Description
Name - Mallowpaw
Name meaning -
Mallow (For her sweet, warm disposition and fluffy, cool-toned fur)
Paw (Traditional apprentice suffix)
Clan - ShadowClan
Age - 24 Moons (As of January, 2020)
Gender - AFAB She-cat
Size
Normal - Slightly Short
Rank - Medicine Cat Apprentice
Former Mentor - Peachshine
Breed: Moggy
Physical appearance: A silky blue-gray she cat with patches of dark grey and white, a rather short, fluffy tail, a small face and paws and warm amber eyes, one of which is milky and blind.
Banned traits: Half blind
Accessories: None
Season born: Leaf-bare
Scent: Soft flowers and freshly dug earth
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Abilities
Strength: 30
Adaptability: 60
Thinking: 85
Speed: 40
Night Vision: 60
Swimming: 10
Climbing: 20
Fighting: 10
Stalking: 10
Hunting: 10
Medicine: 35
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Personality Traits
Insightful
She's fairly quick to make connections, and finds it easy to come up with new techniques and uses for things. She always has an idea for how to deal with something, and she's usually right, too.
Caring
It doesn't matter who you are, Mallowpaw will do her very best to make you feel better if you need it. She's quite perceptive and willing to help any cat who needs caring for.
Optimistic
Everything will turn out alright, it has to. Mallowpaw wasn't born perfect, that much is visible on her face, but just because someone says something will be difficult, or something could turn out badly, that doesn't mean that you should look on the dark side.
Hurried
Mallowpaw tends to try to do things more quickly than she really ought to. This can be a bit of a bad combination with her tendency to be a little anxious about everything.
Personal
Mallowpaw will treat anyone like a friend, even a stranger. She's very into everyone's personal space, and calling them by nicknames long before she really ought to.
Stern
She's giving you advice, you should probably listen or you're going to get a talking to.
Worrisome
Mallowpaw tends to stress about every little thing and get her fur in a bunch any time that anything goes wrong. A denmate could get a nick in their ear and she'd be hovering over them for hours just to make sure they're completely alright.
Anxious
Along with her worrisome nature, Mallowpaw isn't very sure of herself, and usually needs someone else around to help her calm down before she winds herself up and starts making mistakes.
Obsessive
She's very careful about doing everything in a specific way, and won't stop until it's been done right. She can't be sidetracked, even sometimes when it's important.
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History
Pre-Life:
Mallowpaw's parents had the unlucky misfortune of having their only daughter on the journey from the old territories to the new ones. When her mother, Pebblefeather, discovered she was pregnant on the journey, she was filled with the fear that her kits would be born before they reached the new territories. She prayed to StarClan that they wouldn't, and her prayers were half-answered. Her kits weren't born in the new territories, but she also wasn't trapped kitting on the harsh journey, instead having her kits while the Clans had stopped to stay with the Tribe briefly.
Kithood:
Mallowkit was born amongst the Tribe on the Clans' journey to the new territories, the only daughter of Pebblefeather and Marshwing of ShadowClan. When she opened her eyes a few days after she was born, her parents were horrified by the disparity between one pretty amber eye and another milky, unmoving one. However, after a few days they could see that she was mostly functional (albeit with a bit of bumping into things and being surprised on her right side). Her father was still put off by her appearance, and treated her like she'd never amount to anything because of her half-sight. By the time she was old enough to walk on her own, the Clans had just about reached their new territories, and she was shut in the new ShadowClan nursery apart from many of the cats she'd been around her entire life. Territory life seemed odd to her at first, but she adjusted eventually. Still, she wasn't completely sure how she felt about the separation of the clans.
Apprenticeship:
Mallowpaw became a warrior apprentice a little ways after the clans settled into their new home. She became familiar with the territories as everyone did, and was assigned to the warrior Peachshine as a new apprentice. However, throughout the beginning of her apprenticeship, she displayed her general lack of skill at all the tasks warriors were expected to do. She wasn't very good at hunting, and even with training, her battle skills were entirely lackluster in every way. It seemed as though she'd never be even close to ready for her assessments.
On top of all of that, her mentor became distant soon after she was apprenticed. Peachshine seemed worried about something, though she wouldn't share what that was with her apprentice. Eventually, she disappears along with other cats from other clans, and doesn't return for a long time. When she does, however, it's alongside newly named medicine cats from the other clans. She's been chosen on behalf of ShadowClan. Mallowpaw is dismayed by this, she loves her mentor, and she doesn't want another one, especially not a stricter one who would punish her for her inability to perform basic warriors' duties. However, Peachshine has other plans for her, and when she asks Mallowpaw to follow her into the medicine den, Mallowpaw is ecstatic to oblige.
Peachshine, chosen by the moon flower to become the new medicine cat of ShadowClan, and Birchdusk of RiverClan, were the only cats to return from the search, with the disappearance of Nutpaw and Goldenpaw, leaving the Clans in a continued precarious position. It was even more dire when later, Peachshine too disappeared from the clans after barely finishing Mallowpaw's training and naming her Mallowcloud.
Medicine-Catship:
Mallowcloud was named at the Moon Flower alongside Antbite of WindClan, the only other remaining medicine cat apprentice, and shortly after her mentor disappeared too, feeding into her mistrust of her position because of its precariousness. She served for a few moons, getting her paws under her, and worked with Antbite to train the new generation of medicine cats throughout the other clans. It is her hope that together, they will finally be able to last.
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Relations
// Like
// Respected
// Very respected
// Wary
// Cautious
// Avoided
// Slight crush
// Crush
// Love
// Friend
// Good friend
// Best friend
// Wants to get to know them
// Wants them in their life
// Can't bear without
// Relative
// close relative
// Adores
// Admires
// Idolizes
// Annoyed by
// Dislike
// Hate
// Family
// Dead
// Mate
// Ex-Mate
// Fling
Pebblefeather || ShadowClan Warrior || NPC
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"Mama is a little protective sometimes, but I know she cares about me a whole lot."
Marshwing || ShadowClan Warrior || NPC
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"I wish Papa would have more faith in me. Sometimes I feel like he thinks there's no stopping me from being a failure at everything."
Peachshine || ShadowClan Medicine Cat || Chordata-Flyer
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"I hope that you'll be able to help me become a real warrior. I know that I disappoint you all the time, but I promise that I'm trying"
"Where have you gone? Why did you leave me here? Nobody else is as sweet as you about everything I can't do."
"I can't believe I'm a medicine cat apprentice! This is a dream come true! Herbs are so much easier than battle moves, and I get to spend more time with you instead of a different mentor!"
Antbite || WindClan Medicine Cat || Wideeyes-Wide
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"Antbite and I are kindred souls, no matter how different we may be, and it's our job to stick together."
Rabbitbelly || SkyClan Medicine Cat || Aserli
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"We get along much better than I do with most of the other medicine cats. Even though I taught you, I would always listen to your advice."
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*Romanticism
*Orientation: Biromantic Asexual
*Status: "Ick! I'd really kind of like to avoid that, thank you."
*Attractions:
Current: None
Past: None