Martenbloom

## Heritage

### Family

Holly [ Biological Mother ]Pine [ Biological Father ]Puddlecloud [ Adoptive Mother ]Koiskip [ Adoptive Father ]Duckbristle [ Adopted Brother ]Sparrowflickers [ Adopted Sister ]Briarpaw [ Adopted Sister ]Aspenpaw [ Adopted Brother ]Cardinalpaw [ Adopted Son ]Canarypaw [ Adopted Daughter ]Cuckoopaw [ Adopted Child ]Chickadeepaw [ Adopted Child ]

### Traits

tabby, slightly curled, fluffy fur, curled ears, shorter than average, cream spotting, holly leaves + flower crown

### Health

Healthy

> "Y'know, we may nearly be opposites, but... we're perfect together." - Martenpaw to Dandelion
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## 》Appearance《

Martenkit is a brown (genetically black) tabby with medium fur and spiky, zig-zaggy stripes. He has curled ears, and white on his chest, stomach, legs, and part of his face, and green eyes. Mar is a small, skinny cat with a slim and agile structure, making him more agile than some cats- he has longer fur on his tail as well, that has a tendancy to curl up at the ends. He wears 2 holly leaves and a few holly berries behind his left ear in remembrance of his mother, Holly, as well as a flower crown made up of holly leaves and red flowers, with a zinnia on one side, given to him by Dandelion the night that he confessed. He wears a string of shells along his tail, with a purple one in the middle that Dandelion gave to him.

(Written and designed by AppleIAm on Scratch)

## 》Personality《

Martenbloom is a pretty soft-spoken cat most of the time. He loves making friends though, and also loves adventure. He's the cautious, anxious type though, and won't approach you unless he's sure he can trust you. He's quite the introvert, and it's easy for cats to cast him aside and forget him, and all he wants is for cats to recognize him- he's happiest when he's with friends and family, but he doesn't trust easily and it takes him a while to trust. But he's always up for any adventure, and has a very bright personality- at times, he's not the smartest- but he's a loving and caring friend to have nonetheless. Once you push past his shy side, though, he's very funny and energetic. He can be very awkward sometimes, and he hates silence. He's really nervous around cats at a higher rank as him, especially the deputy and leader, because he wants to make a good impression. Martenbloom has a really good sense of humor, and if he feels comfortable with you as a friend, he'll often tell jokes, unless he deems it an inappropriate time to tell one. He's very empathetic, and he's good at comforting other cats without making it awkward. He's that cat that gets really clumsy around his crush or people he looks up to a lot, and tries his best to impress them. His biggest fear is feeling like he's alone, or like nobody is there to help him. He likes going for walks or swims out in the forest to clear his mind. Whenever he messes up, he gets really self-conscious and thinks he doesn't belong in the Clan, and often needs somebody there to help him out of his negative train of thought once he gets into it.

## 》Skills & Weaknesses《

### Skills:

* Agility

* Hunting

* Swimming

### Weaknesses

* Anxiety (Mental Disorder)
* Fighting

* Climbing

## 》Life《

### Backstory:

Marten grew up as an only kit, raised by his mother, Holly, in an abandoned shed in the depths of the forest. He never met his father, and still doesn't know to this day who his biological dad was. He lived in the barn until he was two moons old, when his mother mysteriously disappeared one night after going hunting. He ran away, scared, where Puddlecloud found him and brought him in.

### Kithood:

Marten was brought into RiverClan at two moons old by Puddlecloud, who later adopted the kitten along with her mate Koiskip, and given the Clan name Martenkit. He wasn't a very social kitten, and his best friends were the ducks. While actually very friendly, Mar doesn't have much courage to walk up and start a conversation, spending most of his time making crafts. However, he did manage to befriend the medicine cat, Honeydawn, and showed an interest in learning about herbs after his friend Beepaw made him the medicine cat of her own Clan, BeeClan, and gave him the unofficial name Martenleaf.

He later met and befriended Flurrypaw and Lilykit while playing around with them in the nursery. He also met Skykit, a new kit who had previously been a loner kit, much like Mar, and Skykit asked if they could be friends, in which Martenkit said they could. He talked to his adopted father Koiskip, who gave him a feather, much like his. Mar also made a feather bracelet for his mom, Puddlecloud.

### Apprenticeship:

Martenkit became Martenpaw, starting off as a warrior apprentice, under the training of Falconblaze. During Martenpaw's ceremony, Honeydawn kept seeing her dead brother, Golddrop, rather than the small brown apprentice, causing her to avoid him for a short amount of time before they made up. He had only gotten a small amount of training, mostly territory exploration, before he was placed under Honeydawn's mentorship as the new medicine cat apprentice. He was really close with his mentor, and she was like a big sister to him- and she was distancing herself from her own kits because she thought she wasn't a good enough mother, and Beepaw and Sagepaw thought it was Mar's fault.

   He eventually met Dandelion in the medicine den one day- although it was pretty awkward for Mar at first, he became friends with the flirty tom relatively quickly, teaching the new RiverClan cat how to swim. After a few more meetups (and a lot more times of Dandelion flirting with him and calling him 'cutie') he eventually got a crush on Dandelion, not really realizing it at first. Or more so, denying it- after this occured, he had a few conversations with his mother and mentor about it. After Mar got jealous when Dandelion flirted with his brother, Duckpaw, Dandelion realized Mar had a crush on him, and not knowing how he felt yet, told him he needed time and ran off. Both of these chaotic gays were put in a reallllly bad place, and both were hurting a lot, just because me and Void decided to put them in pain one night for no reason whatsoever. And Puddlemom totally didn't want to murder Dandelion for hurting her son. Nope.

A half-moon or so afterwards, Mar and Dandi met again in the medicine den, after Mar caught Dandelion trying to get some poppy seeds to sleep out the storm that was going on that night. After a short but awkward conversation, Puddlecloud stepped in. Asking Mar to step out of the den, Dandelion asked Puddlecloud how he should go about finally confessing his feelings to Martenpaw- and after Puddlemom gave him some advice, Puddlecloud told Mar that Dandelion wanted him to meet him in the flower field, where they had made their flower crowns together the first time they met- so that's where he went. When he got there, there was a willow tree with flowers scattered underneath- and this is when Dandi confessed his feelings, and him and Mar officially became boyfriends- each of them wearing a zinnia to remember the moment.

### Adulthood

Martenpaw, after a while, recieved his full medicine cat name- Martenbloom. Martenbloom lived a fairly peaceful life- Dandelion leaving to go on his own personal journey hit him hard at first, but he got used to it eventually. In later moons, he adopted four kits, Cardinalkit, Canarykit, Cuckookit, and Chickadeekit, who had previously been loner kittens that he had found alone in the forest. Taking these kittens home and raising them as his own proved a bit of a struggle for the tom-cat, as he found parenting was more difficult than he previously thought. With his adopted parents no longer around to give him advice-- and his father dying when he was still a kit-- he didn't have much insight on how to parent his kits correctly. With anxieties in his head about raising his kits incorrectly, Mar starts to step back. One day, Dandelion returns- leaving Mar in complete disbelief, but excited to have his mate back.

## 》Friends & Fam《

### Family:

* Holly, Mother, She-Cat, Loner, Presumed Dead (NPC)

* Puddlecloud, Adoptive Mother, She-Cat, RiverClan, Dead
* Koiskip, Adoptive Father, Tom, RiverClan, Dead
* Aspenpaw, Adopted Brother, Tom, RiverClan, Dead
* Briarpaw, Adopted Sister, She-Cat, RiverClan, Dead
* Duckbristle, Adopted Brother, Tom, RiverClan, Living
* Sparrowflickers, Adopted Sister, She-Cat, RiverClan, Dead
* Cardinalpaw, Adopted Son, Tom, RiverClan, Living
* Canarypaw, Adopted Daughter, She-Cat, RiverClan, Living
* Cuckoopaw, Adopted Child, Non-binary, RiverClan, Living
* Chickadeepaw, Adopted Child, Genderfluid, RiverClan, Living

### Other Relations:

* Honeydawn, Mentor & Sister Figure, She-Cat, RiverClan, Living
* Falconblaze, Former Mentor, Tom, RiverClan, Dead
* Dandelion, Mate, Tom, RiverClan, Living
* Beenose, Friend, She-Cat, RiverClan, Dead
* Flurrygorse, Friend, She-Cat, RiverClan, Dead
* Lilyshine, Friend, She-Cat, RiverClan, Dead
* Skykit, Friend, Tom, RiverClan, Dead
* Spicedark, Friend, Tom, RiverClan, Dead
* Mintbubble, Friend, Non-Binary, RiverClan, Dead

## 》Quotes《

* *"It's just... hard for me. And awkward. (...) I- I tend to stutter a lot, and it can be hard to make friends... or just t-talk in general. With the ducks, I... I don't have to talk to them. Because t-they can't understand what I say anyways. T-they're able to understand me without me h-having to speak at all."* - Martenkit to Honeydawn
* *"It'll be nice to have a family again."* - Martenkit to Puddlecloud
* *"Doing magical stuff seems cooler than fighting cats to me." -* Martenkit to Beepaw
* *"Martenleaf... I like it!" -* Martenkit to Beepaw
* *"We all make mistakes, and Honeydawn has to understand that. Y-you're gonna make mistakes, she's gonna make mistakes... but that doesn't say anything about you, or her." -* Martenpaw to Beepaw
* *"I just- I like him a lot, and I don't know what to do..." -* Martenpaw to Lilykit
* *"I- I don't know anything about brothers, but... I- I know a friend is someone you can count on."* - Marten to Dandelion, in a loner kit AU Roleplay

## 》Trivia《

* Martenbloom has ADHD, the less common type that includes inattentiveness rather than impulsivity.
* He has a genetic stutter!
* Mar's personality type is ISFP-T.
* He hates getting dirty, and always makes sure his pelt is clean.