Emberfall

"There's no wrong way to mourn, or process grief. The next few days, the next few weeks, or maybe years, will be full of ups and downs. Some days, everything may be perfectly fine. Other days, you might be really struggling. You can hide from that everyone else, but don't hide it from me, okay? If you ever have a day full of downs, come find me, okay? Don't keep it bottled up inside for too long.

## Kin

### Mother

Unknown (biological)
 Ravenheart (adoptive)

### Father

Unknown (biological)
 Stagleap (adoptive)

## Education

### Apprentices

Maplepaw

**Emberfall** is a large, short-haired, cinnamon-furred Abyssinian tom with copper eyes and an off-white chin.

Emberfall is a warrior of CaveClan under Goldenstar and Graystar's leaderships. He was born to unknown parents and adopted into CaveClan when he was 3 moons old. His adoptive parents were Ravenheart and Stagleap. Through their adoption he gained a brother, Wildkit. His new parents named him "Emberkit" due to his warm personality and appearance. He became an apprentice as Emberpaw and his mentor was Graystorm.

## Personality

Resilient. Calm under pressure. Protective. Courageous. Emberfall is all of these things and more. He believes there is innate goodness in everyone, that people only turn to "bad" or "evil" thoughts and actions when they aren't allowed to embrace their goodness either as a result of authoritative expectations or the prejudices of outside sources.

Emberfall has been a model of resilience and perseverance in the face of strife and total loss. His adoptive family (and many of his Clanmates) died during the Great Freeze. Through it all, Emberfall shouldered onward, propping up as many of his Clanmates as he could along the way. The loss has deeply affected him and he mourns but he doesn't let it consume him. The grief and despair was channeled out of his system by leaning on his Clan, and asking himself "who do I want to be? And how can I honor the departed by being who I am?"

He honors the lost Clanmates by helping the living come to terms with their loss. He's never shied away from showing true weakness and vulnerability in the face of overwhelming adversity - in the same vein he has never shied away from showing incredible strength and resilience.

## History

Explained mostly in RP messages, Emberfall's history doesn't really begin until he was adopted into CaveClan. He had two loving parents and an energetic, extroverted brother. All three helped him grow out of his awkward shell and he quickly made friends with the other apprentices: Bumblepaw, Whitepaw, Firepaw and Myrtlepaw. He had a rough relationship with Jackalpaw that never truly resolved itself, as Emberfall personally never liked him much.

As the issues between Bumblepaw and Jackalpaw worsened, the apprentice group started to grow distant. Emberpaw started withdrawing more, unable to really understand what was happening as Bumblepaw kept it all secret from everyone. During this time, Emberpaw grew closer to Dewcloud, the Clan's elder, as well as Goldenstar, the clan's leader and Dad. By this point the Great Freeze had taken his family away, with his brother Wildpaw dying sometime late into the Freeze.

Wildpaw went out later than was usually allowed, determined to catch more prey than Emberpaw had. He never returned to camp, and Goldenstar sent out a search party the next morning with Emberpaw among them. Wildpaw was found under a rock, stiff and cold. The circumstances of his death are still largely unknown, but it seemed he was trying to catch something small (perhaps a vole) and gotten stuck.

## Trivia

* Emberfall is played by Jay Strun
* Emberfall is known as "Therapy Dad Cat" to members of the RP server
* Emberfall was originally going to be named "Amber-" before Jay changed it
* Wildpaw, Emberfall's brother, originally had a different cause of death: "struck in the head by falling rocks"