Ambereyes

Art by TennelleFlowers

## Appearance

Ambereyes is a short, fluffy ginger-and-white patched she-cat with slanted, light amber eyes. Her fur is thick and bristly, and there are tufts on the tips of her broad ears as well as on the top of her head. She has a short, blunt muzzle and a tiny pink nose.

## Personality

Ambereyes is the sister of Goldenpelt, Field Colony’s prized envoy, the daughter of Swift-tail, a renowned elder and Council member, and the mate of Volefur, a ranger known for his capabilities and wit. The automatic assumption would be that she is very involved in her Colony’s politics and drama — but surprisingly, she isn’t. Ambereyes avoids the toxicity of her brother’s escapades and her mate’s friend group, and she steers clear of Spottedshadow, too, for that matter. Whatever is going on with the other cats of her generation, Ambereyes wants nothing to do with it.

Ambereyes always preferred spending time helping keepers in the nursery. All she wants is to be a good keeper of Field Colony and for her kittens to do the same. She couldn’t be prouder of her first litter, consisting of Timberleg and Lilyfire, and she knows she can trust Spottedshadow to nurture Peach into a respectable ranger as well. She is rather stoic.

## Biography

Amber was born to Swift-tail and Russetpelt and is in field colony along with her brother Golden and grew up with her brother, Jagged, Fern, Vole, and Raven. *More coming soon...*

## Relationships

### Goldenpelt

Goldenpelt is Ambereyes’s brother, a good friend of her mate Volefur’s, and the former mentor of her son Timberleg. They are not at all on poor terms, but they aren’t particularly close, either. She can sense trouble coming from his odd and ever-changing relationship with Spottedshadow, and it displeases her that he is pulling so many cats into his own problem that have nothing to do with Spottedshadow.

Having grown up with Goldenpelt, Ambereyes got to watch firsthand as he slowly but surely charmed his way up the Colony’s rankings. It started with his friends, Fern and Jagged. Then it inched up to his mentor, Missingfoot. Then cats who were more difficult to sway, such as Vole — and he even got the Colony’s fierce and strict Second, Forestleaf, to back him. She became increasingly concerned and unnerved by how much leverage he was gaining over his peers, and over the course of their time as new-claws, she steadily started to distance herself from him. Now, she finds his supporters’ unwavering devotion to him to be strange and unsettling, but she still does not see it as particularly harmful.

In spite of this, she still loves her brother and gladly trusted him to be a good mentor to Timberleg. She is proud of him for becoming an envoy even if he does disturb her at times, and the fact that she keeps a healthy distance from him does not mean that the two of them don’t get along. They are on good speaking terms, and both wish for the best for each other, but they just don't have much in common.

### Volefur

Ambereyes and Volefur are mates, but their relationship is vague and complicated. In truth, Ambereyes only got with him so that she could have kittens. She had always wanted to be a mother, but she had difficulty falling in love with anyone. Similarly, Volefur was looking for somebody to take as a mate for the sake of status, but he didn’t necessarily want a true partner or responsibility in raising kits. He and Ambereyes seemingly came to a mutual agreement to get together for kittens that Ambereyes would bring up alone, and both were understanding and tolerant of each other’s wishes.

They have something of an ‘on again, off again’ sort of relationship. They are each secretive about it, and their feelings for each other are kept very personal; they have never spoken in detail of one another to anyone else in the Colonies. They grew up in the same generation, but Volefur had always been closer with Goldenpelt than with Ambereyes — and in many ways, he still is. They did not take interest in each other until they were young rangers, when they briefly hooked up and had their first litter, consisting of Timber and Lily. As arranged, Volefur barely took part in raising his kittens, and Ambereyes did almost all of it herself. She did not begrudge him that, however; what she had wanted from the relationship was kittens, and if Volefur did not want to take up the role of their father, that was his choice. Their relationship stayed quiet and uncertain until Lilyfire and Timberleg were rangers, when they got together again to have a second litter, this time resulting only in a single kitten: Peach.

Currently, Ambereyes and Volefur are still officially together, but they don’t typically act like it. They behave more like loose, casual friends than like mates. There is no genuine attraction or love in their relationship, but the two still seem to get along just fine.

### Spottedshadow

With the exception of Fernface, Spottedshadow is the only other molly in Ambereyes’s generation. Despite growing up alongside one another and sharing a den for most of their lives, however, they have scarcely interacted with each other. They are not on particularly good or bad terms — purely nuetral.

Ambereyes is well aware of Goldenpelt’s feelings for Spottedshadow and knows that Spottedshadow does not return them. She wants no part in that drama, for or against her brother, and so she tends to stay away from Spottedshadow whenever she can. It is nothing personal against her, though, and Spottedshadow luckily understands that.

That being said, Spottedshadow is close friends with Timberleg and is Peach’s mentor. Ambereyes does not mind that and is in fact quite pleased with it, as she knows Spottedshadow to be a capable and intelligent cat and trusts that she will pass those traits on to her kittens. So while they aren’t quite friends, Ambereyes has nothing against Spottedshadow, and when they do interact, they get along perfectly alright.

### Lilyfire, Timberleg, & Peach

Lilyfire and Timberleg are Ambereyes’s daughter and son from her first litter with Volefur, and Peach is her daughter from her second. Not many details are known about her relationships with them, but from what information has been given, it can be assumed that she is a loving and supportive mother, there for her kittens every step of their way to rangerhood. She has been stated to be extremely proud of them all, and as she was their only parental figure growing up, she is likely very important to them.

### Swift-tail

Swift-tail is Ambereyes’s mother. Not many details are known about their relationship, but Swift-tail raised Ambereyes and Goldenpelt alone after the death of their father, Russetpelt — so Ambereyes most likely cares deeply for her mother and has a lot of respect for her.

### Wrensong

Wrensong is the herbalist of Oak Colony. It is unknown if she and Ambereyes are friends from Moonlight Gatherings, or what their current standing is, but it was stated that when they were new-claws, Wren had a crush on Amber as an apprentice. She has since moved past this crush.

## Trivia

* Peach's original design was shifted towards Ambereyes.

## Gallery

Ambereyes with Lilyfire, Peach, and Timberleg, art by Avalon Roselin