Frostpaw

**Frostpaw** is a white she-cat with a lilac face, ears, paws, and tail. She has blue eyes and a pink nose.

## Personality

While Frostpaw is notably timid and easily stands down to others, she enjoys the company of others and appears to be beginning to spread her wings out a bit. She's gradually learning how to speak up more often and is generally seen as the "sweet but quiet" type by her clanmates. Rather than being intimidated by louder personalities, she seems to become more energized and open around them (almost as if she's mirroring, perhaps?). She's a natural climber and enjoys heights.

## History

Frostkit was born to Mothdust and Stoneclaw, and grew up sharing the nursery with Toadkit, Lichenkit, Sapkit, and, before HollowClan's journey to their new home, Willowkit. Despite having no siblings, she has never felt lonely with her denmates around. Her father Stoneclaw disappeared during their journey to the new forest. As a kit, she briefly played at being a medicine cat by name of Frostpool, but decided to become a warrior apprentice instead. She was apprenticed to Merlinmist at the age of six moons. During her apprenticeship, she was at one point the fastest cat up the Great Oak, and Merlinmist gave her some of his freshkill as a reward.

### First Leaf-fall

Waking the morning after the GrimeClan meeting, Frostpaw notices Toadpaw scuffling about in his nest, and asks if he is alright. Though Frostpaw doubts his claim that he is fine, she does not address it, instead sitting up and remarking that she misses climbing. Toadpaw says that Stagleap promised yesterday to speak with Adderstar about the apprentices' confinement, exciting both Frostpaw and the newly-awakened Sappaw. They follow Toadpaw out of the den as he goes to ask Stagleap about leaving the camp, and are just as delighted as Toadpaw is when Stagleap suggests a hunting lesson outside of camp. The three apprentices, Stagleap, and Merlinmist leave camp to go out into the Conifer Grove.

As they walk through the Grove, Frostpaw asks the other two apprentices what they think they'll catch. They discuss this for a moment, then Toadpaw asks Stagleap if he thinks there will be Gatherings with the new Clans, which piques Frostpaw's interest. Their mentors stop to begin hunting, and Merlinmist sharply orders the apprentices to tell him what scents they can find in the area. Shrinking away from her aggressive mentor, Frostpaw says that she thinks there are mice and birds nearby, which Merlinmist confirms. He suggests that they show him their hunting crouch, then go out and catch a mouse each, with the first one back winning.

Padding away, Frostpaw considers that the competition isn't exactly fair, since Sappaw's never hunted before. She follows her chosen trail to a den, and decides to wait, fearing that there might be a snake inside instead of a mouse and worried that a snakebite would leave the apprentices confined again. The mouse eventually pokes its head out, but Frostpaw moves too quickly and scares it back inside. Frustrated, Frostpaw leaves in search of another mouse, finding one and killing it without scaring it off this time. She begins to make her way back, but her delay leaves her in last place.