Timberfall

Timberfall is a cinnamon silver smoke tom with green eyes.

## Personality

To be entirely honest, he's pretty much insufferable. He is a cocky and boastful tom, often proclaiming himself to be extremely competent and skilled in all kinds of different things, and boasting about his many accomplishments without any kind of prompting. He is prone to exaggerating or sometimes even just straight-up lying in order to make himself seem more impressive, and will shamelessly embellish stories for his own benefit without hesitation. If anyone calls him out on this, he'll usually roll his eyes and refute it, or sometimes even mock them to discredit them, but if someone who can actually *prove* he's lying speaks up, he'll usually desperately try to shut them down and become a humiliated mess if he can't keep them from exposing him. He gets very irritable and sulky when others discredit him, even more so when they don't believe him when he actually *is* telling the truth, and can sometimes be found muttering to himself under his breath, since actually talking to someone about it would mean admitting that he was lying or that he does lie often. Though he likes to spend time bragging about his own achievements (both fictional and factual), he can be rather dismissive towards others' accomplishments, having a generally flippant attitude towards the opinions and achievements of others. This adds to his cocky attitude and makes him seem quite arrogant, as he seemingly only cares for himself and not others, not to mention he's incredibly rude to cats outside of ShoreClan, openly looking down on the other Clans, and even more so on cats outside the Clans like rogues, loners, and kittypets. Though he would have you believe that he's perfectly cool and collected, he actually has a bit of a temper, which leads him to be snappish and nasty to anyone who pisses him off. He is also an incorrigible flirt, constantly sidling up to various cats of any gender to compliment them and do a bit of bragging as well, trying to garner interest. He cannot seem to take "no" for an answer when it comes to flirting, sometimes invading others' personal space and usually only backing off for a little while when someone snaps at him before he just inevitably tries again. He acts as though he has no interest in committing to any of his flirtations, calling cats boring and ditching them out of the blue at times, but in reality, he's much more of a sappy, hopeless romantic than one would expect - he just keeps a tight lid on it. For all of his irritating behaviors, he is pretty obviously disliked by most cats he meets. Yet, for all of his vexing behaviors, he's mostly just overcompensating for a mass of hidden insecurity. He's horribly desperate for attention, only wanting others to pay attention to him rather than excluding or ignoring him. He does not even care whether the attention he gets is positive or negative at this point, only wants *someone* to pay attention to him. He's been deprived of care in his life, leaving him with a fear of being pushed aside or abandoned, so if he does actually start to care about someone, he can be a bit clingy towards them, afraid of being left lonely and isolated once again. Because he doesn't care whether he gets positive or negative attention from others, he would quite willingly be taken advantage of or manipulated, if only to gain someone's attention for a little while; even if he *knew* he was being used, gaining someone's momentary favor might seem worth it to him. Showing him genuine care and kindness is likely to make him wary of you at first, as he doesn't really believe that he deserves that treatment (not to mention he's more *used* to negative attention), and he's scared of showing vulnerability to others, but once you get through to him, he'll latch on and never let go – aforementioned clinginess in addition to a protective attitude and a deep and fierce sense of loyalty to his loved ones.

## History

He was the runt of the litter when he was born, and his mother died soon after kitting him. This was the first strike against him. His father seemed to favor his brother over him, as his brother was the fitter and stronger of the two of them, and his father blamed him for "killing" his mate. His brother, Stonepaw, grew to be dismissive of Timberpaw, adopting some of their father's views rather than supporting his brother. Timberpaw tried desperately to win his father's approval, sadly to no avail. In a border battle with VineClan that both Timberpaw and Stonepaw were a part of, Stonepaw was killed. His father blamed Timberpaw, and basically disowned him at that point. Timberpaw was left adrift, developing into his attention-seeking tendencies more and more, which drove his mentor away as well. When his father passed away due to illness, and he finally earned his warrior name, he was essentially alone. His feelings of abandonment and isolation drove him to become more and more obnoxious, which only pushed his Clanmates further away. He's horribly lonely at this point in his life, but has no idea how to fix this issue, and has internalized enough of the things said about him by this point that he doesn't really think he's worthy of "redemption" or "forgiveness."