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moons ago, in the time before the Great Battle, the wild rogue LYNX met the young kittypet ADELAIDE.
he was so charming and so brutalβand oh, how she fell for him. he took her out into the open moors and made her his own; there they built a life together.
but all was not so charming as she'd first hoped. lynx was a cruel and controlling man, and their love crumbled in his claws. by the time she had fallen pregnant with his kits, he was outright abusive. the entire litter was stillborn, and adelaide was distraught, certain that the stress and lynx's violence must have been what took her children's lives.
moons passed, and adelaide fell pregnant once again. this time, fearing for her little ones, she fled.
she met the pretty loner silverfoot near the river, and new love blossomed. silverfoot doted on adelaide, caring for her and helping to birth the kittens. three lovely little babies were born, though the stress had taken its toll on this litter as well: each was born with an ashen-grey fever coat.
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THIS IS WHERE OUR STORY BEGINS.
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adelaide and silverfoot were gentle, loving mothers: adelaide soft and kind, silverfoot viciously protective. no harm would come to the kittens for their first eight weeks of life. but lynx was a vindictive man, and soon after the kittens reached two moons of age, he tracked down the new family's nest.
lynx found two of the kits nursing from adelaide. the third kit, a little she-cat named ash, was out on a walk with silverfoot at the time.
lynx flew into a rage at adelaide for "stealing" his children, and he murdered her. then, teeth still dripping with her blood, he stole the two kittens backβthreatening a similar fate if they did not come with him. he took these two children back to the moors with him, where they'd join lynx's family in the newly formed WINDCLAN.
when silverfoot returned with ash, finding adelaide dead and the kittens gone, the scene reeking of moor-scent, she fledβtaking ash to RIVERCLAN, where the little girl would presumably be safe. silverfoot would then embark on a journey to find the missing kittens, only to be captured by twolegs...
leaving the children separated, with no parent in the world but their father.
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SLOT 1 β THE LOYALIST β
this child thrives in windclan. they shine under the militaristic training; they excel in combat. they are traumatized but may not see themself as such. they probably take after their father in many ways, and just like him, believe they will grow up to become another of sootstar's "soldiers."
they have no desire to leave windclan, and likely see no error in sootstar's or lynxtooth's ways. the "golden child" of this family.
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FORM:
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Code:[b][outline=black][font=times]APPLYING FOR SLOT 1 β THE LOYALIST[/font][/outline][/b] NAME: AGE: 6 moons ASSIGNED SEX, GENDER, PRONOUNS: APPEARANCE: PERSONALITY β current: PERSONALITY β adult: (not binding or anything, just how you see them growing up) STRENGTHS: WEAKNESSES: ETC NOTES: how do you imagine them getting along with lynxtooth? how do you imagine them getting along with the "runaway" sibling? how active do you expect to be with this character β casual, semi-active, very active? (this won't immediately disqualify any applications but may be taken into account)
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SLOT 2 β THE RUNAWAY β
raised under sootstar's ruthless regime and apprenticed to their own father, this second child ... struggles. lynxtooth's training tactics are unforgiving, sometimes cruelβseen by some clans as abusive, but by windclan as efficient. thus this apprentice may find some sympathy, but no rescue among their clanmates.
as their father's treatment worsens, they will seek solace elsewhere, soon meeting their timid yet energetic sister ashpaw at a gathering and eventually (should all go according to plan) fleeing with her to riverclan.
once the two siblings recognize one another, their relationship will develop from thereβideally, this applicant is one who would get along very well with ashpaw, but the plot will be allowed to develop naturally. this is just an outline.
if you're applying for this one you should probably, like, not detest talking to me because i play lynx and ash so we're gonna be talking a LOT
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FORM:
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Code:[b][outline=black][font=times]APPLYING FOR SLOT 2 β THE RUNAWAY[/font][/outline][/b] NAME: AGE: 6 moons ASSIGNED SEX, GENDER, PRONOUNS: APPEARANCE: PERSONALITY β current: PERSONALITY β adult: (not binding or anything, just how you see them growing up) STRENGTHS: WEAKNESSES: ETC NOTES: how do you imagine them getting along with ashpaw? how do you imagine them getting along with the "loyalist" sibling? how active do you expect to be with this character β casual, semi-active, very active? (this won't immediately disqualify any applications but may be taken into account)
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Sire: LH red ticked tabby w/ low white (masking black tabby; carrying solid, dilute)
Dam: SH tortoiseshell w/ low white & polydactyly (carrying longhaired, dilute)
Toms will be black, black tabby, blue, blue tabby, red tabby, or cream tabby
Mollies will be tortoiseshell, torbie, blue tortoiseshell, blue torbie, red tabby, or cream tabby
- kits may be longhaired or shorthaired
- kits may have any amount of white or lack thereof
- kits with white may have any realistic eye color; kits without white may have any realistic eye color barring blue
- kits may or may not have polydactyly
- tabbies will display the ticked tabby pattern
- shorthaired kits will carry longhaired; non-dilute kits may or may not carry dilute
- red tabbies will mask black or black tabby; cream tabbies will mask blue or blue tabby
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the kits will be gen 2, with a family that spans riverclan, windclan, and skyclan.
LYNXTOOTH β biological father, windclan warrior, played by @tinyleafs
ADELAIDE β biological mother, deceased, npc
SILVERFOOT β (former) adoptive mother, riverclan warrior, played by @Lokisaurus
@ashpaw! β sister, riverclan apprentice, played by @tinyleafs
@Juniperfrost β paternal uncle, windclan warrior, played by @Rai
@applebite β paternal aunt, windclan warrior, played by @ANTLERS
TBD X 2 β paternal aunts/uncles, windclan warriors, see litter adopts
@Coyotepaw β cousin, windclan apprentice, played by @Nazali
@squirrelpaw β cousin, skyclan apprentice, played by @Wormwoodland
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- the kits will start at 6 moons old, born 6/06/2022
- not FCFS
- there are two slots available: the loyalist and the runaway. both will start in windclan; the runaway will likely flee to riverclan in ~spring 2023 as part of the litter plot
- you can apply for both, either with different characters or different "versions" of the same character; only one per roleplayer can be selected
- the kits can be played immediately after the selection date of 12/26/2022 (may be extended upon request or if there aren't many applicants)
- NAMING CONVENTION: trad rules apply; no restrictions otherwise. kits may optionally be named for the grey fever coats that they were born with, to match ashpaw's name. they may also be named for their "real" coat colors, with the story that lynxtooth changed their names upon taking them to windclan.
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