Redhawk

"Oh darling, that's a heavy order. It's apart of my nature. Asking me not to flirt is like asking a squirrel not to climb trees. I might as well be mute."

## Clan Information

### Apprentice

Nightspring, Coyotepaw, Flycloud, Goosefeather

## Description

a red-brown bengal tabby tom with a white muzzle and yellow eyes. he is average in height with a lithe frame.

## Personality

red is a spunky and friendly extrovert, he goes out of his way to make everyone's day. he's rather spontaneous and never sticks to a plan, even if it'd be easier on him. he can often come across as timid when he's made a mistake that he can't seem to forgive. the tom is usually very flirty, but knows his limits. he doesn't like to make others uncomfortable and will stop when asked. he's a stubborn tom and can often hold grudges for a while but that's mostly because of his insecure nature. red is also rather clumsy and is known to make mistakes when he's not in his element.

## History

born to blackrose and sunpool along with stoneclaw, featherstrike and volestep. he was born on the outskirts of shadowclan’s territory, closest to thunderclan’s border. instead of going to his mother’s clan, he was split up between his parents. he and vole were taken to thunderclan with sandpool, while stone and feather were taken to shadowclan with blackrose. he became rather close to vole and sun (who became a trans molly a few moons after their birth), and always hung out with them when he could. he never questioned his mother on whether or not he had a mate (cuz where do kits come from), and instead focused on growing up to be a warrior.

he was made an apprentice under frostedwing, a calm and shy molly who had a hard time getting him to quiet down. but he soon learned of patience from this she-cat, who did everything she could to make sure that he accepted himself for who he was (while not risking his life just to have fun). he learned this the hard way, when one day during training, he lost of of his denmates. he blamed himself for their death despite the fact that he couldn’t have done anything to prevent it; they had been too stubborn to avoid the risks. it had been their own fault, but red felt like there should have been something that he could have done to keep them by his side today.

even as he became a warrior under the name of redhawk, he still felt the overlaying guilt of his friend’s death. he tried his best to cover it up by being his usual rambunctious and ultimately flirty self. if only to hide his insecurities. he met jaypaw out in the territory about half a year later and took a liking to her, but, being the flirty tom that he is, he didn’t hit it off as well as he would have liked. the two went hunting together and jay climbed a tree to catch a squirrel, only to almost fall out of it. this spooked red out a lot, giving him a flashback to his old friend, and he went a little berserk. he rushed up to save her, who had gotten herself situated just fine without his help, and ended up embarrassing himself in the meantime. he now feels very awkward when he’s around jay, his guilt for his actions being steadfast in his memories every time he sees her. he still has some unresolved business to attend to, his past looming over him.

during the redcough sickness, he got into a fight with his brother, and close friend, volestep, over the sickness that he had. he ended up saying things that he wish he could take back, but he’s too stubborn to admit to his mistakes. instead, he thus began avoiding the tom whenever possible. finchflight (vole’s crush) tried to bridge the gap between the two of them, only resurfacing the hurt from their past. as it turned out, the cat whose life was taken during red’s training session had also been a close from of vole’s. vole blamed red for their death for a while after learning that he had been there. but eventually the two made up as vole was on the brink of death from the sickness.

​jay forgave red for his weird outburst on their hunting trip all those moons ago, but he still feels wary around her regardless, knowing that he should have explained why he had done what he'd done. why he hasn't done so is a mystery even to himself.

## Relationships

((just relations that have been rped; excluding family))

### 🌻 family

* blackrose [mother] : n/a
* sunpool [mother] : neutral
* stoneclaw [brother] : n/a
* featherstike [sister] : n/a
* volestep [brother] : close friend

### 💮 acquaintances

* jayrunner : neutral; guilty
* stormlily : neutral

## Other

persona ➝ entj-t

likes ➝ running; hunting

dislikes ➝ climbing

fears ➝ falling out of trees

strengths ➝ swift paws

## Quotes

"Everyone has their purpose. It'll be hard to find, but it'll hit you one day. Being a warrior is a little less exciting than being an apprentice. You might lose your mentor, but you also lose a sense of what to do with you life. No one guides you along anymore. You have to figure things out on your own."

"In a sense the freedom is relished but it can leave you lonely. A mentor is a good friend if not just your peer. Some don't make it far enough to be granted that title though, as claws can send them to the stars earlier than planned."

"You're that attached to me huh? What did i do to deserve the presence of an angel like you?"