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Crystalrock

Crystalrock was formerly one of FallClan's medicine cats. I don't really know much of anything about her.

Name- Crystalrock

Gender- She-cat

Clan- FallClan (formerly), StarClan

Rank- Medicine Cat (at death)

Family- Daffodil (sister)

Friends- I don't know. I didn’t own her.

Enemies- I don't know. I didn’t own her.

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Crystalrock had bronze fur that was patched with silver. Her eyes were indigo.

#### Personality

She was described as being bold and loyal, and overall a kindhearted cat.

## Backstory

#### Apprenticeship

Crystalpaw was apprenticed to Eelstride, FallClan's medicine cat. Since Eelstride was missing a leg and thus couldn't leave camp, Crystalpaw did most of the work for her, running errands and collecting herbs.

At some point, Crystalpaw's sister, Daffodil, was invited to join a rogue group and she accepted. Crystalpaw was probably kind of sad about that.

#### Medicine Cat Life

She was named Crystalrock once she was experienced enough. She existed and did nothing for a pretty long time - until she received her apprentice, Seedpaw. Then she and Eelstride trained Seedpaw and all was well... for a little while.

The plague happened. Eelstride died. So did Milkweedstar. So did Larchflight, Pikenose, Stepleap, Cinderstream, Bearpaw, and Deerpelt. Poor Crystalrock and Seedpaw were struggling quite a bit.

Then, before too long, Seedpaw caught the plague. Oof. Crystalrock wasn’t able to save her and she died. She ended up passing it to Crystalrock, too. Uh oh. Crystalrock *also* died... leaving FallClan with no medicine cats.

Oh dear.
Kitefeather

Name - Kitefeather

Gender - She-cat

Clan - HorizonClan

Rank - Warrior

Family - Flamethorn (mother), Pineclaw (father), Swiftstrike (sister)

Friends - She probably has some.

Enemies - Pineclaw, kind of

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Kitefeather is a reddish-brown she-cat with dark blue eyes. Her fur has the same soft, silky quality as her father's.

#### Personality

Kitefeather is a friendly, bold she-cat. She is sure of herself and will never back down from a decision, even if it's a bad one. She has very strong ideas and opinions and isn't scared to voice them. This has gotten her in trouble before.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Kitekit was born to Flamethorn and Pineclaw of HorizonClan. She was close with her father when she was younger, but that was a fleeting thing. When she was about three moons old, Pineclaw started spending less and less time in camp. Kitekit was forced to turn to her mother and sister, though she didn't particularly like Flamethorn. She preferred Pineclaw's easy-going, mellow, "rules are more of guidelines" view of the world over Flamethorn's stricter style.

When she and Swiftkit were five moons old, Pineclaw's cheating came to light. Being kits, they didn't understand what was going on, but Kitekit was devastated. She tried to beg for mercy on his part, but Flamethorn shut that down quickly. The loss of her father led to Kitekit being sullen and solitary for the first few moons of her apprenticeship.

#### Apprenticeship

Kitepaw was apprenticed to someone and I doubt they ever had a training session, so I'll never know who it was. You're a genius, Warrior. As she got older, Flamethorn explained to her and Swiftpaw why their father had been exiled. Kitepaw's longing for her father turned to anger and she swore that she'd kill him someday. Flamethorn was not thrilled by this (in part because she wanted that honor and in part because she didn't like the idea of her daughter becoming a murderer) but never did anything about it.

To make up for the lack of a father figure, Kitepaw tried to be closer to her sister, figuring that a better bond with her would help them both. She remained distant with her mother, still preferring a lack of rules over an abundance of structure.

One time at a Gathering, Kitepaw ran into Frogpaw and yelled at him for awhile for existing.

#### Warrior Life

Kitepaw became a warrior under the name Kitefeather. She and Swiftstrike met Jayhawk and Pineclaw one time. Her adult life hasn't been anything special yet.

She was the mentor of Alpinefeather.

## Other

#### Trivia

* She is one of Pineclaw's two children who have actually met him. (Technically, Clovestrike's kits have also met him, but they barely really remember him.)
Ferndapple

Name - Ferndapple

Gender - She-cat

Clan - OasisClan

Rank - Warrior

Family - Clovestrike (mother), Pineclaw (father), Frondnose (sister), Frogwhisker (brother)

Friends - N/A

Enemies - Nope

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Ferndapple is a dark reddish-brown she-cat with one lighter paw and green eyes.

#### Personality

Ferndapple has been hit harder by the knowledge of her father than any of her littermates. She's the good sister, the quiet, loyal Clanmate. She knows that Frogwhisker struggles with Pineclaw's legacy and she always tries to be there for him.

## Backstory

#### Warrior Life

Ferndapple's sister Frondnose died when they were twenty three moons old. Ferndapple had always been rather close with her sister, so losing her took a huge toll on Ferndapple. She isolated herself, wrapped up in her own grief.

## Other

#### Trivia

* To be clear: Frogwhisker suffers more from being related to Pineclaw than Ferndapple does. She just has a hard time coming to terms with the fact that her father is a cat who cheated on his mate and she's the result of that. Oh, and did I mention that her half-sisters hate her brother? Hard thing for a sweet cat like her to deal with.
* If she knew about her other siblings, Ambershine would probably be her favorite. Or Asterfall.
Lousewhisper

Note: Lousewhisper is unimportant. She is also dead. She is only relevant in the backstories of Sparkspring, Beestripe, Hollowfall, and... kind of Sleekfeather.

Name- Lousewhisper

Gender- She-cat

Clan- OasisClan (formerly), StarClan

Rank- Queen (at death)

Family- Hollowfall (ex-mate), Sparkspring (son), Beestripe (daughter)

Friends- pffft

Enemies- Sleekfeather

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Lousewhisper had thin, short, and wiry fur. Her pelt was a shade of pale creamy beige, and it was mottled with spots of light orange. Her eyes were amber.

#### Personality

She was sort of brash and rude. She kind of sucked, actually. But she was fun.

## Story

Lousekit was born in OasisClan. Yay. She existed. She grew up. As a young apprentice, Lousepaw saved a drowning kit named Hollow. She yelled at him until he ran off. Yay? Later on, he ended up joining HorizonClan and they talked at gatherings and stuff. Lousepaw became friends with Hollowpaw. She thought he was cute. He had a crush on her, too.

Oh, but Hollowpaw's friend Sleekpaw didn't like Lousepaw. Lousepaw decided to be a jerk and flirt with Hollowpaw just to make Sleekpaw mad. So she did that. Once they became warriors, Lousewhisper ended up becoming mates with Hollowfall. Sleekfeather yelled at Hollowfall and he moved to OasisClan with Lousewhisper. She thought that was excellent.

Then she started giving birth to his kits. Except she did it wrong and bled to death. Oops. But hey, on the bright side, Beekit and Sparkkit lived!

## Other

#### Trivia

* 'Louse' is the singular of 'lice'. This gal was a nasty parasite.
* But still, F in the chat.
Mint

Mint was formerly a loner living near OasisClan's outer border.

Name- Mint

Gender- Tom

Clan- None

Rank- Loner (at death)

Family- Unknown

Friends- ???

Enemies- ???

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Mint was an average-sized white tom with soft, medium-length fur. His eyes were leaf-green and there was a small scar on his nose.

#### Personality

He was always laidback and calm, and never lost his cool. He was chill but confident, and while he usually just went with the flow of things, he had something of an issue in the fact that he was unwilling to speak out or make changes. He was relaxed, but somewhat aimless.

## Backstory

#### Adult Life

???

Mint ended up near OasisClan's outer border. He just chilled there. Then he died.

## Other

#### Trivia

* 400th page! Congrats, Mint!
* Not to be confused with Mintfang, a she-cat who used to be a MarshClan warrior.
Haywhisker

Haywhisker is currently a messenger of FallClan.

Name- Haywhisker

Gender- Tom

Clan- FallClan

Rank- Messenger

Family- Cream (mother), Donny (father), Cow, Mouser, and Tufty (brothers)

Friends- he has no friends

Enemies- all of catkind

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Haywhisker is a lithe, light orange tabby with a few paler markings and yellowy-beige eyes. His fur is short, wiry, and bristly. He’s sort of long and lean.

#### Personality

Haywhisker hates everyone. He’s really grouchy and rude, and he’s annoyed by everyone and everything. He can’t stand being told what to do, which kind of sucks because he’s a messenger. He hates his life and his job. Help him.

## Backstory

#### Pre-Clan Life

Hay was born in a barn somewhere as a farm cat, hence the name. His mother, Cream, was a neighborhood kittypet, but he and his siblings were separated from her early on. He lived in the barn with his father, Donny, and his three brothers: Cow, Mouser, and Tufty. He learned how to catch mice and stuff there. He really loved it. He was pretty fast and agile, too, which was helpful.

Then most of the mice in his barn started getting the plague because of how germ-infested everything was. Donny and Cow died. Hay was salty about it and he didn’t want to leave, but he didn’t want to die, either, so he left anyways. Mouser and Tufty came with him, although Mouser split off after less than a week had gone by to travel on his own. Hay decided to do the same, and pretty much just ditched Tufty one night.

He wandered around for a while until coming to FallClan territory. He tried to catch some fish, but found that he hated the taste. And also water. And just about everything else. Unfortunately for him, he was seen by Tidewave and invited to join the Clan. He tried very hard not to, but Tidewave insisted. Hay didn’t really have much of a choice.

#### Clan Life

He was permitted to join by Weepingstar, much to his chagrin, and received the name of Haywhisker. Since he was really fast and good at running, he was sort of goaded into being a messenger alongside Glacierstep since the plague had killed Larchflight only a few moons before. Haywhisker really wanted to leave, but since he was a messenger, FallClan kind of needed him. Also, all of the borders were closed due to the plague, so he wasn’t really allowed to leave. That made him mad.

Currently, Haywhisker just kind of exists and hates everyone, himself included. He’s honestly a mood on some level.

## Other

#### Trivia

* I almost called him “Gaywhisker” in that last paragraph. I’m crying.
* This man would absolutely sell drugs to children.
* He would also destroy everyone at Wii sports.
* I love him. He's awful.
Fernfrost

Note: Fernfrost is a deceased character. She has no significance in A Better Way's main storyline, and is only important in the backstories of Stormclaw, Whitebird, and Sootsnow.

Name- Fernfrost

Gender- She-cat

Clan- MarshClan (formerly), StarClan

Rank- Queen (at death)

Family- Ivybranch and Petalleaf (sisters), Darksplash (mate), Stormclaw (son), Sootsnow and Whitebird (daughters), Fawnflower (niece), Emberglow and Moon (granddaughters), Void (grandson), some great-grandchildren, but let's not go there

Friends- Duckfeather

Enemies- eh

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Fernfrost was a lithe, lean silver tabby with a white chest, white paws, darker flecks across her face, and long limbs. Her right eye was pale green while her left was bright yellow. She had short, soft fur that was naturally sleek, but bristled up in a couple of places.

#### Personality

Y'all really think I have the motivation to do this?

## Backstory

Fernkit was born in MarshClan alongside her sisters, Petalkit and Ivykit. Things were chill. She did absolutely nothing of interest during her kithood.

Fernpaw became an apprentice at six moons old. Yay! One night, she couldn't sleep, so she got bored and decided to cruise around. She ran into a young HorizonClan tom named Darkpaw who was trying to catch a rabbit. She helped catch one for him. He thought that was awesome. They became friends. And also sort of awkwardly crushed on each other for a while. It was cute.

Fernfrost became a warrior eventually. Yay!! A FallClan she-cat named Duckfeather moved to MarshClan and Fernfrost became friends with her. She also struck up an actual legit relationship with Darksplash. Darksplash moved to MarshClan and asked her to be his mate. She said yes. They were sweet. They vibed together for a bit. Then Fernfrost got pregnant. She flipped the heck out. She and Darksplash were super excited about it. They'd been wanting kits for a while. Fernfrost was also happy to join Duckfeather in the nursery since her friend had also found out that she was expecting kits at around the same time. So... yeah, they did that. It was nice.

    Then she had her kits. Yay. There were three - Stormkit, Sootkit, and Whitekit. They were extremely difficult. They got into a ton of trouble all the time and were a huge hassle to keep track of. Fernfrost loved them, though. She encouraged them to dream big and become the best cats they could. Unfortunately, about a moon and a half before they were apprenticed, she caught some kind of severe illness that ended up killing her. \*Mortal Kombat voice\* F A T A L I T Y .

## Other

#### Trivia

* Not to be confused with Ferndapple, an OasisClan warrior and one of the eight billion children of Pineclaw.
* Definitely not a ripoff of Ferncloud. Absolutely not. No.
* Her favorite kit was Stormkit. Not that she ever would have said as much out loud. She just thought it was hilarious how much of a rascal he was.
* She and Ivybranch never got along. She would've been super annoyed if she'd lived to see her become Stormpaw's mentor.
Frondnose

Name - Frondnose

Gender - She-cat

Clan - OasisClan

Rank - Warrior

Family - Clovestrike (mother), Pineclaw (father), Ferndapple (sister), Frogwhisker (brother)

Friends - None. She talked to Breezeriver once if that counts.

Enemies - None

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Frondnose is a light brown she-cat with green eyes.

## Backstory

#### Warrior Life

Frondnose was made a warrior. She mentored Patchpounce, but got the plague shortly after he started training. She was sick off and on through his whole apprenticeship, but finally died a moon after his warrior ceremony, at the age of 23,
Goldentail

Goldentail was formerly a messenger of OrchidClan.

Name- Goldentail

Gender- She-cat

Clan- OrchidClan (formerly), StarClan

Rank- Messenger (at death)

Family- I don't know. I didn't own her.

Friends- I don't know. I didn't own her.

Enemies- I don't know. I didn't own her.

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Goldentail was described as being a light brown cat with a golden-yellow tail. Her ears were also a shade of yellowy-gold, and the same color surrounded her eyes like a mask. Her eye color was never specified.

#### Personality

She was said to have been "kind, generous, anxious, and helpless".

## Backstory

#### Messenger Life

Goldentail became a messenger at some point. She worked alongside Poppyshade. It's unknown how she felt about Lavenderstar closing the borders, or about the plague, for that matter. She never really did anything notable.

I mean, until she died. She got the plague and was killed at around the same time as Pollencloud. Redcloud stepped up to fill her position. F in the chat.
Cardinalflutter

Name - Cardinalflutter

Gender - She-cat

Clan - MarshClan

Rank - Warrior

Family - Cedarpoppy (mother), Firsong (sister)

Friends -

Enemies - Well, I think Rillwing hates her. That happened.

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Cardinalflutter is a fluffy cat with a dark cinnamon-colored coat. She has beautiful blue eyes.

## Backstory

#### Warrior Life

Cardinalflutter did nothing important for the first bit of her warriorhood. She's been mostly just trying to help Whitebird and Hazewish with curing the plague, her mother and Basilpool with the kits in the nursery, and keeping everyone calm.

She and Rillwing went hunting one time and Rillwing got really mad because Cardinalflutter "ruined" the hunt. (If you actually read the strand, you'll see that none of what happened was actually Cardinal's fault \*glares at Rillwing\*) So Rillwing straight up attacked her and told her to leave the Clan. Cardinalflutter did as Rillwing told her and spent a few days hiding near the ruins of Hazel's heather patch.

After she was sure Rillwing wasn't going to come after her, she headed up towards the mountains and found the travelers. She got to meet her dad. That was good.

The travelers decided to name her Cardinal with Fluttering Wings, but she insisted on being called Cardinalflutter instead of just Cardinal.

After not too long, Firsong and Rillwing headed up to the mountains to convince her to come back to MarshClan. She reluctantly agreed to head back with them.

## Other

#### Quotes

**Sootsnow:** *"Hello there. I'm just here to make sure you two don't misbehave or do anything fur-brained while your mother is taking a walk.*

**Cardinalkit:** *"You and every other cat we've ever met."*

*"What, that you don't know what's going on or that you have spare time?"*
Flashfoot

Name - Flashfoot

Gender - Tom

Clan - OrchidClan

Rank - Messenger

Family - None, but he's probably going to end up with Sageblossom someday

Friends - N/A

Enemies - N/A

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Flashfoot is a small, lithe gray tom with amber eyes. He has a black pattern I'm not sure how to describe. Just look at the picture.

## Backstory

#### Warrior Life

Flashfoot became messenger at 18 moons old.
Dreamkeeper

Name - Dreamkeeper

Gender - She-cat

Clan - FallClan

Rank - Warrior

Family - Treeflower (mother), Lionthorn (father), Strawstep, Forestshine, Finchkit (sisters), Tallstep, Waxkit, Windkit (brothers), also she has a crush on Cliffwhisker

Friends - N/A

Enemies - N/A

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Dreamkeeper is an unusually small she-cat with large, wide-set ears. Her fur is a sandy red color with ashy-blonde patches and speckles. Her eyes are a light reddish-violet color that have a permanantly sad look in them. Her face is rather triangular.

#### Personality

Dreamkeeper is super introverted. She's a rather guarded cat and very empathetic. She is easily hurt and rarely shows her intelligence.
Cobrakit

Cobrakit was formerly a kit of OasisClan.

Name- Cobrakit

Gender- Tom

Clan- OasisClan (formerly), StarClan

Rank- Kit (at death)

Family- Skyflower (mother), Wheatnose (father), Lynxkit, Nettlekit, Dustkit, Cloudpaw, and Tawnypaw (sisters), Patchpounce, Silverclaw, Webpaw, and Flaxpaw (brothers), Eggfur (adoptive brother), Monarchflame and Thistlespring (adoptive sisters)

Friends- :(

Enemies :)

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Cobrakit was a small, thin white tom with dusty golden markings scattered around his eyes, which were sharp and bright blue.

#### Personality

He was described as being obnoxious and somewhat rude - a bit of a bully. For the most part, he was an uncaring and unfriendly cat, and he found it difficult to get along with anyone. Despite this, he was bold and proud, and put all of his faith into whatever he believed in.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Cobrakit was born alongside Lynxkit and Nettlekit. He never got along well with either of them, and often got into fights with Nettlekit. When he was two or three moons old, two new kits were accepted into OasisClan under the names of Eggkit and Monarchkit, and they were raised by Skyflower and Wheatnose alongside Cobrakit and his littermates. He most likely hated this, and was probably rude and cold toward the new kits as well.

When Cobrakit was five moons old, he had the brilliant idea of rounding up his siblings and having them sneak out of camp. Eggkit and Monarchkit refused to comply, so Cobrakit only dragged Lynxkit and Nettlekit with him. It is unknown what happened to them, but they ended up being killed while they were out exploring the territory.

They were probably able to watch over their younger sister Dustkit in StarClan once she died, and Eggfur most likely took care of all of them after his own death.

## Other

#### Trivia

* Dustkit, Patchkit, and Silverkit were never told about Cobrakit or his littermates. Patchkit and Silverkit only learned about their existence soon before becoming apprentices, and after Dustkit's death. Webkit, Flaxkit, Cloudkit, and Tawnykit, however, *were* informed of their tragic fates.
* He was originally going to move to OrchidClan with his father.
* He, um, was *also* originally going to be a villain. But then he died.
Bramblestem

Name - Bramblestem

Gender - Tom

Clan - FallClan

Rank - Warrior

Family - N/A

Friends - Cherrydust

Enemies - N/A

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Bramblestem is a swirled brown tabby with partial heterochromia. His eyes are green with a spot of amber in the left one.

#### Personality

Bramblestem is pretty chill. He doesn't do much, he just kind of lives in FallClan. He has unwavering loyalty to his Clan and his friends.

## Other

#### Trivia

* He's known about Cherrydust's crush on him for a long time, but he's been awkwardly friendzoning her for years.
* He's the first cat in RP to have partial heterochromia
Redcloud

Redcloud is currently a messenger of OrchidClan.

Name- Redcloud

Gender- Tom

Clan- OrchidClan

Rank- Messenger

Family- Mira (mother), he is distantly related to Pollencloud, and he has a crush on Kitefeather.

Friends- Maybe Poppyshade..?

Enemies- he is starting to hate Lavenderstar and Lilackit

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Redcloud is a tall white tom. His left forepaw is a dark gingery-red, and his eyes are amber.

#### Personality

He's generally cold and reclusive, and very serious around most cats. But around those he knows, trusts, and gets along with, he gets much kinder and more jokey, although he's sort of annoying.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

He was born as a rouge named Splotch. He grew up with his mother Mira near OrchidClan territory, which was how Splotch came to recognize the Clans. When he was a few moons old, though, Mira got sick and died. Splotch struggled to survive, but he managed to live by eating leftover crow-food that he had found between OrchidClan and MarshClan territory.

#### Apprenticeship

After a while living alone for a while, Splotch found his way to OrchidClan and was taken in as an apprentice. He was renamed Redpaw, and he had a pretty regular apprenticeship. He often took runs across the territory.

#### Messenger Life

Redcloud became a warrior. Yay. He never really cared about the plague until he watched Poppyshade - one of OrchidClan's messengers - suffer from it in front of him. Then he really began to hate the chaos it caused. At first, when Lavenderstar closed the Clan's borders, he was a little disappointed, but he grew comfortable with it. As time went on, though, he started despising it.

Once Goldentail died, he stepped up to take her place, becoming a messenger alongside Poppyshade. He witnessed Frondmist murdering a dandelion once, but they went hunting afterwards. He also went on a run with OrchidClan's other messenger, Poppyshade on one occasion. They talked about how Lavenderstar was being a pretty bad leader. Poppyshade started coughing, though, so Redcloud ran back to camp to tell the medicine cat, Swallowfrost, who confirmed that Poppyshade was indeed sick with the plague. He was a little worried about that. Also, he will most likely join the rebellion soon at this rate.

He got into a minor fight with Lilackit one day, starting when he bumped into him outside of camp. Redcloud brought him back and told him to stay with his mother, referring to Moonmist. Lilackit, being an orphan, was upset by the statement, and started getting angry, so he yelled at Redcloud and tore up the mouse that he'd been eating. Redcloud padded out of camp and went for a run to clear his head.

## Other

#### Trivia

* He was originally named Redfoot, but that was changed so that he wouldn't be confused with Silentecho's father, Redleg.
* Feel free to do grammar edits, it's really late right now and I'm tired. (Consider it done.)

#### Quotes

"Why are you tearing up that dandelion... the poor plant..."
Brindlekit

Name - Brindlekit

Gender - She-cat

Clan - HorizonClan

Rank - Unborn kit

Family - Wrensong (mother), Thornstep (father), Hootheart, Grasspaw, and Robinpaw (brothers), Briarpaw and Burnetkit (sisters), Fringekit and Tabbykit (foster sisters)

Friends - N/A

Enemies - N/A

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Brindlekit is a brown and golden-beige tabby with white markings and green eyes.

#### Personality

She is quiet and reserved. She doesn't play with the other kits as much, but she does like cuddling with her mom and sister. She's quiet but persistent in showing her affection for other cats.
Cherrycloud

Note: Cherrycloud is a deceased character and thus has no significance in the main storyline of A Better Way. She is only important in the backstory of Whitebird. She was MarshClan's medicine cat before her.

Name- Cherrycloud

Gender- She-cat

Clan- MarshClan (formerly), StarClan

Rank- Medicine Cat (at death)

Family- Pricklepad (brother), Stickstripe and Cedarstrike (nephews), Fallowfleck (niece)

Friends- Whitebird (formerly)

Enemies- probably none

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Cherrycloud was a fluffy white cat with patches of ginger and orange. Her eyes were yellow.

#### Personality

Doesn't really matter. She was sensitive to her patients, though - kindhearted and patient, although she was pretty firm and had a sharp tongue that may have rubbed off a bit on Whitebird.

## Story

Cherrykit and Pricklekit were born in MarshClan. Good for them. They existed for six moons. Then they became apprentices.

Cherrypaw became a medicine cat apprentice because she wanted to be a medicine cat. Good for her. She existed for six more moons.

Then she was named Cherrycloud. Her mentor died. She was now the sole medicine cat of MarshClan. Good for her. Pricklepad had babies in OrchidClan, but he didn't like them. Cherrycloud felt sort of bad about that, so she made sure to yeet MarshClan's messenger at the time, Moldmoss, off to go check on her niece and nephews occasionally. Good for her.

Soon enough, a kit named Whitekit started helping her out in the medicine den. Whitekit's mother, Fernfrost, died of some illness when Whitekit was five moons old, encouraging her to become a medicine cat. Cherrycloud found a white feather outside her den one morning, which she interpreted as a sign from StarClan that Whitekit was to be her apprentice. So they did that.

Cherrycloud became Whitepaw's mentor. Good for her. She had a pretty nice, tight bond with Whitepaw, and felt sort of maternal toward her. It was sweet. She eventually named her Whitebird as a nod to the feather that had landed her the role of a medicine cat. Cherrycloud and Whitebird existed for a while. Good for them. Pricklepad died at some point. Cherrycloud was getting kind of old now. Good for her. One day, she was trying to gather herbs near FallClan's border, but it was kind of stormy at the time. Cherrycloud accidentally fell into the water, and since it was all swishy and wacko, she got smashed into some rocks and died. Good for her.

## Other

#### Trivia

* Not to be confused with Cherrydust, a FallClan warrior with a similar color scheme.
* Her name was originally going to be Redsplash. But then I (Starling) remembered I already have a character named Redfire. So then it was going to be Cherrysplash. But then I decided Cherrycloud would sound better.
Ashkit

Name - Ashkit

Gender - She-cat

Clan - MarshClan

Rank - Kit

Family - Canyonstar (father), Basilpool (mother), Pepperpaw, Sedgekit, and Cricketkit (sisters), Wolfkit (brother)

Friends - She's going to be friends with Rookkit.

Enemies - N/A

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Ashkit is a sleek, pale gray she-cat with darker gray points. Her tail is fairly fluffy and she has her father's blue eyes.

#### Personality

Ashkit is shy, quiet, introverted, and relatively chill.

## Backstory

Ashkit was born in MarshClan alongside her sisters Cricketkit and Sedgekit. Her father, Canyonstar, was the Clan leader, and her mother, Basilpool, was a fairly popular and well-liked she-cat, so things already looked great for her. She probably got to spend a bit of time with the kits of the other queens at the time - Cedarpoppy and Icefall - as well. There were a bunch of other kits in the nursery. Vixenkit, Rowankit, Fidgetkit, Snakekit, Antkit, Rookkit... needless to say, it was never boring in the MarshClan nursery during her kithood.

## Other

#### Trivia

* Ashkit is the only cat with a point pattern in her litter
Flora

Note: Flora is dead and irrelevant to everyone except Myrtlepelt.

Name- Flora

Gender- She-cat

Clan- None

Rank- Loner (at death)

Family- Talon (mate... sort of, technically...), Myrtlepelt (daughter), Fang (son), another unnamed daughter

Friends- ha, no.

Enemies- also Talon

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Flora was a small, soft-furred black she-cat mottled with tabby patches of dark brown. Her eyes were a shade of pale yellow.

#### Personality

She was very docile and submissive. She was pretty beaten-down in her later moons and rarely really did or said anything.

## Story

Uh... you probably know the basics if you're here. She was a kittypet. She got lost outside of twolegplace. She ran into Talon. He decided she would make a good mate. He brought her with him to a badger set, then pretty much trapped her there until they were ready to have kits. They had kits. Talon killed one of them for being sickly. Flora didn't like that. Talon killed her once the other two kits - Myrtle and Fang - were old enough to eat solid prey because he didn't want her to mess things up for him. The end.
Mallowpaw

Name - Mallowpaw

Gender - She-cat

Clan - FallClan

Rank - Apprentice

Family - Halfheart (father), Drizzlesnow (mother), Shellpaw and Rainpaw (brothers), Mosspaw (sister)

Friends - Turtlepaw, Shellpaw

Enemies - None yet

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Mallowkit and her siblings were born in FallClan to Halfheart and Drizzlesnow. She befriended an older kit/apprentice, Turtlepaw, and had a great time.

She and her brother Shellkit bothered Juniperfin for a fish one time.
Fogkit

Fogkit was formerly a kit of HorizonClan.

Name- Fogkit

Gender- Unknown

Clan- HorizonClan (formerly), StarClan

Rank- Kit (at death)

Family- Morningcloud (mother), Lionstrike (father), Littlepaw (brother)

Friends- nope

Enemies- nope

## Story

There ain’t much to say. Fogkit was stillborn. Morningcloud still named them, though. They probably got to meet their father in StarClan, too.

## Other

#### Trivia

- Not to be confused with Fogpaw, a former FallClan cat and the son of Wingbreak and Stoatthroat.

- The reason nothing is known about him/her is because he/she was never claimed by anyone, and thus never got a bio or a chance to be rped with.
Falconleap

Name - Falconleap

Gender - She-cat

Clan - MarshClan

Rank - Warrior

Family - None

Friends - None?

Enemies - Hawks. All hawks ever.

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Falconleap is a gold tabby she-cat with one brown ear, two brown paws and a brown tail tip. Her eyes are a dusky golden-green. She now has a few thin scars on the left side of her face from a hawk attack.

#### Personality

Falconleap is a confident cat with a lot of guilt. She can be foolhardy and will risk her life to fight off any sort of attacker.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Falconkit grew up in MarshClan, along with her brother Eaglekit. When they were two moons old, they snuck out of camp and were playing on the moor when a hawk swooped down and tried to take one of them. The first time, Falconkit only barely managed to avoid its talons. The second dive ended up cutting a deep gash in one of Eaglekit's ears. The third time, Eaglekit was carried away. Falconkit ran back to camp in tears.

She lived for the rest of her life with a huge guilt complex because of this. She didn't really do anything for the next four moons.

#### Apprenticeship

Falconpaw had a pretty decent apprenticeship. She did basically nothing. She moved to OasisClan for awhile. She moved back to MarshClan at some point. She studied how to hunt birds more than anything else and eventually came up with her own set of moves specifically for taking down larger birds.

#### Warrior Life

Falconpaw earned the name Falconleap from her unique hawk-hunting moves. She has tried several times to catch a hawk and failed each time. She mentored Chivethistle and adamantly refused to explain why she hates birds so much.

## Other

#### Trivia

* Falconleap was originally supposed to end up deputy, because (surprise, surprise) her character is another one I borrowed from one of my sisters and she was originally Falconstar, so... yeah.
* The other two, if you're curious, are Weepingstar and Songstar. You'll notice that they're leaders and Falcon over here isn't, but sometimes life doesn't go the way you planned.

#### Quotes

*"Because hunting is more important than fighting and I'm your mentor."*

*"No, I don't think I'm crazy."*
Bramblethorn

Note: Bramblethorn is a deceased character. He has no significance in the general storyline of A Better Way, and is only important in the backstories of Wingbreak, Stoatthroat, and Swallowfrost.

Name- Bramblethorn

Gender- Tom

Clan- FallClan (formerly), StarClan

Rank- Warrior (at death)

Family- Wingbreak (mother), Stoatthroat (father), Stagheart and Fogpaw (brothers), Doecreek (mate), Swallowfrost (daughter), Brokenslip and Rock (nephews), Sun (niece)

Friends- never heard of em

Enemies- what
Firestorm

Name - Firestorm

Gender - Tom

Clan - OrchidClan

Rank - Warrior

Family - Minkstar (mate), Lapwingkit, Chaffinchkit, and Hollykit (daughters), Warrenkit (son)

Friends - Probably Palestep and Wheatnose

Enemies - None. He doesn't really like Suncurrent though.

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Firestorm is a dark ginger tabby with blue-gray eyes.

#### Personality

Firestorm is trust-worthy and reliable. He has a tendency to break down when he's nervous. He gets distracted easily and isn't very self-sacrificing. His world was absolutely shattered when Minkstar died and his kits are pretty much the only thing he has left to live for.

## Other

#### Trivia

* Firestorm is claustrophobic, which is why he didn't want to move to MarshClan
* Co-founder of the OrchidClan Rebellion

#### Quotes

*"I'm so sorry, Minkflower. I just... social... not my thing..."*

*"Suncurrent? He's the most annoying cat to grace OrchidClan."*

*"I think it shouldn't be. You deserve far more compliments than I do. I am but a mere OrchidClan warrior. There are a million other of those. But there's only one Minkflower. And I think she's quite beautiful."*

*"Your eyes are like stars. They are silver and that is widely recognized as a beautiful color. You are confident, and smart, and kind, and you'll make an amazing leader someday."*

*"Really? Good for him. Now I get to listen to him and Suncurrent fighting non-stop."*

*"The only options are a mistake or StarClan. And there's no way StarClan would condemn an innocent Clan to him.*

**Firestorm:** *"I... there's one she-cat in particular"*

**Minkstar:** *"Aren't you lucky?"*

**Firestorm:** *"I just don't know how she feels about me and I'm kind of scared to tell her."*

**Minkstar:** *"It'll be okay. She'll probably say yes. I won't blame her, you're handsome."*

**Firestorm:** *"You-you really think that?"*

**Minkstar:** *"Of course, she'd probably fall head over heels for you."*

**Firestorm:** *"Even if she wasn't in my Clan?"*

**Minkstar:** *"Well, half-clan relationships are allowed. So yes."*

**Firestorm:** *"Even if she's a leader?"*

**Minkstar:** *"Yes."*

**Firestorm:** *"You think I should ask her about being my mate?"*

**Minkstar:** *"If you wish."*

**Firestorm:** *"Okay. Minkstar, would you be my mate?"*

*"Lionspark might be a good deputy, but with Lionspark comes Suncurrent and you don't want him in a position of power."*

**Suncurrent:** *"Would you look at that? Izzat a Firestorm I see?"*

**Firestorm:** *"Ah, yes, I remember why I wanted to leave."*

*"Milkweedstar? A bad leader?"*

*"Some are too scared of Lavenderstar. Some want to leave but have no where to go. And you realize you're included in the category of 'spineless' cats who haven't left yet, right?"*

*"You're more beautiful than any flower though."*

*"I should have just been honest with you instead of trying to keep up with my pride or whatever."*
Ravenpool

Ravenpool was formerly a warrior of OrchidClan and the mate of Lionspark.

Name- Ravenpool

Gender- She-cat

Clan- OasisClan (formerly), OrchidClan (formerly), StarClan

Rank- Queen (at death)

Family- Lionspark (mate)

Friends- idk,, I didn't own her

Enemies- idk,, I didn't own her

#### Warrior Life

I don't know much about her. She existed. She lived in OasisClan. She took part in the fox fight in which Basilpool lost a bit of her ear. She was injured in the attack as well, but was pretty much fine. She was visited in a dream by Fallstar because she was single and sad about it. She visited OrchidClan and met a bunch of toms, including Suncurrent, Lionspark, and Palestep. She ended up falling in love with Lionspark. She moved to OrchidClan to be with him. They became mates. It was cute. She got pregnant. Then she died.

## Other

#### Trivia

* Lionspark sort of fell in love with Cornflower after her death. Cornflower's daughter Ravenkit was named after her.
* I think she was the first cat in the roleplay to actually die a death that wasn't related to the plague.
Acornlight

Acornlight is currently a warrior of FallClan.

Name- Acornlight

Gender- She-cat

Clan- FallClan

Rank- Warrior

Family- Bearfrost (brother), Deerpelt (mother), Raintail (father), she's crushing on Flurrystorm

Friends- Maybe Flurrystorm, kind of. Maybe? She also talked to Cardinalflutter once.

Enemies- ???

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Acornlight is an off-white she-cat with dapples of tan and dark brown. She has yellow-green eyes.

#### Personality

She's generally friendly and energetic. She's talkative and cheerful, although she was at least a bit more cautious than her brother was. Currently, she might be a bit more sad and lonely, because, well... you know.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Acornkit and her brother Bearkit were born to Deerpelt in FallClan. Their father, Raintail, lived in OrchidClan, so they probably didn't see him very much, although he most likely tried to visit whenever possible. They played around like normal kits. Bearkit tried to sneak out once, but Acornkit was like "nO dOn'T". Not much happened.

#### Apprenticeship

Acornpaw was apprenticed to Albatrosswhisker. She trained, because that's what apprentices do. She ran into Cardinalpaw at the MarshClan border one time, and they talked a little. She also developed a crush on Flurrypaw. Aside from that, I don't think she really did anything... until the end of her apprenticeship.

Then the second wave of the plague struck, and it claimed the lives of both Bearpaw and Deerpelt. Deerpelt wanted to stay with Bearpaw in the medicine den, and as a result, they both fell sick and died. Acornpaw was most likely pretty upset about that. Bearpaw received his warrior name after death during his vigil, though: Bearfrost.

#### Warrior Life

Acornlight became a warrior by herself with none of her family there to see her. Not long after, she received word that Raintail had been killed by the plague as well. Dang, poor Acornlight. But hey, at least she can chase after Flurrystorm now!

## Other

#### Trivia

* Cliffwhisker has a crush on her now. So if AcornFlurry doesn’t work, AcornCliff can be a backup pairing. Yay! Or not yay, since Dreamkeeper has a crush on Cliffwhisker. Wow, such drama.

#### Quotes

She’s kind of a dull character, and she doesn't say much now because her WHOLE family is dead, and she’s kinda sad about that. She mostly just tries to hang out with Flurrystorm.
Dusklight

Note: Dusklight is a deceased character and is totally irrelevant, except in the backstories of Tidewave, Stickstripe, and Fallowfleck.

Name- Dusklight

Gender- She-cat

Clan- OrchidClan (formerly), StarClan

Rank- Warrior (at death)

Family- Troutgill (mate), Tidewave (son), Brightbark (sister), Leafshine (niece), Conifercob (nephew)

Friends- Sedgedawn, Stickstripe, Fallowfleck, Cedarstrike (formerly)

Enemies- noop

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Unimportant, but Dusklight was a gray-brown she-cat with white markings, a few darker spots, and green eyes.

## Backstory

Duskkit was born in OrchidClan. She was tight with Brightkit and friends with Fallowkit, Stickkit, and Cedarkit. She made fun of Brightkit for crushing on Stickkit. Things were chill for six moons.

Duskpaw became an apprentice. She met Troutpaw and Sedgepaw at a gathering. She became their friends, too. Then she started crushing on Troutpaw. She asked him out. He said no. She asked him out again. She still said no. She asked him out a third time. He said "sure, why not".

Dusklight became a warrior. She and Troutgill were dating. She got pregnant and started making plans to move to FallClan to be with him. She was stupid, so she decided to change Clans right when she was going to give birth at any moment. She was in the middle of crossing the water when *oh no,* her kits started coming. It's pretty difficult to swim while giving birth. She died and it was pretty traumatic. Troutgill was with her, by the way. So he got her back to FallClan's camp, but she died. Oops. Her son, Tidekit, was saved, though. Sedgedawn fostered him because her own daughters, Sorrelkit and Rosekit, had just moved out of the nursery and she was willing to do that.

## Other

#### Trivia

* Not to be confused with Duskfur, an OrchidClan tom. Or Duskriver, who used to be Songstar's mate.
Jet

Note: Jet is absolutely irrelevant. He's also absolutely dead. He's only important in the backstory of Fallowfleck.

Name- Jet

Gender- Tom

Clan- None

Rank- Loner (at death)

Family- Fallowfleck (mate)

Friends- haha what

Enemies- n

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Jet was a solid jet-black tom with icy blue eyes and a bobtail.

#### Personality

He was very serious, calm, and quiet most of the time. His more playful and loving side came out when he was with Fallowfleck, though.

## Story

There ain't much to tell. Jet existed. I'm too lazy to make an actual backstory for him, so he ain't getting one. But he was born in a twolegplace and got his tail run over by a car, so it was amputated. He was a stray for a while until he left. He met Fallowpaw, an OrchidClan she-cat once. She was being attacked by a pair of possums, though, so he yeeted them off of her and offered to help her back to her camp. It was sort of cute. He found a den near OrchidClan's outer border and started living there. He became friends with Fallowpaw, and they started meeting a lot. He didn't want to join the Clans, though, because he liked his freedom. Once she was a warrior named Fallowfleck, they got closer and eventually became mates. He tried to be comforting when a bunch of cats she cared about died. Then they tried to have kits, but found out that Fallowfleck was infertile. Oops. Not long after that, a younger tom named Slash showed up and decided he wanted to live in Jet's den. Jet didn't want to give it up, so Slash just hecking killed him. Double oops.

## Other

#### Trivia

* He was named jet after the color. Not after the plane.
Olivesplash

Name - Olivesplash

Gender - She-cat

Clan - MarshClan

Rank - Warrior

Family - Clearnight (mate), Poisonthorn (son), Dovefrost (daughter)

Friends - Idk yet

Enemies - Also unknown

#### Personality

Olivesplash is quiet and serious. She has a brisk, no-nonsense quality to her that can sometimes come off as rude or uncaring.

## Backstory

#### Warrior Life

Oliveoil was made a warrior. She had two kits.
Blackbite

Note: Blackbite is a deceased character and has no relevance to A Better Way's storyline. He's only important for Shadowstep and Brightnight's backstories.

Name- Blackbite

Gender- Tom

Clan- OasisClan (formerly), StarClan

Rank- Warrior (at death)

Family- Shortstrike (brother), Snowbreeze (mate), Brightnight (son), Shadowstep (daughter), Sorrelseed and Rosefoot (nieces)

Friends- eh

Enemies- eh
Jayhawk

Imagine Jayhawk as having been the biggest Maine Coon imaginable.

Name- Jayhawk

Gender- She-cat

Clan- None

Rank- Loner (at death)

Family- Pineclaw (mate), Hawker (father), Peregrine (mother), Falcon, Kestrel, and Hawk (brothers)

Friends- also Pineclaw (sort of, formerly)

Enemies- Laurel (didn't remember her), Weepingstar, Milkweedstar, and Ebonydawn (faintly remembered them)

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Giant fluffy black Maine Coon with a silver mane, tufted ears, and yellow green eyes.

#### Personality

Coming from a harsh background, she was rather chill but wasn't afraid to kill someone if she had to (as she tried to drown Laurel when she was younger for stealing prey). She held grudges and was snappish at times.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Unknown, honestly. She was born to Peregrine and Hawker alongside Falcon, Kestrel, and Hawk. She apparently had a pretty rough youth, although barely anything is known about it. Apparently her family had a thing for raptor birds, though. Hawks in particular.

#### Adult Life

Jayhawk ran around doing things.

Laurel tried to steal some of her food once and Jayhawk nearly drowned her as a consequence. She was attacked by a young Weepingbrook, Milkweedcall, and Ebonydawn afterwards, though, and after nearly killing Ebonydawn, she left FallClan's territory.

Quite a few moons later, she met Pineclaw by the mountains. He started flirting with her. She didn't like that. They sort of started hanging out and floated around in a "frenemy-zone limbo" for a while, as stated by Warrior. She learned a bit about his fancy past. She encountered Poppy at one point. Then they ran into Kitefeather and Swiftstrike, and it was pretty awkward. Pineclaw was afraid that they would tell Flamethorn where he was and she was going to come for his blood, so Jayhawk moved further up the mountain with him. They vibed for a while. Pineclaw finally asked her to be his mate, and she for some reason said yes.

Later that same day, she died. Oof.

## Other

#### Trivia

* She wanted to name her firstborn son Buck if she ever had kits.
* Her name was inspired from a mention in a Stephen King book
* She was a Maine Coon with a bit of Norwegian Forest
Rainier

Name - Rainier

Gender - Tom

Clan - None (unless his warehouse gang thing counts)

Rank - Rogue

Family - Hazel (ex-mate), several unnamed kits

Friends - Nope. Just no.

   Enemies - Almost everyone he's ever met. This includes but is not limited to Hazel and Meiji

## Appearance and Personality

#### Personality

Rainier is a j e r k. I mean, Hazel's bad, but even Hazel's scared of him. This man is just awful and not in the, "ooo, a bad boy" way. No, I mean, the absolutely terrible, abusive, total jerk way.