Ashflounder

Art by BeintingOwO

- Ashkit

- Ashpaw

- Ashflounder

***Nicknames***

- Ashbean (OORP)

- Ash-smaty-tails-tick-hunter (Herself & Blisteringflake)

- Little Flurry (Furzesprig)

- Ashie (Meadowseeker)

- Starlight (Fadingphenomena)

+ Bayplunge † - Littermate

+ Liondive - Littermate

+ Russetkit † - Littermate

+ Fadingphenomena † - Late Mate

+ Scott - Kittypet mate

+ Furzeflicker - Son

+ Russetbloom - Daughter

+ Zealzip - Daughter

+ Creekguard - Son

## Looks

Smokey has gray and dark gray fur, along with a white chest. Her right eye is forest green, her left is cyan. Her right eye is partially covered by the longer fur on her forehead, making it harder to see out of that eye. Her fur is medium-short, with her tail being rather bushy. She wears a violet bandana, given to her by her housefolk. She has a small bite scar on her outer right leg from her fight with Laughingstock on the shore.

## Personality

Smokey is friendly and caring, though she does act on her impulses. She's very vocal about her thoughts and won't shy away from what she thinks is right. She gets self-conscious sometimes and she is quick to snap back. She doesn't have a lot of patience, but she's a quick thinker.

## Biography

### Kithood

#### Pre-ThunderClan

***Story written by @stealth\_master:*** Ash, along with her three siblings, Russet, Lion, and Bay, were born to a loner who lived far away, named Reed. Reed and the kits lived alone for a bit in their quiet meadow, but one day, Reed took them all and left the peaceful meadow for a den farther away. This den was near a river so the kits called it the "Stream Den."

One day soon after they moved, the kits saw a group of loners patrolling the area they were in, the kits went to greet them thinking they were friendly and they were. The kits kept meeting the group of cats, and they were getting to know each other better, the head of the group was named Tom, the other cats were named Tree, Smoke, Moon, Sliver, and Boulder.

One day, Reed caught the kits talking to Tom. She waited until they were done talking and then when the rouges had left, grabbed her kits and ran. She ran so far that at this point they were really close to clan territory. They once again, set up camp and stayed for a bit. The kits asked their mother over and over again, "Why did we leave?" But Reed never answered them.

After a few days, Reed went out to hunt again. She told the kits, "If you see anybody, stay hidden until I get back" but the kits, longing for an answer, went out to find the cats. After a while of walking, they found the cats. Tom persuaded the kits to lead Tom to their den. The kits agreed and led Tom and the other cats to their den.

They waited, and waited, and waited until the sun set and Reed came back. She looked horrified at the loners in her den. Reed took the kits and ran, but this time, the other cats caught up, and killed her. The kits were too frightened to move. The cats said that they were going to let them go free if they never came back here again. So the kits ran, never seeing Tom's group again. They ended up in a hollowed tree on ThunderClan territory, where Furzesprig found them and nursed them back to health, adopting them in the process.

#### Post-ThunderClan

Ashkit would do her best to adjust to ThunderClan. She got along well with the other kits and had fun playing with them.

Towards the end of her kithood, a derecho of acid rain terrorized the clans. The territory was unsafe for the clans, forcing them to evacuate. Ashkit was temporarily separated from her family. She saw them briefly before being ushered onto one of the ships. She was shoved onto Gravelines while her family boarded Daydreamers. She spent a week with unfamiliar cats, before the boats hit a rest stop. Ashkit was able to slip onto the Daydreamers ship and was reunited with her family.

Now that she's with her family, she feels a bit happier. She is seen singing sea shanties with the other cats, almost forgetting about her worries. Furzesprig has taught her the basics of hunting. She still has yet to catch something, but she is slowly but surely improving.

After another few moons, the boats stopped at a strange island called the Mirror Isle. She and some other cats encountered a group of mollies called the Fragments of the Shattered Mirror. The Fragments offered them prey stuffed with berries, but Ashkit declined. Afterwards, she and the cats who didn't eat were led to tunnels in a deep cliffside. The Fragments said they were free to roam the tunnels, except for one. Ashkit, wanting to find a way out, found herself in their elder's den after wandering. One of the Fragments told her that "the core" grants life and takes it. She has no idea what that could mean.

After they left the Mirror Isles, a beast unknown to cats attacked the ships. She helped the warriors gather supplies to defend themselves. The attack felt like it lasted for ages, until the beast was defeated. She didn't find out that Russetkit had died from disease until the boats reached the shore of their new home.

While on the shore, she helps Baykit collect sea shells to make a necklace for Furzesprig. A few days afterward, she runs into Laughkit, who antagonizes her. Ashkit, who was still raw with grief, let herself get into a physical fight with Laughkit. Laughkit bit her leg, which ended up leaving a scar. She held plently of resentment toward Laughkit, considering him an enemy.

Ashkit also runs into Reindeerkit. Ashkit tells him that she's already an apprentice and refers to herself as Ashpaw. Reindeerkit noticed Ashkit's wound from her fight with Laughkit and suggests swimming in the ocean. He teaches her how to swim and they become acquaintanced.

After a while, the clans establish their camps and everything seems to return to normal. Ashkit meets Meadowpaw, who calls her Ashie. Ashkit decided to make the nicknames mutual, calling her Meddie in return. Things were normal from that point.

### Apprenticehood

Ashpaw started her apprenticeship once they reached the new territories. She was apprenticed to Buzzswan. She takes her duties very seriously, but likes to squeeze in leisure time. Her favorite spot was the creek near the RiverClan border. She is frequently seen dipping her paws in the water.

During a training session, Ashpaw twisted her paw trying to catch a sparrow with Buzzswan. She landed near a rosemary bush, where they found a litter of kits. They brought them back to ThunderClan camp, where Buzzswan named them Blithekit, Burgeonkit, Bimblekit, and Balladkit.

A few days afterward, she picks up a squirrel to bring to Buzzswan and the kits. When she enters the den, Burgeonkit is the only one awake. He refers to her as "Auntie," which warms her heart.

At a later date, during a patrol, Ashpaw encountered an outsider near the border. She tries to act tough and warns the outsider to leave, but the outsider is rather friendly with her. The outsider introduces herself as Światło. Ashpaw starts to feel a bit more comfortable and ends her interaction with Światło on a positive note.

A few days later, Ashpaw sees Blithekit trying to build a moss tower. Blithekit explains how she wants to see the outside of camp. Remembering how curious she was as a kit, Ashpaw agrees to take Blithekit out of camp. Blithekit is overjoyed, but Ashpaw reminds her to stay close. After stepping outside of camp and telling the kit about WindClan and RiverClan territories, Blithekit dashes off out of excitement. Ashpaw tries to catch up but loses sight of her. Panicking, Ashpaw follows Blithekit's scent to find her clinging to a tree. Ashpaw threatened to bring her back to camp if she doesn't behave.

Within the next few days, Ashpaw runs into Baypaw. Ashpaw notices the small scar on the side of their face and grows concerned. Baypaw dismisses her concerns, and they share fresh-kill and catch up with each other.

Ashpaw sits with Lionpaw and Baypaw during their warrior ceremony. She gets a chance to talk with Buzzswan and Blisteringflake more. Finally, she is named a warrior; Ashflounder.

### Adulthood

Ashflounder feels beyond proud of herself and her littermates, who were named Bayplunge and Liondive. She bonds with her niblings more and was extatic to watch their apprentice ceremony. She jokingly told Balladkit she would beat up him mentor if they were mean to him.

While at the river, Ashflounder gets a chance to talk to Fadingphenomena. They start off with a casual conversation, but it slowly turns into Ashflounder venting about Laughingstock. She quickly apologizes for dumping her feelings onto him, but Fadingphenomena remains friendly. A few days later, they run into each other again during the sunset, while Ashflounder waited for the stars to appear. She decides to climb a tree to get a better view and encourages Fadingphenomena to do the same. They talk about their families and about StarClan.

Ashflounder is heartbroken when Furzesprig dies. She inherited Furzesprig's gem collection as well as the thyme she wore behind her ear. Ashflounder added the thyme sprig to her flower crown and lines her nest with the gems.

Later into leaf-fall, when it starts to snow, Ashflounder was in the forest after finishing a border patrol. She noticed Fadingphenomena nearby, sighing after struggling to catch prey. Ashflounder, who had a thicker pelt and could withstand the cold better, offered to catch him something. She managed to catch a squirrel, but Fadingphenomena said he would refuse credit for it. Ashflounder quickly grabbed a stick, saying that she was already carrying something and that he'd have to carry the prey back. Shortly after, Fadingphenomena threw a snowball at her, starting a snow war. They threw snow at each other until Fadingphenomena came out victorious, but Ashflounder plans to get him back some day.

When Bayplunge comes back to camp with a bite mark on their tail, Ashflounder is furious. She asks who did it, and Bayplunge explains they get into a little fight with another warrior, but made up. They refused to state who, but Ashflounder still feels anger toward the unknown warrior for hurting her family.

When Ashflounder was grooming her fur in camp, she heard a shocked wail right outside. Concerned, Ashflounder checked it out. It was Fadingphenomena, who stepped in a snow-covered hole. His patrol memers jeered at him and excused him from the patrol. In an attempt to cheer him up, Ashflouder suggested building a snowcat. They managed to finish the head and body, but when Fadingphenomena went to search for pebbles for the face, but he ended up falling face-first into another hole. Ashflounder helped him up and offered to go back to camp so he could warm up. He agreed, saying that he'd make it up to her for not finishing their snowcat.

At a later date, Fadingphenomena upheld his promise by taking Ashflounder's place in the hunting patrol when she overslept. He brought her a fresh vole and they shared it, chatting about their family and kithood. When Fadingphenomena mentioned a smooth green rock he lost when he was an apprentice, Ashflounder felt the want to find another one just for him. She planned in her head how she would find a cat who knew a thing or two about rocks, get their help in finding this smooth green rock, and give it to Fadingphemena as well as confess her feelings. Fadingphenomena later fell asleep while resting on her.

A few days later, Ashflounder was catching up with Bayplunge. They mentioned getting into a fight with a clanmate and Ashflounder was furious. She wanted to know who scratched them so she could yell at the cat, but Bayplunge assured her that everything was alright. Ashflounder later told her littermate about her crush on Fadingphenomena, but Bayplunge didn't seem too interested in the topic.

Ashflounder decided to take to the beach and search for the rock Fadingphenomena had mentioned. After searching for a while, she found a unakite rock. The next day during the sunset, she asked Fadingphenomena to take a walk with her. He agreed and Ashflounder gave him the stone. He was very happy, nearly crying tears of joy. Ashflounder used the opportunity to confess her feelings to Fadingphenomena. He reciprocated the feelings and the two of them became mates.

At a later date (because who needs to keep track of time lol) Fadingphenomena gives Ashflounder a star-like twoleg objects. Se happily accepts and wears it around her leg. He later showed her a cave filled with foxfire mushrooms, which amazed her. She used the opportunity to bring up the possibility of having kits in the future. By bring up, she sputters panicked nonsense after she asked. Fadingphenomena worries he'd be a bad father, but Ashflounder tells him otherwise. The two discuss their future kits and possible names for them.

After quite a few kits are made apprentices and Ashflounder doesn't receive one, she begins to doubt if she's a good warrior. After all, both her littermates as well as cats half her age had already gotten one. She begins to work less hard or even skips duties all together, believing that she's a bad warrior.

After a few moons, Ashflounder learns she's finally expecting kits. She is overjoyed to not only be a mother, but to have an excuse to skip her duties. She announced her pregnancy to her family when they were gathered together. Other than the occasional discomfort of carrying kits as a cat that was born intersex, her pregnancy was normal. After two moons, her and Fadingphenomena welcomed their four kits into the world. Her kitting wasn't without complications, but her kits were all born healthy. They named each one after a family member. Furzekit being named after Furzesprig, Russetkit being named after Ashflounder's sister with the same name, Creekkit being named after Fadingphenomena's father Embercreek, and Zealkit being named after Fadingphenomena's childhood friend Lovekit.

Shortly after her litter is born, Ashflounder becomes a permanent queen.

Two moons afterward, tragedy strikes. Bayplunge gets swept away in a river and drowns. A RiverClan warrior, Bobblewaddle, who is also Bayplunge's best friend, tries to save it. When Ashflounder arrives to the scene, Liondive is already holding out a branch for them to grab. Seeing Bobblewaddle struggle to keep Bayplunge's head above water, she sees it as him trying to drown her littermate. When Bayplunge's body is brought to the shore, she growls at Bobblewaddle and tries to claw him.

A few moons later, when her kits become apprentices, Fadingphenomena scums to an asthma attack, which had been building up over the past few moons. With so much grief hanging over her, Ashflounder left ThunderClan to become a kittypet. She left all of her belongings behind in her old nest, wanting to escape the grief of clan life. Though she still believed StarClan exists, she doesn't look up to them and instead sees them as just dead cats.

### Kittypet Life

Ashflounder managed to find twolegs who would take her in. Her housefolk named her Smokey. Though she misses her remaining family and wishes they came with her, She bonded with her housefolk's other cat, Scott (they/them, NPC). They quickly became close friends and eventually mates. She still loves Fadingphenomena and her kits back in ThunderClan dearly, though.

## Relationships

### *Family*

#### Bayplunge †

Littermate

**★ ★ ★ ★ ★**

*"He was my best friend..."*

Ashflounder had a very positive relationship with Bayplunge. They are seen playing together a lot. While on the ships, they've made up a clan and called it BoatClan. When Bayplunge got its first scar, Ashpaw showed concern. Even as warriors, the two remained very close. When Bayplunge drowned, Ashflounder blamed Bobblewaddle and swore to avenge Bayplunge.

#### Liondive

Littermate

**★ ★ ★ ★ ☆**

*"He's a nice cat. He's real loyal, too."*

Ashflounder and Liondive are seen playing games with each other. They occasionally fight but always make up afterwards. On the boats, Ashkit is there to comfort Lionkit while he's seasick. They drifted a bit as warriors, but they still care for each other.

#### Russetkit †

Littermate

**★ ★ ★ ★ ☆**

*"I miss her so much. I vow to keep her memory alive for as long as I live!"*

Ashflounder and Russetkit would play in the ThunderClan camp as kits. They haven't had many interactions during the Great Journey. When Ashflounder finds out the death of her sister, she is crushed. Ashflounder has made it her goal to keep Russetkit's memory alive by telling others stories about her. She even named one of her daughters after Russetkit.

#### Furzesprig †

Adoptive Mother

**★ ★ ★ ★ ☆**

*"She was an amazing mother. I'll make her proud."*

Though she was skeptical at first, Ashflounder is trusting of Furzespring and sees her as a mother, even referring to her as "momma." While on the boats, Furzesprig teaches Ashkit a hunting crouch, which she constantly practised. When Furzesprig died, Ashflounder inherited her thyme sprig and gem collection. Ashflounder named one of her sons after Furzesprig.

#### Reed †

Biological Mother

***?????***

*"Who?"*

Ashflounder doesn't remember her mother. She has fuzzy memories, but since she died when she was very little, she doesn't quite remember.

#### Cookie †

Adoptive Cousin

**★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆**

*"She was interesting kit. She said "fool" a lot, which I find funny."*

Ashflounder first met Cookie on the ships, which was where Cookie was born. While talking, Cookie mentions Furzesprig, in which Ashflounder says that Furzesprig is her adoptive mother. Ashflounder had learned from Moss that Cookie died.

#### Moss †

Adoptive Cousin

**★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆**

*"She was real sweet."*

Ashflounder first spoke to Moss on the border of ThunderClan. Moss gave Ashflounder a tour of her den, which Ashflounder found quite nifty.

#### Furzepaw, Creekpaw, Russetpaw, & Zealpaw

Children

**★ ★ ★ ★ ★**

*"I love them more than anything in the world!"*

Ashflounder adores her children very much and would do anything for them.

### *Romantic*

#### Fadingphenomena †

Mate

**★ ★ ★ ★ ★**

*"He was the greatest cat I ever met. Oh, my sunlight..."*

Ashflounder first talked with Fadingphenomena at the RiverClan border, where Fadingphenomena tried to catch a fish. They clicked and developed a good friendship. Ashflounder later started developing feelings for him. He returned the feelings and the two of them became mates. The two later welcomed their first litter.

### *Educational*

#### Buzzswan

Mentor

**★ ★ ★ ★ ☆**

*"They're pretty cool. Very calm. I like that about them."*

Ashflounder enjoyed her training sessions with Buzzswan. She looked up to them and saw them as a friend as well as a mentor. Their personalities worked really well with each other and Ashflounder couldn't have asked for a better mentor.

### *Platonic*

#### Blisteringflake †

Friend

**★ ★ ★ ★ ☆**

*"He was such a great listener. He was always fun to be around."*

Ashflounder felt close to Blisteringflake and has even stated that she hoped to be apprenticed to him. She viewed him like a big brother.

#### Snailsquall †

Acquaintance

**★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆**

*"I didn't know him too well, but he seemed nice."*

Ashflounder first talked to Snailsquall when they were kits, using him as an excuse to delay her bedtime. They played for a short while in the ThunderClan camp. They are later seen interacting as apprentices.

#### Whitespring †

Acquaintance

**★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆**

*"She seemed nice. I didn't know her that well."*

Ashflounder and Whitespring had a conversation while stuck on the Mirror Isles.

#### Laughingstock

Enemy

**★** **☆ ☆ ☆ ☆**

*"Oh, I hate that stupid little piece of crow-food! I'll knock him in his place, that's for sure!"*

Ashflounder and Laughingstock have a mutual hating for each other. There first interaction started when Laughingstock wanted to start a fight with Ashflounder, and succeeded. The two got into a minor altercation on the shores of the new territory.

#### Meadowseeker †

Friend

**★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆**

*"Meddie was really nice. She always knew how to lighten the mood."*

Ashflounder first met Meadowseeker outside of the new ThunderClan camp when they were apprentices. Ashpaw was practicing her hunting crouch when Meadowpaw approached her. Frustrated with her at first, she grew to enjoy Meadowpaw's company. They even exchanged nicknames, Ashie and Meddie

#### Reindeersand

Acquaintance

**★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆**

*"He's very sweet. I'd like to get to know him better. He's a good friend."*

Ashkit firsts meets Reindeerkit on the shores of the new territories. Ashkit presents herself as Ashpaw, and though speculative, Reindeerkit plays along. He teaches her how to swim in the ocean. Though she doesn't do it very well, it's better than no skill at all.

#### Blitheverdure, Burgeonjay, Bimbleemprise, & Balladerstwhile

Friends/"Niblings"

**★ ★ ★ ★ ☆**

*"They've grown so much!"*

Ashflounder was with Buzzswan when the kits were found. She carried Bimblekit and Balladkit back to camp. It's clear she adores them. The four have started calling her Auntie. Since they all became warriors, Ashflounder hadn't been able to spend much time with, which saddened her.

#### Algaeisle †

Acquaintance

**★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆**

*"I don't know too much about him, but he's interesting."*

Ashflounder first spoke to Algaeisle during a hunt, when she caught a mouse. They hunt together sometimes, usually trying to catch birds.

## Trivia

* She is scared of heavy rainstorms. This is due to the derecho that drove the clans from their homes.
* She has three voice claims, each for different ages
	+ Her young kit VC is Sally Brown from the Peanuts
	+ Her older kit/young apprentice VC is Mabel from Gravity Falls
	+ Her full-grown and final (and current) VC is Jinkx Monsoon
* Ashflounder's favorite prey to eat are robins
	+ On the contrary, Ashflounder hates catching birds due to the difficulty of it
* Ashflounder loves feathers and filled her nest up entirely with feathers from an assortment of birds
	+ Ashflounder also keeps Furzesprig's gem collection on the lining of her nest
* Though Ashflounder was born intersex, she still has working reproductive parts, which is uncommon, but still possible in real-life cats
	+ This, however, comes with risks. Ashflounder would take longer to recover and be more prone to infection if she were to give birth.

## Gallery

Drawn by @lotusmothDrawn by @BeintingOwO

Ashkit on a walk with her familyAshkit with a flower crownDrawn by @stealth\_masterAshkit outside at nightDrawn by @Burnt\_Bread9Drawn by @Burnt\_Bread9The whole familyDrawn by @giingertoastMade by @LumifrostAshflounder dipping her paws in the riverAshpaw and Baypaw in leaf-fallAshflounder as Robin (Made by @astronomaly)Ashflounder and Fadingphenomena sitting in a treeAsh Villain AUFlameproof artFlameproof in a foxfire mushroom alcoveMade by @-scute-