Graycloud

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### A P P E A R A N C E //

Graycloud is gray with white freckles and a white spot on his belly. Darker gray stripes streak along his back, tail, and paws. He is missing his left forepaw and has a stump tail. His eyes are blue. Graycloud is fairly broad-shouldered, though he sometimes sits hunched over, causing him to appear smaller than he is.

### P E R S O N A L I T Y //

Graycloud can be somewhat self-deprecating, though he tries to hide his darker side from others. He loves his family fiercely, but sometimes is upset that he cannot fight, and thus cannot protect them. Graycloud is sensitive about his deformities, but he tries really hard not to let anyone get to him. Graycloud wants nothing more than to be important to someone. He wants to feel needed and desired. However, while Graycloud yearns for approval, but wants to *earn* it. He wants to do something worthy of remembering. He’s not longing for adventure, but for *fulfillment*. Graycloud needs to be loved, but is scared of it. He thinks he’s not worth it, and needs to prove—not to others but to himself—that he is worthy of love.

### K I T - H O O D + A P P R E N T I C E - S H I P //

Graykit was a fairly average kit, he loved his clanmates and his family and learned a lot as a kit. He wasn’t worried about his deformities, though as his apprenticeship drew nearer he was nervous he would not be accepted. Graypaw was apprenticed to Junipershine when he was six moons old. As an apprentice he trained with his mentor and grew close to her, though Graypaw was unable to fight properly and learned only how to fish and defend himself.

### A D U L T - L I F E //

Graycloud is a good, strong warrior. He is fiercely loyal to his clanmates, and would stop at nothing to protect them in any way he could. For his first few moons as a warrior he stuck mostly to himself. Graycloud is an often lonely warrior, and until gaining his first apprentice (Leafdawn) and meeting Clovershine, he was often found wandering through territory aimlessly.

As an older warrior he ran into Waspsnow a few times before she rejoined RiverClan. During one of those instances, Graycloud shared with her his views on StarClan. He found that the she-cat shared his opinion that StarClan was too distant, if it was even out there. He bitterly commented that if StarClan existed, why did it let him suffer with his limp. Later though, when he met Waspsnow again, he was shocked by her hatred of her siblings, and kept his distance from then on. Graycloud could not understand why anyone would hate their family, and was upset that he had shared any opinion with such an obviously horrible cat.

Once he was given his apprentice, Graycloud devoted himself to Leafpaw’s training, instructing his battle training as best he could without actual mastery of the skill himself. Graycloud watched with pride as Leafpaw became Leafdawn. Graycloud first met Clovershine while deliberating over which fish to choose from the fresh-kill pile. Later Clovershine showed him her younger siblings, his old mentor, Junipershine’s, kits. He helped her through her anger towards Ripplewatcher, and her chirpiness always made him happy when he felt down.

Shortly before the younger cat became deputy of RiverClan, Greycloud and his nephew, Otterchase, became acquainted when Greycloud brought Otterchase some prey to share. They talked about two-legs and dogs. Otterchase, in his usual manner, came up with wild theories and queries, and Greycloud was greatly amused and somewhat taken aback by the unusual young tom.

Greycloud was assigned Nightpaw as his apprentice, though at first he struggled to understand what kind of guidance she needed because of her nervous nature. Eventually, though, she surprised him with her determination to learn to fish, making him let her go to far, leading to her falling into the river. Greycloud was upset, blaming himself for being too overexcited about her determination to continue and letting her go further than she was able.

After Otterchase became deputy, he and Greycloud fought off a fox together. https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/3903323/comments/#comments-170184724

Greycloud approached Otterchase, though the younger tom had lost a friend (Mousefluff) as well as his mother and was grief stricken and defensive. Greycloud attempted to advise Otterchase, but when Otterchase grew irritated, Greycloud too grew upset with himself that his words could do nothing to either ease his nephew's pain or bring his loved ones back. Eventually, though, Otterchase did appreciate Greycloud's words when Grey told Otto that he didn't believe StarClan cared about the clans--if they even existed. Though Otterchase believed more firmly that StarClan was nonexistent, he still was happy to be able to relate to his uncle that way since the only other cat he'd told about his disdain for their ancestors had pushed him away. (https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/3861798/comments/#comments-170538800https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/3861798/comments/#comments-170683175)

### R E L A T I O N S H I P S //

* MATE(s): Splashwillow
* KITS: n/a
* PARENTS:
	+ Blazingstar // Graycloud and Blazingstar are on good terms, despite the fact that he and his father rarely interact because they are so busy serving their clan. Gray and Blazing have reminisced on Gray’s kit-hood with fondness, remembering how much easier and simpler life was when they were younger.
	+ Ravenflight // Graycloud and his mother are also close.
	+ Leafdawn //
	+ Nightpaw // Nightpaw is inclined to be nervous and fearful, and Greycloud tries to be cheerful and encouraging, though he becomes fearful himself, worried that he might fail her.
		- her apprentice ceremony: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/559366738/#comments-237499311
		- teaching her how to fish: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/3861798/comments/#comments-169915212
* FRIENDS:
	+ Clovershine // Graycloud is often a voice of reason for Clovershine, and she helps him to believe in himself.
	+ Otterchase //