Post by pookakin on Sept 3, 2014 17:39:01 GMT -5
Name:
Falconflower
Name Explanation:
"Falcon" for her blue-grey fur, "flower" for her diligence to parenthood and desire to have kits.
Age:
27 moons
Gender:
Female
Appearance:
A small, rotund grey-and-white she-cat with green eyes.
Allegiance:
MountainClan
Ranking:
Queen
Personality:
Falconflower knows how to stand up for herself. She takes next to no nonsense- and is ready to dish it back, if need be. She's a fierce parent. Most of the other queens say they're glad to have her around- she'd be enough to scare off a whole patrol of enemy warriors. Despite her reputation for taking nothing and getting what she wants, Falconflower is one giant soft side. She won't forget a wrong- but she'll forgive easily. She feels close kinship with the other queens of MountainClan, and is one the first to volunteer if they need a favor. She tends to overlook bad traits in other queens. She feels that keeping a peaceful community requires a little patience and a lot of forgiveness.
Falconflower knows her calling is to be a mother, and to help other queens & defend her kits. Still, she misses some parts of active warrior life, and is known to occasionally slip off to hunt with her mate.
History: Falconkit was born to Sedgefur and Ashwhisker, two older toms. Sedgefur, the cat that birthed her, positively doted on her. From early on, he instilled in her respect and admiration for all the roles cats in-clan would take.
As an apprentice, Falconpaw grew closer to her other father, Ashwhisker. While she had a mentor, her mentor and father would frequently swap apprentices, and Ashwhisker would teach her all he knew about hunting.
Falconpaw enjoyed hunting and the mock-battles she'd have with the other apprentices, but as she grew, she found herself more drawn to the nursery than active warrior duties. Sedgefur's admiration for the queens had settled in pretty deep. When she passed her final assessment, Falconflower was very happy with her name.
But it was hard to become a queen when one had no kits. She didn't want to officially declare queenhood before she had a mate. She knew if the time came, she would unsheathe her claws for another queen's kits, but she wanted her own to worry about too.
She'd noticed Lizardfang, a warrior just slightly older than her. She was a little shy, but quite mature, skilled and interesting. After a while, Falconflower started to suspect that Lizardfang had feelings for her. The other queens agreed- in fact, they said, it was obvious to the whole of MountainClan. It was pretty embarrassing for Falconflower to have not realized it on her own.
She loved her friend. She had always assumed she'd partner with a tom, but thinking, she wasn't sure that was what she wanted. After all, her fathers had gotten along well enough. She let herself realize her feelings for Lizardfang, and still considers her mateship with her one of the best decisions she ever made.
She joined the queens a little while later, but they waited to have kits for a while. They both were fairly young. But once they felt prepared, it couldn't happen quickly enough.