*TABLE OF CONTENTS: pronouns, former name, current name, written description, backstory* --PRONOUNS: she's a demigirl like me, so she identifies partly as she/her and partly as they/them. she prefers she/her, but they/them is acceptable as well. --FORMER NAME: Nightpetal --CURRENT NAME: Night --WRITTEN DESCRIPTION: an all-black she-cat with a /very/ fluffy white chest that has hints of orange. she has ice-blue eyes. she has scars on her front, right paw from a thorned plant that she (embarrassingly) tried to play mossball with as a kit. she often tucks juniper berries or blue jay feathers in her ear, possibly as a curt, cold nod to her Clanborn heritage. --BACKSTORY: she grew up in a clan where it seemed like warriors were the best, only topped by Starclan. however, Nightkit didn't want to fight anyone because she was deeply afraid of death, so she asked to become a medicine cat apprentice instead of a warrior apprentice, and that is what happened. Nightkit became Nightpaw, and she learned how to use her fear of death to her advantage and SAVE her clanmates' lives. however, soon after Nightpaw became Nightpetal as a full medicine cat, her mentor, the only other medicine cat, got sick with greencough and died despite Nightpetal's best efforts. Nightpetal felt like she had betrayed the clan, feeling responsible and like she should have tried harder, even though she really had tried her best to save her mentor. since her mother had died after giving b!rth to her and her father had died in battle before she had been born, her mentor had been the one to practically mother her. overcome by grief but still aware of her responsibilities, she practically /demanded/ that the leader got her a medicine cat apprentice. the leader respected her wishes and did as she wanted, finding a kit in the clan who wanted to be a medicine cat apprentice. as soon as Nightpetal's apprentice became a full medicine cat despite her occasionally being rather harsh with them, Nightpetal confronted the leader that night in the leader's den and told them that she didn't feel like she belonged in the clan anymore. the leader respected her opinion and said they appreciated that Nightpetal had stayed long enough to get the clan a medicine cat to take her place, and that she was free to leave if that was what she really wanted. Nightpetal left the clan that night, and the leader told the clan that Nightpetal had gone to gather herbs and had not come back--and that the leader themself had found and buried her b0dy. Nightpetal, however, was still alive, and she had found the Loner Barn. she had rejected all clan heritage from her memories and mind, changing her name to Night, although she still finds herself drawn to helping others, even those in the low-tier. (for reading all of that, have a cookie: O )
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