Elegantcinder

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**Elegantcinder** is a thin, tortoiseshell color-point molly with deep lagoon blue eyes.
**Elegantcinder** was born to two unknown parents before being abandoned. She was later discovered and adopted by Creamwraith and Locustcinder. She has served under Valleystar's and Dawnstar's reigns. She later became mates and had kits with Applebreeze, having one kit for each of her two litters, whom she named Beepaw and Bumblesnap. Following the death of the deputy, Tauntingtear, Elegantcinder was promoted as the next deputy of Sunlit Prairies.

## Relations

Crush: None.

Friendships: Blizzardclaw, Riverwhisker, Sombervalley, Bunnyorchard, Cecilazeal, Nectarwing

Enemies: Dawnstar, Tarragonglaze, Acacialight

Mentors: Unknown

Apprentices: Blizzardclaw, Adderfrond, Cinderpaw

## Interests

*Likes*

Elegantcinder is a fan of peaceful parts of the territory. Places such as Shaman’s Valley and Variegated Lagoon are her favorite places to explore, collecting sweet smelling flowers and herbs to scent her pelt or give to loved ones. Decorating her pelt is another joy of hers. She’ll find the herbs and flowers she picks to put in her pelt. Maybe even leaves or flowering vines from Tanglewood Weald or other heavily forested areas. She enjoys the feeling of freedom she has as a clan cat. The freedom to explore the territories and hunt as she pleases, using it to give back to her clan seems like a practical bonus. She has an appreciation for the life around her. The only thing she could agree with Dawnstar on was how precious the kits of the wildlife around them was. She loves to spend time around larger, more tame animals. Such as elk, deer, and horses. Ironically, Elegantcinder is a fan of water. With how silky and not so easily tangled her pelt is, swimming is no bother for her. She enjoys sleeping, in moderation. A good nap every once in a while is something that helps her keep a clear mind, after all. She loves spending time with the elders, more so due to the fact her parents reside there, and she loves them to death.

*Dislikes*

She’s not the biggest fan of winter months. The colder temperatures often make her just want to curl up and drift off to sleep to no longer be bothered by the cold. Oddly enough, kits are not her favorite cats to handle. She can appreciate their innocence, but the more rambunctious kits tend to drive her insane as a slightly more low-energy cat. She’s only been able to tolerate her own kits at that age, but is glad they’ve grown past that age. She isn’t a fan of the more stuck-up and entitled cats. She’ll never confront them herself, but she’s one of the first to give them harsh looks from across the clearing. Disturbances, especially when she’s focused, tend to annoy her somewhat. Hunting prey and predator kits are one of the things she cannot stand. Seeing life, especially those of kits as so precious, means hunting kits of any kind seems incredibly immoral to her. While she loves to decorate her pelt, she finds it frustrating when dirt, mud, or pollen get struck on her fur. The bright side she sees is that at least she can take a swim to get it off.

## Skills/Faults

*Skills*

She’s a very tolerant cat, able to handle most of what her clanmates toss her way. She never bottles up her emotions, making it unlikely she'll ever snap or scold any cat (at least not harshly). She has a talent in being able to accurately read the room, able to adjust the way she speaks to the comfort of the cats with her. This contributes to her talent in soothing kits, even some of the most rambunctious kits. She's also trustworthy and would never break a cat's trust. Not now or ever. Finally, she's open-minded and empathetic. She uses these traits to try and understand her clanmates to the best of her ability. Her time management is among the most impressive of her skills. Able to easily list her tasks based on priority over others and smaller details like what the task requires her to do and for whom it’s for. Elegantcinder, due to the pure muscle in her body, is a strong opponent in battle. Able to easily pin cats. She has a nearly precise accuracy with where her paws land, leading to her almost never missing an attack on another cat using her claws. The thickness of her pelt tends to protect her from more bite or sideways slashing attacks. A cat’s claws may just slide over top or just scrap her skin. It doesn’t protect her every time , but it helps. With such a large tail, it’s pretty often that Elegantcinder will use it as a shield against incoming attacks on her sides or back. Funnily enough, due to that fact her musculature is impossible to spot under all it’s fur, opponents often underestimate her strength. Her webbed paws make her an expert swimmer, and with her strength, a powerful one too. She’s able to swim up some stronger currents that might drag down others.

*Faults*

Elegantcinder tends to keep herself rather vulnerable to most cats. While she's not easy to convince, it doesn't totally save her from the possibility of being manipulated or tricked. Due to the fact she's so strict about keeping the secrets of others, this may mean she could go moons without confessing someone's horrible secret. It's not impossible she'd keep the secret of another cat commiting murder simply to maintain their trust. Due to how easily jealous she is, and the tiny bits of petty vengeance she takes, it could give cats a bad impression of her. Possibly seeing her as a nasty, immature cat who puts on a kind persona to find possibly malicious intentions. And her grudges don’t help this fact. It could be moons of seeing her jealousy in action before they get to see how kind and gentle she is outside of it. Her poor work ethic often leads her astray when completing duties or tasks. She often opts for more engaging tasks for this reason and tends to avoid the more tedious ones. Elegantcinder, whenever she hears another cat has an issue, will throw herself at this issue as soon as possible. She’ll get angry with cats who get in her way and be annoyingly persistent with mending the issue. Due to how front heavy she is, tripping her up and leading to it going tumbling down to the ground or down hills. Her tail often weighs her down immensely, slowing her down in battle or making leaping longer/higher distances a bit of a challenge.

## Personality

Elegantcinder is a calm-tempered and easy going cat. She’s as wise as her moons, and is always willing to pass this knowledge onto those younger than herself. She's among one of the most loving cats present in their clan and displays a truly impressive amount of tolerance for cats around her. While she may find herself frustrated or upset with some cat, she'd never snap at a cat. To some, she seems downright incapable of being angry, based on her calm demeanor. She's in tune with her feelings and mental state, while this doesn't mean she's sensitive, it does mean she isn't afraid to speak about or acknowledge what she's feeling. She sees emotions as something to be embraced, and let out (in moderation). She’s very open with her clanmates, willing to be vulnerable. This can be interpreted as her being possibly naive to some, which isn’t entirely wrong. The molly is great at reading the room, to see what her threats, enemies, and allies are in any given scenario. She also has a knack for soothing kits. Elegantcinder is a very trustworthy cat, as well. She allows any cat to confide in her without judgment. Trust is incredibly important to the molly and to break someone's trust is nearly unforgivable in her eyes. She'd never tell another what a cat confided in her, not even if her life depended on it. In this way, she's quite stubborn. She would even keep a cat's secret long after they passed away. She's difficult to convince. She often likes to do her own research before being convinced to do anything, in order to avoid doing anything she'd regret. The molly is open-minded. She has opinions, yes, but her opiniones are always suspect to change if she learns of something new which might change her point of view. Alongside this, her endless empathy means she always tries to out herself in the paws of the cats around her, trying to understand why they may act a certain way, based on what she knows. Unfortunately, jealousy is a thing she struggles with. Holding grudges more so. Her jealousy may lead her to small, petty acts. She might stick thorns into a cat’s nest, or purposely make sure they get nasty prey to eat. Nothing over the top, but it’s certainly not a trait she appreciates. Her tendency to hold grudges goes hand-in-hand with this. Her jealousy can easily grow into a grudge, one she could potentially hold for a lifetime, but she manages to keep her urge for “vengeance” as an intrusive thought and nothing she acts on too often. To add, she’s quite good at time management. She’s able to maintain a good memory of what she has to do, when, and how. She knows which tasks to prioritize over others based on what it requires and for whom it is. Her work ethic isn’t as impressive. While she’s quite good at getting tasks done, she can easily stray off course if the task isn’t actively engaging. One of her more “out of place” traits is her mildly flirtatious nature. If any cat gave her the chance, she’d love to tease them, drop little phrases hinting toward possible romance or simply lead them on a bit, just for the fun of it. She will make her intentions known, but it doesn’t stop her from sometimes giving cats a false hope when they do fall for her. Lastly, Elegantcinder is extremely protective. Not just of her kin, but of her clan. If a cat comes to her with an issue, she tosses herself at this issue to fix it. She’ll occasionally get frustrated with cats who get in her way as she does so. It’s what’s left of a hero complex she had in her younger moons.

## Detailed History

*Dawnstar's Reign*

Elegantcinder first appears in a scene following Icyveins' arrival into camp, addressing her thoughts on the circumstances thus far. She is later seen when she is selected as Sunlit Prairies' next deputy by Dawnstar herself, much to her shock and astonishment. Laying beside her, mourning the late deputy, the two begin a discussion lead by Dawnstar discussing Applebreeze's disloyalty towards his kits and Dawnstar's seeking of closure following the event. The two briefly fued, setting the tone for the rest of their time together as leader and deputy respectively.

## Detailed Appearance

Elegantcinder is a thin, nimble bodied. Her legs are thin and agile, with a narrow neck and hips to match. Her tail is long and whip-thin, while being endlessly flexible. Her paws are small and cautious. Her torso, by contrast, is wide with narrow, muscular shoulders. Her haunches are wide and powerful looking with such compact muscle across her body, the toning is mild though. And beneath her fur. It's nearly impossible to spot the musculature. Her pelt is thick and sleek. It often lays downwards in thick locks of fur, splaying out over her shoulders and back. Her peltx overall, is silky and soft. Not a single tangle or knot shows. Her fur is mostly a gorgeous cream, with her belly, chest, and the tip of her chin being a lighter cream. Her pelt grows darkening at the point, fading with a faint cream into warm brown and finally a dark brown on her muzzle, shins, and tail on her darker markings lie gorgeous ginger markings. A single line of ginger on her face stretches from her nose to her forehead. This ginger is speckles across the darkest areas of her pelt in a tortoiseshell pattern. There’s a thick webbing between her paws, gained from her rich Rippling Stream ancestory. It has two scars, one tucked into her right armpit and another across her lower back, both somewhat hidden by her long fur, though still visible. Her eyes are a deep lagoon blue. Her pelt is decorated by a few jasmines, a red orchid and pink orchid.

𝐏𝐄𝐋𝐓: Long and silky. Drapes down in thick locks. Tortoiseshell markings on her seal markings.

𝐁𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐃: Thin, nimble looking. She has agile legs, with narrow neck and hips. Her torso is wide with slender shoulders and wide hunches. Her body is muscular, but the toning is mild. She looks rather delicate at a glance.

𝐄𝐘𝐄𝐒: Her eyes are angled, yet round, having a motherly look to them. They’re colored a deep lagoon blue.

𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐒: Two somewhat hidden scars, one tucked into her right armpit the other across her lower back.

𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒: 2 white Chilean Jasmine flowers, a pink Moth Orchid and a red Boat Orchid.

## Kin

Adoptive Parents: Creamwraith and Locustcinder

Mate: Applebreeze

Daughter: Beepaw

Son: Bumblesnap

In-law relation to the Valleystar kin through Applebreeze.

## Backstory

Elegantcinder was born to an unnamed couple. The couple chose not to keep Elegantcinder. She was left without guardians for a moon or so before being taken in my Locustcinder and her mate. They had chosen to name the previously unnamed kit, Elegantkit. There after, Elegantkit had only known the love of two parents, parents she’d give anything to keep with her. Elegantkit was adored by her parents, but the other kits, not so much. She was a bit of a show off, loving to show off her gorgeous pelt.

This behavior continued into her apprenticeship. She chose to train under a sentinel and was placed to train under a sentinel many moons her senior. Elegantpaw was elated to begin her training. During her training, she’d toss herself at anything and anyone. This did mean she had hurt other cats and herself on occasion. Throughout her training, she had been admitted to the medicine den multiple times over sprained paws, bruises, or bleeding wounds. Unfortunately, due to her persistence, she never listened to the medicine cats and would throw herself back into her training as soon as she felt better. Her mentor admired her persistence and encouraged it. Elegantpaw was admired by some of the younger apprentices who looked up to her as a role model. Feeding into her ego, she’d opt to give pointers to the apprentices. Most of her tips and tricks focused on battle tactics. She was soon given her full name at 12 moons.

Elegantcinder was beyond proud of herself and went running to her parents as soon as received her full name. The praise from them was all she wanted. Their compliments and admiration. Elegantcinder soon tossed herself into her duties. She earned the respect of her fellow sentinels through her early moons and made many friends. Of those friends was a she-cat by the name of Cardinalflight. The two were practically inseparable. There was a clear bond between the two cats. Cardinalflight was a sentinel who was slowly losing her vision due to a eye condition. Elegantcinder charished every moment with her. As the cat slowly lost her vision, the molly put it upon herself to be her guide. She made a promise to herself to protect Cardinalflight at all costs. As moons passed, their bond grew. Other cats seemed to easily notice. The sentinels never declared their love, as Elegantcinder wasn’t sure if Cardinalflight even loved her back. Her torn her apart, but she didn’t mind. Having Cardinalflight close was enough. To be her best friend.

Around 22 moons old, she received her first apprentice. A tom many moons her senior. She hadn't known the tom all too well when he first became her apprentice but had heard, through word of tongue, who he was. The tom was formerly a barn cat and a tourist. It was certainly news to her. Blizzardpaw intimidated her at first. For one, the tom was taller and clearly more experienced than herself. He'd lived outside of the clans for the first 34 or so moons of his life. Yet he respected her. Blizzardpaw wanted nothing more than to learn from her, the skills of a sentinel, and she was not going to disappoint. While Elegantcinder did question why an older sentinel didn't take on the tom's training, It didn't stop her from putting in her all. She spent moons teaching him. Through various sparring matches and careful, yet talkative training he learned to hone his skills. The two grew somewhat close during this time. Their bond was not of mentor and apprentice, but more so friends. They enjoyed each other's company and would often speak over prey. She had even introduced the speckled white tom to Cardinalflight. When Blizzardpaw finally gained his full name, they still often spoke. Elegantcinder had even gotten fortunate enough to meet the tom's mate, Sootpelt. The two she-cats were never close, but they had a mutual respect for one another.

One night Elegantcinder was on a patrol near the border. Cardinalflight had accompanied her alongside Blizzardclaw. They were ambushed by a small group of rogues. Elegantcinder fought fiercely, unsheathed claws digging into the skin of her aggressors. However, the patrol of 4 was outnumbered. While the other cats insisted in retreating, Elegantcinder didn’t back down. The rogues overpowered her and the rest of the patrol. While pinned, she watched wide-eyed as Cardinalflight was taken down in front of her. She yowled and pleaded with the rogue to spare her, but they refused. Another patrol nearby heard the molly’s yowls and managed to save her and Blizzardclaw. Both the molly and her companion made it out wounded from the attack, yet Elegantcinder rushed Cardinalflight to camp, but she was already long dead. Elegantcinder grieved heavily that night. She never forgave herself for what happened. The patrol had stayed back to protect her, cause she refused to retreat. Now the love of her life was dead. Elegantcinder personally attended the sentinel’s burial and watched as she was buried. Long after Cardinalflight's kin had left to camp, the molly curled up beside her grave, gently mourning the loss.

After the incident, she felt unworthy of her sentinel status. She spoke to Valleystar and reasoned that it was her ignorant choices that brought Cardinalflight’s demise and if she remained a sentinel, she’d only get more of her denmates killed. Valleystar sympathized with a molly and gave her a few days to think over which rank she’d like to take on next. Elegantcinder took a couple days to decide, weighing the pros and cons of each rank. Eventually she settled on Tracker. She was apprenticed for a short 6 moons. She adapted her brutish forms to those of a tracker and found herself quite well suited for the role. When she was appointed a full tracker, she kept her name and leapt straight into her duties.

After switching ranks, she seemed to draw the attention of a certain tom. Applebreeze she recognized as Valleystar's kit and Tulipstar's kin. She didn't know the tom well, beyond that, regardless he didn't stop trying to speak with her whenever he had the chance. She found him amusing and enjoyed his company. The two began to speak on a daily basis, and upon realizing the tom felt a certain way for her, she entertained the prospect of becoming mates with the tom. It didn't take long for Applebreeze to finally start asking her out onto solo patrols and even to the Conifer of Passion a couple of times, though she turned him down. Eventually, she started saying yes. If the tom was being so persistent, she might as well give him a chance. From there, things escalated for the couple. Applebreeze had finally won her heart and the finally made it official after their third visit to the Conifer of Passion.

It wasn’t long before the two had realized Elegantcinder was expecting, and at 59 moons, she finally had her first litter of a single kit. The kit was small. Patches of cream and gray along his pelt. Her heart swelled for her new kit and she named him Bumblekit. She loved Bumblekit with all her heart. She'd spend all of her moons in the nursery watching over him. The molly was saddened when her son was finally promoted to an apprentice, but she seemed elated when the tom chose to be a tracker. Of course couldn't mentor her own kit, but the idea of working alongside her kit brought her such joy.

Around 64 moons, she was appointed an apprentice, Adderpaw. She didn't know much about the apprentice, upon taking on his training other than he seemed hardworking and boastful. She couldn't help but see so much of herself in the young tom. She kept up with a pace in training that worked well for the apprentice. Whenever Adderpaw was ready to try a new skill, she taught him that next skill. When he failed, she only encouraged him to try again. In this way, Adderpaw seemed to trust the molly. Elegantcinder never used that against the apprentice. Whenever he needed to speak to her, she'd listen with perked ears and open paws. She never once tried to purposely make his training difficult or tedious. She always did what she deemed right for him, and never once strayed from that. Once Adderpaw gained his full name, she couldn't have been prouder of her apprentice.

Unexpectedly, Elegantcinder had fallen pregnant during the final moon of Adderpaw's training. She pushed through and when Adderfrond was no longer training beneath her, she returned to the nursery to have her second litter. She gave birth to a healthy she-kit. This one she named Beepaw. She raised the kit similarly to how she had raised her brother. And while Beepaw did some to love her, the kit always had her eyes on Bumblesnap, seeing him as a role model. While she did have her mind set on her kits, it was hard not to notice Applebreeze wavering. The time he spent with her and their kits lessened as he seemed to grow distant. She didn't mind at first, but it soon concerned her. Especially after a certain cay joined the clan. A massive Bengal whom Valleystar had taken a special liking to. And Applebreeze too, seemed quite infatuated with the massive she-cat. Elegantcinder never heard about how Applebreeze seemed so interested in the bengal, similarly to how he once loved her. What she did notice was how neglectful he was of their kits. For once she felt angry. She wanted to scold him, tell him their kits were his priority, second to his clan. Not the kits of another she-cat. She wanted her kits to still have a father who loved them, especially little Beekit who never got to see the love of her father, but Applebreeze never changed. No matter how many promises he had. Finally she was at her breaking point. She was going to spilt up from the tlm if he wasn't going to love his kits. But before she had the opportunity the cat was attacked.

She easily remembered details about the coyote attack. Leaving her kit in the nursery with one of the queens as she leapt forward to protect her camp. In that same attack, Applebreeze was killed. Oddly enough, she didn't grieve. Her love for the tom had died long ago, but she was still saddened by the death. To see the tom torn by the coyotes and left limp on the soil and grass. She felt a bit of relief lifted from her. No longer would he strain their kits with the love he'd never give them. She watched as Valleystar and her kin grieved. Meanwhile, she returned to Beekit.

She watched as Beekit became Beepaw and was mentored by her older kit, Bumblesnap. She continued as a tracker, often attending the patrols her kits were on to oversee how well they did. Occasionally she still spoke to her friends. When Blizzardclaw died, she truly grieved. Her longest standing friend now passed onto the stars. She'd spend some time at night, sitting in the clearing and staring up at the starry sky. She'd recall moments she spent with both Blizzardclaw and Cardinalflight. The sudden news of Bumblesnap and Adderfrond's promotions to Head Tracker and Head Ambassador, respectively, was amazing news. She had to restrain herself from killing them with her undying support, praise, and pride in them. She now spends a majority of her time tending to her duties, visiting her beloved parents, or conversing with her friends and kits.

## Trivia

* Whenever a loved one dies, she'll add another accessory to her pelt in memory. She currently wears two orchids in memory of Cardinalflight and Blizzardclaw for this reason. The one representing Cardinalflight is pink, symbolizing the gratitude she held for her. Another meaning it holds is the admiration it had toward the molly. The one representing Blizzardclaw is red, symbolizing the respect she had for him. It also stands for the strength and courage it saw in him. She picks the colors based on how she interprets their meanings and what the role of the cat had in her life and heart.

## Links

Theme Song/Voice Claim

* Spotify
* Captain Calaeno [My Little Pony Movie]

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