Emberskip

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## Physical Description

Emberskip is a dark ginger tom. His eyes are grey-green, and his build slender, ideal for hunting. His bushy fur is more reddish than ginger, and he has a startlingly pink nose. He has a deep scar in his shoulder from when his patrol was attacked by badgers.

## Personality

Emberskip is ambitious, loyal, fun-loving, daring, sweet, and loving. He would do anything for his mate and kits and can get along with almost any cat. In a way, he's still the young apprentice he used to be, but he's faced more hardships and knows what a tough place the world can really be. He's still curious, adventure-seeking, and optimistic, just like he was as an apprentice.

## Life

### Kithood

Emberskip was created at six moons and therefore didn't have a kithood. He has no parents since he wasn't created as a newborn kit.

### Apprenticeship

When Emberpaw was six moons old, Rabbitstar, the leader of ThunderClan at that time, apprenticed him to a cat named Vineripple. For a few moons, they trained together, but then Vineripple became ill, delirious and would not eat, so she had to be moved to the medicine cat den. Rabbitstar had been eaten by a wolf, but his deputy Blazingfrost had been killed by a fox, so Thornpad, the temporary deputy, became leader. Later on, conflicts arose on who would be leader between Vineripple and Thornpad. Sunstep became Emberpaw's temporary mentor while Vineripple was sick, and he became a warrior under his training. Emberpaw loved Gatherings, the chance to meet cats from other Clans, and became good friends with Lavenderpaw of WindClan.

All throughout his apprenticeship, Emberpaw was frequently accompanied by Hopepaw, the only living daughter of Blazingfrost and Thornpad. The two became best friends and became mates when Emberpaw was made a warrior. Emberpaw's apprenticeship was a peaceful one with not many hardships, although it was filled with mischief and threats from the medicine cat Featherdust to feed him deathberries if he annoyed her again. Despite this, he continued to intentionally bother her constantly, ignoring her half-hearted threats.

### Adult Life

Emberpaw finished his training and received the warrior name Emberskip. When he became a warrior, Emberskip immediately became mates with Hopepetal (previously Hopepaw), his past best friend, and the cat he had come to love so much. Thornpad received his nine lives from StarClan, but Vineripple was still sick, although much better than before. A civil war started/is to brew/brewing, because Blazingfrost, the temporary leader's final act had been to change the temporary deputy from Thornpad to Vineripple. Thornpad thought Vineripple was an unsuitable leader, and they argued many times, but he offered her the place of his deputy. She refused. Cats started to take sides in the brewing civil war, but all throughout Emberskip remained/remains neutral. Thornstar had always treated him right, but Blazingfrost had appointed Vineripple. He wasn't sure what to think.

Two moons after Emberskip became a warrior, Hopepetal, who had moved into the nursery, bore their first litter, two she-cats and two toms. Blazingkit, a she-cat with Blazingfrost's pelt colour and Emberskip's eyes, was the first to be born, followed by Dreamkit, a pale yellow she-cat with a white chest and cyan eyes. From then Puddlekit, a grey tom, was born, and then Frostkit. Frostkit was the youngest and the runt of the litter. His pelt was black, and he had silvery eyes, but he was weak and frail and died shortly after being born. Shortly after, Hopepetal found a kit in the territory, and she and Emberskip decided to adopt him, naming him Badgerkit. Emberskip loved his mate and kits, but roughly two moons after the kits were born Hopepetal caught greencough. She moved into the medicine cat den, and Emberskip, who was caught unexpected with this, took some time to recover from the news. He loved his mate very much and was afraid of her dying. He got into many arguments with Creekfrost, another ThunderClan cat, over Hopepetal's state, and when Featherdust caught whitecough. Prey was scarcer than ever, with it being leaf-bare, and Emberskip, along with many cats of the Clan, started to go hungry. He was attacked by badgers, along with his patrol, and had to spend time in the medicine cat den with an infected shoulder wound for several days. During this time Hopepetal fell unconcious, giving birth to a new fear in Emberskip, and more arguments with Creekfrost. He recovered later, but he still has the deep scar.

Emberskip had been training a she-cat named Night, from ShadowClan, those past few moons, but Thornstar decided she had proven her loyalty and named her Nightshade. Emberskip then got his first apprentice (Nightshade was only his kind-of-apprentice, seeing as she was older than him), Rustlepaw. He had become an excellent hunter by this time but wasn't so good on hunting for himself, believing that the Clan was more important to feed than himself. He went on like this until Vineripple awoke him to his senses, and he started to eat again. Emberskip developed strong bonds with most of his kits while Hopepetal was sick, and started to lose his belief in the innocence of the world, the belief that had been with him since a young age. He started to become more cautious and wary after his bittersweet experiences with the world.

Soon after Rustlepaw mysteriously died [of inactivity], a she-cat named Benny joined the Clan. Thornstar re-named her Lightningpaw and she became Emberskip's apprentice, and also friend.

When Emberskip and Hopepetal were both 21 moons old they adopted a she-kit named Laurelkit. She and Emberskip quickly developed a bond, and Laurelkit was so sweet and adorable she melted Emberskip's heart <3

Creekfrost and Emberskip had been rickety and super angry with each other for a long time, but when they were sent hunting and herb-gathering together, they stopped arguing for a bit and actually didn't yell at each other for some time.

When Emberskip was 21 moons old, he had been hunting peacefully, thinking that Hopepetal was watching their kits. But she wasn't. She was out hunting too, and was nearly cat-napped by a falcon. It was one of the most terrifying moments of Emberskip's life, but thankfully, Hopepetal managed to wrestle both her and the falcon down, plummeting to the ground. Emberskip never forgot the day when he nearly lost his mate.

After this incident Emberskip spots Laurelkit, his adopted kit, exploring camp, and asks her if she is finding it nice. She responds with an enthusiastic 'yes' and tells him every cat's rather interesting, but when he inquires her if her siblings are accepting her she shrugs and says 'mostly'. Laurelkit had become Emberskip's favourite kit, although he claimed they were all his favourites, and he began to worry that Laurelkit wasn't being accepted. She herself tells him that most of the cats are treating her like a full ThunderClan cat, even though she wasn't born in ThunderClan, but he protests and says that she is a full ThunderClan cat at heart and that all that matters is that she is loyal. Later on, while he is telling her the story of Blazingfrost in the nursery she eats the magpie that Emberskip brought with such gusto that it results in him starting to nickname her Magpie.

After drastic events, such as Dreamkit and Puddlekit dying of greencough, his daughter Blazingpaw leaving for ShadowClan, and Laurelpaw having a close brush with death, he finally can't stand it anymore.

Emberskip is currently undergoing a deep depression, due to so many unfortunate events happening in the timespace of a few moons. He and Hopepetal have had another litter of kits, Pearkit and Flamekit, but he could hardly care for them.

His loving daughter Laurelpaw states her concern for him and drags him to the medicine den, however he doesn't manage to recover.

Later on, the news of Blazingpaw's return to ThunderClan made its way to him. By now he was convinced that all the sorrow his family had been bestowed with was his fault, and decided to run off into the Thunderpath and end his sadness. He is however followed by a number of cats, including Mistclaw, Honeypool, Creekfrost, Flamekit, Laurelpaw and Blazingpaw. His last moments with his beloved mate Hopepetal are a few silent seconds for a goodbye, before he dashes.

In the forest his daughter Blazingpaw follows him, not bearing to see him in such sorrow. Emberskip begs her to end everything, and dies at her claws willingly. It's the end of his doomed life.

## Friends and Family

Throughout his life, Emberskip collected and cherished many friends. He was especially fond of Hopepetal and his kits, but also had steady friendships with Thornstar, Sunstep, Vineripple, and Nightshade. He was 'friends' with Featherdust, but annoyed her a great deal too much. He also enjoyed the company of Songbird, the medicine cat apprentice, Honeypool, and Goldenfang. In his apprentice days, Emberpaw became good friends with a WindClan apprentice Lavenderpaw, but he hasn't talked to her in moons now.

He is also friendly with Lightningstrike, his past apprentice, previously known as Benny.

Emberskip can get along with almost any cat (apart from Creekfrost, whom he argues with waaay too much).

His close family concludes of Hopepetal and their two litters of kits. In Twoleg ways, Blazingfrost (deceased) and Thornstar are his parents-in-law, making him distantly related to Furstar and some other cats.

He is also related(ish) to Daisykit and her siblings, who are Hopepetal's kits (fathered by Sunstep). He isn't exactly related by blood, but with him being Hopepetal's old mate, and the father of Daisykit's half-siblings, that gets him pretty close.

Emberskip has a few living grandkits too, but I don't know all of them xP Hopefire is one.

## Quotes

*"Nothing, and nobody can ever remain perfect." -* Emberskip to Hopepetal in her dream.

*"You know, Sunstep, sometimes you have to accept help."* - Emberskip to Sunstep.

*"Don't be too hard on yourself. We all make mistakes."* - Emberskip to Skyshadow.

*"Everything'll be okay. You'll see."* - Emberskip to his daughter Dreamkit.

*"If you're* too *good, then there's no fun in life. Remember, rules were meant to be broken!"* - Emberskip to his adopted daughter Laurelkit, half teasing, half saying it for real.

"*You're a loyal ThunderClan cat, and that's all that matters."* - Emberskip to Laurelkit.

*"The flame's died out. Everything was fine, but nothing lasts forever."* - Emberskip to Thornstar about himself after entering a deep state of depression because he's lost so many kits. [Some have died, some have left.]

*"Time can't heal these wounds."* - Emberskip to Featherdust.

*"I love you. Always."* - Emberskip to Blazingpaw in his dying moments.