Cinderspeck

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**Cinderspeck** is a 77-moon-old paralyzed light grey tom, with a few darker grey markings, green eyes, speckled nose and an herb-bracelet. He has a big scar on his right side. He has the 'Nervous' personality and 'Deep StarClan bond' trait.

## History

Cinderkit was born during Year 6, with his littermates, Patchkit and Fernkit. Their surrogate mother was Specklenose, who was a former loner, and she made an agreement with Ravenspot and Aspenlily. She helped the two of them and was their surrogate, and in exchange, she was provided with shelter during her vulnerable moons. Cinderkit and his littermates were left in the nursery with Ravenspot and Aspenlily, after they were weaned. The two toms were very protective of their litter, and during the rogue attack, Aspenlily fought bravely defending the nursery from Stoat and Wren, where his five moons-old kits were at the time, while Ravenspot was out on patrol. While Cinderspeck and his littermates were kits, he had been talking about wanting to get to know Squirrelpaw, probably because Aspenlily was telling stories about her, and Cinderspeck also wished that he could spend more time with Hazelrunner. Despite their tragic fate, Cinderspeck was inspired by Squirrelpaw and Tawnysun, and wanted to become a medicine cat. Laketree was hesitant at first, she did her best training him. He was a bit nervous that he won't be good enough, and he might end up reaching a bad fate, but he really wanted to help other cats in the clan. Fernheart was often hanging around him in the medicine cat, and was calming his nerves.

During year 7, Cinderspeck was the only medicine cat, when he was only 19 moons-old. He was very stressed and nervous, but had a strong connection to StarClan. He felt unprepared being the only medicine cat in the clan while he was so young, his mentor died when he was only 14 moons-old. He was really close to SharpClan's medicine cat, Lightsnow, despite the tension between the two clans, as they were both around the same age, and trained alongside each other. The two of them had matching herb-bracelets, which Cinderspeck used to spin when he got nervous. Cinderspeck got a big scar when he was gathering herbs in Leaf-bare, and a desperate fox caught him off-guard. Luckily, Fernheart and her apprentice, Swanpaw saved him. Both Cinderspeck and his sister got hurt from the attack, and Aspenlily helped them fix them up with instructions from Cinderspeck.

Year 8 was a quite eventful time for Cinderspeck. First, he got an apprentice, and later, he found and abandoned kit, Moleskit, the same moon that Shellkit died. He originally wanted to hand over the kit to be raised in Shellkit's litter, the kit was sickly and stayed in the medicine cat den long enough for him to get attached. Molekit also a had orange fur, which reminded Cinderspeck both of his former mentor, Laketree, and Lightsnow. Cinderspeck took the kit as sign to confess, and he was in a secret cross-clan relationship with the SharpClan medicine cat, which went against the medicine cat code. Medicine cats having kits was being discussed among the clans, since the BugClan medicine cat, Blossomwhisker had some kits, but immediately died in an accident, which enforced the thought that StarClan looks down on these actions. This immediately made Cinderspeck panic, but Lightsnow comforted him. The clans didn't see Moleshade as a rule break, since Cinderspeck had been just doing his duty and took in a sick, abandoned kitten, but Cinderspeck had been struggling with his secret romance, and confided in Ravenspot, despite him being the deputy. Ravenspot decided to keep it in secret, but warned him to stay loyal to his clan, since GalaxyClan and SharpClan were on pretty rocky terms at the time. His apprentice was, now Swanleaf, who decided to become a medicine cat, instead of warrior.

During year 9, Cinderspeck got paralyzed, by being buried under snow in Leaf-bare, while saving Burdockstar from losing both of her remaining lives. This year, Lightsnow sought out for shelter in GalaxyClan, after Makwastar banned SharpClan medicine cats from the Half-Moon meeting. Before Cinderspeck got paralyzed, he helped vouch for Lightsnow being trustworthy, and their relationship was still a secret to most cats, but he told the rest of his family, including Moleshade. His apprentice, Swanleaf also found out while living in the same den, and seeing the signs. After Cinderspeck's accident, his loved ones were very concerned, but he was doing well and kept on doing his duties, he didn't wanted to retire. He was the most worried about Lightsnow leaving soon, as the two couldn't see each other after that, since Cinderspeck couldn't make it to Half-Moon meetings. Cinderspeck was also worried that his accident was a sign from StarClan, that they disapproved of his relationship with Lightsnow.

Year 10 was very rough for Cinderspeck. After Lightsnow got killed, he was devastated. Both Aspenlily and Shellkit visited him this year from StarClan, but Cinderspeck felt limited by his fear to leave far from camp or go to the Moonfall, especially with wolves being around. He was trying his best to be busy in the medicine cat den, organizing their stores. He was aware for the fact that there hasn't been a prophecy since before he was born, and despite his family visiting him, he was very anxious that StarClan might be upset with him. He was really sad when Ravenspot died and saw it as a failure on his side as medicine cat. He encouraged Swanleaf to find an apprentice, and he was struggling with feeling important to the clan.

In Year 11, Cinderspeck gets help from Swanleaf and her father, Ottertail, to get out of the fire. He was the first one to get out of their, as his disability would have given him priority, as well as being a healer. Afterwards, he felt guilty about surviving the fire when many others did not, including his fellow medicine cat Orangeback, who had died from the smoke inhalation. He also feels even more insecure with his place as a medicine cat, as Starclan did not warn him about the incoming danger, and had been rethinking his life choices multiple times over the year. In a brighter light, he had been playing with Hopekit (Fernheart and Brightstar's new daughter) this year, and seems to really like her. He had been able to get through more and more of the territories since his accident, of course, with a warrior escort, and contemplated rejoining half-moon meetings, as he felt he was drifting away from his Starclan ancestors.

In Year 12, Cinderspeck sadly died to a greencough outbreak, that had been going around the camp. He had still been very nervous and concerned this year, and on a patrol, asked Swanleaf if she'd ever pondered mortality. However, when a new kit showed interest in becoming a medicine cat, he took over the role of mentor, and the insecure Flamepaw became his apprentice. However, their patrols were never seeming to go well, and they could never find any herbs around the territory. Cinderspeck thinks this was from the fire in Year 11, and that it could have damaged the clan's surroundings more than they thought it did. It was very stressful for them, and when the greencough outbreak had begun, it killed many cats. Flamepaw motivated him to get out of camp more, and he did, finally, return to half-moon meetings this year.

## Trivia

* Cinderspeck got his speckled nose from his surrogate mother, Specklenose
* Cinderspeck is a cat who honors his kin with his name. His prefix "Cinder" came from Ravenspot's brother, Cinderpetal, and his suffix "Speck" is in honor of his mother Specklenose.
* Cinderspeck has anxiety, and is neurodivergent. Some also headcanon that he may have Autism as well, but it has never been confirmed.

## Gallery

Ravenspot's and Aspenlily's first biological litter: Cinderkit, Fernkit and Patchkit! (Year 6)Cinderpaw is training with his mentor, Laketree (Year 6)Cinderpaw in Year 6Cinderspeck grieves the loss of Laketree with Lightsnow (Year 7)Cinderspeck is attacked by a fox while collecting herbs (Year 7)Fernheart and Swanpaw come to protect Cinderspeck from a fox (Year 7)Cinderspeck in Year 7Cinderspeck finds out about Patchwing's death(Year 8)Cinderspeck finds and adopts a sickly kit, named Moleshade (Year 8)Cinderspeck confesses to Lightsnow and they start dating (Year 8)Swanpaw switches to being a medicine cat, becomes Cinderspeck's apprentice (Year 8)Cinderspeck in Year 8Cinderspeck saves Burdockstar (Year 9)Cinderspeck and Lightsnow in Year 9Cinderspeck in Year 10Ottertail helping Cinderspeck out of the clan, during the fire (Year 11)Cinderspeck in Year 11Cinderspeck and Flamepaw struggle to find any herbs. (Year 12)Cinderspeck in Year 12/Starclan