Redberry

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## Kin

### Sibling(s):

Blueheart, Reedpelt (NPC), Fallowclaw (NPC), Blackwhisker (NPC)

## Education

### Mentor(s):

Stoneleap, Yellowpelt (unofficially) (both NPCs)

## Afterlife

### Residence:

Dark Forest

Redberry is a light red tom with green eyes.

## Kithood

Redkit was born in PuddleClan to his parenta Pondheart and Troutwing. His siblings were Bluekit, Reedkit, Blackkit, and Fallowkit. As a young kit, he tried to be like his littermates and denmates, always copying their behaviors after being called ‘weird’ and ’disconnected’ by PuddleClan cats and his future mentor Stoneleap.

Redkit was part of one of 3 families and 10 other cats chosen by Dawnstorm to secede from PuddleClan, as the clan was overpopulating. He and his family made the short journey to the outskirts of PuddleClan territory and settled.

## Medicine Cat Apprenticeship

The former PuddleClan medicine cat Stoneleap went with ‘DawnClan’ to get them started. She chose Redkit as her apprentice when he was 4 moons old. He learned under her guidance, before she was bitten by a snake and it was too late to save her. Stoneleap’s final lesson to her apprentice was about poisons, asking him to feed her deathberries so she’ll go out quicker. He instead let her die slowly, remembering what she had called him as a young, quiet, and emotionally absent kitten.

Redpaw wasn’t very affected by the loss of his teacher, remaining to continue as nothing happened. No cat wanted to teach him, as they did not know a thing abour herbs. Redpaw was taught by Yellowpelt, PuddleClan’s medicine cat, until abandoning his teaching and figuring it out on his own by using dying cats as test subjects. He never let anyone know what really happened, as he refused to let anyone inside the den.

## Role as a Medicine Cat

When Redpaw refused to receive his full name, as he had no mentor to do that with, and Yellowpelt is not in his clan. He remained cut off from the other medicine cats. One night, Redpaw received an omen of his clan being destroyed, and saw an unborn kit nursing against their mother. He misinterpreted this sign, and once the kit was born, he watched with a careful eye. Once the kit was walking around, he let them in his den, and did nothing when they ate deathberries. Only until he was sure they were dead that Redpaw alerted the clan, manipulating them to believe the kit snuck in, and it was too late to save them. He received the same omen, but different kittens. He picked them off one by one, his execution nearly fool proof.

A war between DawnClan and their original home broke out, leaving several cats severely injured. As DawnClan had a small amount of cats, they urged him to keep them alive. He tended their wounds, but poisoned ones he deemed unfit to keep living. Redpaw managed to kill off most the older cats with these same tactics. When there were only a few cats left, about 6 from the starting 27, not including killed litters, Dawnstar became suspicious. She lingered when the last surviving elder was being “treated” for respiratory issues and greencough. She caught a glimpse oF Redpaw hiding ”poppy sweds” among catmint. Immediately, she roared his name. That was the one time Redpaw had felt he may have misjudged his own actions. After dragging him out of the den, she called him out, and ripped his throat apart, the only cats left, including Redpaw’s littermates Reedpelt and Blueheart watched in horror.

## After Death

Redpaw was gifted the name Redberry by Dark Forest individuals for the way he managed to take out a majority of his own clan. Redberry’s misinterpretation of an omen caused him to destroy his own clan without realizing. Redberry watched as the last few cats disbanded or died of greencough, not even lasting a week after his death. He mocked his successor Windwhisker in their dying moments for being unable to save what was left of the pathetic excuse for a new clan.

Usually Redberry doesn’t get involved with living world related issues, and stays in the shadows, watching medicine cats of the present. His soul taunts them once they slip up, even if it’s the first or only time. Redberry hates most other cats in the Dark Forest, so he refuses to stay out of their drama and trainee business unless it benefits him in some way, shape, or form, which in it of itself is rare to happen.

He used to encouragw Marrowseer’s false prophecies and even provided physical ‘evidence’ in the case there are non-believers. However, it didn’t last long and went terribly for the younger medicine cat.

After that whole debacle, he doesn’t interfere with the clans as “It’s more enter to watch them tear themselves apart.” He’s made a “friend” from Lilypaw, as both have a mutual hate for eachother and the dark forest itself.

### Trivia

* Redberry shows psychopathic tendencies (tbu)
* He is an ancestor of Brokenwish, Stormstar, Featherpelt, and Heronfoot.
* He, so far, remains the only fully trained medicine cat to never take a full name. He was also the only fully trained medicine cat of DawnClan with no post-kit rank in PuddleClan.

### Mistakes

* He’s been described as a russet colored tom.