Eelstride

Eelstride was formerly one of FallClan's medicine cats. Pretty much all I know about her is that she was missing a leg and she couldn't leave her camp because of it. Crystalrock was her apprentice.

Name- Eelstride

Gender- She-cat

Clan- FallClan (formerly), StarClan

Rank- Medicine Cat (at death)

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

Friends- Maybe Sootsnow, kind of, formerly?

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

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Eelstride was described as being a thick-furred black cat with a red undercoat and yellow eyes. She was missing one of her hind legs.

#### Personality

She seemed pretty chill and mellow. I liked her.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Eelkit existed in FallClan. She was born with her missing leg, and therefore couldn't cross the stepping stones or swim, so she was never able to leave her camp. Some cats would try to let her ride on their shoulders or something so she could at least get a look around, but it never really worked. Poor Eelkit.

#### Apprenticeship

Eelpaw was forced to become a medicine cat apprentice because of her disability. It was sort of awkward, though, because she still couldn't do much of anything. She was never able to actually go out and collect herbs herself, and she couldn't attend the half-moon meetings at the Moon Falls. Poor Eelpaw.

Her mentor was a cat named Brokendusk. They probably vibed. I dunno.

#### Warrior Life

Eelstride continued existing, and at some point, Brokendusk died. She just chilled for a while and made apprentices collect herbs and stuff for her, relying on messengers to keep her updated on what the other medicine cats were doing in other Clans. Eventually, though, she became Crystalpaw's mentor, and trained her pretty well in the ways of a medicine cat. She named her apprentice Crystalrock once she had gained enough experience, and from that point on, Crystalrock did most of the hard work, and went to the Moon Falls in Eelstride's place.

Eelstride chilled for a bit. At one point, MarshClan's messenger at the time, Sootsnow, tried to get all of the medicine cats to make a raft for her. Whitebird, Motheye, Snakespeckle, Thawsun, and Riverhawk all agreed to help. The plan was to grow strangler vines around planks of driftwood to make a sturdy surface that Eelstride could lie on and use to paddle around. They started this project, but unfortunately, it would never come into fruition.

Why not, you ask? Because the plague happened. As soon as it reached FallClan, pretty much everyone's lives were in danger. Eelstride and Crystalrock were focusing most of their efforts on trying to save Milkweedstar, who had been hit the hardest - but while they were working to keep him alive, Larchflight, Pikenose, and Stepleap were killed. A new apprentice, Seedpaw, joined Eelstride and Crystalrock in the medicine den, but it was a bit too late for her help by this point. Eelstride caught the plague from her patients and died soon afterwards. Crystalrock and Seedpaw were unable to heal Milkweedstar on their own, and he ended up losing all nine lives. Poor Eelstride.

## Other

#### Trivia

* She, Brokenslip, Tiltshoulder, Poppystem, and Bluecloud are the five cats in the roleplay who have something permanently wrong with a leg or a paw.