Myrtlepelt

Murderpelt - I mean, Myrtlepelt - is currently an aggressive rogue living on the outskirts of OrchidClan territory.

Name- Myrtlepelt

Gender- She-cat

Clan- OrchidClan (formerly), None

Rank- Rogue / Exile

Family- Talon (father), Flora (mother), Fang (brother), Parsley and Tern (unofficial adoptive sons, sort of), Aloe (unofficial adoptive daughter, sort of), unnamed sister

Friends- Myrtlepelt doesn't deserve friends. She will never have friends. She doesn't even want friends.

Enemies- Redfire... Foxpounce... Lotusmoon... Moonmist... Wheatnose... pretty much all of OrchidClan at this rate, actually. Also Parsley, Tern, and Aloe.

## Appearance & Personality

#### Appearance

Myrtlepelt is a tall, bulky she-cat with short, thick, dark gray fur, swirled with white, silver, and dark brown. Her eyes are a bright leaf-green, fierce and sharp. Her ears are practically shredded from "practice-fights" as a kit, there is a patch of fur torn off of her throat, inflicted by Fang, and there's a jagged scar across her muzzle and between her eyes, given to her by Redfire.

#### Personality

She sucks. She's harsh and angry. She grew up in a pretty awful environment, and she thinks that's normal. She agrees with all of the principles her father passed down to her. She's rash and cold, rarely showing sympathy and never truly trusting anyone. She's quick to anger and lash out, and very sharp-tongued, sarcastic, and cynical. She values strength and ferocity above anything, and thinks the most important element of survival is to reproduce and bring more life into the world, lest all of your struggles be for naught. In spite of this, she has no concept of caring about others, instead only seeing their value from a viability standpoint. Myrtlepelt is mainly impulsive, and she's actually pretty emotionally fragile, but in a more, uh... explosive way than what you'd normally imagine upon hearing that statement. If she's unhappy, she has a tendency to want to make everyone else around her unhappy, too, whether it's intentional or not.

   Oh, and she's definitely sort of gone off the deep end. She's sort of low-key crazy and a mental mess. Her time in the Clans served to "soften" her, or so she thinks, and it frustrates her to no end, because she knows that when it comes down to it, she's weaker than her father was. She hates feeling weak, particularly when there's nothing she can do about it. She's unfamiliar with the idea of genuinely loving anyone or anything for any reason that isn't personal gain, and she views it as being a pitiful excuse to cover up a bleeding heart. She thinks there is nothing wrong with her own behavior and beliefs. On occasion, she'd find herself feeling somewhat fond of Parsley, Tern, or Aloe, which really confused and annoyed the heck out of her.

So... moral of the story? Murderpelt is nuts. And also somewhat scary.

## Backstory

#### Kithood

Myrtle was born nameless, alongside her brother, the yet-to-be-named Fang, and her sister - a runty, sickly kit. Her mother, Flora, an ex-kittypet, pretty much belonged to Talon, Myrtle's father, who was essentially forcing her to bear his kits. Talon was furious with how weak Myrtle's sister was, and so he killed her when she was only a moon old, for she showed no signs of strengthening. Flora was devastated and pretty depressed by this, and stopped going along with Talon's wishes. This infuriated Talon, and as soon as Myrtle and Fang were weaned off of milk, he killed her, too.

When Myrtle was three moons old, Talon named her for the green of her eyes and the white in her fur. Fang was named for the size of his teeth, inherited from Talon. They moved out of the abandoned badger set they'd been living in since Myrtle and Fang were born and began traveling.

Talon taught his kits to be vicious and harsh. He showed them how to fight dirty and had them practice on each other. Myrtle and Fang were always at each other's throats, taking out their resentment on one another. From all of their "practice-fights", orchestrated by Talon, Myrtle received permanent notches and rips in both of her ears. She was taught that life was a battle, and everything was desperate and filled with bloodshed - nothing was ever fair. Talon had no qualms when it came to telling Myrtle and Fang about their sister, and by that point, they didn't blame him in the slightest. She had been weak; she'd deserved to die, hadn't she? After all, wouldn't the world have only treated her more harshly? They believed that Talon had done her - and their mother - a favor by killing them.

When Myrtle and Fang were five moons old, Talon settled on the outskirts of OrchidClan territory and ordered the two of them to fight again - this time to the death. He knew that if both kits kept living, they'd eventually turn their anger on him. He didn't want that. He only wanted the strongest of the two of them to survive so that he could send that kit away to have kits of his or her own. This logic made perfect sense to Myrtle and Fang, and they agreed to it without question. They fought, and Fang tore a chunk of fur and skin out of Myrtle's throat. Although it hurt, it wasn't deep enough to be fatal, and Myrtle used her hind claws to slice open her brother's stomach while he pinned her down. She killed Fang, and she felt proud of herself. Talon congratulated her on a job well done, saying that she'd done splendidly to earn her place in the world. Myrtle was glad she'd done it, and overjoyed to have gained her father's respect and pride.

She lived with Talon for another moon, and now she would "practice-fight" with him - getting more serious now, with blood being drawn on both sides of every scuffle. Finally, Talon decided that he'd passed on to her everything she needed to know, and he told her to find a strong tom and reproduce. He then left her, leaving Myrtle near the edge of OrchidClan land. Now six moons old, Myrtle couldn't wait to find her place in nature.

#### Apprenticeship

Myrtle unknowingly crossed into OrchidClan territory and was discovered by the young queen Moonmist, who was, at the time, one moon pregnant. Myrtle's immediate instinct was to attack her, and she tried to, but was stopped by the Clan's deputy, Leafshine, who'd been out hunting with her friend at the time. Leafshine easily managed to pin down Myrtle and demanded to know who she was and what she was doing there. Myrtle admitted that she was a loner and was just looking for a mate, much to the Clan cats' confusion since she was so young. Leafshine cautiously invited her to join OrchidClan. At first, Myrtle declined, but she had to admit that she was curious about these strange cats. She eventually decided, a bit reluctantly, to give it a try. Lavenderstar allowed her to join. As it turns out, that was most likely a mistake. Oops.

Myrtlepaw was apprenticed to Wheatnose. She *hated* training in OrchidClan. She would often complain about how soft and weak everyone seemed to be, and brag about how she'd already killed a cat while almost everyone there never had. That kind of spooked everybody. Moonmist, who was determined to befriend this angry young she-cat, eventually convinced her to stop saying such things. Myrtlepaw finally allowed herself to be a little bit softened, although she hated herself for giving in. She knew her father would be furious, and she felt like she was insulting the memories of her mother and siblings by becoming weak like them.

Initially, Myrtlepaw had eyes for Rushdawn, one of OrchidClan's warriors - he seemed powerful and healthy - but upon realizing that age gaps were frowned upon in the Clans, she backed off a bit frustratedly. She asked Moonmist who *her* mate had been, and if they could share him, but Moonmist assumed she was joking. Myrtlepaw was very aggravated and confused by this attitude - from a young age, she'd been told that it was the most important thing of all to carry on her bloodline. Yet these cats didn't seem to feel the same way. After that, she started trying to make moves on Wheatnose, which was disturbing since he was, like, more than five times her age. He pointed that out, along with the fact that he already had a mate, Skyflower, in OasisClan. Myrtlepaw reluctantly stopped trying to get it on with him.

Once she was nine moons old, however, and Foxpaw, Applepaw, and Redpaw joined her in the apprentices' den, she knew *exactly* who she would have her kits with. Foxpaw. It had to be him. He was good at fighting. He could be stern. His unique pelt would pass on some good genes to their kits. And he wasn’t even out of her age range. As soon as they were both apprentices, Myrtlepaw began trying to seduce him. He was made rather uncomfortable by her attempts, though, and tried his best to avoid her, much to her fury. She made an enemy of Redpaw this way, as Redpaw would always try to help "defend" her brother from Myrtlepaw. Myrtlepaw didn't understand this, believing that she was only doing what all cats ought to be doing. She also sort of hated Lotuspaw, because she was crushing on Foxpaw, too. Myrtlepaw wanted to do everything in her power to try and make Lotuspaw look bad, but Foxpaw mostly ignored everything she did. That made Myrtlepaw very angry. You go, Foxpaw.

#### Warrior Life

Myrtlepelt continued making moves on Foxpaw all the way until he'd become a warrior with the name of Foxpounce. Redfire kept on hating her, and even Moonmist was beginning to grow uncomfortable by how increasingly frantic and angry Myrtlepelt seemed to be becoming.

Eventually, Myrtlepelt followed Foxpounce out of camp one day only to see that he had been meeting in secret - or at least, in secret from *her -* with a loner named Seagull. She mistook their friendship for a romantic relationship and was furious, believing that she'd been led on, and Foxpounce would refuse to have her kits if he already had a mate. In a fit of rage, she leaped out of hiding and murdered Seagull right in front of Foxpounce. Foxpounce was horrified and ran back to camp to tell everyone what she'd done. Myrtlepelt realized she'd made a mistake, and when Leafshine arrived with Redfire and some other cats, she tried to justify it by saying that Seagull had been trespassing, especially now that the borders had been closed. Redfire was furious, though, and attacked her, slicing a bit of her face open. Leafshine pulled her back and led Myrtlepelt back to OrchidClan's camp for judgement.

Myrtlepelt ended up being exiled. She was in complete disbelief, feeling somewhat betrayed and backstabbed. She tried to defend herself, but no one would listen to her - not even Foxpounce or Moonmist, whom, up until that point, she'd considered her friends. Well, Moonmist, at least. Myrtlepelt was furious and ran out of OrchidClan's territory on her own, refusing to be escorted. She declared to herself that she hated OrchidClan and would never forgive them for what they'd done to her, or for the half-baked life they'd given her. She often would wish that she'd just said no when Leafshine first offered her a place in the Clan.

#### Life as an Exile

Myrtlepelt decided to keep her warrior name, just to remind herself of her grudge. She took to stalking along the edges of OrchidClan's outer border, seething, and wanting to kill any cats she saw. After about half a moon, however, she gave it up, knowing that it was unlikely anyone would come near the border. She calmed down a little, too, and reluctantly moved a bit farther away, although still near the territory.

Only a couple of days after moving, she found the dead body of a she-cat named Lunis, having been killed by an illness. Her two young sons, Parsley and Tern, were still clinging to the body, and they begged Myrtlepelt to help them. She considered killing them - that would have been her father's course of action, after all - but she ultimately decided against it, instead taking pity on the two kits and allowing them to stay with her. The presence of the two little toms reminded her how tender and fragile life could be sometimes, and she allowed herself to feel almost comfortable in their company. She never truly cared about them them in the real sense of the word, but she was rather fond of them. That being said, she was still harsh, and if one of them were to do something she did not like, she was sure to punish them physically for it. She still made them practice-fight the way she used to as a kit, and was trying to shape them into strong cats to deal with the harshness of the world. Since they had a later start, she only planned to make them fight to the death once they are eight moons old - although she'd *probably* feel at least *somewhat* guilty about it.

While off on a hunting trip one day, she encountered Typhoon and Poppy. She threatened them and tried to flirt with Typhoon and was generally just creepy. She spooked Poppy into running away, then continued being disturbing at Ty until he left. Way to go, Myrtlepelt.

She returned from this hunting trip to find that Parsley and Tern had discovered a tiny newborn kit named Aloe and brought her into the abandoned rabbit burrow she was forcing them to shelter in. Oh yeah, did I mention that? She had them staying in a rabbit burrow that was going to collapse at pretty much any moment. She wanted to see what they'd do about it - if they'd try to fight back, or if they'd just let it cave in and suffocate them. Anyways, Aloe! Myrtlepelt reluctantly found some herbs that would make her milk come and agreed to take care of her, although she was very aggravated by how weak and useless tiny kits were. As soon as Aloe is old enough, she plans to make her fight with Tern and Parsley on a daily basis.

Before long, she decided to stop hunting for the kits, but she never actually told them that. They figured it out on their own, and she then started making Tern and Parsley hunt for themselves so they wouldn’t starve to death. She was pretty angry that the two of them seemed to be softening Aloe and turning her against her, and she scratched Parsley once when he tried to accuse her of being crazy. As it turns out, crazy people (cats?) don’t like being told they’re crazy. And Myrtlepelt is an absolute psychopath.

She also yelled at Scarlet and Flick when they accidentally stumbled across her burrow. They were pretty chill about it and left. That made her mad. She didn't like that they were handling it well, because it made her feel like she wasn't (which was true, by the way. She very much wasn't). She decided the best solution to this was to yell at the two-month old Aloe for a while and decide to make her participate in Parsley and Tern's practice-fights.

Two moons later, the time came. Myrtlepelt decided that Parsley and Tern would have to fight each other to the death. She was fully expecting Parsley to win and earn his freedom. But sUrPrIsE, they didn't want to fight. They attacked her along with Aloe. She was a great big murder machine, though, so she easily overpowered them... but they weren't stopping, so Myrtlepelt sort of snapped and ended up, uh... clawing out Aloe's right eye. Oops. Then she just yelled at Parsley and Tern to get lost. They did that. The two of them and Aloe skedaddled. Then Myrtlepelt sulked back into the collapsing rabbit burrow to cry angry cat tears.

She ended up leaving the burrow behind, but not before clawing apart the walls until it caved in completely. Then she set off. Right now, she's just... traveling. She's stalking around trying to get a grip on herself.

Currently, Myrtlepelt is f u m i n g. She's having problems. She's still furious with the Clans, but also with herself. This could go either one of two ways - either she goes absolutely nuts and takes a cool fun villain route, or she gets a redemption arc that may or may not feature Typhoon. Find out what happens to Murderpelt in the next episode of- \*gets hit by a bus\*

## Other

#### Trivia

* She no longer wants to have kits of her own. She's sort of given up on that goal. She thinks she'd raise them wrong. I mean, she's right. But she's right for the wrong reasons.
* Her headcanon voice is Zira from TLK 2. Just a bit younger-sounding.
* So far, she and Pineclaw are the only two cats known to have been exiled from their Clans. Ironically, they're both crazy when it comes to children and spouses.
* She would probably love to meet Slash or Rat. Let's hope she never does.
* "Murderpelt"
* Together, she and Pineclaw probably could've ended the world. But then Pineclaw got depression.
* She alternates between calling kits "little rats" and "little mites". It depends on her mood. "Rat" for when she's unhappy, "mite" for when she's happier with them. I mean, she's never happy with them. But when she's less unhappy with them? Y'know?
* As far as I know, she, Oatfoot, Aspenstar, and Broken are the only cats in the roleplay known to have killed another cat before.
* She, Hazel, and Coffee seem to have a lot in common. Hm.
* Swallowfrost called her a "fox-hearted snotball" once. This is why we love Swallowfrost.

#### Quotes

*"Freedom? There’s no such thing as ‘freedom’. We’re all chained to something, whether we know it or not, and if we strain too hard, it’ll choke us.”*

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**Typhoon:** *"If it's just the two of us against the world, we're fine."* (Referring to himself and Poppy)

**Myrtlepelt:** *"Oh, how adorable. Until something happens to one of you and the other is left alone, that is. Y’know, that’s inevitable."*

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*"Why would I not want to talk to you? It's been* so *long since I've had someone intelligent to speak with aside from myself."*

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*"C'mon, you spoiled lil' mice. How, may I ask, are you busy?"*

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**Typhoon:** *"I just- I don't want to rush into anything, y'know? If I'm gonna have kits, I wanna be able to provide for them. I don't want to ruin an innocent kit's life because I was irresponsible."*

**Myrtlepelt:** *"Oh, no, no. What would you want to stick around for? Toms like you ought to be running about, finding as many mates as possible. Settling down is stupid, a great waste of time. The only reason my father stuck 'round for my brother and I was 'cause he'd killed my mother, and she would've been too soft on us anyways. But to 'ruin an innocent kit's life'... Ha!"*

**Typhoon:** *"You have a twisted mind, you know that, right?"*

**Myrtlepelt:** *"I hear that often. But frankly, that statement seems backwards to me."*

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**Typhoon:** *"Dang, you're a terrible cat."*

**Myrtlepelt:** *"I take offense to that, you know."*

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*"You think I have time for this? Newborns are helpless and worthless. I'll have to waste all my time feeding her when I* could *be off doing something productive. And it'll be a while before she can even fight."* - (to Tern and Parsley about Aloe)

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**Myrtlepelt:** *"Alright, bring me the brat."*

**Tern:** *"Her name is Aloe."*

**Myrtlepelt:** *"I don't care what her name is.* I *didn't have a name until I was your age."*

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*"I’ll make you useful as soon as possible, and you’d better be agreeable.”*

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**Tern:** *"Go towards her. She won't hurt you."* (to Aloe)

**Myrtlepelt:** *"Well, that depends. I won't hurt her as long as she has the sense to* listen *to me."*

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*"Don't kill him, obviously. But draw blood. Don't think about it; if you're capable of hurting someone you care about, it will strengthen you."*

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**Parsley:** *"I won, as usual. Can we stop now?"*

**Myrtlepelt:** *"Depends. Is he bleeding yet?"*

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*"Don't you* dare *talk back to me -- not unless you want another pretty little scar to go along with the one on your neck."* - (to Parsley)

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*"Wise little rat. You can recognize danger when you see it."*

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*"Don't come back until you've caught something. That's how Talon taught Fang and I."*

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*"So, it's you and me now. Are you going to curl up into a ball, or are you going to face your fears, hm?"*

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*"Reflexes are everything, you know. (...) Hiding won't make the pain stop. I’ll keep doing it until you show some sign of aggression, little rat."*

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**Tern:** *"What if - what if... I didn't eat anything? Parsley can have everything he catches. I'll go hungry for today, it's fine."*

**Myrtlepelt:** *"That'd be two days in a row without food, little rat. Are you certain you're up for that?"*

**Tern:** *"Yes."*

**Myrtlepelt:** *"Fine, then. But if he tries to sneak you a single morsel, you're both paying for it."*

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*"You skunk."* - (to smol baby Aloe when she bites her paw)

*"You... you* rat. *You listen to me and you do as I say, you understand?"* - (to Parsley again)

*"Oh, we're getting angry now, are we?"*

**Myrtlepelt:** *"Well then, if you’re so adamant and oh-so-strong, why don’t we test that resolve with a practice-fight?”*

**Tern:** *"What?"*

**Myrtlepelt:** *"You heard me. A two moon-old kit against a worthless lump of hair. Let’s see what each of you can do.”*

*"You can calm down. I’m not going to hurt you. That hairball was right for once; you haven’t the faintest clue what you’re yammering about. Once you’re older and smarter, you’ll know better than to run your mouth like that.”* - (to Aloe)

*"Before you skedaddle, answer me this. Are you by any chance familiar with a cat going by the name of Typhoon?”* - (to Scarlet and Flick)

**Scarlet:** *"In that case, we'll be off."*

**Myrtlepelt:** *"Yes. I daresay you will."*

**Myrtlepelt:** *"Stop saying no. Either say something else or nothing at all."*

**Aloe:** *"Can't!"*

**Myrtlepelt:** *"Clearly you can. You just did."*

*"Why are you so annoying?"*

*"I believe it's time for something... new, don't you think?"*

**Aloe:** *"We'll fight you."*

**Myrtlepelt:** *"No, you won't. Shut up."*

*"Shut it! You have no idea what you’re talking about— you’re idiots— you’re all idiots! I’m trying to* help!"

*"You dungbrained skink! This has nothing to do with you!"*

**Myrtlepelt:** *"You’re all lost causes - all of you! You three are lucky I found you. You’d all be dead without me!”*

**Aloe:** *"Better dead than living like this."*

**Myrtlepelt:** *"What?"*

*"Just go. Get out of here before I kill all three of you."*