Sedgefall

**Sedgefall** is a a light brown tabby she-cat with green eyes.

## History

Her heart set on being a medicine cat from the moment she saw Violetheart's herbs working to cure her mother, Sedgekit spent all her time inside the medicine den, memorizing the basic herbs before she became an apprentice. As Sedgepaw, she had an unusually close connection with StarClan, and grew wiser every passing day. She is struck with grief when Violetheart dies, the cat closer to her than any other. For a while, she grieves, but takes her own advice when she knows that wallowing in her suffering would not bring Violetheart back.
She takes on an apprentice, Mallowpaw. Mallowpaw is shy at first, but Sedgefall encourages her to be more confident and believe in herself. She trains Mallowpaw well and awards her with her full medicine cat name, Mallowleaf. The two she-cats work well together and Mallowleaf always looks to Sedgefall for advice when she is troubled, and eventually, she begins to understand Sedgefall's way of speaking when others, such as Scorchstar, cannot.
After Dapplestar sets fire to WindClan territory, Mallowleaf tries to go save the precious herbs that she and Sedgefall had grown together. Hawkfire follows her but could not convince her to turn around. Sedgefall is quiet after Hawkfire reveals to the Clan that Mallowleaf had died in the fire, and she grieves in silence for her lost apprentice and friend, while trying to reassure the rest of her Clanmates.
Day by day, she continues to grow in terms of wisdom, leaving cats to believe that she is wiser than StarClan themselves. This leads to several cats constantly going to her for advice, and she is one of the most respected cats in the Clans.
During the RiverClan and ShadowClan war, Sedgefall continuously left herbs used for healing wounds at the Moonpool, four times a moon. When Dapplestar tells Scorchstar that Sunstar himself had orchestrated the fire, Sedgefall closes her eyes in frustration when Scorchstar begins battle attack plans for ThunderClan, and prays to StarClan that things will turn out all right, as it is a dark future that she is unsure she can see.
## Personality

Seen as an ethereal, mystical, and mysterious being, Sedgefall often says things that take time to decipher, but all the while have a meaning behind it. She has a dreamlike, transient quality about her, and sometimes gives cats the impression that she can see right through them.

## Quotes

"*So this is what you have chosen.*"
—Sedgefall to Echoblossom

"*There must still be time. Overlook nothing, turn not a blind eye...muster every once of strength you have.*"
—Sedgefall to Echoblossom

"*One that is flawed is perfect. The salvation of warriors can never come from desire alone. Military might and power will not be what truly saves the Clans. It will be the souls of those who can see the beauty in all the world's flaws that will grant us that.*"
—Sedgefall to Scorchstar

"*All cats are mortal beings. No matter how many times they save or be saved, a cat's mortal life is bound to end. That is why we seek it in eternity.*"
—Sedgefall

"*Though you clean the medicine den with your paws, take out shriveled herbs, treat scrapes... what is the use of all of this fuss if the heart is still impure?*"
—Sedgefall

**Sedgefall**: "*There is no hesitation here.*"

**Shimmerwing**: "*I knew it. It is as you said; I am the one who is different now.*"

**Sedgefall**: "*Change is nothing to be afraid of. The only real danger you must fear is...being unable to see anything but the path directly before your eyes.*"

—Sedgefall and Shimmerwing

**Mallowleaf**: "*I have to help Echopaw. She's badly hurt and she's all alone. I'm not sure what happened to her in RiverClan, but I sense darkness lurking across the border. She has lost everything. I have to help her. I want to help her. I... will help her.*"

**Sedgefall**: "*Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature. Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion - towards ourselves and towards all living beings.*"

**Mallowleaf**: "*Scorchstar is terrified of anything that comes from outside his border. He is close-minded. The medicine cat code urges us to help every cat, no matter where they came from. He's angry.*"

**Sedgefall**: "*One cannot anger towards another without being angered at himself.*"

—Sedgefall and Mallowleaf

"*In a time of anger or despair, even if we feel overwhelmed, our love is still there. Our capacity to communicate, to forgive, to be compassionate is still there. You have to believe this. We are more than our anger, we are more than our suffering. We must recognize that we do have within us the capacity to love, to understand, to be compassionate, always.*"
—Sedgefall trying to comfort Hawkfire

"*To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.*"
—Sedgefall