Silt

Silt is currently a loner living near the edges of HorizonClan territory.

Name- Silt

Gender- Tom

Clan- None yet

Rank- Loner

Family- Crystal (mother), Cougar (father), Tulip and Jade (sisters), Spiderpaw and Flickerflight (nephews), Gingernight (niece)

Friends- None yet

Enemies- No no no, Silt would never

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Silt is a pale, speckled gray and brown tabby with white markings. His fur is thin and soft, mottled in a bit of a torbie pattern, and he has light yellow eyes. He's somewhat tall, although he's also very slender, making him look sort of gangly and awkward. He keeps himself well-groomed, though.

#### Personality

Silt is generally calm, thoughtful, and optimistic. He's very imaginative, is often distracted, and gets lost in thought easily. He's gentle and relaxed, and likes thinking about everything from as many perspectives as possible. He's very open-minded and will pretty much go along with anything, although he is actually pretty brave and stubborn in a quiet sense, and is more than willing to stand up for himself or anyone else if he thinks it is necessary. He also likes joking around a little with anyone he's comfortable with, but in more of a "soft-teasing" sort of way. He can pretty much find a way to get along with anyone.

## Backstory

#### Pre-Clan Life

Silt was born in the mountains to Crystal and Cougar. He had a pretty chill backstory for the most part. His parents loved each other and their kits. Silt got along very well with both of them as well as his sisters, Jade and Tulip. He existed for a while, and things were pretty chill. Crystal taught them all how to treat themselves with herbs and stuff like that, as well as how to sense weather patterns and wind directions. She would tell them stories about the distant Clan cats, and show them shapes and figures in the clouds and in the stars. Cougar showed all of his kits how to survive - the basics of keeping warm in the winters, stashing prey, hunting rodents and birds, digging dens, finding water, and the vital parts of self-defense. They were a pretty happy family, and they all lived together for eight moons.

When Silt was eight moons old, Crystal and Cougar decided that it was time for the three young cats to journey out into the world. They said their farewells and split up. Jade and Tulip decided to stick together, and they crossed to the opposite side of the mountains. Silt stayed nearby, making himself a den closer to where his parents lived. He finally moved out completely and settled into that den when he was ten moons old.

He just chilled there for seven more months. At the age of seventeen moons, he encountered Crystal again by accident. She told him that Cougar had been killed by an eagle, and she'd been forced out of their old den by a wolverine. Silt was saddened to hear of his father's death, and was glad to let his mother move in with him.

They kept doing that for five moons. When Silt was twenty-two moons old, Crystal fell ill. Using the knowledge of herbs she'd passed on to him, he tried to save her, but it ended up being too grave a sickness. She died near the end of the moon. Unfortunately, her condition had been contagious, and Silt developed it as well. He buried Crystal, but for the next moon, he was pretty weak and delirious. He was able to take care of himself, though, and eventually managed to get better.

Silt finally was back at full strength at around twenty-five moons old. He lived in his little dinky den for six more moons, but he was thirty-one moons old when two wolverines suddenly came poking by. It turns out that the one who had taken over his parents' old den had decided to have cubs. The two wolverines chased Silt out, and he moved to the very base of the mountains, closer to the pine forest - meaning, closer to HorizonClan territory.

For the next several moons, he just chilled in a new little cave he had claimed for himself. It was hidden by a slight wall of plants, which kept most predators away, including several vines of thorns. The interior of the cave was fairly small, but the floor and the rear wall was made of dirt. In the dirt wall, he had picked up the habit of drawing, and drew a small picture to represent every important part of his life thus far - one showing him as a kit with his family, one showing his family splitting up, one showing Cougar being taken by the eagle, and one showing Crystal dying. He had one small nest off to one side, made of moss and weaved with different mountain flowers.

At the moment, Silt vibes. Prey is still plentiful in his area. He has picked up the scents of HorizonClan cats before, and even seen them at times beyond their borders. He is curious about these strange cats, but he doesn't have any reason to bother them. Currently, he just sort of exists.

## Other

#### Trivia

* This man is gay. He's gonna date Midgefur.
* He wants friends. He's never really had a friend before. He's lonely.
* I briefly considered having his backstory include Slash, but I decided against it. The less Slash, the better. You're welcome.
* He is very good at drawing. Like,, in dirt. With his claws. Artist boi.