Puddlepaw

## Appearances

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Puddlepaw is a WindClan apprentice who was born blind. He is currently serving under the leadership of Goldenstar, having previously served under Birchstar's.

#### Appearance

Puddlepaw is a white tom with gray splotches. Puddlepaw's eyelids are sealed shut, as he was born without eyes, so his eyes are always seen closed.

#### Family

Puddlepaw and his brother, Forestkit, were born to Redstripe and Thorntail, after Bubblepaw, Sparklepaw, and Willowpaw were killed by Birchstar. He is the grandson of Snowfoot and Speckleear.

#### Comic Involvement

Puddlekit first appears playing in the nursery with Redstripe. Thorntail enters and asks to talk with Redstripe, and Puddlekit is told to leave. He finds Forestkit and Coldpaw, and three go into a secret tunnel in the nursery walls to eavesdrop on their conversation. The three hear Redstripe and Thorntail discussing the deaths of their previous children, and don't understand what they're talking about. Puddlekit and the others remain unseen, and when they exit the tunnel, Puddlekit is then taken by his parents to the medicine den for his eyes.

Neither Deerheart nor Honeypaw can figure out the problem, but after much poking and prodding, Deerheart concludes the most likely explanation is that Puddlekit is permanently blind. Deerheart reassures Redstripe and Thorntail by telling them that Puddlekit won't have to be a medicine cat apprentice, telling them that his mentor's brother was a blind warrior who used his other senses to be a great asset to WindClan.

Puddlekit is seen briefly playing in a puddle with Forestkit, protesting about being splashed. Birchstar watches them.

Puddlekit is then shown asleep beside Redstripe and Forestkit as Coldpaw walks past the nursery.

Puddlekit is then shown asleep, from inside the nursery this time, beside Redstripe and Forestkit. As Forestkit is lured out of the den by Birchstar, Puddlekit appears to hear what's going on, with his ears pricking up at the sound of Forestkit leaving.

He wakes up Redstripe and tells her that he heard Forestkit leave the den with somebody. Redstripe tells Puddlekit to hide and runs out of the den.

Puddlekit is next seen "hiding" with a piece of moss on his head as Birchstar returns to camp after having killed Forestkit and "killed" Redstripe. He pricks his ears as she passes by the nursery. Birchstar promises to kill him before running away from camp.

Four moons later Puddlepaw becomes an apprentice, with Blackrain as his mentor.

Two moons after his apprentice ceremony the clan decides to hunt down Birchstar, Thorntail leaves a few cats in camp in order to protect the weak cats, Puddlepaw hears this, believing his father to be talking about him. He approaches Redstripe confused and worried, she turns to him terrified, and checks him for injuries. He backs away from her, and notices that she called him "Puddlekit". She explains that she mispoke, and that she isn't used to him being an apprentice. He doesn't accept this excuse however, stating that he has been an apprentice for two moons, and that she is always mispeaking around him. Puddlepaw accuses her of still thinking of him as a weak kit, he walks away from her upset and goes to talk to Robinclaw. He asks her to come with him on their own patrol, as he cannot leave camp without a warrior and so that way he can prove he's as strong as any other cat, emphasizing that his parents think of him as a weak kit. They both leave camp to find Birchstar.

As they explore the territory, Puddlepaw is hurrying to find Birchstar before anyone else, revealing to Robinclaw that he feels that he has to kill Birchstar and avenge his family so that other cats will see that he's capable of defending himself, Robinclaw tells him that he doesn't need to kill Birchstar for that however. Redstripe, Blackrain and Thorntail find and call out to them, startling Puddlepaw. He slips and thumbles down a cliff, scarring his shoulders and almost falling off of it, though refusing Robinclaw's help to get up, insisting that he can do it on his own. The patrol meets him and Redstripe and Thorntail are relieved that he's okay, they hug him and apologize for implying that he was weak, explaining that they are just afraid to lose him, telling him how much they love him. Puddlepaw says he loves them too and they all go back to camp.

He is later laying in the medicine den recovering from the scarring on his shoulder.

The following moon, as Cloverpaw tries to memorize the names of all of the cats in the clan, she sees Robinclaw complimenting a joke Puddlepaw made.

Puddlepaw sits in camp near Blackrain and Mistfur. Shortly after, ThunderClan attacks their camp. Puddlepaw fights Peaflower, attacking angrily when she asks him why his eyes are closed.

#### Personality

Puddlepaw is a quite reserved and quiet cat, not speaking or voicing his emotions much. He feels like the whole clan thinks less of him for being blind, and he isn't afraid to call this out, constantly trying to prove himself to be just as capable as anyone else. He's seems to be either reckless or overly confident in his abilities, feeling as if he would be able to kill Birchstar with little to no help.

#### Relationships

Robinclaw: Puddlepaw feels like Robinclaw is the only cat in the clan who doesn't pity or look down on him, so he prefers to spend time with her over anyone else, they are pretty good friends and he trusts her a lot.

Cloverpaw: She is the only other aprentice in the clan, making them have to train together a lot of the time. Puddlepaw doesn't really like her, he thinks she is way too loud and is annoyed by her constant questions.

#### Fun Facts

* It has been confirmed that Puddlepaw, along with his brother Bubblepaw, got their pelt colors from Redstripe's father.
* Puddlepaw's original design was more complex, with multiple dark grey and light splotches.
	+ The comic's creator has stated that while this original design was good, it was much too complicated to consistently draw over multiple comic pages.
* If Puddlepaw had eyes, they would have been yellow.