Softfur

***"It's possible."***

- Softfur to Bubblepool when accused of caring more about her spider than her kin

Softfur is a ShadowClan she-cat and permanent queen. She is the mother of 14 children, the most notable of which being Boulderpatch and Dovestrike. She was born as a loner.

## Appearance

Softfur is a short, round, pale brown she-cat with patches of cream on her muzzle, neck, and tail. She has amber eyes and thick fur around her neck, and is often depicted with her spider somewhere on her and occasionally a web spun by it.

## Personality

Softfur is a bitter and gloomy cat. If anyone tries to talk to her, she either ignores them or snaps at them. She spends a lot of time sitting around in the nursery. She is neglective to her children and insensitive, refusing to care for her kin. She ignores her children Dovestrike and Boulderpatch and has not been seen with any of her other children.

## Biography

### Pre-Series

**Softfur** used to live in a barn with Dave, Benny, and Jack. She presumably did not have a warrior name, although her original name is unknown. One day, however, the barn burned down and she had to leave, and was separated from Benny.  It is not known how or why, but she and Dave also parted ways. She ended up in ShadowClan and was renamed Softfur. While in ShadowClan, she refused to nurse Dovekit, so Bubblepool did it instead.

### Chapter 43

Softfur is seen lying in the nursery. Dovepaw enters and she casts a glance at her but says nothing. When Dovepaw leaves, the other queens chastise her and tell her to "try a little harder next time".

### Chapter 44

Bubblepool tells Softfur she has to oversee the nursery building but Softfur says no. Bubblepool makes her go and she walks out. A spider clings to her tail.

### Chapter 45

Bubblepool comments on how good Softfur's kits are at den-building, and says she should be proud. Softfur tells Bubblepool never to speak to her again. Bubblepool tells her to ask like "an actual mother", and Softfur only says "no". Bubblepool says it seems like Softfur "cares more about [her] stupid spider than her kin", Softfur says "it's possible". Bubblepool snatches the spider from Softfur who in turn hisses at her and tells her to give it back. When Bubblepool scolds her for not caring for her children, she says Bubblepool should just be their mother instead. Bubblepool starts to yell at her, calling her a "poor excuse of a mother" and saying that she only had kits to get out of work. Softfur seems unfazed and simply asks for the spider back, saying that "love leads to pain and loss". After getting the spider back, she sits away from the other queens.

## Relationships

### Dovestrike

Softfur is Dovestrike's mother, and has never really liked her. Softfur doesn't care much about what happens to Dovestrike.

### Bubblepool

Bubblepool is one of the other queens in the nursery, and Softfur has a generally negative relationship with her. For example, when Bubblepool asked her to sit up like a real mother and take care of her kits, Softfur just shrugged it off. She clearly is annoyed by how Bubblepool wants her to care for her kits.

### Dave

Dave was Softfur's former mate, and they had a positive relationship.

### Boulderpatch

Boulderpatch is Softfur's son, and before they got seperated, Softfur loved Boulderpatch like any normal mother, but now she just ignores him.

### Firestone

Firestone is Softfur's current mate. Despite this, they are never seen together.

## Trivia

* Voice Claim: Odalia Blight from *The Owl House*

## References

1. ↑ https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/534229490/
2. ↑ https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/534229490/
3. ↑ https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/386838977/
4. ↑ Chapter 22
5. ↑  Chapter 45
6. ↑ Chapter 71