Toadpool

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Toadpool was the medicine cat of ShadowClan.

### Personality

Despite their intimidating size, Toadpool is a gentle giant. The value honesty and integrity above everything else and are quick to anger when a cat goes back on their word or treats another wrong. They keep their cool in most situations, not letting a cats side comments get to them. Their gentle nature and strong will to love allows them to put their clan mates above everything. Their strong desire to be loved does creates conflicts though, finding them self to rely on those around them instead of being independent. They often find them self struggling with trying to keep peace, sacrificing their own needs for the sake others. They are inherently curious, using all their senses to the maximum when learning.

Toadpool loves the rainy season, and can be found outside of camp listening to the frogs and toads singing after a particularly rainy day. They don't mind getting wet, and love the smell of wet grass after it rains. Being a long-haired cat, Toadpool despises the heat, sticking to the shadows instead. They avoid stepping into sand at all costs.

## Detailed History

### Kithood

Toadkit was born into ShadowClan in the beginning of leaf-fall, along with their brother, Nettlekit. Prey was scarce, and their father left with another warrior to go to a carrion place to hunt rats. The two warriors were successful in catching some rats, but were soon outnumbered. Pinetalon sacrificed himself to save the other warrior, dying before he ever had a chance to meet his kits. During leaf-bare, a terrible sickness swept through camp, killing both Nettlekit and Frostlily. Lakepool, a warrior at the time, took in Toadkit to raise as her own.

After losing their mother and only brother, Toadkit kept to themselves. The other kits would poke fun at them because of their gentle nature, and wouldn't include Toadkit into any of their games. Toadkit didn't mind, and spent their time looking at different plants and took interest in whatever the Medicine Cats were doing.

### Apprenticeship

When Toadpaw was to become an apprentice, they hesitated. They had no interest in becoming a warrior, and talked to Lakepool about becoming the Medicine Cat's apprentice. Unfortunately, Cherrypaw, was already the apprentice, so Toadpaw had to start warrior training. A moon later, Cherrypaw disappeared without a trace. After spending a week searching for the missing apprentice, Maggotmoon approached Toadpaw and offered them the position of Medicine Cat apprentice.

A few moons later, when Lakepool was representing ShadowClan at a gathering, Tumblebee told her about the crimes of Maggotmoon, and he was banished from the clan. Lakepool became leader, and went to Skyclan to ask Raccoonleap to help mentor Toadpaw, who was now the sole medicine cat of ShadowClan.

Apprenticeship with Tumblebee xxx

### Life as the Medicine Cat

Finally, after many moons of training, Toadpool received their full name. Their first apprentice was Ashpaw, a grumpy tom who was rather insecure but with a will to learn. Toadpool's worries were proven when the apprentice stepped down, giving up being a medicine cat to pursue being a warrior. Roundpaw was next, a rather lazy, and also grumpy cat. Toadpool taught them the ways of being a medicine cat, and Roundberry earned their full name.

One day, Draconis, the BloodClan "healer" attacked Toadpool, rendering the large cat blind due to the poison residue on her claws. They didn't let that stop them from still serving as a medicine cat. After Lakestar's passing, and a few moons into the newly named Timberstar's leadership, Toadpool retired to the life of an elder to spend more time with their kits. But disaster struck when Roundberry was brutally murdered by a clanmate, leaving ShadowClan without a medicine cat.

Toadpool appointed their daughter, Cinnamonpool as the next medicine cat and taught her the ways. She was a quick learner, having spent her kithood in and out of the medicine cat den whenever she wanted to spend time with her parent..

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