Runningbreeze

*“Always remember why you’re doing things, and there you have the root of the problem. But if you don’t take a step forward and consider what’s going on, you won’t go anywhere [...] You* do *show commitment, duty, respect, responsibility, and common sense. Those are the five roots of warrior life, and you cannot become a warrior without them.*
— Runningbreeze to Featherpaw in PurpleClan’s Prairie

## Appearances

### Living

PurpleClan's Prairie

**Runningbreeze**, also known as **Breeze**, is a passionate and cool-toned warrior of PurpleClan.

## Physical Description

Runningbreeze is a large, lithe, slender, sleek and short-furred, light gray tom with thin, black tabby stripes patterning his fur, and vivid, clear, cool, sky-blue eyes. He has slender white paws, a white chest and muzzle, and a white tip on his tail, as well as tufted gray ears. His tail is long, sleek, and whisky, and his eyes have little emotion apart from a slight tint of his mental temperature.

## Personality

Runningbreeze's name resembles his personality, being wild, free-spirited, and independent. He is intelligent but not too thoughtful, brave but not too sensible, dedicated but not holding a deep-rooted commitment, and friendly but extremely independent, and so he has been compared to the wind. He has been known to prefer hunting over fighting; however, he is also known to prefer mild drama over peace, making his intentions overall quite confusing. Despite his odd demeanor and personality, Runningbreeze is friendly and sympathetic, although sensitive, and he has a mild talent for launching himself into the air to catch birds.

After receiving Featherpaw as an apprentice, Runningbreeze only felt suspicion at the dark tabby's hatred for battle. He became a more cool-toned warrior, though his newer, more practical mentality quickly led their mentor-apprentice bond break in half. After temporarily disowning his apprentice, he recovered his independent spirit, though a rather uncharacteristic patience entered his personality.

## History

### Overview

* Runningbreeze catches a mouse.
* Runningbreeze and Featherpaw have a heated exchange over their training session.
* Runningbreeze and Violetta have an awkward discussion over Featherpaw.
* Runningbreeze disowns Featherpaw, but compliments her catch.
* Runningbreeze leads Violetta and Featherpaw to patrol the BlueClan border.

### PurpleClan's Prairie RP

In his first scene, Runningbreeze dashes across the wisteria forest, his paws brushing the petals as they drift on the cool morning breeze. Relishing the glow of the sunshine above, he bunches up his hind leg muscles and launches himself onto the low-hanging branch of the wisteria tree in the center of the PurpleClan camp, sending the petals falling gently onto the ground below.

His ears twitching, Runningbreeze lifts his open muzzle towards the sky, catching the rich scent of a plump mouse near the base of the tree. He slowly drops into a crouch, lowering his bunched haunches, and carefully makes his way down the thick trunk. As he nears the base of the roots, he launches himself into a massive leap, snagging the mouse in his claws and killing it with a swift bite to the neck. After silently thanking StarClan for the prey, he drops the plump mouse onto the fresh-kill pile.

After his brief morning hunt, Runningbreeze sits outside of the apprentice's den, his tail twitching with slight impatience, and notes silently that Featherpaw was late, although he sympathizes with his apprentice. He wonders if it was due to the way he informed her about the battle training session today, then admits that, although he knew she hated fighting, he'd postponed her mock fighting sessions for a long time. As Featherpaw does not appear, Runningbreeze twitches his tail, impatience stirring in his mind.

He thinks that, if Featherpaw postpones the battle session for the forth time, he swears by StarClan that he would report her behavior to the deputy. Runningbreeze then pads inside the den, meowing Featherpaw's name, and explaining that, while he understood that she didn't like to fight, she must sometimes do what she doesn't like to do. He promises that StarClan will send her the reward if she learns the basics of fighting, and tells her that, while feeding the Clan is helping, getting pinned down by an enemy warrior in the middle of the battle is not helping.

As Featherpaw pretends to ignore him, Runningbreeze's impatience grows, and he hisses, his eyes not betraying a single emotion as he speaks. He tells Featherpaw to check her behavior. He adds that, if she was giving him a bad attitude, that was her problem, not his, and that she should come to him when she'd fixed it. Runningbreeze then stalks out of the den, before pausing and wondering if he was being too harsh. He then sighs, thinking that his words were worth it, given how Featherpaw had been acting those days.

Runningbreeze twitches his tail, before sighing with impatience. He silently supposes that he would hunt, thinking that he might as well do something useful, instead of standing there and doing nothing. He pads outside of the camp, his open muzzle lifted for the scents of prey. Catching the rich scent of vole in the air, he drops into a hunter's crouch, his muscles tensed and ears flattened. Swift, silent, and dangerously focused, he stalks forward, and swiftly launches himself forward, feeling the tips of his belly fur brush the ground.

Killing the vole with a swift bite to the neck, Runningbreeze catches a familiar scent in the air, his blood turning cold, before meowing for Featherpaw to come out. He briefly explains that he apologizes for ruining her catch, and that their encounter had been a complete coincidence. As Featherpaw does not respond, Runningbreeze narrows his eyes, telling her not to pretend that she wasn't there, and that he could very well tell her scent. He says that, if she was angry that he'd ruined her catch, there was another plump vole near the stream, and that, if she was angry because she thought he's forcing her to do battle training, it was because he was, as she'd postponed it four times already.

Runningbreeze adds that, if she thought that it was his fault for bugging her, it was not, and it was her attitude that needed to be fixed. He explains that, when he gave her something she wanted, she jumps on all fours, but when it wasn't something she wanted, she pretends to ignore him and gives him a nasty attitude. Runningbreeze turns around, not a single drop of guilt stabbing in his mind. He thinks that Featherpaw could come back after she'd fixed her attitude, and that, if she was going to pressure him into giving in, he wasn't going to bother to agree.

Runningbreeze pads away, his eyes cool and mild. Dropping into a hunter's crouch, he stealthily launches himself into the air, snagging a magpie with his claws and dragging it to the ground. He silently thanks StarClan for the prey, before his fur tinges at the anticipation of his next encounter with Featherpaw. He admits that he was quite an odd cat, as, although he did prefer hunting over fighting, he enjoyed mild drama over peace, as long as the argument did not become heated or toxic, or turn physical.

Tipping his head to the side in a cool but slightly insolent manner, he wonders what excuse she'd come up with that time, thinking that she was probably venting about what a toxic mentor he was, simply for forcefully requesting a battle training session after she'd postponed it four times, his emphasis on the number. He wonders if she was even spreading rumors, wishing she had a new mentor, or even wishing that she was a queen busy with her kits so that he couldn't mentor her.

In his next scene, Runningbreeze is seen by and accidentally bumps into a former-loner young PurpleClan warrior, Violetta. He gives her a cool nod, though his voice is friendly, and he meows that he’d scented her earlier and that she shouldn’t hesitate to talk to him. He silently notes that he didn’t need to tell her about Featherpaw, unless Violetta asked, as it was not the latter’s problem, but his.

With a cool and mild voice, Runningbreeze continues that she could ask him for help whenever she needed it, and that he was welcome to try and give advice, although he adds with a purr that he wasn’t much of a seasoned warrior himself, explaining that the two should’ve been at about the same level in age, so his advice might turn out to be useless, before he stiffens inwardly. He wonders if his frustration at Featherpaw was so obvious, that even cats who barely knew his name could see it?

As Violetta awkwardly asks for his name, Runningbreeze wants to say that she was very cocky, although he keeps his voice cool as he states that his name was Runningbreeze, though she could call him Breeze. Violetta then awkwardly asks what was on his mind, and Runningbreeze narrows his eyes, dryly advising her with a meow to take some time to think before she spoke. Then, he lifts his gaze towards the sky, noting that it was almost sunhigh, and Featherpaw still hadn't been back yet.

Runningbreeze explains that his apprentice, Featherpaw, had postponed her session for the fifth time, and that that had been a problem, before noting that an even bigger problem had been her attitude. He explains that, when he gave her something she wanted, she was buoyant, but when it wasn't something she wanted, she gave him a nasty attitude, and that, that time, she pretended to snore while he was talking, spat at him, told him he was a crow-heart, and wished he hadn't been her mentor. He adds that she even sneaked out of camp to hunt, intentionally avoided encountering him, and wasn't back yet, which showed her lack of responsibility, yet she still gave him that attitude, and either stalked away or hissed at him when he pointed it out.

As Violetta gives him a sarcastic comment and questions him, Runningbreeze narrows his eyes further, noting that Violetta hadn't been the right cat to talk to. He comments her lot of questions, and replies that, for her first question, Featherpaw did give him attitudes before. He goes on to answer her second question, explaining that it was a mix, but always ended with Featherpaw sneaking out of the camp to hunt or simply all-out ignoring him. He then gives her a negative response for her third question. As Violetta offers to talk to Featherpaw, Runningbreeze nods, thankful that the tension between them has melted away.

He notes for her to try and be gentle, and admits that he should've been less harsh with Featherpaw that morning, before adding that, if the latter grew angry, Violetta should leave immediately. Hoping that the latter will understand, Runningbreeze adds that he would talk to her later as well, although he thought that she had had quite enough time to calm down. As Featherpaw enters the camp after her brief conversation with Reedpaw, Runningbreeze gives her a long, cool glance, and comments that he was glad to see her calm down. He asks if he could have a moment with her, outside of the camp.

When both cats are outside, Runningbreeze starts with a level voice, stating that what she did earlier that morning was absolutely unacceptable, and that even the most patient mentor would put her on apprentice duties, which she would be doing that night. He adds that he needed to ask her a question, and asks her why she hated fighting so much. As Featherpaw gruffly avoids his question, Runningbreeze narrows his eyes, thinking that she was giving him an attitude again.

Runningbreeze silently notes that he’d thought she had changed, but she had always been like that. He firmly meows that he could not help her if she did not tell him the problem. He tells her that he was not forcing her to give him an answer, but that, if she continued to give him that attitude whenever he brought up the topic of fighting, to not take it out on him. He explains that she should always remember why she was doing things, and that reason would be the root of the problem, but that, if she didn’t take a step forward and consider what was going on, she would not go anywhere.

As Featherpaw sneers at him, Runningbreeze narrows his eyes further, turning them into barely-visible slits. He questions if she listened to anything he'd said, and murmurs that he'd told her that she could keep whatever she wanted to herself, his voice dangerously low. He tells her the list of things she needed to learn, and explains that a cat shouldn't break the warrior code unless necessary, shouldn't give their Clanmates nasty attitudes when it was about something they didn't want to do, and shouldn't manipulate their own Clanmates into getting bashed because they did one thing they didn't approve of and they were the ultimate beings, could do not wrong, and had perfect judgment of others.

Runningbreeze continues, telling her that a cat shouldn't sneak out of camp without permission just so that their mentor could be shamed by their own Clan, shouldn't neglect their duty with a nasty attitude, and should show commitment, duty, respect, responsibility, and common sense. He explains that the latter were the five roots of warrior life, and that a cat could not become a warrior without one. He elaborates further, telling her to commit herself to the warrior code and make sure it ran through her blood, as a Clan that abandoned the code was not a Clan, to serve her Clan with duty, as a warrior with duty had a purpose and a warrior without one was not a warrior, to show respect to her Clanmates and the warrior code, and to have common sense when making decisions.

Runningbreeze tells Featherpaw to not act foolishly, to not disrespect any of her Clanmates, to be responsible when coming across a choice, and to choose the option that she knew she could fulfill and she understood the most. Runningbreeze turns to Featherpaw, giving her a long, cool look, asking if she understood why he was angry. He explains that, during that day, she had a lack of responsibility, respect, duty, commitment, and common sense, and did not make the decisions a true warrior would have made. He tells her that, once she learned the five, to come to him, and until then, he would not be her mentor.

Runningbreeze explains that, until then, she was free of her responsibilities as his apprentice, and could do whatever she wanted, whenever she wanted, and to come to him when she realized how wrong that was. Runningbreeze then turns around, and pads back inside the camp. In his next scene, he bunches up his hind leg muscles, launching himself into a massive leap, his claws snagging a plump, juicy pigeon from the air. He delivers a swift bite to the neck, and the pigeon goes limp in his jaws. The pigeon clamped between his teeth, he carries the plump piece of prey to the center of the camp, and drops it on the fresh-kill pile.

As Featherpaw drops a large bundle of prey on the fresh-kill pile, Runningbreeze glances at her, his eyes cool and calm, and he comments on her impressive catch, thinking that he could still talk to Featherpaw, even despite the fact that he was not her mentor anymore. As Featherpaw thanks him for the praise, Runningbreeze gives Featherpaw a friendly nod, asking if she wanted to go on the sunset patrol to the BlueClan border. He notes that they may get into a battle, although it would be better to keep BlueClan cats on the other side of the border.

Runningbreeze gives Fatherpaw another unreadable glance, silently noting that he had planned this intentionally, as he knew that she hated fighting and wanted to see her reaction. As Violetta approaches the two, he gives her a friendly nod, greeting her with a meow and dipping his head. He gives Featherpaw a short glance, before turning back to the approaching she-cat and telling her that he knew what she was going to say, that it was okay, and that she didn't need to apologize. He notes that Featherpaw came back to the camp, and he was just asking if she wanted to go on the sunset patrol to the BlueClan border, before asking Violetta if she wanted to join.

As Featherpaw agrees to join the sunset patrol, Runningbreeze dips his head to Featherpaw, saying that it was completely her choice and that she could turn this into a hunting patrol, or not go at all. He repeats that it was completely her choice.

## Trivia

### Interesting Facts

* Runningbreeze's appearance is based on Runningbrook, and his name is based on Runningwind.

### Mistakes

* It mistakenly states that Runningbreeze launched himself *into* the wisteria branch, rather than *onto* it.
* There is an extra *e* at the end of *see*, forming the misspelling *seee* instead of *see*.