Honeypaw

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**Honeypaw** is a small, pretty fawn tom with amber eyes.
**Honeypaw** was born to Monarchgarden and Sunrisesolstice alongside two sisters, Sweetkit and Nectarkit under Valleystar’s reign. His littermates were killed in the coyote attack on camp and afterwards his parents split. He chose to become a Physical Medicine Cat Trainee and helped heal the wounded after the badger attack on camp. He escaped with the rest of his clanmates and moved to the Conservatory of Refuge following the flooding of the Camp.

## Relations

Crush: N/A

Friendships: Wolfpaw, Magpiepaw, Squirrelpaw, Spotpaw, Flutterpoem

Enemies: None

Mentors: Lavendersnow

Apprentices: None

## Interests

*Likes*

Honeypaw loves hanging out with his friends and would do so constantly if he could. He very nearly does, always seeking out \*somebody\* to talk to. He likes organizing and sorting away herbs, especially when he’s got somebody around to converse with. The tom also likes to go out and gather herbs. He’s a sucker for peaceful walks through the territories and knows where most every herb grows already because he goes out to collect them so often. He likes sunbathing and grooming himself whenever he gets a chance, especially after a lovely, warm meal. He preens for compliments or flirtatious remarks, and loves it when he gets any sort of attention. He would sit and watch a handsome tom trying to show off or impress him all day long.

*Dislikes*

Honeypaw loathes exercise as well as getting dirty in any way, shape, or form. Sickness and disease are his least favorite reasons to treat a patient, though he’s very effective at doing so. He doesn’t like sticklers for the rules or cats who don’t know how to have fun, but they’re not as bad as snitches and cats who try to boss him around. He also has a general dislike for StarClan, though he doesn’t show this openly. He will roll his eyes at prophecies and omens inwardly, largely due to his mother’s influence. Honeypaw absolutely hates being wet or cold, he doesn’t like Leafbare and he doesn’t like when it rains. He also has a lasting fear of coyotes, panicking at the mere scent of one.

## Skills/Faults

*Skills*

Honeypaw is extremely intelligent and has an amazing memory. He can learn the names, uses, appearances, and scents of herbs with ease and has done so with many amazingly early in his apprenticeship. The tom knows how to save his pelt and how to keep his paws clean, having a knack for talking himself out of trouble. Honeypaw uses his small size to his advantage and can wriggle and squeeze his way into small spaces and through narrow gaps. He has a knack for twisting his way out of being pinned or held down and is also flexible and nimble, but will only ever be so when in danger or absolutely need be. His reaction time is amazing and he can leap out of danger in a split second. Honeypaw is an excellent healer, his paws quick, gentle, and skilled. He also can get along with most anyone and make friends wherever he goes. He is extremely organized, cleanly, and well-kempt, this often allows him to treat sick patients and effectively quarantine them without getting sick himself.

*Faults*

Honeypaw is physically weak, unable to fight, hunt, or do any strenuous activity. He wouldn’t survive a day on his own. He can’t swim or climb very well, never having practiced either skill. Exercise is his greatest loathing and he will avoid it at all costs. He wouldn’t be a half-bad hunter or fighter if he trained at all, but he refuses to learn how to do anything that would dirty his paws. His greatest weakness might be his cleanliness. He is a major germaphobe and grooms himself near-constantly. The tom hesitates to step outside while it’s raining for fear of the mud and he hesitates to get near bloody or infected patients for fear of ruining his pristine fur or getting sick. While he can handle the sight of blood just fine, it’s the idea of it getting into his fur that sickens him. His first priority is himself rather than the patient. Honeypaw’s morals are also second to his well-being and he would turn away from the difficult life of a Clan cat to be a kittypet, if given the chance.

## Personality

In short, Honeypaw is a freindly, spoiled, and talkative drama-queen. If nothing else, he is an extrovert, through and through. Honeypaw will start a conversation with just about anyone and everyone, making friends all over the place wherever he goes. Seemingly, he needs to be talking with someone at all times, and often will only begin boring or menial tasks if he has company. The sleek tom is not only intelligent, but socially intelligent as well. He seems to be open with everyone, participating in conversation, friendly banter, or flirting with ease. Honeypaw \*loves\* to flirt, and will do so with any tom that catches his eye, even with those he isn’t seriously interested in. Being extremely social, the trainee has all sorts of venues for gossip, rumors, and drama. If you want the tea, Honeypaw is your best source, and he will easily spill it to those who ask for it, despite his insistance that he is one of the best secret-keepers around. He loves drama and will find ways to stir some up for his pure entertainment. Honeypaw knows cats, he knows how to manipulate them, push their buttons, and get exactly what he wants out of them. Every word, every action, is precise and calculated. He’s extremely patient and willing to play the long game. While Honeypaw can be extremely cunning, he isn’t actually malicious in any way and wouldn’t wish harm to anyone who doesn’t deserve it. He can be snarky and sarcastic when upset and will either talk his way out of or outright refuse to do anything physically demanding. The tom is extremely petty and has a sharp tongue, he wouldn’t hesitate to trade insults even with a kit, should they be bratty enough. Usually however, Honeypaw has a soft spot for kits and is an excellent kitsitter. He’s able to coax even the most defiant kit into swallowing a few bitter leaves and always has a way with them which has them leaving the medicine den bouncing and bragging about how strong they are. With older patients Honeypaw takes on a more “suck it up buttercup” attitude.

## Detailed Appearance

Honeypaw is a small, stunning, light-ginger tom with deep, amber eyes. His medium-length, faun coat is slightly curly especially around his fuller mane, the only, slightly discernable trait he holds from his great-grand parents, other than the tufts of white fur sticking out of his ears. Darker ginger stripes run down along his legs, back, and face, being so faint in some places they’re almost not visible. His underbelly, paws, chest, and muzzle are white and his nose and paw pads are a soft pink. His pelt is always shining and healthy, regularly groomed and clearly having never gone through any sort of hardship. No scars are to be found on him and his claws are pristine in a way that suggest they’ve never been used before. He holds himself elegantly and importantly, head always high and straight posture. His fluid movements as well radiate sophistication and femininity, always placing one paw directly in front of the next when walking. His build is smaller than average, light, and wiry. The tom carries next to no muscle mass and narrow shoulders. Strangely for a medicine cat in training, Honeypaw is never found with a single leaf or twig in his pelt. It’s not uncommon to find the tom grooming and cleaning himself whenever he gets the chance, almost at a concerningly constant rate.

## Kin

Mother: Monarchgarden

Father: Sunrisesolstice

Sisters: Sweetkit, Nectarkit

Great-great-grandparents: Valleystar, Torrentfocus

Great-grandparents: Tulipstar, Sootbelly

Grandparents: Hentuft, Segdeheart, Springflower, Fallenstep

Uncles: Stagback, Sunsettulip

Cousins: Risinghawk, Stoatslaughter, Larkwing, Cinderspots, Applebreeze, Bloompaw, Tansypaw, Bumblesnap, Beepaw

## Backstory

Honeypaw was born to Monarchgarden and Sunrisesolstice alongside his two littermates, Sweetkit and Nectarkit. The tomkit and his sisters seemed to have the perfect life, a doting mother, loving father, a Clan to care for, feed, and protect them, and all the time in the world to play. Honeykit was never one to run around with his sisters or join in any of the games that involved roughhousing however, though he loved to watch the antics Sweetkit and Nectarkit got themselves into. The tom himself preferred to explore camp, talk to whoever he could find, or simply stay at his mother’s side. When a new kit was brought back to camp, Honeykit was the first to greet and befriend them once they were released into the Nursery. Honeykit and Wolfkit quickly became fast friends, only growing closer after the coyote attack on camp, which killed both Sweetkit and Nectarkit. Honeykit struggled with the bloody loss himself, though Monarchgarden retreated completely when he needed him. To him, his mother seemed to come out of the ordeal a very different cat and soon after, his parents split. Honeykit only learned what Monarchgarden wanted from him and how to handle her in increments, though he soon became quite good at keeping her happy while drifting away from her strange ideas of prophesies and sins calling for bloodshed. Honeypaw remained close with his father, and preens for any attention he receives. With Monarchgarden’s insistence, the tom chose to become a Medicine cat trainee, happy to follow his own passion for herbs and plants. He’s figured out that he doesn’t actually have any sort of connection to StarClan, although being constantly told so by his mother, and is glad for it.

## Trivia

* He loves the taste of honey and will occasionally sneak little licks of it and nibbles of honeycomb from the medicine stores, or dare Wolfpaw to brave a hive and get him some.
* Aesthetic: the calming, lulling sound of a honeybee hive nearby ~ the warmth of the sun ~ a tickling breeze carrying the sound of laughter ~ the almost-icky sweetness of honey ~ a fawn prancing at the outskirts of its herd ~ speckled dots of sunlight on a forest floor

## Links

Theme Song/Voice Claim

* Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2cTeT5ecjP3Ti0NcAbBvKM?si=f80edbbe79264837*End of spoiler warning*