Morningbird

**Morningbird** is a longhaired, petite lilac mackerel tabby she-cat with soft green eyes and a white jaw. Her facial features are angular and narrow.

### Personality

As early as kit-hood, Morningbird has always displayed an inclination toward curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge. She was constantly asking questions in order to understand herself and the world around her and had a knack for making peace with the less-pleasant answers that awaited her. She is incredibly perceptive, often noticing things involving her classmates that others might not, but does not use this perception against any individuals (she does not believe personal judgments to be in the nature of a medicine cat). Her compassion toward others and the insistent curiosity she displayed in her youth finally persuaded the aging medicine cat to take her on as an apprentice. While she is sweet-tempered and respectful, she inherited her late mentor's propensity toward strict instruction and does not allow her injured clanmates to strain themselves or to fall for the more bald-faced lies about conditions. When she is not busy with her duties as a medicine cat, she does her best to be social with her clanmates and treasures her close friends dearly. She adores kits and often volunteers to watch over them to allow the queens some much-needed time to themselves (when her duties permit).

### History

Morningkit was born to unknown EagleClan warriors. At four moons old, she was joined in the nursery by Smokekit, and a moon later by Tigerkit and his sister. It was clear at a young age that Morningkit was prime material to become a medicine cat, and at the age of six moons she was apprenticed to Mossnose, EagleClan's medicine cat at the time. Eventually she earned her full name, Morningbird. Four moons before the Highlands ambush, her mentor Mossnose died, leaving Morningbird as the sole medicine cat of EagleClan.

### First Leaf-fall

Morningbird is fetched from her den by Grapeclaw when Smokefall goes into labour. Hurrying to the nursery, Morningbird begins to assist Smokefall, and the birth of her two kits goes without issue. Making sure the kits are nestled at their mother's belly, Morningbird assures Smokefall that both are fine and Smokefall herself did perfectly. Smokefall thanks her profusely for both her help with the birth and for sticking up for her when her pregnancy first became apparent, telling Morningbird that Mossnose must be proud of mentoring such a compassionate cat. She then asks Morningbird if she would like to know the kits' names. Morningbird assures Smokefall that she will stand by her and support her and her kits as members of EagleClan, and says that she would love to know their names. Smokefall names the black smoke tabby Wolfkit and the white tom Palekit, which Morningbird tells her are well-suited names.

The next day, Morningbird springs to her paws at the sound of the commotion from Peapaw and Ermineflight's return, fearing that something has happened to one of Smokefall's kits. Leaving her den, she meets Boulderpaw and the injured Ermineflight part-way, and helps Boulderpaw settle Ermineflight into a nest. She tells Boulderpaw to press moss to Ermineflight's worst injuries while Morningbird prepares a poultice of marigold and agrimony. Applying the poultice to Ermineflight's wound, Morningbird tells her that she is to rest for at least three days. She notices Mistpaw's arrival and turns to assure him that Ermineflight will be just fine.