Post by T. Corpse on Apr 2, 2011 14:54:25 GMT -6
<---- SPIDERTAIL
Tom, 20 moons
RANK: Young warrior
ALLIANCE: GoldenClan
APPEARANCE: Gray tom with green eyes, and long legs and tail.
PERSONALITY: A lot of what Spidertail says and does is either a parrot of what his parents wanted him to believe or an attempt at trying to live up to his family's standards. His ferocious dedication to the Warrior Code comes from his parents emphasizing its importance ever since he was a kit. His desire to be a good warrior comes from his desire to to live up to what his parents expect and to catch up with his brother's phenomenal skills.
He's sort of aware that he's average and doesn't think there's anything special about him. He knows that he hasn't lived up to expectations and that upsets him and he's constantly trying to make up for it--he tries every day to be a better warrior, to sacrifice for his clan, and to work hard, and he does, but never enough. Spidertail has a strong desire to please and it takes a lot out of him.
Not to say that his love of his clan and family is a negative thing, though. He truly does love GoldenClan, his family, and the Warrior Code, but sometimes it feels like a prison to him. He spends so much time feeling inferior and unworthy that he forgets what some of these things actually mean sometimes--he forgets that clan is family, clan is love and togetherness.
At heart, Spidertail is a young sap: he's hopefully and full of love and compassion; he wants to open up to someone and finally be able to feel unashamed about his emotions for a change. He was taught being the "stoic warrior" was a good thing and so he feels awkward and out of place when he feels any kind of passion.
REASON FOR NAME: As a kit he had very long legs so Blackfang named gave him the name "Spider," when he was given his warrior name "tail" was tacked on because his tail was pretty darn long, too.
FAMILY:
- Mother: Blackfang [Senior Warrior]
- Father: Flameclaw [deceased, killed by a dog]
- Brother: Sparkclaw [Young warrior]
- Mate: Fawnstripe [Young BrookClan warrior]
HISTORY: Blackfang and Flameclaw's relationship was always more for show than anything else--both cats were entirely uninteresting in romance but understood that their clan needed kits, so they formed a "mutual understanding" and became mates. This isn't to say they didn't respect each other, however: they both thought the other was a warrior who had worked hard to earn his or her keep. They thought that whatever kits they produced would be of "quality stock."
When their kits were born, they were both proud: the two toms looked like they would grow into superb warriors. Flameclaw loved his kits but never understood how to show it--or was ashamed of his affection--so he would just stand at a distance and let his kits learn from their mother instead. He decided that he wouldn't step in until they were old enough to learn from him. Blackfang cared deeply for her kits--in that way mothers do--but always tried to teach them that they couldn't allow emotions to rule them, so she often times acted more of a mentor than a mother.
They were proud to see their kits become apprentices and expected the two of them to live up to every high standard the parents had set. Sparkpaw was certainly doing this; he wanted nothing more than to be a warrior, strong and proud, and he was exactly as his father had been at his age. Serious, reserved, fiercely loyal to his clan and the Warrior Code, his parents burst with pride to see him receive his warrior name of Sparkclaw, after his father.
Spidertail was a little underwhelming. He seemed to still be a little immature and childlike; it was obvious he was trying, but he just wasn't doing it as well as Sparkclaw. He was a decent warrior but no more than that. His parents loved him--as parents will--but they couldn't feel the same pride for him as they did for Sparkclaw. He was just... average.
It wasn't long after his warrior ceremony when he met Fawnstripe. He was enamored with her at once; she was beautiful and wild, she was everything he wanted to be. She was a cat who cared more about being what she wanted to be, not what the warrior code said she should be. He loved it. It was what he never had but always wanted. He fell hard for her.
He waited, anxiously, for each Gathering, waiting, hoping, that she would be there too. They met at the border and his heart ached for her. He was always thinking about her, and it indirectly led to his fathers death.
He was on a hunting patrol by the border with the farm, and he got distracted--his mind was on Fawnstripe, not the hunt. He didn't notice the scent of dog and registered the barking as distant. It was almost too late when he noticed. The dog had lunged and it would have killed, had Flameclaw not jumped in at the last moment to save him. He fought well but didn't survive--he died to save his son.
Spidertail was devastated, but it didn't weaken his love for Fawnstripe. His relationship with his mother and brother soured; he became the son who allowed his father to die. His average skill set was fine with them until he wasn't good enough to save his father.
It wasn't long after that when he learned that Fawnstripe was pregnant. He was shocked, afraid, happy, all at once. They argued over what to do. Should they leave the clans? Join the other's clan? Eventually they stayed where they were but now he has no idea what to do or what to expect.
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