Shallowshrine

:Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow."...."
:Shallowshrine is a lithe silver tom with emerald green eyes, one of which is lazy. He has several long, varying scars all across his pelt from a tunneling accident, making one of his ears limp and unable to be moved.
:Shallowshrine was born to Breezefern and Flintcoat alongside his twin, Silvershrine during Valleystar's Reign. He had served through the remainder of Valleystar's Reign, before later serving under Dawnstar's. The two are known in the clan as lazy, mischevious, and overall unreliable. He apprenticed a kittypet named Sagepaw, of which he proved to be a very poor choice due to his impatience for her. After half-hazardly forcing himself and his littermate to join Carrionsaunter's patrol to retrieve Sharpsun's body, Shallowshrine was heavily injured and almost killed when the tunnels flooded and collapsed on top of the tom, only to be saved by Carrionsaunter, who dug the tom up and preformed harsh CPR on him until eventually he was revived. Injured, he was unable to take part in the badger attack that claimed the life of his apprentice and many other clanmates. After being ratted out by Carrionsaunter for failing to give thanks to Starclan following the heightened rules set by Dawnstar, Shallowshrine began to get harshly hazed, starved, and driven out of the camp by Carrionsaunter.
==Relations==
Crush: N/A
Friendships: Silvershrine (twin and best friend.), Cloverpool, Nettlespring
Enemies: Carrionsaunter, Moor-Runners, Sagepaw.
Mentor: Unknown.
Apprentice: Sagepaw
===Silvershrine===
"It was Silverkit's idea, I'd have never thought of something so... Genius! They're the brightest cat I know, I'll dig wherever and whenever they want, all they have to do is say the words."
Shallowkit and Silverkit were born mere moments apart from one another, and the two were practically carbon copies of one another, besides the one difference in Shallowkit, due to his lazy eye. The two brothers have been inseperable since birth, often finding themselves in trouble. Early in their youth, the two brothers dug a tunnel that may have lead out of the nursery and into other tunnels, had Breezefern not accidentally stepped into it, due to the location of the hole being directly beneath their nest. Ever since then, the two trained together, and were granted matching suffixes to indicate just how close they were. They are first introduced laying against each other, their mutual distaste for their denmate giving them leway to joke about burying the tom cat. Shallowshrine thinks positive of his twin sibling then, calling them the smartest tom he'd ever have the pleasure of knowing, and preaching his loyalty, though internally, to his kin. 
=== Carrionsaunter ===
"He may as well just take out his anger by digging another den, as far away from ours as possible."
They are implied to have long since been despising each other, though their first true interaction is during the night when Shallowshrine is awoken by the tom's incessant snoring. He thinks negatively about him, his own thoughts and actions wrapped around avoiding him, as Shallowshrine sees him as a bully. Carrionsaunter also negatively thinks of Shallowshrine constantly, even when the tom hasn't done anything wrong. Either of them seeing the other makes them immediately distasteful, as each time the tom appears for any amount of time that Shallowshrine can see, he begins to immediately berate him internally. These actions are mainly mutual.
==Interests==
Likes
Tunneling, digging, burying items, hunting (he doesn’t seem to realize he’s quite poor at it), Silvershrine, talking, social interaction, flowers, planting flowers, chasing things, having tasks to keep himself busy, his own jokes, making cats laugh, knowing what cats think of him, compliments, reassurance, messing with cats, playing “pranks” on cats, hiding things from other cats, laid back cats, not being pressured, when cats respect him, being spoken to clearly and slowly.
Dislikes
He absolutely despises when he’s picked on or called out for anything, though he’ll only sulk and think about it for the rest of the day if it happens. They also become irritated when cats show off, and he sometimes envies their abilities, being forced to do something, being spoken down to, being scolded/told off, having to redirect his focus.
==Skills/Faults==
Skills
Unbelievably, he's genuinely very fast, and has a very quick reaction time. He can tell when the weather is changing and he knows when the best times to dig are. He can tell when the ground is too soft to dig in, and he can hear a collapse before it even begins. He has a very strong sense of hearing despite being mildly tone deaf when aboveground. He has a very strong sense of focus when it comes to something he sees as very important, and he refuses to let harm come to any of his tunnelers, despite not being the lead. He's a very good digger, and he's spent lots of time training under the ground. He knows the best ways to compact the Earth and keep the tunnels from collapsing on top of himself. He’s also a very good sport, and can take plenty of jabs before being upset by anything. He’s witty, making cats genuinely impressed at times by his quick jokes he slides in to make any moment, no matter how serious, at least somewhat entertaining. He has an unmatched sense of direction, always seeming to be able to find a route home even in the darkest of tunnels with little scent. His nose is one of the stronger ones in the clan, making it quite easy for him to pick up a scent and follow it for miles. He’d have made a great tracker if he took the job seriously. 
Faults
He's very passive and allows cats to walk all over him if they so wish. He never so much as speaks up for himself, instead refusing to hold eye contact. He's a terrible fighter and his hunting strategy is strange in the eyes of some cats. He likes to sit as still as possible in the tunnels, as if he's attempting to make it seem like he's a sort of gargoyle. He waits for prey to come to him before he kills it, hiding the prey under his belly in a big pile as he goes straight back to his technique. Because of this, he takes HOURS hunting, and he's seen as one of the worst in the clan because of this. He’s also not the brightest when put in situations he’s not familiar. He tends to fall short on different tasks he may be put on, and is seen as a very bothersome cat to take on patrols due to his inability to keep still. He’s constantly fidgeting, the only time he’s able to focus is when he’s below the Earth, as if it’s the only thing that keeps him serious and steady. He’s also partially tone deaf, making it difficult for him to hear cats calling his name from time to time, or finding it somewhat hard to hear from far away. Due to his lazy eye he also has somewhat poor eyesight, making his peripheral vision somewhat poor when compared to other cats. He doesn’t seem to understand the concept of personal space, and oftentimes will go in to rub against cats without them giving him permission, often resulting in him being at the receiving end of a few solid blows. He doesn’t work well under pressure at all, and will outright refuse to finish a task if a cat is pressuring him to do so. He also at times will choose not to listen to cats whenever he may feel like it, leading to some interesting interactions. He likes to laugh in response to some things he cannot hear, often confusing those who he’s laughing at. He also has some issues with his self-esteem, finding it difficult to stand on his own paws when in a crowd of talented cats, he doesn’t seem himself as anything more than a muddy worm cat.
==Personality==
He's an incredibly geeky and down to Earth cat. He doesn't sport a single crude bone in his body, and some cats find it impossible to imagine him even wanting to be cruel to any cat. He's always been relatively subconscious and quiet, keeping his mouth shut when he's being pestered or talked down on, preferring not to say anything. He's very much into conspiracy theories he makes up about his clanmates and Starclan, and he's somewhat of a social outcast in comparison to other cats his age. Though cats do come to him when they're looking to get a laugh of have some fun. He has a class clown sort of personality, finding it fun to make a fool of himself to make others laugh. Whether this means purposefully falling on a cat or falling flat on his face while running on the moors, he doesn't seem to have any clue how embarrassing being around him can be. He doesn't seem to be capable of understanding why he's a social outcast and why cats avoid him, but he doesn't bother thinking of it too much. He just has fun in his own world. He's very carefree and unrealistic, he loves to exaggerate constantly. They're very carefree about everything, and don't mind skipping a meal or two due to his very high metabolism, making it so he only really eats once every day. They're never really hungry and don't see an urgency in eating, so they'll oftentimes offer up their share of prey to their sibling rather than keeping it all to themselves. He's a very strange cat, that's a sure fact. He's charismatic and very genuine, as well as being super supportive and friendly, though he doesn't seem to have an easy time understanding cats feelings when it comes the time to tap in and listen. They're a very friendly cat, and they always have a very positive outlook on life. There is never a time that cats really consider him to be negative or hateful. He's always very genuine, despite it not seeming as such. He's a very rowdy cat, and always has been. He's mischievous and enjoys it when cats seem confused around him. He makes tasks like patrolling very difficult. He's the type of cat to make various jokes the whole time, and spend most of his time on the patrol thinking of ways to further confuse his peers. 
==Detailed History==
Valleystar's Reign
Shallowkit and Silverkit are born to Breezefern and Flintcoat, two Tunnelers.
Dawnstar's Reign
Shallowshrine is first shown being awoken by his denmate, Carrionsaunter, due to his snoring. He stretches and pads out of the den, wailing for his brother to join him. Silvershrine slips out after him, and the two press together, talking vacantly about Carrionsaunter and what they should do with the tom, as well as deciding where to sleep. The two discuss burying the tom, only seriously considering the action for a moment, before they decide to curl up in the Tourist's den for the night, under Silvershrine's suggestion. He awakes the next morning and, having been appointed as a mentor, the tom was totally unaware of it. He nearly runs into Windsear before noticing the prey he carried. He followed him to the fresh-kill pile where he ran into Sagepaw. The molly immediately begins to berate him and everything he loves, and the tom's patience somehow manages to wear thin. He grows impatient with her in the tunnels, indicating with his actions- which reflected past experiences- that he'd had a hard apprenticeship. 
==Detailed Appearance==
They're a very strange looking cat to say the least. Wiry and lithe in stature, yet scrawny and underfed. He looks like a very tall new apprentice, however this is not the case at all whatsoever. He's very thin and his paws are massive, with long legs that look comedic against his long body and thin, short tail. He has wide set, flat ears, and a big nose. He's not a very attractive cat in the slightest. He's got a rough, silver-grey pelt with thicker fur around his neck and on his haunches, with thin, flat fur on his belly and on his tail. His tail tip is narrow and thin, almost like a tip of a blade of grass. He has massive paws with large, soft toes, and his claws are wide and thick, though not very sharp. They're great for digging, and he almost always seems to have dirty paws because of it. He has wide set shoulders and thin shoulder blades that protrude out of his body, along with his spine being visible out of his fur. His rib cage is barely visible, and his stomach is soft and curves upwards. He looks constantly anxious and frail, though he's perfectly healthy. His fur is flecked with light silver, and he's not very used to the sun. His eyes are very large and deep in his skull, with rounded cheekbones and a soft jawline. His muzzle is boxy and his forehead is round and bare besides fur sticking upwards off of it. His inner ears have thin fur protecting them, and they're often flicking away flies from his pelt. His face is softly rounded, with large brow bones that rest lightly upon his head that are somewhat obvious. His muzzle is wide, large, and yet somehow also flat upon the tip. His nose is large and flat, usually dry, with large nostrils. He has a single freckle on his nose. He has large fangs, almost like those of a bat, with large canines that sometimes stick out from his top lip and rest upon his bottom. He has a large, square chin, and his neck slopes downwards at a steep angle. He holds himself lower to look shorter, as to make cats feel more comfortable around him. He’s very tall, as he’s one of the tallest cats in the clan. He’s got a relatively smaller body in length, and his haunches are wide-set. The top of his head has a tuft of fur that runs down his spine, and his between his thin shoulderblades. His haunches also sport this tuft of fur along the base of his tail. He has large dewclaws on his front paws, and a single freckle inside his mouth under his left bottom canine tooth, making it look as if he’s got a hole there. His teeth are relatively sharp and his gums are a somewhat off-grey color, which is somewhat uncomfortable for some cats to look at. He’s got deep, wide, emerald green eyes that grow somewhat rheumy in his lazy eye, and his lashes are quite long, often catching in his eye and causing him subtle pain. 
=== Scars gained ===
The following is a compilation of chronological scars/major injuries that Shallowshrine has recieved;
* Mass amounts of thick, deep, jagged scars all across his pelt caused by the tunnel collapse that almost claimed his life.
* Limp left ear that he is unable to move, caused by the tunnel collapse.
* Broken rib-cage, visible outwardly as a deep hole in his side from violent CPR used to save his life after nearly drowning in the tunnel collapse.
* Many long, thin slices and tears through his pelt caused by hazing from Carrionsaunter.
* Long slices and claw-marks on his haunches and flanks, alongside other self-defense marks, caused by hazing from Carrionsaunter.
==Kin==
Mother: Breezefern
Father: Flintcoat
Brother: Silvershrine
Mate: Nectarwing
==Backstory==
Shallowshrine was born to Breezefern and Flintcoat along with Silvershrine. The two were an extremely mischievous pair from the very start and as soon as they learned to walk, were up and about causing chaos. The twins did everything together, inseparable as they explored camp, played games, and got under everyone’s paws. They were so close in fact, that many cats couldn’t tell the difference between the two (and some still have trouble to this day). The twins used this for their amusement, mismatching as each other and messing with anyone they could. This was especially successful during the Springtide Festival, where they would pull various pranks on the unsuspecting Tourists. One day, Silverkit stepped onto a thorn, which dug painfully into his pad. Shallowkit suddenly “felt” the same pain in his own paw. Only after Silverkit had gotten the thorn removed and the wound cleaned, did Shallowkit’s pain also begin to ease. Ever since this incident, Shallowshrine is convinced that he and their twin share a type of “connection”, one that allows them to feel anything the other feels. While this bond is a complete delusion, it is very real to the twins who whole-heartedly believe in it. The twins loved getting dirty, they played in the mud for hours on end, much to the bemusement of their mother, and would dig holes all over camp, much to the bemusement of their Clanmates. As older kits, the rambunctious pair eventually dug a hole straight underneath their nest in the nursery, out of camp. This operation took a good few days of course, and had to be well-hidden from any and all adults. While not a very deep or quality tunnel, it did the trick, and the twins were able to sneak out of camp for a few short adventures before they were caught (by Breezefern, who happened to accidentally step in the hole as she was getting the pair ready for bed).
==Trivia==
*He has a lazy eye, and though it's not very obvious, it is clear to those he tells. When looking close at him, one of his eyes is smaller than the other and almost half-way squinting, while the other is completely normal. This is virtually the only difference between him and his twin. 
*He is mildly tone deaf to deeper voiced cats, and he struggles very harshly attempting to listen into what they’re trying to say. He often will shrug off what cats say and walk away if he cannot hear them after asking them multiple times over. He sometimes will make up the rest of their sentences in his head if he cannot hear them, making for some funny things he believes he hears.
==Quotes==
"Carrionsaunter would rather have his fur replaced with thorns than hunt with him."
-Petalpaw about Carrionsaunter's opinion of Shallowshrine.
==Links==
Theme Song/Voice Claim
*“Listen to Your Heart.” “No.” Cheekface
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Category:Toms
Category:Tunnelers