Ptarmiganquill

***Spoiler warning:** Plot and/or ending details follow.**"Ptarmiganquill made his way through the fog toward the marigold-tread, careful not to let his paws touch the murky dirt that lined different trails where moor-runners have run. He hated being out the camp, watching all the cats come back with mud and dirt all in their coats. It was disgusting to see that. Nature's gift rummaged across a careless cat's mane. Yuck. He held a standing posture, careful to not break it. He was a rather formal tom anyways, no other cats seemed to have that way of life stuck with them. Being a former kittypet was rubbing off on his attitude after all. He'd only been accepted maybe, what, less then a week ago? That's not how the clan talked but he refused to call anything a "moon" as it sounded ridiculous."*
**Ptarmiganquill** was a fluffy Birman tom with blue eyes.
**Ptarmiganquill** was born to two kittypet NPCs in the Lambent Enclaves before becoming a Moor Runner. He has served under Dawnstar's Reign. During the badger attack, Ptarmiganquill fled the territory, leaving the clan and his former clanmates for dead. Discovering Hinterland Coast, the tom was entranced by the sight of the beautiful sea, and accidentally stumbled backwards over the cliff-side, hitting rocks and overgrowth on the way down that killed him instantly. His body is still lost to the clan today, unrecoverable several thousand fox-lengths beneath the original vantage point.

## Cause of Death

Blunt force trauma after falling off of the Hinterland Coast.

## Relations

Crush: N/A

Friendships: None.

Enemies: The clan.

## Interests

*Likes*

Blueberries, naps, and soft fabric

*Dislikes*

Immaturity and squirrels

## Skills/Faults

*Skills*

He’s got an impeccable sense of smell and hearing, which allows him to hunt as gracefully as a swan. Ptarmigan also has a knack for being rather intelligent and can teach very well. The tom also is very modern, and understands how apprentices feel, and how classy they should be treated. With that knowledge, he treats every cat with the respect they deserve, at least from what he thinks they do, in which he won’t give any if he doesn’t believe a cat deserves it. And he tends to spoil the apprentices whom come to him, which makes him rather popular throughout the younger kittens. Ptarmiganquill also has an extremely strong bite, which makes him rely on it rather than his claws.

*Faults*

His claws were dulled as a kittypet, and won’t be sharp again through his age. With that fact, he cannot use them and is unable to catch a thing if he used simply his claws. Which is why he barely unsheathes them. He can’t take the word “no” as an answer, and persists, which makes his image rather tainted at times. He tends to rely too much on himself to do things, and dislikes trusting others as they are insufficient to supply his needs.

## Personality

Ptarmiganquill is a stuck up tom whom gets everything he desires in life. He tends to always act like things are his, and that they are to keep. Though he acts like he’s royalty, he does have a kind nature to most cats around him. Even with that, he’s full of himself, and believes that other cats are below. When he sees a cat he gets a bad vibe from, he acts disgusted around them, and tells them they’re improper. Despite his stuck up attitude, he’s quite a gentleman. And is very well-mannered.

## Detailed History

*Dawnstar's Reign*

**Moon 2**

Ptarmiganquill is revealed to have disappeared the night of the badger attack. He'd run away from the clan the moment there was any signs of danger, leaving his clanmates for dead and attempting to escape back to his housefolk in the Lambent Enclaves. However, the tom grows lost and confused, as he was unfamiliar with the land at that point. He'd arrived at the Hinterland Coast, and was stunned by it's mesmerizing beauty, the sea seemed to stretch out for miles. Ptarmiganquill was distracted as he drew nearer and nearer the ledge, and as fate would have it right when he turns his back, he falls scrambling down the lip of the cliff, plummeting several thousand feet down, striking various heavy stones and overgrowth on the way down, killing him instantly. His body flopped to the sandy beach far below, and has been there ever since, slowly rotting away while his clanmates move on without him.

*See Also: Ptarmiganquill's Replies*

## Detailed Appearance

Ptarmiganquill is a lengthy and large fluffy long-haired tom whom has a darker toned brown marking around his eyes and top muzzle. He also has the same color as little bracelet patterns on his wrists, which lead to a cream-white covering his toes. His pelt holds strong light browns and creams that seep through it and lead down a long perfectly groomed chocolate tail. His left and right ear are also covered in the same brown that his muzzle is. And his gazing blue eyes reflect the rays of moonlight that reflect off of them.

## Kin

Mother: Angella

Father: Prince

## Backstory

As a kitten, he was treated like royalty, and like he was above every other cat. Since he’s a pure-bred Birman, he’s very expensive and was treated with a particular and rare diet to keep him healthy. His parents also tended to spoil him and taught him all he knew about the world outside the home he grew up in. The home he knew also tended to speak French around the felines, which they adapted in their every day lives. Though he didn’t speak it much, he did completely understand it from the lessons his parents gave. Overall, he grew up as a popular cat in the household. At the time of him being 19 moons, about to be 20, a storm rolled over and cracked the house in two. The housefolk had abandoned the place, and left the felines there in the hurry. His parents and himself embarked out into the forest until they bumped into a cat whom told them the treasures of the forest and suggested to join. Though his parents did not agree, they told him that he should, and so he did. Ptarmigan[quill] said his goodbyes and went with the strange cat. While his parents became loners, he ventured with the cat until they reached a beautiful camp in which rested under the rays of the sunlight. As of recent, he was given the role “moor-runner” and was named “Ptarmiganquill”.

## Trivia

* Ptarmigan doesn’t trust any cat but himself to bring the best prey for him, so he never takes prey he didn’t catch. Which sometimes leaves him thin. He also is very new to the clan.

## Quotes

*"Ptarmiganquill made his way through the fog toward the marigold-tread, careful not to let his paws touch the murky dirt that lined different trails where moor-runners have run. He hated being out the camp, watching all the cats come back with mud and dirt all in their coats. It was disgusting to see that. Nature's gift rummaged across a careless cat's mane. Yuck. He held a standing posture, careful to not break it. He was a rather formal tom anyways, no other cats seemed to have that way of life stuck with them. Being a former kittypet was rubbing off on his attitude after all. He'd only been accepted maybe, what, less then a week ago? That's not how the clan talked but he refused to call anything a "moon" as it sounded ridiculous."*

-Ptarmiganquill's assessment of the clan during his debut.

*"He still had to get used to clan names, even though they were ridiculous to him, he still just went with it. How much he envied that dear leader whom took him in. What a fool. He didn't really like the idea of a cat being in greater power then him, but it wasn't about her right now, so none the less, he put his focus back onto the two whom stood in front of him."*

-Ptarmiganquill's thoughts about the clan and Dawnstar, by extension.

*"He was a coward, but he was okay with it. He didn't care about the other cats there, they could of perished for all he cared. A part of the tom was happy to leave so quickly, at least he wouldn't have to be expected to do things for the cats who mocked his heritage. It didn't matter anyways, his fluffy phasic wasn't going to get him anywhere in the wildcat territories. So really, who cared if he left as soon as danger showed it's ugly head?"*

-Ptarmiganquill deliberately abandoning his clan and clanmates during the badger attack.

"*Ptarmiganquill didn't have much on his mind other then being homesick, how bitter he felt that he was convinced by his folks to stay in the clan. It was a horrid choice. It was corrupt and unwelcoming, nothing like they'd promised before. He wouldn't be untamed like them, all he wanted was to be put together as he was before."*

-Ptarmiganquill's thoughts on Sunlit Prairies.

## Links

Theme Song/Voice Claim

* Rule #4 - Fish in a Birdcage by Fish in a Birdcage

* Rouis from Beastars [English voice actor]*End of spoiler warning*