[briarpool]

Character Name: briarkit // briarpaw // briarpool
Character Age: twenty-nine moons
Character Gender: she cat
Character Sexuality: heterosexual
Character's Clan: thunderclan
Character's Rank: medicine cat

Short description: A she cat with green eyes and dark brown fur.

Physical Description: eyes: briarpool has striking green eyes that are as green as fresh growing grass. however. when in the distance or the lighting is hitting them just right, they might appear to be a yellow-green or an amber color. 

fur: briarpool has thin, short fur that is dark brown. when compared to her surroundings you could say it is as dark as an oak tree's bark. throughout her body she has many different black markings. on her face, legs, and tail these markings are more stripe-like in appearance, while on her torso and upper body, they are spots. aside from her more obvious markings, briarpool also has some softer browns that cover her underbelly, under her tail, the back of her legs, and some of her chest fur. 

build: briarpool is not a large cat, in fact, she is really quite small. she has a very lean body with long legs and a long tail. while she isn't as muscular as some of the cats in her clan would wish to be, she is very agile and surprisingly, very good at climbing trees.

Personality: sassy, sweet, and pretty much everything in between, briarpool is quite the character. don't let this she cats good looks fool you, she is quite the spit-fire. briarpool is an obvious extrovert and always has something to say - and you can bet she is going to say it! with a quirky nature, there is really nothing not to love about her. she is a social butterfly and about as intelligent as they come. she can come off as a bit rude and blunt, but she believes in honesty being the best policy. she is a horrible liar and most of the time you will be able to catch her, unless she truly doesn't want you to - which in turn she will use another lie to hide the deeper meaning that is bugging her.

still, throughout all of this, briarpool is a medicine cat and the best of her nature is to look out for the cats around her, even if they aren't in her clan. there is no doubt that she is loyal to thunderclan, but she is a very passionate and kind cat that wants to see the world thrive without violence. of course, this is probably never going to happen, so she continues to work hard and make the best of what she has. she is very good at putting on a brave face.

while she won't show it on the outside, briarpool is anxious by nature. she worries about her clan-mates every time they leave for patrol or a gathering. she knows the world can be vicious and not even starclan can save them most of the time - only warn them. she uses her stubbornness and sassy comebacks as a defense mechanism to her worries. if she doesn't want you to know what is going on, she will put on that mask, and everything is a-okay as far as everyone else knows.

History: kit - frostblossom and minnowstep were the one couple in the clan that everyone worshiped for their love and loyalty to each other. frostblossom was the beautiful, cream-kissed she cat that every tom cat wanted, and minnowstep was the dark brown tabby that ended up tying her down. both were young when they had their first litter, but not too young to have any complications. when frostblossom gave birth, they were blessed by starclan with three toms and a single she kit. two of the toms shared the white coat of their mother, but the patches were the tabby's of their father. they earned the names harekit and shrewkit. the third tom was dark brown, almost black with a white chest and underbelly. this kit became deerkit. and the only kit and the runt of the litter was a gorgeous, dark brown she cat with tabby markings like her father. this she kit became briarkit.

the kits were a rowdy bunch and the clan couldn't have expected anything less. toms in groups were a bundle of trouble and when you brought three into the picture with new parents, they could do no wrong. from the moment they opened their eyes and could balance on their paws, harekit, shrewkit, and deerkit were tripping everyone else up. they followed the warriors around, lounged in the elders den, and constantly tried to sneak out of the camp like normal kits. for a while, briarkit played along with them. but, by three moons they had dramatically outgrown her, and she had outgrown the games and antics they got up to. instead, she found herself more curious in what went on in the medicine cat den.

briarkit began to spend every waking hour walking alongside the current medicine cat, rabbitstep. while she wanted her parents to be proud, she could tell that her father looked at her differently than he looked at his sons. they were lean, muscular and about as dedicated to becoming the best warriors, while she was small, long-legged, and not the slightest bit interested in the fighting her brothers fantasized about. still, this didn't bother briarkit, and when it came time to become an apprentice, she separated from her brothers and became the medicine cat's apprentice. 

apprentice - when she finally became briarpaw at six moons, the she cat was ecstatic. however, just like before, her father didn't share in on this excitement. her mother was kinder, but she could tell that she wasn't too pleased with the whole situation. as the time progressed from the ceremony, the warm gaze that had once looked at her with such love, began to fade, and her and her father grew apart. her siblings were more supportive. deerkit and shrewkit understood her decision and thought she was going to be super smart. they even offered to sneak out of the den at night to show her the fighting moves. it was enough to cheer the little apprentice up for a while.

when training began however, briarpaw found herself falling into her nest too exhausted to get lessons from her brothers. her paws and legs would ache from digging up roots, while her mouth would sting from the mishaps of biting onto a thorn and not the correct stem. not to mention the headaches from the hard concentration and trying to remember everything she learned. still, she would wake up the next morning proud and excited to learn more about the herbs and healing methods. the moons seemed to fly by and it felt like in no time, they were twelve moons old. it broke the little she cats heart to watch her three brothers go on to their warrior ceremony without her.

she cheered for them just like any good sister would - deerleap, shrew-wing, and harefur. they were wonderful names and she was so proud of them! but, part of her was hurt and felt left out. she could see in her fathers gaze as he looked from them to her - that whatever love and pride he felt in his only daughter had gone out the window and was replaced with a dark, black hole. time continued to progress and she focused on her training more than ever, determined to get her own full name. she knew she wouldn't be a full medicine cat until rabbitstep joined starclan, but that was just fine with her!

as she got older, her ties with her family seemed to slip away. she began to isolate herself from the other cats and only kept herself close with rabbitstep. she didn't want to go through the pain of what she felt from her fathers disappointment. deerleap and harefur began to focus more on their patrols and battle skirmishes, only wanting to associate with their sister when they needed their wounds to be tended to. then they would tell her of how amazing they were in battle. they even stopped saying how they wished she would have joined them. through it all though, shrew-wing stayed by her side. he claimed he was proud of her and no matter what the others thought, he knew she was going to make something of herself. she would be amazing.

and she believed him.

medicine cat - rabbitstep took briarpaw to get her full name when she was twenty-two moons old. it had felt like forever and briarpaw was more than excited to become a "full" medicine cat, even though she would still be under rabbitstep. that night at the moonpool, briarpaw became briarpool, for her placid and calm personality that reminded starclan of the ripples in a stream - not too smooth, but not too rapid and reckless. pleased with her new name, she confided in shrew-wing and like always, he was happy to open up to her and be the support she always needed.

the moons leading up to rabbitstep's death were normal and as warm as briarpool could have hoped for. the two had bonded well and rabbitstep's laid back personality was a good mix with briarpool's stubborn and sarcastic youth. she felt like she was walking on clouds and that nothing could yank her down - but of course, something did. it took the cats a while to figure out what had gone wrong. for a while, all they knew was that no matter how much the cats ate, they were still losing weight. at some point, it came down to the drinking water. 

it had been poisoned with something that the clans just couldn't quite put their claws in. they were helpless, hopeless, and the worst part was for the first time in her life, briarpool felt utterly hopeless. with her mentor sick and dying, she had no idea what she was supposed to do. she had faced her family disowning her because of her rank choice, she had watched the love fade from their eyes, but this? this was traumatizing. she watched the clans - not just hers, but the others too - fall apart right before her eyes. by the time things began to go back to normal, rabbitstep, her mother, harefur, and many other cats had perished.

being the only medicine cat was nothing like briarpool had expected. after only a moon in the position, her heart is still heavy from the loss of rabbitstep. no matter how much shrew-wing tries to encourage her that things will get better and she would learn to enjoy her new rank, she couldn't get the nagging feeling of doubt from her chest and the constant need to be alone with her thoughts as often as possible. but, that doesn't stop her brother, and he is determined to get back the spunky and spit-fire sister he had always been proud of.

he just needed to show her that he believed in her, so that she could once again believe in herself.

OOC name: ava
Timezone: eastern (USA)
Tag: SPLISH SPLASH

[SPLISH SPLASH]

i love her so much <33 accepted as medicine cat! please do the claims <33