Emberpaw (CA)

**Emberpaw** is a tiny, silver tabby she-cat with yellow and blue eyes; and a current apprentice of HopeClan.

## Kin

### Sibling(s):

Vortexfang, Mosspelt, Cloudmoon, Lionpaw, Tigerpaw

## Backstory

Born to Skystar in HopeClan, she was exceptionally small yet feisty. She hated being bored and had what seemed like endless bounds of energy. Back when she was a kit, she and Stormkit escaped from the nursery in an expedition. Arriving at a river, she fell in, and almost drowned before getting saved. This could be why she has a dislike of water.

As an apprentice, she got apprenticed to Suntail, and was very eager to train. Her first ever gathering that she went to however, ended in chaos as HopeClan got framed for the murder of Needlestar, and was forced to be driven out. Angry at how the clans had turned upon them, Emberpaw- along with the rest of her clanmates set out to find a new home. After causing an argument and fight to erupt amongst HopeClan, Emberpaw reluctantly accepted the decision to go back; however, Skystar went missing, and Emberpaw set off by herself to investigate the murder of Needlestar.

That night, she got visited by The Place of No Stars (The Dark Forest) cats, Nightbreeze and Berryheart, who had noticed her temper and wanted to recruit her. Unbeknownst to Emberpaw, they had started putting little comments here and there, to try to manipulate her into turning against HopeClan. Venturing off to investigate the scene of the murder, Emberpaw got ambushed by Dawnbreeze and a band of rogues and kittypets. After a short initial battle, Emberpaw was knocked out and taken to Dawnbreeze's makeshift camp.

With Berryheart's help, Dawnbreeze half-forced and half persuaded Emberpaw to join them, and Emberpaw took the offer. She would spy on HopeClan and lure another warrior to the murder site, who would then be framed for the murder to exile HopeClan once again. However, the plan failed and Emberpaw and Dawnbreeze were caught and exiled out of their respective clans.

Bitter and furious, she became a rogue, travelling as she pleased with the guidance of the Dark Forest cats as she plotted revenge.

### Life as a Rogue

Becoming a loner, Emberpaw is often found at the outskirts of the clans, near the kittypets and twolegs. She uses the twolegs for free food and shelter, knowing that the clans won't dare to approach her there. Emberpaw made a couple of kittypet allies, although she spends most of her time sleeping to train in the Dark Forest with her mentor, Berryfang. Every now and then she likes to approach the clans, taunting them and escaping before they can do anything.

### Back to HopeClan

In The Dryout RPG, Emberpaw is forced to ally with HopeClan to save herself. In the end, she's a mix between a loner and a clan cat, sometimes there and sometimes disappearing. Everyone tends to avoid the subject of Emberpaw being a traitor in favor of pretending it never happened so things run smoothly

## Appearance

Very tiny and small, Emberpaw was born extremely small. She has bright yellow and blue eyes, and was named Emberkit due to how her eyes seemed to glow like embers. Her pelt is light grey, with stripes of black and white speckled in here and there.

## Personality

Due to her small size, she has often gone unnoticed by her other clanmates. To make up for it, she has a fiery and stubborn personality, always willing to say whatever is on her mind- and put in the bluntest way possible. She's very playful and cheerful, loving to annoy her clanmates whenever she can. However, she can be extremely blunt and arrogant at times, refusing to back down from a fight, which has placed Emberpaw in many quarrels with her clanmates, and even her family.

Very independent, she values her ideals very much, and often prioritizes what she thinks is right over her relationships. Emberpaw is very morally grey, and often decides things based off of her personal interest, or by logic. Prideful, she has a strong sense of self respect, and is often seen acting arrogant, or like a know-it-all.

It doesn't appear very obviously, but she is a control freak and always wants to be in control of herself or her life. It's subtle, but you can see it in the way she acts, unpredictably so no one can guess what she'll do next, the way she perches herself high atop in a tree to watch everyone else, so that she can see everything that's happening, and the way she's loyal to no one but herself, disliking the prospect of ever committing to someone or something.

## Relationships

**Skystar:** Her mother, often argue sometimes but remain relatively close.

**Vortexfang**: Her brother! Emberpaw usually has a positive opinion about him and they're very playful

**Berryheart:** Her dark forest mentor. Emberpaw believes her to be misunderstood, and although they have a like-hate relationship, she's Emberpaw's closest friend and mentor. Emberpaw later helps her achieve justice and Berryheart ends up going to EveningClan.

## Trivia

* Emberpaw seems to have a fear/strong dislike of water; most likely due to her almost drowning when she was a kit
* Emberpaw is seen multiple times rejecting the idea of a mate. She believes love to be a weak, idealistic thing, but it may be she just fears being close to someone.
* However, Emberpaw loves shipping other cats together- and gossiping.
* It's seen many times that Emberpaw likes being perched atop a tree, watching everyone below her. It's probably her instinctual urge to always be in control acting up