Silverclaw

Silverclaw is currently a warrior of OasisClan.

Name- Silverclaw

Gender- Tom

Clan- OasisClan

Rank- Warrior

Family- Patchpounce, Cobrakit, Flaxpaw, and Webpaw (brothers), Dustkit, Lynxkit, Nettlekit, Cloudpaw, and Tawnypaw (sisters), Skyflower (mother), Wheatnose (father), Flowerpaw and Peonykit (aunts, I guess, technically?)

Friends- probably Minnowfrost

Enemies- none yet

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Silverclaw has short, light silver tabby fur. He is a small, skinny cat, and his fur is almost always neat and clean. His paws are white, and his eyes are gray, several shades darker than his fur. There are also some white markings around his eyes.

#### Personality

He comes off as being annoying and a bit of a party-killer. He’s really irritable and pessimistic, and he complains a lot. He never wants to get into trouble or take unnecessary risks. Although he seems rude, bossy, and sarcastic, he's actually a worrier, and gets nervous often. If anyone called him out for it, though, he'd probably threaten to claw them. He cares a lot about his family, and isn't exactly mean - he just wants to do things his own way. He's very wry and dry, too.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Silverkit was born in OasisClan to Skyflower and Wheatnose, alongside Patchkit and Dustkit. They were their parents‘ second litter - the first one, Nettlekit, Cobrakit, and Lynxkit, had died. Wheatnose still lived in OrchidClan at the time of Silverkit's birth, although he moved temporarily to OasisClan so he could be with his new kits.

Silverkit pretty much just followed his siblings around while they annoyed everybody and tried to make sure no one killed them. At an early age, he took an interest in herbs, and came to respect Snakespeckle, especially after she gave him and his siblings a pomegranate to nibble on once. He was less enthusiastic when it came to bothering Breezepaw and Monarchpaw, but he basically always ended up going along with Patchkit and Dustkit’s escapades. Well, mainly Patchkit. Dustkit was a little smarter. He got caught up in a challenge with his siblings to make Breezepaw smile. They weren't able to do it. He steered the conversation away from Duskriver when Patchkit started asking personal questions. He also yelled at Patchkit for making bad puns. It was a good day.

He went outside of the camp with Monarchpaw and Patchkit once at three moons old. He saw a snake and it sort of spooked him. Patchkit almost fell off a tree and died. Silverkit was pretty jarred by the whole experience, honestly. He enjoyed himself, though.

When he was four moons old, however... oh dear. Dustkit was killed when she snuck out of camp and got yeeted by an owl. That was pretty scarring for Silverkit. He was very, very unhappy about that. Breezepaw and Snakespeckle also died. Not a good moon for Silverkit. He actually got a lot closer with Patchkit due to their shared grief, though, and he got to have a little bit of fun listening to Bloomheart's stories.

After that, he just kind of moped around and did nothing notable - until he learned about Cobrakit, Lynxkit, and Nettlekit from his parents. He was pretty upset at first that they hadn't mentioned them earlier, but he couldn't stay angry at his parents. He and Patchkit promised to become the strongest warriors they could to honor their siblings' memories.

During his last moon or so in the nursery, Minnowkit joined OasisClan. He probably found her pretty annoying, but they vibed and may have became friends at some point.

For the rest of his kithood, he chilled and tried to avoid his denmates. He’d chill Bloomheart in the elders’ den when he didn’t have anything better to do. He was kind of just depressed.

#### Apprenticeship

Silverpaw was apprenticed to Sagestep. For the first moon or so, he mostly trained alongside his brother, because Patchpaw's mentor, Frondnose, was sick with the plague.

He yelled at Patchpaw for wandering off during their first day of training and mingling with Asterpaw, a HorizonClan cat who could have potentially been carrying the plague. He was also just upset because the *last* time one of his siblings had wandered off alone into the woods, it hadn't gone well. Plus, that same night, Patchpaw had apparently arranged to go on a little date with her and he came back after midnight all drenched from visiting Silver Falls. Silverpaw was mad about that, too. He didn’t like his brother’s girlfriend. It was not a good day for him.

He just vibed for a while. He was kind of angry when he learned that Skyflower was pregnant again, feeling as though she and Wheatnose were trying to replace Dustkit. He didn't visit the nursery nearly as much as Patchpaw, not wanting to be reminded of his time there, and almost started begrudging Thistlekit, a young kit whom his parents had recently taken in. He knew it was irrational, but he couldn't help it. He didn't want Dustkit's death to be undermined.

Once Webkit, Tawnykit, Flaxkit, and Cloudkit were born, Silverpaw felt attached to them and wanted to protect them, of course, but he was still somewhat bitter toward them and toward his parents. He confronted Skyflower about it and she explained that no, she wasn't having kids to replace her dead children, she was having kids because she wanted kids. Silverpaw was like ",,oh" and stopped being salty for the most part. He was still kind of uncomfortable around his younger siblings, but fond of them all the same. He loved them, but didn't hang around them nearly as much as Patchpaw did.

For the rest of his apprenticeship, he just vibed.

#### Warrior Life

Silverclaw earned his warrior name alongside Patchpounce and continued to vibe. Minnowfrost became a warrior too before too long. Tawnypaw, Cloudpaw, Flaxpaw, and Webpaw became apprentices. Then Thistlespring also became a warrior. And Skyflower got pregnant for the fourth time. Silverclaw was kind of over his weird dislike of his little siblings by this point, and while he wasn’t necessarily thrilled to be getting more, he wasn’t unhappy, either.

Tawnypaw fell out of a tree and broke her legs at one point, and Cloudpaw narrowly avoided being snatched by a hawk. That... honestly just gave Silverclaw more anxiety than anything else. He didn’t want his siblings to die. He’d had enough of that already. But he was just... too awkward to get his point across clearly.

Oh, and on one occasion, he visited Bloomheart in the elders’ den with Patchpounce. Her memory was starting to fade and she called them by their kit names, getting their siblings all confused and forgetting Dustkit was dead. Silverclaw didn’t mind that, though. He listened to the stories she wanted to tell them and got her some prey. Then he and Patchpounce left. Bloomheart died that same night. While Silverclaw hadn’t been expecting it, he couldn’t have said he was surprised. He was sad to see her go, though.

Aside from that, he hasn't done much. He's just vibing.

## Other

#### Trivia

* Totally not a non-disabled Jayfeather.
* Not to be confused with either of the Silvers: Silver, Rillwing's brother, or Silver, an old friend of the founders and the namesake of Silver Falls.
* He was originally gonna end up with Sageblossom, but I doubt that'll end up happening.

#### Quotes

**Patchkit:** *“I’m Patchkit, that’s Dustkit, and—“*

**Silverkit:** *“And I’m sorry.”*

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*“You had it coming.”*

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**Skyflower:** *"We... we swore to protect you better than them. But I guess we failed at that."*

**Silverkit:** *"...I guess you did."*

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*"Did - did you have Patchpaw and Dustkit and I just because our older siblings didn’t make it? Is that what we are? A... a second attempt? Replacements? Is that why you’re having — them? Because of... because of Dustkit? Is this going to keep happening until you have a — a* successful *litter? Are they replacements, too?"* - (having a mental crisis to Skyflower about his new younger siblings)