriors, they became mates. Otterfreckle was happy. Cloverfox was getting bored. But she didn’t want to lose such a valuable servant.

She wanted something real. She found it in Scorchheart, the Thunderclan warrior that she met at the border while their two Clans were in a moment of peace.

The two visited often, and Cloverfox found that she didn’t want to make Scorchheart do anything. Simply being with him made her feel full.

But one night they were spotted, by none other than Otterfreckle. Cloverfox panicked. What would happen to her now? What would happen to Scorchheart? 

Otterfreckle confronted her later on in the forest, going on about her betrayal to him and the Clan, how it was his duty to inform them even if he didn’t want to. Cloverfox tried to persuade him, as she always could, saying how she loved him. But Otterfreckle had just seen the proof to prove otherwise, and he wouldn’t fall for it again.

When he turned around to continue back to camp, Cloverfox jumped. She bit a chunk out of the back of his neck, and when he continued to struggle, ripped his throat as well.

Digging took a painfully long time. Cloverfox was so used to getting others to do things for her, but she didn’t want to risk getting help. Eventually she was sure the hole was big enough, and buried Otterfreckle there.

The moons following were tough without Otterfreckle to do everything Cloverfox didn’t want to. But her secret was safe, and she was free to keep meeting with Scorchheart.

That is, until one meeting when Scorchheart decided to break up with her, spewing garbage about how they could never be together and yadaydayda. 

She saw them at a gathering, Scorchheart and his Clanmate Bouncestep--the stupid she-dung with the stupid name--sitting incredibly close, nuzzling like they were more than Clanmates. Like they were mates! Maybe for a long time too, maybe during the time he was mates with Cloverfox.

It took a while to find an opportunity. She found it during another gathering, when finally Scorchheart was absent. Cloverfox spoke to Bouncestep, mocking concern for her mate. Bouncestep, of course, was wary but curious, and willing to follow Cloverfox away from the crowd and into the clusters of ferns.

Cloverfox tore out her throat before she could make a sound, burying her, which was easier since it had rained the previous day.

Scorchheart was so sad. Cloverfox tried to suggest that Bouncestep had run away, but he wouldn’t believe it. Cloverfox was close to just giving up, but then she realized that she was carrying Scorchheart’s kits.

Immediately, she told him the good news, how they could be parents together. But shaking his head sadly, he refused, and told her that she would have to raise them alone. 

Cloverfox shouted at him, too furious to censor herself, screaming how she had killed Otterfreckle to keep their secret, killed Bouncestep so that they could be together. 

Scorchheart was enraged beyond words. He raised claws, then lowered them. As much as he hated it, he still cared for Cloverfox on some levels. Even if he didn’t, she was carrying kits. His kits. Stars, what did he get himself into?

He was still angry, still wrapping his head around all that she told him, when he felt something sharp press on his jugular and warmth spread throughout his body.

Alone in the nursery, Cloverfox allowed herself to cry. Then she burrowed in frustration, because her anger at others prevented her from realizing her mistake, and how horribly she messed up.

When her mind was weak, she would ask if they really deserved what they got? What she did? When it was stronger, she was able to ignore them, able to pay attention to the present and forget what was already done.

She loved her kits just as much as any mother. Four kits, three sons and one beautiful daughter. She raised them to be nice, to be good. Funnily enough, two of them became best friends with the kit of one of Cloverfox’s most common targets when she was an apprentice. They were only a moon or two younger.

Moons passed, and Cloverfox moved on. Her moments of regret became less common, but still overpowering when they did occur. Her kits became amazing warriors, Flashspot, Prickleroot, Whitetail, and Reedpool. 

The peace between Riverclan and Thunderclan fell, to no one’s surprise. Cloverfox took part in battle with her son, Flashspot. She noticed a warrior gain the upper hand on him, and charged in to help. Right as the warrior was raising what looked to be a killer blow, Cloverfox came between her and her son. Her throat was slashed.

Cloverfox tried not to focus on how much that Thunderclan warrior looked like Scorchheart, and instead on Flashspot pressing against her. 

She wasn’t surprised when she found herself in the Dark Forest. And, at this point, she didn’t really care.

Additional Information:

--The warrior that killed her was Bouncestep’s and Scorchheart’s daughter, who was a kit when her mother died. Cloverfox didn’t really know who she was outside of being a Thunderclan warrior, and vice versa.

--I like to imagine that the queen mentioned at the end to be one of Cloverfox’s main targets was Blackdawn’s mother. They likely made up when they were both queens together.

--What her kits look like, in order of how they are listed:

Picrews:

https://picrew.me/image_maker/1314129

https://picrew.me/image_maker/1475323

What if Tinker Bell, for whatever reason, is being swept by the river. She faintly notices the tunnel and just barely manages to grab onto it and wriggle her way through before collapsing, unconscious.

Cloverfox is very surprised by this random cat now in her home (maybe she was home or gone at the time), but she won’t just toss an unconscious cat into the water without good reason. She can’t get Fleathistle or anyone else either, that would mean leaving this stranger alone in her den!

So she stays in the den with this stranger, who slips in and out of consciousness for a bit, and who has gotten a cold. Then she finds herself…keeping her warm?! It’s just because she wants this cat to recover as soon as possible so she can leave! And grooming her pelt is just the decent thing to do to someone who was utterly wet.

She had asked TB to leave as soon as she was well enough, but that grey cat was just so interesting, and okay, maybe she was good looking…but she was already gone, it’s not like—

Oh

TB had come back with a stick for a thank-you. She explains she was raised by dogs and doesn’t know what most cats would like, but figured Cloverfox would like it, what with her home material and all.

Raised by dogs? Cloverfox had to know more about this cat! How about she comes in to share tongues?

(Bonus: Cloverfox only shows interest and no judgement about the dog thing, making TB like her even more because she’s the first cat not to judge it)

alone, break, guilt, and pain with batroot, ratbirch, cloverfox, poppyhill, robinmask, and nettledeer?

Batroot

Alone: How does your OC deal with loneliness? Have they ever been completely alone before? How do they act when there's no one around to see them?

The first time Batroot was truly alone, other than the moments leading to his death, was when he woke up in the Dark Forest.

Batroot doesn't like being alone, but he became used to it. He'd mope a lot, especially the first moons after his death. He's one of the cats that wouldn't adapt to life in the Dark Forest, and continued to 'live' without giving himself a purpose. He'd simply walk, sleep, and try to keep out of dangerous cats' way. He wouldn't try to speak unless he was spoken to.

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Break: What would cause your OC to break down completely? What do they look like when that happens? Has anyone ever seen them at their lowest?

Batroot did break down completely twice:

once was when his kits died, and his breakdown was witnessed by Doveflame, his brother, and everyone who was in camp when he publicly attacked his brother (though they didn't know why)

The second time he was completely alone, when the shock of dying wore off and the realization of everything set in.

Both times had something in common--he lost everything.

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Guilt: What is your OC guilty about? How do they handle their guilt? Do they try to avoid guilt, or do they accept it?

He still doesn't like his brother, but he does deeply regret killing him--brutaly, at that--after discovering that Ratbirch wasn't responsible for his kits' deaths after all.

He wishes that he had never attacked Ratbirch. Then maybe he himself could have lived, could have found his kits (who he had later found out were alive) and raised them like he had planned to.

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Pain: What's the worst pain your OC has ever felt? Do they have a high pain tolerance?

He can feel the splitting headache of his skull cracked open every second of every day. It took a while to get used to it, but at least it keeps his mind distracted.

His pain tolerance is average-to-high, but his desire to take risks in the Dark Forest is low, so if someone scratches him once, he's out.

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Ratbirch

Alone: How does your OC deal with loneliness? Have they ever been completely alone before? How do they act when there's no one around to see them?

It eats him alive. Ratbirch's thoughts are not kind to him, and any moment of silence is a moment of negative thinking (this got better when he met Lovagecreek and almost stopped completely a while after his kits were born, but still occasionally occur).

Though he wasn't technically alone in life, he certainly felt like it. Never noticed more than Batroot, not even special to the one cat he thought loved him.

He just...sinks into the darkness.

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Break: What would cause your OC to break down completely? What do they look like when that happens? Has anyone ever seen them at their lowest?

Doveflame was the witness to his breakdown when he attacked her.

What breaks him is knowing he means nothing to anybody. He's second-best, the shadow, the 'who?'

It frustrates him, makes him angry, but while that rage is true, it also protects him from the true feeling, sorrow.

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Guilt: What is your OC guilty about? How do they handle their guilt? Do they try to avoid guilt, or do they accept it?

He doesn't regret attacking Doveflame. He did, momentarily, when he thought that he had killed her kits, but after discovering that she had left them to die?--Especially when one of those kits became like a son to him? He should have been more harsh.

There was a moment in his life, though, that he did show deep regret in. That was when he had killed Pinefeather in a battle. He fought harshly because he thought it would help him stand out from Batroot, but when he ended up killing her, it ate at him until he threw up from the guilt. In a sense, then, he can't avoid it.

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Pain: What's the worst pain your OC has ever felt? Do they have a high pain tolerance?

His pain tolerance fluctuates with his mood. If he's fighting and there's a lot of adrenaline, or he's incredibly angry, it's fairly high. Normally, though, it's just below average.

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Cloverfox

Alone: How does your OC deal with loneliness? Have they ever been completely alone before? How do they act when there's no one around to see them?

She doesn't like it, but she's at least better at it than the previous two. She's...good at blocking things out.

In the Dark Forest, it's hard not to be alone. Those first moons of life specifically, when no one knows nor cares who you are. That's when she really thought about all she did.

She looks normal on the outside, similar to Batroot only without the sadness in her eyes or movements. Just...walking.

In life, the moment she was most alone was after she gave birth to her kits. Alone in the nursery, Cloverfox allowed herself to cry. Then she burrowed in frustration, because her anger at others prevented her from realizing her mistake, and how horribly she messed up.

When her mind was weak, she would ask if they really deserved what they got? What she did? When it was stronger, she was able to ignore them, able to pay attention to the present and forget what was already done.

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Break: What would cause your OC to break down completely? What do they look like when that happens? Has anyone ever seen them at their lowest?

The one who had seen her at her lowest was Slateshade, former victim of her bullying-turned-best friend when they were both queens at the same time.

Cloverfox didn't tell her exactly what weighed on her mind, but she did tell the other warrior about all the guilt she felt crushing her, how she felt that she cannot possibly be a good mother, how sorry she is for hurting her, and Slateshade held her and reassured her until she calmed down.

There was also her ThunderClan mate, Scorchheart, who she snapped at when he refused to raise her kits with her. She had killed someone to keep their secret, killed another so that they could be together, and it was all for nothing because he didn't want her. It made her question what value she really had. Cats only befriended her because she was mean and they didn't want to be a target. Did anyone really like her? Did anyone really love her?

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Guilt: What is your OC guilty about? How do they handle their guilt? Do they try to avoid guilt, or do they accept it?

Cloverfox hates the cat that she was in life. She started hating her when she was still alive, a mother in the nursery, when a new life opened up for her and she could leave the old one, the old her, behind.

She accepts her guilt, but can still get defensive if it's brought up (with negative intent). She doesn't want to be reminded of it.

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Pain: What's the worst pain your OC has ever felt? Do they have a high pain tolerance?

Her pain tolerance is high, likely due to the fact that her pain threshhold is also above average (not shockingly so, but it definitely helps)

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Poppyhill

Alone: How does your OC deal with loneliness? Have they ever been completely alone before? How do they act when there's no one around to see them?

She becomes angry. When she's alone--and there's nothing great enough to distract her--she thinks and thinks. She thinks of her kits and how their lives were cut short, she thinks of Goldennose's smug face.

Now, though, she's angry at herself. How could she have been so evil? How could she have sunk so low? She deserves to be alone, to be hated. Innocent lives were ruined or ended because of her.

She keeps out of cats' way, in fact she goes out of her way to do so. If she hears anyone else near, she's out of there. She keeps in the darkness. It's what she deserves.

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Break: What would cause your OC to break down completely? What do they look like when that happens? Has anyone ever seen them at their lowest?

When her kits died. She wouldn't groom herself, wouldn't sleep--which was rather noticeable to anyone in the Clan. The only thing that mattered was avenging them.

She only sunk deeper since.

(In a sense, she's the opposite of Ferndoe. No one knows her.)

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Guilt: What is your OC guilty about? How do they handle their guilt? Do they try to avoid guilt, or do they accept it?

She doesn't feel guilty about killing Goldensun's spirit, but the guilt of killing Goldenkit and manipulating Ferndoe to kill her kits eats her alive. She can't avoid it, but it's hard to say that she accepts it. That would entail she tries to get better, but...she just wallows in it.

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Pain: What's the worst pain your OC has ever felt? Do they have a high pain tolerance?

Poppyhill's pain tolderance is incredibly high!

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Robinmask

Alone: How does your OC deal with loneliness? Have they ever been completely alone before? How do they act when there's no one around to see them?

She forces herself to work, to do anything but listen to her thoughts.

She felt most alone after her mother died, and even worse when her father passes as well.

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Break: What would cause your OC to break down completely? What do they look like when that happens? Has anyone ever seen them at their lowest?

She screamed a lot when she woke up in the Dark Forest. She was able to force her thoughts and grief away while she worked, but when she died, there was no dens to be reinforced, no prey to be hunted and no battles to be fought. It was only her and the darkness.

Did anyone see her? She's not sure. If they did, they didn't care enough to speak with her. Or maybe they felt bad and decided not to bother her. She's not sure. She's not sure she would have even noticed.

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Guilt: What is your OC guilty about? How do they handle their guilt? Do they try to avoid guilt, or do they accept it?

To say that Robinmask felt extremely guilty for getting her parents killed would be putting it lightly.

She does not handle it well (as mentioned when she screamed uncontrollably), and avoids it to this day, doing anything to keep her mind busy. That was part of the reason she agreed to become a surrogate for Ratbirch and Lovagecreek.

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Pain: What's the worst pain your OC has ever felt? Do they have a high pain tolerance?

Robinmask has a low pain tolerance!

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Nettledeer

Alone: How does your OC deal with loneliness? Have they ever been completely alone before? How do they act when there's no one around to see them?

Though his mind can be cruel, it's not nearly as cruel as anyone else on this list. But he doesn't like to be alone, either. If he's not thinking about the bad thing he did, he's thinking about how bored he is, and tries to entertain himself. If he's unable to do that, he simply sleeps.

He acts silly, whether or not there's anyone to see him.

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Break: What would cause your OC to break down completely? What do they look like when that happens? Has anyone ever seen them at their lowest?

Technically there were the witnesses at the gathering when he realized he had killed a pregnant queen, but he was too shocked for it to really count.

It was the days following, when he left the Clan and his friends and mother, and the shock wore off and it all came rushing to him what he had done, the lives he had ended, the lives he had ruined. He was unable to do anything but curl up and cry.

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Guilt: What is your OC guilty about? How do they handle their guilt? Do they try to avoid guilt, or do they accept it?

He's guilty about that queen and those kits, and whatever friends or family that grieved for them.

He pretends it doesn't bother him, smiling, having fun, because if he acknowledges how he feels about what he did, he's not sure he'll ever be able to recover.

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Pain: What's the worst pain your OC has ever felt? Do they have a high pain tolerance?

yessssssss

And Oreo was conflicted over her feelings of Clover so only wanted to be with TB

TB wasn't having that and told her to either respect them both or leave, so Oreo finally admitted her feelings. Clover understood the conflict she was going through and, well, being a murderer wasn't helpful.

They trust each other now!

ooh yes!

I was also thinking that they could have a water den, like a small island or beaver-like den in the middle of water difficult to swim through. Cloverfox can do it easy because of her Riverclan background, and maybe Tinker Bell's Twolegs gave her lessons at some point.

suffix is up to you!

Houndwater? referencing Cloverfox's old home

Martenstep, Nettledeer, Cloverfox, and Clawbear, having just left Myrtlewing's den, on their way to the Steamlands to beat the everloving fuck out of Webstripe:

Speaking of, I imagine Blackdawn didn’t want new kits (she really regrets what she did and doesn’t trust herself) but the child would NOT STOP FOLLOWING HER.