Swiftpaw (MC)

**Swiftpaw** is a silver tabby tom with reversed, spiky fur along his spine.

## Description

### Physical

Swiftpaw is similar to his uncle in the fact that he's a taller member of MoonClan. However, unlike the leader, he lacks a burly build, and instead is lean and nimble on his paws. The tom is very capable of navigating the steep cliffs that frame camp like an elegant mountain goat, moving with both precision and speed when necessary. Despite his seemingly fragile appearance, the tom is surprisingly sturdy. He's taken a handful of good falls while navigating camp, and seems to take the damage with stride.

His fur is what an outsider might define a MoonClanner cat as- pristine silver, so bright that it can almost be described as platinum. With correct lighting, Swiftpaw's base coat almost appears to be silver. He is proud of his coat and takes a great amount of time out of the day to ensure that he keeps up on it. The tom is laced with obsidian stripes in a mackerel pattern, a trade mark of his long since forgotten father.

### Character

Snarky, snarky, snarky. Whereas the rest of his family values heritage and works hard to uphold a good image, Swiftpaw is the type to take advantage of his family's rank within the clan. He holds it against other apprentices in order to get an upper hand and unlock privileges to himself. The tom acts as if he is untouchable, likely due to the lack of reprimanding due to the fact that his mother passed away during his kithood, and since his father was also never around. Unfortunately for Swiftpaw, his attitude adjustment is overdue, and bound to come very, very soon.

Outside of his sharp-tonged nature remains an evidently dutiful core. Like most MoonClanners, the tom regards outsiders as "filth" and has a general lack of trust around them- that, and he's just plain old conceited. Regardless, Swiftpaw is loyal to his clan, and can be described as a diamond in the rough. He may be a satirical pain in the rear for now, but there is good change on the horizon for young Swiftpaw.

## History

### Background

Swiftkit was born alongside his sister, Poppykit to a queen by the name of Blackheart. She was the brother to Wolfstar and daughter of infamous warrior, Ravensong. The queen's mate was an unnamed warrior, and their relationship was frowned upon by Blackheart's family. Of course, the tom didn't stick around for his mate, and left before she could even have his kittens. Shortly after she finished kitting, Blackheart passed away, leaving her two offspring as orphans.

The tom and his littermate were raised mostly under a queen in the nursery, but frequently visited by their protective uncle and storytelling grandmother. They relished under their warmth, but it became apparent that the adoptive queen failed to punish the kits when they got into trouble. While Poppykit was generally good, Swiftkit quickly took advantage of the lack of scolding.

Even as an apprentice under the tutorship of Wolfstar, Swiftpaw continued to get into trouble and develop a poor name for himself.

### Roleplay

Per usual, the apprentice is peevish. He refuses to get up and carry on with dawn duties, and so Wolfstar enters the apprentice's den to rat him out. After an intense argument, the apprentice stomps off. Not long later, his mentor/uncle forces him out of camp to train, where Swiftpaw gets his tail handed to him.

When he returns to camp, his grandmother is frantic about losing Poppypaw. Swiftpaw ventures out of camp to cool off, only to find his sister stuck in the mud by a drying river. He hesitantly gets her out, to which Poppypaw is very grateful and cuddles him to show her thanks. Disgusted at his sister and her cooties, he pushes her off and returns to camp.

## Linage

**Mother:**

Blackheart: Deceased, verified StarClan member
**Sister:**

Poppypaw: Living
**Grandmother:**

Ravensong: Living
**Uncle:**

Wolfstar: Living
## Relationships

### Family

**Ravensong:**

Admittedly, Swiftpaw does love his grandmother and enjoys listening to her stories, but his "ego" prevents him for expressing such affections. In the meantime, he makes a point to avoid her so he doesn't show this weakness. He's pretty sure that his grandmother understands that he still loves her dearly, or at least, he hopes she knows that. That being said, he won't go admitting that. He's too tough for grandma snuggles.
**Poppypaw:**

Yes, he loves his littermate, too. Yet at the same time, he finds her excessive politeness and overall adorability to be irritating. He can't stand that his sister is such a "goody-two-paws" and that she has the entire clan on her side. Sure, she's small and innocent, but Swiftpaw believes that MoonClan cats are to uphold their ancestral pride and represent themselves as big and powerful. Poppypaw? She's small and diplomatic. It just doesn't work with the clan aesthetic.
**Wolfstar:**

His uncle is intolerable. The way the tom so openly smothers and expresses love for his family is sickening- he just looks weak. Yet he so smugly smites any and every attempt Swiftpaw makes to get back at him in training. Wolfstar is the only cat in the family willing to scold and punish Swiftpaw for his poor behavior, so of course, the silver tom resents his uncle for that.
### Enemies

**Lionpaw:**

Ok he hates over half of his clan mostly because he has serious attitude, but Lionpaw? He really grinds Swiftpaw's gears. The audacity of that cat, to go as far as to injure Poppypaw in hopes of impressing Ravensong? Too far. Swiftpaw isn't one for public affection, but he won't tolerate having just any cat push his sister around. This guy's gone too far.

## Trivia

* Fun stuff planned for the journey.
* Low-key reminds Whiskers of Zuko from Avatar the Last Airbender