Heatherpaw

Heatherpaw is a slender black and red tortoiseshell with pale yellow eyes.
Heatherpaw is a loner living on TreeClan's territory. She was born as Heatherkit in FieldClan to Patchfur and Robinsong, along with her sister Cinderkit. She served briefly under Yarrowstar's and Skystar's leaderships. 
Heatherpaw, eventually becoming disillusioned with FieldClan's way of life and the direction Skystar's leadership was going, left FieldClan to live as a loner in TreeClan's territory.
== History ==
From a young age, Heatherpaw never felt quite at home in FieldClan. She always harbored a secret affinity for the tall trees across the gorge in TreeClan's territory and a resentment for the open fields and spiky grass of her birth clan. Such dysphoria was egged on by discontent living in Cinderpaw's shadow. Robinsong meant well and loved both of her daughters equally but Heatherpaw made it difficult for anyone to love her; except for Cinderpaw. It may sound counterintuitive but the only cat she ever felt close to was the very cat who overshadowed her.
Heatherpaw's resentment and displeasure was always directed at the rest of her Clan, never her sister; that is, until they were made apprentices. By this point, Heatherpaw's dysphoria had become so overwhelming she was becoming physically ill. Her illness delayed her apprentice ceremony by several days. It went beyond "I don't like the territory my clan lives on," encompassing a dysphoric attitude toward her own identity and appearance.
One night in their den, Heatherpaw came clean to Cinderpaw and spilled her guts out on everything she'd been feeling. Cinderpaw was understanding but she didn't understand, not entirely. Not to the degree Heatherpaw was unreasonably expecting (which is in itself understandable). Cinderpaw wholeheartedly supported her sister and deferred to her new identity immediately, but for one reason or another Heatherpaw felt uncomfortable at telling the entire Clan. Some perfectly understandable (if misguided) concern about not being accepted.
All of this culminated in her running away after the rogue attack. Her total apathy at seeing Robinsong, her loving and caring mother, being attacked shocked and scared her to the very core. It was then she decided to leave, to sort out her feelings on her own and become her own cat. She fled across the gorge and has been living in and around TreeClan's territory ever since.
== Trivia ==
* Heatherpaw is played by Jay Strun.
* Heatherpaw was originally supposed to look similar to Patchfur and Cinderpaw but was eventually changed to look like Robinsong.
Category:Characters
Category:Loner