Quailpaw

## Description

Quailpaw is a soft-furred tortie point with light blue eyes, powerful hind legs, and a lanky frame.

## Personality

Quailpaw is an energetic and friendly cat, not having much trouble making friends, but is quick to make enemies as well thanks to her attitude getting on some cats' nerves. She tries to see the good in cats, but refuses to chase after a cat who doesn't want to spend time with her. She's polite and minds her manners when in the presence of cats her senior, though she's still energetic, and tends to speak freely when with cats her own age or younger.

## Art and References

   Art is done by the Rper of this cat ~Shadow

## History

Quailkit was the second born of her two littermates, with her brother, Pheasantkit, coming first and her sister, Sparrowkit, after her. Amberwhisker was a first time mother with a sniffle when she began delivering, which in turn passed on to her kits in the days following their birth. Pheasantkit passed first from sickness, followed later by Sparrowkit, leaving Shadestep to take over caring for Quailkit until Amberwhisker had recovered enough to not infect her last kitten. After this scare, Quailkit managed to plump out into a healthy kit before sprouting into the scrawny Windclan apprentice she turned out to be.

Quailpaw was first apprenticed to the warrior Cowbelly, who taught her the basics before disappearing one day out of the blue. Quailpaw felt confused and sad but kept her spirits up by hoping that he would eventually turn up. After being re-apprenticed to Nighthawk, Quailpaw began focusing more on her training as he taught her as much as he could before he, too, ended up dying. This threw her for a loop and she felt off for a while before being re-apprenticed again to her previous mentor's brother, Softrain. He mentored her for longer than the previous two, getting her caught up with other apprentices in some aspects and taking her to her first gathering, and Quailpaw began to feel closer to him as a result. She started to form somewhat of a bond with him before, tragically, he ended up dying as well. This struck Quailpaw hard and she mourned their losses pretty hard while she waited to be assigned another new mentor.

After being assigned to be apprenticed to Littlepounce, she is helped by Glenspark and Clovertail in coming to terms with her situation and moving on. She remains nervous about rogues and such, unwilling to leave camp at all unless there's at least one other cat with her, but tries her best to act normal anyways. She begins to get used to life again and Littlepounce takes her out for training one day. While they're out Littlepounce is captured in a twoleg trap and Quailpaw is forced to leave her there to return to camp alone. She is distraught and wonders whether or not she really is cursed to have all the cats around her disappear, but tries her best to continue with her duties, as her warrior ceremony was coming up soon before her mentor was taken.

She goes out onto the moors one day with a fellow apprentice, Nettlepaw, and the two have a training match where Quailpaw gets caught up in the fighting, frustrated that the younger cat was able to best her and pin her, and ends up clawing her as she shoves her off. She helps Nettlepaw back to camp, dreading and almost panicking about what she'd done. After she tells Juniperstar what happened, he punishes her from the tallrock, shaming Quailpaw and making her mistakes known to the whole clan. Her punishment is to take care of anything Nettlepaw needs, confinement to camp, and having her warrior ceremony pushed back three moons.

Just about three moons later of Quailpaw obediently staying within camp and tending to Nettlepaw's every need, she finally decides to sneak out of camp while most of the clan is away at the full moon gathering. While she's out finally getting to stretch her legs, she meets her old crush, Shellpaw and the two share a moment where Quailpaw confesses that she would rather be with Shellpaw than in her own clan. The two devise a plan and after a few hiccups, Quailpaw is successfully accepted as a Thunderclan apprentice, gladly leaving behind her life in Windclan.

## Relationships

### Family

* Shadestep: ((Quailpaw is close with her father, having been raised mostly by him, but has come to desire something more out of a parent-figure. She appreciates him, but their relationship has become somewhat strained now that she's an apprentice.))
* Amberwhisker: ((Quailpaw's mother, died soon after her birth. She has only hazy memories of her mother's scent and comforting embrace, longs for a female figure to guide her as a mother would.))
* Pheasantkit & Sparrowkit: ((Quailpaw's brother and sister who died soon after birth. They were separated not long after they got sick so they didn't bond much, but she feels something missing whenever something important happens, like her apprentice ceremony or her first gathering.))

### Everything Else

* Windclan
	+ Oleanderstream: Warrior, acquaintance, 1 rp, **"He's rude and seems rather self-centered! But Mumblepurr sees something in him, so he must have *something* good going for him, I guess..."** ((Doesn't want anything to do with him, but willing to see change in him thanks to Mumblepurr.))
	+ Mumblepurr: Warrior, friend, 1 rp, **"She's so kind and knows a lot about making nests pretty! I'm excited to learn from her, and hopefully we can hang out more when I'm a warrior!"** ((Admires her and wants her approval, hopes to be friends when she's older.))
	+ Glenspark: Medicine cat's apprentice, friend, 1 rp, **"He's a really kind cat. He helped me get out of my nest after Softrain passed and get back going into my duties. I'm grateful for him,"** ((Appreciates the help he gave her and wants to repay the kindness. Wants to be friends but feels a little awkward about it after their first real interaction.))
	+ Clovertail: Warrior, friend, 1 rp, **"I went out of camp with her while I was still upset about Softrain, and she helped me understand that Starclan can't fix everything. I'm glad she was out there with me that day,"** ((Grateful for her wisdom and helping her come to terms with the fact that Starclan isn't all-powerful, even though they try their best for the clans. Looks up to her faith and reasoning over Starclan.))
	+ Honeyblaze: Warrior, friend, 2 rps, **"She was very nice to me when I was wondering about kittens and such! Her offer to help me out with kits if I ever have them made me feel really good,"** ((She appreciates her and feels able to talk to her. Other than feeling friendly and comfortable with her, she doesn't have much to say.))
		- **"She was one of very few clanmates who talked to me during my punishment, and is the only one who asked me how I felt about what happened. She's kinder than I deserve... But I'm glad she was there to help me get my head straight,"** ((Is very grateful for the she-cat's kindness and compassion when she was being punished, and is one of the few cats Quailpaw thinks of when she leaves.))
	+ Nettlepaw: Apprentice, acquaintance, 1 rp, **"Starclan... I feel so bad about what I did to her. She was a great fighter and I should have made her feel good about it, not attack her! I hope she recovers and doesn't let it hold her back,"** ((She feels guilty about injuring her during their training fight. She has to take care of her until she's healed and wants to make her as comfortable as possible, but feels awkward around her thanks to her own actions.))
* Thunderclan
	+ Shellfire: Warrior, crush, 2 rps, **"I met her at my first gathering and she showed me this lovely place... I hope I can see her at the next gathering! (and maybe across the borders if I look hard enough...)"** ((Thinks she's pretty but knows the code doesn't allow relationships like that, so she doesn't plan on acting on her feelings. She hopes to be friendly at gatherings and admire her from a safe distance until her feelings snuff themselves out.))
		- **"She still sees me for who I am than for what I did... I'm going to do everything I can to be with her and there for her when she needs me,"** ((She's in love with her and now wants to be there for and support Shellfire as her main goal. Wants to start over in Thunderclan with her.))