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[SEDGEPOUNCE]

SEDGEPOUNCE —————————

sedge, noun
a grasslike plant with triangular stems and inconspicuous flowers
pounce, noun
a sudden swoop or spring​

— WINDCLAN MOOR RUNNER
— 26 MOONS OLD, ages on the 21st
— AMAB, he / they
— MENTORING RIMEPAW, previously mentored bunnyglow

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SHORTHAIRED GRAY-BROWN TABBY WITH HIGH WHITE AND AMBER EYES

sedge is a lanky creature; taller than most windclanners, but certainly not the biggest. he stands tall and confidently.

he's a patchy-furred tom outfitted with spindly legs. his short, scrubby fur is constantly buffered by the wind, fluffing out at his cheeks, ears, neck, and tail. the pattern of his pelt is random, like paint-splatters. his paws are sometimes smudged green from constant running across the moor.

he has all the characteristics of a typical windclan cat, including a lean demeanor and a windswept look about him. he has a pair of rich amber eyes that sit owlishly in his head, above which sits a small, knotted scar on his left brow. his right cheek bares some old clawmarks.

— SMELLS LIKE meadowgrass and early morning dew; sandy earth and heather
— SOUNDS LIKE alto, speaks easily and with emotion; voiceclaim (steven yeun as mark grayson)

» PERSONALITY

AFFIBLE, KIND-HEARTED, DETERMINED

OBSERVANT, CAUTIOUS

PARANOID, UNFORGIVING, JUDGEMENTAL

THROWING THE FIGHT » WHITE SHEEP » JADE-COLORED GLASSES

sedgepounce is mostly known for being an easygoing and likable guy. he doesn't often start fights, tries his best to keep up good relations with his clanmates and outer-clan neighbors, and is generally adaptable to most situations.

at the same time, sedgepounce is known to be increasingly paranoid. he tends to judge others based on their past actions and has trouble truly believing in things like redemption or change. typically, these sentiments have largely been directed toward traitors of windclan, therefore this behavior has mostly gone unquestioned.

sedgepounce is otherwise a very kind-hearted and honest individual. he doesn't particularly like being untrusting or callous. he doesn't engage in gossip, and will only keep secrets if he truly believes that things are better left unsaid. he detests violence. he'd much rather avoid those he feels negatively about rather than confronting them, and has a hard time facing personal conflict head-on.

» RELATIONSHIPS

YARROWFANG x MUDSTONE » younger sibling to BEETLENOSE, HAWKSWOOP, and STORMCLOUD

FRIENDS WITH: cottonsprig, foxglare, mallowtail

LIKES: buckfire, celandinepaw, amberhaze

???: thriftfeather

DISLIKES: bluefrost

ENEMIES WITH: snakehiss, duskclan

WILL NOT START FIGHTS » WILL ACT IN SELF-DEFENSE » WILL RUN AWAY

generally friendly in most interactions. sedgepounce will seek to avoid conflict with non-windclan cats as much as possible, but will fight if attacked first.

Spoiler: MISC. NOTES

— a bit of a skater bro type. easygoing, lighthearted, injects a lot of cool! or gnarly! or bummer! type words into his vocabulary.

— untroubled kid who grew up incredibly spoiled, but also suffered from the expectations of his parents.

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HISTORY

0-3 moons 3-10 moons 10-20 moons 20+ moons

• • Sedgekit is born to Yarrowfang and Mudstone in Newleaf. Both of his parents were marsh colony cats, and loyal ones to boot. His father, Mudstone, is a typical father in as far as clan cats go (as in distant albeit supportive) so Sedge spends most of his time with Yarrowfang.
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  • He has a good kithood. His elder siblings are all apprentices at this point, so he nags them for stories about training and patrols. He's unaware of any hardship that the clan goes through.
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  • Throughout kithood, he shares the nursery with the likes of Snakekit, Whitekit, and in Sootstar's second litter, Cottonkit.
• • Sedgepaw is apprenticed to Doompath, an extremely skittish and weak-willed tom. He picks up hunting and sparring like second nature, but is otherwise bored by Doompath's flippant, anxious teaching style, leading Sedgepaw to frequently disobey directions in search of entertainment.
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  • Sedgepaw quickly gains a reputation of being a rule-breaker, mostly in order to slack off. He's only ever punished by other cats (such as Badgermoon) or scolded by his parents. Doompath does little in the way of discipline.
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  • Due to Doompath's extreme agoraphobia and latent xenophobia, he and Sedgepaw never venture closer than a foxlength to the border, nor do they attend any gatherings together. This causes Sedgepaw to grow up extremely sheltered. He does not interact with anyone outside of WindClan. Thus, he derives his opinions on the other clans through camp-bound rumors, while also maintaining a sort of naive, rosy-tinted outlook on the world beyond the moors.
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  • While out collecting moss, a fox attacks Snakepaw. Sedgepaw distracts the fox long enough for Snakepaw to escape its grasp, injuring himself in the process. A nearby patrol of warriors is able to chase the fox away, but Sedgepaw is resigned to the medicine den for a moon in order to heal, delaying his warrior ceremony.
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  • During his time in the medicine den, Sedgepaw grows an appreciation for medicine and healing. He has secret hopes to be medicine cat apprentice, but is disappointed when StarClan seemingly chooses Cottonpaw for the position instead.
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  • For his warrior exam, Sedgepaw is paired up with Foxpaw, leading the two to develop a close bond.
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  • Badgermoon escorts Sedgepaw to the Moonstone before his warrior ceremony as Doompath is too afraid to make the trek.
• • Sedgepaw is named Sedgepounce in his warrior ceremony for his skills in hunting.
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  • When a Yellowcough plague wracks the clans, Sedgepounce is one of the cats who volunteers to retrieve its cure. Sootstar secretly allows cats she deems disposable to make the Journey.
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  • After successfully retrieving lungwort, Sedgepounce returns home a week later than most other cats after volunteering to aid a group of injured (and therefore slower) journey-travelers.
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  • A few moons pass in WindClan. Sootstar and Sunstride split the clan in two. Sedgepounce, being absent when Sunstride and his followers flee to the Horseplace, remains in Sootstar's WindClan.
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  • Sedgepounce and Cottonpaw have an argument about whether or not to flee, among other things. This shatters their relationship.
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  • Snakehiss confronts Sedgepounce and the two engage in a scuffle. Sedge falls into the river, injuring his head and paw in the process. He later washes up near Twolegplace and is rescued by humans.
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  • Sedgepounce spends weeks trapped at a veterinary hospital during the final conflict between Sootstar and Sunstride. He's only able to escape from a cat carrier when being transported from the hospital.
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  • Lost and enraged, Sedgepounce spends days finding his way back to WindClan to enact his revenge against Snakehiss. Instead, he finds that Sunstar has taken WindClan over, and is welcomed back home with (mostly) open arms.
• • Cottonsprig goes missing from WindClan. When she later returns, she and Sedgepounce reunite their friendship.
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  • Sedgepounce apprentices a cat named Bunnypaw. She's skittish and soft-spoken, which means they often don't see eye to eye.
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  • Scorchstar names Sedgepounce a lead warrior of WindClan after he rescues her from a blizzard.
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  • Cottonsprig confesses that she had kits, and that Foxglare may be the father. Sedgepounce vows to keep this secret for both their sakes.
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  • Bunnypaw is injured by a fox, ending her apprenticeship a moon early. After some time passes and she heals, she's given the warrior name Bunnyglow! Moons later, Sedgepounce begins to train Rimepaw.

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[SEDGEPOUNCE]

HUNTING + COMBAT

STR
8
DEX
18
CON
14
INT
12
WIS
10
CHA
13

fighting hunting skills

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  Sedgepounce is more likely to run than he is to fight. He will avoid a conflict if at all possible, especially when faced with a fight alone. He primarily plays the role of battlefield support, opting to aid his comrades by distracting enemies, protecting the flank, or carrying away the wounded. His priority is keeping others safe rather than striking down his enemies.
  
  GET EVERYONE OUT!
  — Sedgepounce will survey the battlefield, keeping an eye out for anyone grievously wounded. He will do his best to fight off opponents in order to get the wounded to safety.
  
  FLANK
  — As his allies attack head on, Sedgepounce will focus on rebuffing those approaching from the sides.
  
  TYPICAL MOVESET
  Using his hind legs, Sedgepounce will leap toward an enemy and attempt to knock them off balance, quickly rolling out of the way. Similarly, when pinned, Sedge will furiously kick at his opponent's underbelly with his hind feet, not unlike a cornered rabbit.
  
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  Sedgepounce is a skilled hunter who works best in an open, field-like environment. He excels at chasing after quick prey like hares and birds, leaping at them before they can burrow underground or fly into the air.
  
  FOREST
  — Sedgepounce is used to thick undergrowth, whether that be tall grass or brambles, and knows how to use these parts of the environment to his advantage. He does not know how to climb and would struggle with getting prey from a tree.
  
  TUNNELS
  — Uncomfortable with the close quarters of underground and unused to the constant dark, Sedge would find it difficult to find prey in the tunnels. He would probably try to corner something, or chase it aboveground.
  
  WATERWAYS
  — Sedge has never fished, and doesn't have applicable skills that would help him if he tried.
  
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  HUNTING + 5
  OFFENSE - 2
  DEFENSE + 3
  SWIMMING - 3
  CLIMBING + - 0
  

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HEARTCHART

foxglare cottonsprig celandinepaw scorchstorm scorchstar sunstar snakehiss

• 
  "Foxglare?" Sedgepounce echoes. A look of contemplation crosses his face before he grins crookedly. "You're just asking me because he's so cool and mysterious, huh?" Foxglare is cool and mysterious, but he's truthfully one of Sedge's closest friends. They've been thick as thieves since they had their apprentice exams together—Foxglare, stoic and aloof, seems endlessly tolerant of Sedge's wild dreams and dumb ideas. His memories of the two of them together are mostly rosy-tinted.
  
  "He's...like, my best friend, I guess," Sedgepounce settles, once again contemplative. It's difficult to pinpoint what exactly their relationship is. Foxglare is...the cat most loyal to him, and vice versa. For all the paranoia and anxiety he's wrestled with ever since his plunge in the river, Foxglare is the only one he can feel truly at ease around. Foxglare, he's sure, would never hurt him.
  
  

  Foxglare is the antithesis to Sedgepounce's innate pacifist. He's stark and broody, but also incredibly caring in a way that Sedgepounce truly appreciates. Thus, the juxtaposition between them has never really come up. They are best friends, but also maybe more. Unfortunately, Sedgepounce has trouble discerning his own feelings half the time, let alone the feelings of someone so stoic.

  
  
• 
  "Yeah, uh...we've talked some things out," Sedgepounce confesses sheepishly. He looks a little embarrassed, but smiles earnestly despite it. "We both made some tough choices when we were younger. Said some harsh things, but..." he sighs. "Cot's, like, my oldest friend, y'know? I couldn't stand the thought of her...dying, still thinking that I hated her."
  
  

  Until recently, a lot of heavy baggage weighed down Sedge's opinion of Cottonsprig. Once she'd returned to WindClan, they both mutually decided to make amends, and ever since then their relationship has slowly started to prosper. Afraid of causing another rift between them, Sedgepounce is wary of getting on Cottonsprig's bad side.

  
  
  Spoiler: old opinion 1

  "Why do you ask?" His words come out in a rush. There's a tenseness in his posture that wasn't there before, and a frown pressed squarely to his mouth. He considers not answering for a moment. The words are difficult to find.
  
  "Cot is...my friend." They grew up together. They have stupid inside jokes and countless old stories and even more memories. He's been with her all through apprenticeship. First moor runner, then tunneler—but medicine cat drove a wedge between them that, at times, feels like a cavern. Perhaps it's impossible to cover. "...She's my friend."
  
  

  Cottonsprig is Sedgepounce's oldest friends, but maybe that's not always a good thing. The history between them is vast, their relationship battered after a lifetime spent under Sootstar's cruel regime. Sedgepounce has never really been empathetic enough toward Cottonsprig. He sympathizes with her struggles, her insecurities, yet envies her for her privilege and position in life. There's always that little voice in the back of his head saying: "If I were her, I would be happy."

  
  
• 
  Sedgepounce looks up, tilting his head. "Uh...Celandinepaw seems nice," he answers. Bright, naive, enthusiastic. He was her, once upon a time. "She's got a tough job ahead of her. But, I dunno, she'll do fine." As long as she puts her head down and studies, he's sure she'll do well as a medicine cat apprentice. She's certainly friendly enough for the job. Besides, no apprentice on earth starts out knowing all they need to. She has plenty of time to figure everything out.
  
  

  Miraculously, Celandinepaw is spared most of the negative emotions Sedgepounce associates with med-cat apprentices. He's older, now, and resigned to the fact that his life didn't go the way he envisioned. The lingering sentiment he struggles with toward Cottonsprig is therefore absent when it comes to the innocent third party of Celandinepaw. Instead, Sedgepounce hopes that she can prove herself a worthwhile apprentice.

  
  
• 
  A sad, contemplative look passes over Sedge's face. It takes him a moment to find the words. "Oh, Scorchstorm...," he sighs. "I hope she can find some peace up there...I wish she could've found some down here."
  
  

  Scorchstorm was a good friend, a dedicated deputy, and someone Sedgepounce looks forward to finding in StarClan one day.

  
  
  Spoiler: old opinion 1

  "Scorch junior," Sedgepounce jibes, grinning. "She's pretty intense. Gets that from her mom, I guess." She's always been like that, from what he can tell. Even when she was a kitten chasing butterflies from the nursery, Scorchstorm always had this piercing, harsh look in her eye. "She's cool. But she could also stand to chill sometimes, too."
  
  

  Sedgepounce still thinks of Scorchstorm as a child. It's probably because most of his interactions with her occurred during her apprenticeship. She's a grizzled warrior now, but he can't help but to remember her as a spiky-furred kid.

  
  
• 
  Sedgepounce doesn't waver, though he does put considerable thought into his answer. "I think Scorchstar's a good leader," he says. While his easy-going posture remains unchanged, there's a solemn weight in his eyes; a truth there. "And I believe her, you know? When she promises not to become Sootstar." She may be a hardass, and a little vicious at times, but she cares and he knows it.
  
  

  Sedgepounce respects Scorchstar and will stand behind her with confidence. She can be a little scary at times, but he knows she loves her clanmates all the same. He also knows that should she ever go back on her word, he also vows not to make the same mistakes again.

  
  
• 
  "I just don't get why he left," he grumbles miserably. "I mean, I guess I do. But at the same time...man."
  
  

  Somewhere, on some level, Sedgepounce sympathizes with Sunstar. He gave both life and limb (literally!) for his clan, and in return they repaid him with treachery, lies, and betrayal. Being a leader is surely the hardest job in the world. But Sedgepounce was raised to believe that loyalty comes before all else—being a WindClan cat is what defines him. For Sunstar to leave, it means he was more than just their leader. Sedgepounce can't fathom abandoning his home like that.

  
  
  Spoiler: old opinion 1

  "Sunstar's a good leader," he answers automatically. Sedgepounce can't shake the feeling like this is some sort of test. His fur prickles under the scrutiny. "He's kind, and empathetic...He, uh, makes good decisions, I think. I mean..." A sad look crosses Sedge's face. "He's sacrificed a lot. I'm...I'm really sorry about Bearflight."
  
  

  Sedgepounce appreciates Sunstar's leading style. He's firm and thoughtful, but not cruel. Sedgepounce can follow him in confidence. Still, a past under Sootstar's reign is hard to shake. If Sunstar were to start to turn toward the worst, well...he'd be sad, but perhaps not surprised.

  
  
• 
  "Why would you ask me that?" Sedgepounce spits. "Just—ugh. Leave me alone!"
  
  

  He hates Snakehiss. He was an awful kit turned awful adult turned delusional zealot. He hates him.

  
  

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SEDGEPOUNCE NPC X NPC

CATCH UP! HERMES IS GOING AROUND THE WORLD
MALE, HE / THEY | WARRIOR OF WINDCLAN | 21 MOONS

TAUPE TABBY WITH HIGH-WHITE AND AMBER EYES
Sedge is a lanky creature; an earth and snow colored tom outfitted with spindly legs, but of otherwise average height and weight. His short, scrubby fur is constantly buffered by the wind, fluffing out at his cheeks, ears, neck, and tail. The pattern of his pelt is random, like paint-splatters. His paws are sometimes smudged green from constant running across the moor.

He has all the characteristics of a typical WindClan cat, including a lean demeanor and a windswept look about him. He has a pair of rich amber eyes that sit owlishly in his head, above which sits a knotted scar on his left brow.

— Smells of windswept moors and early morning dew; sandy earth and heather.
— Sounds of bright, unfettered intonations; alto. Voiceclaim (Steven Yeun as Mark Grayson)

Brilliant, But Lazy — White Sheep — Wide-Eyed Idealist

Sedgepounce has always been inherently naive. He's kindhearted at his core, for better or worse, and has approached the majority of his life with the belief that everything will always work out. This go with the flow attitude left him unprepared for significant hardship.

After suffering a betrayal at the claws of a former clanmate, Sedgepounce is prone to see the worst in those around him. He has a nagging, unconscious fear that someone's out to get him at any moment; a fear which overpowers his prior tendency toward indifference. He's painfully aware of the worse qualities of those around him, unwilling to breeze over anything in case it comes back to bite him. Trust is now a fragile thing.

In other ways, though, Sedgepounce is still friendly, bright, and warm. He likes to make jokes and tell stories. He enjoys familiar company. He's a people's person; an extrovert. A part of him craves that easy-going nature of his past, but he doesn't know how to reach it.

MUDSTONE (NPC) x YARROWFANG (NPC) | Younger sibling to Beetlenose, Hawkswoop, Stormcloud | Mentor to Bunnypaw

— Friends with Cottonsprig, Foxglare
— Enemies with Snakehiss

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