Breezewhisker

Breezepaw is a solid white, semi-longhair cat with blue eyes; she looks very similar to a Turkish Angora, but with different ears.

## Personality

Breezepaw is very determined, energetic, and ambitious. She is prideful and doesn't care what others think, though that is, in part, a façade to hide some of her more negative feelings. She wants to prove to others that she is capable, although she is mostly trying to prove it to herself.

Breezewhisker is someone who is very prone to irritability, after dealing with her denmates for so long. She can be prickly and defensive, and often likes to be on her own, although she has friends that she enjoys being around.

Breezewhisker is prone to jealousy, although it most likely wouldn't show itself outside of her own feelings.

She can be spiteful and stubborn, which could make her one cat's hero and the bane of another's existence.

She is bold and proud, and unafraid to speak her mind whenever she can. At the same time, though, she'll often ignore the drama going on in the clan, as it is uninteresting to her.

Breezewhisker has a lifelong feud with squirrels, who always seem to target her, for some reason. She takes great pleasure in finding new ways to hunt the little jerks, and might parade the body around for a bit before bringing it home to eat. (The squirrels started it.)

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Breezepaw is incredibly observant, which she has to be to keep up with other apprentices. She is also very witty and creative, and passionate in her beliefs, though she has limited experience with the world or others.

Breezepaw never gives up with anything she starts, and always tries to find ways around her disability even when few others are willing to learn how to read or communicate with her.

## History

Breezekit was born in Treeclan, the only survivor in a litter of four. Her mother died giving birth, so Breezekit was nursed by another queen.

When her ears and eyes opened, the cats around her quickly realized that she was born deaf.

Breezekit was always left out from the other kittens, most of which were older and found younger kittens annoying-- though a few, of course, were exceptions.

She always found herself trying to keep up with them, but only felt herself falling behind. She knew she lived with lots of other cats, but she didn't know any of their names or the rank they held in the clan. She knew she couldn't go in most other dens, but she didn't know why. She learned that cats left at dawn and dusk, and sometimes the clan left to some strange place where they picked up foreign cat scents. She didn't know why they did most of what they did, she didn't know how the clan operated, and she didn't know how to communicate like they could with each other.

Sign language did exist in the clans, but she never learned it. She found a friend in Lamekit, who was the same age, but found herself falling behind when it came to connecting with others and learning what she needed to.

When Breezekit was around three moons old, a harsh winter preoccupied the cats around her, preventing those who could teach her useful information busy with other tasks.

By the time she became an apprentice, those who knew the language had died, so she taught herself almost all the words she knew for a while. Most, she only taught herself after becoming an apprentice, by pointing to a noun and showing anyone who would listen a sign she came up with for said object. Not nearly enough language to hold an actual conversation. Some actions also have words, though most she communicates through simply doing said action.

Thankfully, Breezepaw met Firepaw of Caveclan at a gathering. Caveclan still had sign language taught, as they had someone who still used it.

Firepaw (later Firewhisper) offered to help teach Breezewhisker and Treeclan Sign so she could better communicate.

They met frequently, and Breezepaw was a very quick learner, although easy to frustrate when she couldn't quite grasp the meaning of a word.

Of course, Treeclan accepted, so the two started meeting frequently to teach and learn, with other Treeclan cats around to learn alongside her.

Breezepaw was easy to frustrate when she couldn't understand a sign, and stubborn with letting her clanmates help, but she was a quick and eager learner overall if it was her mentor Darkpool or friend Firewhisper helping. She learned to tolerate some clanmates helping, too, although she continues ignoring the ones like Shrillthistle who tried to convince her that offensive words meant kind things.

During her warrior's assessment, Breezepaw lost track of where she was in the forest, completely focused on the prey in front of her. Her white coat made hunting nearly impossible in the dark and colorful autumn forest, but she was determined to do well with hunting, even though she knew it wasn't required to pass.

With her focus only on the prey, she lost track of her surroundings. When the animal ran toward the gorge, she didn't notice until the very last moment. She just barely caught herself too late, going over the edge.

Breezepaw survived by twisting herself and catching her claws on the dirt and roots that hung over the cliff's edge. Darkpool ran up to pull her out, and they both had to sit and process for a while.

Breezepaw received the name Breezewhisker.

(At some point in the summer before that, her closest friend within Treeclan, Lamepaw (given the warrior name Strongheart), died￼.)

## Trivia

* Breezewhisker is played by Shadow of the Raven's Wing