recursal/Fanatic-Fandom huggingface dataset:
HorizonClan

Clan: HorizonClan

Founder: Horizon/Horizonstar

Neighboring Clans: OrchidClan to the right and OasisClan to the left

Current Leader: Aspenstar

Current Deputy: Flamethorn

Current Medicine Cat(s):

Thundersight

Briarpaw

Current Mediator: Midgefur

Current Messenger(s):

Mistrunner

## Territory

HorizonClan's territory is closest to the kithood home of the founders. This is generally thought to be because Horizon was the most nervous of the founders and the one always wondering what life would be like if they had stayed. Their camp is a series of caves and tunnels.

#### Camp/Dens

Leader's Den: Just a regular cave. One of the smaller ones.

Medicine Den: Half above ground and half under, the medicine den contains the entrance to the emergency dens.

Mistrunner's Den: Mistrunner just kind of claimed her own den when she became a messenger. It's a small cave just off the main entrance. Any time she isn't out running messages, she can be found sleeping there. Usually.

## Current Members

Leader: Aspenstar

Deputy: Flamethorn

Medicine Cat(s):

Thundersight

Briarpaw

Mediator: Midgefur

Messenger(s):

Mistrunner

Warriors:

Whisperfrost

Owlcrash

Fawnflower

Mudflame

Marbledawn

Nettlewhisper

Thornstep

Deerdash

Thymewillow

Cougarspring

Kitefeather

Swiftstrike

Strikeskip

Appleshine

Ambershine

Alpinefeather

Lupinepetal

Conchsong

Magpiefur

Starlingtuft

Asterfall

Lilacfern

Hootheart

Ponchopool

Falconstorm

Dovefrost

Lunamoon

Apprentices:

Littlepaw

Goldenpaw

Grainpaw

Grasspaw

Robinpaw

Turtlepaw

Duskpaw

Queens:

Wrensong

Kits:

Fringekit

Tabbykit

Burnetkit (unborn)

Brindlekit (unborn)

Elders:

Sleekfeather
Blazetuft

Blazetuft is currently a FallClan elder.

Name- Blazetuft

Gender- She-cat

Clan- FallClan

Rank- Elder

Family- Unknown

Friends- ???

Enemies- ???

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Blazetuft is a calico, mottled with black-and-gold mackerel tabby markings, a copper-patched chest, and cheerful sea-green eyes.

#### Personality

She's brisk and introverted, but once you get to know her, she was actually somewhat daring and rowdy. She's fond of greenleaf and despises thunderstorms.

## Backstory

#### Retirement

Blazetuft retired at 83 moons old, moving into the FallClan elders' den and joining Poppystem, Wingbreak, and Stoatthroat.

She hasn't really done anything yet.

## Other

#### Trivia

* Her creator has stated that she probably exists only to be killed by plague. Poor Blazetuft.
Admiral

Admiral was formerly a loner. He was named after the type of butterfly, fyi. Not the naval commander.

Name- Admiral

Gender- Tom

Clan- None

Rank- Loner (at death)

Family- Laurel (mother), Larkspur (father), Viceroytuft, Morpho, and Acacia (brothers), Monarchflame, Agave, and Aloe (sisters)

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

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

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Admiral was described as being a fluffy silver and brown torbie with orange markings and green eyes.

#### Personality

He was curious and friendly. He was also described as being generous - more so than his brothers, at least.

## Backstory

#### Kithood / Early Life

He was born to Laurel. Morpho beat him up a lot. He got kicked out at five moons old. He existed for a while.

#### Later Life

He ran into Monarchpaw and Breezepaw at one point, and they caught up and also freed him from a trap. Then he just ran around for a while. Then he died for some reason. Monarchflame discovered his body and buried him.

## Other

#### Trivia

* His owner originally intended for him to join a Clan.
* He went by "Ad" for short.
Downykit

Downykit is currently a kit of FallClan.

Name- Downykit

Gender- Tom

Clan- FallClan

Rank- Kit

Family- Sunstriker (mother), Humble (father), Frecklekit (sister), Seedkit and Warblerkit (brothers), Silkfur (adoptive mother), Fireflyleap (adoptive father kind of), Knikflower and Archshade (grandparents), Redsplash and Gorseblaze (uncles)

Friends- uh

Enemies- uh

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Downykit is a small tom with long, soft white fur. It is mottled with large patches of gray, both pale and dark, and a few swirls of silver. His pelt is thick and smooth, dragging along his frame like downy feathers, hence his name. I don’t exactly remember his eye color, but I think they’re green.

#### Personality

He’s typically serious, calm, and quiet, if a bit standoffish. I’ll add on to this later.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Downykit was born in FallClan. His mother, Sunstriker, died shortly after giving birth to him, his sister Frecklekit, and his brothers, Seedkit and Warblerkit. The four of them were taken in by a stationary queen named Silkfur instead. The only other kits in the nursery became apprentices when Downykit was only one moon old, so for the most part, he and his siblings had the whole den to themselves.

His father was unknown to the Clan, but he was a loner named Humble whom Downykit and his littermates would never get to meet. They were still able to spend time with their grandparents, though - Sunstriker’s parents, Archshade and Knikflower, whenever they went to the elders’ den. Silkfur’s son Puddlepaw often came by as well, for her was FallClan’s only medicine cat at the time and felt responsible for losing their mother. As a result, he wanted to at least have a part in the kits’ lives.

When they were one moon old, an old friend of their mother's - Fireflyleap - moved to FallClan. He sort of filled the role of their father. Downykit didn't dislike him, but he didn't really have any special feelings toward the tom. For the most part, he just felt pretty neutral about him.

Downykit didn’t enjoy running about and playing or exploring nearly as much as his littermates did. He preferred to stay in the nursery and not talk to anyone. He wondered constantly about his parents, and while he respected Silkfur for taking care of him, he never really thought of her as his mother. And while he recognized that Sunstriker’s death hadn’t exactly been Puddlepaw’s fault, he couldn’t help but feel somewhat bitter towards him. He never held it against the apprentice, but he couldn’t shake off the thoughts of what could have been.

Whatever the case, Downykit hasn’t done much yet.
Kalefur

Kalefur is currently a warrior of OrchidClan

Name- Kalefur

Gender- She-cat

Clan- OrchidClan

Family- Poppystem (mother), Lichenbolt (father), Voletuft, Thrushthorn, and Vulturescorch (brothers)

Friends- none yet

Enemies- also none yet

## Appearance and Personality

##### Appearance

Mottled gray-and white fur with bits of reddish-brown; blue eyes with a ring of green around the pupils.

##### Personality

She's rowdy and has a good sense of humor, and pretty much sees everyone as her best friend.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Kalekit was born in OrchidClan alongside her other three siblings, Vulturekit, Volekit, and Thrushkit. Yay. Then her uncle Frostwhisker died when she was two days old... oof.

She probably got along fine with her parents, Poppystem and Lichenbolt, and with Vulturekit and Volekit, but Thrushkit was a jerk and didn’t like hanging out with them. More oof.

#### Apprenticeship

Nothing happened. Then Kalepaw became an apprentice. Who was her mentor? Good question. I have no idea.

Poppystem moved to FallClan temporarily.

And then one day Foxpaw caused Volepaw to lose his tail. Kalepaw was mad, and she and Vulturepaw went to yell at him. But then Vulturepaw ran into Redpaw, Foxpaw's sister, and immediately developed a huge crush on her. So he did not help Kalepaw yell at Foxpaw.

#### Warrior Life

Kalefur became a warrior, Voletuft moved to OasisClan, and Poppystem got confined to FallClan forever after being crippled in a badger attack. Also, she joined the rebellion.

Nothing much has happened after that in her life yet. So there's your lazily-written backstory.

## Other

##### Trivia

* I feel like her headcanon voice is, like, Jessie from Toy Story.
* Oh, hey, that would make her the second one. Chivethistle’s headcanon voice is also Jessie from Toy Story.

##### Quotes

She has some, but I just woke up and I'm too lazy to put them here.
Larkspur

Larkspur is currently a loner who will never appear or do anything significant ever again.

Name- Larkspur

Gender- Tom

Clan- None

Rank- Loner

Family- Laurel (mate), Acacia, Viceroytuft, Morpho, and Admiral (sons), Agave, Aloe, and Monarchflame (daughters), unnamed stillborn kits

Friends- idk

Enemies- idk

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Larkspur was described as being a silver and white torbie.

#### Personality

I dunno, but he must've been pretty tolerant if he could put up with Laurel and learn to love her.

## Story

Idk. He existed. He ran into Laurel. They would meet up only occasionally so they wouldn't grow sick and/or tired of one another. Together, they had three litters. The first was stillborn. The second was Morpho, Admiral, Viceroy, and Monarch. Viceroy and Monarch went on to join MarshClan and OasisClan respectively, and they gained their warrior names. Their third litter was Acacia, Agave, and Aloe. Laurel died while giving birth to the three kits, and Aloe was taken by Parsley and Tern not long afterwards. Acacia and Agave had been stillborn as well. It's unknown what Larkspur did after the death of his mate, but he presumably left Clan territory far behind him.

## Other

#### Trivia

* His eyes might've been blue. Since, y'know, larkspurs are blue, and some of his kits had blue eyes.

#### Quotes

I think he had some. I might add them later.
Hazewish

Hazewish was formerly one of MarshClan's medicine cats.

Name- Hazewish

Gender- She-cat

Clan- MarshClan (formerly), StarClan

Rank- Medicine Cat (at death)

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

Friends- Probably Whitebird, kind of, formerly?

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

#### Personality

She was described as being serious, composed, and quiet, but gentle toward her patients. Pretty much the cliche "calm and kind" type. She was still a good girl, though.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

I have no idea. I didn't own her. But she probably wasn’t born in MarshClan since she was shown to forget her Clanmates’ names a lot. She might've joined the Clan as a kit. Who knows?

#### Apprenticeship

Hazepaw became a medicine cat apprentice of MarshClan. She worked with Motheye and Whitebird for a while. The two older medicine cats didn't get along too well, so that might've been stressful for Hazepaw, but she was on good terms with both of them and was probably able to mediate some conflict. She also chatted a few times with Cardinalflutter, Seedslip, and Sparrowbreeze. Things were nice.

...But then the plague happened. Oops.

Motheye was one of the first to die after Whitebird accidentally passed the sickness on to her. You know who else died of the plague during wave one? Mintfang, Crowfang, Jaggedwatcher, Viceroytuft, Mottlestrike, Wolfkit, and Minkstar. Woah. Everyone started dying, and it kind of sucked. Hazepaw was probably sad about Motheye and also stressed out of her mind. Whitebird decided to make her a full medicine cat because she needed help.

#### Medicine Cat Life

She was named Hazewish at the Moon Falls. For a long time, she just worked with Whitebird and tried very hard to prevent more deaths. They were able to save a few cats, although Swishtail, Brightstripes, and Thunderclaw succumbed to the second wave of the plague, and Spiderpaw to the third.

Featherpaw joined them in the medicine den after several moons, though, and Whitebird gave him to Hazewish as her apprentice, despite the fact that Hazewish had only received her own full name not long earlier. Whitebird didn't want a repeat of the Motheye situation. Poor Hazewish was still doing her best, though.

UnFoRtUnATeLy, as fate would have it, Hazewish's best wasn't enough. She also caught the plague, less than a moon after Featherpaw became her apprentice. She wasn't as lucky as Whitebird, though, and she ended up dying from it. Whitebird became Featherpaw's mentor after all, much to her dismay, but nothing could really be done about it. Bye, Hazewish. She ded.

## Other

#### Trivia

* Wow. Poor Hazewish was featured in an ABW Weekly literally the day before she died. Talk about luck...
* Whitebird is now eternally traumatized because both of her apprentices died from the plague that she sort of passed along. She's terrified for Featherpaw, but she's doing her best.

#### Quotes

She had some. I'll put a few here once I'm motivated enough.
Oceandusk

Name - Oceandusk

Gender - She-cat

Clan - FallClan

Rank - Warrior

Family - Stonesnap (father), Brookfeather (mother)

Friends - None

Enemies - None

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Oceankit was born in FallClan and did nothing interesting for the first six moons of her life.

#### Apprenticeship

Oceanpaw continued existing in FallClan. Her mother died.

#### Warrior Life

Oceandusk died of plague when she was thirty moons old. She died having come to terms with her death. She was okay with it and her only concern in her final moments was that she didn't want Poppystem to get sick.
Paleshine

Name - Paleshine

Gender - She-cat

Clan - OasisClan

Rank - Queen

Family - Emilio (mate), Specklekit (daughter), Waspkit (son)

Friends - Skyflower, probably

Enemies - Nah

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Paleshine is a white cat with green eyes. Part of her face, tail, and back are cream with gray-brown ear tips, tail tip, and lots of speckles.

#### Personality

Paleshine has a generic queen's personality. It'll be fleshed out more in RP.

## Backstory

#### Apprenticeship

Palepaw was apprenticed to someone, I'm sure they're unimportant.

#### Warrior Life

Paleshine earned her warrior named, met Emilio, and had his babies.
Nettlewhisper

Name - Nettlewhisper

Gender - She-cat

Clan - HorizonClan

Rank - Warrior

Family - Ambershine (daughter), Alpinefeather and Lupinepetal (adopted daughters), Mallard (father), Freckle (mother)

Friends - Flamethorn, Marbledawn, Dawnfire

Enemies - Pineclaw

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Nettlewhisper is a small, light brown she-cat with three little dots like freckles on each side of her face. She has violet eyes.

## Other

#### Trivia

* She was the second known Hazel relative, the first being Emberglow.
Darksplash

Note: Darksplash is a deceased character. He has no significance in the main storyline of A Better Way, and is only important in the backstories of Stormclaw, Sootsnow, and Whitebird. He used to be a warrior of HorizonClan and MarshClan.

Name- Darksplash

Gender- Tom

Clan- HorizonClan (formerly), MarshClan (formerly), StarClan

Rank- Warrior

Family- Fernfrost (mate), Stormclaw (son), Sootsnow and Whitebird (daughters), Emberglow and Moon (granddaughters), Void (grandson), some great grandchildren that we don't need to talk about

Friends- Stonesnap, Frostroot, and Cedarstrike (formerly)

Enemies- uhhh too late

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Darksplash was a thick-furred white tom with black tabby patches. His eyes were a shade of dark blue, but in certain lighting, they appeared almost violet.

#### Personality

Darksplash was a friendly cat, very open and considerate. He was generally fairly nice, but he had a sarcastic and dark sense of humor, and enjoyed pulling the occasional prank on his Clanmates. He was loyal and dedicated, however, in spite of his flaws.

## Backstory

Darkkit was born in HorizonClan. He grew up there and did absolutely nothing as a kit.

As an apprentice, Darkpaw became friends with Frostpaw and Stonepaw. Yay! But Darkpaw was always curious about the other Clans, so one night, he snuck across territories to try and catch a rabbit from MarshClan land. While he was doing that, though, he encountered a young she-cat named Fernpaw. She caught a rabbit for him and let him take it back to his Clan. He was rather smitten with Fernpaw, and started seeking her out at gatherings and such. They became friends. Yay!

Once they became warriors, they decided to become mates. Darksplash moved to MarshClan to live with her. While there, he also became friends with another warrior, Cedarstrike. He and Fernfrost had three kits: Stormkit, Sootkit, and Whitekit. The kits were rambunctious and difficult, but Darksplash still thought they were the best furwads in the world.

So... yeah, things were going relatively smoothly until Fernfrost started contracting illnesses. She never recovered, and ended up dying soon before their kits became apprentices. Stormpaw later moved to FallClan, and Darksplash was left with his daughters. He was a sad man. Frostroot, Stonesnap, and Cedarstrike all died, too. So that wasn't fun.

Anyways, once his kits were, like, ten moons old, Darksplash was caught outside in a thunderstorm while trying to go hunting one night. He was dumb, so he tried to shelter under a tree. One of the branches snapped off and whacked him in the head. He died, and no one found him until the next morning. F.

## Other

#### Trivia

* Not to be confused with Darkwhisper, Darkcurrent, or any of those other 'Dark's.
* He felt bad for playing favorites, but of all his kits, he liked Whitekit the most.
Ponchopool

Ponchopool is currently a warrior of HorizonClan.

Name- Ponchopool

Gender- Tom

Clan- HorizonClan

Rank- Warrior

Family- Heathertrot (aunts), all 900 of Heathertrot's siblings (aunts/uncles), Sapkit and Larchkit (cousins)

Friends- ???

Enemies- ???

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Ponchopool is a large, brawny tom with short, light brown fur. His spine, ears, and tail-tip are striped with darker fur. His chest, stomach, muzzle, paws, and ear-fluff are all white, and his eyes are a shade of bright leaf-green. They were also mentioned to glow in the sunlight.

#### Personality

He was at first uncertain of Clan life, but he has since grown to respect and honor their customs. While he is generally very courteous, he does speak his mind when he deems it necessary. He enjoys the company of others and never minds getting a bit wet, most likely as a reference to his name.

## Backstory

#### Apprenticeship

Ponchopaw was an apprentice in HorizonClan. That's all I know.

#### Warrior Life

At twelve moons old, Ponchopool became a warrior. He hasn't really done much yet.

## Other

#### Trivia

* He was born a loner. I dunno. This bullet should probably be deleted once his backstory is written.
* I don't think cats know what ponchos are. Then again, we also had a Talcclaw and a Junepaw, so... I guess the fact that he was born to loners can justify that.
* His warrior name could've also been Ponchoheart. But it wasn't.
Cornflower

Cornflower was formerly a queen of OrchidClan.

Name- Cornflower

Gender- She-cat

Clan- OrchidClan (formerly), StarClan

Rank- Queen (at death)

Family- Jagkit (son), Ravenflower and Flyspark (daughters), Lionspark (kind of maybe sort of boyfriend possibly perhaps?)

Friends- also Lionspark???

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

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Cornflower was a chocolate calico - mainly white with large patches of brown and a few flecks of orange. She had blue eyes.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

I have no idea. She was born in the Clans, most likely OrchidClan. Who were her parents? Did she have siblings? We'll never know. But good for Cornkit.

#### Apprenticeship

Cornpaw existed, and she trained for six moons. That's about all I know.

#### Warrior Life

Cornflower became a warrior and kept existing. At some point, she got pregnant with somebody's kits. Whose? Good question, we will never know. She gave birth to them and it was nice. They were nice. She was sort of in love with Lionspark. They were, like, on the verge of getting married. Then she and Jagkit died of the plague.

## Other

#### Trivia

* She deserved better than this.
* Ravenflower was named after Ravenpool, Lionspark's first mate. Then she received her suffix to honor Cornflower.
Lightningflower

Name - Lightningflower

Gender - She-cat

Clan - HorizonClan

Rank - Warrior

Family - Thundersight (sister)

Friends - None

Enemies - None

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Lightningflower is a small gold tabby with gray markings around her eyes, which are a soft amber color.

#### Personality

Lightningflower is stubborn and loyal. She cares a lot about her sister and is very friendly and hyper. She's a free-spirited cat and is quite brave.

## Other

#### Quotes

**Thunderpaw:** *"Lightningpaw, I was talking."*

**Lightningpaw:** *"I know."*
Lilacfern

Name - Lilacfern

Gender - She-cat

Clan - HorizonClan

Rank - Warrior

Family - Pineclaw (father), Dawnfire (mother), Riddleheart (brother), Asterfall (sister)

Friends - Unknown

Enemies - Unknown

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Lilacfern is a sandy ginger color with dusty red paws. Makes you wonder if she and Palestep have a common ancestor. Her eyes are amber.

## Backstory

#### Apprenticeship

Lilacpaw was apprenticed to Marbledawn, another one of her dad's exes.

#### Warrior Life

Lilacpaw became a warrior under the name Lilacfern.

When she was sixteen moons old, her brother Riddleheart died of plague.

When she was seventeen moons old, her mother Dawnfire also died of plague. Asterfall was constantly at her side and Lilacfern was grateful for the support.
Larchflight

Larchflight was formerly one of FallClan's messengers.

Name- Larchflight

Gender- Tom

Clan- FallClan (formerly), StarClan

Rank- Messenger (at death)

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

Friends- Emberglow, (formerly). Possibly more.

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

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Larchflight was a white tom splashed with black and brown. He had bright yellow eyes.

#### Personality

He was very friendly and hyper. Good man.

#### Messenger Life

Larchflight became a messenger of FallClan at some point. Presumably, he helped to teach Glacierstep the basics. He was pals with and possibly dating Emberglow. They would joke around and have fun together, and he even gave her a couple of white lilies after learning she was fond of them. Then he took her to a whole island full of them. She caught him a bluegill at his request. They were sweet.

But then he died. He most likely took part in spreading the plague to the other Clans, unfortunately, because he was a messenger. The same goes for Mottlestrike and Cootwhisper. He, Pikenose, and Stepleap all succumbed to the plague during the first wave while Eelstride and Crystalrock were focusing most of their efforts on keeping Milkweedstar alive. Emberglow built a little shrine for him on a private island she found, along with a grave for her brother Void.

## Other

#### Trivia

* This dude liked bluegills.
* If he were to ever take Emberglow to prom, he would've shown up in her driveway with one of those big wheel bicycles for kids. It's a confirmed fact.
* According to his creator, he probably could've had some interesting interactions with Ashface. But he died before they could actually talk much. F.
Cinder

Name - Cinder

Gender - She-cat

Clan - None

Rank - Loner

Family - Moon (mom), Rapid (dad), Dodger II (brother), Shadow and Midnight (sisters), Emberglow (aunt), Void (uncle), Hazel (grandmother), Stormclaw (grandfather)

Friends - N/A

Enemies - N/A

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Cinder is a small black and ginger tortoiseshell she-cat with dark blue eyes.
Morpho

This man is dead. He is no more. But Morpho was formerly a loner.

Name- Morpho

Gender- Tom

Clan- None

Rank- Loner (at death)

Family- Laurel (mother), Larkspur (father), Monarchflame, Agave, and Aloe (sisters), Viceroytuft, Admiral, and Acacia (brothers)

Friends- Probably none.

Enemies- Probably some.

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Morpho was a silver and white tabby with bright blue eyes the color of morpho wings.

#### Personality

Morpho was daring and fierce. He was tough and more vicious than his siblings, and was never hesitant to get into fights.

## Backstory

#### Kithood / Early Life

Morpho was born to Laurel alongside Monarch, Viceroy, and Admiral. He was the largest and strongest kit in the litter, and would always start fights with his brothers - with Admiral in particular. He beat everyone up a lot and was generally just pretty rude. Laurel tolerated the behavior. Morpho never knew his father, Larkspur, and Laurel never told him or his siblings anything about him.

When he was five moons old, Laurel kicked all of her kits out to live on their own. Morpho was the first to leave, already looking forward to making his mark in the world. He was confident that as the boldest and most physically adept of his littermates, he would be able to make it the longest.

#### Later Life

Unfortunately, Morpho was wrong. It's unknown what he did after leaving Laurel and his siblings, but he died at some point. He was the first of his littermates to die, ironically enough. We don't know how he died. Maybe another rogue killed him because he picked a fight with the wrong cat. Maybe he got into a tangle with a fox or a badger. Heck, maybe he just got sick with the plague. But whatever the case, this man is no more.

## Other

#### Trivia

* He had a nice name. His creator was originally considering remaking him.
* His name was originally Xenica. His creator changed it, though.
Knightmare the Illusionist

**Knightmare** is a minor antagonist in Re: Heroes Forever GX.

## Personality

Knightmare comes off as calm at first, but, can suddenly lose his temper at the drop of a hat. He tends to swear when angry.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Illusions**: Knightmare can cast incredible illusions.
* **Strength**: Knightmare is strong enough to swing his sword, which is heavy enough to smash the ground.

## Techniques

* **Doppelgangers**: Knightmare creates illusionary copies.

## Equipment

* **Two-Handed Sword**: Knightmare holds an incredibly heavy sword as his weapon of choice.
Orchid

Name - Orchid or Orchidstar

Gender - She-cat

Clan - OrchidClan (formerly), StarClan

Rank - Founder of OrchidClan

Family - Oasis and Waterfall (sisters), Marsh and Horizon (brothers)

Friends - Silver, Bright Moon, a lot of other cats who are pretty inconsequential.

Enemies - She was allied with Horizon against Marsh during the battles of Silver Falls

## Other

#### Quotes

*"They're wrong, of course, but they're fighting for love. There is no nobler cause."*
Cougarspring

Name - Cougarspring

Gender - Tom

Clan - HorizonClan

Rank - Warrior

Family - N/A

Friends - N/A

Enemies - N/A

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Cougarspring is a sandy brown tom with a dark brown tail tip and amber eyes. He basically looks like a miniature cougar.

#### Personality

Cougarspring tends to be rather quiet and nervous.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Cougarkit was born in HorizonClan. His parents both died when he was very young.

When he was two moons old, he decided to leave camp for some reason. The night was exceptionally misty and for a young kit who doesn't know his way around the territory, that can be very, very dangerous. Luckily for him, Mistpaw realized he was gone and rushed out to save him. She was able to find him and get him back to camp.

After that, Cougarkit always admired the young messenger and was constantly tripping all over himself to do whatever he could for her. She found him slightly amusing, if a bit of a nuisance. He even begged to be her apprentice, but she told him that as a messenger, she couldn't take an apprentice. Cougarkit was severely disappointed.
Currentstripe

Currentstripe is currently a warrior of OasisClan.

Name- Currentstripe

Gender- tom

Clan- OasisClan

Rank- Warrior

Family- Falconstorm (sister), Rafter (mother), Zeus (father, deceased)

Friends- Tiltshoulder

Enemies- no

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Currentstripe is a thick-furred dark blue-gray tabby tom with a cream underbelly and a darker mask over his eyes, which are amber.

#### Personality

Generally a bit more friendly than his sister. He has a good sense of humor, and prefers to be nice to cats, though he can be pretty rude if he wishes.

## Backstory

I'm lazy. So for now, you get bulletpoints.

* born
* became friends with Talis and Sovelai
* they left
* Tilt shows up
* Barn burns down
* OasisClan
* wasn't given a specific mentor but imma just say Ferretmask 'cause I (Starling) own Ferretmask and he deserved an apprentice
* separated from Falcon bc plague
* warrior name yay

## Other

#### Trivia

* He collects feathers. He wants one from every type of bird. He is completely unaware of just how many bird species there are.
* I (Warrior) almost named him Currentsun. Wow. I'm just so funny, aren't I?
* For the sake of newcomers, allow us to direct you to the godly being known as Suncurrent.
Larchburn

Note: Larchburn is a deceased character and therefore has no significance in the main storyline of A Better Way. He is only important in the backstories of Wingbreak and Aspenstar.

Name- Larchburn

Gender- Tom

Clan- HorizonClan (formerly), StarClan

Rank- Warrior (at death)

Family- Creekrush (mother), Pebbleheart (father), Wingbreak, Ricekit, and Thicketkit (sisters), Bramblethorn, Stagheart, and Fogpaw (nephews)

Friends- n

Enemies- o
Larchkit

Larchkit is currently a kit of OasisClan.

Name- Larchkit

Gender- Tom

Clan- OasisClan

Rank- Kit

Family- Heathertrot (mother, deceased), Tuftface (father), Sapkit (sister), Paleshine (foster mother), Specklekit (foster sister), Waspkit (foster brother), Ponchopool (cousin), 9 billion aunts and uncles

Friends- ???

Enemies- ???

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Larchkit is a small, sandy-colored tom with tan markings along his back and tail. His ears are also tan, as are the spots above his eyes. His underbelly, chest, muzzle, legs, and ear-fluff are all white. His fur is short, and he has a slight limp due to the fact that he is a polydactyl and therefor somewhat off-balanced.

#### Personality

He is thoughtful and easily distracted, and has a talent for sensing strong emotions like anger or fear. He tends to give off mixed messages and as a result is often misunderstood, but he is respectful, honest, and mature, making him seem older than he really is. He is a bit of a loner and tends to stray off to do his own thing, but he doesn't mind that very much. He's actually very social and loves to talk, and once he gets started he almost never stops.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Larchkit was born in OasisClan alongside his sister Sapkit. His mother, Heathertrot, was old to be having kits, but she withstood the pain well and there were no complications. His father, Tuftface, didn't necessarily care much for Larchkit or Sapkit. He had very low expectations for them and didn't seem very interested in what they were doing or what they wanted.

Then Heathertrot fell off a cliff and died one day, so Larchkit and Sapkit were instead watched over by Paleshine, who already had two kits: Specklekit and Waspkit.

He hasn't really done much yet.

## Other

#### Trivia

* Not to be confused with Larchflight, a former FallClan messenger, or Larchburn, a former HorizonClan warrior and the brother of Wingbreak.
* He is the second known polydactyl in the roleplay, the first being Cootwhisper.
* According to his creator, his theme song is the same as his dad's: When You're Older by Michael Shynes.
Albatrosswhisker

Name - Albatrosswhisker

Gender - Tom

Clan - FallClan

Rank - Warrior

Family - None

Friends - None

Enemies - None

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Albatross was born to a rogue on the edge of FallClan territory. She knew she was dying, so she made the first cat she met take the kit back to FallClan. He was named Albatrosskit and was raised by a FallClan queen.

Albatrosskit found it fun to irritate warriors because he was a dumb kit.

#### Apprenticeship

Albatrosspaw was no less irritating than he had been as a kit. He got up to all sorts of shenanigans, including but not limited to: getting in a fight with Bouncepaw of MarshClan, nearly drowning, getting on Flamethorn's bad side, almost drowning again, and so on.

He eventually mellowed out after being told about his mother. He left the Clans for a few moons on a quest for self-discovery and didn't find out anything. However, when he returned, he was a capable, competent warrior who was far more level-headed and calm.

#### Warrior Life

Albatrosspaw became a warrior under the name Albatrosswhisker. He was one of the few cats who got a warrior name from Duckstar. Good job Albatrosswhisker.

## Other

#### Trivia

* He looks like a color-swapped Flurrystorm. Switch the gray and white and voila! Flurrystorm!
Flurrystorm

Name - Flurrystorm

Gender - Tom

Clan - FallClan

Rank - Warrior

Family - Permafrost (mom), Glacierstep (sister), Frozenburn (sister)

Friends -

Enemies -

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Flurrystorm is a dark gray tom with scattered white speckles. He has the same blue eyes as the rest of his family (except Ace, whose genetically dominant gold eyes should have passed to all three kits???). He has little ear tufts that are half gray and half white.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Flurry was born outside Clan territory along with his sisters Freeze and Glacier. They were eventually taken into FallClan and had their names changed to Flurrykit, Frozenkit, and Glacierkit respectively.

#### Warrior Life

Flurrystorm earned his warrior name. Unbeknownst to him, his Clanmate Acornpaw had a major crush on him. He didn't notice at all. Good job, Flurrystorm

The plague sucked. Being stuck in FallClan sucked. Not knowing he was being kind of sort of stalked sucked.

## Other

#### Trivia

* His speckles are from Ace, though Ace's were gold. His color palette comes from Permafrost.
* I keep almost calling him Furrystorm. Help.
Cedarstrike

Note: Cedarstrike is a deceased character and thus has no significance in the main storyline of A Better Way. He is only important in the backstories of Stickstripe, Fallowfleck, and Sootsnow.

Name- Cedarstrike

Gender- Tom

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

Rank- Warrior (at death)

Family- Violetleaf (mother), Pricklepad (father), Stickstripe (brother), Fallowfleck (sister)

Friends- Darksplash and Moldmoss (formerly)

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Cedarstrike was a dark brown tabby with paler markings and green eyes. He had a slit in one ear from accidentally tearing it on a tree branch. He always claimed he got it in a fight, though.

#### Personality

Eh...I'm lazy right now, but he was a fun guy. Sort of ill-tempered and loud, but he was a good dude.

## Story

I'm, uh... too lazy to go into detail atm, so here's just some bullet points for my future self.

* born in OrchidClan, tight with siblings
* parents split up
* he was friends with bright and dusk, he sort of crushed on dusk
* became an apprentice, vibed, stopped crushing on dusk
* mom died, he was sad, he moved to MarshClan to be with dad
* fought with stickpaw until fallow was like "hey stop"
* continued vibing, became a warrior
* mentored Sootpaw for a few months before she started doing messenger things
* got mcmurdered by a badger

## Other

#### Trivia

* Not to be confused with Cedarpoppy, another MarshClan cat, but this time a sweetie who is everyone's mom.
Rapid

Name - Rapid

Gender - Tom

Clan - None

Rank - Loner

Family - Moon (mate), Cinder, Shadow, and Midnight (daughters) Dodger (son)

Friends - Dodger (different from his son)

Enemies - Moon, temporarily.

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Rapid is a lithe ginger tabby with amber eyes. His stripes are rather wavy, but not quite swirls.

#### Personality

Rapid is an optimistic, though fierce young tom. He loves his family and his tiny murderwife more than anything. He's just generally fun, y'know?

## Backstory

#### Young Life

Rapid was born in a random forest next to a random river. His parents, a pair of former strays named Tess and Sherlock, were very kind to their kits. Rapid and his sister, Misty, had a great time learning how to swim and fish in the river, how to hunt and fight in the forest, and even some basic healing herbs. Rapid sucked at those. Misty was a great little doctor, but Rapid was more likely to poison you than heal you.

Eventually, a pair of badgers attacked the family while they were hunting. Rapid was too far away to help and when he found them, Sherlock and Misty were dead and Tess was badly wounded. Rapid tried to save her, but within a few days she had died.

After that, Rapid started wandering, shaken from losing his whole family in a few days.
Flaxpaw

Flaxpaw is currently an apprentice of OasisClan.

Name- Flaxpaw

Gender- Tom

Clan- OasisClan

Rank- Apprentice

Family- Skyflower (mother), Wheatnose (father), Webpaw, Silverclaw, Patchpounce, and Cobrakit (brothers), Tawnypaw, Cloudpaw, Dustkit, Nettlekit, and Lynxkit (sisters), Thistlespring (foster sister), Flowerpaw (aunt, technically)

Friends- none yet

Enemies- no

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Flaxpaw is a fluffy white cat with randomly scattered tufts of dusty-golden fur, as well as a few spots of black. He also has gray eyes.

#### Personality

He's more reserved and rule-abiding than his littermates, similar to Silverclaw in his litter, but less irritable. He tries to distance himself from others and be alone a lot, and always wants to avoid trouble. He's pretty calm, though. He was also mentioned to be terrible at lying.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Flaxkit was born to Skyflower and Wheatnose in OasisClan alongside his littermates, Webkit, Tawnykit, and Cloudkit. He didn't really do much. He enjoyed playing around with his parents and would often get into play-fights with Webkit. He seemed to be on pretty chill terms with both of his sisters, and probably with his older brothers, Patchpaw and Silverpaw, too. For a couple of moons, he was raised alongside an ex-loner named Thistlekit, but she became an apprentice before he was really old enough to interact with her.

On one occasion, he accidentally injured a butterfly that Tawnykit was admiring. She started crying and he felt bad about it and Skyflower lectured him. It was dramatic. The butterfly died, too. At Cloudkit's suggestion, he brought Tawnykit a mouse in an attempt at reconciliation. It only sort of worked. He and Webkit still felt bad, so then they snuck out of camp to catch a new butterfly for her despite knowing what had happened their other four older siblings, Dustkit, Cobrakit, Lynxkit, and Nettlekit. I mean... hey, no one ever said they were the brightest.

They didn't die, though. So that was nice. Patchpounce and Silverclaw became warriors before too long, which probably made Flaxkit happy. I dunno.

#### Apprenticeship

Flaxpaw became an apprentice alongside his littermates. Yeehaw. I have no clue who his mentor is.

He chilled and trained for a while. Thistlespring became a warrior. That was cool. Flaxpaw vibed.

On one occasion, he caught his denmate Cardinalpaw bringing prey to several young foxes. He didn't really care that much, not seeing the harm in it, and agreed not to rat her out.

He was also chilling with Tawnypaw once and she fell out of a tree and had both hind legs broken by the branch she'd been standing on. It wasn't great. He got Scorchface to help get her back to the camp. It sucked.

Currently, he's still chilling.

## Other

#### Trivia

* Warrior does not own him, but his name was chosen by Warrior.
* Cobrakit's name was originally going to be Flaxkit. But it wasn't.
* I (Warrior) have wanted to name a WheatSky kit Flaxkit since WheatSky became a thing. I just forgot when v.2 came out.
Aloe

Name - Aloe

Gender - She-cat

Clan - None

Rank - Loner

Family - Laurel (mother), Acacia (brother), Agave (sister), Monarchflame (sister), Viceroytuft, Admiral, Morpho (brothers), Parsley and Tern (adopted brother kind of), Myrtlepelt (adopted mother kind of)

Friends - Tern and Parsley

Enemies - None yet

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Aloe is a pale brown tabby she-cat. Her pelt is splotched with black and she has dark green eyes. Her underbelly and muzzle are white. Her pelt likes to spike up and not lie flat. It'll irritate her as she gets older. The right side of her face is covered in scars and she's blind in her right eye. Thanks a lot, Murderpelt.

#### Personality

Aloe is a sweet cat. She definitely has a mind of her own and she will be very defiant and annoying if given a reason to be. She really loves Parsley and Tern (though she definitely likes Tern better- sorry, Pars) and is very, very scared of Myrtlepelt.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Aloe was born to Laurel outside OrchidClan's border. Her mother and both her littermates died, but the yet-to-be-named Aloe miraculously survived. She was found by Parsley and Tern, who took her back to Myrtlepelt. Somehow, taking a newborn to the most dangerous cat in the area saved the newborn's life. Good job you two.

Aloe learned how to walk and talk at two moons old, much to Parsley's dismay. She knew a whole six words (no, can't, Parsley, and, Tern, and today) and we were very proud of her.

When she was four moons old, Myrtlepelt tried to force Parsley and Tern into a fight to the death. Together, the three kits attacked her and tried to take her down. Myrtlepelt was a fierce murder machine, though, so she won. She clawed Aloe's face, leaving the right side of it covered in scars and her right eye blinded. She and the boys fled from Myrtlepelt.

They ended up in OrchidClan. Yeehaw

## Other

#### Trivia

* Aloe is a good bean. Being corrupted by Myrtlepelt does not make you a bad bean.
* Someone needs to give her a hug

#### Quotes

*Yep. I bit her.*

*"No!"*
Cricketkit

Cricketkit is currently a kit of MarshClan and a daughter of Canyonstar.

Name- Cricketkit

Gender- She-cat

Clan- MarshClan

Rank- Kit

Family- Basilpool (mother), Canyonstar (father), Ashkit, Sedgekit, and Pepperdust (sisters), Wolfkit (brother, deceased), Elmleap (uncle), Sagestep (aunt), some irrelevant grandparents

Friends- ???

Enemies- ???

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Cricketkit is a small ginger tabby with green eyes. She strongly resembles her aunt Sagestep in both of those aspects.

#### Personality

She has a very short attention span and is always getting distracted by the most minor of things. She's also very goofy and loves making jokes, even if they don't exactly make sense. She's easily excited and enjoys socializing with others. She's friendly towards everyone she meets, and the second they speak to her, she'll assume they're her best friend.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Cricketkit was born in MarshClan alongside her sisters Sedgekit and Ashkit. 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 play a bit 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... yeesh. She also probably had a good relationship with her older sister, Pepperdust, who'd been made a warrior only one moon before Cricketkit's birth.

She hasn't really done anything yet.

## Other

#### Trivia

* They always say "yee haw", but they never ask "haw yee".
Jess

Note: Jess is a character who's pretty much out of the picture, and thus has no significance in the main storyline of A Better Way. She is only important in the backstories of Chivethistle and Echo.

Name- Jess

Gender- She-cat

Clan- None

Rank- Loner

Family- Joel (brother), Rat (ex-mate, sort of?? Ex-affair????), Chivethistle and Echo (daughters), Puddlespirit (nephew), Turtleheart (niece)

Friends- haha nope

Enemies- mmmm
Minkkit

Name - Minkkit

Gender - She-cat

Clan - OrchidClan

Rank - Kit

Family - Shard (father), Quill (mother), Badgerkit (brother), Petalpaw and Thistlepaw (half-sisters)

Friends - None yet

Enemies - Also none yet

## Appearance and Personality

#### Appearance

Minkkit is a very small, slim kit due to being born prematurely. She has soft, very dark gray fur. There's a patch of white on her chest and has a white tail tip. Her eyes are blue-green.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Mink and Badger were born to a she-cat named Quill outside Clan territory. Their father, Shard, had taken Quill as his mate shortly after his old mate, Tina, had died. Quill had caught the plague and was recovering but very weak when the kits were born. Acting on impulse and prompting from one of his visions, Shard took the newborn kits to OrchidClan. He worried about taking the kits to the same place he'd left one of Tina's kits, but no one had to know this time. He just put them straight in the nursery in the middle of the night.

Moonmist found Quill trying to take her kits back the next morning. Quill was still weak though, and when she realized that Moonmist wasn't going to hurt them, she just kind of... gave up the kits. She told Moonmist their names and just kind of left.

So... yeah. Minkkit and Badgerkit are just kind of vibing in OrchidClan. No one knows that they're related to Petalpaw though.
Ravenflower

Name- Ravenpaw

Gender- She-cat

Clan- OrchidClan

Rank- Apprentice

Family- Cornflower (mother), Flyspark (sister), Jagkit (brother), Lionspark (adoptive father), Moonmist (foster mother for, like, two months)

Friends- N/A, but Sageblossom really wants to get to know her

Enemies- N/A

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Ravenflower is a soft brown she-cat with a white chest. Her eyes are blue and she has ginger 'speech bubble' markings around her eyes.

## Backstory

#### Warrior Life

Ravenflower was given her warrior name by Leafshine. She was very happy to be given her mom's suffix.

## Other

#### Trivia

* She was named after Ravenpool and Cornflower.

#### Quotes

*"I don't think medicine cats are supposed to kill you."*
Brightbark

Note: Brightbark is a deceased character and thus has no significance in the main storyline of A Better Way. She is only important in the backstories of Stickstripe, Fallowfleck, Conifercob, and Leafshine. She was formerly a warrior of OrchidClan.

Name- Brightbark

Gender- She-cat

Clan- OrchidClan (formerly), StarClan

Rank- Queen (at death)

Family- Dusklight (sister), Stickstripe (mate), Conifercob (son), Leafshine (daughter)

Friends- Fallowfleck, Troutgill, and Sedgedawn (formerly)

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Brightbark was a slim gray-brown tabby she-cat with white markings and bright yellow eyes.

#### Personality

Brightbark's personality is unimportant. She was friendly, considerate, and kinda feisty, though.

## Story

Brightkit was born alongside Duskkit. They chilled. They were friends with Stickkit, Fallowkit, and Cedarkit, sorta. Brightkit had a massive crush on Stickkit. Duskkit and Fallowkit thought it was funny to make fun of her for it. Her dad had died before she was born, did I mention that? Yeah. Anyways, things were chill. When Brightpaw became an apprentice, she still chilled. She kept flirting with Stickpaw, but he didn't notice. Duskpaw started dating a FallClan cat named Troutpaw. Brightpaw became friends with Troutpaw's sister, Sedgepaw, through gatherings. I'm too lazy to put a lot of details here. Her mom left the Clans at some point, too. Anyways, Brightbark became a warrior. She also became mates with Stickstripe. Dusklight died. Brightbark decided to have babies. So she did that. Coniferkit and Leafkit were cool. Then one day she tried to take them outside to have fun. She shouldn't have done that. There are more details on Leafshine and Conifercob's pages, but she ended up dying. It was kinda sad. The end.