Snowyraven

Snowyraven is a quiet tom. Even his Clanmates don't know him very well, as he prefers to keep to himself. He is stoic, respectful, and somewhat well-liked despite his solemnity. He moved to HorizonClan shortly before the plague began.

## Appearance & Personality

### Appearance

Snowyraven is a tall tom with soft, elegant fur. He has a lean build and notably tall ears. They have small tufts of white fur on the tips. His fur is thick and fluffy, white as fresh-fallen snow. His back and tail are covered in gray patches, with darker gray spots on top of those. White spots are scattered across his gray patches, clustered in groups of three. He has a small blaze of gray on his nose with a few white speckles on it. A wing-shaped gray patch and three darker spots under each midnight-blue eye give him a striking appearance.

### Personality

Snowyraven is a relatively chill cat. Stoic, responsible, generally well-liked. He keeps his secrets closely guarded and doesn’t like to talk about himself very much.

+: responsible, chill, independent, articulate, honorable

=: quiet, stoic, noncompetitive (except with Holly), dry, logical

-: secretive, defensive

## Background

### Kithood

Snowykit was born in OasisClan. His only sibling was his sister Hollykit, who was a few minutes older than him. Their parents were named Velvetburst and Fadedheather.

Things were good for Snowykit. His parents were excellent cats, experienced with training a few apprentices each, and good with kits. Fadedheather came from a large family, so they were very good at dealing with small cats. His sister was bold, always looking for the next big adventure. Snowykit was a little more shy and tried his best to stay out of trouble. He would much rather sit in the elders' den listening to stories than try to sneak out of camp like Hollykit frequently wanted to.

He also wasn't alone in the nursery. Two moons older than Hollykit and Snowykit were Basilkit, Sagekit, and Elmkit. Hollykit and Basilkit were very good friends and while Snowykit mostly kept to himself outside his family, he did hang out with Sagekit occasionally. She was a sweet cat, bubbly and fun, and Snowykit thought she was pretty neat. She was usually willing to take charge and do most of the talking, which Snowykit appreciated.

When he was four moons old, Sagepaw and her siblings became apprentices. Snowykit missed his friend, but he still saw her occasionally after she had finished her duties for the day. He spent a lot of time with the apprentices, actually, watching them play-fight and show off to one another. Snowykit wanted to be a good apprentice when he was old enough, so he practiced whenever the apprentices would let him join. Sagepaw was usually nice enough to let him hang out, as was a new arrival to the Clan, Irispaw. Snowykit liked Irispaw, though he was never as close to her as he was to Sagepaw.

### Warrior Life

* 16 moons - moves to HorizonClan
* 17 moons - plague begins
* 19 moons - Fadedheather dies of plague; Snowyraven feels very guilty about not being there
* 25 moons - plague ends
* 27 moons - HC hike with Hollysecret and Irisfate
* 28 moons - attends the Gathering

## Other

### Trivia

* Cats are sometimes surprised to learn that Snowyraven and Hollysecret are littermates. Those who see them together often assume they're mates due to the significant difference in appearance.
* Snowyraven doesn't verbally express affection very much, if at all, but he can frequently be found curling his tail around the cats he loves or otherwise touching them. His love language is very much physical touch.
* His voice claim is Garrett from the movie Quest for Camelot. This might just be because I had the soundtrack on loop while drawing him, but it's also perfect for him.
* Snowyraven took like 2 hours to design, I could not make up my mind about him. His current design is I think the fifth one I made. It was a long night.

### Quotes

* *"StarClan light your path, mousebrain. Tell her I love her."* - to Hollysecret, Full Moon (9/2/23