Rowandapple

## Appearance

Rowandapple is a somewhat fluffy average-heighted cat. She has a short muzzle and her ears are rounded at the ends. Her fur is particularly long along her underbelly and smooth along her back. Her pelt is a mismatch brindle of a light, orange-tone gray and a slightly darker neutral brown. She has cream markings around her face and tail. She has darker rosettes across her pelt. Her eyes are slightly slanted and a vibrant golden color.

## Personality

Rowandapple is a generous and kind cat by nature. She's good at sharing and is not often known to be intentionally unkind. However, despite this she is very awkward around others, and despite her best efforts she does not make friends easily. She is independent, spending most of her time alone and more often than not preferring it that way. She is very loud about her opinions and can be described as hotheaded. She is usually tactless and can be rough and even overwhelming.

## History

Rowandapple and her brother Turniptail were born into ThunderClan to their parents, Briarheart and Fogfoot. They had another sibling as well, however, a cat named Antpaw. Rowandapple was always very close to Antpaw, more so than she was to her brother. At the time, while she was a tom, she was still very different from Turniptail in all aspects of personality. Rowndapple was adventerous and excitable, and Turniptail was stiff and always followed the rules. Antpaw was somewhere in between, generally going along with whatever she was told, and Rowandapple was always thrilled to include them on her adventures.

While they were all still very young, only around two moons old, their mother Fogfoot died tragically. She was injured badly in a battle against another Clan, and she succumbed to her wounds when the efforts of the lone medicine cat, Lithepelt, was not enough to save her, and the only other medicine cat, Featherwing, was still an apprentice and failed despite her best efforts. The three siblings were still largely too young to understand the severity of her event, but they still grieved for the loss of their mother. Turniptail in particular had been hit hard, as he had borne a particular resemblance to her and was very close.

Eventually, they were each apprenticed. Rowandapple was mentored by Rosethorn and Antpaw was mentored by Lionfang. Turniptail still remembered how Fogfoot had died and wanted to become a medicine cat to prevent such incidents in the future. Turniptail was apprenticed under Lithepelt and Featherwing, who had become a medicine cat at this point.

For a while, Rowandapple was content with this. Rosethorn was a good mentor, although she expected a lot from her apprentice. She was often allowed to attempt dangerous stunts and learn new and exciting battle moves. Meanwhile, Antpaw was struggling somewhat. They weren't particularly good at anything, and Lionfang, although goodhearted, was a tough mentor. Rowandapple and Antpaw ended up spending a lot of time together and bonded even more than they had in their kithood. Rowandapple drifted a bit further apart from Turniptail, who was now spending most of his time with Featherwing now anyways. This was also around the time Rowandapple transitioned.

Near the end of their apprenticeship, Rowandapple and Antpaw were sent on a partner hunting assessment together. They were equally thrilled, and Rowandapple and particular was eager to try something that would impress their mentors. She lead her sister to the edge of ThunderClan territory, to a thunderpath. Of course it was a bad idea, and Rowandapple knew this, but over her time gallivanting around with Antpaw she had built a kind of immunity complex. She was determined that it would turn out fine.

Rowandapple's grand plan was to cross the thunderpath and go over the border, to snag a piece of prey from another Clan's territory. Obviously, this was a ridiculous idea from the get-go. Rowandapple should have been aware that their mentors wouldn't approve of codebreaking to this extent, even if everything did end up in their favor. But she was a foolish apprentice, and Antpaw went right along with her.

When they crossed the thunderpath, the expected tragedy struck. They were caught unawares by a monster, and Antpaw was hit. She wasn't killed immediately, but they were badly injured. In a panicked rush, Rowandapple, Rosethorn and Lionfang brought Antpaw back to the medicine cat. However, the three medicine cats were unable to properly help her. Lithepelt was too old to properly assist, Turniptail was just an apprentice, and Antpaw was too badly injured to have much of a chance of healing them at all, much less with only Featherwing being able to properly work. Turniptail tried to help, but was so overcome by terror and shock he did little but get in the way.

Antpaw died that night, and it was a devastating blow to both Rowandapple and Turniptail.

It took both cats a very long time to get over it, and by the time Rowandapple had even begun to recover, she was given her warrior name. On that night, she resolved to become closer to her brother. True to her word, the two quickly bonded, and Rowandapple was his biggest supporter as he was named a full medicine cat.

Their father Briarheart died a few moons after, to a combination of age and sickness. He was grieved, but he had died happy and Rowandapple and Turniptali accepted it was his time to go.

## Trivia

* SPITTERSPIDER has indeed decided to give every minor character a dramatic backstory
* Rowandapple is now a biological female, as this fanfiction adheres to the rule that allows cats to transition through the power of StarClan
* There were many times when Rowandapple wished her brother had chosen to become a warrior as well, but she never voiced these

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