#salmonpaw

SALMONPAW

Clan: Thunderclan

Rank: Apprentice

Mentor: Froststar

Age: 10 moons

Gender: Cis female

Pronouns: she/her

Sexuality: Lesbian

Notable Kin: Swiftstar (deceased), Riverthroat (mother), Herringpaw (sister), Maplepaw (cousin)

Personality: salmonpaw is a little spitfire of an apprentice! she's incredibly passionate about her warrior training, to the point that it's a little obnoxious. or a lot obnoxious, according to her sister. she often tries to show off in front of her clanmates, and often gets in over her head. that's not to say she isnt good at her training, though! she practices very hard every day, and the results show for themselves. she's a great runner and hunter, though her mouth runs before she has a chance to think, so she's not great on patrols. her rivalry with olivepaw, another apprentice in thunderclan, just fuels her competitive tendencies.

Backstory: salmonkit was born to riverthroat and swiftstar along with her sister herringkit in thunderclan! from the moment she opened her eyes, salmonkit was energetic. she always wanted to play games, all the time, much to the chagrin of her more laid-back sister and her exhausted mother. she constantly wants to leave the nursery and go explore camp, and when she gets dissatisfied with that, she wants to sneak out of camp entirely! she did manage, once, but was attacked by a fox that tore her ear off. thankfully a warrior was nearby to hear her screeches and save her, and while the experience humbled her for a time, by the time her wound scarred over she was all energy, all the time again.

by the time she was apprenticed, everyone was eager to get her out of the nursery. she excitedly touched noses with the deputy, frostfury, nearly bruising them with her eagerness. she took pride in the fact that her father apprenticed her to the deputy, feeling like she ought to prove herself and impress him as soon as she started training! he wasn't in the nursery much, so she felt like this is a chance to get closer with him!

sadly, he died to a greencough outbreak that swept through camp a few moons later, and salmonpaw was devastated. though, not exactly for the reason that other cats think. she was sad for her father, of course, but she never really knew him, and she also felt guilty that she didnt feel as bad as she thought she ought to feel. in an effort to push it out of her mind, she threw herself into her warrior training harder than ever in an effort to appease his spirit in the absence of her grief.