Miroslava

Miroslava is a thick-furred, rich brown-and-black tabby she-cat with sharp yellow eyes.

## Personality

Despite her youth, Miroslava acts a lot more like a middle-aged mother than she does a young, eager Day Star. Even then, she's not exactly what you'd think of when you'd think "middle-aged mother" - she most certainly cares deeply about her kits, and they're definitely the most important thing in her life. She'd be willing to lie down her life for any of them in a heartbeat, and would kill for them in the same amount of time, Codes be damned. She's far from a Karen or any other breed of PTA/soccer mom, as she doesn't complain about anything that's passed her way, simply dealing with it the best that she can, and if it's something she can't deal with then she'll do her best to change it herself. She's far from a push-over; if anything, she's the one constantly pushing others into the deep end and leaving them to learn from their own experience (something she is a strong advocate of), even if she stays there to make sure that nothing bad actually happens and she can step in if it does. She's well aware that her kits won't be relying on her for forever, and she's intent on making sure that they can rely on themselves when they have to, even if now that she's living in the Day Stars that job will eventually be passed on to their mentor's. She doesn't show a lot of emotion in her face, and most of her body language is subdued unless she gets worked up over something. Most of her emotion comes out through her voice, and she has a tendency to speak very plainly and to the point. While she has no problem with conversation, she's not a cat of many words, and if she absolutely hates having to repeat herself. Despite not being born in the Day Stars (the same as most of the group she is now a part of), she's loyal to the group she's made her home; not necessarily because it's now her home, but because it will be home to her kits. She can, however, be quite jaded compared to quite a few other cats in the group due to her upbringing, and her morals are quite different from the average cats and what the group's, or even Tribe Code says she should uphold. If she's ordered to do something then she'll do it, no emotions involved, and while she will follow the rules of the Code she now has to abide by that doesn't mean that she won't question or turn her nose up to them. They're completely different to the world that she grew up in, and though the culture shock from when she first arrived in the Day Stars has diminished, that doesn't mean that she'll occasionally think that their rules and religions make them softer than the rogues she grew up around. Then again, she did teach it to her kits, and now likes to believe in there being \*some\* sort of afterlife, so it's not like she necessarily thinks that being softer a bad thing.

## History

Born outside of the Tribes, she was raised into a medium-sized group that acted much like a crime family would as humans, just without having to hide themselves and finding no need to cover their tracks. Miroslava's small family was new to the group and didn't have very high standing, and as such her and her littermate were both expected to dedicate themselves entirely to it, which they did. She was given a highly militaristic upbringing and training, and rather than being taught to defend herself (though, she was, it just wasn't held in as high regard) she was taught how to hurt others and kill most effectively. She saw her fair share of sorrow and death early in her life, and the group purposefully went to search out conflict. She made her first kill at ten moons old, and seriously injured cats even before that — she has plenty of blood on her paws, but rarely ever mentions it.  Once she finished her training she was paired with a tom to be her mate, as most cats were for the sake of making sure that the next generation was as strong as it could be. Her and her mate got along fine, but they only really spent time together when it was required; as it was required for her to have a litter of kits young, they tried often to have one.  She fell pregnant at 18 moons old; somewhat late, in comparison to group standards.  Miroslava quickly learned that she didn't \*want\* her kits to grow up like she did, however, and it only took a few days for her to make the decision to leave.  She snuck out of the group's temporary camp at night and wandered for about a moon before she found the Day Stars, deciding to join them because she thought it would be a safe place for her kits to grow up.