Sagestep

### Siblings

Basilpool (sister), Elmleap (brother), Hemlocksnow & Babblingfox (foster brothers)

### Other Relatives

Canyonmist (brother-in-law). Wolfkit (nephew, dead), Anthillpaw (adoptive nephew), Inchwormpaw (adoptive niece)

### Friends

Snowyraven (formerly; they haven't spoken since he moved), Voletuft, Verdinsight

Sagestep is known for, well, not being known. Her sister Basilpool is well-known and liked, both in her new home of MarshClan and in her birth Clan OasisClan, but Sagestep has never been like that. She is a sweet cat in her own right, though very subdued after moons of her brother's overbearing protectiveness.

## Appearance & Personality

### Appearance

   Sagestep is the tallest in her litter, though still technically within average height. Her fur is long and thick just like her siblings' and a solid ginger color. Her pelt is striped with tabby markings, long and thin, and the darker color of the stripes also appears on her tail and ear tips. She has cream markings on her front paws, chest, and muzzle.

### Personality

Though naturally a very warm, bubbly cat, Sagestep has grown quieter and more hesitant in recent moons. She is very careful, considering every move before making it. She is supportive of her siblings and is trying her best to keep the family together despite the distance between Basilpool and Elmleap.

## Background

### Kithood

Sagekit was born the youngest in her litter, with an older sister named Basilkit and an older brother named Elmkit. She never met her mother, a former loner named Nightblossom, as she died shortly after Sagekit was born. She and her siblings were mostly raised by their father, a former kittypet named Currantskim.

Because of their mother's death, Sagekit and her siblings were looked after by a molly named Azuresprint. Azuresprint had two sons of her own, Hemlockkit and Babblingkit, who were a moon older than Currantskim's kits. Sagekit rather liked them and saw them as her own brothers, a conclusion that was aided by Currantskim treating them as his own as well. Their father had died shortly before Hemlockkit and Babblingkit's birth, so Currantskim filled that gap for them.

When Sagekit was two moons old, another queen had two kits that she named Snowykit and Hollykit. Sagekit thought they were both adorable. Hollykit took closely after her mother, Velvetburst, while Snowykit looked far more similar to their other parent, Fadedheather. They looked nothing alike, but they were both very cute and Sagestep was happy to have more kits in the Clan.

* 3 moons - befriends Snowykit
* 4 moons - Veerykit/flight and Verdinkit/sight born

### Apprenticeship

At 6 moons old, Sagepaw was apprenticed to Cloverslip, a respected senior warrior. Sagepaw enjoyed training with Cloverslip, finding the older tom's guidance very helpful and that she enjoyed hunting.

Aside from Elmpaw and Basilpaw, there were a few other cats in the apprentice den with Sagepaw. The oldest apprentices were Shadowpaw and Sheeppaw, who were five and four moons older than her respectively. One moon older were Ferretpaw, Adderpaw, and Mousepaw.

* 7 moons - well aware that Canyonpaw liked Basilpaw, Irispaw/fate and Adonispaw/wing join

### Warrior Life

* 17 moons - Voletuft joins OaC
* 18 moons - Snowyraven moves
* 21 moons - first to get the news of Basilpool's kits
* 23 moons - Silverpaw's mentor; also trained Patchpaw whenever Shadowstep was busy
* 29 moons - Silverclaw earns his warrior name; Cloudpaw's mentor; HC hike with Canyonmist, Basilpool, and Fennelfoot
* 30 moons - Attends the Gathering

## Other

### Trivia

* Sagestep is claustrophobic. She's visited Basilpool in MarshClan a couple times but never for very long.
* Sagestep would like to leave OasisClan. She doesn't know where she would go, but since Elmleap's estrangement from Basilpool and Canyonmist, he's become less pleasant to be around. Sagestep would rather not continue living in the same Clan as him
* Sagestep and Elmleap both speak with a Scottish accent, courtesy of their father. Basilpool used to but since moving to MarshClan, she's lost most of it.
* On that note, Sagestep's voice claim is Rayla from The Dragon Prince. No notes, it's actually perfect for her lol. esp. season 2
* Sagestep considers hunting sort of an art form and is quite good at it. She tries to treat her prey with dignity and offer it a swift and relatively painless death.

### Playlist

* Always Gold | Radical Face | *everything goes away, yeah, everything goes away* | I feel like it's fitting for her and her siblings, especially now that things are rocky with Elmleap