Craneleg

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### Immediate Family

Fallowspark (mum), Rabbitfoot (surrogate father) Duckblaze (other mother), Smokestorm (brother), Briarpad and Havenpaw (sisters).

## Physical Description

He's a light brown tom with medium length fur, and has a grey tabby patch and a splashed, white left back leg. Craneleg has bubbly amber eyes and a long, skinny tail and is smaller than most cats. Craneleg also has a few scars, one on his left flank right under his patch. He has a torn ear and a deep gash on his right, having happened after a badger attack.

## Notable Quotes

"Mousefang told me how cats die. Its not fair! Why can't StarClan just give everyone else back?" Cranekit to Nightlight.

Sometimes dirty is handsome," Cranekit to Smokekit.

"I don't want to talk about it." Cranepaw to Thrushperch about his wound.

"Why are they called twolegs then?" Cranepaw to Cinnamon about twolegs.

"Race you to Birch Grove!" Cranepaw to Mousefang.

"That is true. But eventually, kits become warriors. Or medicine cats. Then they look back to kits for happiness. Or maybe, not kits at all, but a feather, or a leaf."  Craneleg to Nightlight.

"Nice catch!" Craneleg to Canaryhop.

"This- this isn't for me, Smokestorm." Craneleg to Smokestorm.

"Mousefang! I'm so sorry I left. Everyone was dying. You won't die, will you?"

"S-mokestorm?"

## Personality

Craneleg is often happy and cheerful, only sad at the worst of times. He loves his family and clanmates dearly, although he can be a mouse-brain sometimes.

## Skills and Weaknesses

Cranepaw has a gash on his right flank, preventing him from running long distances or any endured amount of time.

He will often be stubborn and want to get things done, and he is exceptionally loyal. He can picture things well and has a great memory.

Craneleg loves to hunt, although may not be the best at it- or anything, rather, but good enough to pass.

## Life

### Kithood

Cranepaw was born on the 23rd of April, 2020.

When he woke up one day he realised there was a stranger cat outside of the nursery, and his sister, Briarkit, was talking with them. After some confusion, he found out the she-cat had many names- Charglow, Wanderer, Nightamber, and Messenger.

Cranekit is a bubbly kit, and he took a dislike to Songkit right off the bat, after she hissed at him. He thought she was an intruder from ShadowClan, and tried to warn the Clan before he emerged from the nursery feeling embarrassed as he realized it was just Songkit.

When he was watching Smokekit, his brother, play with his pet rock, there was a stranger cat outside of the camp. Alarmed, after a hustle of fear and hysteria, Cranekit, after calming down a little, found out the cat was their second mother, Duckhaze. Duckhaze kidnapped them and showed them RiverClan territory, before returning to the ThunderClan makeshift camp, finding that the camp was deserted. Apparently, according to Messenger, the Clan had returned to their real home.

After returning to their real home, Cranekit experimented making Moss ball statues. Succesful, he had fun shaping little moss cats. They depicted his Clan, and he made himself, his family, Nightlight, Mousefang, Rabbitfoot, and many other little moss kitties.

## Apprentice

His mentor, Mousefang, and also a best friend, took them out on Cranepaw's first session. He found it exciting, but also very tiring.

Cranepaw snuck out with Splashpaw, hoping to sneak into No Clan's Land. Alas, they were attacked by a fearsome badger. With Cranepaw's little size and lack of skills, he was tossed down a hill by the badger to which he cut a deep wound in his flank by a rock. Splashpaw was defeated, too. Together they stumbled back up the ridge and headed back to ThunderClan camp.

Cranepaw took a walk with Mousefang on a New Leaf's day. It was clear and sunny, and they looked at beautiful, colorful flowers. Cranepaw decided to climb a creaking oak tree, that was old and beginning to rot. He climbed higher and higher until the breeze snapped the trunk and it leaned. Cranepaw scrambled down, and just in time too. The great old tree snapped and crashed to the ground. Cranepaw and Mousefang continued their walk until they reached a fork in the path. It was silent and the birds, Cranepaw guessed, had been taken by a big twoleg, and he would fight the twoleg and bring the birds back. They ran to the camp entrance, as Mousefang suggested, and ducked inside.

When training with Mousefang, the wound from the badger attack bugged him again, and it stung. Cranepaw had wanted to train his dodging so something like this wouldn't happen again. But alas it started to bleed and Mousefang began to worry.

He was walking through the forest one day when he saw a kittypet cross their border. He told Cinnamon to leave their territory, but they claimed that it was their owner's land. Confused, he asked what she meant by 'owners', and they responded with: 'my twolegs'. Cranepaw asked what a twoleg was, and they said : 'Oh, tall, noisy, fur only at the top of their head. They really vary twoleg to twoleg.' Cranepaw tried to picture what a twoleg would look like, but then asked why they were called twolegs.

At the age of 10 moons, he met with a rogue in the forest named Wish. The cat was friendly, and they began to talk. It wasn't too much of Cranepaw's attention that Wish was on ThunderClan territory.

Cranepaw went to his first Gathering and met Sorrelfrost and several other cats.

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Cranepaw and Mousefang bumped into each other in camp and decided to race to Birch Grove. Cranepaw loved the feeling of wind in his fur and the joy of being free, away from the confines of the camp, at last! Eventually, he won. He was very proud of himself.

## Adult

On the 25 of July 2020, Cranepaw received his new warrior name!: Craneleg. All updates on his life will now be done here.

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Craneleg ventured away from a patrol to cover more ground, unaware of how close he was to the ShadowClan border. Nonetheless, he marked it in all the right spots, oblivious to a ShadowClan cat approaching... Their name was Jaybrook and was hiding in a tree. They hissed, and Craneleg jumped, looking around before looking in the tree. The she-cat jumped down from the tree and confronted Craneleg. The she-cat argued about him being so close to the border, then Rabbitfoot appeared from the patrol and smoothed things out, then telling Craneleg to head back to the patrol.

Craneleg was at the beach, in ThunderClan territory, enjoying the dim sun on his back and the waves tickling his paws before the waves ran away and came back again to tickle him. I don't think Craneleg will ever grow up!

One day he was out in the forest to clear his mind of the worries back at camp. It took him several moments to realize that he was closer to the ShadowClan than he probably should have been. Not wanting to experience what he had with Jaybrook at the border, but curious anyway, he suddenly heard a rustle in the bracken nearby. Tentatively, he padded forward, hoping to smell prey. Unfortunately, he was hit hard with the reek of ShadowClan, followed closely by an individual. Craneleg slid through the sheet of bracken and spotted a tom (Squeakdawn) picking at a clump of marigold, several fox-lengths from the border. Apparently they were very scared and sorry for crossing the border. Craneleg offered to take him back to the ShadowClan border without any cat seeing them.

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He was padding around camp when he saw Ferncoat limping. Alarmed, he ran over, asking what was wrong, but Ferncoat explained what had happened to her paw. Apparently it had been caught in a fox trap and attacked by a badger. Craneleg couldn't picture what had happened in his mind, it was too grotesque.

After the sun-high patrol, Craneleg dragged his legs across the camp, weary and tired, eager for a nap. As he entered the den, Flickerdash greeted him. He lay down in his nest, rolling so he was upside-down and had a nice chat with the she-cat.

Craneleg padded down to the fresh-kill pile, selecting a rather furry squirrel. He hooked it with his claw, then heard a voice. He turned and saw Forestseeker, a thrush at her paws. Quickly the she-cat gulped the thrush down whole. Craneleg watched her silently for a few moments, then they had a nice chat.

Craneleg was sitting alone at the fresh-kill pile, wondering what to choose. All of a sudden a cold breeze rippled his pelt, Canaryhop appearing. The she-cat grabbed a piece of prey, suggesting they should go inside of the warrior's den and out of the cold. Once inside, both of the cats talked about the happenings in camp recently.

Saddened by his recent clanmates' deaths, he sobbed behind the apprentice den, hoping no one could see him. Then he slipped through a hole in the apprentice's den, and darted off, heading for the Edge Of The Forest. Unfortunately for him, Smokestorm, his brother, was collecting herbs near the border. His eyes were filled with sadness and flashes of anger. Their 'argument' can be found here:

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As Craneleg was getting used to being at the Edge of The Forest, he had made a small den in the hollow of a tree, amongst its spiraling roots. He had also made a tiny fresh-kill pile, a memory of home. (ThunderClan) A pang of homesickness struck him, and he covered his head with his paws. Suddenly footsteps disturbed him, and when he looked up he saw a black cat wandering through the forest, staring at the canopy. Craneleg had seen them before; as an apprentice. The cat's name was on the edge of his tongue, but he remembered suddenly they were called Night.

Unfortunately, he caught white-cough while he was away from his Clan. This quickly spiraled into greencough, and Craneleg stumbled blindly to try and get help, which was kind of selfish considering he had just left his Clan. He didn't know he was on ThunderClan territory but collapsed right on the border with no strength to go on or reach the camp. Briarpad, his sister, appeared, who was followed by Flickerdash. They tried to think of ways to get him back to camp, when his brother, Smokestorm arrived. The tom slapped Craneleg, although the pain was dim, and gave him herbs. Then they helped carry Craneleg back to camp. - As they reached the medicine den, Smokestorm asked him his symptoms. Craneleg responded, almost half not hearing them. Flickerdash left the den politely a few moments later. Rabbitfoot, Craneleg's father, appeared not long after.

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It had been several moons since his return. Smokestorm had run away, but as Craneleg lifted his gaze from his nest that night he saw his brother. He felt like he was dreaming. Together, he, Smokestorm, Briarpad, Lilyflight, and Rabbitfoot ventured off to No Clans' Land. Craneleg and his father were told to go clear out the den, while Briarpad hunted and Smokestorm and Lilyflight went to collect bedding. It was getting later, and still Lilyflight and Smokestorm hadn't returned. As Craneleg stuck his head out of the den, he saw flashes of orange by the river.

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## Family & Friends

Fallowspark- Thunderclan, warrior, mother

Rabbitfoot- Thunderclan, tom, Warrior, Surrogate father

Duckblaze- Riverclan, she-cat, Queen, Ex-Mom, Dead

Smokestorm (- Thunderclan, tom, Med Cat, Brother Dead

Briarpad - Thunderclan, she-cat, Warrior, Sister

Havenpaw- Thunderclan, she-cat, Apprentice, Sister, Dead

Beeflight- Thunderclan, tom, Deputy, Uncle

Barrenmeadow - Thunderclan, she-cat, Apprentice, Cousin

Borealpaw- Thunderclan, tom, Apprentice, Cousin

Havenwhisper- Thunderclan, she-cat, Queen, Aunt, Dead

Honeypaw- Thunderclan, she-cat, Apprentice, Cousin

Duskpaw- Thunderclan, tom, Apprentice, Cousin

Tinypaw- Thunderclan, tom, Apprentice, Cousin

Mousefang- ThunderClan, she-cat, Warrior, Friend

Splashstone- ThunderClan, she-cat, Warrior, Friend