Canyonmist

Canyonmist is a warrior of MarshClan. Seen as trust-worthy and reliable by many of his Clanmates, Canyonmist is completely devoted to his mate and kits. His animosity with Elmleap is long-standing and well-documented.

## Appearance & Personality

### Appearance

   Canyonmist bears a tall & willowy build, common for those with a long MarshClan family history. His fur, short and sleek, is pale gray. The darker tabby markings earned him his prefix. He bears a small dark gray diamond on his chest and a darker tail tip. His eyes are a bold, captivating blue.

### Personality

Canyonmist is a level-headed and friendly cat. His dedication shows not only in his relationships but also in his work as a warrior. He seeks to prove himself, but he is less prone to that than he was in his youth. He worries a lot about the cats he cares most about, particularly after the loss of his son. Overall, Canyonmist is a reliable and welcoming cat who has a deep respect for his Clanmates.

## Background

### Kithood

Canyonkit was born in MarshClan to a queen named Mistytuft. His father was named Amaranthflood. He was a close friend of Mistytuft's and, though he wasn't her mate and didn't identify himself as Canyonkit's father, he did remain part of Canyonkit's life as a sort of uncle figure.

When Canyonkit was two or three moons old, an rogueborn orphan kit named Mintkit came to MarshClan. Mistytuft took her in and raised her alongside Canyonkit. The two became close friends and remained so throughout their life. They were very aware that they weren't siblings - both Mistytuft and Amaranthflood were gray while Mintkit was a mottled brown - but odd family structure aside, Canyonkit had a happy kithood.

He and Mintkit made plenty of trouble - messing with Whitebird's herbs should have been a one time mistake, but Canyonkit would do anything for a drop of honey. It wasn't hard for him to convince Mintkit to go along with whatever hare-brained scheme he had cooked up most recently.

He also spent a good amount of time without Mintkit, as she loved listening to stories but he had no patience for them. She would often go to the elders or queens, listen to a story, then explain the story as a new game to Canyonkit. They reenacted battles from the rogue war dozens of times - those were the only stories Canyonkit would sit through.

### Apprenticeship

Canyonpaw was apprenticed to Sandbee, a stoic tom who mostly kept to himself. He was a decent mentor, though, and Canyonpaw appreciated his guidance.

He still hung out with Mintpaw a lot, but he also made friends with Fennelpaw, who had just moved to MarshClan. Mintpaw and Fennelpaw didn't hang out much, but Canyonpaw was more than happy to hang out with both of them one at a time.

His mischievous nature didn't change much from kithood to apprenticeship. He and Mintpaw got caught messing with one of Whitebird's herb mixtures and thus weren't allowed to go to their first two Gatherings. Canyonmist insists to this day that he can still hear ringing in his ears from getting cuffed over the head by his mentor for that bit of idiocy. That did end up being the last time they dared touch Whitebird's stuff.

When he was eight moons old, Canyonpaw met a young molly named Basilpaw. She and her siblings, Sagepaw and Elmpaw, were at their first Gathering just like him, but unlike him, they were six moons old and hadn't been so incredibly stupid as to earn them two missed Gatherings. He ended up talking to her for most of the night, finding that she was from OasisClan and that her mentor was Stemstar. He was kind of starstruck by that fact, but Basilpaw jokingly called Stemstar 'an elder who's too stubborn to retire'. He was a good mentor, but no different from anyone else. Canyonpaw still thought it was pretty cool that she had her Clan's leader as her mentor, but she thought Sandbee was just as cool when Canyonpaw told her about him.

Mintpaw was a little weird when Canyonpaw told her about Basilpaw the next day. Canyonpaw decided to ignore this. He was too wrapped up in having a crush on Basilpaw to notice Mintpaw's crush on him. L moment Mintpaw.

Training continued as usual, though Canyonpaw stayed on his best behavior to make sure he was allowed to go to the Gathering. He wanted to see Basilpaw again and, though he wasn't picked to go, Sandbee did appreciate the shift in behavior. It certainly made training easier, even if Canyonpaw was frequently distracted.

Since he missed the Gathering, Canyonpaw asked Sootsnow to run a message to Basilpaw to see if she wanted to hang out the next day anyway. Sootsnow ran the message and returned with news that Basilpaw had been attacked by a fox, but would try to be there. Canyonpaw was excited to see her again, but was worried about her injury. Sootsnow assured him that she claimed to be fine.

Basilpaw was in fact waiting at Silver Falls at sunset the following day and they had a decently good time together, talking and play-fighting until nearly moonhigh. Basilpaw showed him a jump attack that she'd been learning and Canyonpaw proposed a race around the island that he ended up winning. Fun times. Canyonpaw got in trouble when he got home for staying out so late, but to him it was completely worth it.

The rest of Canyonpaw's apprenticeship was fairly normal. He trained with Sandbee, hung out with Mintpaw and Fennelpaw, and checked in with his mom and Amaranthflood occasionally. He got to go to the Gathering when he was ten moons old, which gave him a chance to introduce Basilpaw to Mistytuft. Very exciting stuff.

Mistytuft got sick when Canyonpaw was eleven moons old. She died of some kind of internal infection that Whitebird couldn't fix. Canyonpaw was devastated by her loss.

The night before he was supposed to take his warrior assessment, he met up with Basilpaw again. She was a little sad that he wouldn't be an apprentice any more, but she wished him luck on his assessment. Even now, he'll insist it was her encouragement that helped him succeed. He took his assessment the following morning and passed.

### Warrior Life

Canyonpaw was given the name Canyonmist, a tribute to his mother. He loved his new name and was proud to be carrying a part of Mistytuft with him in his name. He was of course allowed to go to the Gathering where his new name, as well as Mintfang's, was announced. Basilpaw was proud of him, which Canyonmist was very excited about.

When he was fourteen moons old, Basilpool earned her name. Her siblings also earned theirs, Elmleap and Sagestep, but Canyonmist didn't care as much about them. He was overjoyed that his friend/crush had such a cool name and they nerded out about her name for a bit. She also told him that she had decided to move to MarshClan. Canyonmist was a little surprised by that, but she had made up her mind. Canyonmist promised to help her get settled in.

Since she didn't have anyone else to stay with, Canyonmist let Basilpool stay with him and Mintfang. This was a colossally bad idea, as Mintfang was somewhat jealous of Basilpool and the obvious crush Canyonmist had on her, but Canyonmist failed to notice that. He was just super happy to have his best friends with him. He did wonder frequently if he should ask Basilpool to be his mate, but concluded that that would make things awkward with Mintfang and he wasn't entirely certain that Basilpool felt the same way.

When Canyonmist was twenty, he decided to suck it up and stop being a coward. He pulled Basilpool aside after a hunting patrol and tried to say how he felt, but she asked him to be her mate before he could manage to spit out the words. Task failed successfully, I guess. He of course said yes and the two of them went on their merry way back to camp.

This unfortunately meant that things got a little awkward with Mintfang, but she decided after a couple days to just move out and dig herself a new den closer to Amaranthflood's, because lest we forget he was a big part of her life too. So everything worked out, yay!

More fun stuff happened when he was 21 moons old, namely Canyonmist got an apprentice! His apprentice was a young tom named Tarantulapaw. Tarantulapaw wasn't the brightest cat, but he was enthusiastic and Canyonmist liked him. Tar was enthusiastic and eager to learn and Canyonmist, though he was his first apprentice, was happy to work with him.

When he was 23 moons old, Mintfang got sick. Really, really sick. That was very worrying to Canyonmist, since Whitebird didn't seem to be able to do anything about it. Canyonmist tried to visit once to drop off some prey, but Whitebird snapped at him a bit and he left. He ended up regretting that when Mintfang died about two days later.

Also, the plague started in full force when he was 24 moons old, rThat freaked him out a bit, especially since it killed Minkstar very quickly. On the plus side, Minkstar's four kits were born and survived. They were mostly looked after by Cedarpoppy, but Canyonmist and Basilpool were happy to help if needed. The kits were named Warrenkit, Chaffinchkit, Hollykit, and Lapwingkit by their father, Firestorm.

Tarantulapaw's father, Spidersqueak, also died that moon. Canyonmist did his best to comfort the younger tom, but he wasn't very effective. He really did try, though. Tarantulapaw's mother Rosemite died about half a moon later, which was also quite upsetting, and he had a falling out with his sister Widowpaw that made it really hard to work with him for the rest of the moon. Canyonmist tried his best but Tarantulapaw was really just going through it.

On a happier note, Basilpool told Canyonmist she was expecting kits when he was 25 moons old. He flipped out about that a little bit. He was very excited. Canyonmist stopped functioning for several moments. Cheers new dad. He went and told Amaranthflood immediately, because he was excited, then he and Basilpool asked Sootsnow to deliver the news to Basilpool's siblings. Sootsnow did it, because she's nice like that.

For the next two moons, Canyonmist was anxious to help prepare any way he could. Whitebird started having him run errands like gathering herbs any time he showed up to ask how his wife was doing. He agreed to help her with some of her experimental herb mixtures one time and promised to spread the word to other warriors that she needed volunteers.

When he was 27 moons old, the kits were born! Well, kit - Basilpool had a single tom kit, a little gray tabby who looked just like his dad. Canyonmist nearly cried. They decided to name him Wolfkit, a name suggested by Basilpool. Canyonmist was so happy to have a son and didn't leave the nursery except when he absolutely had to for about three days afterward. He was very anxious about Basilpool or Wolfkit getting sick, but luckily they didn't.

* 27 moons - Anthill and Inchworm showed up?? also Tarantuladusk becomes a warrior
* 29 moons - Wolfkit dies
* 31 moons - HC hikes with Basilpool, Fennelfoot, and Sagestep
* 32 moons - goes to the Gathering :)

## Other

### Trivia

* In both the original and the reboot, Canyonmist became leader following Minkstar's death. He has been replaced in this continuity by Clearstar.
* He genuinely doesn't understand why Elmleap hates him, but after Elmleap's numerous attempts to convince Basilpool to leave him and return to OasisClan, Canyonmist is all too happy to return his animosity.
* When Canyonmist was leader in the original, he made Fennelfoot his deputy. Friendship goals
* He just always has sand in his fur. He doesn't know why. He just does
* His voice claim is Jack De Sena. I see him more as Callum from The Dragon Prince but he also has Sokka from ATLA vibes, so he gets to be generally Jack De Sena.

### Playlist

You Make Me Smile | Uncle Kracker | *'cause every time that i get around you, i see the best of me inside your eyes* | CanyonBasil theme?? I like it, it's really positive and chill, which fits their vibe

### Quotes

*"Was that stupid Elmpaw around? I know he's her brother and all, but great StarClan, I cannot stand him!"* | **Minkstar:** *"I hope you're right."* **Canyonmist:** *"I usually am."* | *"Sticks, sticks, sticks, sticks."*

**New RP**