Mantis

Mantis is one of the side characters in the roleplay played by Project\_Badlands

He is a thin long legged dark grey tom with black stripes, pointy devilhorn like ears, copper/brown eyes, a crooked long tail, short fur, and a wide yellowed grin with one cracked darkened tooth.

## Kin

### Mates:

Puddle (deceased)Beetlescar (deceased)

Polarstar

Máni

## personal identification

### sexuality

Gay

**Character Traits**

Easily Overwhelmed

Flirty

Mega gay

Irresponsible

Wanderer

Lone wolf

Day Dreamer

Focuses on past mistakes too much

**Backstory**

Mantis was born to two loners, his mother was a former kittypet named Orchid and his father was a muscular loner named Slate. He was born in a large old rabbit warren under the roots of a large old tree called the Hollow tree. He was the only kit in his litter and got used to being alone and taking care of himself. His mother Orchid was a beautiful white and pinkish colored she-cat with sleek silky fur and piercing pink eyes. His father Slate was a large muscular grey tom with dark grey eyes. It turns out that Orchid is a murderer who was nicknamed the Orchid Mantis due to her killing toms after luring them in with her beauty. Mantis was mainly raised by himself because his mother had to abandon him under the roots of the tree when he was around 3 moons old because she was trying to lead a group of wild dogs away from the warren. Mantis never saw her again. He was found by a she-cat named Tia who helped him learn how to hunt and introduced him to her son who was the same age as him, his name was Puddle. Puddle and Mantis fell in love and spent all their time together. When the two young cats (apprentice age) were playing in the river, they spotted an underwater cave that Puddle wanted to explore. Mantis tried to stop him but he already swam down to it and got his leg caught on a rock. Mantis ran to find Tia but once he found her and got back, Puddle had already drowned.

When Mantis had been living beside clan territory after leaving Tia to live on his own he met a tom named Máni who used to be a part of a religious group and he got along well with him. When he was sleeping on a large rock, a Snakeclan apprentice named Beetlepaw caught him in her territory. He woke up and teased her which made her extremely angry and flustered. Beetlepaw found him again and yelled at him, he said that he had a crush on her which made her very flustered. They started meeting and soon when Beetlepaw became Beetlescar, she was pregnant with his kits. She gave birth to Weaselpaw, Edgepaw, and Tide. Mantis stayed in Snakeclan with his kits for a while until an ambush from a rival camp caused him to grab his kits and run away. Beetlescar found him in Máni's cave and yelled at him for stealing the kits away from their home. Beetlescar took Weaselkit and Edgekit but Mantis refused to let Tide go back to the clans to protect her. He later found out that Beetlescar was killed after she killed Weaselpaw's crush Lavenderpaw and he invited Weaselpaw to mourn with him and Tide even though he never knew Lavenderpaw well.

Mantis found himself starving during a harsh Leafbare and stumbled into Iceclan for help, even though he had grown to hate clan life. He met Polarstar, who took pity on the starving tom and invited him into the clan. After a long time of flirting with Polarstar, Polarstar confessed his love for Mantis and they became mates. Everything was going well even though Mantis would leave to visit Máni and enjoy some alone time he would always return to Iceclan. One day, Heatherstar led an attack on Iceclan to drive them out of the territory. When Mantis tried to flee, Heatherstar slit his throat and he almost bled to death but Heatherstar was chased off by Mantis's daughter Tide who nursed him back to health. Iceclan had already fleed leaving Mantis alone with his daughter.

He later returned to Máni and they fell in love and are currently living in the cave together.