Otterpelt

**Otterpelt** is a ruddy she-cat with dark eyes of Abyssinian ancestry.

**Otterkit** is born to an unnamed DarkClan couple, she is later apprenticed to Ambersong the medicine cat of the Clan. She is shown to be a quite cheery and easily excited she-cat who enjoyed her job as a medicine cat. She is shown to be rather close to her mentor.

**Otterpelt** is later made a full medicine cat, she spends it working beside Ambersong for a good few moons before the she-cat passes away from food poisoning. Otterpelt is shown to have calmed down quite a bit since the passing of her mentor. It isn't long after that she takes an apprentice, Thornpaw, upon Risingstar ascending to leadership upon King's death.

## Description

### Appearance

Otterpelt is a cat of average-build and stature, baring a similar appearance to the Abyssinian breed. She is a rather muscular cat with muscles forming along her legs, shoulder, and flanks. Even as a medicine cat, she seems to hold more of a warrior-like appearance than anything medicine cat. She has short fur that seems rather dense, almost oily-like in appearance with most any water that is splashed her seeming to run off much like that of water off a duck's feathers. She holds a glossy appearance, an odd thing for a wild cat to have.
The she-cat has a ruddy color to her coat with a slightly darker ticked pattern going across her coat, she seems to almost resemble a purebred Abyssinian. As she's aged, her pelt seems to have stretched thinly across her body, giving her a bit of skinny appearance. Of course, her most striking feature seems to be her dark eyes where it's quite hard to tell what color as they as they seem to change between a dark chocolate brown to a dark olive green in color; her right eye however seems more cloudy with only half working eyesight. She has a rather long tail, much longer than the average cat.
Despite being a medicine cat, she seems to show a battle-hardy life with scars scattered across her pelt. She holds a single tear in her left ear that seems to cause the tip to hang a little bit.
### Character

Otterpelt is a polite and rather easy going gal, often spending a lot of her time chatting up her Clanmates and getting to them. She is a happy-go-lucky type that often try to see the best in any given situation. She seems to struggle to know when she needs to get serious or when she's upset someone. These parts of her characger give her that 'autistic' type of personality. She's almost completely blind when it comes to knowing personal space.
However, despite her uppity appearance she is often riddled with depression and seems to prefer hiding any and all bits of her past claiming she did some things she definitely wasn't proud of.
Otterpelt seems to hold the vocal trait that her ancestral breed seem to hold as well. She loves to sing and often likes to find herself alone and will end up finding some stream to stare into as she sings. She can be seen as a bit of an obnoxious and annoying character but overall she's just that light in the darkness.
### Abilities

Otterpelt is by no means, useless in a fight. Even for a medicine cat, she can hold her own pretty well. Her small build seems to aid innthis. She is rather skilled in some of the rogue-like battle tactics due to her time as a rogue, it was even hinted that she had to learn such moves when she had found herself trapped with an abusivr partner.
Outside of that, Otterpelt is an average medicine cat holding quite a bit of knowledge on healing and herbs alike. She excels at her job and has even recently taken on an apprentice to teach as well. She is shown to be a rather decent mentor as well.
## Biography

**Otterkit** is a rather lonely car, born to a pair that lived within DarkClan. She isn't shown to have any siblings nor any other family aside from an ancestor on her mother's side who has long since been dead.
Otterkit is said to be a rather 'autisitc' type she-cat who doesn't really know the sense of space. Of course, this can show to be a problem for her as she just doesn't know when enough is enough. As a child, she was constantly being shoved away from those she seemed to cling to after her parents had somegow disappeared from the picture.
Otterkit spends quite a bit of her childhood alone but that doesn't seem to bother her or stop her from trying to make friends. She is later apprenticed to Ambersong as **Otterpaw** and is shown to have grown attached to Ambersong. Otterpaw spent most of her training time outside camp, either singing as she gathered herbs or sometimes chatting up and helping loners that passed through. She is later named **Otterpelt** and given the title of medicine cat however it doesn't last long.
While out one afternoon collecting herbs, Otterpelt was surprised by the howl of dogs and an odd sound she later found to have come from a Twoleg. Surprisingly, a Twoleg had entered DarkClan territory. Otterpelt is taken by surprise when she gets caught in a Twoleg trap, a small cage that seems almost cramped in style. She is then released by the Twoleg and then taken into custody. Otterpelt for fear she won't return her Clan tries her best to escape but she is shoved into yet another cage.
Otterpelt is kept 'captive' by this Twoleg for several months with her Clan thinking she was just dead or ran away. She eventually manages to escape when the Twoleg leaves one of the windows open. However, she learns she is far from home near some beach. She manages to run into a pretty she-cat, she later learns goes by the name Halli. Otterpelt seems cautious towards her but still follows Halli to her own den.
Otterpelt spends the next few moons with Halli, even becoming the she-cat's mate despite that being against a medicine cat's code. She had planned on staying with Halli however, things took a turn. Halli's true colors began to show and they were not very pretty ones. Halli grew into an abusive cat who constantly downed on Otterpelt. It even came down to Halli physically abusing the young she-cat in which she finally ran.
It seemed like moons before Otterpelt finally found her way home and reunited with Ambersong once more however, it wasn't long until Ambersong passed away and Otterpelt stepped up as the medicine cat, often refusing to tell others of her time out of the Clan.
## Lineage

**Mate**

Halli (formerly): Deceased, Residence unknown
**Ancestor**

Unnamed Abyssinian Kittypet: Deceased, Residence unknown
## Relationships

### Peers

**Ambersong**

Otterpelt was close to her mentor, almost as if the two were like sisters. Despite being away from the she-cat so long after she was kidnapped, Otterpelt still felt that closeness to her mentor, even in death. She often feels like her 'instincts' today are that of Ambersong giving her warnings from StarClan.
**Thornpaw**

Otterpelt seemed ready to take on an apprentice upon the death of Ambersong, fearful that somehow Halli would find her and ruin her being home once again. However, despite this fear that never happened. The two she-cats are rather close, almost like Otterpelt and Ambersong were except that Otterpelt sees the young apprentice as a sort of daughter to her.
### Love Interests

**Halli**

Otterpelt and Halli were first off to a good start, Halli having given the young she-cat a home when she was able to escape her Twoleg. However, this did not last. Moons went by before Halli's true colors began to show and Otterpelt's choice to leave became more solid. It wasn't until Halli began to physically assault the young she-cat that Otterpelt made her move and ran. She spent her time in her Clan whilst training Thornpaw in fear afraid that Halli would find her and tear up the stability she had finally gotten. Despite this, Otterpelt no longer feels what she did towards the cruel she-cat.
### Others

**Risingstar**

Otterpelt is a rather social cat who often want to know those who she works under. Even though she disagrees with the dark ways of Risingstar, she has no choice but to support her as the medicine cat of DarkClan. Not to mention, she was but a child when King was murdered. She holds no sense of respect towards the she-cat but more of a 'forced' type of respect. A have-to towards the DarkClan leader.
**Shadepelt**

Shadepelt holds Otterpelt's respect highly, she enjoys his company oddly enough and quite often asks for his help. Despite not actually needing it and having an apprentice who is more than capable of doing so. She has often been there when Shadepelt needed to be brought back to his world. More his doubt in supporting Risingstar. Otterpelt has often urged Shadepelt to challenge Risingstar but even then the tom refuses stating that it just wasn't the right time.
## Cameos

*Appearance Order*
* **DarkClan/Roleplay**

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