Swallowfrost

### Friends

She doesn't really do friends but she's chill with Shadowstep. Also Aloepaw, despite her best efforts to not get attached. Pansymoon and Saffronsplash (formerly)

### Enemies

Myrtlepelt

Swallowfrost is extremely good at her job, extremely anti-social, and extremely done with nonsense. Yes, that means you. Stop bothering her.

## Appearance & Personality

### Appearance

   Swallowfrost is tall and elegant with a severe, no-nonsense vibe. Her pelt is primarily a soft blue gray with darker markings on her face, ears, and back. Her muzzle, chest, and belly are white and there are three white spots under each of her eyes, which are a minty green. Her fur is long and tangles easily. Swallowfrost is easily recognizable with the leaves and flowers that often get caught in her fur.

### Personality

Swallowfrost is extremely dedicated to her work and even more dedicated to being an antisocial loner. She feels a great sense of pride and fulfillment in being a medic, but can’t stop feeling like she’s missing something in her life. She has been known to be a little calculating and ruthless, but she's simply cut herself off from emotion and doesn't tend to think through the ethics of any situation. Once enough young cats die under your care, one tends to stop caring.

## Background

### Kithood

Swallowkit was born the only kit of Bramblethorn and Doecreek. She was born in FallClan, the leader of which was her great-grandmother on her mother's side, Mallowstar. That was pretty legit and when Swallowfrost was a little older, she was very excited about that fact.

Being in FallClan meant a lot of exciting things for Swallowkit. It meant that her cousin Brokenslip was around. He was usually happy to play with her in the nursery, even if he lacked some of the energy that her mother or the other kits had. She found his twisted paw intriguing, though he was very defensive when she tried to ask about it. Her father's parents, Stoatthroat and Wingbreak, also lived in FallClan. They were senior warriors at the time, which meant they were a little busy, but they were never too busy for Swallowkit if she wanted their attention. Swallowkit could also bother great-grandma Mallowstar if she wanted, but she tended to get in trouble with Doecreek for that.

Unfortunately all good things must come to an end. For Swallowkit, the beginning of her soon to be long-lasting downward spiral of misery was the death of her father. Bramblethorn was killed by a fox one day on the OasisClan border. He put up a good fight, but he did die. It was a devastating blow for not only Doecreek and Swallowkit, but also Bramblethorn's family. He had been Stoatthroat and Wingbreak's last living kit, which was a blow, and it also seemed really hard on Brokenslip. Swallowkit was only two moons old at the time and barely remembered him by the time she reached adulthood, but it was extremely difficult for her at the time.

It was only made more difficult by Doecreek's choice to move to OrchidClan. Swallowkit didn't want to leave, but she was, as noted, two moons old and didn't get much of a choice. Doecreek couldn't handle the million tiny reminders of her late love in FallClan, which I suppose is understandable. They said their goodbyes and headed off to OrchidClan.

Swallowkit adjusted quickly to her new home. There were two other kits her age in the nursery, Saffronkit and her brother Flamekit. Swallowkit wasn't terribly close to either of them, but she was happy to play if they let her. Within a moon of her moving into OrchidClan, another kit named Pansykit was born. There were a few other kits, but I don't care enough to check Saff or Pansy's backstories for them. Long story short, Swallowkit was never bored.

She began to take an interest in herbs when she was around four moons old. The medic, Ivyamble, was usually happy to oblige her interest, answering all of Swallowkit's questions and teaching her some basic first aid. Swallowkit started playing the medic in every game she played and found it quite thrilling. Since most of the other kits wanted to be leader, she didn't have much competition, but Pansykit occasionally wanted to take the role. Swallowkit didn't like sharing, but she did let Pansykit be her apprentice sometimes. Great fun, great fun.

### Apprenticeship

Swallowpaw became the medic apprentice of OrchidClan at the age of six moons old. Ivyamble was very happy to have an apprentice around to help out, since she was a little older, and was eager to work with Swallowpaw. The other medic at the time, Riverhawk, had earned her full name only a few moons before Swallowpaw joined the den. They tended to stay out of each other's way, but were friendly whenever they were together.

The first few moons of her training went well. Not much went wrong and Swallowpaw learned quickly. She kept her friendships from kithood, hanging out with Pansykit and Saffronpaw when she had free time. She was the first to cheer at Pansypaw's apprentice ceremony, which happened when Swallowpaw was eight moons old.

Life unfortunately took a turn for the worse when Swallowpaw was 9 moons old. Her mother Doecreek came down with a very bad illness and despite the efforts of all three medics, she ultimately didn't make it. Swallowpaw became very isolated, having lost the last family she had in OrchidClan. She began to doubt her skills as a medic despite Ivyamble's reassurance that she had done everything she could. Swallowpaw still began to push cats away, wrapping herself up in a thick, hardened layer of grief and loneliness and not allowing anyone other than Ivyamble inside. She even stopped talking to Pansypaw and Saffronpaw, brushing them off any time they wanted to talk and suddenly becoming busy if they wanted to hang out. All that mattered to her now was her training, which concerned Ivyamble quite a bit.

* 14 moons - Ivyamble's death
* Frickin myrtlepaw (check timing?)

### Medic Life

* 16 moons - full medic
* 22 moons - Plague (Riverhawk's death)
* 25 moons - Pricklepaw (dies after two moons)
* 29 moons - Yellowpaw (dies after one moon)
* 33 moons - red leaf omen; goes to MarshClan to talk to Whitebird, since MarshClan is where record of the prophecies are kept and she thought it might have to do with that; attends the Gathering and reveals the doom of the Clans
* 34 moons - took on Aloepaw as her apprentice

## Other

### Trivia

* I know she feels like a Whitebird ripoff but I promise she's not
* Swallowfrost chews on mint leaves a lot. It helps her focus.

### Playlist

* Healer’s Dilemma | Mercedes Lackey | t*hat if your heart should harden, then your gift will fade and die, and all that you have lived and learned will then become a lie* | Very much Ivyamble to Swallowpaw after her mother's death. Swallow ofc didn't listen but you know what we'll let this one slide.

### Quotes

**New RP**