Troutpaw

**Troutpaw** is a brown spotted tom with amber eyes. He is currently an apprentice of CaveClan, with his mentor being Amberdawn.

## Affiliations

### Past

CaveClan, TundraClan (kidnapped), Loner (temporarily)

## Description

### Physical

Troutpaw's spotted fur tends to match closely with the CaveClan territory he's familiar with, although he sticks out during the day, looking like a brown-colored shadow rather than being one with the dirt and tunnels. He also holds a muscular form, allowing him to take hits well and maintain a strong stature. However, he is not known to be fast, running at about an average speed.

Despite all of his muscly figure, he is on the smaller side, with most cats being larger than him, including older apprentices. He's insistent, however, that cats don't make fun of him; nonetheless, this has caused him to be confused for a large kit, rather than a full-grown warrior. This does not seem to deter him much, however, and he uses his medium-length fur to make him seem larger than he is.

After losing part of his tail in a tunnel collapse, he seemed to lose some of his ability as a hunter, not having a long tail to help himself stay balanced anymore. Nonetheless, he copes with it appropriately, learning how to function as a member of his Clan without it. He heavily admires Amberdawn's ability to train him with this injury, and is determined to not let anyone see him as less than a warrior.

## History

### Roleplay

**Troutpaw** is an apprentice of CaveClan, and witnesses Pantherback becoming the new deputy. He mutters to himself about him becoming deputy one day, only to be stopped by his mentor. He briefly discusses potential deputyship with Crow before going to train with Amberdawn.

While training with Amberdawn, he hears a branch snapping and encounters an unknown cat. They return to camp to find Patherback killed. Because of this, Troutpaw offers to stay home from the upcoming Gathering to process his feelings.

During the Gathering, he is stolen by Bubblesplash, and hits his head on the way out. He wakes up in TundraClan, having been confused for a kit, and begins to pace, up until Wildpaw approaches him. They have a brief interaction, only for the latter leave as he states that Troutpaw is more brawn than brains. Indignant, he disregards Wildpaw's remarks, determined to make it home on his own, hopefully to the pride of his mentor. Soon, he takes this to heart and waits for the night to fall before escaping through the TundraClan dirtplace.

He first makes it to ThornClan territory. He lingers, lost, then crosses into WillowClan territory via their shared border. He shares a brief encounter with Frozenpaw, who leaps on him as he's passing by. He quickly gets the other apprentice off of him, who demands him to leave the territory. Annoyed, Troutpaw takes his mentor's training to heart and explains that he's just trying to get home, and insists that he won't be easy to take on.

Frozenpaw questions why he should believe him, challenging him, and he insists that he's a Clan cat, just like the WillowClan apprentice, and explains what has happened. Eventually, the silver-and-cream tabby gives in and takes him to the border, and he promptly leaps through to StormClan territory.

Finally discovering the recent CaveClan scent, Troutpaw follows it to the border, acknowledging his probably noticeable foreign scent, and focuses on the recent scent: Amberdawn's. As he walks through the tunnels, only to spot her frozen in fear as he hears a shifting sound. Sensing danger, he quickly tackles her into camp, barely making it out himself as the tunnel behind him collapses.

## Relationships

### Amberdawn

He shares a complicated relationship with his mentor; on one paw, he bows to her for guidance first. With no family to be found, he secretly takes inspiration off of her, and sees her as sort of a sisterly figure. However, he also feels bound by her as an apprentice; she's of higher standing, and while he realizes this is merely because he is training, he would still like to be a warrior quickly. Despite all of this, he does feel as though she's a friend, and although he'd never admit it, he knows she only wants the best for him and will only do so, as her first (and currently only) apprentice.
## Gallery

**Life**

**Character Art**

Apprentice (Art by Willow)Expression (Art by Willow)
WIP

## Trivia

* Stork knows he'll settle down eventually... though it will take some time.
* He *might* develop a large crush on someone. Stork knows who this might be, though she'd like to wait a little bit before deciding.
* Ironically, despite his broad shoulders and muscly form, he is on the smaller side, only going up to his mentor's shoulders even when full-grown.