Tansypaw

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**Tansypaw** is a massive, thick-furred, red tabby molly with high white spotting and massive paws, with tufts of fur that hang from the tip of her ears. She is MTF.
**Tansypaw** was born to Valleystar and Torrentfocus alongside her sister, Bloomkit. The two were raised in Sunlit Prairies and taught well, finding friendship in their older brother, Applebreeze. After losing her father, she began to experience gender dysmorphia, choosing to transition from a tom to a she-cat, only to be met with endless support from her kin and clanmates. Her brother and mother later passed away, leaving Dawnstar to assume leadership as Tansypaw and Bloompaw harshly grieved their mother's passing. She has served under Valleystar's and Dawnstar's reigns. She witnessed the coyote attack on camp that killed her older siblings. She later took part in the badger attack that claimed the lives of many of her clanmates, fighting viciously to defend her clan alongside her mentor, Skyrose. She was heavily praised and gifted with feasts of prey for a moon and a half after the battle, growing almost fully into her pelt.

## Relations

Crush: Wisteriapaw

Friendships: Bloompaw, Wisteriapaw

Enemies: Dawnstar (one-sided, distaste rather then malice)

Mentor: Skyrose

### Bloompaw

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Tansypaw and Bloompaw are sisters, as well as each other's closet friend. The pair were orphaned together, losing Applebreeze and their mother so closely together had bonded them harsher by the trauma of lost kin. Tansypaw is incredibly protective over Bloompaw, and the pair are equally defensive over one another and protective over their images in the eyes of other cats. Valleystar shares dreams between the two sisters, dragging them into the same dream-space where she speaks to them together. She has warned them to keep close to one another and take mind of Dawnstar, albeit somewhat unnamed at the time. She insists the pair need to stick together and stand apart from their leader.

### Dawnstar

*"Tansypaw had always admired Dawnstar’s physique and strength, looking up to the warrior as a kit, however now, the apprentice aims to reclaim her family’s throne and continue their dynasty."*

It is hinted in Tansypaw's bio that there is some ill-intent when it comes to the rosetted kittypet leader, her desire to overthrow her to continue her kin's legacy overshadowing many of the actions Dawnstar has attempted to take into further acclimating herself into clan life. Though this is merely one-sided, and Dawnstar hasn't a clue of Tansypaw's desires. When Valleystar shared a message with the two sisters about the Bengal Matriarch, Tansypaw's loathing was confirmed and most of all supported by her late mother's claims, and Tansypaw fell back on her ideas, strengthening them and further diminishing Dawnstar as an individual in her own mind, believing her to be, as stated by Valleystar, nothing but incoming trouble and a major oversight by the formally ancient Valleystar.

## Skills/Faults

*Skills*

With her looming size and confident nature, Tansypaw is a gifted prodigy. She has a knack for fighting and overpowering others in battle, not only because of her size but also her perfectionist need to train until she’s got a move down exactly. While she uses her size to her advantage, she makes sure that it doesn’t slow her down in the least and she moves with a surprising speed and skill for a cat her size. Having Rippling Streams ancestry also gives her an affinity to water and she’s a decent swimmer, though her fur gets waterlogged quickly and takes some time to completely dry out. Being an over-achiever, Tansypaw always pushes herself to her very limit and works herself to exhaustion. She’s extremely ambitious and has great plans for herself in the future, knowing that one day she will become leader and continue her family’s legacy.

*Faults*

Tansypaw is a people-pleaser and will bend over backwards to satisfy her clanmates. This goes not only in individual cases but also in groups. Tansypaw will often conform to other’s norms, opinions, and/or behaviors publicly, even if she may disagree with them privately. She’s vulnerable to peer pressure and will do things like dares or tricks to please her peers or prove herself. And she’s especially susceptible being influenced by she-cats she’s taken an interest in. However, this doesn’t translate into taking criticism from individuals, as she will stoutly stand up for herself and isn’t one to be bullied or pushed around. Tansypaw is quite often over-confident in herself and her abilities, she will attempt things she’s incapable of or make promises she can’t fulfill and if she fails will become incredibly upset and angry at herself for not being good enough. Despite this, she often does pull through and this gets to her head easily. She has an inflated sense of herself, acting as if she were the hero or main character in everyone’s story. She likes to brag just a bit too much and absolutely loves when she can show off, especially in front of a she-cat or two. Sometimes she can come off as arrogant or bossy, but growing up as the daughter of a leader, and the younger sister of a leader, she’s just always been used to being respected and admired. Tansypaw isn’t the most thoughtful cat, and takes things at face value. She often doesn’t see implied hints or threats from others unless it’s obvious and isn’t too tactful or strategic. She also isn’t a very emotionally intelligent cat and will bottle up any negative emotions to the point of spilling over to keep up her strong facade. Additionally, Tansypaw is a claustrophobe and absolutely hates small spaces. She refuses to go down into the tunnels with the tunnelers and will have a panic attack if stuck in a small den for too long.

## Personality

Tansypaw is confident, ambitious, and unapologetic for it. She sets high expectations on herself, in part because of her family’s legacy and the admiration she receives from her Clan for it. She wants to not only prove herself as worthy of following her mother’s pawsteps, but also impress her Clanmates and make a legacy of her own. She glows at every praise she receives and seeks out the approval of others. She’s outspoken and usually says what’s on her mind, or at least what the popular opinion is among her Clanmates. The large she-cat is extremely straightforward and blunt, hating it when cats beat around the bush. Oftentimes, she comes off as a little rude with her forthrightness, and she doesn’t care to think things through too carefully before jumping into action. She doesn’t like others wasting her time with trivial matters when she could be training. However, what does and doesn’t count as trivial changes spontaneously with her mood. Depending on her current capricious humor, Tansypaw will snap at cats for talking to her when she wants to train, and other times snap at them for training her when she wants to relax. Her view on Clan traditions fluctuates a bit as well, depending on her mood and the circumstance. Apprentices are to listen to and respect their mentors and follow the Code, and Tansypaw will disapprove of anyone not doing so. However, if it’s a *triple* dog dare, or if that pretty she-cat is watching closely, or if she finds her mentor being too bossy, then bending the rules just a bit won’t do anyone any harm. Similarly, Tansypaw agrees that warriors should never aim to kill when fighting others. Again however, under the right circumstances, surely the ends justify the means? And the lives of a couple rogues are well worth the safety of her Clan? The apprentice is extremely dedicated to her Clan and would readily give her life for it. She sees other ways of life, like being a kittypet or loner as less honorable and frankly, laughable. However, she’s polite enough to keep these opinions to herself when around outsiders, and actually rather enjoys the Springtide Festival. Tansypaw is very protective of her sister, Bloompaw, almost to the point of over-protectiveness. She cares for her littermate deeply, being some of the last kin of hers still alive. The two are extremely close and Tansypaw would jump to the ends of the earth for her sister, always prioritizing her well-being over most everything else. Tansypaw is well aware of the special attention the kits of Valleystar receive from Dawnstar, and while she didn’t enjoy it at first, soon got over her self-consciousness and began seeing it as an advantage, occasionally using it to sway their leader towards a certain decision in a matter or to get out of less desirable apprentice duties. She is also somewhat idealistic and enjoys flirting. While not quite a romantic (yet), Tansypaw adores flustering she-cats and making them feel special. She hasn’t settled down on a singular molly to give all her attention to yet and right now hops from one fling to another.

## Detailed Appearance

Tansypaw is very large for her age, in fact she’s often referred to as huge, and is still growing. While a lot of her intimidating size is fur and fluff, she still stands taller than the average cat. Her thick white pelt is splotched with ginger on her head, back, feathery tail, and back legs, deeper orange lines run through these ginger patches. She has a fluffy mane of fur around her neck and beneath her coat lie strong, rippling muscles; it is clear from first glance that the she-cat is muscular. She also sports a pink nose, large ears, and tufts of fur on the top of her ears. Inheriting Valleystar’s green eyes and large paws, the apprentice bears somewhat a resemblance to the late leader. She takes care to groom herself and look presentable, wanting to maintain a leaderly image for her clanmates, however she may not always take the time needed to groom herself as thoroughly as she should, usually busy training instead. She does, however, make up for this with her posture. She always stands tall and holds her head high, a constant pride easily discernible from her stance. Her appearance is rather masculine, but Tansypaw counteracts this by making her movements as feminine as possible and decorating her pelt with various wildflowers.

### Scars gained

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

* A snaking pair of scars slithering from her right shoulder up her neck to her cheek, gained in the badger attack on camp, though they’re mostly hidden by her thick pelt.

## Kin

Mother: Valleystar

Father: Torrentfocus

Sisters: Bloompaw, Tulipstar, Cinderspots

Brothers: Applebreeze

Cousins: Bumblesnap, Beepaw, Sedgeheart, Stagback, Risinghawk, Stoatslaughter, Larkwing, Monarchgarden, Honeypaw, Sweetkit, Nectarkit

## Backstory

Tansypaw was born to Valleystar and Torrentfocus as Tansykit, along with her littermate, Bloomkit. Tansykit was born male, and at first wasn’t bothered by this. Being a young kit she had much more important things to think about, like chasing butterflies and finding somecat to give the next badger ride. When the siblings were four moons old, their father, Torrentfocus was bitten by an adder and consequently died of the poison. Their mother, Valleystar stayed with her mate’s body in the Hinterland coast for two nights before bringing him home for his burial. These two nights were extremely terrifying to Tansykit, who was left with her sister in the nursery during this time. She didn’t quite understand the saddened expressions thrown their way, and hated this feeling of vulnerability without either of her parents to look to. Valleystar’s return wasn’t as joyous as the kit had hoped, as she laid eyes on the corpse of her father not far behind. The rest was a blur and Tansypaw doesn’t remember much of the vigil or the burial now, though she does the remember the feeling of fear, as the kit watched her brave, strong mother, the Clan leader she knew and admired, break down into tears. She never wanted to talk much about it and since then has always held up a protective wall around herself, keeping anyone from glimpsing any negative emotions stirring within her. Torrentfocus’s death also stirred a deeper sense of thoughtfulness on life and her own future. She began to experience gender dysphoria, at first not sure what was wrong. Eventually, she realized she didn’t want to be a tom anymore, however time continued to pass till she was ready to come out to anyone at all. The first cat she told was her sister, Bloomkit, and finding nothing but love and support, eventually came out to her mother, and- days later, to the rest of her Clan at her apprenticeship ceremony. From then on, Tansypaw saw herself as a she-cat and was overjoyed that everyone else seemed to as well. Her excitement was stilled though, at the sudden death of her kind brother, Applebreeze. The combined deaths of both her father and brother taught her how valuable kinship is. Tansypaw then held family is a very important regard, close to her heart. Soon she explored the new territory outside of camp enthusiastically, a new sense of pride and awe in her Clan awakening. She looked up to her mentor with admiration and strode to become the model apprentice. However, barely half a moon into her apprenticeship tragedy struck yet again. Valleystar had reigned over the Clan for a very long, prosperous time, yet Tansypaw had never imagined that her leadership would just draw to a close so suddenly. Valleystar lost her last life to greencough, and her kits, devastated with loss, were too ill to take up leadership. Dawnstar came to power and Tansypaw has had mixed emotions about it since then, though at first she was too caught up in grief to care. She threw herself into her training, practicing from dawn till dusk until she basically came to camp and collapsed to sleep in her nest. For a while, the molly gave herself no time for a quiet moment to think, the protective walls around her outer emotions grew stronger. Her only solace was Bloompaw, whom she promised herself to never let anything happen to. Slowly, ever so slowly it became easier to cope with her mother’s death. While her relentless training didn’t cease, Tansypaw allowed herself to time to think and grieve. It dawned on her eventually, her feeling of dislike towards Dawnstar. The deputy who brought an end to her family’s legacy. Tulipstar, her older sister who she saw as her biggest role model, even though they never met, had been followed by Valleystar, her dearly loved mother and wise leader. Both were now succeeded by Dawnstar, a former kittypet, instead of her own blood. Tansypaw had always admired Dawnstar’s physique and strength, looking up to the warrior as a kit, however now, the apprentice aims to reclaim her family’s throne and continue their dynasty.

## Trivia

* Aesthetic: a wide expanse of flower fields ~ the brightest rays of sunset ~ the wild brewing winds right before a storm ~ wide open skies ~ the thrill of an adrenaline rush ~ the sun

## Links

Theme Song/Voice Claim

* Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4YiCq90ewKQ0zA5DaMc38u?si=wrvwhDf3SqG\_Ff8\_XJiysg&dl\_branch=1

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