Lavendersnow

***Spoiler warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.* *"...."*
**Lavendersnow** is a huge, muscular, dark snowshoe molly with deep, expressionless blue eyes and massive paws.
**Lavendersnow** was born to ....

## General Information

### Scent:

Plentiful herbs, though her fur smells the strongest of lavender, slight undertones of a dusty cave and the sea. Her fur has a distant, almost other-worldly scent at all times.

## Relations

Friendships: None

Enemies: "Every cat.", Nettlespring, Dawnstar (one-sided on her part), Carrionsaunter, Wishwanderer

Mentors: Twilightplume

Apprentices: Wisteriapaw, Magpiepaw, Featherpaw

## Skills/Faults

*Skills*

She's incredibly talented in all walks of life it seems. The molly has always been since she was discovered by Twilightplume. She has a very deep voice, making her seem very intimidating to some. She understands cats emotions and knows just what to do to take advantage of said emotions, though she cannot feel them herself. She’s got a very wide set of paws, each backed with incredibly sharp claws. They’re strong enough to strike a stone, leaving a slight slice within it. She can often etch words into sticks or bones as it’s simple for her to do so. She has a special set of bones she collects in her den specifically for the purpose of sharpening her claws. She's an incredible strategist, and she's very quiet when stalking. She's got a very quiet step, and she always treads very lightly on the ground, making her presence horrifying to some. Her paws are very soft on the bottom, and though her pads are rough, she knows exactly how to manipulate the ground beneath them to avoid making any noise. She's got a very deep voice, making it hard for cats that are tone deaf to hear her. It also doesn't help that she's very quiet when she speaks, preferring to speak in a sort of murmur rather than clarifying each word. She gets irritated with cats when they cannot hear her, giving her ample opportunity to speak loud and clear, enough to intimidate a cat into leaving her den. Her tone is always an irritated one, making some cats very uncomfortable around her. She doesn't like repeating herself, and she's a terrible mentor when it comes to cats she doesn't much care for. She's very loving and affectionate to her younger sisters, giving them all the patience in the world. She's very sharp spoken, and her voice can change from shrill to complete and sunken, deep and croaking. She can vary her voice to lure cats to areas, or help comfort kits. She also is aware of how to use her voice to support those who struggle with tone deafness, even though sometimes she'll use it differently just to stop cats from being able to hear her. She’s very adventurous, and she has a great sense for tracking. She doesn’t struggle differentiating scents, and her sense of smell is so strong she can sometimes catch the scents of cats who are stalking her even if they’re upwind of her. She has a sharp sight as well, able to see through the darkest of areas to see tufts of fur on a cat’s pelt to seek them out easily. Her mouth has a very good set of taste buds, making it easy for her to taste the air for scents she may be required to find. She’s got strong hearing as well, able to pick out individual words a cat is saying from across camp if she focuses. However, while listening she shuts off all her other senses to completely focus, possibly putting herself at risk for dangerous situations.

*Faults*

Her weaknesses are mostly unknown by just about every cat that knows of her. They only seem to note that she seems to talk in circles, and sometimes mixes up her stories while manipulating cats. On occasion, she may slip up and say something that may be seen as suspicious if the cat is listening close enough. She has frequent mood swings and can seem to bark out at any given moment. She's very harsh and cruel, and forceful at times. She doesn't have any emotion and is incapable of feeling empathy. She’s very manipulative, and cats take note of this when they’re around her. Some cats refuse to be in a social situation when she’s attending, as it always means there will be trouble. She often will space out, and talk to herself. While spacing out, she’s completely vulnerable, as she doesn’t bother tuning out until she’s done with whatever she’s thinking of, instead choosing to often just sit with her head forward, her eyes foggy, and her pelt sagging. While doing this it’s very clear that she’s almost in a different plane of existence, as if leaving her body behind to gather information from another realm. She’s very bad with kits and sometimes confuses her herbs. Though she is a quick learner and she is very hyper-intelligent, she does sometimes struggle due to her lack of positive experiences while training. She sometimes needs to be taught more about certain herbs from the Mental and Physical medicine cats, though she asks them very subtly about this. She is known to be very very violent, especially with cats who have a similar appearance to Twilightplume. She’s used to being treated poorly, so she constantly expects cats to treat her poorly even when she’s truly done nothing wrong for them to see her that way. She’s got a very thick pelt, making it easy for her to sink if she’s submerged in water. The only thing she is afraid of is the depths of deep water. She’s not a fan of sand, and doesn’t like how she never really can put her paws in a comfortable spot when standing on it. She despises the feeling of sinking and grows anxious at the idea of it, though she won’t show this. She’s very good at hiding her pain, and though this is great for her, it’s intimidating to others as it’s hard to tell if she truly has weaknesses, especially since she refuses to tell any cats about her own issues.

## Personality

She's an opportunist. She'll search for any flaw, any weakness, any soft point in the system for her to abuse as harshly as possible. She's very manipulative, making her a very powerful force. As a Nurse acting as a Mental Medicine Cat, she uses this to her advantage to force cats to believe a certain way. She can easily convince a cat that a problem may not be as dire as they believe, and relax them almost instantly. She is quite relaxing to be around, mainly due to her heavy herb scent. She doesn't seem to have any emotions, even when it comes to her family. She doesn't bother masking to show any emotions, either. Her face is constantly resting, and she looks very intimidating. She is very intimidating. She has a very large stature and knows how to take advantage of it. She seems to have an otherworldly understanding for cats emotions and exactly what to do to take advantage of said emotions. She's very sarcastic, and comes off as quite harsh at times. She seems to be in her own world at all given times, and not be very concerned with the thoughts and opinions of others. She seems to daydream and talk to herself quite often, finding any given time she has alone to curl up in her nest and stare at her own shadow on the wall of her den. She's not very concerned with hygiene or anything to do with the health of herself or her clanmates, more so worrying about her own comfort at times. She's not religious in the slightest, and doesn't seem to have any thoughts about the topic. She’s skeptical of most respect cats attempt to give her, and will read too much into just about anything offered to her. For example, if a cat tells her that they believe she’s doing a great job treating their kin, she may see it as the cat trying to pressure her into doing more than necessary for their kin, and she may become aggravated with the cat. She always seems like she has burrs in her fur, locked in tight to her skin and tugging at her tightly. She never really seems to be very enthusiastic about anything, even when it comes to her sisters. She’ll say something that may come off as normally happy, but then her facial expression tells cats that she is not being entirely sincere about what she’s saying. She’s very antagonistic in the eyes of many cats. They don’t seem to feel comfortable around her, and she’s content with the idea of that. She’s unmotivated often and very irritable, oftentimes glaring at cats for simple things. She’s very pessimistic, and a lone-wolf sort of character. She's a cruel and cold cat, and she has little to no care for any cats that aren't her kin. She seems to resent Twilightplume very harshly for what he did to her, so harshly that she is often cursing his name and destroying items that are left behind from him, since there always seems to be something of the sort in her den. She's very cautious and she seems to have a third eye for activity that may be harmful to her. She knows better than to open her mouth in dangerous situations, and she can seemingly scent that something terrible will happen if she decides to do something with a cat. She almost knows everything that could and will happen, and she thinks often about it. She never had any expectations for cats, so it's not surprising to her when cats fail. She's almost expecting it and hoping they do fail at times for her own amusement, as she enjoys watching cats struggle. She's very sarcastic and rude, and she loves to brush off cats feelings when she doesn't openly search for them. She's very unnaturally nasty at times to cats who've never even had a conversation with her. It's a well known and accepted fact among the clan cats not to interact with her. She's an incredible cat in almost all walks of life, beginning with the obvious knowledge of herbs. She's been known to hide herbs from her fellow Mental and Physical Medicine Cat's as she prefers to have her own storage, making it incredibly clear she's very selfish. She's heartless in the minds of other cats, and her hostility towards them doesn't make much sense to some. She never truly learned that the 3 roles usually work together. Due to the sympathy She's been given by Dawnstar, she seems to take advantage of certain things she genuinely shouldn't be getting away with. Her attitude towards life is to do whatever the hell she wants because cats will be pissed at her either way. Her knowledge of fighting is much deeper than that of herbs, and she reminds cats of this through subtle body movements rather than vocalizing that sort of thing. When cats get on her nerves she turns her back to them, and begins to allow her muscles to ripple beneath her pelt, reminding them that she's not all fluff. She's very paranoid, and she's afraid of things such as being touched on her scruff. She's got a clear phobia for cats that are similar in appearance to Twilightplume, and she quickly bows her head to those she sees that share a similar appearance to him. Her body buckles beneath her as she's terrified of him and the harsh hazing she had to endure when she was under his care. He sought her out for a reason he never would explain to any cat, and he harshly abused her for his own benefit, believing that he'd protect her from becoming what she was destined to. Still, Lavendersnow is very bitter. She loves to remind cats of his wrath and how her only comfort was in the cold and unnaturally angry Otterpond, who only gave sanctuary to Lavenderpaw, knowing her pain, guilt, and sadness. She'd sleep in Otterpond's nest to hide from Twilightplume despite being somewhat larger than Otterpond, with a large sheet of moss over their back so Otterpond could correctly hide the young apprentice. She'd groom her face and ears, and tell her everything would work itself out in time. Lavendersnow doesn't stand up for cats often, but when she suspects any sort of abuse she grows violent. She'll care for the victim as if they were her own sibling, and she'll violently speak out against the abuser, perhaps even threatening to refuse treatment on them in the case of illness. Of course, no cat takes her seriously for this, as they know that there's many other cats to turn to to get treatment, however those who trust the Nurses more than the other ranks of medicine cats may find this threat more intimidating. She likes holding a high position of power. She's not greedy or power hungry for more, though she does enjoy the authority she has over other cats. She likes when cats listen to her, and she likes the idea of controlling situations based on her rank. She gives Mental Medicine Cats a bit more respect out of spite for Twilightplume despite agreeing with him that the rank is somewhat useless. She's very strategic, and she only really interacts with cats when necessary or she needs something from them. She's very persuasive when she wants something, and it's not difficult for her to get anything she wants. She'll curl up beside a cat and beg them for something subtly, and out of respect for her often times cats will do what she wants. That's the main thing she loves to acquire, respect. She enjoys having it at all times. On the topic of religion, despite her being the spiritual guide for her Clan, Starclan refuses completely to speak with her. She believes this is the fault of her not being clanborn, as she learned from Dawnstar they have yet to visit her outside of her nine lives ceremony as well. She oftentimes will visit and stay there for hours on end, trying time and time again to speak to them, though no cat knows of this, and she refuses to tell them what went on there, only that Starclan wants her to keep everything a secret. She's often level headed and she thinks realistically, not letting anything change her mind once she's got it set. She knows the consequences of everything, and she thinks long and hard about what to do in case a plan goes ary, knowing everything to fix it. She's untrustworthy of new cats, and she doesn't have patience for those who speak in riddles or attempt to come off in a certain light. She's straight to the point, and prefers others be this way towards her as well. She's very quick witted, and she often can assume what cats will say before they've even spoken. She's very good with reading body language and telling even the most subtle of details in a cat's eye, though she sometimes may take this too seriously and over assume something that's going on with the cat. She sometimes finds every reason in the world to avoid talking to cats however, as she prefers to be alone with her thoughts. Though her thoughts do come up and fester at times, she suppresses them and chooses not to think much about anything. She avoids sticky situations entirely so as to not cause problems between her and her clanmates, and the only time she really shows any emotions is when it comes to some forms of abuse with her clanmates, or anything at all to do with Otterpond or Twilightplume. She's very charismatic when it comes to her sisters, and she's violent against cats who cause them any harm. She's the first cat to bring down another, and she's the first to call out if something is wrong. She has insanely good survival skills, with her ability to swim, climb trees, dig, and defend herself, making her seem good for almost any task. Some cats believe that if she hadn't become a Nurse, she'd have become the next leader, however some fear what may come of their clan if she was in fact leader.r. She’s very heartless and cruel in the eyes of almost every cat besides her kin, and she has no regard for the safety of others at times. She’s very petty, and she’ll hold things against cats for the rest of time if she can help it. She sometimes whispers threats to cats, refusing to clarify them and refusing to elaborate. She’s the kind of cat to get in fights constantly and never think twice about it. In fact she doesn’t think about much when it comes to what she says, deciding to rather speak her mind whenever she wants and she just expects cats not to do anything about it, or not to say anything in return. She loves arguments and conflicts, and her manipulative nature causes cats to be wary when she’s around, as she’s notorious for destroying some cat’s relationships with others. She’s a complete hypocrite, and she doesn’t seem to understand a lot of things, as she’s unaware and somewhat airheaded at times, especially when she has her mind set on something, she will refuse to see any other aspects of the idea. She seems to be almost haunted by Twilightplume’s existence in her life, as he gave her severe trauma. She refuses to sleep due to the trauma she experienced, when she was asleep Twilightplume would often pull out her fur and place burrs in her pelt, before pulling them out violently giving her wounds along her back. He’d poke her with thorns and needles, and would even scare her awake. She’s untrustworthy of cats around her because of this, and she will refuse to sleep unless alone in the forest somewhere. She’s also a very light sleeper when she does sleep, and she needs to be in a light area during the day to do so, so that she cannot be harmed by cats who seek her out hiding in the darkness of her den.

## Detailed Appearance

Lavendersnow is a relatively pretty cat, at least on the outside. She has a very unique coat, with very pale cream undertones and a soft blue-grey ticked pattern on her back, with splotches of white spotting all over her body. Her fur is soft and feathery, and very glossy just like every cat of Sunlit Prairies, though hers seems especially shiny. Her fur is rounded at her face and around her neck and chest, and she's incredibly muscular from her time as a Sentinel, and she still maintains her strength to this day. She often chooses to go on patrols after lessons with her sisters are completed, happening to miss a lot of injured cats in need of help in the process. She's very large, and has a strangely thick tail. She has large, rounded paws with protruding, rough paw pads, which indicate she has traveled for a long time on very rough and painful roads. She has rounded fur behind her arms and a tight belly, with a thick, strong primordial pouch. Her haunches are strong and muscular, and her hind legs are thick. She has thick fur on her haunches, and a nearly straight spine due to her great posture. She has sharp claws that are strangely black in coloration, used to slice into sharp hide, though not very practical for digging. Her paws are snowy white, though the fur on the bottom of her paws is stained a pale green from the herbs she mixes frequently. She's got a very deep voice, and her tone is low and difficult to hear at times. She holds herself very straight upwards, with her paws often planted in the floor. Her face is usually blank, and she doesn't have much expression. Her brows aren't very defined on her face due to her little usage with them, and her ears are often angled backwards on her head as she listens for sounds behind her, making it clear she's somewhat paranoid. Her face is soft, yet well-rounded, with round cheekbones and a large muzzle with sharp, small teeth within her jaw. Her jaw itself is small, yet the inside of her mouth is very large. She can almost unhinge it like a snake when necessary. Her tongue is a deep, dark, nearly purple color, and her throat is large and has thicker flesh within to help her swallow sharp objects. She’s got a small, cute nose, and a heart-shaped marking on her muzzle, where the coloration is white, yet not symmetrical. Her eyes are often dull. Her eyes are a bright, sapphire-blue tinted, ocean-like color, with soft crystals of silver tinged within. She has jet-black pupils, of which are nearly always in narrow slits on her face. Part of her nose is a soft, pale pink in coloration, with a decent amount of it striping up her muzzle, with dark, almost black-brownish circles around her eyes. She has the outline of a mask around her face, with cream markings outlining the end of the fur on her head and leading to a snow-white coloration for her neck and chest. Her back is a mixture of patches of cream and dark brown, with a white underbelly and paws, though only one of her hind legs has the white striking almost up to her knee. For both of her front paws, the white fur is only directly on her toes, and for her left front paw her second toe is missing the coloration, instead having the brownish cream color in its place. She has a very thick furred tail, and her tail is nearly completely all the same blackish-brown color as on her muzzle. Her tail streaks downwards, nearly always at her side or down below, sweeping just above the ground. She has dapples on her belly just near her haunches, and her sides are somewhat thicker on her haunches, giving her a wider look. Her shoulders are well-muscled and ripple when she moves, and her paws are massive. She’s got long legs, sporting strong muscles to support strength when dashing. Her ears are rounded at the tips and are elongated. She has a brown patch on her chin instead of the snowy white, and her muzzle on her left side has a brown patch on it, covering the white spotting. Her eyes are often narrow and sleek, almost angry in appearance. Her brow is often furrowed in frustration, and her ears are commonly flattened. She often lashes her tail and bristles her fur along her spine. She’s got a thicker tail tip, and very wide toes under her paws. She’s got very thick, dense fur, helping her stay regulated in temperatures and giving her a very wide, large look. She has a straight spine, giving her a large, straight-forward look. Her steps are wide as she has a slow, strong stride, and she moves with her head held somewhat low, only raising it when she’s at rest. She always holds her head high, even when addressing her apprentices. She constantly has an irritated, scary look on her face, and she’s got a very well-groomed pelt.

## Kin

Mother:

Father: Jessy

Sisters: Wisteriapaw, Magpiepaw

## Backstory

She was born to her parents Jessy and . She wasn't very close to them, and only really seemed to help out when they gave birth to their second litter, consisting of two kits, Woolly and Lotus. Lavender was a rowdy kit, and was often getting herself into trouble, barely wiggling out of danger just when it reared up at her. Lavender seemed to do things just to spite her parents, often wandering off when she wasn't welcome to and causing trouble for the clan cats. When she was around six months old, Lavender began to stalk the borders of clan territory and play with cats who came close, or so she calls it. The cats who experienced this interaction would rather call the attempts "attacks." Lavender would pounce on them to steal their prey, or purposefully scare what they were stalking away. The clan cats grew tired of it, but once the former Nurse Twilightplume heard of this intruder, he grew increasingly interested. According to him, he was in need of an heir, because he'd meet an "untimely and faithless demise to the paws of a cat with ice at her core," which he assumed was about his former apprentice, Otterpond. He investigated Lavender, beginning to hunt nearby her territory. While he was stalking something, Lavender rushed out and killed it infront of him, stealing the kill. Twilightplume pounced on her and slammed her against the ground before forcefully dragging her back to camp. She screamed and squirmed, begging for any cat to help. He released her in his den as he blocked the entrance, where he told her she had the destiny to become the next Nurse in his place. Lavender was furious, and she began protesting. She attacked him, only to be stopped instantly. He forced her to begin learning, but when she snuck out and began stealing prey to escape with, she was attacked once more by Twilightplume and held down as Valleystar investigated. She almost allowed Lavender freedom when Twilightplume insisted that he needed her, as it was a sign from Starclan for her to be his apprentice. Valleystar was reluctant, and decided to hold her Prisoner until Starclan reached out to her. However, days turned to months, and cats grew very tired of Lavender's constant threats. To keep her busy, Valleystar named her Lavenderpaw, and had her training under the guidance of one of her guards, a tom named Freshsquall. He was kind to her, but didn't have much patience for her bad mood. She was given frequent lessons about her attitude, and he had a very slow pace for training. At some point during her training, she began to return to her parents where she learned that they'd had two new kits to replace her, her two younger sisters named Woolly and Lotus. She was shocked but not upset, and she grew very affectionate towards her sisters. She was discovered to have been stealing prey from camp to bring to them once more. Her parents noticed this and grew more distant towards the three of them, finding it a lot more simple if Lavenderpaw raised them instead of the two of them. They decided to leave the three entirely after one moment when Twilightplume followed her out of camp when she stole a rabbit. She was feeding her sisters by crushing the meat between her paws and letting them lick at it. Twilightplume confronted them and began to threaten all of them, saying he'd have a patrol kill them if they didn't leave. Because of this incident, they did. The two of them moved on leaving Woolly and Lotus under Lavenderpaw's care. Seeing no other option but to take her sisters back to camp, she did so. She didn't allow any queens to take care of her sisters, instead nursing them herself with the meat of extra prey she took from camp. She raised the two as her own, while also happening to do very well during her training. She was excelling however in her training, and she was promoted when she was 13 months old after only training for 4 months. She was named Lavenderburst by Valleystar. Lavenderburst grew more and more violent when on border patrols however, and quickly after becoming a full Sentinel Twilightplume stopped a meeting to request Lavenderburst as his apprentice again. She was reverted back to an apprentice, as Twilightplume needed to remind her that she was below him. Lavenderpaw grew colder and colder, as well as more and more sarcastic. She was tired of being pulled and forced to do things she wasn't entirely about. She spent longer training to be a Nurse, as it did not come as naturally to her as battle. Whenever Lavenderpaw failed at remembering herbs, Twilightplume would forcefully shove small thorns into her nose and paw pads until she could tell him the name of the herb he was requesting of her. She became cruel and very hateful, avoiding Twilightplume at all times. She found comfort in Otterpond, Twilightplume's former apprentice. Otterpond finished her training and took her to get her name, naming her Lavendersnow. Twilightplume fought with Otterpond about this, wanting to name her himself, but when the two of them returned from the naming ceremony Twilightplume was dead.

## Trivia

* She was named Lavender by her parents after they gave birth to her in a patch of lavenders, giving her a very strong scent of it that stays to this very day. Her suffix was given to her by Otterpond rather than Twilightplume, naming her after their shared resentment towards him, a cold, unnaturally sharp feeling of hatred, as well as her own cold and distant attitude towards life as a whole.

## Quotes

*"Don't you know what you could be* doing *by trying to interpret a false omen? You're considering playing with a sinner in the eyes of Starclan this close to leaf-bare? Do you want to lose all our kits?"*

-Lavendersnow to Dawnstar against Petalpaw's vision.

*"This young apprentice has been dragged in here after being unable to defend herself in a battle* she *caused by attacking an older, more experienced, and most of all a stronger clanmate...She has gone on to your mental medicine cat about how she's scared about something she saw, and she goes on this whole spiel about some omen she saw, or prophecy or whatever. However- as the sole interpreter* for *these signs and visions, I do not believe in the legitimacy of any of these claims, and for each of the reasons following. One;...This apprentice speaks of a* Starclan cat padding up to her and speaking. *When was the last time a Starclan cat has* spoken *to you in a vision? The only ones I've gotten have been completely silent. Do you disagree with on behalf of my interpretations of the word of Starclan? Second; the way she described the blackness...'Like the sun and sky were consumed as well?' Doesn't that sound a lot like succumbing to the head trauma you* clearly *posess? And finally..."*

-Lavendersnow's rehearsed argument against Petalpaw's vision, spoken to Dawnstar.

*"I said* enough. *I've heard plenty already. You did not see some* sign, *and you're not some little prophet apprentice that sees special signs from our ancestors."*

*"You see Starclan tonight? Ask them, then. See what they say to you."*

*"You know Starclan does not give clear answers. You know as much as any cat in this clan that's the case...What are you trying to* do *anyway?...Scare your clanmates?"*

*"I was-"*

*"You* were *trying to scare your clanmates after a successful festival."*

-Conversation between Lavendersnow and Petalpaw about the latter's first vision from Starclan.

*Nervous? I've never felt nervous in my life. If any cat should be nervous it would be that little ginger tabby. One pawstep in here and I'd have ripped his tail off and fed it to him.*

-Lavendersnow's first thoughts during her introduction about a Tourist tom.

*"I don't need friends, they disappoint me." ... "You already know why we shouldn't trust anyone but kin."*

-Lavendersnow explaining her distaste for other cats to her sister, Lotuspaw.

*"You* just thought *what? That the fresh-kill pile is an open buffet for chubby kittypets? The bramble sheet is there for that reason exactly, to keep unwanted critters away from it."*
- Lavendersnow to NPC kittypet Tourists.

*It didn't concern her how many cats populated the clan, and she didn't expect to need any cat's help, at least not anytime soon.*

- Lavendersnow's thoughts on Tourists.

## Links

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