Minkspring

=== Description ===
Minkspring is a lithe brown she-cat with light brown markings, freckles and orange eyes. She has a snaggle tooth and a long white whisker. She is rarely seen without her menagerie of swamp-based accessories.
Minkspring is a Mireclan warrior, the daughter of Martenshade, and Weaseltwist's only surviving sister. She is eccentric and almost forcefully cheerful. She can be seen as daydreamy and unfocused, rarely taking interest in typical warrior duties and more focused on collecting trinkets and playing in the water. She is very intelligent and quick-witted, and though she lacks social graces, she is still extremely smart. She is also very kind, though quick to be jealous and often possessive of her things and closest friends. She is a sweet, gentle and misunderstood soul, contrasted deeply by the secrets she harbours.
=== History ===
Minkkit never knew love in the way her brother did. While Martenshade doted on Weaselkit, she was often pushed aside, chastised, scolded, ignored. She grew up being called stupid, and grew to believe it. Weaselkit, on the other hand, could do no wrong in the eyes of her love-struck mother. Minkkit never resented her mother for this, though. She accepted it as fact -- Weaselkit deserved the love. Perhaps if she did something worthy of it, she would receive it too. This, of course, was a fruitless endeavour.
As an apprentice, Minkpaw was mentored by Seacurse. This was the best thing that could ever happen to her -- Seacurse was loving in the way Martenshade never was, and doted on her as if he was her own. She was equally adored by his mate, Starlingsong, and the two warriors became her placebo parents in lieu of a capable mother. She finally understood praise, tenderness and love. Weaselpaw seemed determined to ruin this, and would often heckle and physically assault her. She spent many a day sat in the Medic den with an uneasy Seacurse as she refused to explain the origin of a scratch or bruise.
Minkpaw was terrified of her brother, and the moment she saw him killing Juniperpaw, she whole-heartedly believed that she was next. When they forced her underwater, she begged for her life without an inch of shame, and her desperation earned her life but saddled her with a lifetime of secrets. She was sworn to secrecy, and obediently kept her mouth shut, terrified of what Weaselpaw would do to her if she didn't.
As a warrior, Minkspring was still plagued by nightmares of her brother, as he continued to hurt her despite her compliance. When Starlingsong died, she was devastated, losing the only cat who had ever been a mother to her ached like nothing else. She and Seacurse supported each other through their grief, though Minkspring couldn't help but feel more alone as Seacurse refused to retire and work himself to the bone.
A rare spot of sunshine in an otherwise dismal clan, Minkspring befriended Dewshine. Fin had a patience for her that few other cats showed, and did not object to her very particular behaviour. Through Dewshine, Minkspring met Moonsight, and the two of them begun an uneasy friendship.
Minkspring was assigned to mentor Fleapaw, something that plagues her with sickening guilt as she was present the day that Weaseltwist murdered her brother, Juniperpaw. She keeps her secret, though the guilt feels as though it will destroy her every time she looks her apprentice in the face.
Category:Characters
Category:Mireclan
Category:Living Characters
Category:Played Characters