Snowpaw (WC)

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## Overview

Snowpaw is the current medicine cat apprentice of WindClan.

### Appearance

Snowpaw is an albino Lykoi tom, a type of nearly hairless cat. His fur is snow white, where he got his name, and his skin is a dull pale grey. The fur is absent around his face, throat, paws, and stomach. And his fur is patchy on his chest, arms, tail, and ears.

His whiskers are curled and longer than an average cat's which helps him get around as he is completely blind, only able to see vague shadows. Because of that, his red eyes are dull and slightly clouded, his pupils blown out wide from the lack of sight.

Snowpaw often wears a woven 'collar' of lavender flowers, as the scent of them calms him down. He links them to his meeting with Luckythorn and almost never goes anywhere without the flowers on him somewhere.

### Personality

Snowpaw is a curious and quiet cat, having suffered a lot of abuse back in his old home. It led to him being scared of how others see him, worried that they won't approve of him and will leave him out to catch his death in the wilderness. He does his best to be someone they can like; Like being very obedient and quiet for Luckythorn. He'd love to be able to make friends but is too anxious to try it for fear of what others will think of him.

Deep down though he is still very curious, listening to conversations that others have to try to learn about the clans more. He's interested in learning about the afterlives too, even though he doesn't particularly like any of them.

### Power

Snowpaw can chill the air and create snow at will, either snow in his paw or light flurries around him.

Snow will be able to create snow in his paws, or as flurries around him. Perhaps in the future as a one time thing or a power upgrade it could become a blizzard. But for now it would just be light snow. He could create a layer of frost on whatever he touches as well (anything that isn’t alive anyway) that expands out from his paw to cover the item, and he could make the air around him colder at his own expense. I’m thinking he will also be able to sense very big differences in heat only up to a body length away, leading to him being able to get a better sense of where cats are when they’re near him.

* Snow in his paws (not infinite, just a couple of pawfuls at a time)
* Chill the air
* Make things frost over (nothing alive)
* Light snow in the air
* Sense very basic temperature differences only up to a body length away

**Drawbacks**

Snowpaw will have a hard time warming up, making him more susceptible to freezing and getting hypothermia. His heart will be beating slower than usual as well due to his lower body temperature, making him weaker and get tired easily, meaning he won’t be able to carry as much and will need to take more breaks when looking for herbs. Using his powers to make the air colder would basically also cause him problems. His lower body temperature would carry over even after he loses his power.

* He has a hard time being warm
* More susceptible to getting hypothermia
* Slower heart rate makes him physically weak and tired

## History

### Kithood

Snow was born in a twoleg home, a Lykoi breeder. Because of his albinism, he was deemed pretty useless, unable to make much of a profit from him. His mother also didn't let him feed as much as his siblings, refusing to take care of the runt of her litter. His owners decided to keep him for a while though, at least until they found out that he was also blind, then he was driven to the WindClan territory and abandoned.

Luckythorn found him as a kit, covered in scrapes from the thunderpath and with a sprained leg, he was brought back to WindClan where he was treated and finally treated with care. Because of how Lucky was the first and only cat to show any semblance of care for him, he got attached to the medicine cat, wanting to stay with them at all costs but being too afraid to voice it. He made excuses to bring prey to them or just stay quietly in the medicine den to be near Lucky.

### Apprenticeship

Snow was ecstatic when Luckythorn asked him to be their apprentice, quickly accepting even though he was worried that he wouldn't be a good pick because of his blindness. Since Lucky believed that he could do it however, he agreed and started training under them to be WindClan's next medicine cat. He often took training into his own paws, knowing that he would have to work extra hard to be able to keep up with the other medicine apprentices, staying up late to feel the differences between herbs, memorizing where they went, ect. He just wanted to make Luckythorn proud.

With a particularly harsh Leaf-bare hitting however, the herbs started to dwindle and die off before they could gather more, so he started to learn treatments instead of herbs; Learning what to do without being able to practice it. He didn't mind the change, eager to learn whatever he could.