Hailshiver

## Overview

Hailshiver is a short, pale, medium furred Lightclan warrior. TBA

## Appearance

Hailshiver is a short, thin, white and gray furred cat. His right ear is bent almost in half and his left ear has three leaves behind it, symbolizing his deceased family. His eyes are round and colored a bright, gentle blue. As a Lightclan Cat, Hailshiver's pelt is desaturated and his eyes are a pupil-less white.

## History

### Kithood

Hailkit was born to Sunshinepetal and Glacierwing alongside his sibling, Hummockkit in early Leaffall in Lichenclan. As soon as he could walk, Hailkit was absorbed in playing with his sibling and father. He spent nearly everyday with them, excited to come up with new games and to burn off excess energy that he'd buillt up from being pent up in the Nursery. Whenever he wasn't playing, Hailkit was found staring at random plants or leaves or sneaking into the clan's medicine den. One of his favorite pastimes was learning all the plant names he could and pretending they were herbs he could heal his 'patients' with. Hailkit had convinced his mother to play this game with him a few times but she never seemed very interested or enthusiastic, a dramatic difference from his father. Despite her aloof behavior, Hailkit was almost completely oblivious to it, bringing her little gifts and trying to impress her with his knowledge and skills.

However, his joyful kithood slammed to a halt when Hummockkit died at 2 moons from an illness. Hailkit was heartbroken, retracting into a shell to try and hide from the grief. Hummockkit has been his best friend and it almost felt as though his world was ending. How was he supposed to live without the sibling he'd been with his whole life thus far? A piece of him felt like it was missing but Hailkit was soon coaxed out of the cage he'd built himself by Glacierwing. Glacierwing was his saving grace that returned his former happy, bubbly self. The death of his sibling only made Hailkit more interested in herbs and he forced his father to play medicine cat games with him, making the tom pretend he was injured so Hailkit could 'heal' him.

His world soon came crashing down, even harder than before. He was pulled from one of his healer games one fateful early leafbare morning by the mournful wail of his mother. Hailkit left the Nursery, only to be met with the sight of his mother hunched over the limp body of his father. Hailkit felt like he was having a terrible nightmare as he ran over, sinking into Sunshinepetal's embrace. His mother had sadly told him that she and his father had been ambushed by a group of rogues and Glacierwing had sacrificed himself to protect her. His father was a hero in his eyes but at three moons old, he'd lost both his only sibling and his father. Hailkit felt as though nothing could ever get worse yet he also felt as though nothing could ever get better. How was he going to continue without his father to guide him? Hailkit's grief was a part of daily life from now on as he pledged to attack any rogue he encountered. They'd killed his father after all!! He wanted to be the best warrior ever to prove himself to his mother and father. He was going to be the greatest warrior in Finclan, in all the clans even; he just knew it!!

These plans quickly fell through as Hailkit soon became the target of bullying from kits and apprentices alike. It didn't seem as though any of the clan liked him much anymore. How was he supposed to be the greatest if he couldn't even garner respect from kits younger than him!? Hailkit shortly retreated into the barricaded fortress he'd created, trying to shield himself from all the hurt he'd experienced and continued to experience. He thought if he pretended the insults and jabs didn't hurt him, they'd leave him alone but that turned out to be wrong. Very wrong. In reality, it only produced more venemous and painful insults that were from attempts to make him crack. And, it worked. Hailkit gave up on playing games or even being near other kits in general. He spent the entirety of his time in the medicine cat den or a dark, narrow corner of the Nursery the bigger kits couldn't fit in. It felt as though it was him versus the world at this point.

The only thing that brought him comfort and excitement was learning new herbs and plants. He felt as though he was connected to them in a way. At five moons old, Hailkit discovered some old leaves, discarded by the medicine cats. He combed through them until he found exactly what he was looking for. Two vibrantly colored leaves that he got stuck in the fur behind his ear. If his father and sibling couldn't be here physically, at least they could be here symbolically. That idea brought him a feeling of comfort and peace. With this, Hailkit grew a little more confident, trying his hardest to make friends with the medicine cats and one chocolate siamese colored apprentice. They seemed nice enough, and maybe the medicine cats would be able to tell him if they saw his father or sibling!

### Apprenticeship

After moons of memorizing herbs, his nagging to Autumnspirit finally paid off. At his apprentice ceremony, Hailpaw was granted to honor of becoming a medicine cat apprentice, much to his delight. He was excited to grow up to become a medicine cat apprentice and made sure he did his absolute best to impress Autumnspirit. He wanted to be the best medicine cat, and he was certain he would be! He made sure he did everything as well as he could and listened intently to every training session he had. However, maybe it hadn't been enough. When he was seven moons old. Sunshinepetal fell ill with a mysterious illness. Hailpaw insisted he could cure his mother, carefully giving her herbs he thought were correct.. Yet nothing worked. He had tried practically every herb he could get his paws on but nothing seemed to improve her condition. He felt helpless. All he could do was sit and watch as his only remaining family member withered away from illness. Something he should've been able to cure. What kind of medicine cat couldn't cure a simple illness? What kind of medicine cat couldn't cure their own mother? This doubting of his abilities caused his work preformace to severely degrade to the point of angering his mentor.

At 8 moons old, Hailpaw was caught in a raging fire, nearly killing him. He eventually managed to drag himself away before passing out, however this didn't come without lifelong lung damage from smoke inhalation and mild vision loss from the harsh smoke. After he was nursed to health by a rogue, his opinion of the clan had soured. He began blaming them for everything and believed they didn't care about him due to them not searching hard enough for him in the fire. He was very hurt by this revelation. However, another thing changed aswell. Hailpaw came to the realization that not all rogues were out to get hm

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## Relationships

### **Familial Relationships**

Sunshinepetal [Mother] - Hail has a positive view of his mother. He looked up to her and blames himself for her death.

Glacierwing [Father] - Hailshiver has a positive view of his father. He idolized him when he was a kit and was impacted greatly from his death.

Hummockkit [Sibling] - He doesn't remember a ton about his sibling but he loved them and has a positive view on them.

### **Misc Relationships**

Chicorydawn [Friend]

Saturnsong [Friend]

Quetzalpaw [Acquaintance]

Skuapaw [Acquaintance]

Woodpelt [Acquaintance]

Pumpkinbreeze [Negative]

## Conditions

Generalized Anxiety Disorder -

Major Depressive Disorder -

Smoke Inhalation Injury -

Vision Damage -