Poppyglow

## Overview

Poppyglow is a ShoreClan warrior, mother to Linnpoppy, mate of Sableflicker and ex-mate of Tumblerush. Poppyglow is a gentle she-cat who just wanted what was best for her daughter, even if it meant lying to her.

## General Characteristics

### Appearance

Poppyglow's build is significantly shorter and less lanky than her daughter's. She is very sturdily build, with smooth ginger-brown fur and sapphire blue eyes. She has small white spots speckled on her flank. Her tail has ruffled fur that she doesn't really try to smooth out any more.

#### Physical Strengths and Weaknesses

Poppyglow is an expert hunter and can hunt skillfully on land or in the water. Her swimming is also pretty good and she can hold her own in a fight, but not for very long.

### Personality

Poppyglow is a gentle cat, not aggressive in the slightest. She looks at the past without regret and looks to the future with hope. She is usually honesty, but she likes her privacy and she likes her secrets. Overall, she is a good, loyal cat and a meaningful member of ShoreClan.

## Background

### Early Life/Before Chapter 1

Poppyglow was born in ShoreClan. She grew up alongside Sableflicker and the two became good friends. At their first Gathering, they met a few friends in other Clans, including Tumblerush, a handsome ReefClan tom. Poppypaw became infatuated with her new ReefClan friend. It took her awhile to win him over, but he ended up liking her back. The friend group ended up split over it, with some of the cats wanting Poppypaw and Tumblepaw to be together and the others wanting everyone to stay out of trouble. As warriors, Poppyglow and Tumblerush became mates and eventually, that led to Linnpoppy. The two realized that they had to spilt up for their kits' safety, so they broke up. Sableflicker asked if he could pretend to be the kits' father. After thinking long and hard about it, Poppyglow agreed. Linnkit was born and grew up with Poppyglow and Sableflicker as her parents. When she became an apprentice, Poppyglow decided it was time to tell Linnpaw about her real father. Horrified and betrayed, Linnpaw ran away. Poppyglow hasn't seen her since.

## Relationships and Other

### Familial Relationships

Linnpaw - Poppyglow is on rocky terms with her daughter. Additionally, she thinks that Linnpaw is dead, since CoveClan isn't allowed at Gatherings.

Sableflicker - Mates in mostly just name they may be, Poppyglow does have a deep affection for her best friend and the cat she raised her daughter with. Though her heart remains with Tumblerush, Poppyglow can see herself leading a happy life with Sableflicker.

Tumblerush - Poppyglow hasn't spoken to her true love since before Linnpaw was born, but she still loves him. The small glimpses of him she gets at Gatherings are enough to remind her of their younger days. She misses him quite a lot.

### Friendships

Lavenderrose - One of her few in-Clan friends, Poppyglow and Lavenderrose made a bet as kits over who would get a mate and have kits first. Poppyglow won and Lavenderrose will never live it down.

Timberdune - One of the few cats who was on the side of Toppy, Timberdune is Poppyglow's only friend who she remains in contact with from their apprenticeship friend group.

### Clanmates

Since the truth came out about Linnpaw's father, Poppyglow has been more than a bit stigmatized from her Clanmates. Icystar in particular has been cruel and doesn't let her go hunting alone. She also makes sure Tundrastorm keeps her off beach patrols when he can. There are, however, exceptions.

Fennelpaw - Fennelpaw and Linnpaw were friends before Linnpaw's supposed death and Poppyglow has always tried to be kind to the weak young she-cat.

Cherrycry - Poppyglow tries to make time for those left on the fringes of the Clan.

### Other Clans/Outsiders

With the aforementioned exception of Timberdune, Poppyglow has lost most of her friendships and reputation in other Clans. Her Clanmates have done her the kindness of not exposing her past relationship, but her former friends sure know.

I'm not sure that Poppyglow is even aware of CoveClan's existance, so there's that.

### Trivia and Quotes

#### Trivia

* Poppyglow was the runner-up name when I created Linnpoppy and asked my family to vote on names. The results came down to Linn-, Poppy-, and Fox- for the prefix, so I smushed Linn and Poppy together to create Linnpoppy. Her love interest was given the name Foxglare and my sister Em came up with the name Poppyglow, which I decided to give to Linnpaw's mom.