Bulrushpounce

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**Bulrushpounce** is a dark color-point tom with blue eyes.

**Bulrushpounce** was born to Carrionsaunter and Hazelbrook. He has served under Valleystar's and Dawnstar's reigns. Him and his father have a very strained relationship, caused mostly by the death of the tom's mother by a supposed accident.

## Relations

Crush: N/A

Friendships: TBD

Enemies: TBD

Mentor: Unknown

## Interests

*Likes*

Resting in shaded areas or walks in the evening and early mornings. They enjoy being productive, completing their duties each day with the best effort they’re willing to put forward that day. They also enjoy spending time with friends, though they don’t have many. This can include trailing behind Magpiepaw as she goes to collect herbs, occasionally sharing conversations with the odd feline, or gossiping with Cloverpool, going on long strolls with them or breaking beard with the silver tabby.

*Dislikes*

Being in the Sun too long, mostly cause of the dark coloration of their pelt making it extremely uncomfortable to be in direct sunlit for long. They also have a strong dislike for being deceived or lied to in anyway, often not able to stand the ignorance or arrogance of most other cats. They also have little tolerance for most cats who’re unable to take the truth, just how he serves it.

## Skills/Faults

*Skills*

Bulrushpounce has an interesting set of strengths. Some lie in their skill at deception and manipulation, others lie in their physicality. Starting with their physicality, the pure muscle the feline has, makes them a strong opponent, finding it easy to pin and fend off most other cats, or the occasional small dog, with powerful paws and long, hooked claws. They’re hooked claws make it especially easy to climb, able to dig their claws into solid earth or tree bark, while they use their powerful limbs to pull the rest of them upward. Bulrushpounce is a decent swimmer at best, able to dive and safely swim across streams with a gentle current. They have incredible stamina, able to hold long distance sprints, though not without short intervals of rest here and there. They’re ability to say just what a cat would like to hear, whilst not taking sides keeps them on the good side of most cats and leaving them about to talk their way out of most conflicts. They’re desensitized to most wounds, though some do invoke reactions from him. Their dark pelt makes it easier to hide among the shade of tall grasses of the moors and trees in the forests scattered across the territory.

*Faults*

Bulrushpounce’s tendency to stay neutral in times of crisis, controversy, or conflict, and often being confided in by most cats often leaves them emotionally exhausted. The tendancy to often tell cats the blunt, honest truth, often drives them away, unfortunately. In most cases it doesn’t bother them all too much, unless it’s a cat they’re genuinely close to. Speaking of which, most friends they make, especially close ones, they treat like the kin they never had.

## Personality

Energetic and standoffish, Bulrushpounce is an indecisive mess. The feline often can’t make a decision to save his life, often needing a good few minutes to make the simplest decisions, like what to get out of the prey pile that day. Bulrushpounce isn’t too friendly to most cats and is incredibly impatient with most. Ironically though, he’s very tolerant of most cats, mostly opting to ignoring whatever behavior bothers him, while possibly damning the cat in question, in their head. He doesn’t speak often and most cats can’t tell what he’s thinking in any given moment, though when he does speak, he can speak form dawn ‘til dusk, and onward. Unless their train of thought is broken, they’ll likely continue until it meets it’s inevitable end. They’re unlikely to sugarcoat most topics, telling cats things they may, or may not want to hear. Bulrushpounce does know their limits though, and respects most cats boundaries, with no known exceptions. Bulrushpounce often finds themselves to be the mediator in most conflicts, often confided in by all parties involved, this leads him to be very informed on most controversies or conflicts, though they refuse to take sides. This is mostly cause the feline couldn’t be bothered to involved themselves in such conflicts, especially those where he may be harmed. He’s often willing to go to extreme lengths to save their own skin, knowing exactly with to say to every cat to win them over. He knows he has it off well, so when conflict does arise, he refuses to get help, bottling up his emotions ‘til they overflow. When speaking about themself or their family, there are several ‘filters’, as he describes it, between themself, the truth, and the cat(s) they’re speaking to. They’re smart with their words, with a quick wit, and sharp tongue. They don’t tend to speak ill of most, unless aware no cat would tell, the most frequent victim being their own father. Bulrushpounce shows no hesitation to insulting or bad mouthing their own father. They aren’t easily swayed by the tom, often quietly mocking cats that fall victim to their father, yet never putting himself in harm’s way to help them. Bulrushpounce is aware of what Corrionsaunter is capable of and refuses to anger the tom to the point of possibly endangering themself. Bulrushpounce doesn’t exclude his father from his terrible treatment, often targeting the feline specifically, for no given reason.

## Detailed History

*Dawnstar's Reign*

**Moon 2**

Bulrushpounce's debut is shared with Foxclaw, introducing them through a hunting patrol lead by Briarshade and including his father, Carrionsaunter. Immediately the tom is hesitant around him, and would rather be doing anything else, showing a clear strain in their relationship.

## Detailed Appearance

Bulrushpounce is a very hardy looking cat, with nimble paws yet strongly built. Bulrushpounce takes after his father in appearance with the same slender structure, large paws, and square motifs to himself, though toned down, making them more approachable in comparison. Bulrushpounce’s fur is dense yet well kept, or to the touch at the least. Most dirt or mud that gets stuck to the feline’s fur is hard to notice with the rich, deep brown tones of his pelt. He’ll often need to bath in streams, rubbing his limbs and body up against stones to get the mud and dirt off their pelt. Their tail is long and whip hind with a slight taper at the end, leading to a thin point. Often looking like a spike with how the feline likes to groom the fur at the tip of their tail. Bulrushpounce’s are well toned, with a slight boxy look to them, their fur gingerly sliding over the ripping muscle. Their muscle is more compact, often not visible between the dark hues of his fur and the density of the muscle in itself. This leads the feline to have a leaner look, muscular, yet thin. Their fur is mostly a rich, dark brown hue, his points (face, ears, paws, and tail) being a darker brown, only a few shades darker, reaching a almost black color at the very tips of his paws, tail, muzzle and ears. Due to the subtle shade shifts, there’s no telling where each shade ends and another begins. He has pronounced cheek bones, complimenting his thin, angular eyes. Eyes of which are a light, dull, green color, perfectly contrasting the darker, rich shades of their pelt. Their nose is black, inner ears a dark grey-ish pink, his paws paws a very similar color. Bulrushpounce has only a few scars, one starting at the top of left shoulder, racing down their left shoulder. Another can be found, dragged over their right eye, with no visible to the eye in question.

### Scars gained

The following is a compilation of chronological scars/major injuries that Bulrushpounce has recieved;

* Slice on their left shoulder, racing down it, as well as one over their right eye, caused by unspecified events from their backstory.

## Kin

Mother: Hazelbrook

Father: Carrionsaunter

## Backstory

Bulrushpounce, born to Corrionsaunter and their mother as Bulrushkit, witnessed the tragedy that was his parents. They two never got along, and Bulrushpounce, in hind sight, wonders why they got together and had a litter despite, obviously despising one another. Though Bulrushkit never cared to understand it. All their little head could comprehend was that this was “love” and that cats who loved each other thought, which isn’t entirely wrong, but to the extent of this was extreme. Bulrushkit, often to the dismay of the other queens, most cats, for the matter, spent a considerable amount of time around the tom. Bulrushkit had never truly imprinted on either of their parents, taking traits they loved from both and churning it into a chaotic, two-faced personality they maintained for moons. Presenting people with loving and caring faces but turning their back the moment he couldn’t get what he wanted. It was only after his apprenticeship began and he’s been sat down by his mentor, and by extension, mother, to speak of this behavior. None of these conversations stuck, and it only ended as he matured. Well, not to say it ended, but was further adapted to their situation. The slowly drifting, almost agonizing moons of watching the unruly fights and disputes between his parents, only drew him away from them both. Bulrushpaw favored neither over the other, or say they said. It was clear the feline had a liking to their mother, her friendly, accepting nature was comforting to them. Much more comforting then the ridged exterior and strict teachings of their father.

Bulrushpaw couldn’t say they didn’t have disagreements with his mother. It was during these disagreements they found comfort in the strict mannerism of their father, though they couldn’t tolerate it for much back then. The reason for this being that as long as the feline said what Corrionsaunter wanted to hear they were fine, for the most part. Bulrushpounce was excelling at their training, finishing a couple moons early. Afterward, they noticed a shift in his mother’s behavior. They couldn’t quite understand what had changed in her, but something was wrong. Then it happened… the “accident.” When Bulrushpounce’s mother passed away, supposedly, to a terrible accident on the thunderpath with Carrionsaunter, he didn’t know what to believe. His mother had always been kind, gentle, everything they now lacked without a mother figure present in their life now. Bulrushpounce no longer had a mother they could confide in, even on the smallest things, and they’re father couldn’t be trusted with the truth. Not with the plans he had for them. Bulrushpounce had lost all direction in their life, beginning to question everything about their life thus far to try and understand any of it, to make sense of it. Of course to no avail. Bulrushpounce had no cat to blame, though he wondered if Carrionaunter had anything to do with it. It made sense, though they’d never say anything about it, as Carrionsaunter was in Dawnstar’s favor. All Bulrushpounce could conclude was that they were alone in this case, no matter how minuscule it was.

## Trivia

* Bulrushpounce’s prefix is derived from how similar the color of their pelt looked to the hue of the pine cone-like structures on the Bulrush plant. Bulrush is also known as Catails.

## Links

Theme Song/Voice Claim

* Playlist: Youtube
* Voice Claim: Jewelstar [She-ra Netflix Series]

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