Nutclaw

**Nutclaw** is a MoonClan warrior known for being the father of the seventh leader, Waterstar, and the mentor of a mute cat, Swanstream.

## Physical Description

### Namesakes

Prefix: Probably his fur color, and to be themed with Nightnose's prefix.Suffix: He was okay with having any prefix.

## Education

### Unofficial Apprentice

Whitestripe

He is also known for being the paternal uncle of a mentally-slow cat, Birdwing, who was also the fourth medicine cat of MoonClan, and the mate of Violetrain, who was the oldest child and sibling of two deputies, Blazesky and Whitestripe, and the older sister of a cat who fled to AdderClan, Stonetooth.

He was given to the Clan by his kittypet mother (along with his littermate, Nightnose) at two moons, similarly with Flameeye and Redwater. His father, Watereye, tried to watch over Nightkit and him in the nursery since they had no mother. However, Peonyclaw and Petuniaheart, two other queens (the former being his mate's mother and father's apprentice and the latter being his mate's paternal aunt) offered to take care of them like their own kits until they became apprentices. He became good friends with their kits, especially Violetkit and Firekit as he thought they were interesting to take care of (as they were one moon younger than Nightkit and him). Nutkit was also friendly with another queen, Daisyfoot, as she thought he was very mature and vice versa, so he wanted to be her apprentice, which Moonstar agreed with. Nutkit also became friends with Daisyfoot's only kit, Applekit, who was two moons older than him.

Nutpaw and Applepaw usually hung out with Violetpaw and Firepaw in their off time. When they became warriors, Nutclaw and Violetrain became mates, and so did Applefall and Fireclaw. Unlike Applefall and Fireclaw, however, Nutclaw and Violetrain decided to postpone having kits so that Violetrain could fulfill her dream of mentoring, as they thought being pregnant might get in the way of mentoring (as they had seen with a lot of female mentors with mates). Since Applefall didn't have any apprentices, though, she and Fireclaw thought they would be free to have kits.

He usually looked and acted more mature and serious to the kits and apprentices, but he was actually very joyful and empathetic inside. When he got Swanpaw as his apprentice, he was a little bit shocked since he didn't understand her very well at first, but he decided that he wanted to learn to understand his apprentice with the help of her mother, Goldenlily (who was also his father's mate). Swanpaw was a bit shy with him at first, but Nutclaw and Swanpaw later developed a great mentor-apprentice bond (much unlike his brother and *his* apprentice, Stonepaw), and Nutclaw finally understood Swanpaw completely near the end of her apprenticeship. Swanpaw also became good friends with his mate as both mentor and apprentice included her in nearly every one of their trainings, so that she could get experience to be a mentor herself. They sometimes had Zebrapaw, Nightnose's mate's apprentice and Stonepaw's littermate, tag along, too, when Sandleap was too busy.

He had some contempt for his mate's sister, Stonepaw, however, because of what she did to Nightnose and Swanpaw. However, Violetrain thought that she could have an excuse to train Stonepaw, since Nightnose was too busy with his mate and kits. Nutclaw knew Violetrain was worried about her sister's strange behavior towards everyone in MoonClan except for her littermate. Since Nutclaw hated Stonepaw less than his brother and his apprentice did, he figured they could try to help out when he and Violetrain were finished training Swanpaw, and even did the exams for Zebrapaw and her. However, he always favored his brother and his apprentice over Stonepaw. He was mostly neutral to Whitestripe, though, but still respected him in spite of the younger warrior's slight tendency for raging outbursts.