Dappledstone

## Appearences

### Living:

The New Seer

**Dappledstone** is one of the two full healers of RigidClan, the other being her mate Cragshiver. She is the mentor of and mother of Mossypaw, a young apprentice who recently found out she was a seer. Dappledstone is always willing to put up a fight and speak her mind.

## Appearance

Dappledstone is a large tortoiseshell molly with bright yellow eyes. She is the same size as Coarsestar.

## Personality

Dappledstone is a bold cat who will make sure her thoughts are known. She's the bravest out of the three healers and will not hesitate to put her patients in their place. Her size alone makes her a threat, so cats don't try to mess with her. She knows how to fight and had fought fully grown warriors before and won.

Dappledstone has a soft spot for her mate and apprentice. Unable to have kits out of fear of neglecting patients, Dappledstone sees Mossypaw as her own kit. She's fiercly protective of them but sometimes has to force herself to stand down for their safety. She's not the greatest at comforting Mossypaw, resorting to grooming her coat when all else fails, and so that job is left to Cragshiver.

She's intelligent and takes initiative when she believes something needs to be done. Dappledstone became a full healer before Cragshiver, despite him being older than her, due to her craftiness.

## History

### Section One: The First Vision

Mossypaw's vision is halted by Dappledstone slapping her in the back of the head. Dappledstone shields Mossypaw from the other healers when they begin bombarding the young molly with questions, hissing at them if they got too close. Dappledstone along with Cragshiver go outside of the cave to help calm Mossypaw down. Dappledstone mentions how the Ancient Seer held her visions from cats she disliked and controlled her Clan with them, which upsets Mossypaw. Dappledstone sits back as Cragshiver reassures Mossypaw, telling her that Dappledstone was just explaining what they knew about past seers.

When Melodyflower walks out of the cave, she spots Dappledstone sheilding Mossypaw from the healers, her claws unsheathed and ready to be used.

### Section Two: The First Leafbare

Dappledstone comes into the healers' den complaining about Slatetongue. She groans about how the queen treated her, and how she wished Chaffinchclaw, Slatetongue's mother, stayed in the nursery to keep her daughter in check. She promptly passes out.

Dappledstone pulls Mossypaw out of the pool in the healers' den after she falls in during a vision. She ushers Mossypaw to the back of the den and demands her apprentice to tell her what happened. After hearing about the vision, Dappledstone decides that Coarsestar must know about it. She takes Cragshiver and Mossypaw to speak with Coarsestar. When Coarsestar decides to not take action, Dappledstone asks if he could at least ask warriors to reinforce the dens. Coarsestar shuts her down and sends the healers out of his den. Dappledstone insults the leader all the way back to the healer's den. Mossypaw starts to sob into Dappledstone's chest after the news, prompting a warrior to hiss at her to shut up. Dappledstone threatens the cat's life then goes back to comforting Mossypaw. She curls up around the small apprentice and stays until the apprentice eventually falls asleep.

Peatpaw's attack draws Dappledstone out of the healer's den. Dappledstone wastes no time lifting Peatpaw onto her back and bringing her into the healer's den. Dappledstone sets Peatpaw down in a nest then runs back outside to stop Lichenpaw's attack on her apprentice. She treats Peatpaw's wounds quickly while defending her apprentice's innocence from Lichenpaw and Pricklepaw. When the apprentices grow too bothersome, she sends them away.

Dappledstone helps with Flintfall's burial since the other elders were too ill.

Dappledstone tosses a bundle of fennel and cornflower at Mossypaw's head, ordering her to give the herbs to the queens and their kits.

Dappledstone yet again helps with an elder's burial, this time for Rumblefang. She is out of camp when the nursery collapses, and doesn't hear about it until later.

### Section Three: The Thaw

Dappledstone and Mossypaw organize the herbs before they set out for the gathering. At the mention of a SheerClan queen having kits, she looks fondly at Mossypaw. Mossypaw assumes it's because Dappledstone was there at her kitting. Mossypaw zones out and Dappledstone is the one that brings her out, telling her that Hillheart was wondering what herbs RigidClan would need that season. SoundClan's healers soon arrive. Dappledstone jokes that she thought she'd become an elder before the SoundClan healer's apprentice, Croakpaw, got his full healer name. Croakpaw said that she already spoke and looked like one, which gets a hardy laugh out of Dappledstone.

Dappledstone gets into a conversation with all the healers, unknowingly leaving Mossypaw out, before the leaders begin their announcements. She congratulates Croaksong after Avianstar announces his full name.

Dappledstone shields Mossypaw after Sleekstar makes the announcement that RigidClan has a seer in their ranks. She swipes at any cat who attempts to touch Mossypaw. She follows Mossypaw closely after she takes of sprinting to escape the angry mob. Once they reach the other side of the river, Dappledstone groom's Mossypaw's coat and promises that she won't let them touch her. Coarsestar tears up grass and demands to know how WealdClan's healers knew about Mossypaw. Dappledstone says that all the healers knew about Mossypaw's first vision, and that she thought they'd just shrug it off, but she had thought wrong.

### Section Four: The Crimson Coat

Dappledstone and Cragshiver return after gathering a large variety of herbs for the impending battle. She talks about a battle that Coarsestar caused to get back at Hornetstar, who was WealdClan's leader at the time. That battle was the reason she became a healer because she couldn't stand by while cats died to idiotic decisions. She's the caught completely off guard by Mossypaw asking if they wanted to be her parents. Dappledstone says she wasn't good with kits, but Cragshiver objects, stating that she had practically raised Mossypaw. After a little thought, Dappledstone decides to become Mossypaw's mother and promises to protect her.

Dappledstone sticks her head out of the healer's den when Coalflame rushes into camp. She has to go with her mate to the battlefield to aid the injured. She promises Mossypaw that she'd be fine, and that Ravineriver would be there to protect Cragshiver if she wasn't there. She leaves with Coarsestar's patrol.

She is spotted helping Obsidianpelt treat Basaltfang's wounds. She's later seen carrying Basaltfang on her back, depositing him in a nest by Marblebelly.

She asks why Mossypaw sent Peatpaw's group out since they were injured, and sighs at Mossypaw's response before going to grab some cobwebs. She gives Mossypaw a hard slap on the back to nap her out of the vision then tells her to treat the minor injuries while she dealt with the more serious cases.

### Section Five: The Dead Sparrow

Dappledstone returns after aiding in Killdeerfoot's burial and asks if any of the injured cats had woken up yet. Mossypaw responds with a shake of her head and Dappledstone groans, saying that the faster they got those cats out the less likely Coarsestar would yap her ear off. She says that they couldn't live much longer with so few warriors out patrolling. Cragshiver says that most of the apprentices were healthy, and that they would gain experience from having to do extra work, but Dappledstone disagrees. She says that most is an overstatement and mentions Boulderpaw's, Lichenpaw's, and Peatpaw's injuries. She goes to say more, but notices his expression and stops herself. She brushes against her mate then goes into the den to wash her paws. Cragshiver tells Mossypaw not to take Dappledstone's words to heart, as she has never been good at handling her stress.

Mossypaw thinks about how poor Boulderpaw's health is, mentioning how not even Dappledstone could get him out of the nest.

Dappledstone is said to be out of camp gathering herbs as tensions rise in the Clan, and so she would have to rely on Cragshiver to protect her.

### Section Seven: The Brisk Winds

Dappledstone gives Boulderpaw a dose of cornflower and eyebright to help with his illness. Mossypaw whispers to her, saying the tom should've been walking by now. Dappledstone says that the tom refused to get out of his nest and would swipe at her whenever asked to. Mossypaw gently tells Boulderpaw that he wouldn't get any better if he was immobile, and so he agrees to do a lap around the den. Dappledstone asks if he felt any better after the walk and he responds that he didn't feel as terrible as before. She jokingly asks him to grab her a mouse since he was up and about, and he curls up in his nest, mumbling that he didn't want the other apprentices to see him in his weak state. She loses her smile and gets him the mouse herself.

Dappledstone drops the mouse off at Boulderpaw's feet and tells him that Coarsestar was out of his den, and he would be assigned a new mentor soon. She managed to convince the leader to let the tom pick his own apprentice and so she wants him to put some thought into it. Boulderpaw quietly says he'll think about it. Dappledstone tells Mossypaw to wake her if Coarsestar stormed into the den then passes out.

## Relationships

### Cragshiver

Dappledstone began to fall in love with the tom shortly after they became full healers. She quickly realized her feelings were more than platonic, and confessed her love to him outside of camp. He accepts, and they became mates behind the Clan's back. They grew closer after their mentor's death, and even closer when they took on mentoring Mossypaw. She's glad to have a tom like him in her life, and couldn't ask for a better mate, even if he does need her to stand up for him.

### Mossypaw

Dappledstone absolutely loves Mossypaw and tries her best to be there for her, though that can be hard with all the work she is required to do. She's incredibly proud of her apprentice for how far she has come so early in her training and cannot wait to name her a full healer when the time comes.

### Coarsestar

Coarsestar and Dappledstone have been at odds since her mentor died and she became one of two healers. Cragshiver is far more accepting of Coarsestar's ideas while Dappledstone loves to argue with the leader. She believes that healers should have just as much say in leadership matters since they were the ones keeping Coarsestar's cats alive. She argues just a bit less around Mossypaw so she doesn't stress her apprentice out; if Mossypaw wasn't there, Dappledstone would be down to beating the tom into a pulp.

## Quotes

**Dappledstone**: "*All of Slatetongue’s kits are perfectly healthy but she continues to whine about a crow’s caw...The crow cawed* after *her kits were born.*"

**Cragshiver**: "*Death missed her kits, but she’s upset? Was she told the crow’s prophecy wrong? That’s the only explanation I can think of.*"

**Dappledstone**: "*That’s what I’m thinkin’ too. Molly’s got her ears stuffed with moss at all times.*"

—Dappledstone complaining about Slatetongue's attitude to Cragshiver *The New Seer*, page 6

**Dappledstone, lifting Mossypaw's head**: "*Mossypaw, look at me. Tell me what happened, why did you fall in?*"

**Mossypaw**: "*All-all of them-all…all of them were dead, everyone in the nursery. A blizzard hit–the apprentice’s den collapsed too. They were all dead t-t-too.*"

**Dappledstone**: "*What about the other dens?*"

**Mossypaw**: "*Rocks can’t be crushed by snow. They were fine. A white cat appeared and dragged me into the ice–they broke it first, but they dragged me in, no…under. They were like a StarClan cat but made of clouds.*"
**Dappledstone**: "*Made of clouds…*"

—Dappledstone trying to figure out Mossypaw's vision *The New Seer*, page 10

**Dappledstone**: "*I can’t believe that tom. All he has to do is get a couple warriors to add more brambles to the dens, but he won’t even do that! We’ve been blessed with the ability to speak to StarClan for a reason! We’re all he has between life and the death of his cats!*"

**Cragshiver**: "*Lower your voice. If Coarsestar hears us speaking about him-*"

**Dappledstone**: "*He’ll exile us? That tom’s got no power right now. If one of us goes, so does one of his prized warriors. I thought he'd be thrilled to have a seer in his Clan with how desperate he is for battle, but I guess not. He only likes seers when they’re useful to him, like the rest of these damn cats.*"

—Dappledstone complaining about Coarsestar *The New Seer*, page 11